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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and Twenty_sixth Year-No. 19 MARCtt 10. 1906 Semi-Monthly A PERFECT CASE CONSTRUCTION I Makes the It is Entirely I Automatic. I Stron.gest. It Clamps.l ~.. ~. Most Mortises and R.elea.es. Economical Completing and Most the post I Accurate in less time than the Case Material can Construction be clamped on other Possible Machines i No. 119 Multiple Square Chisel Mortiser I I· I WYSONG &. MILES CO., CEDA.RST.~§Q. Fh..R. GREENSBORO, N. C.' A MESSAGE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA: Do you wish to lessen the cost of handling your pro-duct by the use of light running. long lasting axles! It so explain to your wagon builder that Gillette Roller 8earln~ AXles are inexpensive to buy-easy to install-simple in con-struction and highly effective in reducing the draft-that they can be made a part of YOUR vehicle at OUR risk as.we ship on approval to responsible persons. And ask him to write to us-or do so yourselves. IT WILL PAY YOU. Youts for the cheapening of manufacturing costs~ THE GILLETTE ROLLER BEARING CaMP ANY Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. • WHEELER'S PATENT WOOD FILLER J_. ~ Forms:'l permane:nt foundation. Brings out the full life and beauty of the wood. Goes further alldsave5 labor and material, henc~ cheaper than other fillers. The 8ridfleDl)rt WfWd FinisbinD Co., JlIew Millord. CMn. S5 Fulton St., N. Y. 7()W. LakeSt., Chicaa:o. 41·43 So, 3rdSI., Philadelphia , GREEN SPARTAN STAI N USED FOR SPECIAL WORK OF ALL KINDS Made in various shades--from the light forest green to a deep mala-chite green. The only permanent green oil stain on the market. MANUFACTURED BY The Marietta Paint & Color CO. MARIETTA, OHIO, U. S. A. Write fir Folder Descriptive of our SILVER GREY SPARTAN STAIN GLUE ROOM EQUIPMENT OUGHT TO INTEREST YOU OUR Benedict Clamps WILL SAVE YOU FLOOR SPACE TRUCK CLAMP. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY 130 S. Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of HAND SCREWS, CABINET MAKERS' BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS, Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the Warld VeneefiPresses, aU;kinds and !!izes Hand Feed Glneing M~. (Patent pending,) Eight Styles and siz'l!s. Yeneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc.. Efc, Wood· Working Machinery -..---~----=----------=---- and Supplies Power Feed Glue Spreading Machine. (Patent applied for), Single, double and comoination LET US KNOW YOUR WAN'TS 419-421 E. Eighth St. CINCINNATI. 0_ =---=- #iiii!. No. 20 Glue Heater C"AS. E. FRANCIS &. BRO..a No.6 Glue Heater The Universal Automatic CARV/NO MACHINE = 'PERFORMS THE WORK OF 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done b~ Hand ~~----MADE BY====== Indianapolis, Indiana Write· for Inlorl1lation. Prices Etc. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUF'\CTURKR.'l AND J()BIl~:R~ 01" Plain and Beveled Mirrors, Bent Glass for China Cabinets Plate Glass for Desks, Table Tops and Shelves Our facilities for supplying furniture lTI<lTlufacturers will be under~to()d when we state that we have 10 Glass from Pennsylvania to Missouri; and 13 Mirror plants, located as follows: factories, extending ·New York Boston Phlla,delphla Bufralo Cincinnati St. Louis Mfnnl!'apolls Atlanta Kokomo, Ind. Ford City, Pa. High Point, N. C. Davenport Cl")'stalCity, Mo. Also, aur 22 jobbing bouses carry heavy stacks in aliUnes of glass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are located in the 6ties named below: NEW VORK-HudsOll and Vandam Streets. BUFFALO--3Til-4-6-8 Pearl Street. BOSTON-4t-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 Bowker St. BROOKLYN-6.35 and 637 Fulton Str~et. CHICAGO-442-4S:l Wabash Avenue. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn BuildjJJg, Arch and CINCINNATI--Broadway and Coun Stref!ts. Eleventh Streets. ST. LOUIS-Cor. 12th and St Charles Streets. DAVENPORT -410-416 Scott Street. MINNEAPOLIS-SOO-Slo S. Third Street. CLEVELAND-149-S1-53 Senf!Ca Street. DETRorT-S3-S5 Larned Street E OMAHA-t608-lo-12 .Harney Street. PITTSBURGH-IOHo3 Wood Street. ST. PAUL-349-51 Minnesota Street. MILWAt1KRE. WIS.-492-4'J4 Market Street. ATLANT A, GA,~-30, 32 and 34 S_ Pryor Street. ROCHESTER, N. V.-VVilder Building, Main SAVANNAH. GA -745-749 Wheaton Street. and Exchange Sls. KANSAS ClTV~Fiftl:i and Wyandott Sts. BALTIMORE-221-223 W. Pratt Street. BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. It needs no :ugument to show what <ldvantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. AGENTS FOR THE COULSON PATENT CORNER POSTS AND BATS. 1 2 Triple Drum Sander "THE CONQUEROR"-that's the name of our No.4 Sander. Users say it's a good one because this machine is daily winning decisive victories for them in the pursuit of high·class work. The foremost furniture, piano and cabinet faetories use this sander and in testimonial letters report it to be unexcelled for the quality and quantity of work and the economy and simplicity of operation. Copies of these letters are free for the asking. The t"ree steel drums carry sand paper of differ· ent grades from coarse to fine and have a vibratory motion that prevents the formation of snake lines on the finished material. Any ordinary workman can remove and recover the drums without trouble and the paper never swags. Descriptive circulars, giving complete in-formation and full specifications are sent free on request. Send postal today tor TESTIMONIALS, OIROULARS. SANDER BOOK. J. A. FAY &. EGAN CO. 505-525 W. FRONT STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO, U· S. A. THE WORLD'S STANDARD FOR WOODWORKING MAC H I NERY. =.-= ---- ---- ~~--=== 26th Year-No. 19 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, MARCH 10, 1906. $1.00 per Year. American Short Sightedness. The argument set forth by Consul George 0, Corne.lius of St. Johns, ~ewfot1nd1and, that American manufacturers are showing bad busine% judgment in their present neg-lect of the r\ ev,:foundland market is a point ,veil taken, for reasons so obvious and so different fronL those ordinarily appeari11g in c011s111arreports that Consul Cornelius' state-ment is douhlv itllpressivc, N ewfoundl;nd is so near home for most Americans that to neglect its trade \vould seem almost inexcusable, To eastern merchants it is Inueh 1l10:"e,accessible than wcste,n points in the United States, It is as much within the radius of Bo"toll\ trade influence as almost any portion of the United States outside of )Iev.,' England. Its wants are (lcifbe:' nUl11el"OttS llor extravagant, but they are such as could be catered to by Americans to excellent advantage. Consul" Cornelius spe;J.ks cOJlvincingly when he says that our t-dele \"!ith 1\ C\VfOUll(lland"is illust',"atlve of a peculiar dereliction on the part of oUr exporters and manufacturers. to \vhich attention has been often called-ove"rlooking trade at their vr.:'y doors \vhile reaching out for trade at the other side uf the world!' This statement serves as a basis for the consul's observations that as exporters Americans will never succeed as largely as Englishmen until thr)' adopt the English method of hoisting the flag of commerce in every commercial corner of the. earth, no matter how small or bow uninteresting some of the markets may at first appear. "If we are to essav a worI'd trade," says the consul, "we must do as other traders do, the British in particular, who lay down the pJ"jnciple that no market, no matter how small, can be safely overlooked. It is the application of tbis principle which gives a world trade in perfection to the Bl"itish, for a very large and importattt part of the foreign trade of the United Kingdom is made up of the small con-tributions of the small marts, overlooked by other traders, especially hy our traders," This argument allplie~ with particular force to Nev,,'found-land, which is so near at hand that to neglect it, even though it may be fo:'eign soil. appears like commercial short-sight-edness of the most pronounced type, The consul says truthfully that there is no valid reason why the greater part of the foreign products consumed in ;{ewfoundland should not be supplied by the United Statcs.-X. Y, Commercial. Diamond Turret Att2.chment. A device for use on single spindle drill presses, boring nwcbincs ~lnd balles, to render them C',;Jpablc of several op-erations without changing the tools, has just been placed on the market. It saves the time ordinarily lost in changing drills and handling work several times for different sized holes" Tn a sense it may be consid('Tcd to convert a single spindle machine into a gang drill, although it has an advan-tage over a gatlg drill in that every tool may be brought to 011C position, so that a job clamped to the table or a heavy piece on which a series of operations is required need not be shifted in location" The attachment consists of two parts, one of which is mounted on a spindle having a tapered or straight shank to Ilt in the tool sockets of the machine, while the other revolves on the first part and carries four spindle sockets, each having a 1I10rse taper hole to receive tools. The handle engages a latch locking the two parts together when one of the tool's is in action. The other tools re-main stationary .. and as the clutch mcchanism and locking pin are operat~d simultaneously, it is impossible to start a tool until' it is in perfect alignment. In changing from one tool to another it is only necessary to release the latch and clutch mecllanjsm by an upward pressure on the handle and revolve the required tool into position. Drilling and tapping arc the fUllctions for which the device is practically adapted. It is so constructed that it responds at once to the reverse motioll of the machine. In New Quarters. The Cyclone Blow Pipe company, manufacturers of Cy-clone dust collectors, automatic furnace feeders, sted plate exhaust fans and exhaust and blow piping, are now nicely located in their new quarters, 70~86 West Jackson Boule-vard. The company moved between Christnlas and :Jew Year's day, and now have 7,000 square feet of floor space -ahout double the amollnt they had at their former location, 12~14 south Clinton Street, President-Managcr P, C. 11iller reports business excellent with the. company. THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes NO! IT is not a new STAIN or a new FILLER or a new SURFACER, Only a New Departure We have realized the necessity for a long time, of getting nearer to our good friends in the WEST and NORTHWEST. Not nearer in spirit or confidence, for we feel that we are very close to our patrons in that way already, but nearer in actual mileage. We have just opened a new factory for the manufacture of our line of WOOD fiNISHING SUPPLIES at Nos. 61~63~65and 67 North Ashland Avenue CUICAGO, ILLINOIS It is fully equipped with all modem machinery, and the plant is more complete in every way than the home factory. We will there manufacture and carry in stock, a full line of our 4ntique and Golden Oak.fillers Japan Coaters Surfacers (Mineral Base) Water and Oil Stains Enamels, Lacquers, and in fact everything that our good friends in the Central West and North West may call for, and if you want a special shade, we can only reiterate what we have claimed with confidence in the past We want to tell you about our No. 390 and No 397 NEW PENETRATING GOLDEN OAK OIL STAINS, USED IN CONNECTION WITH OUR NO. 611 and NO. 512 fiLLERS. We will gladly furnish samples, and also send copy of our little book "Lindeman the filler Maker" DON'T FORGET WHERE TO SEND T"E BARRETT-LINDEMAN COMPANY MA.INOffiCE and fACTORY. Nos. 1400-02-04 fRANKfORD AVE. Pt1ILADEP"14, P4. CHICAGO FaCTORY, Nos. 61-63-65-67 NORTH ASHLAND AVE. CmC4GO, ILL. Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Fac tories. which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion, An invitation is extended to aU who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar· kets available ill our territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Ln(l n d Industrial Agent, WASHINGTON, D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE, Agent, M. A. HAYS, Agent. 622 Chemical Building. st. Louis. Mo. 225 Dearborn St .• Clticace. 111 TABLE LEGS turned with this machine cost less than any you ever made. With it one man will do the work -ofsix to ten skilled Hand Turners. The quality of work can't be beat, and we would like to have you jlldge of it for your:->elf,by sending you a ."ample of what we ~uaraTltee it to do. The main features of the machine lie in the patent CUTTER HEA n, the VAR 1_ AHLE FRICTW:-J FEED. and the OSCILLATING CAR· RIAGE. A full description of this machine will interest you May we send it? C. Mattison Machine Works 363 Fifth St •• Beloit. Wisconsin. FaIding Bed Fixtures Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They afe made by Folding- Bed \VilJiams in many styles and designs, suitable for every folding bed manUfactured. Furniture Cast-ings. Panel Holders. Corner Irons, etc. New ideas and inventions constantly being added to the line. F. B. WILLIAMS 3812 Vincennes Ave., Chicago. Manufacturer of Hardware Specialties fOI"tile Furuiture Trade. Estahlished 1878 FOR SAlE--CHAIR FACTORY Chair Fadory located in centra' pari of New York Stale. thoroughly equipped with new modern machinery. having a large es,.- tablished trade on a line of high grade box seat dining chairs. Were unable 10 60 the amount of orders received in 1905. This factory must be sold and can be bought al a great sacrifice in order to close up an un~ seuled estate. ADDRESS "C" CARE MICHIGAN ARTISAN PALMER'S Patent Gluing Clamps Are the most S\1ccessfu.l PiUng Clamps Made For the {ollowlng reason. They clamp instantly any width of dimension stock; no adjusting damps to fit the work. they hook at once to the desired width, Rel<:ascd instantly-throw out the lever and take them off. The work can be removed 8S fast as it call he handled . As the dam" is placed over the work amI locks ioto the one beJow it the draw is alike 011both sides, prevents all Spdllgillg no matter how wide the stock may be. Impassible tor them to slip; the wedge bas serrated edge and cannol be moved when damp is closed, hammer allJ·ou like, Unlimited power; great strength and urability; malleable iron and steel; the knul"kle joints are socket joints. DOl ri"ets. Although the best they cost you less For further information ask fOT catalogue NO.4. A. E. Palmer. Norvel. Mich. Our UnbreaKa ble products can be glued and nailed, filled or fin-ished same as wood, with oil, water or spirit stain. No. 139 A No. 152 B RETTER THAN WOOD Much stronger and more durable, full depth of grain. J\ perfect reproduction of hand carving which absolutely defies deteCtion. Send for Sample. Send for CATALOGUE. ORNAMENTAL PRODUCTS CO. Twdfth and Fort Streets. Detroit. Michinn. 5 6 -~MlfrlG7!N FORESTRY AND TREE CULTURE. Its Importance to National Prosp~rity. "vVithout the forests, there could exist not one of the arts," JlO industry-nothing. Deprive mankind of the for-ests, and agriculture would become an impossibility. With- Dut agriculture, man would revert to a savage living in the rocks and defending himself with a stone, Since the day primitlve man ventured from his hole in the cliffs and lashing a jagged rock to the end of a stick, thus rudely iashioning the first manufactured necessity-a stone hatchet-wood from the forests has been the basis of civilization. Ages no doubt, elapsed thereafter ere human intelligence and ingenuity discovered the use of fire and how to produce it, but even then, the forest fur-nished the material, the stone hatchet and its· owner "doing the rest." From the utilization of primeval forests by pre-historic man, to the scientific pursuit of modern forestry is a long, long Toad with many turnings, but so it has been and ever will be with all vital matters of human import. The forests are man's most valuable asset and all too tardily aTe we being brought to a realization of the fact and beginning to form ideas of how to husband this great resource and per-petuate it for not only ourselves of to-day, but for the generations that will allow us. The natural trend of civilation is toward the destruc-tion of the forest; the sacrifice of the future for present gain or convenience, and many a mountain has been stripped of its verdue, many a water supply robbed of its source, many a low land flooded and lives, homes and in-dustries wiped out of existence ere there has come into the minds of the American people an awakening and a desire and determination to grapple with the situation. Our forefathers, throught instinct and necessity, WCie all "children of the forest." In a semi-fanciful way, do we of America not owe our very existence in this fair land to a tree? Was llot Columbus, the ridiculed exponent of earth's rotundity, already in despair and upon the verge of re-linquishing his hopes, ambitiolls and command when word was brought of the discovery of a green branch of a tree floating in the water hesides his vessel? Possibly but for this little incidellt the mounds of St. Louis would still be illumined with the sacrifical fires of the ancients and the ancestors of the republic still sweating beneath the yoke of Britain. Silvi-culture, the scientific production and harvesting of forest crops, experience.d its official recognition in the United States March 3, 18911 when in the act to repeal the timber culture laws, a section was placed conferring. upon the President authority to set apart and reserve public land5, ·wholly or in part covered with timber or under-growth, whether of commercial' value or not as public reservations. For many years the apparent necessity of preserving our timber resources had been plain to many but only, within the past decade has it been possible to in-augurate a general movement in that direction. Could this law authorizing the creation of forest reserves, ,have been enacted half a century earlier the -people of thi.s ;nation would to-day be richer by billions of dollars, in the ;value of countless acres of timber wasted in the ruthless 'rush for development and destroyed by fire through lack of ,:protection. It has been often stated upon the .best author- :ity that fully four-fifths of our annual consumption of forest Igrowth is dissipated in the smoke and ashes of forest fires. The stupcndousness of this almost incredible state-' 'ment is better realized in part by gaining some idea of the magnitude of the remaining one-fifth. Since the establishment of the first saw mill in this country (Vermont, 1643), lumbering has grown to be the fourth largest industry of the nation. Vie now use 35,- 000,000,00 feet of wood every twelve months, a figure alto-gether too large for the human mind to comprehend. We must reduce it gradually to smaller fractions. To produce this output there is invested more than a billion dollars. Marc than 283,000 wage-earners are employed. There is paid to those wage-earners annually about $105,000,000. :..\fotwithstandillg thc fact that wood is being constantly supplanted by steel in the construction of ships, by cement and steel in architecture, and by coal, gas and oil for fuel, the annual demand tor wood is continuously increasing. In fact these substituted materials a.re but enlarging the possi-bilities for wood consumption, to which is of course added he demand through the extension of railroads, settlement of public lands, increased mining industry, paper-making and the settlement and growth of cities, towns and villages. All these great industries have been developed the more rapidly because of the almost unlimited supply of wood and its comparative cheapness. As the forests decrease, how-ever, an dthe demand for wood and the cost of its substi-tutes increase, those industries will be maintained only at a correspondingly increased expense unless some radical means is soon provided for perpetuating the supply. The great consumeTS of wood in this country arc the railroads, most of their demand being for cross-ties, station house, platforms, bridges, road-crossings, rolling stock, furniture and many minor uses. There are in the neigh-borhood of 286,262 miles of railroad track in the United States to-day. Abotlt 3,000 ties are required for every mile so that there are in use at the present time nearly 859,000,- 000 ties. An oak tie lasts about 10 years; one of pine about 6 years, unless creosoted, burnetized or otherwise treated, when its life may be increased to that of the oaken one. Ten per cent of the ties in use must therefore be re-ncwed every twelve months, making an annual consump-tion of more than 90,000,000 ties for railroads alone. On an average an acre of timber land will produce about 200 tics, although the number varies greatly in different 1"0- ealitles. The tie consumptlon, including those '-1sed for additional track and yards and the construction for new railroads, amounts to something over 4,000,000,000 board feet. To this can be added an equal amou~t for telegraph poles, fencing, bridge timber, car and other materials, so that all-in-all the. railroad systems of the United States use probably the entire -product of 1,000,000 acres of forest land every year. As ties cost upon an average of 50 cents each, there is invested annually for the supply at least $45,000,000. No accurate estimate of the amount of timber used an-nually in mines is available, but by compnting the cubic feet of timber per ton of ore produced we arrive at interest-ing figures. It requires about one cubic foot of timber to mine each ton of anthracite coal or for the total national output about 70,000,000 cubic feet per year. For the bitu-minous branch of the industry a less percentage of wood is necessary; in all about 250,000,000 cubic feet. For precious metals one cubic foot is required for, every cube of gold, making a total of some 75,000,000 cubic feet. These amounts increased by 20,000,000 cubic feet for iron ore requirements gives us a total of 400,000,000 cubic feet. That amount of lumber would lay a ,dance floor 13 miles each way and one inch thick. OtheT great sources for wood consumption are the manufactures' of boxes and barrels. About the most familiar and frequently seen object upon the face of civilized earth is a wooden box, and it is estimated that fully 40 per cent of the entire lumber out-put is annually used in tbeir manufacture. And so one could continue to compute and estimate almost indefinitely before even a fair conception would be gained of the stupendous amount of forest product there is used III this country every hvelve months_ After all this has been considered it is astounding to learn that it is esti-mated by the best authority that the above "annual con-sumption" represents only about i5 per cent of that which is taken from the forests, the other 2S per cent being actu-ally wasted or burned in the woods and the refuse burners at the mills,. In the Pacific Northwest alone it is stated by wdl-posted lumbermen that no less than 1,000,000,000 feet of timber is thus destroyed annually_ \\Thether this is through necessity or mere convenience, time and investiga-tion will soon be able to tell. At any rate that amount of lumber would build 100,000 fair sized dwellings and pro-vide homes for half a million people. )Io. doubt a very large portion of this great waste is by reason of there being no available market for "by-prod-ucts" and the exorbitant freight rates in some sections make the shipment of the waste material impossible. In tJ1C densc forests of \Vashington and Oregon, h<n''lever, the writer has seen thousands upon thousands of feet of timber ahandoned in the woods or account of broken cuts, butts ",,'ith decayed centers, indication of rot or "conchs," stubs. dead trees with loosened bark and "tops" from 50 to 150 feet in length and sound as a dollar. The density of the timber in those sections of the North-west equals in places the tangle of a tropical jungle. Be-neath giant hemlocks, firs, cedars, and spruce towering to a height of from 100 to 250 feet, and in many cases over a hundreds years old, tie the fallen trunks of the fathers of the forest still sound and good but pinned to the earth by the great roots of the vresent generations, Over aU this grows a nehvork of sahli-berry, salmon wood, 5.hrubs, ferns and bushes, making so impenetrable a mass that often a skilled woodsman wilt Gnd it impossible to make more than two or two and a half miles in a day's travel. Into this trackless jungle come tbe executioners of the nation's wealth, hirelings of some multimillionaire specul-lator, who under our present system of iniquitous limber laws has been able to absorb unto himself at the rate of $2,50 an acre government property-the people's heritage-worth generally from $20 to $100 per acre. In some cases in earlier years the waste in thcse forests was more than 60 per cent, that percentage of the forest being left upOn the ground in the form of tops, broken tim-ber and trimmings. This mass, many feet in thickness, .vas fired \vhen dry and the flames all owed to destroy any young trees left .standing. The shrubbery of young forest spring-ing up has been destroyed by subsequent nres sweeping through the district and wherc once there was majestic forest life there remains to-day nothing but desolation and barrenness_ In many cases, as if fearful of utilizing too much of God's gift, the choppers ~ctt1ally seemed to vie with each other to put their choppillg~boaTd.'i higher and hundreds of perfectly sound stumps from 10 to 20 feet in height and from three to six feet in diameter, still stand, hlackened monuments, as it v,,-ere, needing no inscription to give evidence down through succeeding generations of a nation's criminal prodigality. How different are the methods practiced in other coun-tries of the ,'vorld, particularly those of Europe. In Ger-many and Sweden the lumberman is compelled to plant a tree for everyone that he cuts down, and even then he is permitted to fell only those of matured age and after they have been carefully scaled and marked by a government forester- J:;'or the stumpage of this timber he is required to pay a reasonable price just as a ",,-holesale grocer or other merchant must pay for his goods. Thus the govern-ment is reimbursed for its property and by superintending the affair like any astute business man would, it is con-stantly prm'iding for the futurc. In France the forests are looked after, under the pro-visions of a code, by an army of 6,000 foresters, rangers 7 and keepers who are under military discipline and avial-able for llational' defence in caSe of v",-ar. Under a former law the owners of timber land in France were obliged to reforest all denuded area, the government only supplying the seed. For the' last 50 years, however, the present laws vest in the timber owner the right to refuse to do this work; "dJcretlpotl the government has the privilege of pay-ing him a reasonable price tor his cut-over land and expel-ling him from it. The government then goes ahead with the reforesting and in time will "sell' and buy again." In many countries of Emope the tree-planting idea is car~ ried out in the schools. The children are taught the use of the forests and how to cultivate and care for them. Then at certain times of the year they assist in planting trees in waste districts. These are numbered and marked with the child's name so that in after years the "risen gen-eration" may have constantly before them the results of their own handiwork. \Vhat pride must fill a boy's or girl's heart in pointing ou~ the trees planted in childhood by their parents and grandparents and comparing them with their oWll. In the United States the great and paramount issue is' not so much the waste from a lumbering point of view as it is from the standpoint of a perpetual water supply and flood protection; not only in the arid west but the central, east-ern and southern portions of the country. In many sections of the East one sees at certain times of the season the icy floods piled up to the second story window of farm houses along the ri"cers <Iod a few months later those people will be shipping their water supply in over the railroad. The same in the South_ There IS a time coming when the people of the South will be unable to build their levees higher and a time when the flood problem of the Lower Mississippi must be grappled with from another standpoint than the levee system. The problem will never be solved except by a system of forest culture and preservation and water storage on the sources of the Ohio, North Platte, 1'lis-souri and Yellowstone rivers, where after using it for power and irrigating purposes to pay back the cost of construc-tioll. it can be brought down in August to aid navigation, Under the provisions of the National Rec1amatioJl Law the federal government is enteting upon a policy of irri-gating the arid lands of the \:Vest that will involve the spending of miltions upon millions of dollars. Through this expenditure will follow the inveHtments of many mil-lions of private capital and the establishment of hundreds of thousands of new homes. The basis of the whole scheme is an adequate supply of water, and upon the preservation of our forests as natural reservoirs, depends absolutely the possibility of getting that supply. For years t11ere has been before Congress a bill for the repeaf of the Timber and Stone Act. Under its operations more than 3,000,000 acres of valuable timber land has been absorbed into private and speculative m>"nership during the past two years and the government has been unnecessarily deprived of values aggregating anywhere from $50,000,000 to $75,000,- 000. That money might have helped out our national deficit of some $22,000,000 this year, and a little would have been left over to swell the $30,000,000 now in the reclamati<m fund. Unless the matter is' acted upon, nationat reclama-tion is liable to result in one of the most gigantic farces a beneficent government ever stood sponsor for. -A '\iV. Hadley. D. A. KEPPERLING Commercial Photographer Phon' South, 709 1414-1416 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 8 G. R. ~ I. fLYERS BETWEEN Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO 12.35 Noon Buffet Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO •........................ 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dlniog Ca.. To Grand Rapids Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO 7.15 A. M. Eleotrlc Lighted SleeploBi Ca.r Phone Union Station for Reservations Early English A perfect stain which pro-duces the correct shade-and directions for mani pula-tion to produce correct finish Sold only in powder form; does not fade--penetrates the wood. Get our circulars and book-let that puts you next to the very best ways for producing FUMED OAn. WALTER K. 'SCHMIDT COMPANY 84-8.6CANAL STR~~T GRAIIII) RAPIDS, MleNIGAIII Lv. CHICAGO _ 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 2:00 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO~ NibC8t~:~~E~x~. Sun 1.15P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS , ...•••.•.. 5.50 P. M. Bullet Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, J1ihC8t~~~~~ Ex. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS 10.35 P, M. Parlor and DIDID.. Car Lv. CHICAGO~Nihci,;t~~~~Dt1a~ily 11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAP'IDS _ .........•• 6.45 A. M. ~lectl'le Lighted 51eephta Car Phone Michigan Central Cttl' Tichet OfUce for Reservations, 119 Adams Stree1 INSIST ON HAVING MorrisWoo~I Sons' Soli~ Steel GlueJoint (utters for there are no other.r .. ju.rt a.r good." They cut a clean perfect joint always. Never bum owing to the GRADUAL CLEARANCE (made this way only by us), require little grinding, saving time and cutters. No time wasted setting up and cost no more than other makes. Try a pair and be convinced. Catalogue No. 10and prices on appli.cation. MORRIS. WOOD al SONS Thirty_one years at 31..33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO. ILL. I Write for Price to I THE CHAUTAUQUA VENEERING CO, 9 Manufacturers of VENEERED TOPS, FRONTS and PANELS In All Woods JAMESTOWN. NEW YORK Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools If.;:~!:~la~~e,:J:' Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Grand RapJda. Mich. Filers, Setters, Sharpeners, Grinders, Swages, Stretchers. Brazing and Fi'inQ Clamvs, Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. Itlvetf::~our Bollen Band Saw Filer lor Saws % inch lip. New 200 page CataloKue for 1905 Fn=e. B. T. & B. Stvle D, Knife Grinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dry The Furniture Agency --- . ---.---- OFFICES-------~----------- 605ton NewYork Jame&town HighPoint Cincinnati Detroit Grand Rapids Chteago ·SI.Lout.. MlnneaDolt& Associate Offices and Bonded AttorneysIn all Principal cities eyelone Blow Pipe Co. Improved Cyclone Dust Collectors, Automatic Fumace Feeders, Steel Plate Exhaust Fans, Exhaust and Blow Piping Complete sy~lema desillIled. manufactured, installed and guaranteed. Old systems fIeDlodeled on modern lines on mo~1 ec()Domi<;a1 plana. Supplementary a y s I e m 8 added where preoent !)'S-tem. are outgrown. De-fective systems oorreeted and put in proper working o[der. ------~~----~--- 70 W. Jackson Street. CHICAGO, _ IU-. REPORTfNG FUkNfTURE, UNDERTAKERs, CARPET HARUWAIlE AND KINDRED TRADES. COLLRC:- TIONf- MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED sYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DRJ'ARTMRNT WlJ: PRODUCE RESUl.TS WlJE~E OTHEii..S Ji" ... IL W1HTl:£ FOR PARTICI'LA"S I\NI) ,OU WILL SEND US YOU" BO'SlN ESS. Our Complaint and Adjustlllent Department Red Drafts Collect L. J. ST EVENS ON, MI<:higanManage. SMooTHEST GROOVES GREATEST RANGE FOX SAW DADO HEADS FASTEST CUT QUICKEST ADjUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE PER.FECT SAFETY Also Machine KnlveJ'. Miter Machines.Eta. We'll gladlytell you all about It. PhRMANENT ECONOMV l85 N. Front Street. FOX MACHIN l':. CO. Grand Rapids. Mtah~ 10 Imitations of American Designs in Shapers and Milling Machines. P. E, Montanus, sec:-etary of the National Machine Toot Builders 'Association, has recently returned to America from a European trip in the course of which he visited Germany, France and England in the interest of the American machine tool trade. He says that there have recently appeared in Europe many imitations of American designs, notably of shapers and milling machines. Some of these machines arc now selling at from 10 to 15 per cent more than the American originals, chiefly because of improvements upon the American designs, and because the European goods are made . for larger capacity. Changes in prices are not frequent Grand Rapids School of Fumiture ----Designing. Mr. George Vander Riet IS ANOTHER OF OUR SCHOLARS WHO 15 NOW SUCCEsSFULLY HOLDING A POSITION AS A DESIGNER. among the European makers, wh.ose custom in this respect 15 described by Jvlr. Montanus as follows: "The American manufacturer hesitates a long time and deliberates carefully either as an individual or through as-sociate5 before making all increase in price, while Oll the contrary, the Europe<in manufacturer, whom we consider as belonging to the class that nev.er changes prices, makes a change whenever conditions warrant, and without apparent hesitation. As an exampl'e of this, one prominent English manufacturer has made three positive advances within the last four months, and yet orders continue to be received, de-livery to be made in f~ur or five months. On comparing as nearly as possible the question of net profIts, I am satisfied that the average European manufac-turer, notably English and German, makes a larger net profit on capital invested than the average American tool builder of my acquaintance. One reason for this is the lower Tate of wages, which in a ..competitive shop manufacturing first dass goods, only average 1O~ cents per hour, including ap-prentices. I am not able to substantiate the claim made by some that an American mechanic can produce as much as two or more foreigners, for I fonnd machine tools being run' to their fullest limit and capacity and with the utmost intelli- Desianed and drawn by George Vander Reit, studePt io the Grand Rapid. School of Fumitwe Deaignina:. gence, and with bench and vise men not a bit behind OUr own," Mr. Montanus while in Europe gave considerable atten~ tioll to the frequently heard complaints about American methods of packing, and his conc;lusion is that the machine tool trade should be absolved from blame on this important point. He says that while on the continent, he saw many cases of American machinery that arrived in the most perfect condition, and that so far as he could discover, American methods of packing were entirely satisfactory to the receiv~ ers of the goods. Mr. Montanus pays a compliment to European merchants who are handling American goods, saying: "A great deal of credit is due to the enterprising firms in Europe who are pushing American machinery exclusively, who wiI'l make a long and hard fight befo~e 'permitting any reduction in the volume of trade. Then, again, the various expositions. connected with the automobile shows that'. are ~ and draWD by George Vander Red. Iltudentin the Grand Rapids School oj Furniture~ng. Being held in Berlin, Paris and London aid us mnCh!l1 main-taining and advertising features of American tools, as tt'di' industry is one of the most important in Europe, with a large amount of capital and energy in its development."-N. Y, Commercial. • Chicago Wood Finishing Company's Colonial Art Finishes Produce a Complete Finish in One Operation. These fInishes arc stains made adaptable for general de-corative purposes. They give the dull. soft effect \vhich is greatly sought after and \'\-hich is seen in genuine colonial Desillned and drawn by Georll~ Vande. Reit, student in the Crand Rapids School of F urnitu.e DeRllninll. and mission furniture :.1!ld imitated in the best examples of so~called "Art'; and Crahs" fllfnitllre, that is so much in vogue at the prescnt time. There have been numerous stains and otber fil\ishing 1na-tcrials placed on i'he market,which have been intended for th(' same l1sues as Colonial Art Finishes, but which have given so much Uonhre by reason of their not dryillK. smear-ing the surface on which used, setting hard or separating in the package, that it has disconraged many in the use of finishes of this character. The compa11:( did /lot place Colonial Art Finishes on gen-eral sale until they had been brought to their prescnt excel-lence through years of impro\<'cment', "iNhilc they were em-ployed in the leading finishing rooms throughout the United States, They are now offered as pedected finishes. easily ap-plied, producing the most artisic effects very economically, \vith little skill' required in theil- application and entirely satisfactory in every \\ray. They are llsed by the kading furniture manufacturers and hardwood finishes througbout America. Anyone in the household may apply them with as successful results as the experienced finisher. One application to the bare wood produces a complete finish. \/ilork which has previollsly been finished with other ma-terials may be re-finished "vith Colonial Art Finishes. It is necessary, in this case, to first remove the old finish with Elston Paint and Varnish Remover or by other suitable method. Formerly only halls, "dens," or special rooms, or odd pieces or furniture wcre finished with Colon"ial Art Finisht-s; they are now employed generally for finishing any interior woodwork or furniture. A coat of Colonial \Vax Finish may be easily and quickly applied over Colonial Art Finishes, after they ;ti"e thoroughly dry, by anyone with a piece of eheese-cloth. This will pro-duce a finish similar to that which would he obtained with a thin coat of shellac and a coat of 'wax--called a "vax finish, or "egg shell" gloss. 11 Colonial V'lax Finish is exceedingly economical as it will cover from 5fteen hundred to two thousand square feet, or as much surface as four gallons of varnish. Colonial W"ax Finish will not scratch nor mar \",hite and is not affected by hot or cold water. Colonial Art Finishes are furnished in the foHowing eight shades: Old English oak, Black Flemish, malachite (green), mission oak, tobacco brown, silve,:- grey, inwerial weatherer oak. light golden oak. 'lv' e make other shades to order. The "silver grey" shade, as well as tbt Himperial," is sometimes called a ',\.,ieatbered oak" color; dther of these produces, in the one application, a leading shade of the now popular ""'leatherecl oak" finish. The "ljght golden oak" shade is especially adapted for use on floors. Cyclone Blow Pipe Company. The Cyclone B10"\y Pipe company, 70-86 \i\Test Jackson Doulevard, corner Clinton Street, Chicago, have for years past b~en engaged in the exclusive business of manufacturing and installing exhaust and blow pipe equipments in all kinds of establishments where t11Cy are used, and some of the largest systems in the country have been designed, manufac-tmcd and installed by them. Their facilities arc unsurpassed by any establishment in the C011nLy, comprising the very best of talent, long and large expericnce in the Lu",:r.ess. Their systems ar~ all designed on modern lines, embody-ing all the latest improvements known to date. their aim be-ing to manufacture and install only strictly firM-class sys-tems that they can guarantee, and would be pleased to hear from all parties contemplating putting in a system, or in the market for anything in their line. Curly Pine. A very beautiful figured wood, found in limited quantities 111 Gcorgia and Alabama, is called curly pine. It is of a dark amber shade, and the "figures" embrace not only the lines of quartered oak and bircb, but birdseye maple as well. Tile latc \lark Hanna was so well pleased with this wood ~sillned by E. A. Hilke. that be caused it to be used in fitting up the interior of his winter home at Thomasville, Ga. It is very expensive, <nving to its scarcity. American Woods Wanted in Hungary. Our American consul in Hungary writes that a firm there desires to purchase black walnut, white, wood and satin- 'wood from America for cabinet work. It must be straight and sound. Ii American exporters ean furnish what is wanted a big trade \\lill 50011 be established. r 12 Sfe~~en50nnr~.(0. South Bend. Iud. Wcod TWllings. T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. 1- Catalogue to Manufac-turers on AppJiC'ation. B. WALTER & CO. rNt~~~~ M,nuf"turm o~TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRICES, AND DISCOUNT . If your DESIGNS are right, people want the (mods. Tha'l makes PRICES right, (tlarence lR. lbflls DOES IT 163 ~adison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. lberman Scbaubel. IDl'tdlttl SIItk\ll$ aad lDtla\l$ ALUi:"lTOW:'l" PA. 9llammoth ~rop- CarUqr~ 9/0. 3 'This macbllle weighs about one ton. Ha.s a traveling table, is reversed llnd 5tRtI I'd from a counter shafl, which is includ- ",d with machine. H,-,I!ow steel mandrel a% inches in diameter. We furnish burtl-er lor inside or outside helll-ing. for either gas or g<lso-. line. Size of machme. 4 it 'l in blgh., Bft. 10 In. loug', 3 It. wide. We gllaralltee this machine_ Price, $2::5; without trav~ €'ling table, 5200. Mal1lnlOth )[0. 4, same as machine No.3, drivcn wiLh longitude shaft only; lJ.u\\eys at right ang- J e s; neerls 110 C011\lter :;haft. Price $20; with_ out travd-j n g table, $170. 'S",n<! for full dc- ~1:1"\)'>t i 0 Il am] list of utlle1- drop carvet"s Vl.e build. Blue Print Desions Free to the Trade, INO. P. DENNING 208 S. FIRST ST. TERRK HAUTE, IND GRAND RAPIDS DOWEL WORKS c. B. CLARK. Proprietor. Manufacturers of Cut and !Jointed Dowel Pins and Dowel Rods - ~-~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ==---- -,- 72 South Frol1t Street, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. BOYNTON ex. CO. Mfrs, of Embossed and Turned Mouldlng~. Porch Work, Wood urills. and Auto· matic Turnings We also manufac· ture a largelil1e of e'MBOSSED ORNA· MENtS I:ot' CQucb WOIk _ Selld for illustrations, Removed to 419·421 W. flfteeuth St. C",C4GO. ILL -,,--~, - --- -----_._----- --- --_._---'- S;END FOR CATALOGUE 10ufs 1)abn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN IMPROVED, EASY and QUICK RAISING Belt, Electric and Hand Power. Tne Best Hand Power /01" Furniture Stores Send ror Catalogue and Prices. KIMBALL BROS. CO., 1067N;.lh St, Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Eleva1ol" Co • 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; 108 11th St., Oll1aha, I\t"b.; 12f1C( darSt.. New YOlk City. ELEVATORS WHITE: PRINTINC CO. CRAND RAPlDS, MlCH WE ""'NT THE M'CHrcAN AATISP.N. ANg ....AKE A GPECIA1..TY OF CATA1..0CUE$ POR THii: FURNITURE Tf'ADE. aran~ Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anf THE latest device for handling- shav-ings and dust from all wood wood-working machines. OUTeighteen years experience in this class of work bas brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scien t ific fact, as we have several hundred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatic Furnace Feed System, as shown in this cut, is the most perfect working device of anything in its line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRE~SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK Office and Fa.ctory: 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Citizens Phone 1282 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM r l _ 14 Some Things They Make of Wood. The recent craze for addities constructed from wood has givcnemploymcl1t in many shops during idle hours. There are always spare hOUfS, in the busiest of woodworking establishments, due to waiting for stock, delays in plans, etc. T'hese off-hoUfS arc frcquclltly used by enterprising men to make articles which bring in a profit and at the same time call for little investment in actual money value. That is, but vc,ry little money is 'tied up in the making of the singul'ar forms shown in the cuts. The principal expenditure is in time. It seems that there arc frequent calls tor these forms of household ornaments. One may see a curious stock of them in the shop of the furniture worker and repairman. them in the shop of the furniture worker and repairman, He may find them in the regular carpenter shop. Some were seen in a wheelwright shop, There is money in the business for the reason that good prices are obtained. Figure 1 is a sketch of onc style of form noticed for use on the stand of a library for a smoker's convenience. These forms arc made by shaping the body from hard or soft wood about 14 inchcs long, 6 inches deep and about 2 inches in thickness. The legs arc mortised into the edges and are provided with little wood rollers on either side of each leg, NK • • thcreby affording means for the figure to stand erect and bc rolled about, Then the neck and head are adjusted, likewise the taiL The top of the head and tail' are gouged out for a receptacle for matches, There is a wood bowl affair placed on the ridge for ashes. The upper edge of the back is slotted to hold a double row of cigars. Often the figure is made presentable bya simple smooth- STRAWS. __ -- ing of the surfaces, Both soft and hard woods are used. Staining is resorted to in some cases and then again very excellent finishes are made. Another design of kindred character is exhibited in fi-gure 2, constructed ior the desk of a locomotive engineer. He had noticed the odd figures in a show window of a woodworking cQncern and sought· a 0000000 MAIL kindred style in the shape of a locomotive. so arranged as to be serviceable for stationery on his desk. The plain wood shape of the boiler, stack and eab was sawed out of hardwood as in the cut. The top of the cab was slotted for postage stamps. The base of the cab was arranged for envelopes, while the cowcatcher carried the pens and pencil's in holes properly bored therein. A spongy substance was crammed into a boring- in the stack for pen-wiping uses. A bottle of ink was fItted on top of the boiler. Then an auto enthusiast w,mtt;d somethillg 8ppropriate for his apartment. He asked for a pin-<::ttshioll combination and was furnished '..·.iih the model of all automobile as in figure 3 with the necessary furnishings of pins, needles, scissors, thrcld, etc., But the mO:-it popular jigures arc the man-shaped ones. These are often used for ad~'ertjsing purposes in stores. One carpenter told me bov.· he had largely increased his income by produc-ing brownie figures from plain wood, for use in display windows. The comical forms :otlways attract attention. In some of the stores the forms are costumed. But as a rule the forms are shown to best advantage when finished in plain wood and exhibited under these conditions .. In figun·. 4 is one of the ripe and cigarette stands made in lIg11re style for ·wc'od. The hat is opened at the top to receive ashes. The pipe is adjusted loosely in the palm of one hand. The cigarettes arc placed in a little leather front sack in a convenient place. Another style of this kind of figure is shown in diag1'am S. This one is calculattd to sup· port an ink bottle upon. the head, a pen in the hand and an envelope in readiness as shown. 011 one of these forms I not teed the sign, "\Vrite today," The rather queer form shov,m in figure 6 was made for a soda fountain man who placed the figure all the counter near the fountain. It is supposed to be an imitation of a field crow. The usual stuff-ing of straw employed for padding the conventional straw scare ero\v of the corn field, consists of the straws nequired by the patrons of the soda fount;Lin. The straws are p:'o-jeeted for holes hored in the ends of the slee'ves and top Qf hat The customer ·withdraws a stra"v as needed. Figure 7 is an article of wood for desk purposes of a railroad man. His man is placed ill the opening provided in the top of the cat as shown. Tn fact quite an endless variety of 'wood shapes arc required to meet the demands of the purchasing public. As soon as the artisan displays some of these forms, he gets order$ for more of a different character. One party de$ired that a show be adjusted to a polished base board, fOl' example, and the finished articles is exhibited in JJgure 8. The base hoard was sawed out from mahogany and well 15 polished. The ·wheels ·were put OIl in the usual way to sup· port the fom) upright. Then a shoe \,,,"assawed straight through the middle and one half was attached with wirc nails and glue to the base board so as to result in the comhination shown in the cut. The half hollow circular space tJlUS acquired made an apart-ment ior the disposing of mi:-iccllaneous iuticles of every day use. Another party called for a j>,jsoller form for waste paper. The frontage of wood was modelled so as to represent the bars of a prison. A v-shaped leather sack was Jixed at the back and with the large end up, waste paper could be tossed into the same. "'Observer" Combination Tool. A useful tool, combining a drill, an ordinary vise, a pipe vise, an eme.ry wheel, an anvil, a forge and a blower, is made in Detroit. The devjcc has a steel faced base with a stationary head stock at one end, and at the other a movable tail' stock and an overhung forge pan. Spent a Week in Cuba. S. Poppenheimer, president of the National Furniture com-pany, spent a week in Havana and suburbs recently with a number of business men of Atlanta. The National sells a considerable quantity of furniture in Cuba, especially STAffORD fURNITURE ENGRAVING Our half tones are deep shorp, clear: glvldg them long wear and ease of make-ready. Every plate is precisely type high, mounted on a perfectrd squared seasoned block tflmmed to pica standard, All ure proved and tooled until the best possible printing quality is developed. Speciruenli mailed on request. STAFFORD ENGRAVING CD. ,. Tile HO?)1JeOf IdlJl1S" INDIANAPOLIS, INDI4.NA dressers to go with iron beds. The o1'd style home.s of the Cubans and Spaniards ·are but meagerly furnished, but a new clement in the population, largely American, are de-manding better things. American chairs are. used targel'y, but American mattresses never. The Cubans claim that that only mattress fit for service in thei, climate is stuffed with a peculiar variety of native grass. The mattresses arc very thin, Tbe commodes contain small metal reservoirs attached to supply pipes, and the water when used runs into pails placed in the base, to receive it. \\lith the growing American colony there will be a steadily increasing demand for A.111ericanmade, furnitnre. St. Louis Board of Trade Issue an Interesting Booklet, The St. Louis Board of T.rade has mailed to its friends all interesting booklet recalling interesting facts in its his~ tory. Other features of interest are illustrations of furni-ture made from trees cut down to make room for the build-ings of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. The list com-prises a gavel, table and chair presented to the president of the exposition, i\fr. Francis, a walking stick presented to Emperor \Villiam, and a table presented to Presiqent Roose-velt. The furniture was an of St. Louis manufacture. In the above list should be included a chair which "vas present-ed to the governor of San Luis Poto5i, Mexico. Cost of Carelessness Carelessness is often as costly as false economy. It is nothing less than carelessness for the Manufacturer of Furn-iture not to fit up his drawer work with the Tower Patent Fasteners, that prevent pulls and knobs from getting loose and marring the fronts of the drawers. As these fasteners cost nothing there is no reasonable excuse for any manufacturer not using them. The Tower Patent Fastener IS MANUFACTURED UNDER THE TOWER PATENTS BY THE GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY Grand Rapids, Michigan. It@b Sear in -mind they cost you nothing. DID YOU EVER FIGURE: THEl COST OF THAT LAST BLOCKADE IN YOUR CABINET ROOM? NO SIR! STOCK DOES NOT ACCUMULATE IN OUR CABINET ROOM. WE USE A BUSS DOUBLE CUT OFF"SAW AND ALL OF"OVR DIMENSION STOCK IS ABSOLUTELY SQUARE. AT BOTH ENDS. BUSS MACHINE WORKS, HOLLAND MICH. Brief Mention. \-Vill \Valters, Bruce, S. D., succeeds Frank Austill. E. L. Hou;;h has opened a furniture store in Maquon. Ill. Arthur Hughes will conduct a furniture store in Spokane, \i\iash. Carpenter & Andrus, Geneva, 0., succeeded \\T. l'vI. Car-penter. L. v. Raskin, Okolona, l\linn., will conduct a furniture stor(~. J. E. Girvin of Syracuse, N. Y., has filed a petition in bankruptcy. H. H. Chaffill succeeds J. F. Huston & Son in Spring field, Ill. \\'ag11cr Brothers have enb -ged their furniture store in Freeport. Ill. K \'10.1. Spence" will open a furniture store in Bingham-ton. K. Y. Rowland and company have bought the stock of \V. \V. l\Jartin in ;l;Iansficld, O. Kaechele Brothers, Tacy, ::\lillll., succeed ::\Irs. :\lcCal-lister in the furniture business. The Farmers' l\Jercantile Association, Fergus Falls, 1\finll., succe,ed 1Trs. Lizzie Anderson. The Ranner Furniture company, Peoria, Ill., has been in-corporated with $10,000 capital stock. The Krauss Furniture company, Clevelaml. 0.. have ]lJ-Cl".;: lsed tbeir cnpital stock tc $50,000. The Lake T-Ianh.vare & ['umiture compnny, Montgomery, Ala .. has been organized with $15,OCOcapital. The Keystone House Furnishing company's store in Des :\loines. la .. was destroyed by '1'1rerecently. 1Ia:y, Stern and company have leased a four-story building at an alltltlal rental of $4,000 in Pittsburg. Credito:-s of S. ]. Hei1bronner of Hcnderson, Ky., have asked the court to deelare him a bankrupt. The T.ake T-Tardwar('.& Furniture company, :vIontgomery, Ala.,1 has heen incorporated with $15,000 caiptal. The Steber 1\lachine company '1Nill conduct a furniture store in Albany, N. Y. Capital stock, is $100,000. C. 1'. Castle has closed out his furniture husiness in Pomeroy, \'/ash .. Hnd moved to COller d'Alene, [daho. The Elkin (Te1l11.) Furniture company have increased thejr capital stock to $14,500. A 1\vO-5tory building will be erected. The Bell-Peterson Furniture company, Pittsburg, have leased all eight-story huilding for ten years at a yearly H'lltal of $12,000. Jamesl1augen has purchased furniture 5tO:·C in Baldwin, \'/is. & Anderson. T\vo receivers were appointed for the Hunter Furniture company, Tndianapolis, recently, as the result of two suits started hy tvV()different parties. and the courts were appealed to settle the dispute. C. O. Nelsu!l's store in Duluth. :\lillll., has becn closed as the result o( a lllisunderstallditl~, as two different parties arc interested in its sale, olle having an OptiOll 011 the business and the other a contract to sell the same. Sherman a11(1~il('s Pease. president and vice pres idem of the Niles Pease ['urlliturc company. Los Angeles, Cat.. have sold their interests in the furniture business. The Pease com-pany was absorbed by the PacifiC Purchnsing company <t year ngo. T. ,'\. vValby',; intere:;t in <t The firm \vill be Ila.ugell Vv'illia1l1\1ackie of the }Iackie-Fredcricks Furniture com-pany, Los Angeles, has sold his intercst tl1 the business for $75,000. He will re-eng-age in the furniture business and will erect a seven-story building as soon as n location cnn be secured. 11,,{1),"J.ackie also sold his intere,st in the Pncific Pureh'lsing company. 17 A... F. Steele's furniture sto:"e ill Forest, Ont., was damaged by fire, recently. H. Bendixen has succeeded Bendixen & Brietkrentz in Springfield, ~\~inll. B. L. Van Hausen expects to engage in the furniture busi-ness in E\'erly, la. \Villiam A. Hunter, a furniture dealer of Nashville, Tenn. died recently of heart disease. Cox & Collins of Utica, N. Y., have dissolved partnership, :\h. Cox continuing the business. The Adv~lnee Furniture company of Sheboygan,vVis., has b('cn incorporated with $16,000 capitaL The Kelly Furnittlre & Carpet company of St. Louis, has been organized v\!ith $10,000 capital. The Gass;nvay (Tenn.) Hardware & Fumiture company has been chartered with $25,000 capital stock. Onlar Lund's stock of furniture in Dawson, Minn., was damaked b.y lire recently to the extent of $4,000. The Krauss Furniture company, Cleveland, 0., have in-creased their capital stock from $30,000 to $50,000. Morris Rhodes and company, furniture dealers in \~latcr-bury. Con11.. were damaged by fire late in Febru~lry. . \Jorton & Hall, Enrlington, Ky., will move into larger quarters, necessitated by their increasing business. The Elizabeth City. N. Cnl., Furniture company ha\'e org:Olllizcdwith $25.000 c<lpital to manufacture fu:-niture. The .\ lbermarlc \Jante1 company is a new company which \vill manufacture wood mantels in Albermarle, N. C. Tbe Miller Furniture company, a corporation with $4,000 capital, will conduct a furniture store in Tohawal1da, :.l. Y. John \'Vag-ner. for 47 years engaged in the furniture busi~ ness in Detroit, died suddenly of heart disease February 23. The Hartman Furniture company's new store in Omaha VI:il) be opened soon in the building formerly occupied by Orchard & 'Vil helan. The affairs of the Globe Furniture company of Northville, :\lich., have been settled up. final dividend of 9 1-10 per cent being declared. The creditors have received 220 per cent. The College of Furniture Designing of Grand Rapids. '\Tich.. has filed articles of incorporation. The capital' stock is $10,000. The schoo] has 100 students. Otto Jiranek is the designer and instructor. C. F. Palmer & Brother of Memphis, Tenn., have dis-sol\' c,d partnership. D. M. Palmer, the junior member, goes into business on bis own account. C. F. Palmer continues the business of the company ahove mentioned. Factory Notes. A new chair beto:'y is to be established in Knoxville, Tellll., to cost $25,000. A new chair andfLlruiture factory, to cost $20,000, has been organized in Valdosta, Ga. The Vv'alsh & Perry compal1y, Carthage, N. Y" will man-ufactme ftlrl1itme with a capital of $25,000. The Automatic Folding Be.d company of 'Port Huron. )'lich., has been oc:ganized with $10,000 capital. A furniture factory has been organized in Fargo, N. D., known as theH ute1 Desk & Furniture company. Capita1, $HlOOO. H. J. Schumann is the manager. A proposition has been made to the townspeople of Aile:" gany. X. Y.. to locate a chair and table factory in that town It is proposed to incorporate <\ company with a capital stock of $35,000. The new bl1ilding which has been added to the Bissell Carpet Sweeper company's plant in Grand Rapids, will be ready for occupancy in about six \veeks. The offices will he nlO\'ed -to another building entered from Canal street. Fire in Sheboygan, Vv'is., factories resulted in a loss of $lCO.OCO. The lose-:-s are the Sheboygan Couch company, $50,000. Sears. Roebuck and company, Chicago, a warehouse, worth 530,000, )'fontgome--y '''lard and company's warehousel $10,000, and others. 18 SOME FOREST POSSIBILITIES OF FLORIDA. A New Interest Awakening in the Rich Timber Resources of a State Not Yet Over Exploited. Richly cndowed, like her sister States, with a \V(',alth of forest resources, Florida invites lumhermen. The chief southern pines-longleaf, short leaf, and loblolly- together with cypress, which form the basis of lumbering industry in moderately. As the dwindling timber sources feel the stronger presure of demand, this tree is certain to recive its full share of utilization. The superior grade of resin which it produces further adds to its commercial value. Already thre are signs of increased attention to the calls which have recently been made on the National Forest Service for information and assistance, as well as by the effort which was made, though vainly, a couple of years ago to secure the passage of a bill providing for cooperatioti be-tween the National Government and the State of Florida. Several private owners have applied to the Govcrnment fOI DESIGNED BY E. A. HAKE. the East, extend into the State, and, with some changes in the composition of the forest there, offer abundant supplies of well tried timbers. Cuban pine, which has a scattered gro\,v·th along the coast plain of the South in general, is abundant along its western coast in pure stands or in mix-ture ..\.r.ith longleaf pine and cypress. As the southern end of the State cypress swamps abound. On the coast islands along the southern shores, mahogally in good quan-tity awaits the ax. Finally, the naval stores industry, which d:'aws principally upon the longleaf and shortleaf pines, finds in Florida a plentiful source of supplies. Cuban pine seems destined for mo;-e important commer-cial use than it has hitherto enjoyed. Its wood is scarcely GRAND RAPIDS CARVED MOULDING CO. front and Myrtle Sts.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Manufacturers of Carved Mouldings and Furniture: Ornaments. Write for pictures and prices. or not at all inferior to that of longleaf pine, with which, in some localities. it is cut indiscriminately_ For preservative treatmcnt its relatively greater porosity may make it even more valuable for specitic services than is longleaf. In the past the Cuban pine lands in Florida have been cut only working plans uuder which to manage pine lumbering con-servatively, and one application is for a tract of 1,600,000· acres. This tract lies 011 the west coast and consists of very low lands with a stand composed chiefly of Cuban pine and cy-press. It is subject to constant flooding during the rainy season, and the water retards thc growth of timber seriously. This has b:-ought out the question, whether much of the land many not be drained without too great expense. If economical drainage can be carried out on a sufficiently large scale, it is expected that the rate of growth and the quality of pine timber on thousands of acres may be very greatly improved. Timber is the only available crop on such land, for it is too sandy for agriculture, so that what-ever will prc.fJtable timber crops will lend it the only commercial value which it is at all likely to have. Detailed study on the ground will be necessary to deteminc just what advantages drainage will secure. Florida forests are unfortunately exposed to great danger from fire. In tllis they are like the southern forests in gen-eral, but the practice of bU:'ning the ground over to improve grazing is firmly established, and whatever this is the case the forest is especially threatcned. 2VIl1chdifficulty will doubtless be met with in the effort to change the custom. Some of the oldest settle:'s throughout the South, hmvever, are now beginning to recognize that burning does not im-prove grazing in the long run, because it kills out the 1110:-C valuable grasses. They admit that the fO:'agc crop all the opell forest stands of the region has been steadily deteriorat-ing during the past fo;·ty ycars as a result of these injl1ri(.us fires. Death of Josiah Partridge. Josiah Partridge, a well known furniture manufacturer of maJ1Y years' experience, died recently in Brooklyn, X Y., of pneumonia. He was at the head of the ]. Partridge & Sons company, who are large manufacturers of chairs in Jersey City, N. J. Practical American Furniture Has Splendid Opportunity_ Consul OZlllun, of Stuttgart, Germany, sends an extended accollnt of the reccllt fl1rnilure exhibition held in the beauti-ful c01l11llC'"cial llluseum builcllng in Stuttgart. The repeLt is accompanied by a complete set of photographs of the ex-hibit. The fol1O\villg par;\g -aphs arc taken from the C011- sul's report: As I ha\'(; often repo,·ted. Stuttgart is noted tor its ll.l'lllU-facture of 1111e awl expensive furniture and, \\'hile practic;d and line fl1rnilltre of the cheaper grades is almost unknown here, as el.sewherc ill Gcrm~\ny, the large furniture factories of Stuttgart are l'C1\Own<-":<1th:-oug:llO\.1t the, Emp\1"I:; for ex-celling the 1110"t expensive furniture, and it-; factories have hranch houses ill BerEIl. Tlambwg· and other citie;;. (her 100,000 people yiewcd tliis \Vllrtternbcrg furnitllre exhibitio11, which it is pl;\.nned to ll\'rhl unce a year, 1l't~e that 01 utlr America11 exhibit at Grand H.apids. One of the practical poillt~ of inform'ltiol1 ~ectlre<1 IY:1S that of a Ile\', method of staining oak furniture. The beauti-ful shaues of tl1(', \\"o()(hvork I)f the furniture ill this expusi-tion was much ~ldmired and it is little ]..;l1own hO\v such effects arc produced. It is a ne\v method aud obtained ill a very simple manllcr-by placing" the frames, after they bave he-en thorougllly prepared and polished, ill an air-tight room or large air-tight box. in "which arc placed two large 1)I)w1" containing from 5 to 6 quarts of allH11011ia and close the room or box for the night. The desired shade call be obtained by p1acing sma\1 pieces of prepared oak in the rUO\1l or box 8!H] withdrawillg the same at illtnvals. Deeper shades, of COllrse, require lUllger exposure. Oak stai11ed in this \V~ly retains its color much longer than hy the process of rubbing in JOHN DUER &SONS BALTIMORE. MD. Cabinet Uard..,are and Tools Etc., Upholstered Goods Hllndsomed Pull on the Market for the Money Write for prices and Sample Correspondellre Solicited No. 1573 19 coloring- extracts, which latter ill thc course of time rubs off. )Jotwithstanding the great merit of this exposition a few slight criticisms may not be out of place. There should have been a Hursery room exhibit, and therc should have bcen a practical display of the 1110st modern house-heating a11(1 ventilating apparatuses, togethcr witf,~anitary plumbing of the 1110st approve<l sort; matters which ha\'e been too long neglected in some parts of Genn;l11y. It is a curious fact that at the C011certs here, where the music is excelled pro-hably 110\vhere in the wo~·ld, the h51fs";ire often so hadly ventilated, that the unhealtl-i·ful vitiat~;d air ddracts, greatly from the pleasure of the C11tertainmellt. Another jllSt criticism is that the exhibition was only of expensive fUilliturc, "whereas the great purchasing- public ill Germany, as elsewhe!"e, needs and must have cheaper sur-roundings. III such furniture and fittillgs the factories in the United States excel, and if onc or more of them should arrange :.\n exhibition in German commercial ('ellte!"s C011- taining artistic yet inexpensive furniture, they would [lild that they \voulet ha\"(' practically no competition in that li11i.~ of manufacture ami that they ,vould easily scctll'e a great and increasing" trade tlJroug'hmlt the entire Empire of Ger-many, The Chicagu 1I1irror & ,\rt Glass company, 58 K. Clinton Street. manufacturers of French looking glas~ plates, cut, embo:-;sed, heveled and onlamental, are having- an excellent trade this season. The demand for the Chicag-o \Jirro;· & Art Glass company's goods is from all sections of the United States, a feature particularly K,'atifying to tile company. JAMmOWn PAnfl AnD vrnm COMPAnT (Incorporated) Veneered Panels and Table Tops Largest Stock of Veneers MAHOGANY. QUARTE.RED OAK. WALNUT, BIRD'S-EYE MAP LE. CURLYIUaCH, PLAIN OAK PLAIN BIRCH. MAPLE, CROSS BANDING The Best \Vorkmanship aud Finish Office, SO-58 Steele Street. Jamestown, N. Y Twu Large Factories: ]amestowfJ, N. Y, Ashville, )l, Y, Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere. Samples on Application We carry a line of Rebuilt Wood- Working Machinery for Pattern Shops. Furniture Factories. Sash and Door Manufacturers. car-penters. Planing Mills.Etc. .II .II When ill the market let us send YOll our list of machines and )Io'eare sure that we can interest you in pnces and quality of macbinesofiered EDWARDS MACHINE CO, 34-36 W. WaShington St. CHICAGO,ILL. 20 ESTABLISHED 1880 PUBLl5l-l~D (lY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTI-t OFFICE- I 2-20 LYON ST., GRAND RA.PIDS. MICH. ENTERED AS MATT!R Of TI<E l;ECOND CLASS Travelers in the southern states report that trade in fur-niture is not so active as it should be, considering the fact that the country is in a healthy condition and all branches of industry flourishing. Manufacturers offuTl1iture do a large business in mantels in tbe southern states of the Union. The people do not un-derstand the' economy attending the heating of buildings by steam, hot water or hot air furnaces, and install in their homes a number of grates and at a cost much greater than a hot air or steam plant. Several large plants operated in the manufacture of mantels exclusi\rely are located in Atlan~ ~-..(and Knoxville. :;. solution of the labor problem of the south is promised by the importation of Italians, Spaniards and men of all nationalities inured to a hot climate. The negro is growing more unreliable from year to year and the "poor white" is no more reliable. So little is required to sustain life in the southern states and supply the "comforts" the ncgroes and "poor whites" require that there rs little incenti've to labor and to acquire a competency. A gentleman who has lived in the south many years (a native of Michigan, by the way) relates an interview with a cracker of southern Georgia as follows: "1 shall work but one day a week hereafter," the cracker remarked. "I have $80.00 in the bank and can live on forty cents a week. I can still save money by work-ing but one day a week." The northern man remarked that the people, even in these conditio1J.s, are contented, happy and consider themselves prosperous. Is it any wonder that the business men of the south welcome the. arrival of frugal, industrious a.nd thrifty foreigners? Atlanta will have an exposition in 1910. In one short week $200,000 ",,-as.subscribed by business men of the city to promote the affair, and the city government has pledged $300,000. The grounds and buildings used by the Pied-mont exposition ten years ago, owned by the city, are in good condition and will be used after many improvements shall have been made. The manufacturers of furniture are supporting the enterprise heartily, although recognizing the fact that it will prove a detriment rather than a benefit to their illterest. The work of preparing for and conducting the ex-position will interfere greatly with the establi!'hed condition of the labor market. Wages will be advanced and the con-test, sure to ensue for the services of skilled men, will make the problem a perplexing one. Several years' time will be consumed in preparation and the furniture makers are not contemplating the sacrifices they will be compelled to mak~ with feelings of pleasure. But they are loyal Atlantans, filed with civic pride, and will give liberally of their means and services to make the exposition successful. The industrial arts will be fostered hereafter by the Met-ropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Rooms for the dis-play of rare furniture will be provided. Entire apartments of different countries and periods will be fitted with the ap-propriate furniture and draperies of their time a~ld place. Substantial progress has been made in collecting material for these rooms. \Vhcn the originals cannot be obtained fac-simile copies of pieces made by famous artisans will be em-ploye. d for educational and aesthetic purposes. In the art galleries of 1'1unich and Dresden rooms fItted with furniture in consonance ,,,,.ith place and period have prove'n both effec-tive and instructive. The trustees of the mUseum believe there is a middle course between the two poles of -museum arrangement, ..v.hich may be called for purposes of designa-tion, the aesthetic and the scientific. By pursuing a middle course bet'''''een these two extremes the enjoyment of the beautiful need not be sacrificed to the proper demands of those who seek to know and not merely to enjoy. To assemble beautiful objects and display them harmoniously will serve the purpose of the museum better than a collection of un-related curios. As the original purpose of the museum was largely educational, not merely establishing a great collection of art objects, the plan adopted is wlse and commendable. Among the presents received by Alice was an expensive table made in Florence. It had a mosaic top and was se-lected by the King of Italy as an appropriate gift for the Roosevelt princess. Mosaic work has never proven of much practical value in furniture, and in due time the piece will probably find a place in the National Mustum or the Long-worth garret. A few years ago that mechamcal genius, D. w. Kendall (a man who has originated a surprisingly large number of good things and a considerable number of things not so good) conceived the idea of making a library table with a mosaic top of woods, the blocks to be colored in imi-tation of the genuine article. The table served to excite in-terest in the minds of lovers of quaint and curious things, but its sale did not compel the operation of the factory upon the piece during the remainder of the year. It proved a good dust catcher, however. Kendall designed the McKinley chair, which was copied by almost every manufacturer of chairs in the country, and a line of floor rockers with panel backs of glued stock that created a genuine sensation in the furniture trade. One enterprising commission man leased a factory and operated the same in the making of copies of these chairs, greatly to the disgust of KendaII and his asso-ciates. A bill has been prepared by the Travelers' Protective As-sociation of Alabama for introduction in the legislature to compel hotel keepers to provide clean bed linen. It is no-torious that in "remote villages" of the south, and the north as well for that matter, hotel keepers are utterly lacking in appreciation of the old adage "cleanliness is next to godli-ness. vVhen subjected to analysis the life of the traveling salesman is largely reminiscent of unhealthy meals, unsani-tary closets, unclean bed linen, roller towels and the. indiffer-ence of .landlords and landladies to the comfort of their guests. The principle "where much is given mueh is re-quired." is reversed and means "give much and receive little in return." In many public houses rooms are inadc(luately furnished and when request is made for living conveniences it is either refused or grudingly granted. The legislatures of many states have enacted laws to protect the pcople from imposition by the manufacturers of impure foods and officers appointed to enforce the samc. The senate of the United States has passed a measure for the same purpose which will undoubtedly meet approval in the house of representatrves. These laws arc well enough in their way, but the legislatve bodies of our state and national governments should WI fur-ther in providing for the inspection of public houses and con-veni~ nces. To the laundry with the dirty bed linen, to the rag bag with the roller towel, to the fire with uncomfort-able furniture, should be the cry of alJ whose occupation in life compels them to travel. 21 WALTER CLARK 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 WE SELL MORE AND BETTER PLAIN BIRCH VENEER Than all the rest of 'em put together. We want your trade too. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN The Barrett-Lindeman Company Sold. The Barrett-Lindeman company of Philadelphia have sold out, the Lawrence-lVlcFaddcll company having purchased their complete interests. Alex Lawrence and Bruce J\fc- Fadden, wbo were members of the firm of La\vrence-:\Jc- Fadden & Elliott, comprise the new company and have also bought ont the interests of Harold Elliott in the firm of Lawrence-McFadden & Elliot. The officc:"s of the La\'\'- rence-McFadden company are as follows: President, Alex Lawrence; vice president, Bruce C. r,lcFadden; treasttrcr. J~. T. McFadden; secretary, Archie A. Getty. The capitCi.lstock of the Lawrenee-lvfcl<addcl1 company is $100,000, all paid in. For the present the old name of Law-rence- McFadden & Elliott will bc continued in the opera-tion of that plant, hut eventually both this company and the Barrett-Lindeman company will be operated under the Law-rence- l\1cFadden company. The main offices ..v..ill con-tinue to he at Philadelphia as well as the head factorv. The I branch factory at Chicago \""ill be continued as her~tofore, the plant being in charge of 1Tanager Charles R. Garbe,', who-, was formerly manager of the old Lawrence-1JeFadden & Elliott plaut. )'lanager Getty states that a little later a number of improvemcnts will' be made on the Chicago plant. which will enable them to leV"k after their western track ll1O,'e thoroughly than ever. The Philadelpbia plant of the Law renee-McFadden & Elliott company will be dismantled and the Barrett-Lindeman company's phmt in that city will be used instead. The only officer of the Barrett-Lindeman company. who goes in with th('. nC"\vorganization is Secretary Getty. IVlanager Getty states that the same salesmen \,,;ho were employed by the two f01"n1ercompanies will' be retaincd in the employ of the Lawrence-1TcFadden company. This means that the territory will be rrcluccd for each salesman and the ground \vill be covered more closely than ever be-fo. re. The salesmen who will work from the Chicago ofil,>' WIll be a!'i follows: \V.]. l\Iurray will cover Chicago and St. LOllis; T. E. 1htrray will cover the middle states; An-thony v\7hitAcct "will cover the northwest anu C:wndn. The deal whereby the Lmvrence-11cFadden company absorbs the interests of the two former companies was closcd Jal1uan' 2~, but details of the tl'ansactioll \vere 110t made 1'l(bli~L~ until this time. To the Trade. Broadly speaking, good fixtures result from three things; proper appliances for manufaduring, good materi::\, ~:kill in making". F. B. \Villiarns Xo. 3812 Vincelllles Ave., Chi-cago, manufacturer of hardware specialties for the furniture trade, has a complete equipment in special machincry, skilled workmen, together with many years of experience, which enables him to execute good work and place Oil Lhe market Extures of the highest grade at moderate cost, and to sustain the high reputation that their merits and superiority have es-tablished. The matcrials used insure durability. The mal-leable and grey iron castings, steel and other materials from ..".h. icb furniture fixtures arc made come in various grades. The grades from which this line is made are the strongest, toughest and best of any produced. All styles, designs and devices are original, superior in finish, workmanship and shape, are well and carefully made for each particular pur-pose and constructed with a view of saving labor. New inventions and improvements are constantly being made, thus keeping the line in advance of competition. Nothing is sent out that is not proven by practical tests to be perfect. Being the owner of val'uable patents covering all the principal features of many of the fixtures effectually prevents their being duplicated by other makers. Mr. "VVitliamsalways has a large stock on hand, and is in a position to make immediate deliveries. His aim is to give liberal treatment and best values. He invites corres-ponclrnce and will take pleasure in answering any questions, giving detailed descriptions and full information cheerfully when desired. If there is any article in the line of furni-ture fixtures that the trade wants they should write him for catalogue which he will send and also submit samples if desired. Mr. "VVilliams' advertisement will be found on an-other png-e of this edition. For Special Wood Working Purposes. 1'dorris \Vood & Sons, 31-33 South Canal Stre.et, Chi-cago, have manufactured wood working tools for thirty years, during which time their experience has covered every branch, hnving designed and made drills, bits and tools for eve,ry purpose. The high standard of the goods made by this company may be ascribed in part to the fact that they use only the best gl'ad(' of tool steel, invariably have extreme ac-curacy of measurement, and employ the most skilled tool makers. Morris \iVood & SOIlS are specialists on wood working tools and can supply the trade at all times with tools adapted to special wood \'\'orking purposes. Boynton ;lnd company. manufacturers of embossed and tllrJlcd mouldings, poreh work, wood grills and automatic turnings, and also a large lil1C of embossed ornaments for couch work, at 419-421 \V. 15th Street, Chicago, report an l111l1Sl1allylarge volume of bllsiriess at this time, the trade coming from all sections of the United States. The Chi-cago 110uldillg f\,lanufactl1ring company, associated with the Boynton company at the same location, are also unusuallv busy getting Ont orders. ~ D. A. Kepperling, commercial photographer, 1414-1416 \\,'abash Avenue, Chicago, whose advertisement appears in the ldichigan Artisan, reports doing a satisfactory volume of business the past season. 22 THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. An Epi~ome of the Evils that Would Result from Political Rate-Making. CONFISCATION.-Thc strong men who arc cnt~l1sted with the care o( the railroad property of the United State::; are opposed to rate-making by a political bO<lrd because it involves the danger of confiscation. This danger is clearly recognized by those who framed the bin v;cscnted by 'he Interstate Commerce Commission. They provide fo," all <1[> peat to the courts to determine whether or not th~ rate is cDnfiscatory. But in the meantime they insist that the rates shall go into Il\rIVIEDIATE effect, so that the rai1rn(td:j ,.,.-ill"collect only so much as the commission has :l!lowed while the case is pending in the courts. Thus, if ill the end the rate be found confiscatory, the rail~'oads will have suffered IRREPARABLE DA:\'lAGE, since there 'will be no possible way in which to recover f;-om the thousands of shippers 'who have paid only the reduced rate. But this is not the worst aspe~t of the matter from the standpoint of those who own rail:road stocks and bonds. The market for securities is as everyone knm.·.s.., sensitive to the last degree. It instantly responds to any influencc ..v.hich affects the earning power of great corporate prop-erties. Long before the new rates goes into effect-as soon, indeed, as there is any well-grounded fear that rates are to be reduced SO AS TO IMPAIR K\RNING CAPACITY -the valu('. of the securities involved will go down in evcry market of the \...o.rld. The rcsult \-vill he the loss of mil-lions, or tellS of millions, by innocent investors having no direct· connection with railroad management. Aud this is a loss against which the managers are utterly powerless to protect their 5tockhold{~rs, under the proposed plan. Remembering the wide distribution of railroad stocks and bonds, ('specially among financial institutions which contains the savings of the people, does the COUll try desire to demoralize earnings and valucs by this threat of COll-fiscation? Does it desire to suspend this sword of Dam-oc1cs over the head of the railway system by the slender thread of only so much justice and knowledge as a board of political appointees may happen to possess? If the in-telligence of the United States is willing to assume this risk in its capacity of INVESTOR AND SECURITY HOLDER, there are other considerations which should for-bid it to do so in its capacity of PRODUCER AND CONSUMER. INFLEXIBILITY.-Commission-made rates are hOllnd to be rigid and inflexihle. Commissioners appointed from political life, for political reasons, by a political power can have ncither the knowledge, the freedom of authority, nor the intimate touch with the daily pulse-beat of com-merce that are now enjoye<l by railroad traffic managers. As a conseqttence, this sort of rate regulation must operate here:~ as it does in European coulltries where it is in vogne, to hamper enterprise ;md impede commercial oper,atiotls. No system of rate-making ever devised has facilutated domestic commerce like that which prevails in the enited States. The expl;,nation is that rates have been elastic-they would bend to. meet the requirements of business, in order that the commodity which happened to be where it was not needed might be quickly and cheaply moved to the place where it was in demand. Traffic managers have thus been able to work in close co-operation with mer-ehant, manufacturer, miner and farmer. This cannot he done under inflexible rules laid down by a political board. Tn this respect £done the proposed ehange would involve incalculable loss to the business men of the United States and to the prodticers and consume.s to whom they min-ister. DISTANCE TARIFF.-In its utter inability to make rates conforming to the fluctuation of commercial demands, a pol"itical commission nearly always turns to the distance tariff. It makes rates on a mileage basis, so that a haul of one hundred miles costs precisely twice as much as a haul of fiifty miles. Theoretically, this seems reasonable; practically, it means demoralization of terminal rates with hardship and loss toa g;-eat variety of interests now pros-perously established at points which arc strategic in their relation to natural conditions. The distance tariff would be a policy in the highest degree destructive at a time when constructive measures a:'e demanded. \Vhat every sensibte man wants as the outcome of the present move-ment for railroad regulation is something which will tend to BUILD UP national prosperity, not tend to TEAR IT DO\VN. Elasticity in rate-making will do the one thing (as it HAS done) but tile inevitable distance tariff of a political commission will assnredly do the other. l\fantt-factnring and commercial points which have grown to com-manding size and influence by means of the "differential" will be paral"yzed with resulting injury not only ~o the capital engaged 111 productive industry but to the labor employed and to all forms of property, including the homes of the humblest. REDUCED WAGE8.-Rate regulation by a political board unquestionably means rate reduction; rate rcduction A. F. BURCH CO. 15-17 Park St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ====0 Jobberosf==== Upholstery Goods and Furniture Supplies Call LOD&Distance Citizens Phone 1123. Bell II i223. We solicit your inquiriee. will be followed hy decreased wages for 1,300,000 men cm-played in the industry, and this, in turn, would be keenly felt by the 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 people dependent on the wages of railroad labor. EVERY RAILROAD EM-PLOYE Kl\OWS THIS, AND OPPOSES THE POLICY. Enforced reduction of labor's earnings would probably re-sult in great strikes ant! social disturbancc which might in-volve far-reaching conse<luences. STAGNATION.-The American railway system has been the great developer of this continent. Not only has it opened vast regions to settlement but it has adjuste(l its rate schedules so that the products of these regions could be cheapy transported to distant eastern antI foreign markets:. In the same way, it has fostered the prosperity of old manufacturing sections, like New England, and made rates which enabled them to enjoy the markets of the distant \Vest. This has been possiblcbccuase rail-road managers, working in harmony with the producers in the \Vest and in the East, have co-operated with both in building the conntry. This could not have been done, in anything like the same degree, under the hard-and-fast rules laid down by every political commission which has tried its hands at the job, either in America or Europe. The results of such attempts, everywhere and always, is a condition approaching commercial stagnation, and this stag-nation is especial1'y felt in the development of new regions, CENTRALIZED AUTOCRACY.-The p,·oposcd plan of rate regulation would centralize in the hands of one boa~d the three functions of legislation, judicial interpretation and administration, which the Constitution intended should always be separate <Il1ddistinct. In this program, the most radical departure is thnt which vests thc law-making pmver in thc hands of political appointees, inste,l(l of the elected representatives of the pcople. Railroad rates affect (1) the earnings of capital. (2) the ·wages of labor, (3) the j)rices of commodities. There is not one single family in the United States who will 1I0t feel the results arising- from the use of the rate-making pmver in nile of these three ·ways. 1t would he dillicu1t to name any other kind of la\v which comes sn close to the daily lives of :::Illthe people. This power of legislation, as well as the power to interpret laws \vhich usually re.;,;ts with the courts, Con-gress is asked to give to the Executive Department. Prac-tically, the power would he g-iven to om~ man-the Presi-dent of the United States, who appoints the Commissioll. The result would be the creation of a CF.:'\TR;\LTZED AUTOCRACY II\' THE REPUBLIC. Applied now to rail-roads, it \vould ultimately he applie(l to all other forms of business. SPECULATION.- The Agricultme Dep<lrtmellt is ell· gaged in the apparently harmless occupation of collecting statistics about the cotton crop. Certain minor oCficials thus obtain advance informatioll concerning the size of the annual yield. This informatioil is worth millions to \Va11 Street speculators, because the price of the staple is in-fhlenced by the relation of supply to demand. [t i" 110to['i-ous that corruption has resulted from these conditions and petty officials arc IlIYW being prosecuted for their alleged share in the "cotton leak". ~Jore than ten billion dollnrs are invested in railroad securities. .As the value of these securities inst;\11tly responds to any change in the earning capacity of the railroads, the opportunity for speculation inherent in the \lnll)(JS(~d method of rate regulation wonld snrpass anything hitherto known. !\dvanee information about the acts of the commission would he worth llntolll millions. \Vhat a tcmptation to place in the hands of a few men having ~O RESPO.\'STBTLTTY TO THE . PEOPLE! CORRUPTION.-The great corporations have been drivCll into politics, to protect their interests, in the past How much more dceply would they be driven into politices 23 if the powe~' of life and death over their properties should he ;;iven to a political l)()a;-d~ The prize then offered as the object of attainment would be the PRESIDENCY TT-SELF. Only by Jl()ss(~ssi()n of the Presidency could the appointment of the commission be controlled; only by the pos:-iession of the commission could rates be maintained; only by the maintenance of rates could the prescnt value of investm.ents be supported. Under these conditions, the prospect of systematic, widespread corruption in polities would be such as to stagger the imagination. Such are a few of the evils of political rate-making-. Tn this er(\ of g-eneral prosperity, ilre conditions so bad as to JUH ify such a re111edy:' \\/h(~l1 the capital and lahor directly involvcd staml sholl1(kr to shoulder in opposing such legislation, arc the husiness and working men of the United States ready to bring these evils upon the coulltry:' If :-iO,this is not the end, but only the beginning of a tre-mendous struggle. The event may prove that the "l'resi-dcnt is mistaken \',·hen he declares that "this government is not and never shall hc the g(nre;'nment of ,a plutocraqr or of a mob."-l\laxwell's Talisllwn. Albert E. Palmer & Sons of ~orve1t, 1·fich., who n~ann-facture the Palmer Patent Gluing Clamp, have pun;h«sed new buildings at Owosso, !\-lich., and will remove their:'v1"ant to that city about April 1st. 'v,-·t This has been brought about by the ever increasitfg de-mand for their clamps, and under their present ,conditions it has been found impossible to fill orders promptly, e Their new quarter::- wil1 be about three timcs larger, and it is in-tended to have building all completed and everything"ready, that there may he littk delay in transferring their equip-ment from the present quarters to the new. They wilt also install some new machinery to fnrther add to the efliciency of -. llisilln by Glto Jiranek. the plant. And it is intended whcn all arrangements arc com plete to be abl"e to ship promptly to all who may desire the Palmer Clamp. 42 Do It Right. Almost every business office one goes into has a motto which reads "Do It l{ight Now." It is a good motto and suggests promptness. Often in times of hurry to be prompt, carefulness is lost sight of. and when it is too late, that other truism comes to mind, ;;The morc haste the less speed." vVc suggest that dropping the word "now" would be, an impTovcmcllt. "Do It Right." No 3l-'o[ogies aTe re-quired from the man who always does it rig-ht. The up-to-date furniture manl1facturc:--the man ..\.'h. o thoroughly rf:a-lizes that onty the best is cheap, starts in to do it right by purchasing a Co:-desman New Xo. 30 band rcsaw manufac-tured by the Cordesman-Rcchtill company of Cincinnati, Ohio. This company is having rcmarkabre success with this machine. The Sebewaing- Lumber & Manufacturing company of Sebewaing, 1'Jich, say of this machine: "It does its work well, and ''v-ith less power than any resaw we ever saw." The Tell City Furniture company, Tell City, Ind., say: "VV'eare pleased with it and find that it does all you claim for it." The Consignees 'Favorite Box company Cin-cinnati: "\Ve believe it the best band resaw machine on the market today. \Ve take pleasure in giving you an order for another machine. today." The Hastillgs, Mich., \Vood vVorkillg company: "It takes less power than we ex-pected, and the work done is absolutely accurate." The Fiege Desk company, Sa'g-inaw, Mich., say: "Vvehave sawed hard mahogany into thin lumber from plank four to six inche,s thick that ran in width from 16 to 26 inches wide. In fact, we have sawed hard wood that no other parties here having much heavier machinery, would have attempted to saw." A great many other testimonials ,equally as strong as the above might be given. vVhen in need of a band resaw "Do It Right," and buy a Cordcsman No. 3~. United States Imports to Switzerland. According to the classification of the Swiss customs au-thorities, of the total imports from the United States about 10 per cent of the 1904 imports were food stuffs, over two-thirds raw materials and partial manufactures, and about 22 per cent manufactures, On the whole, imports into Switzerland from this coun-try may be said to belong to the cl'ass' of raw materials and partial manufactures, though manufactures figure now to a much larger extent among these impurts than in former years. III 1904 Swib:erland imported manufactures of wood from the United States, mainly cabinet_woods, to the value of $413,000. Freight Reductions Made By Railroads in Southern States. IVIaterial' reductions in many freight rates from the Ohio River crossings in Montgome:'y, Selma, Dermapolis, Ala., and ether points based thereon, have been made, by the Louiwille & -:.;'ashville and the Illinois Cent~al railroads. The principal articles affected are furniture, glassware, sledges, and axes. Ax('s are changed from 78 to 65 cellts, glass bot-tles hom 43 to 46, glassware from 78 to 67. The reduc-tion is from Cincinnati to Cairo, which makes a correspond-ing reduction from Chicago. Prizes For Furniture To Be Offered At the Milan Exposition. The king of Italy will donate $16,000 to be given in prizes at the Milan exposition this year. The sum of $2,000 i3 of-fered for the most artistically furnished room. American manufacturers will be interested and should considey it w'orth their while to exhibit. The prizes may be won by anyone exhibiting, and competition IS open to the worid. Desks and Office Tables. The manufacture of office desks and tables is carried on in Atlanta, Ga., by the Atlanta Table company. \V. E. Dunn is the president, F. 1L Marsh, vice president and C. C. Gillett secretary and t'easure:". The two latter were for-merly residents of the state of l\:lichigan. IF YOU HAVE NEVER T R lED OUR RUBBING AND POLISHING VARNISHES DETROiT floCTORl' CAN,lI.DIAN FACTORY YOU HAVE YET TO LEARN THE F"ULL POSSIBILITIES OF" THIS CLASS OF" GOODS WHY NOT PUT IT TO THE TEST BY GIVING US A TRIAL ORDER? BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED, NllW YORK .O.TON PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS CINCINNATI FACTORY AND MAIN OFFICE, DETROIT CANADIAN FACTOJlY WALKERVILLE. ONT. Various Matters. The manager of a factory in a southern city made a hit by adding false bottoms to his dressers and chiffonier;,;. }-](' makes low priced goods, but he argued that the woman who buys a cheap bedroom suite would appreciate case "\vo-k ~o constructed as to p:-event mice and insects from invading the drawers of her furniture, to say nothing of the IL·otection af-forded from dust. The result was as might 11av:.:: heen ex-pected. A few cents worth of lumber and labor added S(1 much to the selling value of a case that the company has Hot been able to reach a point "within ten miles of the head of the column of orders" 011 the books, to use the manager's expression. The addition of a little thing often makes a line successful. "\Veathered and fumed oak nnishes do not appeal to the people of the south very strongly," the manager continued. "\Ve tried the finishes on 0111' customers last year, b~lt we could not sell a piece-not even the sample~. These wc-r',' dist:-ibuted among the officers of our company and pbccd in their homes to do 'missionary work,' so to speak. In this they have failed, the people do not like them. 1 cannot ac-count for this. A few years ago the southern people would not tolerate anything that did not have the dark brown wal-nut finish. .:[ow there is Hot a very gi eat difference in the colors of weathered oak. walnut and fumed oak fillish~~s. but the people seem to have bad enou:?:h of the b:·O\'vns, Gold-en oak and dark mahogany a:'e favored." , I ~i ~ The double writing desk, such as is found ill the read:117 rooms of mally hotels is a nuisance and its mat1l1f;lctu:·e should be discontinued at once. Except upon the score of economy the double desk is a wrong conception. In order tu use it with any degree of comfort or accuracy in penmanship, the ''''riting desk should stand solidly upon the floor. );ot one Aoor in a hUl1£L-edis le\'e1, aud ,,.,.h.ile a single uesk can be ar~ ranged so as to furnish a degree, of comfort for the l1ser, the double desk cannot, when both sides are occupicd. \;vrith two men at work upon such a desk it is continually tilting from side to side, aeco:'dil1g to the weight bestowed upon it by the respective l1se-s. It is it bad contrivancc and should be sent to the garret, ncver to he restored to use as the double desk. Another illcident of a like natllre was rel)orted to the Ar-tisan recently, The designer of a line of dining room fur-niture for a very conservative house introduced several new features in the construction of a high priced sideboard. The preside,nt, the vicc president and the secretary of the cor-poration examined the piece and united in condemning it. Changes were suggested, hut the designer, under the convic-tion that his jud:~lllent of the piece would successfully with-stand the tcst of a trial on the trade, refused to alter the piece ill the slightest particltlar. He 3l1gg-ested that photos be taken of the piece and submitted to the buyers. This was done and the judgment of the designer was vindicated, as the hnard pnwed to be the hest seller of the line and its manu-factlc'e continued through the t\i...o.. years following. The p:·cs-ident, the vice president, the secretary ami tlte naveling sales-men sa,,,· a great lig·ht, and "vere wise clloug-h to profit by it. "lVlanufactllrers cannot imaginE' the cost ancl annoyance retailers are pnt to Oil account of the glue block dr"l'\vet· stops used in the construction of case work, dropping off. \\/hen cheap ;;Fades of glue are used it is a dead certainty the blocks will not stay in place," remarked C. T. Garden. a retailer of l'vlacon. Ga. ''':''1uch of the time o( one man is taken in the work at putting on glue blocks after the goods have been received from the manufacturer. FreCjucntly I have been 25 compelled to send this man to the home of a customer with a glue pot a11(1tools for the reaSOIl stated. A lady is quite apt to become dissatisfied with a piece. when one of the blocks drop off, as the incident creates the suspicion in hcr mind that the case has heen shabbily c.onstructed, and that in its purchase she has been cheated. "An incident or this character illustrates how easily the suspicion of tile feminine mind may be excited. l\ lady re-siding in Chicago had heard the work of a certain manufact-urer extolcd so highly that she- determined to become thc possessor of a dresser made by that particular individuaL Shc ascertained through reliable sotlrees the namc of the dealer who had the exclusive sale of the line in question, and bought a magnificent specimen for $120.00. A day or h...-o after lhe delivery of tile piece at her 11Ome, one of the metat es~ clttcheons dropped to the floor and the loss of a very small piece of veneer was noticed. The_ lady concluded she had been cheated, and returned to the dealer with a mind well charged with imagination. It was not an easy task to con-vince the lady that she had not been cheated, after the dam-ages had been repaired. She is still studying the piece, al-nlO~ t convinced that the dealer imposed upon her. The patience of the manufacturer is Lequently tried by the irnportLlllities of his traveling salesmen for the privilege of deciding the styles of goods to be made and the prices to be charged for the same. "\Ve meet the customers and kno"v what they require. The designer seldom goes out to !neet the t--<:'-deand he has no opportunities to le<trn what is neccled to make a salable line," these worthies argue. The designer. on the contrary. to be successfu~, must make a constant study of the trade and in his searches for informa-tion he employs means that seldom occur to the sale!:;n~en. Bet\veen the salesmen who so st~ent1onsly demand that their suggestion be followed in the making of a line and the de-signer who "knows his business; knows what he is talking about," and his rights under his contract for services, the manufacturer often finds himself between the frequently men-tioned but never seen "devil and the Jeep sea." A 'Nise snperintendent and designer of Indianapolis put the sales-men of the corporation by which he and they were emp1o,yed i11i:o<l most ridiculous positiCl:; <'1 f('w years ::lgO. The line had been prepared in the usual way and the samples made ready for the exposition. The superintendent then called the president of the corporation into the warerooms and sug-gested that the judgment of the salesmen in the matter of designs be put to a test. The plan outlined by' the supe:-in-tendent met the approval of the president, who shortly afte~- ward invited the head saks111an to inspect the samples witll that official. The invitation was promptly acee.pted, and the head salesman proceeded to discuss the line, taking up each piece separately. Quite a number were condemned as utterly worthless; ehan:5'es were suggested in others, and a few met his unqualified approval. Prices werc discussed and when the illspection had been concluded the president retired to his office and carefully wrote out thc observations of hi,,; cbief salesman. On the following day salesman 1111m-he:" two went down the line with the president. His con-clusions ;\s to many pieces were radically ditferent from those of the chief salcsman. On the thi:-d day tile tIlird salesman went over the route wilh the president and when the opin-ions of each had been fully written aut and analyzed the salesmen were invited to attend a business session with the presidellt. The repo:·ts were brought out and read, and the utter incompetency of the salesmen to determine what pieces should be COtlst.-ucted to eOI11]wsea line, revealed, The men concluded that the designer-supcrintendent was the hest Cjualified, after all, to get out a line, and he was never after !1lcllested. The president \vas relieved of much annoyance and t11c company llas prospered remarkably uuder the practi-cal management of th(~ designer~superintendent. 26 New Gang or Multiple Dovetailer. To all who require fine dovetailing, especially fU~llittlre manufacturers, this machine will be found far in advance o[ 1110St of the dovetailers now in use. Its ·working parts a~e ciltirdy compact, thus elimin.ating all vibratioJl of the spin-dles in their revohttions. and making it especially easy to g~t at the spindles to sharpen the cutters. By this method of construction either st~aight or swell front drawns can be dovetailed without removing or chang-ing any of the parts. This is the only machine possessin:,; this advantage. The top fr<tme remains in perfect align-ment \vith the cutters. Two leven control the movement forward for the depth of Clit and for rOlluding the tongue of the dovetail. Various shapes of swell fronts can be held to a maximum of three inches and any piece having a space of one inch from the end to the beginning of the 5\""cll can be held. The spindles are made of the best crucible steel and have provision for taking up wear on cach spindle. Each spindle has an independent adjustment and the entire set can be ad-justed vertically simultaneously. The bits can ahvays he set to form the same size dovetail and can be easily sharp-ened when the cntire upper frame is thrown back. Circulars giving all details and-large illustrations can be obtained by addressing the manufacturers, the 1. A. Fay & Egan company, 505-525 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio. Belgium a Market for American Goods. Consul McNally of Liege, Belgiulll writes as follows: In my judgment there is a market in Liege for all good;; of American manufacture. How to reach this market is the question that must be solved alone by the home exporter. The lllatter of credits is al"'iays an important factor in the introduction of new goods into a foreign country. Some firms will re<ldily consent to the usual American trade de-mands in this regard. Others, "while desiring to handle the goods, wilt set them aside on account of the shott term. The dealers there extend long credits to their customers, in some cases submitting half-yearly statements. The next thing to be considered is the wants of the people in the con· templated markets, and lastly, can you lay the goods down ill Liege at a price that will meet your foreign competitors in tbis market? In secking the wants of the people,Jet h he understood that the catalogue sytem is of little value unless it be written in the language of the country under observa-tion, and even then it is only on rare occasions that it inter-ests the contemplating buyer beyond a passing interest. On one Ot" two occasions persons have spoken to me of a rumor that our manufacturers do not follow samples. \Vhile I have been able to trace this home in one instance only, the idea does prevail in sortie quarters. Whether stich an idea is engendered by our foreign trade rivals I do not know but it is nevertheless a fact that the American invasion of manufactured goods is a commercial nightmare from which they all suffer. vVere I considering the entraee into a tor~ eign market I would send a competent representative abroad, speaking the language of the country he hopes to open up, to study the conditions to be overcome in the introduction of the goods he represents. All countries are more or less wedded to conservative ideas, which arc the outgrowth of traditional custom, and these must be catered to in many instances. There exisu a strong leaning toward the American article ill all branches of trade, and in my judgment to meet the conditions allowed by foreign houses, whatever they may be, 'Would remove an obstae!es to our successful entrance into any market in Europe. In short, I would lay dwon three guiding p:-inciples; First, show goods and explain their merits; second, follow samples, and, third, remove the greatest clement of competi~ tion by meeting in trade concessions those granted the' most favored customers. Alexander Johnson Retires From the 'Rockford Chair & Fur-niture Company. Alexander J()hns~lI1, for the past twenty-two years super-intendent of the Rockford Chair and Furniture company, has resigned his position, being succeeded by Emil Swenson. 11r. Swenson assumed his new duties the -{-i. .. st of the week. The resignation of Mr. Johnson means the elltiremellt from the furniture business of one of the oldest and best~known of Rockford's large colony of furniture workers. He first became associated with the furniture industry in the old Union Furniture company. lIe was in the employ of that concern for about fourteen years, serving a part of that time <Issuperintendent. Shortly after the organization of the Rockiord Chair and Furniture, company !vIr. JohnsQ,l1 was asked to take the superintendency and Jeft a similar position at the Union to accept the same. Mr. J ohns011 served the Chair company faithfully in the position of superintendent for twenty-two years. He was all energetic workman and assisted in raising the company to the high level it now holds. Advancing years, coupled with a desire to seek a rest, is given as the cause of his resignation. It was not accepted without regret on the part of the company. Emil Swen-son, who stlcceeds ::\lr. Johnson as superintendent, has had considerable experience in the furniture business. He has been assuming the duties of superintendent gradually for the past few months and when Mr. Johnson stepped out immed-iately took full charge. American Goods Shipped To China Not as Represented, Complaints arc made ""Tites special agent Burrj(J from southern China; that American manufacturers, either through carelessness or inffercnce to the export trade, have repeatedly ,failed to fill' orders according to specification. The goods have arrived in such a condition as to destroy their usefulness for the purposes intended and the result has been that the Chinese buyer either repudiated the contract or took the cargo under protest. No surel means could be devised to kill the business in that particular line than such negligence, and its influence extends even further, for it instills in the minds of the Chinese the idea, false though it is, that the American manufacturer can not be depended on to send out goods as ordered. One such mistake works incalcuable harm in the effort to establish a market for a certain commodity, and as will be seen affects indirectly but none the less seriously other goods exported to China. Italy Taking Step[; to PromotfJ Foreign Trade-AmericaTj Exhibit at Milan. Consul D1111lling of !\'Tilan suggests what il~\'; (1it:ell hecn sug-g-ested before, that one of the best "ways to h~lild up :t11d "~~'('ureforicgn trade i,; for American me:-chants ;ll-;(~ m:,nl1iac-tm e,s to establish large agencies in all large i,)\ci!:!-"n .-:it;('". Il,.~v:rites: I recently emphasized the advantage to be gail1ed hy Am-erican cxpr)rters estahlishing in a city like 1'[ilal1 a genc:'at agency representing a comp1C'te exhibit of our m;lI1ufactl1 'es, and subdivided into groups made up of lHJncompcting ;u"ticles and in charge of a trained i\mnican. At Rrcscia !l si1l1il;ll" plan has heen brought bcfon' the chamber of e(lm\11CCC. Brescia is one of the lively manufacturing and com\11crcia\ centers of the 1\lilan dist:"ict, \vitll n ch:lI11bel' kccnly inte;"- cst cd ill the pressing nature of the Ttalian expo~t problem. Since Italy is making such st"fmg advances in ioreign trade I infer that an outline of the plan before the Bl'escian cham-ber \.,.i11 be valuable reading in the United States. The plan is to lift Ttaly out of the line IIf cnl111tJ'ics wllO,.;e chief export trade is in raw materials anfl partly m:uwfacturerl goods and increase her Inanufactl1red expo:·ts, rcaching out toward Latin-America, J;:Ipan and China, at the same time fos-tering T talian commercial aspirations in Africa and Asia Mino". "The principle of ass(lciati()n is nece,.;sary," decla~"es th,-, Brecian chambN. "[n Italy :;eve:;!l associations have already been formed, such a,:; the Federazione Tndustl"iale of Rome, the Federazione Comlllerciale oi :'1ilan. and the CongTeS,~() de;:.!;li Tndustriali of Venicc. T1Je,~(' suggest association for the cmnm01\ dd,-(\;.,,,,. The intention is not tn create syndi.- cates or 'trusts,' 0: to desLoy the individuality of business enterprises, but, on th;;'" cOlltia:'y, to constitute gTIIl1PS of in-terests in which sing'le liflllS t11lde, take what sing-le-h'l1lded coulrl not he done." The report fnllll Rrescia arg'\.1CS, ,\S the consulate has a1- rea(ry argncfi fo" /\me:ican >;xpn:'tcrs, that where a single l'irnl cml\d not apjHopri"te the large :SIHII\\.'Cce:,;sary to IHain-rain an ngcllt and <In office ill the illlllo,tant foreign trade ce11- tel's, tell firms ill cnrnhinati()ll could SeC111"especial nnd expert representation with all its advantages awl at a reasonahle cost. Groups typical of Italiall export uade mentioned in the reports arc [inns dealing in preserved fruits, cottOll, tex-tiles, butter and cheese, Hax and linen, wool, silk, agricul-tn:- a\ machines. electrical snpp\ie" ami machine",. hiq.'cles and automohiles, porcelain articles. and fnrnitl1re. This par-tial list seCl1\S to lnc to be closely l"elated to our own Ameri-can expOit efforts. l\ central office would he estahlished ;It eneh gl'eat market, supported by ,lll equal division of the expenses among the subscribillg' units. The whole pl;lll is to be plneec1 before the chamber ,It Brescia. when it has been t'tlOrol1ghly worked out, with t11e suggestion th,lt "it he illitiated at the earliest possible m011lent." Tll so far as the con~l1l call properly act as the advancc agTnt of linns ill i\ merica who \,\'rite to hinl for inflrmatiol1 and advice. my experience is that a g;'eat deal of such cones-pondellce lacks explicit detail-that is, the COllStJi is left ill doubt as to the exact purpose of the inquirer I aIlt in r('ceipt of letters of thi:-i natnre, the letter heading'S of \",111chare my only clew tu the business of the writer. The letter itself discloses nothing by which I can kn(nv the firm's trade. It is not unCOllUllOl1 for the consul's mail to contain a lette:" he!lded with tilt' name of a shoemaker. for example. asking in the briefest possihle terms for information of commercial fertilizers in a particular district. The consul can easily se-cure t11c information askerl for ;\11d forward it by return mail; hut if 'he could be taken frankly into the confidence of the shocmaker and told in fifty words something- of the ptlrpose of the inquiry, he could approach thC', subject wi.th 111me in-telligence and render better service. 21 In short, I find that in SO per cent of my letters of in-quiry the writers have left something for me to read between the lines. "I hnve answered your question," is my response. "V/ould yOU like something on this or that phase of the case?" Tn most cases they would. The consul likes noth-ing better than to pick out of his morning's mail' three or four short, candid, lucid letters, in which the \vriter has stated his needs ami why he needs them and what he requires to supply them. If the Am<c,ican eKpo,tcr \'iiH to,eann the consul with as much inside information as all outsider ought to know. he will find himself drawing good dividends out of the results. The C011sul does not like working in the dark. The group systcm of foreign reprcsentatioll unquestion-ably is suited to the larger Humber of our exporters. Tn sOllie cases, of course, the Americall house can afford to set up its own establishment. There arc a numher of these in 11ilan, llwnagecl by ltalians or ,b2nglishmen, and they are among the finest business exhibits in this great city. Every one is on a prominent street with a complcre officc equip-ment and a handsome showroom. They are distinctly Amer-ican in styl'e and attract much attentiOll. There has just been establishcd hcre wh~lt we would term a "model' grocerY," over which has 1>ee11painted as the background of a sign, a large American Hag. Yet there is not on sale .vithin the shop a single American article, excepting ;l small line of Chicago canned meats. The latest speci,tl agency to be opened here handles the product of a large manufacturing lirm in the middle states. The shm\' is not large, but cleverly arranged. It is a corner store, in a handsome new building, and 50 feet long. Along one-third of the rear wall is the inclosed countingfOom, the rest being occupied with blueprints ;111c1 drawing of the stock machinery. The other two sides are glass windows <\s largl? as those of a Yankee department store. There is a polished bard wood l-loor, on \vhich al"e the large machines, witb their prJiislled steel set off with jet black, making- it striking effect. Crowds of people stand in front of these windows with ah-sorbed illterest, and the .vbole plan seems to bc a successful realizatiOll of what we, who arc on the ground, kno\v to he the valne of ,ill appeal to the eye in z, country like this. T-iarc\- headed /\mcl"ican business men, who do not believe the con-sul when he writes ahout ~uch things, would be interested tn see what has hecn done in this case with a color1"es5 and \1tlof1lamelltal line of stock. This ag'ency is handled by an ftalian expert, who probably buys his stock outright under special terms. In general, the main thing is to get the Am-erican article in view here and tet it tell its own story. New South African Tariff Rates. The Souti" African 1\.lallufacturers' Association in their recent congress l:~scussed tariff rates. The rates for fur-ni. ture suggested were ~'S follows: On furniture for home or officc or shop, wholly or par-tially manufactured in part:-; il: ~'lished, including' ofl1ce fit-tillgS, mouldings, screenings, pa,.~llings, wire mattresses. mantel pieces, shO\vcases, 11 <luty of twenty-live per cent. On hedsteads of br<1ss, hil1ard tables. bagatelle tables, acces-sories, carpets and furnishing drapery, chairs, cane or wood seat, the value of which inc\m\lng cases, does· not exceed 60s per dozen. a duty of ten per cent is to be charged. On the free list are marbles, varnish, polish, )'10rocco l'eather ant, hides for upholsterers' twine, wire for mattress makin3: and so on. Timber. dressed, ten per cent at Port Elizabeth and [Zing V/illi;lmstown. and 35 per 100 sup. feet at Cape Town; teak ".'ood, mahogany, \valnut and oak, 2d per cubic foot; all other hard ""voods, n. 0, s., 1 d. Goods of foreign manufacture shall pay an inc;'cased duty of 25 per C('l1t on the p;'oposed new tariff. The definition of "foreign m;mutacture" shaH be the same as in the present CllS-torns tariff. 28 .J'~ r;,.I.9 ,.HIG 7}N 2 • fOUR TRA.INS CmCAGO TO AND fROM Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 nn AT Chicago 4:5(Jpm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Chlca&'o 10:55pm Lv Gd. Rapid, 11:30pm daily Ar Chicago 6:55 am Pul1man Sleeper, open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. service a la carte, PoereMarquette Parlor cars on all day tmins. Rate reduced to SO cents. T"Rf:f: TRA.INS D E T R 0 IT TO AND fROM L~ve Grand Rapids 7:10am Arrive Detroit 11:55am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Amve Detroit 3:15 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:$ pm Meala served a I. carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:25am and S:~ pm. Pere MarqueUe Parlor Cars on all trains; seat rate, 25 (:ehts. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRA.Y, OIiiTRICTPAUENGBIl AGENT, PHONE 1168 Grand Rapid_,Mich. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK-LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. Ill. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york 4:30 p. m. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. I-----~---_··_~----_·_-, _ !!!!Weatherly Individual Glue Neater Send your address and tei:eive descriptive cir-cular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices ... Weatherly &. Pulte Grand Rapids. Mich. These saws are made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Beveled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write \1S for Price List anddlliCount 31·33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS MANUFACTUR"RS OF DROP CARVING AND GENERAL EMBOSSING MAC"INES Dies faT all kinds of Machines. At lowest prices. 7 Second Sl., LAFAYETTE, IND. Wood Forming Cutters I We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One- Way Cutters for Single and Double Spindle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatw est variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER ex SONS MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A. ORAnD RAPIDS WOOD t1nlSUlno (0. KXCLUSIVR MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD FINISHING MATERIALS That is our specialty. We confine OUT business to Fillers, Stains, Polish Furniture Wax and Fmishing Supplies. We are the originators of Weathered. Antwerp and Mission Stains ill Oil. Our shades are absolutely oorrect. We are authority on Early English, Fumed, Cathedral Oak, and SHyer Maple Stains, and will match any particu-lar shade desired. Office and Factory, 55, 57, 59 Ellsworth Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. Suy your GROOVED and POINTED DOWELS and DOWEL RODS of A. FALKEL. 3rd aDd Dewey St•.• Grand Rapids. Mich. --~·_-------------I QUARTER-5AWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE :: EXTRA WIDTHS When writing for prices., mention widths requirec:1 and kind of figure preferred. HOFFMAN »R.OTHERS co. Fort Wayne Indiana 7I:R..- 'T' I oS' .7IJ"l n 7 r· 29 Otis Mfg. CO. Chicago Office and Distrib-uting Yards: 2257 to 2267 LUMBERST. Importers and Manufacturers of New Orleans. Chicago. R. S. HUDDLESTON MAnOQAnT No.3 WOOD L.ATHE. MANAGER No.4 SA.W(ready tor ripping) No. 7 SC~Ot.L SAW. Clamp8 H ....ND CIRCUL ....R RlP SAW. MORTISER COMBINKD MACH INE. ~~~H~AN':D:AeND 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 capitalltlvested. He can hold a better and more satisfactory tTlI.dewith his customers. He can manufacture in as good style and finish, and at as low cost, all the '(aeInlies. The local cabioet maker has been forced into only a dealer's trade and profit because of machine manufactured goods of factories. An :mtfi't of Banles' Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machinery, rein-states the cabinet maker with advantages equal to his competitors. If deshed these machines will be sold ON TRIAL. The purchaser can have am'ple time to test them in his (Jwn shop and on the work he wishes them to do. DESCRIPTIVECATALOGUE AND PRIeR LIST FREIl:. No.4 SAW (ready forcross-cuttlng) W. F. &. JOHN BARNES CD., 654 Ruby St•• Rockford, III. No.2 SCROLL SAW FORMER OR. MOULDER. HAND TIlNONER. Up-to-Date Cabinet STRONG. LIGHT. QUICK. MANUFACTURED BY Blach Brothers Machinery Company Mendota. Illinois. U. S. A. 30 Value of Waste and Scrap. IvIany manufacturing firms unconsciQusly throwaway many dollars' \vorth of material in the course of a season in the farlil of \\'ast.e or "scrap." Of course, in many lines of manufacture the scrap material ll1.aY be of little value, and possibly not worth the time required to iH"CSefYC it. It is in overlooking the vaTue of these waste materials that the smaller Ijrms arc also the luost careless. Hut jf the scrap, no matter whether it be meta], rubber or of some other composition, is valuable to the large concern, it is proportionately so to the smaller. Scrap rubber will sell readily at sixteen to eighteen cents pCT pound, and scrap metals frOtH one-quarter to seven-eighths new value. Take copper as an example. \Vhcll the market value is fifteen to eighteen cents it is no trouble at all to sell the scrap at twelve to iourt
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- 1906-03-10T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and I / l GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••MARCH 19. 1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND;IRAPIDS, MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE StUTES in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. 1:1you ha'Ve not one in your store, a siDlple request will brinj you onrmaanificent new Cataloltue of 12xl6 inch pul1:e 4roupl1" show-ina suites to mateh. With It, even the most moderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. WEEKLY ARTISA~ . 1 OUARRPERRICIGES:.ltf~t ~c: §§~~B~§---~~~*~-,~~g..... .... . .. . -.., ·LHeE· FURNITURE COMPANY I ~, I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. i III III It II,I t!III ,II, I IIII IIIII I ._------------------- ----------------------------- .... 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN III III IIt ,II II ,II ,I !I I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. Luce-Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Birds's Eye Maple Birch !Zul1rtertd Oak and Ctteasstan Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILT-ON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. J~ll\ND Rt\PI rI~·,r~i I v..U ......V . 30th Year-No. 38 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., MARCH 19, 1910 Issued Weekly CAR LOADING AGENCIES ARE ELIMINATED Grand Rapids Furniture Association Have a Department That Will Benefit Both Manufacturers and Dealers. \ VIth the obj ect of extending and perfecting the service that. has been rendered purchasers of Grand Rapids furniture by the Grand Rapids Car Loading \.company, the Grand RapIds Furniture association has purchased the business of the Grand Rapids Car Loading company, leasing the samy warehouse, installing its own force of employes and placing the (ar loading busllless under the direct supervision of the traffic department of the association. This action by the as"oclatlOn practically eliminates the car loading agencies as a facto! In shipment of furniture from Grand Rapids and \vas only decided upon after thorough investigation of con-dItIOns by a special committee and careful consideration by all members of the association. The detatls of operation and maintenance are not com-pletEd but It is the llltentIOn of the manufacturers to render the serVIce of greatel value to the dealers and to eliminate every feature of the busllless that has proven objectionable or disadvantageous or has been subj ect to deserved OpposItIOn by the raIlroads. A decision of the Supleme Court of the Umted States IS now pending which wIll determine the rights of the railroa Is to deny carload rates to assembled car load shi~ments of divers owncrship Such cars are commonly known as "pooled cars" and have been opposed by the carriers regardless of a decision of the Interstate Commerce CommissIOn that owner-ship of the property should not affect the transportatIOn rates or charges. Whatevel may be the decision of the courts in the matter the furniture manufacturers of Grand Rapids in operatlllg theIr own car loading facilities will be governed by the published and legal tariffs and classifications of the carriers, fully appreclatlllg their rights and opportunities to attack any such rates and rules as may be found unreasonable and un-duly discriminatory after a fair trail. The officers and membels of the Grand Rapids FurnIture association are as follows' PresIdent-A. S Goodman, Luce Furniture company. Vice President-David H. Brown, Century Furniture company. Secretary-Treasurer-F. Stuart Foote, Imperial Furniture company. Directors-Ralph P. Tietsort, Royal Furniture company; \ViUiam H Jones, William A Berkey Furniture company; F Stuart Foote, Imperial Furniture company; A S. Goodman, Luce Furl1lture company; DaVId H Brown, Century Furni-ture company. :'Ifembershlp-Berkey & Gay Furniture company, Nelson- .Matter Furmture company, Grand Rapids Chair company, Imperial Fl1rnltul e company. Gunn Furniture company, vVm. A Berkey Furmture company, Grand Rapids Fancy Furniture company, Stow & DavIs Furmture company, Onel Cabinet company, Shgh Furmture company, Luce Furniture company, The Macey company, StIckley Bros company, MichIgan Chair company, Grand Rapid,; FurnIture company, Welch Manu-factunng company, Grand RapIds Upholstery company, John-son FurnIture company, Grand Rapids Show Case company, Sterhng Desk company, Rettlllg Furniture company, C. S. Paine company, Shelton-Snyder Fmniture company, Century Furmture company, Grand RapIds vVood Carving company, John D Raab ChaIr company, Royal Furniture company, 1\Iueller & Slack company, Phoemx Furniture company, MIchigan Cablllet company, John vVldicomb company. When It was deCIded to undertake the car loadlllg ser- "Ice t.he aSSOCIatIOn elected a commIttee of management as follows vVIlliam H Gay, Berkey & Gay Furniture company; R \V Irvvlll, Royal Furl1lture company; Norman McClave, Shgh Furnltul e company, E H Foote, Grand Rapids Chair company; David H. Brown, Century Furniture company ThIS commIttee negotiated the purchase of the location, fixtures, name anJ good WIll of the Grand Rapids Car Load- Jng company, March 7. J Harry Schoneberger, former owner of the Car Loading company, will be associated with the Crawford Chair company, Grand Ledge, Michigan. Tlhe business WIll be conducted as the Grand Rapids FurnittIre aSSOCIatIOn, car loading department, Ernest L. EWlllg, traffic manager of the Gran:1 Rapids Furniture as-socIation WIll also be manager of the car loading department whIch WIll be combined with the traffic department The offices WIll be mallltained in the Board of Trade buildlllg The warehouse on the Michigan Central tracks at Cherry and Ionia streets will be in charge of J. F Morris, superin-tendent. The recent estabhshment. of a traffic department by the GranJ Rapids Furmture association and the elimination of car loading agenCIes by the establishment of a carloading department are Important move;;; that mark the progress of Grand Rapids as the world center of furmture manufacture and sale Dealers are urgently reque,;ted to refer to the traffic 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN department of the a",sociatlOn an) transportatIOn dIfficulties they may experience III connectlOn wIth theIr shIpments of Grand RapIds furlllture and wIthout cost to the dealer '3uch dIfficulties are gIven expert attentlOn unbl a proper and satisfactory conc1uslOn IS reached. In undertaklllg to develop and improve the car loadlllg serVIce the furmture manufacturers are not ~eeking a profit from the loading of the cars and therefore expect to render more valuable service at a reduced cost to the dealer thu" facilitating to the greatest extent pos"'lble the transportatlOn of his purchases of Grand Rapld:-. manufacture The care 10adlllg department of the Grand Rapids FurnI-ture association organized wIth a definite purpose and worthy object, will have the support of 31 of the largest fmmtme manufactunng concerns m the world and of hundred" of furniture dealers, 1t 1Sviewed\'. Ith approval by the raIlroad.." and is under most expert and capable management Nothlllg but furniture wIll be hanelled and not belllg operated for personal or private profit no expen..,e necessary to the best service will be spared and the two department", traffic and car loading wIll combllle to further demon"trate and mal11- tam the supremacy of Grand Raplels as a furmture market History of the Carpet Industry. The mentlOn of carpets date" from a "ery remote pen )d of antlqUlty They ..,eem first to have been applIed to re-lIgious purpo",es and were used to garmsh the palace" of the Pharaohs. The carpet Industry, a" we undehtand It "as estabhshed in France on March 6 1664 when Colbert, mm-ister of LoUls XIV, opened his carpet fact,Jry at Beam al~ Our early ancestors covered the floor", of theIr houses with ru"hes, haIr, or straw, and carpets, "hen fir",t I11tro-duced were used to cover tables Long before the wea'Ing of carpets in Europe was started noble ladles, monks and nuns 111 convents hac! been accustomed to make beautiful tapestnes, whIch were occaSIOnally used as floor coYenngs In 1607 a regular factory was establI~hed at the Lam re for maklllg these wall hangIngs and carpets. by the reIgnIng king of France, Henry IV A vanety of these carpets made at the first French fac-tory are stIll on exhIbItIOn m vanous museums of the world Followmg the success of the I11du"try at Beauvai", the EnglIsh carpet industry begun m 1685 in Surrey To\'. ad this ob- Ject the king had set aSIde a consIderable sum, and French weavers were brought over to assIst The hIstory of carpet manufacture m the Umted States begins with the rag carpet mdustry, whIch continued to be of conSIderable Importance until toward the c1o",e of the last century Each VIllage had ItS weavers, to whom the thnfty ... .._ ~ I I f Doetsch & Heider Co. Telephone, Lmcoln 796 1534-1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East Into Green-wood Terrace Or, Clybourn Avenue car WIth transfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood ~T-er-race-a~nd w-alk-W-es__t ._.-------- ~ .. .....--_ ...-- .~ housewives brought then balls of rags So late as 1890 there were 111 the UmteJ States 854 rag carpet weavers' shops, \\ Ith an annual output valued at close to $2,000,000. The fir"t factor) m Amenca for the manufacture of yarn carpeb was e~tablIshed in PhiladelphIa m 1791, by WIlliam P Sprague The cen..,us of 1810, less than 20 years after, reported the whole product of the Umted States in this da3s of good" at 10,000 yards, of whIch 7.500 yards were made in PhIladelphIa >\t the present tIme there are close to 1,000 carpet manufacturers 111 the United States, WIth nearly $30,- 000,000 capItal II1vested The Jacquard apparatus for weavmg designs was intr0- duced in 1829, and 1111841 Erastus Biglow perfected the fir3t power 100m for weav111g carpets, whIch saved one-third in the cost of labor The U11lted States IS now the greatest producer and consumer of carpets in the world Most of the wool used 111 the manufacture of American carpets is im-ported, as the home-grown product is of too fine a quahty to be durable Exc1udmg the Onental rugs, the principal varieties of carpet3 111commerce are the Axmll1ster, the Brussels, the \\ IIton, ::\10quette, Tapestry Brussel, Velvet, Ingrain and VenetIan The founder of the manufacture of OIlcloths in the Umted States was Isaac Macauley, who began the busi-ness 111PhIladelphIa about the year 1816 "I want to see somethl11g green and fresh," said a man to the propnetor of a "lllage store. "Yes, sir," said the store keeper Then he calleJ out loudly "Cy, come here and walt on thIS gentleman" Of course It was not a furniture ",tore "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" " _. . .. ..... BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 GREAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED Motor Truck Oue of the Biggest Successes of the Age. The Rapid Conunerciol Cor is Moking 0 Hit With Users. Every new mdustry bnngs up problems of solutIOn, and none has been more mten stmg than developmg and perfectmg the modern busmess motor car Manufacturers who were not mfluenced by standards of pleasure car constructIOn have produced cars of pro dlglOus sIze and weIght Some of the de<ngners appeared to ha' e the locomotive engll1e m mmd Ideal road condItIOns parulIelIng-steel raIls m smoothness mIght have Justlhed thIs task, but the aver-age cIty street IS far from Ideal and the possIbIlIty of damage of the heavy truck, loaded to a capacIty of from 5 to 7 tons, by break mg t.hrough manhole<; has turned the eye of the bus1l1ess man to the one to three ton models As IS so frequently demonstrated, the happy medIUm between the locomotive and the grey hound turns out to be the most prdctlcal plan of constructIOn Successful motor dnven trucks cal ry from one to five tons on a load, and get ovel the ground fdster and accomphsh as much or more work than the heaVIer vanety tra, elIng at consIderably less speed Of thIs type of car, the RapId truck manufactured at Ponti ac, Mlch, IS the Ideal m commercIal motor Cdr constructIOn The two ton truck weIghs 3,350 pounds, IS propelled by a heavy two cyl- Il1der opposed eng1l1e, remarkable m Its slmphclty of constructIOn dnd operatIOn Working Parts Easy of Access. AJI workll1g parts are easy of access and bUIlt expressly for the rough usage of the commercIal field BeSIdes full platform spnngs an auxl1Jary set of cross spnngs come mto play under a half load, absorbmg the VIbratIOn whether the car be loaded or hght I t has been found pOSSIble to budd more than a few standurd body deSIgns adaptable to all classes of dehvery, but speCIal bodIes dre manufactured accordmg to <;pectfiCdtlOnsand to meet speCIal re qUlrements The met hamcal constructIOn however remdlllS the Sdme In every case There IS d deep mterest among furlllture dealers In thIS modern method of makmg dehvenes, aroused by the successful operatIOn of "Rapids" in the large cIties In the city of Indianapolis It is estI-mated that fully 30 per cent of all delivery IS now bemg done by commerCIal motor cars and 25 per cent IS bemg done wIth "RapIds" CompetItIOn IS forcmg busmess men to more and more advanced methods m domg busmess TIme was, not so very long ago, when the customer would carry hIS purchases away or send after them wIth an express wagon Then the shrewd man beheved that by extendmg the accommodatIOn of dehvery, he would attract more customers ThIS theory proved correct, and goods are now dehvered over a radIUs of terntory SImply beyond the endurance of the horse At first merchants were loth to beheve that a commerCIal power wagon could be operdted more economIcally than horse drawn ve-hIcles SkeptICIsm has gIVen way to practIcal demonstratIOn of the "RapId," a car that hds proven Itself under every pOSSIble test to be not only un economy for the retaIler, but an accessory to the larger busmess The showmg has been that one "RapId" WIll do the work of three horse drawn vehIcles, do It qUIcker, more pleasantly, more styl Ishly and at a saV1l1gof money Preparing for the Summer Sales Season. A number of changes are taking place in the 1411 exhIbI-tion buildlllg, Chicago Lyman Lathrop of the exhibition budding company reports that some of the manufacturers having space are mcrea"mg It wIth a view of showing their complete hnes In that market The Klel Furniture company of Kiel, Wis, has enlarged theIr space to 8,500 feet, whIch will give ample room for theIr dIsplay of tables The YpSI-lanb Reed Furlllture company has also lncreased Its space and renewed its lease on the "econd floor for five year" They are spendmg consIderable to make theIr exhibit III every way more attractIve than before. ---_._~--_._--------_._---_._-----------------_._----------- -" I Pitcairn Varnish Company I I ,I II II I I II II IIII IIII III• It C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. .... . .. - . .... Manufacturers of III I I:I .----~I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: -'NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN MODEL EXPOSITION BUILDING Has Many Modern Conveniences for the Use of Buyers in the Chicago Market. Every great business SUccess b foundeel on sen 1ce The successful wholesaler or retaJ1er 1'1 he vvho supphe-, the lx-,t for the money w1th the least trouble to hb Llhtomel-, J he successful manufacturer make" ~'lod::, that a1 e 1ecognucd ,\-' the standard of quahty III h1s Illle and dev otes 111', "clhng efforts to the serV1ce and com enlence of chStllbutol s H1S business extends a" h1S customers finels theu needs fulh and promptly supplied. In this fundamental truth ltes the 1ea"on £OJ the mal \ el ous growth of The Slmmons \IanufaLtur111g com pam of Chicago in recent) ears Smce the 111ceptlOn ot the bU"llle-," the line of brass and 110n hecl"teac1s cots. couches etc. manufactured by th1S company have been malllta111ecl a' the highe"t standard of quahty 111 111ate11al, con"tllH Llon anel finish Through all changes anel V1C1ss1tudes of sh Ie they have been kept up-to-date 111ever) 1e"pect-good sclhng Ime" for dedler" to hanJle \t the "ame tJme 111sp1te of the mam hanchcaps 1mpo"eel 11\ th e phenomenally 1dp1d ~101\ th ot the11 business. they have made "pcLlal eftOl t" to meet the p10ble111 of satl"faLtOJY deh\ elles ,111c1 have constantl) 1111- prm ed the1r fac1htJe" 111 th1" 1mpo1 tant 1espec t Theil 1dea of 'leI v Ice to the t1dele lllcludes e\ el \ tll1n~ which makes 1t easie1. 11101e plea"ant 01 mOl e p10fitahle to Jo busllles" Theil Ch1cago 'Oho\\ 100m at 192 \f1clm.'.an avenue was never adequate to meet all the"e conclttlOn::, 1t was never suffic1ently large or" ell allan~ed to make a sat1s-factory di "play of then hnes \lore than t\\ 0 year" ag-o the wisdom of a remOval became apparent, and, aftel careful. thorough cons1deratlOn they deC'leled that the 1nterest, of the trade, as vvell as then" 0" n, vvould. best be 'lei v ed bv the erection of a bmldlllg spec1alh de"lgneel and arrdnged for the shovvlllg of the1r complete hne The 10catlOn at 1347 Yriehigan avenue '" as finally chosen The new buJ1dl11g face" \Ilch1gan avenue on the cast "lde, just north of Fourteenth ,tret and between the '\Ianu-facturers' ExhlbltlOJ1. bUlldmg company and the FUI mtUl e txh1b1t1on company The frontage 1" 90 feet anJ the build-m~ extencl'\ hack 130 feet to the ea"t It 1'1 four stories in he1ght the wh1te tell a-cotta front be1ng 60 feet h1gh from "Ide\\ alk to cornice Broad stra1ght lmes, regulanty of de- "lgn, and plam, SImple decoratlOns g"l\ e the budding an un-mu, dh attractn e and d1gnlfied appearance '\cros" the frieze e"tenel, the com entlOnal well-known tra Ie form 'Of the nd111C 1he '-llmmon" \Ianuufactunng- company, the black lette1111'; and I eel unelerlll1ll1g showll1g strongly aga1nst the \\ hlte of the ten a-cotta '\t night the name 1S clearly illum1- nated by electnc hght The a1cheel entrance at the nOJth end of the buildll1g 1S -'mmounted by the figure, "1347" in bronze and carries ,11 tbt1C name plate" m bra"s at each side A commoJlOus tIe\ 2to1 run" bet\\ een the hdndsome vestJbule and the dis-plav lllom" and offices abm e The second and third floors, II ltll a total extent of 23,400 square feet, are devoted to 1he cl1"plav of brass and iron beds-more than half an acre of uItlmcltc becllOom comfort and beauty Th e bl cl~" bed ,110\\ 1oom occupies the whole second t1)01 <)0" 130 teet In ,ue \t the center of the east side of the 100m I" a "em1-urcula1 platform of fifteen foot radius, "talldlll~ h\ 0 dnd one-half feet abm e the floor and communi-ca tIl1~ \\ 1th the r00111 abO\ e by means of two broad, easy stair-ca~ e'-. Jl1e on eeich SIde aga11lst the wall From this ele- \ a t10n the be::,t v1e\\ of the shO\" room is obtained ~11 the II ood", 01k 1'1 of fumed oak, the vvIde-topped ra11- 1l1~ d10und the platfunn, the base~ of the pdlars that support thc ceIlll1g .• 111dthe hedv \ ced1l1g beam, The walls and the l ,1u111n"ot the "UIJJ)()1tm~ pdla1" are deuJrateJ in soft moss ~) c( n J he 11eee"~,u \ \'\ a) mth of color 1" furmshed by a car-pet OJ )](h ,ubdued led J he s,1tm anel poltshed sUifaces of 1110re t1Jeill fOUl hund1 eel b1ass beel "amples, against the har-llwnlOU" beicLc~lOun 1 of Aoo' and wall", make a p1cture well \\01th sct111~ '-lettmg-, allangement, and surroundll1gs con- "Jl11C to make thh an Hleal b1ei'" heel "hc;vv100m I he "alJJ( ,111ein~uJ]ent of dhpleiy a" on the brass bed Hoo, h 10110\\ eel on the t1111d floCH ",hel e the lme of iron bed" I" "ho\\)] J he deeOlatlOns )lJ th1s floor ale in tan and TUlJJul llak a (()JJ]hmatlOn "ll1ch 1111111shesa most artJ.:otlc backg10und fOJ the vallously colo1 ed beds The same plat- 101m dllan~el11ent as 111the b1a"s 100m enables the buyers to get ,I com pre hen "1\ e v1ell of tb e "ty Ie" "hov\ 11 \iVhen it is ( )n~lCle1ed \\ hat the 11on bed bas accomplhhed for civih-zatlOn th10ug-h deanlmes" and 1111p10ved sanitary cond1tions m the home" of the people, 1t \\ dl be conceded that it is II 01 tIn of speLlal "ell111g effo1 t Cj he fot1l th ami h1ghe~t floor 1" occupIed by office" and In 100m" and d11ang ement" Jev oted to the C')mf01 t, conven- Ience, and se1 \ lLe of cu"tomer.., This floOl ,t11ke::, the key-note aT the \\ hole Slmmons polin of busUle,,-o "Co-opel ation II 1t11 cu"tome1" f01 more p10fitable sale,," :\1" en engaged in 1m~me,,, m an \ hne WOl k togethe1 w1th least fnctlOn an i 1l1()'-t mutual plOfit v'\hen best acquainted 1he} Inve en-cleav 01ed to pI m 1de ev e1y medns of pr0l110t111g the fulle"t acqualllt,mce under the most favorable condItIons, of the men engaged III the furl11ture busines" The elevator open" llltO a spacious office, "lxty-five by nmeh feet 111sue, hnlhantl) ltghted by day anel l11ght A 10'/\ panele 1 pal t1tlOn W1th swmgmg gate surrounds the elev 3tm entrdnce Through th1s door, at the pomt of eaS1est ,icce,,,, d1rectly forvvard from the elevator entrance has been dl) ang ed a damtJ1y, comfortably furl11shed reception room 101 the ladles-an mV1tJng re'it 100m for them while the men attend to busUle"s in the bU1lel111gOJ nelghborhood Exten hng ,dong tf west front of the office, facing M1Ch1- WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU- ~ LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. GOAT and SHEEP SKINS If so buy our 1 II,,I II I: Write for sample pads of colors. I 1 CHICACO, ILL. CHICAGO, ILL. ~----- l::;dn a\ enue, drc the pllvate llffice" llt the lompan) executne" These olfe fl11nl"hed 111quarter "aY\dl odk \\lth glued partl tlons and ,"all decOldtlOn" to l1,atch r our f;fOUp" ot 'oede,,- men's desk" OCUpy n1uch of the 1 ema111tllg "pace of the office l\ach de"k stand" 111It" 0\\ n blel'-"-ralled endo"u\(, elght feet square The arrangement give" ease of acce"s to any sales-man at any tlme whlle 1t lea\ e" open the aisles to the prn ate office" the elevator, sample 100m, and to the "taln\ ay leaJmg to the display rooms belo" The de"k" of the city salesmen are 111a row at the north end of the room The desks 111the other thlee gloup" are lesell ed fOl the 10dd selles 11en and wal ehouse manager" \\ ho attend the SLll11-dnmlal O.posltl0n L\long the east \\ all al e ql1<lrtCh l)lO\1(lell for stenolSraphel s, the telephone e","change. and sound-proof telephone booths An abundancc of lIght 1" pi 0\ lded by w1l1do\1 S on the south and \\cst sJ(lc~ and h\ a lalge skyhght glolt1l1g 111the bcameJ cetlmg The \\hole Idea here ha" been to PlO\ Ide e1 comfort able, loom) busmess-hle office \' Ith lOll\ e111ent acces:o to the "how room.s. A 1ep1 e"entatlvc of the d(h U ilsmg dcpal tment h all thh flool dUllng the e2..pOsltlons to meet the trade and dlSCU"S wit'1 bn} ers plans and suggestlons for met eased busme~s and plofits It is thell" intentlOn to co-opel ate wIth dealers in any alld e, elY way that may be of mutual benefit At the south end of the office a door leads through the east wall mto a comfol tably app01nted loungIng room, as completely furnIshed for the comfort of men as is the 1e-ceptlOn room for the ladle" ThiS room IS for the informal meetmgs dnd talks always occurnng JUl111i.; the show Here frIends ale 111vlted and expecie 1 to male themselves part! cularl} at home The Cl'mpany hds red "on to be ptuud of theIr din111g 1nom \\ hllh I" entel ed from the office th1 nlH:;h the loung111g room The Flemish oak fittings, snbdnedlighting, and"k,:olon- led dec')ration" comb111e to give an an of refinement· "'" and 1uxur} to all the appomtments to thIS room Arrangements ha\ e been macle to fnrnl"h palatable lun~heons, well cooked and da111ttl} served, to as many of their customers and their f!lends as may de"lre them There IS a commodIOUS kItchen attached with a capable chef in charge. lor the further convenience of the trade there are four rooms plOvided for private conferences and for the transac-tIon of private business. These are suitably and comfortably furnished and will be at the .service of their friends at all tlmes, 111 season or out, as will also be the sixty-three private mall boxes arranged on the east wall of the office near the 10ungmg-room door. The office is unique 111the val iety and scope of service otiel ed Furmture tl ade c::mdition~ are peculiar 111 that so man1 vls1tmg dealers and buyers are 111 Chicago at one tlme The need of a place for bus111es" headquarters has been felt by them for years and we have tried to meet it in the most complete manner Customers may receive mail and telegrams in the company's ca1 e without fear of their gJlllf; d~tray They have a telephone service at their dis-posal b} means of which they can 1edch any part of the coun-try '\ corps of experienced stenographers will take care of all C01respondence The 10catlOn is ideal. Tran5portation to anv part of the CIty in convenient over Cottage Grove a, enue, IndIana avenue and State street cars and the South Side elcvated railroad The company extends a cordIal 1l1vltation to dealers to call and lllspect the bUlldmg and avaIl themselves of the convemences arranged for their benefit ,II I ...... To Educate Shipping Clerks. "\Yl1ltam H Gatchell. supenntendent of trall3fers for the ~outheln Rdllway company at \\ a"hington D. C, who is lccof;111Lecl a" a hH;h authonty 111 the subject of packages 01 1e"s than (dl load frelghts, hds aCLepted an 1l1VltatlOn to \ lSlt Grand RapIds Aplll G to addl es" the shippmg clerks of the furmtUl e factol1es on the cl1fficultles encountered by the tl an SpOltatlOn com pames 111 hdndllng the furniture traffic He Will be the g-ue"t of the FUllllture Manufacturers' associ-atIOn 111whose name he was 111vlted to come here by Traffic \1 anager 1:: L EW1l1g The shlppmg clerks have held two 01 th1 ee meet1l1gs dunng the W1l1ter to receive practical in-st! uctton from ".\Ir E" mg and \11 Gatchell 1S the first of SCI el al 1ecogmzed expel ts It IS hoped to bnng here to con-tmue the educatlOnal w01k Sold Out to the Karpens. 1he l mted '-,tdte'- l ~pholstenng coml)dn1, Cll1cag l, v\ h1('h \\ d~ 01 gdmLed last "ummer by LclU!S and Lambel t I)le"e1 and L C I azear, to l11dllUfactUl e the Lazedl patented 1 e\ 01\ mg rocIcel, has ~old out to the Kal pen Brothers, who vvlll heleafter manufacture that patented chair The chaIr met \\ lth "nCl e"s from ths stal t, but dS none of the company were expenenced 111 the llldnufdctunng of upholstered good", they found It to theIr 111tele"t to dIspose of the busmes" and de, ate the space used m the productlOn of these chaIrs to other purposes ,..._---------~._.---- .. ---- .- ..--., l,1 A~I~G ~~~r ~:t:m~lp1h~·n , f d~:: I leaves are bound (by your- " IM sell) and mdexed by floors I or departments. , I BARLOW BROS., I " Grand Rapid •• Mich. • .... Wrtte R,g/i,tNow I - ------_.. .. ..-. .,..,. ..... 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... New Things By Stow & In Tables Davis YOU have occasionally looked at goods 10 olher flOesthan yours, found thmgs so fine you hardly dared ask the pnce, and then been dehghted with the reasonableness of the figures -and you have thought how well you would hke to <:arry goods that would appeal to your trade Just that way. Are we nght) It's human nature' There IS plenty of good taste-lhe question IS STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO. one of money to gratify that taste for good thmg.. Whatever you may have tlwught about our tables. will yPU )l11It let lIS sUblfllt our deSIgns and our prices to you WIth the understandmg that we are to show you surpnsmgly fine tables, such as will enthuse your trade, at pnces that make them mighty attraclive to everybody. More dean ones like these Dining, Office and Directors' Tables, Perfection Banquet Tops. WILL TEACH SHOP MATHEMATICS A New Course for Boys in a New York High School. To teach mathematics in "hop work lS an mnovatlOn which is soon to be introduced in StUy ve:oant high. "chool New Yark. The ordinary high school course III that sCIence is to be dropped and in ItS place a reformed article \\ 111bc installed, officially known as "shop mathematic., \\ hlch \\ 11l be taught largely through the work done m the carpentq and metal working classes This innovation is the work of three head" of depart-ments at Stuyvesant High School, \\-Ith the full apprnbatlOn of the PrinCIpal, Dr. Ernest "\on X ardroff The COUf',e 111 shop mathematics has been prepared by \\ E Breckenndge, Chairman of the Mathematics Department, with C F Moor" head of the Metal Work, and G F ::\lersereau. head of the Carpentry Shop, as collaborators The object of the re-vision is no longer to treat mathematlcs as an ab~tract "oC1ence, but "to equip the boys wlth more abJ1lt) to u"oe the practr-cal part of mathematic" than they usually ha' e," accordlllg to Mr. Breckenridge The natural adaptability of the -tlonger .,e" for l11athv matics is, in the bellef of ::\Ir Breckenndge, lU'ot another popular fallacy Apparentl) the a, erage fourteen-' edl 01.1 boy at work in algebra ha" no clearer Idea of the true 111- wardnes., of it than hIS "Ister, only he doesn't own up to 1t On the whole, the mathematic m:otructor:o find more boy" falhng by the way:oide of sohd geometry than pubhc opmlOn supposes The endea, or of "shop mathematics' "Ill be to clear up the subject by relating It a-; c1o"oely a" pos"lhle to all the manual work Time-honored problems such as i. \ lMS a certain sum of money, and If B lost three-fifths of hl~ he would have as much as A," are henceforth taboo m the technical high school as artificial In':>tead the boy" wIll cal-culate the length of band necessary to connect ...haftmg, the amount of lron that would have to be melted to fill certam molds, and all sorts of real questIon:-, that come up m a machine shop "MathematICs," said Dr von X ardroff, 111 expl eS"oll1~ his approval of the expenment ahout to be made m hI':> school "has been kept too long purely pure The ab...,tract mathe-matiClans don't hke to "oat! theIr han,l" \\-Ith the reahtles It is the same with every science-the 'iClentlst-; want to keep it abstract But there are real practIcal problems The boy,; must learn to apply the abstract prmclples to the practical thing in hand. Of course, shop mathemathics IS an experi-ment, but I believe it will be a success." L \ccordmg to the ne\V course the first subject taken up ,,111 be algebra, "h1ch wIH be approached, figuratively speak-mg. from the carpentry shop As soon as the boys learn to handle tools and measure matenal for cuttmg they learn that m lumber estImates the letter "b" stands for board feet; also, "I' lS length, "t" thIckness m mche", and so on In thiS \, a, the' see, or at least the mstructors hope to make them 'oee that the use of ~ymbols IS only a short cut After that, "00 the} :oa" the \, B, and C of algebra wlll cease to be dark nn ...,tenes SIlTI1larly, the carpentry shop wl11 "erve as an mtroduc-tlOn to both plane and "oohd geometry, partIcularly the lat-ter 'oubJect \11 the rules and formulas used 111 measunng ,,111 he de' eloped at the" ark bench mstead of belllg memonzed t r0111c\ book \s soon a'o the boy:o start metal work they have an entIrely ne" field of problems nght at hand In the pecuhar Made by Waddell Manufacturmg Company, Grand RapIds, MICh, "o11dpe" to he mea "Ill eel. speclf1c gravIty to be calculated, 1-0 matenal fOl abnndant mental dlsclplll1e of a real kmd Later the) can e..,tImate the length of open or cro% be1tmg neces- ..,al} to connect shaft" 111 the machme shop, WhlCh to be done accuratel) requll e" Sf)me "\ery nice work 111 tngonometry fhe su bJ ect al"o. \\-111not be allowed to become a Jumble of meanIngless oeld word", but surveymg mstruments wiII be set up m the class room, and the pupll,; WIll practice ad-jU" otmg them, reaJlI1g angles, and runnIng hnes To prJve that they 1eally understand It the boys "Ill be taken to near-by parks or the 'Suburb" for field work \long \\-11h what i" generaHy c1a:-,sed as coHege mathe-l1ldtll'; "J11 comc are, lew In anthmetIc, \\-hlch Mr Brecken- Ildge bebe, e'S most high ~chool boys need very badly. The em-phaSIS, hm' e, er, ,,111 be all short-cut methods of the ordl11arv proce:oses, and all other kinds of problem'S to chow the applica-tion of the materidl to practical th1l1gs There Will be the caku-lat1l1g of "peed of pulley s, reckOnIng the proper gearing to cut glven SClew threads and such other thlllg':> dS are nececsdry for mechamcal eng1l1eer" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----~- WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood. ing the country. BRANCH OFFICES - Ohver Machmery Co , Hudson T enmnal, 50 Church 51 • New York, Ohver Machmery Co , FIrst Nallonal Bank Buddmg, ChIcago. III • Ohver Machmery Co , PacIfic BUlldmg, Seattle, Wash, OlIver MachmeryCo ,201.203 Deansgate, Manchester, Eng oliver Tools j Save Labor " Tlme " Tempers " Cost "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WIll take a saw up to 20" dIameter Arbor belt IS 6" WIde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benchea, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Works and General OffIces at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A Detroit Industrial Exposition. Detroit IS to hold a great 1I1dustna1 exhibitIon un del the auspices of the Board of Commerce, June 20 to July 6, to ac celerate the commerCial and industnal Interest:-. of the city The exposItIon grounds wIll be on the Detlolt River, where a huge expositIOn bm1ding Will be erected and used in con- JunctIon with the large \\1 ayne pavIlIOn Plans have been made to accommodate betwen 250 and 300 exhibits, and the display promises to be one of the most unique and eAten"lve outsIde of world's fairs It IS claImed that 100,000 different artIcles are manufactured 111 the 3,000 shop", of the CIty, the products rang1l1g from pins to steam-ships and includ1l1g a vanety that is rivaled by the outputs of few Amencan cItIes ~ ot only the products of Detroit's factories wIll be shown, but also the processes Runnmg ma-chmery wIll demonstrate the mo",t modern methods of trans form1l1g raw matenal I11to hIghly fil11shed artICles The various 1l1dustnes are classified and grouped with a view to secunng harmony and 1l1terest In one building the general departments will be machinery, metal pi oducts, pamts, elec-tnClty, bmldmg supplies, rubber, leather and paper products, drugs and chemlcal.s, tobacco, food products, noveltIes and specialties, while In the other buildmg wJ11 be automobiles and acceSSOrIes, wagons and carnages, furniture, textiles, boots and shoes, house furl11shmg s, Jev- elry and sCientIfic in-struments. DetrOIt is WIdely known as the automobile manufactur- 111gcentel of the world. It IS fameJ for the building of shIps, the manufacture of dlUgs and chemlcah, for its tobacco in-dustry, and for several other eAtensrve 11l1es It IS the pur-pose of the ExpositIOn, however, to teach the wOlld the variety, extent and quality of the City'S product::, The eAhlbltion wJ11 not only be educatIOnal but enter- "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made WIth or WIthout motor dnve Metal table 36"x30" W,ll take 18" under the gmde- tIlts 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car. fleaa saw up to 1%" WIde. OutsIde beanng to lower wheel ahaft when not motor dnven WeIghs 1800 lbs when ready to shIp ta1111l1g Lalge band., Will fur111sh concerts afternoons ani evenings, and the decoratIve and I11ul11mat1l1g features prom- Ise displays of surpa~sing beauty DetrOIt has planned ItS E,<:poslt1on on a hberal scale, the committee 111 chal~e con"lst1l1g of 275 of the lead1l1g manufac-hIrers, representmg a capItal of $150,000,000 New Decalogue. A well known commercial house of Liverpool, Eng, 13 reported to have presented each of their clerks and sales-men a new ver",lOn of the decalogue read1l1g as follows: First Thou shalt not walt for somethmg to turn up, but pull off thy coat and set to \',ork Second Thou shalt not go about thy bus1l1ess looking lIke a "guy," for thy personal appearance IS thy best letter of recommendation Third Thou shalt not try to make excuses and I ebuke those who chide thee Fourth Thou shalt not walt to be told what to do FIfth Thou shalt not faIl to mamtain thine own inte-grity, or do anyth1l1g wInch wIll lessen thine own self-respect Sixth Thou shalt not covet another fellow's Job, nor his salary, nOI the pOSitIOns whlch he has got through hard work Seventh Thou shalt not faIl to lIve within thine own mcome Eighth TIlJU shalt not faIl to blow thine own trumpet on the proper occasIOns N1l1th. Thou "halt not heSitate to say "No" when thou meanest ""Jo" Tenth Thou shalt gn e every man a square deal. This IS the best and greate<,t commandment, and there is none hke unto It Upon It hangs the lav- and the profits of business 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN RETAIL FURNITURE ADVERTISING Conducted by H. H. STALKER. Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department Aims to Be of Practical Sm.-vice. Help Us to Make It So. The advel tlsement of i\rnold ElmendOlf & Co 15 com-mendable because of it.s strong contra:ots, attractl\ e pncmg and brief treatment of the text The heading IS pertment, the descnptIOn conCIse and the pnces bold-three very Im-portant factors in any advertIsement It IS marred, ho\\ e\ er, by two things' FIrst, the cuts al e poor, and second, the readmg matter IS set too close to the border The cut of the sanItary couch makes It look as If It were about to fall 0\ el, and the bed, while better is this respect, stIll leaves much to Brass Bed Special Thl" elegant B,'tS-B- ed lS made \\-lth mass1\. e 2 w'C'h postq 1-1nch top rods. 3011 brass he'1\ 1 J lU-QUf> red and guaran-teed to "ear for ,eal:. Trl'5 \:11ue stands unmatch,ble m thIS CI;, $14.75 San ita r y Steel COUl:..1l, made ''Vltn hea:v \ ang'Ie' .s t '"f' I [r:unlP ana: (,'{Hered w'lth the o""st cOllch fabj'lc 'Bolh SIde" elevated maltmg f~'l ~Jze 1"ed SlH"'''l::J.1 prIce $3.29 be JesIred. In the top portIOn of the advertIsement the mat-ter descnbing the bed should have been placed evenly be-twcen the cut of the bed and the border. The same apphes to the sectIOn below In a case of this kmd, the couch cut i.·· . Morton House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel PantJind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlmd for SOc .s THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. ~ .... _.--_ ...._ ..... could hay e been ad, antageously placed nearly against the border rule tor anI} one corner would have appeared close. Tillc, ,\ auld hay e alloYved for white space for the more solid IIIa tter at the left The Kurtz ad, ertisement also reproduced is a splendid ~peClman of correct spacmg Note the wide space all around r:--' AT KURTZ' III I~~~~ST ~~~~~~R ~~eI III IISale Price $30.00. Regular Price $37.50 Never before have shrewd furniture buyers bad the oppor-tumty to purchase a thret piece PatIor Suite of such high quahty of materials and workmansliip at so Iowa fipe. One of the newest designs, fr~ from the ~binet.maker. M!lde of the best grade of birch Wlth full-polished mahogany fimsh. 5 ply veneer back. Le.cs of French design with heavy claw feet. Spong seat with loose cushioD$of silk plush, attached WIth silk: cord and tassel. Come& inspect this handsome parlor suite-its price & quality will 60th appeal to you. CASH OR CREDIT H H K rtz Girard Avenue &: arry • U MarshaU Street Store opell Friday Il"d Saturday Rv."lllga unut , o'cloek betvv een the readmg matter and border ThiS "ad" IS ad-mIrably set and an anged, and IS only marred by one or two slight point" The words "At Kurtz" at the top are super-fluous and OCCUpy valuable space. The type 111 "Great Feb- [ "H"OFFMAN __ u .... . .....~ II BROTH ERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER SA~~D l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED fAN D MAHOGANY .. .II.. .- .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN ruary Sale" Is bold enou~h to "tand upon Its own resources, especIally when evel y l)1t of space 15 needed The! dare, 111 my Judgment, the undel sconng couU have heen ehm111ated to ach antage 1he same apphe:, to the 1ule undel the two nnccs belovv the cut II lth the:,e left out there VI' auld then have be"n mOl e rOOm to have thro"n up the pnce.., mto bolder type, "hlch I th111k } au wdl aiSree, b the 011ly weak pal t of the advertisement Some liVould sa) that the b01 der IS tc'a heavy, but the excellent tleatment as to vvh1te space make'> thIS cn tlclsm of doubtful strength a", 1egards th1e> pal tlculal "ad" Taken all 111 all these two adverbsemenh are both models of good text liVell dbplayed In WIlting your advertbements It 1:0 \\ ell to remembel that what appeal;., to one class of l)eople vv111not prove of 111teresi to another You recogmze thIS la v, of course, and apply It 111}OUl sale" talk to customel'" In makmg your alguments } au follow the lme of talk Vvh1ch 111Jour Judge-ment of human nature IS most lll-.eh to cIo"e the ",ale Plan your adverbsmi?,' the same ,vay It 15 Vvell to adhere to one particular style of anane;ement, etc, but val y your attack Make your pnnted sales talks reach all kmcb of people An "ad" wIth plenty of tech11lcal desc11ptlon WIll ",ell one cIa ":0, whIle a pI etty viiord pIcture and httle descnptlOn VIi dl m-fluence anothel DIg black pnces wIth quantIties of S298 and $469 Items wdl mtere"t some quickly, "hlle a qUlet tall-. on quahty WIll ansliVer effectl, c1y f01 sbll another branch of the human famdy So, 111lXIt up Remember, you ale after all the bu "mess } au can ~et, and the 11101c people) u touch nghtl), the lal2,e1 the c11ance f01 SUCLes" 13e vC1 c,cl11Ic:m your wntmg of "ads " In:olst that every sale-man be closely 111touch v,lth ) our advertIsements InSIst that the} know \\ hat IS be111g adver-u", ed and gIve those artlcle:o specwl clttentlOn Often the mdlfference and lack of knowledge of the salesmen com-pletely nulllfies the eftectlveness of the "ad" I \ hen the "ad" gets people 111to your "tore It has pedOl mec1 Its func-tion Then It'S up to ) ou to close the sale If I were a fur11l-ture dealel I should mSlst upon every salesman tUl nmg III a report on e, ely sale he faIled to clOse WIth the 1 eason why ThIS would result 111more careful treatment of customers ana more eal nest "ales talk You may not aglee V\lth what I am abuut to sa) now, but I beheve I am nght I should never try to ..,ubstltute another artIcle for one called for Vvlthout offenng to get It, If not m "tack If the al bcle were one han lIed on the ae;enc) plan and I was unable to get It J would frankly own Its ments and then ever so tactfully stnve to dlaw attentlOn to the article I had to take Its place And If I wele a hve dealer I would have one To my way of thinkmg It IS poor polley to assume a supellor aIr and by vOIce and manner say, "you don't want that, you want thi,," It IS perfectly reasonable to suppose that If a person cares enough about a certain pIece to ask for It, they are pretty sure of theIr 0p1ll1On and WIll resent, even If not openly, any inference that thell Judge-ment IS at fault SubstItutes you \\ 111unJoubtedly have to offer at times. but It IS a matter that reqmres dellcate hand- 11llg GIve your customers Vvhat they ask for If It'S a pOSSIble thing Of course thIS applJes to trademarked and advel tlsed furmture for whIch thel e IS an ever lllCreaS1l1g demand that IS bound to grow WIth the development of advertls1l1g. The N"ew Orleans Metal Bed company, Ltd, New Or-leans, La, has been 1eorgamzed J.:\1 Shel rouse, preSIdent, retired, hav111g sold hIS lllterest 111 the company He wa" succeeded by R J Hanna Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 1,1907. Grand RapLds Y'eneer Works, City. Ge~tlf'men We are securing such good results from our kLlns at our FLfth St. Works Ln which you installed your proces'3,not only as to the great saving in tLme, bu"t the excellent condition Ln which we find the lwnber when it comes out, that we are anxious to hal'e limb look over the kLlns at our Kent Works at yOLtrelurliest convenience with a view to installing the process there. In addition to the saving of time in drying espe( Lally on oak, we find a great samng by reason of the lurnber coming out very fiat and in 7nuch better condition for working than by any other dry- Lng process which we have euer seen Yours very truly, JOHN WIDDICOMB CO. Since put in at Kent Works. -----------------------~,It t t III t II ~------ I IIII II II IIII 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. L.AKE ST., CHICACO,IL.L. I.. _.. - _ _--- . 11 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN COUNTRY HOME FURNITURE Cane. Willow aud Grass Are Favored Because of Their Hygienic Qualities. In a X ew York store de\ oted lal e,e1) to homclnl I j UIlll tUl e and uphol"tellng good" for coun tr) hou ~e" a mallled couple went flO111 department to de13al tment the othel da, h"t 111 hand, choo"InlS chalr~, table"" ,:>eUee') dnd "lndo\\ "eat~ tor UlJoor and outdOOl tbe and "mdO\\, door and ",dl hal1!~- mg"" all Ultended for a ",ummel cottage not tar fJ om "e\\ YOlk Both there and at the e"tahlhhment" ot cutam dcer lators the placmg of ordeh ot thh "m t IJlgm" abollt the t1111C the blrds commence btl1ldmg then ~pnn~ ne::,h and thl'- ,ea1 busmes" m thb hne h better than u"'11al, lt h "a1d Reasons gnen b) a ?\e\\ \orh decoldtm tm the 131C'-C111 vogue of cane, wlllow and gra",,, tU111lt111e 111 the ':>1m1l1lt 1 Jwellmgs of '\ew Yorker" dle a rega1Cl tOl 11p 10 eLItc 1\llc~ of hygIene and a hkl11g for nO\ eIt1e" New Yorkers who do not ha\ e to count dollars ea1 et111h are no", dmong the he"t customer" for the .,lm plcl SOlt oi furl1lture and slmpler st) le'3 of decoratJ()n, 1110,ldecl thn llC more 01 les" art1"tlc In orde1 to io':>te1 thh t,I"te l11gh L1\'-~ dealers 1l11port e\ er) ruropean nu, elt) the, Cdn get ,ll1cl manufacturers and JecOlatOl':> oee to lt that mn tltle" ale By Otto JIranek, Grand RapIds, MlCh provIded e\ ery few months Thls, the decOl ator "ald, lS a comparatlVely new state of thl11gs A young couple ,,\ ho hay e b111lt a one and a half story T shaped bungalo\\ of twenty rooms near a mountaIn I esort, mtendl11g to In e there and glVe hou'oe pal tles part of every year, arc USl11g mattmg for IV all JecoratlO11 '" "It sound" a\\ ful," satd one of thelr fnend" befOle she saw it. Then m excuse thIS woman remarked 1\ til 1 cltd not know mattmg hke that could be bought 01 that lt could be arranged to gIve "uch a styhsh effect" As a matte1 of act the Japanese mattmg, whIch costs only 35 to 50 cents d yard, was not by any means of finest quality and It had been chosen mostly for It., "t) llsh patte1 ne; The cheaper of the tv\ a had a Sl'( mch com en tlOna1 de"le, n a cross between a squa1 e and a round "prmk1ed 0, er lte; "mooth ecru surface; a '3econd grade was patterned "lmllarl \ m dark red; a th1rcl wa" covered with a snaky de.,lgn showmg an Oriental mixture of colors ~------------------------.---------------------~ :. ~fKCl~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~x~~vk~~~! , : SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. I ,,• I~,----- Write for I Cat ..loaue I E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, AL~fc1tN, II -----_. _. . . - . • In the 11\mE?,room one \\ 1dth at the 1ed de~lgn enc1ed the '-1 Ie \\ ,dl about ~I" teet trom the floor and \I as fill1"hed at l1thl1 lch;e II Ith d lld110\\ oak color wood mouLlmg, matchmg the 111lll lllch ba,ehoalCl Bet\\ een the baseboard and the mat-tmg thc \\ all, 10ugh fil11shed, \\ as ltght brown The few l11ches bet\V een the mattl11g and the ce1lll1g, also the cetlll1g, \\ a 0 low:;h fi111.,hpIa .,ter colored a tone or so hIgher than the 10Ul1ddtl011 of the matt1l1g T 11 '-c\ Clal 1oom~, mc1udmg a combined llbrary and par- 101, the blue and the snake pattern matting, covered the 10\\ er tll a thirds of the wall and were finished WIth a base-boa1 d and a narrow top mould111g of oak color, the upper \\ all and cetlmg bemg kat<som111eJ a pale ecru In each case the eTIeLi was eAtremely "tylish The fabric cost llttle; leaks ur dal1lpne.,s v\ould do lt no harm and dust could he removed \\ Ith ",CkIpand \\ ater '-,;ucl the lecOl at01 "The1 care great posslbtl1tle" in 111a tt111e, tOI \\ ,dl decOl atlOns since qualltle" and patterns I1d, e been ':>0much lmpro\ ed The vOlSue of fl001 matt111gs ha" not mcreased at all among fashionable people, who most- 11 pI efel ba1 e floor~ and rug" 111their "ummer cottages, but for decorat111g "all" mattll1lSS patterned WIth bold, irregular deSIgns are for the tIme being very popular, some persons belle'll1g them to be more "amtary than cotton or woolen fabl1c" and finding them more durable and effective than \\ all paper" -\nother new Idea IS toppmg doors and windows WIth a cross panel of cane or wtllo\\, 111effect the "ame as the panel of gnll "ork Ibed 111 C1t) hou"es 0\ er folding doors and arch" a) e; The effect of a \\ lllow top to a door or W111JOW,part1- eulatl) It the pattern IS a scroll 01 othe1 of the ne\\ er fancy deSIgns IS quite ornate and the cost 15 much below that of a fanc\ \\ooden decOlatlOn of tll1S k111d I\lso the WIllow may be had m am C010l "\1atch111g these wll1do\\ tops are wll 10\\ \\1l1do\V "eats bllllt over wooden supports, whIch are pOl table and 111some cases form a cony ell1ent box 111which to d10P book., or fancy work Care IS taken that thIS willow \Vork shall harmol11ze wlth the color scheme of the room, "hethe1 the furlllture IS mostly of gra"", cane 01 \I l110w 01 of the Oldllldr} upholstered sort OJ the m1'>"10n variety, also a good cleal u"ed m counby houses Thl" ) ea1 s output of cane, wlllow and gla"s furlllture both 111deSIgn" and pnce., IS vaned enough to please every sort of ta"te and purse Some of the extreme noveltIes are WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 far from cheap For example among the German importa-tIOn;, are sets including a table, sofa, two armchaIrs with rounded backs and a rug, oval or square, about mne feet at Its wIdest, made of what looks lIke rthh, but I;' a peculiarly ;,tout, strong, thick gras" braIded closely and colored a deep ecru These sell for $180 each, and because of theIr novelty the supply IS not lIkely to be large enouglh to meet the de-mand Perhaps theIr most novel feature IS the color and arrangement of the decoratIOn"" whIch suggest Japanese rather than German art In one case. fOl Instance, two broad bands of peacock blue cIrclIng an oval rug are sepa-rated wIth conventional figures of blue and deep red, the same deSIgn appearIng III the chaIrs and table A set which includes brown, green and red decoratIOns has a rug bordered with a row of spheres SIX inches III dIa-meter III these colors and a large central round to match, thIs deSIgn being repeated in sofa and chairs In some cases sofa and chaIrs show a lIttle open work IOn" are buIlt more compactly than formerly and m period deSIgns COrIe;,pondmg to those shown In the more expensive grade" of furnIture Colomal sets of a deep mustard Loiol wIth ;,ea t cushion" of ) ellow and sUItes of a deep mahogany red furmsheJ wIth CrInbOn cushIOns are offered for lIv IIlg loom" and lIbrarIes For ",leeplllg rooms there are fasclIlatll1g sUItes including a dIvan tll1ted to correspond wIth the new cretonne;, and to agree wIth any "et color scheme Two or three shades of mau, e, for example, rangll1g from the darkest to the palest, pale blue, pale yellow, art green and deep rose pll1k are 111- cluded and chlffomers of WIllow bUIlt on wooden frame", are Ulade to match Bedsteads and bureaus made mostly of cane are celllsldered ,ery "mart indeed and an altelnatIve which IS paIred off wIth WIllow and grass furmture IS whIte enam-elled tvyIII bedsteads and larger sIze bedstead", designed after the oLl fashIOned rope bedstead wIth a low head and foot buard made of unrH;ht "plral rungs Other wood enamelled Made by Palmer Manufacturmg Co DetrOlt, MICh. between seat and back, but mostly they are woven wIthout a break and so compactly that they may be tossed about without damage As III the ca",e of wIllow, dust and staUl can be washed off No cu;,hlOns are tbed wIth these grass sets. Of qUIte another style are cane sets so beautIfully de-signed as to be SUItable for drawll1g room wear In some of these chairs and sofa have a fan shaped back and the cane IS woven to represent half IIlch uprIght fans A gold brown IS the preferred color for cane sets, whIch are fimshed If deSIred with removable upholstered ",eat cushIOns BeautIfully fine, evenly woven Chll1a mattlllg of natural color, called by some deLorators grass cloth, is used for the upholstered sUItes ordered for the drawUlg rooms of several up to date narrow, gracefully rounc1e1 frames of hardwood enameled dark green, lIght or dark brown or cream color Smooth almost as haIrcloth, thb materIal is a splendId dust shedder )Jew models m lIvmg room and sleepmg room ",ets of WIllow furnIture WIth and WIthout removable seat cush-bedsteads m whIte and 111 pale gl,ly have nosegays palllted on headboard and footboard Rugs to correspond WIth this ",ort of furnIture show an equal varIety of prIces DuplIcates of the German grass rugs referred to are undoubtedly among the most artIstIc of the fibre varIetIes, but they cost as much 01 more than a \;Vilton rug the same sin There are AlgerIan fibre rugs, though, of moderate price and in colol" and de"'lgns to match varIOUS color schemes The new patterns III these are surprI;,lIlg A novelty which appeals to some tastes show" two elephants about three feet long of a gray brown color undel a couple of bamboo tree" done 111 brown and green tmt" agam "t a pale tan bac k~rOlmd The rug IS about ten feet square J ames A Arthur has retIred from actIve connection with the I X L Furmture Company, Go"hen, Ind He wIll re-tam hIs mterest 111 the concern He was one of Its founders and Its secretary for thIrty-one yeals 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------------------------- . - - . YERKES COLLECTION OF RUGS Story of Remarkable Specimens That Are to Be Offered at Auction_ The art collection of the late CIHrles T. Ye1kes, iI h1ch 1- to come under the hammer in '\pnl, IS the second great l"llec tion put up at auction in New York that 01' es Its pal tlcl'la 1 ell - tinct10n to the On ental rugs, which f01m nume11Call) the l( ,C 1 portion of it. The Henry G 1\la1quand collect1011, fine ,[" It was, and spectacular in some of the pllces paId ,It the auLtlO11 was especially d1st111gl11shedb) its assembld£;e of antlqne II £;" N otwithstand111g the sIze and quaht) of 111 \ e1ke~ '- collectIo11 which WIll take the better pal t of two iI eek" t01 clhpo,-,l! at l,lplC1 fire auct1Oneenng, "lth Its tll1ee hnnch eel pa111t111S£; It-, tapc, tnes, furmture and sculptures, the th11ti 1UC;S111It £;1\e It 111 stamp of specIal d1stmct1On Mr. Y)erkes collected rugs "lth a someil hat c11ftercnt £;01 erning impulse from that iI h1ch d11ected his eAlUrSlOns 111othCl realms of art, and he seems b) a mOle confined ass1ell11t, to l1<lie learned more about them That there a1e in museum_ a11(1111 other private collectlOns rugs 111dIfferent way s supenor to some 0t these is well known Yet as John Kimberly JVIumford the '\mencan authority on Oriental rugs, does not hesitate to say, "It is doubt ful if there will again be offe1 ed at public sale, at least in ~me1 ica, a collection of Oriental carpets so rep1 esentat1' e of the highest accomphshment, so impressively free from fab1 ics of mere utility, as that here assembled" There has long been curiosity about the Yerkes rugs, iI het-ted by the knowledge that the owner was having pI epared iI 1th out regard to expense an illustrated catalog of them 111an edI-tion limited to eleven copies one each to be presented to ten of the world's great museums, a work which was interrupted by his death after It had been 111progress for seve1 al ) ea1s '\ 01' these fabncs that have been trodden by reverent and irre' erent feet for centuries are to tell their intncate and colO1ful stones to the Western public to the accompaniment of an auctionee1 s cnes. and may be seen by all Devious are the ways by which some of the choicest treas-ures of art find their iI dV from the orie;inal home to the homes of the present owners, but it comes as a snrp11se to learn tl'at the most notable fabric in this collection was obtained 0'111 on the condItion that it be quietly and expedItiously e;otten ont of England, whither it had been taken under 111teresting circum-stances from its origmal home A fortnitous conjunction of DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. --------- ------------------ ---0~1 111,tance" put the 111t01111at1On111]\Ir :\lnmford's po"sesslOn, apJ 111 te1l111e;the st01) nO\\ he elucidates what has long been men-lloned as a m, ~te1' concermng another slml1ar carpet, which is a tl e,bl11ed po~sesS1On of the South Kens111gton :\1nseum, to iI 1mh It Ii a" pI e'ented through the 111strumentality of William II0111S The st01) IS of the tli 0 great carpets from the mosque <lI \lClebl1 one at Kens111£;ton, the other 111FIfth avenue, and 1[1 I [u111fOld £;atheleel It in \sia and FUlOPC; and confirmed It he1 e 1he \ t deb11 cat pet at Kensinc;ton has been c'll1ed the most l111jl()tJant at Onental fabt 1CSextant, because of its 111scnption \\ lth elate \\ ll1ch c;a' e to students ,1 standard, ) et there were f111 t1\ e h111t" dlld que"t]0111n£;S concerning it, as of a tale not all 11 Tt 1,!C 1 1)( c 11n.l111J1tul ],1 LeJ11den 111lWJ2 at the ro0'11S of " mce11t Roh1l1,e)J1 &. Co and made such an l111p1ession on Mr I[<l!! b dlld '-C\ eral of h1', f11ellel" that they stat ted a subscnpt10n 101 ]ts pl11cha,e ,nel p1ecentatlOn to the 111useum; that was all that" ac; known The carpet had an 1\eel several ,e,ll seal her in the posse- S1011of the Roh111son house 111a very tattered condition and was latd a" a\ as it appeared to he not marketable Edward Steb-bing, the pal tne1 111charge, learned late1 from a Persian cor-respondent that there was an exact duphcate of that rug, in size and ornamentation still at the \rdebil mosque, but so badly med thelt 110bod, had ever tlied to sell it Stebbing had it sent on and through several years of labor succeeded in completing hI s fi1st tug by tak111g the necessary parts from the second, and ]t "as then that he placed his completed work on exhIbition, "here I!\r Morris bought it, and laid the remnants of the sec-ond rug aawy For reasons best knOl\ n to hl111self, but pOSSIbly to be guessed at by persons familiar" 1th the dehcate feelings of col-lectors l\1r Stebbine; permitted the second cdrpet to remain for "e, eral years 111his lofts At last he proceeded to restore the ne£;lectecl carpet h, the addition of foreic;n dnd narrower bor-elet" to its I e111a111im;great field This rug is 24 feet loni;", that ,t Kenc;ine;ton j'2 feet the difference being in the borders The ,111e plOpC'1tlOn 11CJldsas to ,,,idth, that at Kens111gton heing 17 reet G inches "Ide and this of the Yerkes collection 13 feet 5 inches wide I [r \lumford iI ho though he IS now with Kent Costikyan has taten t]111eto ptepale the elaborate sale catalog, speaks of this tug as thIS "f!ag111entary part of the great design, superb residuum of an ext! aord111ary sacrifice" The carpet so resurrected and restored Mr. Stebbing finally WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 offered It one evening, wIth a statement of its hIstory, to Mr. Yerkes on condItIon that the thl11g lea, e England forever Mr Yerkes took it; at what price is not known, though n"any fig-ures are quoted. Mr MumfOld sayS that the two fabrics-that at Kensing-ton and this of the Y el kes collection-are indubitably the WOlk of the same master, made at practically the same time and as "lIke ac It IS pos'-lble for cuch thl11gs to be 111 each item of tex-ture colOrIng anel deSIgn The boelv color is blue and the ground IS CO\ el ed with 1l1trIcate traccry, cartouches anel me>elall- 10m, the other colors bemg reel and gl een, light cream an I pele \ ellow nut the chan~l11g hues need be seen, not descrIbed I\t eIther end h a "acred mosque lamp At the top m a cream colored cartouche, in black lettering, is the inscription' I have no refuge in the \\ arId other than thy threshold, \Ty head has no protectIOn other than this porchway. The \"ork of the slave of the holy place, Maksoud of Kashan, in the year 942 The Y el kes rugs are substantially all Persian and Polish fabrICS made prIor to the se, enteenth century. It was the 0\\ ner's intention to havc the collection \\ hen completed consist of nothing else A large Ba~dad carpet of the sixteenth century here IS one of three known to exist of similar character, the others bemg In the collectIOns of the Countess Clotilde Clam-Gallas accord- Il1g tt the" lenna I u~ book, and on the floor of the Musee des r11"SlF 111the ralah de Commerce at Lyons, France In its or-namentatl0l1 the expel ts trace I\rabic, Persian amI ChinesE' ele-ment", dnd so t ega' cl It a" an ethnologicdl I econl of raCIal ex-pCllcnc co \\ hll11 extem1 0\ l r centuries '\ Pel sIan carpet of the fifteenth centm y pictures the eten1al conflIct between good and evil, typIfied by the strug- <TIeof beasts the ([ood the VII tuous in the elementarv and h ,c), .J direct symbolIsm and leasonm~ of these simple sons of men in real lIfe bel11~ represented bv the lion or the shong and SI11UOUStIger pouncm~ upon the poor weaklmg the deer The ",ame rug WIth equal dIrectness pIcture", Eve handm~ the apple to I\clam, though these heathen wea, el s, diffel in!! from the European artisan of the ages of faith, depict the pair of ParadIse as partly clothed The great central medallIOn of this rug pIctures mounted huntsmen at the chase, while dssistants al e beallng away the slain game on theIr shoulders A Persian carpet of the sixteenth century, 8 feet 8 mches 0\ er all, \\ Ith 6 feet 4 inches of the ori~mal PersIan "eavl11g, ancl S feet 10 mches wide, is one of the most interesting pIeces m the whole collection It is of silk warp and weft, \\ Ith \\ 001 pIle, embelhshed with silver, and the texture re-veal" 676 hand tied Persian knots to the square inch Its color tones of reel and green, blue and silver are beautIful in theIr subdued Icfinement It belong;, to the highest period of the art It came ft om the Goupil sale, as did a similar one no" m the 1\Iusee des Arts Decoratifs, Palis There is another sll11llar rug m the Salting collection, London, and another is owned by Pnnce Lobanow-Rostowsky. All of these I ugs are ascllbed WIthout question to the lOyal looms, and It IS known that one of them was sent as a present from the then Shah to the contempol ary Sultan of Turkey ThIS rug went to the man who 0\\ ns It dIrectly from the Tur1<Ish seraglio The Yerkes ru~ has had to be rewoven at the ends, and although this has been most carefully done It tells a sad but eloquent tale, for both the wool and the colOl s are harsh com-pared with the older part of the rug, whIle the SIlver put on twenty-five years ago IS lustreless agamst the soft brillIance ----------------_ ....---~ Grand Rapids Crescent THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Type "B" UnIversal. Built with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-construction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. Write us for descriptIve informatIon. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I ~---.-.-.-..-._- .._.-_._- -_.. .~._._--.~~-~ of the :,ih er put in 400 years ago It I" further interesting to see side by SIde WIth thl;, lug one of the copIes made of It, a copy perfect a", may be, and yet as dIfferent fro111 the softly glowmg ongmal as the artIfiCIal flowers of a dance hall decor-atIOn are from the fragrant Irndescence of a garden How beautIful may be the remnants of a work of art is shm" n m a small sIlk carpet from the Ardebil mosque whIch has been patched together, is little but patches of varying dImensions, yet IS a glollously handsome pIece plctunng ex-uberant, never ending life through the symbols of the tree, the ,me the lotus and the sunflower. The tree of lIfe m PersIan art ;s not restricted to the Garden of Eden It IS the habIt of the devout Persian to secure relIce from holy places when he IS near them, even If he has to purlom them or shce them off that he may use them as talismans, and It may be that a ~al t of the d:structlOn of this splendId rug was due to this plOUS habit Of those mysterious and fascinating fabrics the Polish carrets the Y crkes collection contains five, one of them being sIlk This small number, however, is one-seventh of all the PolIsh rugs m thIS country, according to the best computation, and there are so few here that they are practically all known The rug lovers never tire of contemplating the mystery of these carpets, of Persian designs, Mesopotamian colors and Indian metallIc enrichments Are they European? Are they A c;latic? Each seleats his answer Whether or not they were made m \JVar",aw by Oriental wea" ers under the dIrection of a Pole who had studIed m Persia and IndIa and drawn from IllS studIes ideas of hIs own, the name Polish will stick to them, as It has through noble tradItions for ages Their charm is undel11able, and theIr mute testimony to an inventive and governmg mmd whIch created them and left them Delphic messengers to time finds listeners everywhere. 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN "UBI-ISHEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUIISCRI~TION $1 eo ~EA YEA.R ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHE" COUNT"'ES $2 00 PER yE ....R. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS, PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NO"TH DIVISION ST, GAAND RAP-IDS, MICH A 5 WHITE MANAGING EOITO" Entered as second class matter July '\, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids \1lchlgan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE: E LEVY Cle\ elan I, (), ha" an 1l1"Ulance concel n tlMt IS sale! to be caus1l1g consldel able anxlet\ among the manag ere, ot hfL insUl ance compal11es It IS not a hte 1I1"urance co III pan} It IS called the "Pol1C) Holders' Ad\ I"or} company," and 11" a\ OVIeel bus1l1ess IS to exal111l1e hfe 111surance pohcies and 1I1form the holders whethel the} are all llg-ht and \\ orth the pI emltlms or whether the ll')lder IS gett1l1g the V\ 01 "t of It K0 charge IS made for exam1l1atJOn an 1 ad\ Ice unless the company's experts are able to com 1I1ce the poll( \ holder that he IS not getting h"., money s Vlorth or, at lea"t that he can do better The concel n is behe\ ed to be V\ orklng 111 the interest of certa1l1 well estabhshecI lOmpallle" th,lt do not like what are called partlclpat1l1g- pohue, tlOI11 thl tdCt that in most case" the e'Cperts tn to (om 111le the llOlders of partIcipating pohcles that they can sa\ e money and g-et bet ter protection by surrendering thell pohueo. and tak1l1g out others on the non-partlC1pat1l1'.; plan and they arc salel to have 1I1duced man) to pay for the ach lle and lollo\\; It That's what wornes "ome of the 111"urdnce mag-nate" II hether the company IS act1l1g- 111 '.;ood faIth 01 "Imph to "\\ ell the business of certa1l1 compal11es IS a matter that e\ en 111StH ance experts seem to be unalJle to detelmme lrom the re-ports of ItS operatIOns It look" as If SmTIe "hi e\\ d msurance man had seen an opportllnlt"I to mak1l1'.; some mone} for htmself. by gettmg pay fOt ach Ice and also a commIssion from the compal11es to V\ hlch the pohcies al e tr dn sferred There are undoubtedlv many hoLlers of hfe m"ulance p:)h- Cles, and fire m ~urance pol1cles as \\ ell, V\ ho could \\ ell afford to pay an e'Cpert for eAam111111'.;thell contract,,: and gIVing the adVice promised by thiS Cle\ eland concern, pi 0\ Ie!m'.;, of course, that they are to get a "squale deal" Thel e are ways and \\ a \ s of V\ 01km~ 'reforms J f anythmg goes wrong, if a cc mpetltOl e!0le, \\ hat "IOU con sJJer an unfair thing, if some cu"tomel" do "o1l1etlllng- the\ should not do, there are 1\\ 0 thtng-, \\ hlChone 111,\\ chcJ(l"e from to do The first IS to sa} 1Jotllln~ hut look plea,ant The other is to make a prote"t The eAl'.;enCle" of the cac;e should decide for everybody \\ hlch course h thc be"t to pUl-sue If the latter, howey e , app] oach the "ul)ject \\ Ith an all ,f fairness "You can lead a hone to \\ ate1 etc Human belllgq are bUllt on the hor,e pnnclple The\ cannot be forced to do anythlllg but most of them al e open to the soft wiles of persuasIOn l\ferchantc; hay e a 11'.;ht and It IS their duty to stand up for themselves, but thev should do ,0 in a diplomatic manner There IS no nse of malon'.; an (ne J11} when} LJU can 1etam a fnend by gentle language E'C-plall1 and ask for Justice, bnt do not demand It roughly or aggle"sn el} It doe" not pay a man 111any 11l1eof busll1ess to Lonstantly carr} 'a lhlp on hl'> "houlder ., 1he Cannel < \ a tlOnal a ''''CJClatlOn recently expended $20,000 01 $25,000 111 conductll1g an advertb111g campaign Intended to 111creaSe the demand for canned goods and the pI ()moter" al e "aId to be dlsapp0111ted ~lth the results or, 1 athel ldck of I e"ult,-they have not noticed any increase 111 the11 sales The tJ ouble seems to hay e been that the adver- U"Ing \\ a" done WIthout the co-operatIOn of the retail dealer" III fact the retailers \\ ere H;nored The canners seem to have folIo\\ ed a pohn that has proved expenSI\ e to other manu-laLturel s They acted \\ Ith the idea that b) advertising their £;oods the" could force the retaders to bny them and sell thcm The\ falle 1 to lecogl1J7e the lllfluence and power of the men \\ ho deal e!J1ect With the con3Umers And it cost them a lot of good money to learn and appreCIate the im-pOl tance of hanllom and ~ood will between manufacturers and deale]" Vel \ fe\\ furlllture manufacturers need the lesson learned bv the Canners' "\ ational association 111 the1 r adYertl SHlg campaign \lost of them learned It long ago r1wy knoVl t'laJ the retaJ1ers can make or break the reputation of their j -"dULh Hence they are careful to conside~ tJ'e i'1terest~ of the retaller", not onh \"hen advertising is cOlcerned, inlt 111 the make up ane! construction of their hnes dnd 111 their sales methods The RetaJ! \Ie1 chant::,' associatIOn of Spokane, Wash, hay e e"tahhshed a pubhcJt\ bureau mallllv fOl the purpose of 0ppO'll1~ the p10po"ed parcels post laVl P~llip Carbray the "ecreta1 \ ,a \ s "lYe wiII ~o about It 111 a quiet way and \Ie tll1nk that d bUledll which wJ!l keep 111 touch with the people shO\\ 111g them the benefits to be del'ived from traehn£; \\ ah home mel chants V\ ould help more tb'ln any lh1J1g else' Pel haps that Cle\ eland 111surance concern nas been orga1ll7e I b} celtdln compallles to get the best of ,,)m(' of thell pohc\ -holders ]Y\ 1J1ducmg them to surrend(· pohcie, on '\ l11ch there IS httle If an} profit to the companies "There are tllcks In all tlades,' you kno\\ ]udg-lllg f10m ne\\" dl"patches and news items 1'1 trade papers thele seems to be somethll1g hke an epidemiC of ]nl1 e,lal les, robbenes, forgenes, and bogus check operatIOns 111 Idaho, \fontana, Oregon antI \\ ashlllgton Perhaps the crooks no lon'.;e1 111 fear of Vigilant committees, arc fol- 0\\ lng the cour"e of emplre Thl manag-cr" of Detlolt's Tndustnal EXpo"ltJOn hay e not h,cc1 the late" lIght to attract fl1rllltl1re exhlblb Dur-lllg the la"t \\ eek 111 June and the first week 111 Jul) turniture men \\ J!l he bu,,\ \\ lth the opel11ng of the summer sales Sld"on III Cland RapId" and ChICago. 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F10nda I" about to get Its fir"t practical expenence of the results of natIOnal forest admIn.otration A reconnals-e; ance survey of the Choctawhatchee forest, whIch was put under control of the department of agJicu1tUl e In November, 1908, by pree;dentJal proclamatIOn Ie; now beIng made by a force of foree;t "ervice experts ThIS sun ey will furnish in-formatIOn in the lIght of whIch use of the fOlee;ts can be promoted through properly regulated timber cuttIn~, through turpent1t1mg under the cup-and-gutter or the cup-and-apron method, and through grazing, wIthout harm to the penl1a-nent value of the foree;ts Florida was the first "tate eae;t of the }11"SISSIPPI to ha\ e a national forest The Choctawhatchee forest containing approximately 467,606 acre", IS located in the v\ estern part of the state, along the ~u1f, In II alton and Sant Roc,a countJee; The Ocala forest. E'mbracmgs orne 207,281 acres, lIes in the cen-tJ a1 part, the ~Teatel pOItion of the foree;t being in Manon county, with a small fractIOn in Lake The two fore.ote; vvere placed under admimtratlOn November I, 1909 As long ago a" 1825, congres" appropnated $10,000 to buy live oak land on Santa Roe;a sound to make sure of a supply of ship timber for war vessels ThIs reservatIOn, together with other tracte; subsequently set aSIde, made a total of 208,224 acres In Florida timber lands whIch the government purposed to hold as a source of supply for Its shIps Large quantitJee; of acorns were planted and many young oaks set out But the plantation was not a great "uccess, and the maIn effort was ultimately restricted to thInnIng out, pruning, and other si1vlcu1tUla1 care of the trees of the natural forest Today the new attempt at forestry in the PenInsular State promIses much more encouragmg re-sults . IAo • • _ WYSONG ®. MILES ••••• ••• _. a.a La •• Shearman Bros. Catalogue. 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Cal 83700 \1 S Coomb,;, 4103 Gnffin a\ enue, Lo" \ngle,; 83000, To"eph Irv1l1e, 8:;7 South Flr',\ \\ e"t sb eet, Salt Lake Clt\, l'tah. $3000. v\ A Lacall, 6901 \1anchester a\ enue. 5t Lom, \10,$6.500, H Faker,;. 3:;2::' TUl1lata sbeet St LOll1" S+700 13 F 13lmkel, 453S Tennes"ee a,enue '-,t IOllI" S7200 1[1" 'lIma House, Fleler and 'I elmont "tl eeh Indlanapolh Ind $3,500 H D Gi"nun~ 740 \1 e';cott stl eet '.,\ lalU-C \ \ $'i,800, A H Heu"ton, 308-1- nelle\ le\\ "beet. Kan"a, CH\ \Ll, $7,000, E B Hallo\\ ay. 2629 Ea"t 1 \\ entv-elg-hth "tl eet Kansas CIty, $4 ::'00 \label 11 \IOOle. CapItol ,lIe11lle and Thuty-fifth street, IndIanapolIs Ind. $6;00 DI II f Hoag Hanls avenue and II at.,hmgton "treet. Indlanapoh" 83000 Fred Peterson, 3:;04 Gland a, enue Omaha, \eh S3000 James B Done, 003 South Thlrty-fir"t ,;treet, Omaha 83000 Frerl C \\'ebber. Auel avenue and Holton "treet IIlh\aukee \\ h $3,000, Paulme Bra" n lrl)\ e and Thil beth "tl eeh ::\1llwaukee, $3,500 Ju11l1" Block. \atlOnal a,etHle and Jl111t, thIrd street, ::\111\\ a ukee, S ),2:;0 \ \ I= \1etl1\ 111. 1'h Ir1\ -"l\ enth avenue and Tv,ent\ "I"th "Ueet IhnmlH;ham, \la. ';3 000. Charles R \\ ermuth. 002 Tahar ,;treet lort II, a\ ne Ind, $3,000, I'rank R Hav. 92:; South llfth "Ueet I[unue Ind, $3,500, E \\ :'I[yer", ;0-1-South EIghteenth stleet \[un Cle, $3,000, :;\Ir" P C:chutze. (j2-1- II est Peachtree stlelt I\tlanta, Ga, $6,700, J D rJe111111gW Ro:oalIe "tl eet \t1anta $3.000, A J Gable, 10 Lake "treet. ~ tlanta, $7,000 J J \Iorrison, 33 Wa"h1l1gton "treet, \tlanta, $3,000 George II Fa1r, 1106 Center street. LIttle Rock, Al k , $4,000 Dr GeOl ~e \V \V \Valker, Ro"el1\llle, OhIO $4,000 T S Sellets (l6) 'Jorth Garland street, ::\lemphh, Tenn $3,000 Geolge ~ Vatter, Washington and \VIlloV\ streets, New Orleans, La $6,000, Tho111dS ~nder,;on, 9327 Luella avenue. ChIcago, Ill. $4.300; August RIchman, 'i140 Throop stI eet, ChIcago, $-1- 000, Mr,; Ernest1l1e Mayer, AlbIOn street and ::\lonh le\\ boule\ ard, Del1\ er, Col. $100.000, T F Dav1cl,on, Caltfornla and Campbell stIeets, ~l Paso, Te'\:, $8.500, II L HOI\ell, Sunset HeIghts, El l'a"o, $4,000 <:) P \Velslge1, \l1zond and Kewman streets, El Pa" 1, $3.500 '\ 5 Hm"ha,\, 920 Gene~- See sbeet, Kansa" C1ty. :'110 $)000. Samuel Gross, 110 \\ e,t FIfth "treet, Kansa" Clt.), $.:;'000 IIyltle \ !ack"on, 20):; Monroe a\ enue. Kansas elt} , $-+,000 Lhade" Tone", ;131 Haltll110re a\ enue, Kan"a" Lltv $-1-,000, '-, \ .'-,1111th147 I"en- ,,'n~ton street, Kan,a" LIb, B) 000 :'I[a1tha r Strom; 403<) '.Ilchlgan a,cnue, I'ansa" llt:" $),000, ]uhn J01Jdn 91:; ~----------------------------------------------~ I I ! B. WALTER & CO. ;VNAD~~~~ ! II M I anufacturen at T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively : I WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT : •~---------- .. --------------------------~ \\ l"t Illl1t\-tlll1d ~jled I"alha" CIty, $4,500 David Bell, l'cdlt"te1 and 1hnd "tlceh, DetrOIt, 'I11ch, $-+,000. LOl1l" '-,Chl11lel. 18(j Clanmont "b eet. Deb ott $+,::'00 K E Gates, 11111 d an 1 r (JI ~tlleh, DetroIt. Mlch $10 000 ~Ul:;ust \ IIun...: I' Jrtu "t 1 eet and 1lumhull avenue, DetrOIt, $-1-.000, !\(J1Jl1 t l I\e,tlllk, Hanlock and Second streeh DetrOlt, ';-1-.:;00 1\ Illtam J Rohel ts, 309 Helen street, DetrOlt $4,500. I \ Depu} , 420 Pal kv leVv, DetrOIt, $4,000 '\ L ChItten-den 372 C0I11mOn\\ ealth avenue, DetrOIt, $5,000 Lla kel lam" na, ou and J Ifteenth "treet-., VIncennes, Ind, $3,000 I l \ \ ,11 d -1-19Dakota "treet, Aberdeen, S Dak, $3,000, 1\ If rlJlltng IIalqllltte ,1l1d ~outh ~beet" Davenport, Io\\a, s) :;00 Ill" (athelllle keln", \Ichola'-, and tremont a\enUl" Dd \ lllpOl t, $3,000, \ \ lIlt am \lann, Carroll and Fmplre Stl eett.,. II eeport Ill. ")+000 F Hammer, 217 IIa]Jle\\ood dvenue !'C()lld III S) ;00 1[1', Charlet., \Vood. 101 Ea"t ArcaJla ,trll t Pe(1t IdS') 000 T II \\ ane, 202 ThIrd stIeet, 1,\ eb"tel l!t\ I(ma. '1).000 l' E Heaton, N1l1eteenth and Sylvama "tl eeh, <:)t Jo"eph, \[0, $4-,000, ~I J ?lIcS" een, 608 \\ est !II enb -"econc1 "tred, \U"tlll, Tex. $3,000, F S Gnffin, 58 RIce t.,Jleet \tlanta Ga, $3000 \Illham Kennedy. Good- Ilch ,l\ lnl1C and (hah\\ orth "treet, St Paul lImn. $S.OOO. I h(llna" R Hentl n Ifague a\ enue and Gllgg,; street, <:)t !'ll1] S-1-:;OO To"eph (Jrl11l11~el, Da\ton avenue and Syndl-lite "tl eet ("t Paul S+, ;00 \Ir" Harry Sny der, AurOl a ,1\ fnue an I Dale ~tl eet '-,t Paul, £3,500, Joseph Jane,. 3025 (,Iant houle,atd Plthbm!; Pa $4,500 G C Y\ltt, 2456 !\O"etld "tt eet Ptthhul e: $-1-,000, ~ A ;\Ioore, 1498 Good- IJdt a\ enl1e II empl11". 1enn. S;) 000, \\ H McCulloui:;h, !\llkd\ place. \a"I1\llle, Tenn, $6,000, A H Myers, 2212 I)attll~on "treet "(asl1\IIle $7,000, Charles Johnson, \Vest \llr" II Ih\ a ukee. Ed~e\\ ooel, Ea"t IIllwaukee, \VIS, (bunga-l'I\\ I S-1-000 Cad S,\ an. 1-1 unt1l1g-ton, Ind, $3,500 ~ E \ (Lll11 " -1-001 \ 01 th fn en t, -fourth "treet, Omaha, 'J eb , $4, ( 00 ] [1 \gal cI 1010 \ \ e,;t SJ:xth street. Topeka. Kan. S+ 000 MIscellaneous BUlldmgs-G \ ~pnn~er I" I)Jl1lchn~ a "1"t\ tlj()u~al1d-dollat theatl e at ,rJO-1-8 Cottage GrOl e avenue, l hll,l",:() I he C;econ 1 ChllstJan CIllllch of Im1tanapolt" 1'-, ]mlldlll!; d tt ame chm ch at aco"t of $17,000 R B Young 1I1 ,llchltelt ot 1 0" ~ngele", Lal, IS plomotmg a $75,000 lwteI ploject at Y Ul11a. \ru Cr H Snllth IS bmldllJg a thea-tl e to lO"t $2:; 000 to S;,O,OOO at Loa11l1i:;a, Cal The Ul11- tallalh of San DIego, Cal, wlll oullel a church, UlI"Slon ,;tyle, a t a cost of $28000 Redland ", Cal has \ oted to Issue $85,- 000 for the el ectlOn of a new hIgh "chool omld1l1g Patter- ~on, Cal. a nevI to\\n Jounded h\ T \\" Patterson, IS to have a $7::',000 hotel erected clunng the commg- "ummer \ Ctt} I11dl" \ hltll1g a small l(mntJ v toV\n, boarded a ~tagt "Ith 11\ ° (lIlapl [dted hOl "e", and found that he had no (Jthel 111f1 enL\ than a fi\ e dollar blll '1'hl" he proffered to the drl\ et fhe Iattel took It. 1001<:ul It 0\ er for a moment OJ "0. and then asked "1,\ Inch hor"e do yOU \\ant?' ~------------------------ ,III ItII III •• IIIII \ ...-" II I,I I I• II III II IIII I ~----------------------------------------------~I r----------------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 New York Notes. N e", York, ~rarch 17 - 1'h ere IS talk of establlshmg a mohaIr warehou"e hel e, sllmlal to the wool warehouse 111 Chlcago, whlch vvould be taken under the control of the l\atlOnal J\Tohall Grower,,' as;,oClatlOn Thls assoClation has lVlt been orga111zed lon~ and I;' con"ldenng the prOposItIOn The total cllp of mohall m thh country is estimated at 3,00') 000 pound" per year and lt IS belIeved the proposed "al ehouse woulJ be of great benefit to the hade, the growers and handlers a, well Busme"s hele IS of faIrly gooel plOportlOns from a manu-factunng or IV holesale standpOInt The salesmen are workll1g wIth ~ood results and the pro;,pect, for the year's trade are \ en bllght The ea;,teln tlade is noV\ bU}ll1g 111 fair quantIties, the we"t b gOlng nght ahead and the south is improving e\ elY l1YJI1th so there IS lIttle doubt that the year wIll be a satIs-factory one flom evel} stanclpoll1t The Safe Cabinet Sales company has been incorporated \\ lth a capital of $20,000, to deal In cabinets and file cabinets, headed by \VillIam F Russell, Fred P. Flannigan and LeslIe c:; T"ookhart J ohn ~\iVel ssel, a fur111ture "alesman at the Fourteenth St "tOl e ha-s been appoll1ted chaIrman of the furniture ..,ales com1111ttee of the \\'lllJamsburg (Brooklyn) Hospital associ-atlOn Edwm Sweet, for years in charge' of the contract depart-ment of ired Loeser, Brooklyn is now wlth Stern Bras of Manhattan, having char~e of the specldl department for furmshmg homes LOl cl & Johnson have been givmg a lunch daIly, from noon to 3 o'clock, sen eel by KalIl at thelr ne\\ bl11ldmg, 213 \\ est T\\ ent} -slxth street The lunch has proven a popular feature The "\tbtnan Dent \v ood Furniture company, J A Kil-coyne, manager, are shoVlimg a special line of lockers at thelr warelooms, fi2 1'\mth avenue TheIr 1ll1e I;, constantly grow-ll1g S Karpen & Bra, parlor furlllture manufacturers, have been showll1g a new lIne of leather furniture at theIr ware-looms on That} -fourth street They are nght mIme wlth new ideas A Schaller has taken Frank A Crone's place, while he lS SIck, as the eastern representatn e of the Rockford ChaIr and Fur11lture company. Many men m the fur111ture trade are waitmg for the announcement as to whom VIi ill have charge of the furniture department of Glmbel Bros.' new ..,tore hel e He VIi 111have to be one of the "blg guns" and they are hard to get, except by aver} allunng proposition Lom" Cohen has succeeded Cohen & \Veiser, wholesale upholstery, at 171 Canal street Thomas J Blanck, a member of the firm of Thomas J I31anck & Son, a large plate glass house. who used to do busll1ess here, wa" a,phyxlated by gas at his room 318 West =" meteen th street. A I Namm of Brooklyn has changed the name of the house to A I Xamm & Son, Benjamin H Namm, the son, belng taken mto the partnershlp Harry Chesler fur111ture dealer of 103 East Seventy-eIghth street who was shot some time ago, is recovering E J Kromer & Bro, have leased the second and thid floors, addltlOnal ..,pace to the first floor, for their upholstery busmess at 215 Canal street Busme"s 1S on the increase for them ----_._-_._---~----------------------~.-.--..,-~~ IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVATO RS I QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electrtc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Prtces. KIMBAll BROS, CO" 1067 Ninth St .. Council Bluffs, la. I_____ • ._. .4I Kimball Ele?ator Co.. 313 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0., 108 11th St., Omaha, Neb., 128Cedar St, New York City. K J Collms, retaIl furl11ture hall se, has been mcorp Jr-ated wlth a capltal of $125,000, by J H MIller, P '\ Hat-hng and T Keeble The :\Iutual Dlstnbut1l1g company, an mstallment ftlll11- ture house at 382 Second avenue, are in financlal trouble O'\l11g $1,500 and ha\mg no assets, except ..,tock of $7,775 \\ Ilham R Jordan, late m the carpet departl1wnt of I Md;,on, IS now WIth the O'N ell! Fur111ture ~ompany of Brooklyn The Atlas ::\letal BeJ company and the RelIable Furl11 ture 'Manufactulmg com pan} have some very credltable exhlblt here and are JOIng a good lIvely busl11ess Michael J Galvm, general assbtant to Mr. Mlller, furnl-ture buyer fOl ~braham & Strauss, Brooklyn, has been pro-moted to the head of the contract department, bel11g suc ceeded by J Schl1ngenour, who vvas Vlilth Kellner Brothers The Income Tax Amendment. Th1rty-five of the states through thel rleg13latures, must rabfy the genelal mcome tax amendment to the consbtutlOn before lt becomes engrafted on that mstrnment Smce the measure was passed by cong1ess in July submltt111Q, the amendment to the states, thirteen leghlatures ha\ e heen 1n seSSlOn Alabama, IIlmOls and South Carohna hay e ratIfied the amendment Georgia refused to conSIder a report from the commIttee favonng the amendment and determmed to let the matte1 go 0\ er unbl the next se"slOn whclh convenes 011 June 22 The Connecbcut leglslatnre postponecl action and finalh adjourned without doing anythmg The legIslature meets m January In V1rgillla the house rejected the amendment by a small majonty, but the senate approved lt and a mot1On to recon..,ider m the house 1S now pending The M15S1"SlPP1 house has voted to rat1fy the amend-ment, but the senate has not acted and the leglslature lS about to adjourn It meets only once 111 four years In Kentucky the amendment 1S under conslderatlOn and ratification there 1S pred1cteJ The legJslatures of Maryland, i'Jew Jersey, New York, l\lassachusetts and Rhode Island are now m seSSlOn and have the amendment before them Vermont's leglslature meets m October The leg1slature of Lom"lana wIll meet 111 May and accord111g to 1l1forma;tlOn from that state, the amendment wlll be re] ected by a large \ ote ~ 0 other legl '-- latures meet th!;, year "I do not thl11k that all the legislatures now 111seSSlOll or to meet thIS year w111 act on the amendment," sa} s Sena-tor N orns Brown, author of the amendment ":;\ e\ erthe1e..,s I feel posItive that the necessary three-fonrths of the states WIll vote to ratIfy Mlddle western state;, follo~ I1l11101Sa" a rule, and the fact that I1111101;,ratJfied the amendment \\ 111 have a far-reach111g effect Some states wIll be 111clIned to walt to see how the maJonty lS g0111g befOl e tak111g final actlOn G:wernor Hadley told me recently that the J\Ils,ouri legIslature b certain to raUfy the measure I get equally encourag111g reports from other state;," 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,..---------.~._._--~----~----- . '-'.-.-._._---------- _. -'-- RENOVATOR AND REPAIRER New York Woman Establishes a New Branch of the Furniture Industry. "Dunng the last year I cleared $3,000 at renO\ atmg cur-tams and upholstery," dec1al ed a \' e\\ Y 01k \\ oman \\ ho on the death of her husband, less than ten years ago, found her self wIth JUo,t $100 capItal and wIth three small chtldl en to SLwport "To tell the t1 uth I Jon't knovv \\ ha t made me th111k of hecom111g a curtam and upholstery I eno\ ator "I tned so many thmg s that J ha\ e forgotten \\ hy I be-gan the majonty of them I fil st tned keepmg a board1l1g houc;e and vvound up WIth my $100 dwmdled to $10 "J\1y second \ enture \\ as SOhClt1l1g advertlsementc; for a magaz1I1e, anJ I made enou~h to I eplace my ~100 and eqUlp my chIldren for school Then the magaz1I1e :;,topped pUblt-catIOn After tlymg se\ eral fields, Just managmg to scrape enough to keep my chtldl en in school and my self m shoes, I found myo,elf in an upholste1y shop, where I had been engaged for a shOt t time to help in the office and do odd Jobs "One day a woman blOught m a pan of curtall1S to be repaired They were pI etty fal gone, and the fOIe\\ oman m the repair .,hop said .,he had no one who could do such a piece of work and the et11 tain " were he111g \\ I apped to be sent back to the owner when I found out about It "I ha dalways been pretty cle\ er WIth my fingers anJ I got the job of repatr111g the curtam., It took me t\\ 0 weeks working five hours e\ ery lllght aftel I \\ ent home The work was so satlsfactonly done that the forewoman kept me pretty well supphed w1th lllght work for the rest of my stay m that shop, though she never gave me a vv01d of commendatIOn "That is one of the most d1scourag111g features of work-ing in large shops and factones You have to be satisfid w1th the fact that you are not d1smissed, for however well you do the work ass1gned you none of your superiors will give you the smallest bit of commendatIOn, e1ther 111 words or looks. "N ext I was a saleswomman 111 a large department store, working evenings at my renovatmg At the end of the second month I was dropped from the stOle because it was the dull season That left me with noth111g but renovatmg to do, and I proceeded to get as much as I could, thinking to tIde myself over unttl business rev1ved 111the fall. "I got .so much that I was kept busy all summer, and when the fall season opened instead of bemg less busy I found that the amount of work on hand was continually 111- creasing. As 1t brought in much more money than anythmg else I had ever tried I gave up all 1dea of hunting a place in ... I II• ••I III III II II .- .. ROLLS For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs and many other purposes; in Gum, Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers. The Fellwock Auto & Mfl!. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA an cffice and set about perfecting myself in this new work. "At the begmlllng I had the repa1ring of breaks in furni-ture done by el\.pel ts, tak111g the furniture to their shops. \' 0\\ that I deetded to ,tlcl to It as a husmess I hIred a third room m the tenement \\ here I then hved, and having thIS as d \\ ork shop I could f;et expert workmen by the day as I needed them rj hI" I found not only cheaper but better 'From those three rooms wlthm a year I branched out to fi\ e an 1 111a better locatIOn I em)ploy a gIrl in the shop, a \\ oman mender and a man repatrer all the tIme besides sumetlmes hel\ m~ a \\ 01king force of more than a dozen. \lost of m\ tl ac1e J'., \\ lth pr1\ ate homes, though at slack .,ea.,ons I tale lar~e job'., from shops "I had leall1ed enough in the fur11ltul e and upholstery "hOD \\ here I had \\ orked to regulate my pnces That is an ImpOl tant pmnt \\ hen begmmf; a busmess of thIS nature '\ ou "honIeI knO\\ the pllces chalge I by the regular trade and nC\ cr go elbO\ e them Another and e\ en more important pom t IS to kno\\ \\ ha t } ou don't know how to do as well as an expert ,Vhen thI" IS the ca"e by all means hn-e an expert to do It "YOUI fil '.,t aIm I'., to Ret customers and your second is to leep them It 1'-. much ea'iler to get peolple to ~ive you a first tIlal than a c;econd \'v heI e } ou have faIled to come up to the marh I \\as so Latcful m thIS .,econd aIm that I often paId an el\.pert wlthm a few cents of what I was to receive for the whole job fot Joing a small detail that I knew I dIdn't know how to 1epail to perfection It dIdn't put money In my pocket at the tIme, but it has smce "In other calltnRs \\ omen can go away dunng the sum-mer ,V1th me the summer is the harvest time of the year Often my rooms are so filled that I am forced to hire an extra room "I still do most of the fine mend111g myself and all of the matching That IS the most delicate part of renovating, gettmg gooJs and thr ead to work in WIth the old in such a manner as not to show the mended part Even when you can get a pIece of the new goods there is the questIOn of gettmg It faded to jlbt the right --legree "I resort to all sorts of methods to accompltsh this feat. SometImes I call on the aSSIstance of the sun and rain, then agam I hang a piece of goods before the stove or let it rest for days over the radIator "There IS plenty of such \\olk here m New York and in almost an} etty for \\omen prov1ded they will master the business and pnrsue It m a pamstakmg methodical way." Every succe:;,sful man knows what faIlure looks like-he simply refuses to shake hands with it r WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Detroit is Ambitious. DetrOlt, March 17-DetI01L 1" grovvIng so fast that the people can't keep track of It They are now talkIng about havmg a mIllIon InhabItdllt'o In les, than ten years. If there were only half as many furnIture stores, "ome of the retaIlers mIght soon be l111llIonanes ~s It I" you don't hear of many of them gOIng Into bankI upLcy As fOl the manufacturers, the Clty trade v.lth a good many of them IS a good business m Ihelf One manufacturer "a) s that hIS CIty trade amounts to more than $60,000 a ) ear That IS more than 10 per cent of the capaCIty of the factory There IS a great deal of fur111ture manufactured In De-trOlt- mostly chans, dInIng, hbl ary and parlor tables, buffets, chIne closet", stdeboards, hall fur111ture, sectlOnal bookcases and upholstered fur111ture Nat much bedroom fur111ture IS made In Detr01t eAcept brass and llon beds It is probable that theIr enhre output of all the fur111ture factones WIll run up to between five and SlA ml1hons a year. The Palmer Manufacturing company report trade as good TheIr new bnck addItion is completed, and adds very much to theIr prodUCIng and shlppmg capaCIty. They have brought out a numbel of ne" patterns of lIbrary and parlor ,-..~..---_....._. ----_ ._..._.-_._--- -_. ..- - • ""1 A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS CltiZens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St .• Grand Rapids. Mich. ... . ....... . .. ... Economy. Economy IS one of the pnme factors m business suc-cess Early In hfe the wnter heard a remark from a farmer's WIfe that he has never forgotten It was thIS: "A wasteful woman can throw out WIth a teaspoon faster than a man can throw m WIth a shovel" That is ventably true. And yet there IS a true and a false economy. The false economy is that v.hIch a man practIces when he keeps in use an old machme or other apparatus that has passed Its usefulness-when it costs more to keep it in repaIr than It would to buy a new one. True economy is that which recog111zes that "only the be"t is cheap" NothIng Illustrates MADE BY MODERN PARLOR FURNITURE CO • CHICAGO, ILL. tables and pedestals, that are the best they have ever made The Possehus Bras Fur111ture l\Ianufactunng company's nev. catalogue IS the best this company has ever Issued. The score" of new pattel ns are admll ed by the dealer everywhere. ThIS IS more notIceable 111 the new penod styles-embracIng the Colomal, ElIzabethan, Flanders, Tudor and others The PosselIus tables have earned a reputation by their excellence In woods, construction, design and fimsh and the pnces are never too hIgh. For thIS reason there IS hardly a CIty of any Importance in the miJdle west that does not have one or more funl1ture dealers who handle this lIne and carry It in stock constantly. The Humphrey-" idman Bookcase company have had many compliments paId theIr new catalogue of sectional bookcases Thel e IS a constant and growmg demand for these bookcases, and then trade IS good J. C. Widman & Co, say that business is very good WIth them The demand is for the better grade of goods, the hIgher priced goods sellIng the best Their new dinmg room suites are among the best m the market, anJ their hall furni-ture has been so long on the market that it IS almost a neces-sity in every up-to-date furniture store. thIS In a more marked degree, in all wood working factones than the dry kiln. A dry kIln is either good or bad A poor dly kIln IS the greatest eater of profits in the factory, A poor dry kIln WIll waste from ten to thirty per cent of the lumber put into it, besides taking from one-third to one-half more hme to do It, which adds just that much more to the eXipenses, and that much less to the profits at the end of the year. The Grand Rapids Veneer Works has a patented process that WIll double the capacity of any ordinary kiln, besides lessenmg the expense of drying and saving practically all the waste. That is true economy, the kmd that farseeing manufacturers appreciate. A. great many manufacturers of furmiure, pianos, wagons automobiles and other wood-workIng plants are using thIS process. If the reader 13 mter-ested, by watchIng the advertIsements of the Grand Rapids Veneer ,!V arks from week to week in the Weekly Artisan, he WIll find what many of the leading manufacturers have to say about this process. Try to be tactful There is nothing in this world like tact. A really tactful man can extract the stinger from a bee without getting stung ,- I 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent T R Tal lor Lake Benton \1lnn VIce PresIdent D R Thompson Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MInn Secretary, W L Grapp JanesvIlle Mmn EXECUTIVE COM\1ITTEE-Chalrman Geo Klem, Mankato Mmn 0 SImons, Glencoe, Mmn, W L Harns Mmneapo!Js, Mmn C DanIelson, Cannon Falls NOTICE. BULLETIN No. 103. Number of Bed in Car No. 40 and No. 35,.. Number of Bed m Car No 800 --- ---- --------- This Five Spindle Brass Bed Continuous Post, Brass Bed Price et our store ThIS brass bed, same to be had eIther m brIght], pohshed brass or satIn fiUl<;h Has five fillrr§ rods Posto::2 Inches wIth vaces SIze 4 6 w (( 6-3 long Very securely lacquered so they Wl I rot tarnIsh, fitted wIth extra heavy brass cac;tOlf:, "'I-No 2059 Brass bed brIghtly pollshed a 0 In a satIn finIsh Has contInuous brass pest wIth ornamental brass husks 2 n~ Angle ral1 and ends straIght foot Has heavy bras::>cas tors Is lacquered. so WIll not tarnIsh \\ hlCh means a whole lot Slze 4 I) wIde, 6 3 long (on-q, truchon IS of the very best. Price at our store Our first cal of blae." liIll leave the factO!i \[alch 15th In order to get the \i eIght, Ii e ha\ e 1l1cluded 35 bed" \\ 111(.-\1 were not sold at the com entlon These beeh Ii III be d1 Mmnesota Trane.,fer WIth only a 20c heIght late flom ChIcago attached We woulJ su!Sge"t to our members Ii ho In e be-yond Mmnesota Trane.,fer that the} make good ue.,e of thI~ oppO! tumty by takIn!:; as many of these as they can the I"lrst come, first served until the quantIt\ I" n~ec1 up 7-No 40, five filler, satm, $815 6-No 40, five filler, bnght, $815 4-N 0 35;J:;, SI2--filleI, t\ll 0 bnght $840 3-No 35;J:;, SI2--filler. satm, $840 5-N 0 800, two mch cont1l1ned post, bnght, $1208 5-No 800, sat1l1, two mch contlnned po"t, $1208 5-~0 800, tv\O mch contmued post, cOmb1l1atIOn. $1258 MORE CONVENTIONS PROCEEDINGS Second Day Session Continued-Reports of Com-mittees, Etc. Plesldent L J Buenger-As the speaker for the first number of the program IS not here, \\ie WIll take n]) the re-ports of commIttees Committee Report. We your commIttee of Secretary and ] 1easurer 1epOI t and carefnlly conSIder all Items of expendIture and resources of the aSSOCIatIOn, and find them carnej out m systematic busmess lIke manner, therefO! e recommend the adoptIOn of the reports as read C Damelson, Cannon Falls, Mlnn L J. l\1argach, Grandin, X D H KoemtzeI, Perham, Mlnn Committee on President's Address. We your commIttee on PreSIdent's address have !Sone over the recommendatIons and suggestion" contained thel e-in, and we recommend the address as to ItS comprehensn e-ne"" and recommendatIOn", that \\e In con\entlOn assemblej enc1m"e the polIcy outlined \nd urge npon the executIve commIttee to carry out the recommendatIOn" and suggestIons for the coming year RealI/lng that nnle"" the suggestIOns are put mto practIcal puatlon. the\ ale ialueless \nd i\ e i\ an t to U1 g e e\ ery member to stand by and "npport the vanou" polIcle" as much as they consIstently can, belrei mg that v\ e al e on the nght track on solvmg the great problem, namely 'THE :MAIL ORDER EVIL" I n11l belIeVing that from now on no member need ever d!Saln t<:>aI tlll S pha ~e of com petItIOn ). 0111" 1e-,pec1£nll}, J 1\ Campbell, Tracy, l\Ilnn E .:\1 Thomp"on, Ellenclale, Mmn. C IV Harns, Rockwell, Iowa. Committee on Frandulent Advertising. RealI/lng the 1l11mtIce that IS bemg done to both the eun ~nmer and the legItImate merchant caused by fraudulent clChUIhmg, and haVing been made to realIze by practIcal ex-pellence the 1 esults caused by the Oi erdrawmg of Illustrations ut mall ordel houses: \ \ c 1110"t heal trly concur m the WIsdom of PreSIdent Duengel to appomt1l1g thIS commIttee of frdudulent adver-tbll1g, and the methode., willch have been pUlsued m exposing the"e traudulent practice" \nel \\ e recommend tl1dt the a"<OOClatlOncarryon a UlOSt dun e cdmpaIgn along the"e lInes. realIzmg as we do that m In Idualh a small dealeI, we conld not go to the expense to plOduce the cuts necessaly to plotect ourselves agamst the"e methods \\ hlle a~ dn a,"UclatIOn It can be done at a very nom mal Ilood SmIth, Fullerton, Neb. B SImpson, BelVIew, Mmn. C \iV. Harns, Rockwell, Iowa James IVIlbert, Lamoure, N D Report of CommIttee on Open Show Room. It b WIth pleasure that we call report that much pro-gree.," ha<o been made In elrmmat1l1g the open show room eVIl and that the manufacturers are tr}1I1g" to work In harmony Ii Ith uS 1\ e are cl01l1g all that we pOSSIbly can to correct any abuses that come up l;\f e find, however, that the maJonty of ca"es reported are the result of what IS called the card sys-tem 1\ e finel that v\ henever "lOlatlOns are made, It b be-cause "ome one has succeeded 111 gett1l1g a card whIch they ale not entitled to Therefore, we would urge our member" 10 the e'<tra precautIOn m the ISSU1l1gof cards admlttmg pI os-pectli e cu"tumers 1I1to the manufacturers show room.:; If we \i III all work together, thIS eVIl WIll soon be "ettled sat IS-iactonh to all Yours very truly, F H Peterioon, M1I1neapolis, Mlnn, ChaIrman Report of Legislative Committee. 1\ e 1 ealIze the utter lack of protectIve legislation for the "mall busll1e'3S mtere'3ts of the state In order to bnng about eftectli e 1 eform, IV e must commence early on such proposed legr,.,latlOn as thI'3 assocIatlOn 1I1tends to pre'3ent at the com-ll1g seSSIOn of our legIslature Therefore, we want to urge all member" who have any proposed leglslatlOn In mmd to take It up \\ Ith the chaIrman of thIS commIttee at the earlIest po"sIble ddte '30 that they may be able to present same at the conference ot the Mmnesota CommerCIal FederatlOn which / WEEKLY ARTISAN WIll convene for this purpose during the month of May. \lYe want to say that the matter of proper legIslation is a very important one to every member of this assocIation ,lYe have reached the point where It is absolutely necessary for us to build for the future Remember that what is everybody's busmess 15 nobody's busmess I Therefore we want every member to make It hIs specIal business to see that the plans are carned out promptly by doing that which is asked of hIm when the campaIgn for legIslatIve matter IS on If we do not get your support m followmg the pohcies adopted by conference, we wdl not get that whIch we are entlt1ed to Your., respectfully submitted, Carl Brodt, FaIrmont, Mmn J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn Committee on Insurance. The matter of msurance has been carefully conSIdered during the present year, and as the ultlmate success of this movement depends upon the most careful care m inaugu-rating the pollC1es ensued to carryon thIS work We have not come to the proper solution of thIS pha"e of assocIation work this year anJ trust that dunng the com-ing year we WIll be able to work out the msurance plan, whIch can be approved at our next meetmg. Your respectfully, o Simons, Chairman Membership Committee. Your commIttee on membershIp take pleasure in report-ing that this past year has been the banner year m the num-ber of new members receIved m the aSSOCIatIOn,and we want you to take particular notIce and note the WIde area over which our membershIp is scattered. ThIs proves that the aggressive pohcles cal ned out by our assocIation are beginnmg to brmg out the proper result, and further proves that any assocIatIOn wdl not grow any faster than it bnngs good servIce to its member'> And that when good servIce 10> rendered It IS usually appreciated and therefore we take great pleasure m submitt-mg to you the new members and recommend their adnllsslOn mto thIS assocIatIOn The followmg members jomed dunng the year Anderson & Johnson, Waubun, ::\1mn Chnstlanson, Peter Oldham, S Dak Christl anson Bros , \1dan, Mmn Engle, W J, Enderhn, K Dak Gryte, E K, Ruthton, Mmn Hddahl, Olaf, Greenbush, Mmn Harns, C W, Rockwell, Ia Hage, H J J Deerwood, Mmn KIPP, J E, Edgely, K Dak Lar.,on, L B & Co , Halstad Mum Langum & Nordvold, Zumbr~ta, :Mmn. Mohs & Karpen, Web"ter, S Dak Markuson HarJware Co, Grey Eagle, Mmn N ebon, E E, Hanska, Mum Peterson, J E, Donnelly, Mmn Spaeth Hardware Furmture and Implement Co, Ray-mond, Minn The followmg members jomed at our last conventlOn' Adam, Geo., St Paul, Mmn Anderson 1\1, Hardware Co, Atwater, :Mmn Boettcher, Gus, Wacoma, Mmn Evens Hardware Co, Pnnceton, l\Imn Gllbertson, E, Jackson, Mmn Hoch, Phdlp, Cape GIrardeau, :;\1[0 Harnson, Chas, Kenyon, :Mmn Hanson, A C, Alexandna, Mmn Hamre, H A, Gramte Falls, Mmn Henry, U. S, Park Rapids, Mmn Lawrence, G R, W orthmgton, .:Vrmn :Vrargach, L J, Grandm, N Dak ':'fernman, T. C, McHenry, ~ Dak ~ euman, H F., Mmneapohs, Mmn Newgard & Laudert, K ew RlchlanJ, 1Imn. O. K Furmture Co, Temple, Texas Peterson, Andrew, "\iVIllmar, :Vrmn Potter-Casey Co, Altkm, Mmn Rauen, B, VI acoma, Mmn Swartz, F. B, Hammond, Ind. 25 Ulland, L S, Blooming Prairie, ':'1il1n Walbndge Bro" & Rvan, Hastmgs, ;\1mtl ,Vllkmson, 0 A, Cmcmnatl, Oh1O. Yours respectfully, Geo J KIrchner, \Vells, :Minl1 F Han"en, ,V ells, l\1mn :\1artln Benson, Fergu" Falls, Minn Report of Committee on Advertising. Adverthmg has become one of the most Important Item" m the conJuctmg of modern busmess so we, your commIttee on advertlsmg, want to concur m the advertismg pollcy that the association is carrying out. \Ve believe that the adver-tlsmg helps that thIS aSSocIatIOn IS furmshmg are even a greater benefit to our members than the co-operative buymg feature We find on cam assmg the "ltuatlOn thoroughly that the prepanng of proper advertlsmg matter IS one of the most dIfficult and neglected detaIls WIth the smaller dealers ThIS IS caused prmclpally by not knowmg where to get the proper kmJ of cuts, etc We espeCIally commend the umt system adopted by the associatlOn We find that we have saved our members more than half of the cost of theIr newspaper space and made It pOSSIble for the small dealer to have umform cuts WIth descnptlOns, prepared along the llnes of SCIentific sales-manship. vVe want to urge every member of the assocIation to tryout thl" method by usmg a few standard size units as furmshed by our orgamzatlOn These units are so arranged that they can always be kept up-to-date As most furniture men are very busy people, we know you WIll appreciate any-thmg that wdl enable the small dealer to prepare a good "ad" m a few mmutes By usmg a standard UDlt, you can as-semble the umts you WIsh to use, slgnmg your name and put over each umt the pnce you WIsh to sell for and your advertlse-ment IS ready for the pnnter Not only that but when It IS pnnted, you WIll know the descnptlOns are nght and that your "ad" WIll have a umform appearance vVe also com-mend the pollcy of furm"hmg vanous headmg cuts which, as a rule, would be prohIbItIve to the small dealer becau'ie of the first cost We reaI1ze that anythmg that we can do to help the members m theIr adverhsmg WIll prove a blessmg to the assocIation Therefore, we want to urge the secretary to mamtam a'i achve a pohcy m the furmshmg of these cuts a" the funds of the assoCIatIOn "'111 warrant YOl1r" very truly, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn o SlI1lOnS, Glencoe, Mmn E H Boley, 'iVheaton, ]\;fllln Report of Delegates to National Convention. The ~atlOnal conventIOn ~eld ItS annual meeting at the cIty of St LOUIS, Mo, February, 1909 Col Foster, then preSIdent, prepared a "erv mtere"tlllg program and the meet-mg proved to be a very enthUSIastic one Bemg a delegated body, the attendance wa" not very large but when men WIll travel flOm "\ a, .MISS, and S C, to meet III St LoUls, .Mo, for the common gooel of the furtllture mdustry, It certamly proves that these men are m earne.,t and that there must be a ncce"slty for bnngmg about such an actIve national as"OCI-atlOn such dS will be able to cope the trade condItions of our present tune ThIS wa" the first meetmg that was held away from the ChIcago market and has proved to be more of a succes" than anv prevIOus conventIOn The next conventIOn WIll be held m DetrOIt, 111ch . whIch IS a furmture CIty withm Itself and wlllch no odubt, wdl be the means of bnngmg more assocIatIOns mto the natIOnal ,\ e urge that Mmnesota be well represented at thIS meetmv and that the expense of as many delegates as we can afford to send be paId by thIS as- SOCIatIOn vYe I eahn that the national has reached that cntlcal penod where It I" eIther gOIng to be a very strong factor m the correctIOn of trade evds or he dormant a'3 it ha., for ",ome vear'3 nast The natIOnal, hke all state assoclationo, I" findmg-It dIfficult to get the finanCial support that It nee Is to carryon the WOIk lYe want to urg-e every dealer of the ftumturc mdustry to gIve the natIOnal as much "upport as hIS mean" WIll permIt, whether you are a large dealer or a small dealer It Jeveloped at the St LOUh conventlOn that while the mad order house dId not affect the large dealers yet the open show room, card system, curbst ,ne brokers, etc, '" ere affectmg our cIty brother as much or more than the mall order problem and the soap club nUIsance affect the small r------- -- ------- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~.... ...... ---- --- . .----- . .. ( I I We Manufacture tb.e II I Lar!!est LlRe of •I rOlDlna I •II ,• (nAIDS IIf I If I In the Umted States, •I sUItable for Sun day I Schools, Halls, Steam- I ers and alll'ubhc resorts If We also manufacture f I Brass Tnmmed I ran I Beds, Spnng Beds, Cots I• and Crlbs In a large vanety •I I Send for Catalogue I• and Pnces to II f KAUffMAN I I MfG. CO. •f I ASHLAND OHIO •.... - . ...... ----------- ----I~ dealers A permanent "euetan \\a", "'eulled at the St LOUl" meetmg but COn(lItlOns :00 shape I them"'eh e,,-on ae count of the 111fluence of tl ade napel'o-that they made acil\ e work of the natIOnal \ ery .,10\\ fOI the past fe\\ \ ear" It h hoped that the DetrOIt meet111 ~ wIll adopt poltCles and mecll1" to ,;ecure the sen Ice" of an actt\ e and pelmanent ",ecl2tal \ a., ",e lealt7e that the natIOnal \\111 not 010\\ a", It ",IHJulclunul \\e hay e one Yours \ el \ tt uh , C Ddnlelson, Cannon 1 aIL \[11111 \V L Crapp Tane-,\ dIe, 1I111n Dele!:;att" Resolutions \;\Therea,; \\e ha\ e been e"tended the l OUIte",\ \)1 thl entIre estahltshment of the Boutell ]\10'" IJl1 the t\ l11ln!:; 01 February 7th, '" hel ea '; then dble "ale '" 1m l e .,0 cal etulh looked aftel OUI plea,;UI e.., ,1n I Wcll1t, thel etol e be It I e-,oh ed that we extend to Boutell Blo,; a n"111!:; \ ate at tlunk-, and assuring them thIS courtesv \\ hlch 10 ) eal.., ago \\ ot11d not have been thought of, Ie; J0111g a g!eat \\Olk In ele\ atll1g the retaIl fur11lture mdu';lty to a 111(;hel place Philadelphia Affairs. PhIladelphIa, lIIal ch 16-Sha\ 111!':;; are IJemg used COIl sidel ably no\" by many upholstel e1:o 111place of hall ,ll1d 1t is reported that those fil m s \\ ho deal 111"ha\ mg " al e \ el \ busy and have all the Im,;mess they can attend to Dealeb \\ ho de"lre the cheap gooJs do not object to the use of the ",ub"il tute fOI han N other do those \\ ho hdndle the betiel !:;Iade,; but they contend that the che,tp good.., ,;11Ot11d\lot he leple "ented a,; anythm!:; else . The Phdadelphld Upholsteltd 111l1111ule compam, e-,tab ltshed by Hall y Sehl uit, has gone out of bu"mes,; The J ame:o IV Coopel company \\ el e ",0 hus\ bcfOl e the first of the yeal that they calle,l 111the1r fi\ e "ale",men ha\- l11g many tlhou:oands of dollars of unfilled Older,; rm hand then They haye now caught up "ome but hay e done rattltng good busmess the year round LoUIS Hnsch, late WIth the Quaker CIty l\Ieta1hc Ded company, ha~ g1\ en up that Ime, and IS now \\ Ith Hal ry F11ege1man The fur111tu' e busmes,; as \\ ell a" all 11ne" of trade have suffered ,;everly by the long elrawnout "tllke of thc motor-men and conductor~ on the PhtlacIeIpl11a RaplCI flan"lt hnes The loss :00 fal to thc COmpLll1\ the cmplo\ cs cllld to general hu",me",., 111u",tbe 111the nelg1hholhooc1 of $10,000,000 to $15,- 000000 [he ~tJlke ha"', b\ the tIme th1e; goee; to pless, been on 1m a month It has heen a cIl"a"trous hlow to all bU..,llle"s mtel est", \t pI e-,ent \\ nt111g there IS no settlement 111';llSht 1hel e ha \ e been 12; ,000 men calleJ out 111the cIty 111all l111e:o (11 llclde a", a ~\ mpathetIc stllke and 'that has done untold m Ill! \ \\ hlch can ne\ el be made up John \\ anan1clku ha" a ne", ,;tolehou,;e at \VashllllStJn d\ ultle 1\\ent\ -fibt and Twent\ -second streets It is a lall!,e bmlelmg and ctcllmrahlv ~Utted to the pUt po"e, havlllg !:;\ 'ld tl acka!:; e fclcl11tle,; II IIalclh ha'" opene I up tal hu';Utes", as an upholsterer, at 1 11th clnd ] homp,;on sil eet" Ifa" Clant, "ho-,e husmess I" kno\\n 1[11101 \\ rJlk", ha::. l!,one mto bankruptcy a",~eb S2,804 Le\\ &. Cohen tl11nl1ure dealel, have dIssolved partnel- ~hl pat l() \ Cl1 th Second '>t eet ::\Ir Cohen continulllg the hu "'ll1e",,,, a", hetm e as the PhdaclelphlL Llah111t1es $6,076 1 he RO\ dl Plhh Dutton Rec1m111g Chair has been ClemOll .,tt cited 1 ecenth m the Pennsy lVd111a FUr11ltufe company' '" 1Ole", 1023 IIal ket St It IS made m 100 styles, ot Odk, 1J1c!1l\ !:;cl11\ 111 1alJlle 01 ledther Ihe demonstration has 1n ( u!:;ht It many tllend,; luhlhon DIO'; ha\ e taken the store vacated by Jackson RlO" , at 38 South Ell~hth street, handhng beds and hpnn111!< \\ 11ham II SmIth, al1 anbque furniture dealer at LLlO '-UUt11 T\\ eHth ",tJ eet found ,;ome hombs at tll~ door, but tht \ e!td not e"pl(lc1e (]I he lmght not haye 11\ed to tell the tcllt Thl pel pet! a tOl I'" unknO\\ n l C, Do\\ man late \\ Ith GImbel Bros, has "ucceeded \\ tlltam IIc \111"tel as head of the furnIture, bed and bej dmg cIepal tment ot 1\e1g Bros .\ full 1111eof furl11ture WIll he added to thl" cIepal tment, whIch Will be enlarged conslder- 'lhh \\ dltc!ll1 lIe \1l1"lc~ ha" g'Jl1e 'Ilth '{ Snellenburg & I\]() r ohn \ \ 'llldll1c!ku h m hI" new hutleltng-hcls a sign out Hlme a~dm-\\ e1«me' Ihe "te)le I" mag111ficent throug-h- IlUt FACTORY BADLY DAMAGED Valley City Desk Company Suffers Heavy Loss From "Fire. llle 1hdt stalteJ m the chy kIln, f10m an unkno\l\n eau"e, l,t1nd~ed the plant ot the \ alley City Dc"k company to the extent ot $30,000 01 $40,000 on Tue"c1ay, l\Ial eh 15 The ell) kIln filled \"11h \ alu,tble hlmhel, a lalgc amount of IUl11bel m pIle.., adjOln111g, \\as cOl11pletely de,;troyed and the cuttmg 10 1111 \\ Ith It,; llldcJllnery cllld "tock pal tly "01 keel \1\ as hadly dd111a!:;eI The flames \\ ere fanned by ct h1lSh \\ mu and 1t \\ ch \\ Ith gl eat dIfficulty the firemen saved the rema111clel 01 the plant. The entne "'t1pph )f dry lumbe' was burned and \l\lth the cIry kIln gone the company Will be senou-,Iy cnppled un- Ie," they can find lumber that IS ready for cuttmg ] he fi11lshmg Jepal tment was not damaged and as there I.., a largt amount of ,;tock ready for the fi11l,;her", orders may be filled ,,\ Ithout any e;e1IOUSdelay The company make:o a lalge, val led 1l11eof desks and hac> 01 del s c11',ugh to keep the factory busy br several month" 1 he lo,,~ \\ hlch the adlue;tel'; may find greater or les, than the hgurc., -;1\ en ahoy e h fully em ered hy 1l1"uranee The po!tCle" (lll the entll e plant clm )11nt to $95,000 WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 GROWTH OF THE WORLD~S TRADE Sonle Interesting Information on the Conlmerce of the Leading Nations. "Statl,,;tlcal ""-b,,;trad of ForeIgn Countries" I"; the title of a publIcatIOn recently I%ued by the bureau of statIstIcs of the "'\atIOnal Department of Commerce and Labor It deal'> Wlt11 the fOIelgn traJe )f the pnncIpal commercIal natIon::" "howmg the growth m mternatIOnal commerce fOl a,,; ex-tenSl\ e a penod as can be cOvered from the officI,l1 records of the re,pectlve countne,,; and, mC1dentally, the wodel's markets for \ anous products and the incI ea,,;mg "hal e '" hlch merchandI"e of the Umted States forms of the annual Im-port,,; of those markets The volume m questIOn, whIch is complIed from the offiCIal publIcatIOns of the vanous countnes who"e trade it records, i" dIvIded mto three sectIOns, the first showmg the total Imports and total expOl ts of merchandIse, gold and sIl- \ el of each of the pnnclpal countnes dunng a long penod of years; the ,,;econd, the traJe of each pnnclpal country WIth other countnes during a ten-} ear penod dnd the thIrd, the pnnupal artIcle,,; Imported mto, or exported from the vanous countnes dunng the latest year avaIlable, compared WIth the ten years ImmedIately precedmg WhIle SImIlar 111 some re- "peds to the statbtlcal abstracts of foreIgn countnes issued by the enited Kmgdom, Germany, France, and other lead-mf; nations, it drffers from those works m that the mform-atlOn ha,,; been m all ca,,;e,,; stdted in the C111 renc} and umts of measun'ment of the Umted States, thu" affOldmf; to those 111tere,,;ted an C)PPOl tumty to readIly trace the Je\~elopnwnt of the trade many ImpOl tant article m any £;Iven mal ket ThIS wOlk of tran,,;form1l1g ,,;tatlstlc,,; ongmally expressed m the language, cunency and unIts of vanou,,; countne,,; mto tho..,e of the 1:mted Stdtes has im oh ed several \ eal "; elf care-ful 1esearch and lab01 on the part of a corp,,; of "tatlstIcal eApe1 h m the DuredU of Statl"tics, and the re"ult ha,,; heen the 1,,;suance of a \ olume umque m its avaIlahIlIty and cou- ,emence as a refel ence work, not only to economIsts and ,,;tate,,;men, but to tho,,;e mtere,,;ted 111 any partIcular al tlcle of commerce '\ remarkable development of mtel natIOual commel ce 1, ,,;hown hy the volume to have occuned m the ld,,;t half-cen-tUI' Thus, m 50 yedh the f JreIgn tra,le of the U11lted State,,; ha.., "extupled m ,alue that of Austna-Hungary plactIcally quaell upled that of Bc1g1l1m sextupled, that of France trebled, that of the Pmted Kmgdom male than trebled, that of Cau-deLl qumtupled, that of Japan has increased male than 10- jold, that of Germany in the 3S yeaI"; fr 0111 1827 t,l 1900, m-cIu"; l\ e, has c10ubled The tl ade of the valIOU"; natIOn" "hm\ mg the countnes to whIch export,,; ale ,ent dnd from which ImpOlts ale drawn 1" e,,;pecially mterestmg as mdlcdting a steady ::;rm\ th in the "hare whIch merohandlse of the 0mted States forms of the11 annual consumptIOn of foreIgn goods For example, m 18'J::) the Umted State,,; supplIed 17 mIllIon dollars WOlth or 6 pel cent of the imports of Austlla-Hungary, m 1908, 45 1111llIon, 01 C) 2 per cent of the total Of the imports into France the "hare of the Umted State, was, m 1896, 600 mIllIon dollar " 01 83 per cent of the total, m 1908, 127 mIllIOn, or 11 6 per cent, of Germany',,; Imports, in 1896, 125~ mIllion dolla ", or 122 per cent of the total, in 1908, 305 mIllIon, or 167 per cent, of Great Bntam's Imports, in 1896, 517;~ mIllIon, 01 24 per cent of the total, 111 1908, 604 mIllIon, or 21 per cent of the total In South '\mencan Impol ts merchanehse fr Jm the United States forms dn increasing total having grown, m the case of '\Igentme, ftom 11 mIllIon to 34 mIllon dol-lars, BrazIl, ft am 12 to 21 t1l1llIon ChIle, ft am 5 to 9 mIllIon, and Peru, from 1 to 6 1111 11!On, m the penod from 1896 to 1908 '\"Ja has shown an unu"ual mCl ea,,;e in absorptIOn of '\mencan producb, Chma's Imports from the 1:mted States hav mg mcreased fr0m 90 mIllIon 111 1896 to 260 mIllIon dollaI" m 1908, those of Japan, from 130 mIllIon m 1896 to 27 nllllIon in 1909 and those of InJla, from 4~ to 100 mIllIon dollars m the penod under 1ev te", Bntlsh Afnca, whtch up to 1908 had shown a great 111C' ease m Imports from the Umted the Imports from the l'mtec1 State,,; mto the Cape of Good States has smce that time matenally reduced ,,;uch Imports, Hope, for example, hay mg n,,;en from 80 millIOn dollars m 1896 to 22 mIllIon m 1903, but fa1l1l1g to 50 mtllIon 111 1908 -a condItion faIrly representatl\ e of the fluctuatIOns shown by other South Afncan colomes An intere,,;t1l1g and ,,;u~gestlve feature of the chaptet devoted to the trade of the van au , countne,,; by pnnclpal arttcle.., tS thetr large ImpJrtatlOns of articles of a general Made by Upham Manufacturmg Co , Marshfield, WIS, cIa"" plOduced tn the Lmted Stdtes but \\ lllch ha\ e not, d" yet, a",,;umec1 an tmportant
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- 1910-03-19T00:00:00Z
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and I .I t/ ... Twenty_Sixth Yea..-No.~..-T-q MAY 25.1906 Semi-Monthly GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR CO. I-N-C-ORPORA--T-ED-- 1872 t GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RE-INCORPORATED 1902 Manufacturers of Manufacturers of Hall Racks Book Cases Hall Seats Library Tables Hall Glasses House Desks Hall Tables Den Cabinets Buffets Music Cabinets China Closets Cedar Lined Serving Tables Chests New Line, will be Ready for Inspection June 18 at Our Factory. I SHOWN IN GRAND RAPIDS ONLY. I The Ford eEl. Johnson Co. MANUFACTURERS OF "Fiber Rush" and "Malacca" Furniture ALSO Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Complete Dining Room Suites, Mission Furniture, Children's Go-Carts and Carriages, Reed Comfort Rockers. Our Dining Room Suites include Buffets, China Cabinets, Extension Tables, Side Tables and Chairs, all to match, made in Oak, all finishes; also in Solid Mahogany . . SALESROOMS: Chicago, New 1'tJrR, Bas/un, Mass.• Cinciflltdti, 0., Franif"ort, Ky., Atlanta, Ga. GENER.AL OFFICES: Sixteenth St.. and Indiana Ave., CHICAGO. I.. "WE ARE MAKERS OF CHAIRS" Give us a call or send for our 1906 Cata-logue and be convinced that we manufacture one of the finest and most extensive lines of Dining, Library, Office Chairs and Rockers to be found in the West. Office and Factory 237 10 255 N. G,een St. Salesroom 1411 Michigan Ave. Johnson Chair Company CHICAGO, ILL. I1- 1 z::.:s I=I:.7. S:I:I Wolverine Tables have made Detroit "The Table City" No. D. 1804 Top 24 by 24. ~artered Oak, Large Flake; Mahogany,Top Solid Birel'sEye Maple. Knocked down in elates of two. From tbe time our tables are planned by our two Skilled Designers till tbey are approved. by our Expert Inspectors, they are under the most exacting scrutiny. This means careful, honest workmanship at every stage of the mak-ing. Correct design, perfect material, superior craftsmanship. combined with our splendid equipment and perfect factory organization-these things produce "Wolverine Worth." The quality which means 5uperiority in construction and finish is the same quality which builds your table trade-if you carry the Wolverine line. W'hen a table has been critically examined and approved ia the Wolverine shops. it is stamped with this label as a mark of excellence above the standard. ""..~." "'. . '[ ~ _ 01"7. Wolverine Manufacturing Co. Detroit, Michigan I -I 2 .. The Wholesale Furniture Exhibition Building 1323-25 Michigan Avenue. Chicago The building where the "MID-SEASON" business ALONE is paying the rent for the Manufacturers exhibiting therein. LET US A FEW POINTS Direct entrance on Michigan Ave. No crossing of bridges or alleys. All floors face Michigan Ave. Located midway between two Exhibi-tion Buildings. Well lighted and ventilated. The only EXHIBITION BUILDING IN CHICAGO where ALlUNES lare kept intact and SALESMEN IN CHARGEevery day of the year, Only a limited amount of space left for July. Manufacturers who are interested should write IMMEDIATELY, giving amount of space desired. List of lines given upou request. GEO. D. WI LLIAMS COM PANY send you the evidence (in booklet form) entitled "WHAT OTHERS THINK" ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO - - ------------------------ 26th Year-No. 24 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. MAY 25. 1906. $1.00 per Year. How Workers Learn SeIf·Confidenc,e. It is stowed away in one corner of a large alliec amI it is called the "self-confidence milL'! It is a pet idea of the Large Enlployer, and there is uo doubt tbat it produces rc~ suits. The Large Employer reads all the latesl success books and believes in new systems, and the result is the se!f-confidence mill, the object of \vhich is to instill or inject 5('1£- confidcllce in such emplo.yes as are lacking in this valuab!e part of their characters. It is a "boosting mil1.·' It helps the Large Employer's young tHen to believe -in thenlsdves. The idea underlying- the founding of the mill is that the great fault with most clerks is that they have not enough self-conlldenc('. The Large Employer has observed in the course of many years of h-iring: anl1 nring young mel] that after J man has \vorked for several years at a desk in a iargc. office he loses the aggressive eonfidencc and individuality, witho1.1t which there is no hope for a man to vvin out in the high positions. Thus it happens frequently that an employer has a mall on his pay roll \vho he knmvs is ahove ;'derk caliber" in his latent capabilities and whom he wishes to prOlllote to a re-sponsible position. But tbe Jack of sclf-confldcl1ce in tbe man makes him an impossihility. Tile Large Employer knows from cxperiCl1ce that good emptoye20 are 11,Utl to get, and it burned ill his soul to see good men R"O to waste. Hence the self-confidence mill. It began by accident. A cle,k who had been looked upon as dead timber in the office was, through the illness of a su-perior, put in charge of a small section of on~ depaTtm~nt. It was an executive positioll, one 'wbich called for "self-de-cision," altllough, as a matter of fact, there was little challcc that a wrong decision 'would Cat1SC ally serious tl"()uble. Rut. still, it \vas an executive position. The permanent holder of the position staid away three months. Vv'hen he came back the halting, weak-k!ll~ed clerk who had been put in his place was quite a different person. He had {!1scovcred th ...t he also could do things on his own hook, that it \'\'a"11't such an a.-wfui h<l.1-d trick to iSS11C onlers. see that they were properly followed. and generally run' eel part of a business. He had been ·'made." rhe L;:I1'geEm-ployer sa\y it, and gave l1irn a positioll of real responsibility. The clerk grew with tlw. promotiol1. He filled it to perfec-tion and grew beyond it. He was promoted again. Now he is one of the leaders in the big office. By splitting up one's man's work into four parts it was found possible: to establish the "mil1." This allowed room for three experiments on dead ones to be conducted at the same time. The L.arge Employer picked out three clerks whom he regarded :is being likely men, but lacking in self-confidence, and put them in. Two of these developed as he had expected them to. The other fell down miserably and was speedily eliminated from the pay roll. The self-confidence mil! has 110VV been running two years. It lIas developed some mighty queer things in this time. SOI11'.; of the mcnwho have been rUIl through it lJave swelled Lip and evaporated into hot air as they came to realize their im-portance. Others have been lost completely the moment they discovered that things of importance were dependent upon their intelligence and efforts. A few have refused to nttcmpt the work, but a few have developed into good mell, and, as good men are scarce and much in demand, the Large l~ltJploycr feels thai the mill grinds wett and profitab1y. And the best part of the talc is that men who have been developed in th,i,:; l11annr go around and congratulate them- SctYCS "on hoY\. they worked themselves up from the bottom:" JOKAS HOWARD. Increase in Value of Chicago's Furniture Manufactures. According to the federal census of 1904 the value of fur~ niture produced in Chicago had increased to $17,488,257, as compared to $12,344,510 in 1900. The following table will be of intnest: Factories .... Capitalization Clerical force Salaries 'vVagc earners \Vap;es Value of product,. 1900. 1904. 114 1.\3 .. $ 8,014,498 $13,588,155 866 .. $ 726,055 $ 1,026,055 9,612 ..... $ 3,651,434 $ 5,328,896 .. $12,344,510 $17,488,257 THE CORRECT Stains and fillers. THE MOST SATISFACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes MANU'~t:TU"CIJ 111t11.YB Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. Z59·63 ELSTDNAVr",Z-16 SLOAN ST. CHICACO. 4 Brief Mention. Morris Nagle succeeds Romanis Otrlip in the ownership of the New Yark furniture store in Reading, Pa. A. Wolff will open a furniture store In E1 Paso, Tex., June 1. The Keller Furniture company will open a furniture store jn New Haven. Conn., with $10,000 capital. )/1. Levine has opened a furniture department in his store in HoughtoD, :Mich. L. D. Brokaw has succeeded Brokaw & Winlkinson i.n Howell, Mich. Charles Allen' of Brandon, Vi,lis" has purchased the furn-iture business of Knapp Brothers of \Voonsocket, S. D., and will move to Dakota. The Cairo Furniture company $10,000 capital to conduct stores well', Ky. Mittendorf & Kiler expect to occupy their new building in Champaign, Ill., by July 4. The Boyle Furnjture company of Ogden., Utah, had a fire recently and the los!'; is $7,100, $1,6()0 of which is on the ware-house, "\vhich was uninsured. G. A. Demple and J, G. Schell have sold their stock in has been in Cairo, organized with 111., and Bard- Patentee Silver Creek, New York, U.' S. A. Dennis Wire and Iron Co., Canadian Manufacturers, London, Onto Why Not Order? Say a dozen or mOle Eureka [ton Displa)' Couch Trucks sent you on aj:~- proval? If nc:t satisfa<;10ry the)' .ran be returned at nlJ expense to )·011 :whattver, while the ptlce asked IS but a tnfle, compan:-d to lhe conven- Ience they afford alld the economy tht'y represent in the saving of floor spa,e. Thirty-two couches mounted on the Eureka Iron Display Couch Truck occupy the same floor stlace lJf twelve displayed in the usual manuer . . Write for cataLogue ~ivjng full description and price in the different finishes, together wllh l11l1strations demonstrating the use of the GiBlIl Shott Rail Bed Fastener for Iron Beds. Manu[actllred hy H. J. MONTGOMERY the Duncan-Schell Furniture company, Keokuk, la" to M. E. Justice. The company will be re-organ1dd. 101m Halverson has purchased Epho Dobbin's interest in the Valley City (N. D.) Furniture company. The American Furniture Exchangc has been organized in Boston with $30,000 capital. The Zeir-Pllillips Furniture company, organized with $15,- 000 capital stock, will do business in Austin, Tex. The Empire Furniture company, organized with $1,000 capital, will conduct a furniture store in Baltimore, rdd. Thomas LO';NC and company's furniture store in Roanoke, Va., was partly destroyed by fire; a loss of $25,000 011 stock and $15,000 on the buildings resulted. The capital stock of the Grote-Rankin company of Spo-kane, Wash., has been increased to $300,000. The sale of the Hills Furniture cornpany to Grote-Rankln has been temporarily stepped because of disagreements between the stockholders. A receiver was appointed to settle the affairs of the company. T. E. Ryan of Ryan & LaDue, :\1inneapolis, has sold out to Mrs. M. E. Mitby. The firm will continue business at the .same location under the name of Mitby & LaDue, M. Seeberg will add more space to his store in Chicago Heights, Ill, to meet the demands of an increasing trade. The Grote-Rankjn company of Spokane, Wash., have purchased the Hills Furniture company of Seattle. Collins & James of Perry, Fla., l'ost a carload of chairs in a fire which destroyed their storehouse. Andrew Peterson will construct a building in Roseau, Minn., which he will occupy and stock with a line of furni· ture. Gustaf Ristrom has sold out bis stock of furniture in Braham, Minn. E. \"1. Clark succeeds B. E. Stonebraker and company in the furniture business in Rockwell City, la. Moses & Sons of vVashingtol1, D. C, will enlarge their store by an additional building adjoining the present store. The building will be ten stories, 45 x 100 feet deep, of fire proof construction. B. F. Morse succeeds Morse & Castle in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, and has organized the Lakeside Furniture company. The Aaron Furniture company's stock and their new building in Connellsville, Pa., ·were damaged by fire to the extent of $85,'000, recently. Fleming & Robertson succeed the !'\ix Furniture company in Fort \North, Tex. Mr. Nix is considering the prospects for establishing a furniture stort in San Francisco. The Arkansas Carpet & Furniture company have opened a furniture store in Pine Bluffs, Ark. The People's Furni· ture company of the :same city are selling out their stock and will discontinue the business. John Peterson has sold his furniture busjness in Villard. :\Ilinn., to 8. Mr. Pritchard of Alexandria in the same state. Kiff Brothers are adding a furniture department to their store in Tower City, N. D. The Straus Furniture & Carpet company of Baltimore have purchased an option on two four-story buildings which they will occupy on August first, when they will move from their present location to the new one, corner of Howard and Marion streetS. Joseph A. Miller's furniture s:tore in Lebanon, Pa., recently destroyed by fire, will 'be rebuilt at once. A receiver has been appointed for the business of Thomas Grieg of Beloit, Wis., who has disappeared. The Hallock Furniture company, Rockford, Ill., succeeds the F. D. Goddard company. Me Goddard's poor health forced him to retire from business. Louis Roy has purchased of E. E. Lommen his South Main street stoie in Crookston, Minn., and will take immed-iate possession. The Geiger & Braverman Furniture company of New York will deal in furniture, nlgs and carpets. Organization of the company was recently consummated with capital of $12,000. The Harris & Newell furniture and undertaking store in Yale, Mich .• was destroyed by fire with $10,000 loss recently. J. A Dilworth succeeds Dilworth & McPeters in Corinth, Teno. A house furnishing business will be conducted by Max and SalTIueJ Goldenberg in Chicago; $50,000 is the capitat in-vested. The furniture store of Howard Brothers in Port Huron, lI/1ich.,was badly damaged by fire recently. Loss is $10,000. The furniture stores in Oshkosh, Wis" will be open :Monday evenings as well as Saturday evenings hereafter, in order that the laboring classes may be accommodated. Sat-urday evenings alone arc found to be insufficient. THE HAWKEYI' KITCHEN CABINET Ori~nal features. Desii!n. finish and cabin~t work the best on earth. Prices ranRe from 13.00 to $52.S0. Exclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. Price Is a good salesman. Qualily is a belter one. We have them both CataI02l:ue on applicatiotJ.lJaloQ FllrnUure Co•• BURUNGTON, IOWA: --------------------- 5 POOL CARS FOR PACIFICCOAST OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY. make a specialty of distributing pool cars 01 all kinds and PARTfCULARL Y, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. References, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Carloader in Chicago Carioader in Grand Rapids ]. W. Welling, 633 So. Jefferson Street Gelock Transfer Company, 108 So. Ionia Slreet. TEAMING SAN FRANC[SCO, CAUFORNIA. FORWARDING STORAGE Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Are Best Made, Best Finished Values. AU Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. No. 474 Dining Table Top S+x-S4. Made in ~uter-ed Oak and Mahogany. Full Polished. Nickle Casre-rs. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN No. 526. "This Trade Mark Guaranteesthe best." No. 525, 6 Exclusive Sales-Both Sides of the Question Discussed. Are exclusive sales right or wrong? Do they harm or benefit the factory? Do they advance the business of the dealer? When the traveling man steps off tJ1C t;-ain in a city. con~ taining six to sixty furniture ",tOtes, and ignoring the other five to fifty-nine .. sells his factory product to one store ex-clusively, or sells certa.in exclusive numbers to this store, and certain other exclusive numbers to the other store, is h~· doing his fadory justice, and is the deale'", in buying that way, doipg his bu~iIless justice? We think nine dealers out of ten will say yes, and nine factories out of ten will say no. In other words, it is a case of dealers demanding what factories think it policy to grant. V\ie want to line tlP the argument on both sides, and let the reader judge, there being many things to be said for and against it. First of all, there. is this fundamental rule of business, supply, for the demand regulates price. The factory man is talking. "Exc1usivies are all wrong. Fac-tories generally grow into them and get the habit, to such an extent they find it difficult to let go. If they finalJy succeed in letting go, they seldom change back. A deakr comes to the market or factory and says, we will use so much of-your goods if you will agree to sell us exc1u~ive.ly. Now we have been selling less than that to his whole city. It looks pretty good to us, and we agree to do so. Here is ,,,hat comes to pass. \Ve have been selling three cJe<llers,let us say, five thous-and dollars per year. One of them gets the exclusive on an agreement to sell six thousand, and the ·first year he keeps his agreement. ~l/Ieanwhile we intimate to the other two dealers that we have tied up the line, and can no longer sell them. They don't go out of businesson our class of goods, ho\vevec They simply give to one or more of our competitors orders that we could have had, and instruct their clerks to say to customers that the competitors' goods aTe better than ours. As a rule the public don't care, and don't know whether oUrs or the competitors', are superior, hut believe, in reason, what the dealer tells them. Result. Vv'here we had three we1\ wishers in that town, aU three being good advertisers of our goods, now we have only one,· and in certain cases have turned the other two into knc)ckeTs. If through advertising or merit, we have become kno·wn to the public, by our firm flame, as makers of superior fur-niture, enquiries for our goods at these stores will be answered by the remark that other goods offered are superior to ours, and the average salesman will make the statement look reasonable, while the fine salesman will simply make it stick as though glued. The public, who patronize these two stores, become educated to tJ1e fact that our furniture is no longer pre-eminent, but that there are other makers as good or better. It we really are pre-eminent, it hurts, and if we are not, the public don't know us, anyway_ Our eggs are now all in one basket. The buyers in the other stores forget what our traveler looks J'ike, as he no longer cans on them, and of course he loses whatever inftu~ ence he may halre had with them. 'A' e now begin to have an enlarged interest in that basket. Vole hope that it won't leak eggs, that it may escape fire, or failure, or bad management, or change of buyers, or loss of patronage. That store is to us that eity-but-we are getting six thousand doHars where last year we only got five. After a year or two the crops fall, or there is a strike, or the store is rebuilding and cutting stock, and we don't get that six thousand. We may call attention to it, hut the ex-cuse is good. The following year it may be even less-in fact, a good deal less. \Ve again call attention, hut it don't cure, and, besides the other stores have their exclusives, which have to be tak-en care of, and if we simply swapped stores we mi~{ht not better ourselves. If we undertook to a.gain sell everybody we co~ld not :>:Jl the old five thousand we used to, because the other stores have got used to other goods. \Ve don't like it, so we instruct our traveler to find out why we ape not selling OUT exclusive buyer what we should, and this is our traveler's report: Out" exclnsive customer the first year sold our goods at low prices. to be sure of marketing his guaranteed amount. The second year he raised those prices just a little. The third year he had his excuse, and honestly perhaps did not buy as much as usual of anybody, ourselves incl1.1ded. He is Made by Mechanics Fumitw'e Co., Rockfutd, m. a. duplicate of ourselve>; and we are brim full of human na-hue, hence it eventually became the case, that, knowing there would be no competition on OUT goods, he put a good stiff profLt on them and made a fine thing out of what he did sel'!. In fact, he made as much profit on four thousand of our goods, as he had on the whole six thousand of the first yeat. And the worst of it was that he was not the only one. There were other cities and other dealers and all with ex-clusives. We were only. known intimately by those firms who bought of us, whereas, in the old days, everybody knew us, whether they bought us or not. "\Ve want to sell goods and a lot of them, and we can only sell them through the dealer. \Vc have grown to learn that firms who sell cheapest sell most, whieh heing the case, we want to sell the dealers who sell cheapest, in order to sell them lUOSt. But in sell-ing exclusives, we sell to the dealer who. will not sell our goods cheapest, because he don't have to, although he may sell some other factory's goods cheapest, not having an ex-clusive; in other words we have found that the basket, on ex-amination, contained some stale eggs. They were not turned over enough, only the surface eggs got any exercise. Now, that's exclusive in the majority of cases, although not in all. MICHIGAN 7lRTloSJI.2'l #M' 1" If 'Ff f 41\ !j!,rr'E ;;;:;;' T $' 1ftl There are a few cases in which we sell a lot of goods to one dealer every year, but the experience witb the majority makes us wonder if we would not sell still more than a lot, if we were selling more than one. We make fine goods of our dass, and v,'e want the whole country to know it, and yet by giving exclusives we are only letting the customers of one dealer in a city know it, If we were making indifferent goods of our class, "\ve think exclusives would help us, if we could get them into a first class store. H we were making high grade g'oods whose lines were of striking design, it might not be policy to have two stores fighting over prices, hut there afC other ways of arranging than than the giving of exclusive; common sense for instance in selling t'.\'o or more dea1ers in a town." The dealer is talking: From his point of view "exclusives are necessary." No dealer is justified -in g-iving a big order to a factory, if there be a liability of his competitor doing the same. There can be only one result, and that is price ctltting, every time the customer f-inds a difference. It is better to educate your salesmen to a certain lin~, to have them know it thoroughly from familiarity, so that they can be the morc convincing in talking to a customer. The first class store has reached a rung of the ladder to which all stores are headed. The first class store has the confi-dence of the customers, and jt cost money, ;Ind time to get it; its goods, even if 3t times belo"!'\' par, have the credit of being above par, for after an the public depend UpCll \\'11.:1t fL' '7 vided a certain amount is bought, the factory must Use its good judgment as to whether or not the dealer is a man to keep his agreement, If, on the other hand, the dealer keeps his agreement and In buying the stipulated amount overbuys, it is very apt to depreciate his opinion of the line. The dealer gets to dis-like an article that don't sell, and next to not selling is taking too long to sell. The factory in giving exclusive takes a chance for the sakt~ of increased stl.les, or at least condensed sales. Exclusi\'es are in the line of specialties, as it were, and certainly this i~ the age of specialties. Factories very often make good things which do !lot get to the public, very largely just- as good books often go begg-iug before finding a publisher. There have beennumherless instances, where articles passed over by one buyer, or a series of buyers, have later proven to be fine sellers. This is more apt to be the case with tbe fadory giving no exclusive, than with the fnclory giving exclusive, for the reason that the exclusive buyer has a certain amount to cover, and is apt to expand his variety in any given line, thus including some, to bim, doubtful pieces, The history ot mission furniture proves that it took some buyers, and some promient ones at that, a long time to find out that the public wanted what some factories were making. Exclusive sales did more to establish missic:n furniture, an~l particularly the clean cut, well 1eathered end of it, than any other ag"ency. Made by the Century Furniture Co., Grand Rapi,*, Mich, the store says of furniture, and are more liable to believe the first class store, If, then, the goods found in that store are acknowledged to be right, is it a fair thing for the fac-tory to sell the same goods to a store not' so higbly thought of by the public, thus en<l-btillg them, to prove the quality ( the goods, by the fact that they are found in the first class store, and to make a sale by cuting the price. There " c just enough of the buying public, \",-110 will shop before bl.lyillg, to make this a successful tactic, on the part of the second best or lower grade store and there is only one way of reaching that public, and that is by meeting the cut. But-when a first class store meets the cut price, it is skating where the ice bends, and too much of it be.gets the rumor of instability of price. Then, again, factories don't worry over the troubles of stores, but over their own sales and are apt to ignore the fairness of selling duplicate goods to the lower grade com-petitor of the high grade store. The exclusive fixes all that. The factory W3tlts to reach the customers of the best stores. All rig'ht! Pay the toll. Promise not to reach the customers of the secolHl hest stores, and as security give the exclusive. It makes no difference what grade of goods the factory makes, the principle applies, just the same. If the factory makes an agreement to sell exclusive l)fO-Some of the cheap stuff looked very much like some of the good stuff, and lots of dealers bought with a half fear the)' might have to sacrifice it later. The exclusive assured him that no other store would force them to cut the same goods they both carried. Grand Rapids leads in exclusiveness, even to the extent of origina.ting an exclusive trade mark, to protect the deal-ers to whom they gave exclusives, Grand Rapids factories h;1ve fared \.'..e.ll as a result. The western dealers, from their location so far from the market, and subject to such high freight rate.s, a:re forced to buy in la.rge quantities occasionally rather than in small quantities marc often, It is therefore very esset1tial that they be tllOroughly posted as to where similar goods are go-ing to be found in their town, because if they bought largely, as their competitor bought largely-of the same factory-they are both liable to see profits shrink largely. Almost every western dealer therefore wants to buy exclusive lines, 110t so much to have certain lines, as to know that he a.lone \'Vill have them." The referee is talking; "Ti a third party might be al'lowed to say something, he would suggest that in the giving of exclusives the factory should have a dear understanding with the dealer as to the ll1:lxirnum profit at which the goods should be marked, the exclusive depending upon that consideration, as well as on the ~uaranteed Iluantity," W. ), CALDER. 8 EVANSVILLE Evansville, May 2S.-The city of Evansville, olle of the most progressive of the group of cities on the banks of the majestic Ohio river, is in the midst of one of the most active periods in its history. This statement has especial sig~ nificance with respect to the furniture manufacturing indus-tries located here. Some of the furniture factories are con· siderably ahead of the same period last year which was thought to be the banner year for alL Evamville's triumphant march is evidenced by the number of new factories which have located within its borders the past "two years and by the splendid buildings going up. The Elks Home building on First street opposite the St. George Hotel, is one of the finest put up by members of the order anywhere. Another hotel, the New Vendome, is about to be constructed. The Crown Chair 1'1a.nufacturing company continues to do its share of business. Manager Stoltz says their trade is mostly from the South, with Texas furnishing most of the orders. Manager Harry Schu of the Crescent Furniture company says his company is having an excellent trade this year and having all they can take care of. The Crescent will issue a new catalogue in June. The Reddinger Carving works, P. II. Reddinger proprie-tor, have a force of forty men employed to meet the demands of their trade which is pouring in from all sections. Mr. Reddinger says the demands of his trade are morc than the capacity of his plant can supply. The Globe Furniture company have this year had a volume of business which is ahead of the corresponding per-iod of last year, and 1905 was the biggest year in the com-pany's history. A feature of this year's trade lies in the fact that there has been a notable addition in business from the middle states. In addition to the department introduced this year in han trees, the company have also added exten-sively to the departments of sideboard and suite lines. In response to the requests from the trade, the Globe company is sending out a large number of additional catalogues. The Bockstege Furniture company are having the biggest year in their history. Manager John Jourdan says they are swamped with orders. "This is the biggest year we ever saw," said he. "\Ve have been obliged to turn down orders every day for some time. We have especially large de-mand made on our line of imitation Quartered oak tables. We are now cutting out our cheap stuff and selling the better goods. Conditions with us are such that if we did not take another order, we would be busy from today for the next slx months." The Evansville Mctal Bed company, wholesale manufac-turers of iron and brass and cribs, have recently been sending out additional copies of their splendid spring cata-logue in response to the demands of their trade. The front cover page is \vorked out artistically in colors of gray and red and bears the words, "Evansville Metal Bed compal1Y. The Banner Line, Evansville, Indiana." The cat-alogue also contains an excellent illustration of the com-pany's fine plant and surroundings. Eighty pages of the catalogue are devoted to an exposition of the Metal Bcd company's strong line, including many beautiful cuts of the company's products. The catalogue evidences in unmistak-able style that the Evansville Metal Bed company are pro-ducing nothing but up to date goods. Scretary- Treasurer \-Villiam A. Koch states that the faD line will be stronger and more extensive and will show fully one hundred pat-terns. The year thus far, he says, has been a banner yea-r for the Banner Line of bed!;. The Karges Furniture company are having a banner year in the volume of business being done. The year 1905 was a record breaker yet thus far the increase of business done over last year is especially nota hie. The trade for the Karges company comes from all sections, including the east, notwithstanding the strike conditions prevailing. The com-pany have recently completed the erection of a dry kiln 120 feet in depth and with a capacity of between 60,000 and 70,000 feel. Sectretary-treasurer A. F. Karges, when questioned, said: "Our business is about twenty-five per cent better so far this year than for the same time last year. January this year was forty per cent better than January of 1905." The Fellwock Roll & Panel company arc now nicely locat-ed in the buildin formerly occupied by the Evansville Metal Bed company. Manager .fellwock says results have been very gratifying since the_y made their move to their present location. On January 3rd the company were visited by a severe fire but inside of two weeks after that they were located again and since then trade has been busy, as ever with the Fellwosk Ron & Panel company. The company is 110W making veneered rolls exclusively. They have just put in a steam plant to supplant the electric motor power they have heen using. The company's trade extends from the Atlantic as far as Kansas and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The EvansviJJe. Furniture company, one of Evansville's largest furniture companies, are having a phenomenally large. trade this year The east, nothwithstanding the strike con-ditions, has contributed in marked measure to the year's vol-ume of business. Vice-president Gus. Nonweiler say the line of suites to be shown at the July exhibition wi]} show marked improvements in the higher priced goods, prices running up to $55.00. "The company's trade in the export department shows marked growth also. Goods are shipped very largely into Mexico and far away Africa. At present the company is having a large demand made on them for catalogues, although there were se.nt out to the trade some time ago, 25,000 copies. The Bosse Furniture company, one of the youngest, healthiest and most sturdy furniture plants in the city of Evansville, is now completing an addition, 80 x 100, to their furniture plant. "Vark was commenced March 15 and the building will be completed May 1. Manager Ploeger states the addition will be used principally as a storage room. The company's trade this year has taxed its capac~ ity to the utmost and for some time during the winter months the plant was kept running extra hours at night, The plan was discontinued, inasmuch as the day force had to be drawn upon to do the night work also. The company is making one of the strongest lines on the market in kit-chen cabinets, wardrobes and kitchen safes. The E. Q, Smith Chair company have this year the strongest line ever put out by them as shown by their cata-l'ogue to the trade sent out in April. The goods are second to none in the furnlture market in the matter of values for the prices paid. And in the matter of solid merit, substan-tiality and attractiveness, the Smith line is a hard one to beat. A number of addition~ are shown in fancy rockers, diners and misses' rockers. Another department is to noted in Rat spindled diners with solid wood seats, The Smith ChaL' company cut their lumber at their own saw mill and from their own timber, thereby affording them unusual facilities in turning out goods at unsurpassed prices. The 1906 cata-logue of the Smith Chair company is a very neat and attrac-tive piece of work and is especially notable for its conven-ience to the trade. MeMIC.,H,. IG7IN A:F<.-TIS7I.2'I # .,,?%t t 1*-' L,. ffi' 9 The Indiana Furniture company, another of Evansville's well known plants have a large trade established in the South The company will issue a tlew catalogue in the near future. The Evansville Desk company is one of this city's finest furniture plants. Manager vViliiam M. Ellis states that the company bas just completed an addition to their plant which will be used for wareroom purposes. The Hohenstein HaTtmetz Furniture company, manufact-urers of music cabinets and parlor tables are planning to double their capacity by securing a lease on the property adjoining their present location their trade on music cabinets has been such that they have been compelled to cancel orders on these goods. J. M. "Mlnderhout a designer well knO\vl1 to the furniture trade has removed his family to Evansville from Holland, l\fich., \vhere he was located the past three years. Me 11indcrhout is doing a large part of the designing for the Evansville manufacturers and has been in the designing business the past twenty years. The Evan~vi\\e Bookcase and Table company, manu-facturers of combinatiort cases, library cases, extension tables, and parlor tables whose plant with its fine new addition now covers half a square, are having an excellent trade this season President E. C. Johnson says trade is very good the bulk of the business coming from the north and the south. The Metal Furniture company started their new plant in operation on May 15. The plant is one of the most con-veniently arranged in thc furnitu~'e business. The dimensions are 00 x 270, part of the plant being two stories, the foundry being a one story structure. The company occupies five acres of ground, cl11d a switch track has been placed along side of the building its entire length. The factory has been erected in such a manner that the raw material goes first to the foundry, after which it is goes to the enameling de-partment the next room. From there to thc kilns; next the packing I'oom and then to the shipping room. President Cadden says the arrangement is such as to be a great saving in hal1dli.ng. J'he plant has a capacity of fifteen hundred beds per day and being equipped with the most modern machinery, the company is in a position to look after thc v,rants of the trade in excellent shapc assuring good, reli.able first class goods at low prices as well as prompt delivery. Evans.ville Association's Annual Outing. The Furniturc Manufacturers' Association of Evansville held its annual May-Day outing on April 30th, the trip being taken up the Green River to Spottsville, and about 150 rep-resentatives of the trade taking in the occasion, which proved to be a most delightful affair in every sense. The steamer Liberty had been charteTe.d, the start being made. at 9 o'clock; the boat arriving at Spottsville about II a. m. It had been the intention to go to Bluff City, in Hen-derson county, Kentucky, but on reaching thc government lock, the Liberty was found to be a little too large around the waist, and could not force its way through; the stop W:?:3 therefore made across the river from Spottsville. The committee on entertainment, consisting of F. L. Stoltz, John Zutt and G. L Stoltz, had mapped out a very pleasant programme, so that the trip coming and going, was full of interest and enjoyment. .President John F. Jourdan, of the 11anufacturers' Associa-tion, and commodore of the Li.berty, was -in evidence also, and assisted in seeing that everything moved along smooth-ly. The star performers who contributcd to the vaudeville programme included, among others: George Jourdan, pianist and vocalist; "White Chief," Fred Klink; Eli Miller, pres-ident, Eli D. Miller and company; Bill Bailey-, Standard Oil company; George Harris, cornetist; J. M. "N1inderhot1.t, snare drum, and an orchestra from Madisonville, Ky. The abeNe named performers kept up a merry programme all the way to Spottsville, and also on the return trip. The committee had taken splendid care to look after the wants of thc i.nner man, so that the furniture men were gath-ered around the festive banquet board several times durin;; the day. An appetizing fish fry was much enjoyed. The time was pleasantly spent, a Ilumber enjoyed card games, the list of winners and losers not being pub-lished. \lVhile at Spottsville, a number of the furniture men triel1 their luck with line and rod, in tempting the members of the tinny tribe from the depths of the beautiful Green river. The representative of the "Michigan Artisan" who was aboard also, deemed it best not to publish the list of fishe.- men, and the amount of their catch so as to avoid creat;n:; any feeling of envy on the part of those who caught theli:;h. An exciting happening of the day was caused by the involuntary diving act of a Kentuckian who cantne over to thc Indiana side from Spottsville to see what was doing. As the Liberty wa." departing the visitor was making his return trip in a skiff, but carrying more "corn juice" on the inside than he ought, he lost his balance III the middle of Green river and plunged head foremost into its depths. He had enough presence of mind, however, to grasp the side of the boat and was fished out by a companion in a much sobered condition. Barring an accident to secretary-treasurer John C. Zutt, of the Evansville Mirror & Beveling company, who wrenched his leg on board the boat, the trip was otherwise free of any thing to mar the enjoyment of the outing. The party re-turned to Evansville at 6 o'clock. Following is a list of those who were present: Messrs. John Jourdan, Joseph !Taing and John Kroener, of the Bockstege Furniture company; Renejamin Bosse and Edward Ploeger of the Bosse Furniture company; A. F. Karges and Fred Rockstege of the Karges Furniture com-pany; G. L. Stoltz and H. C. Schmitt, of the Stoltz-Schmitt Furniture companyj Fred L. Stoltz and Charles P. Stoltz, of the Crown Chair company; H. J. Rusche, Mike Breager, Fred Meyer, Louis Kuehn arid Albert Doerschler, of the Spc-cialty Furniture company; John Y,./eberand John Zutt, of the Evansville Mirror & Beveling company; H. E. Bells, of the Bells Mirror Plate company; Harry Schu and Joseph Sabel, of the Crescent Furniture company; William A. Koch and Robert Reitz, of the Standard Chair company; H. Litchfield, of the Buehner Chair company; Volilliam Ellis and Louis C. Greiner, of the Evansville Desk company; Clem Schu and Edward Kiechel of the United States Furniture company; F. A. Riehl, A. Schelosky and M. Schelosky, of Schelosky and company; G. G. Fuchs, Charles Morgan, of the ::.\foveltyFurn-iture company; Gus Harmetz and A. C. W. Hohenstein, of Ho-henstein & Hartmetz; Charles Frisse, of the Globe Furniture company; Eli D, Miller, of Eli D. I\1IilIerand company; Ben-jamin Fellwock, of the Fel'lwock Roll & Panel company; Herman C. Menke, Herman G. Menke, Leo Kevikordes and Victor 1\1. Puster, of the Indiana Furniture company; C. w. Talge, of the Evansville Veneer company; P. H. Reddinger, of the Redlbnger Carving works; Louis Hahn, of Grand Rapids; Jake Minderhout; Ed\'iard Clem, of the Queen City Varnish works; \V. J. Gage American Glue company; \Viltiam P. Keeney, Evansville; A. P. Fenn, president Chair ]\'1akers' Vnion, Tell City, Iud; Jacob Zoercher, secretary Chair Makers' Union, Tell City, Ind., and also mayor of the same city. Orders For Lodge Furniture. The Retting Furniture company have recently taken con-tracts for furnishing lodges for the order of Elks in the fol-lo"\ vingcities: Medina, New York, South Bend, Ind.; Belling-ham, \Vashlngton, and Jackson, Tenn.; also for the Odd Fell'ows lodge in Butler, Pa., and a Woodmen's lodge at New Castle in the same state. All of these contracts were made through dealers in furniture in the cities named. 10 ~1'1l9HIG7JN , "MERELY COPYISTS." American Renaissance Bound to Affect Furniture and Dress. Mr. Waring, the English decorator now visiting this coun-try, deplores the fact that the only effort made here to im-prove upon the lack of harmony in the better as well as the ordinary class of domestic interiors is by slavishly copying ex-isting styles instead of intelligently studying the principles underlying style. At the same time Mr. Waring, who has catered to or perhaps directed the tastes of kings and poten-tates, admits that his own firm works in thirty-five different styles and periods of decorative art. Perhaps, therefore, W~ poor, artless Americans are not the only people who are ad-dicted to slavish imitation. But of course everybody knows the sort of thing he means -the house where a Gothic hall, a Louis Quinze drawing room, a Renaissance library, a Colonial dining room and an Empire bedroom strive to live in peace under the same roof. A clever woman decorator who has been struggling with this problem and at the same time battling with Nemisis in the shape of "something to wear," was struck by the notion that be patent to the most matter of fact or least fanciful of ob-servers. In the earliest times when men were only connoisseurs of murder and pillage and women were merely chattels, the whole store of furniture of a lord consisted of a board laid on trestles for a table, a number of benches and stools, a rude chair or two, a straw bed and a chest, and feminine charms were extinguished in the clumsy folds of a gown, a mantle and a head veil. In the earliest times when men were only connoisseurs skill of the wood carver and the metal worker, so the only outlet for feminine coquetry was in the rjch and beautifull'y embroidered borders of their gowns. Then came the Gothic period, and a coldly technical writer on historical furniture admits that "so long as the pointed arch remained a vital principle in architecture, furniture and dress reflected in a greater or less degree the Gothic principles." Both showed the same long, slender, stately lines, with lofty tops and simple tracery of ornament. During the Middle Ages the towering head tire was the striking feature of lvoman's dress, and this became more and more fantastic as the days of Gothic simplicity waned. As furniture was overloaded with ornament until' the original COLONIAL FASHIONS. the diffusion of taste and lack of originality \'1, hich is 50 no-ticeable in furniture prevails to a greater extent in dress. The spring importations emphasize more than ever the fact, which has often been noted before, that there is 110 such thing as a prevailing or positive fashion in dress today. One great French dressmaker is determined to launch Empire costumes, another is backing up the voluminous flounces of the Second Empire, ",hile the Louis modes, with a sprinkling of Directoirc and 1830 styles, are patronized in turn by all creators of costume who cannot boast a sihgJe original idea among the lot. Our woman decorator, after pondering this curious resem-blance between costume and domestic interiors, investigated the subject and made the quaint discovery that dress and fur-niture, but it is likely that at those periods when feminine is pretty certain that costume was never an appendage to fur-niture, but it is likely that at those priods when feminine influence was all powerful furniture was to a certain extent designed to conform to costume. The real reason for the resemblance, of course, is that the great under current of taste and manners which influenced the drift of one affce.ted tIle other in the same direction; so in-timate is the connection between people and their household belongings. In any case, the resemblance is so -close as to b beauty of ]ine was entirely effaced, so were gowns, though still severe in outline, made parti-colored 0:- covered with de-vices, mottoes and armorial bearings, while the edges were cut and slashed in the form of letters, flowers and leaves. The women of the Renaissance, particular'ly in Italy and France, exerted a powerful influence on the decorative arts, and it is not at all unlikely that these delightful platonists who drew upon every possible resource to make themselves charming, considered furniture in the light of a background as well as in that of a work of art. At any rate, the furniture and costumes of this period were alike rich and sombre, with massive grace of outline and a sumptuous magnificence of detail. The Renaissance ended, the whole scheme of decorative art and costume changed A lighter note was struck in color, material and ornament, and the flowing line began to make its way. It is easy to find a likeness between the graceful grandeur of Louis XIV. furniture and the formal elegance of the dress of that period between the Rococo furniture of Louis XV. and the extravagant prettiness of the Pompadour and DuBarry costumes, or between the real return to simpler and more re-strained forms of the Louis XVI. furniture and the rather affected simplicity of dress under Marie Antoinette. In most eighteenth century chairs and many other pieces the way in which the lower portion spreads widely from the comparatively small and narrow top presents an amusing strained through the sieve of fine simplicity, leaving all ex-travagance: behind. American women used to have the reputation of treating the last foreign fashions in the same manner, but of late years when so many French gowns are imported, even by the cheap-est shops, this good Colonial principle has been abandoned and one is tempted to think that French dressmakers send over their most bizarre concoctions just to see how much the receptive American woman will svvallow. She has given them every reason for this at6tude, but what if she shaulll arise from the slough of her Empire, her Louis and her 1830 modes and create a distinctively American fashion? She is bound to do it, too, if, as many folks think, there is such a thing possible as an American Renaissance in decorative art, for dress and furniture always have been and will continue to be closely allied.-Sun GOES SHOPPING FOR HIS WIFE. And Takes the Credit of Pleasing Her, but the Salesgirl Knows Better. Danby, poking his head inside tbe offlce, nodded timidly to the girl at the desk. "Is this the place where you sell patterns?" he asker!. "Yes," said the girL "\\ihat do you want?" "~I wallt a patte: n." "\Vhat kind?" "1\ow you've got me. "Vhat kind would you want if yOLl were n1c?" That depends. \~lho is it fo:-?" "::\.1ywife." "Is she young?" "[<,i.veyears younger than 1." "That's not answering my question." "Ob, isn't it? I thought it was. Yes, she·s young. was 35 the tenth of last November." The girl 100ked Danby up and down with unhlinking coolness. "Dear me," she said, "how some folks do hold their own." There was a pause. "It is hard work," ventured the girl' presently, "for a man to select a becoming pattern for a woman. ,Vhy didn't yonr wife come herself?" "She couldn't. She has rheumatism and can't get out of the bouse. You advertised a sale of $1.50 patterns for 13 eents to-day only. She couldn't afford to let the bargain slip, so she asked me to get a pattern for her "She must have faith in your judgment." "She has reason to. I married her." "That is no sign you can buy a pattern for her dresses. !I.'lost men can please a woman by wanting to marry her, but few can keep on pleasing by choosing her clothes after-ward." "There may be something in that; stilt, I've got to get a pattern. \Vhat would you advise:" "It alt depends upon your wife's style. \Vhat kind of looking woman is she?" "Stunning." "That is too indefinite. Then" are lots women in "Kew York, and no t'\\'O of them took if you could only point out somebody-" "1 can. Her eyes arc like---,---wbatis the color of your eyes, please?" HGray." of stunning allke. Now, 11 "So they are. I hadn't got close enough to get a good look at them before. My wife's eyes are gray_ They're like yours. They've got those same little purplish specks around the pupil that are found in only one pair of eyes in a million." "It depends, too, upon the material. If she has a voile She gOWll-- " "It is voile. 1 heard her say 'so last night. Her nose is Eke yours, too, only yours turn up a little more, just at the end. And her hair is that same sunny shade of brown. Her complexion is a little muddy now, all account of the rheumatism, but 'illhen she is well her color is as fresh and delicate as yours." "The eyes, nose and hair really have little to do with the selection of a becoming pattern. They are not hard to fit. It is the figure that counts. If you could give me some idea of the height-" "She's tall'." "Here is a pattern tbat I think would suit her. The skirt hangs in folds-" "Oh, that is one drawstrings around ugly. 1 swore when of them." "I have one of them on now. becoming." "Stand back a minute and let me see. Yes, that does look nice, but then )'OU "v"Ouldlook charming in anything." "Thank you. Tf you had only remembered to bring your wife's measurements along-" "1 have them right here in my pocket. \-Vaist, 28; hips, 44-a-ahell1.. Seems to me that's a little more robust-" The girl clasped her hands at either side of ber 21 waist. "It is rather," she said, "but this style of dress is vcry popular. Everybody wears it." "All right, I'lt take -it. \Vhat's the use of having a. wife if you GIll't dress her in style?'" Eight hours later Danby sauntered irito his own sitting room and laid the pattern on the table. "Oh, yO'll darling," cried Mrs. Danby. "You and get me onc of those full skirts, after all. beautiful pattern. I always did say you had the of any man in the world." "Thanks, said Danby. "I think, myself, I know a good thing when I see it."-Sun. of those balloon)' things witb the 'waist. I think they are I left the house that I wouldn't sixteen beastly get onc :rVlyfriends think it rather dld relent This is a best taste Installment Houses Suffer Heavy Losses. E. B. Caldwell of the Grand Rapids Desk company, 8r-rived in Grand Rapids on May 11, completing a flying trip to nnd from San Francisco. H,. bought a collection of photographs during his stay and many souvenirs of the great catastrophe by which that city was destroyed. Me Caldwell reported that under the administration of the mili-tary and civic authorities the people are comfortably shelter-ed and well fed while all classes suffered from the effects of the earthquake and 1-ires on account of the loss of life and pl"Ol)erty, that part of the furni.ture trade rC'Presented by thc installment dealers were as b;ldly hit as any. These dealers not only lost the goods in stock but those out on payments as well. Thousands of homes furnisbed on the installment Vl"anwere destroyed and the contl"acts under which the goods were purchased al111UlIed. These losses are irreparable and years may elapse before the installment business recovers th~ importance of the past. Hundreds of buildings for use lhu-ing the re-huildltlg of the city are in course of erection and there wilt be a great demand for cheap furniture, Very little medium or fine furniture will be required during the current and comi.ng year. In office furniture any piece that can be used in fitting up an offlce will be used. 12 ~MI9,rIG7J-N ? • Despises Spider Leg Chairs; Simple Solid Seats Preferred. "You know," said a big, plain man, who has made his everlasting fortune and can afford to buy anything on earth, but who still has a hankering for simple, solid things, "when we built our new house here in the city I made a stipulation with the women folks that I would have a room in it fitted up to suit me. "I didn't want any Daghestan tugs, or Louis XIV., or Adonijah XV. or any other numbered furniture. I wanted a place where I could scuff my feet on the floor if I wanted to and sit down without fear of mashing the chair or scrap-ing off the varnish, Or breaking something if I turned around sudden. 1:,'hey didn't like that much, but they are good to me, and I've got th('! sort of a room I want, or something somewhere near it. "Old fashioned ingrain carpet on the floor, chocolate colored, with big white figures strolling around on it, looking natural as life. And I've got a solid old fashioned rocking Uenry Schmit &. Co. Hopkin ..... 8.,,141 SII. Clnclnnatt. O. MA.ltKItS 0 .. UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE FOR LOOOf AND PULPIT, PARLOR L1I1RARY. HOTEL AND CLUB R.OOM chair with a deep seat and a high, bulged out, spindled back, that I can lean my head back in go to sleep in as easy as I could in the old rocking chair in the sitting room at home. "1 miss the old walls and the low ceiling. This room I've got is a little high between joints to suit me, but when-l shut my eyes and forget it I can go to sleep in that old rocking chair just the same. "The folks did want to put in a brass bedstead, but I stuck for a wooden one and got it, but I did let 'em put on a modern spring and a good mattress, and I'm bound to say that they do beat the old fashioned corded bedstead and straw and feather beds; and I can't see those modern things when the bed is made up. "And I've got a solid hickory armchair that I can lean back in without so much as a creak; no give in it anywhere. I'm not afraid its going down under me and sticking me full of chair rungs and splintered legs. I can tilt that chair back anywhere and put my feet on the rungs if I want to without 7lR T 1..5'.71l'l & 3 r: fear that I am going to scrape off any gilding and without fear (If hurting any Daghestan rugs. If I dig holes in the ingrain carpet I can afford to buy another one. "1 take a heap of comfort in that old hickory chair. I can tip back in it and put my feet up on the desk, and not mind things at all. "That big flat top desk was a kind of a compromise, like the modern springs and mattress on the bed. The folks fixed up the bed business, but I put in the desk myself. I suppose I ,ought to have got a little old fashioned desk, but I've got so many papers and things now that I had to have some place to put 'em, and I got me that desk, but it's mine, and I can put my feet upon it without worrying anybody, and it's convenient and I rather like it. "And.I conf~ss I rather like that big leather lounge over there-that was.another of the women's ideas. I thought it was a little too luxurious looking to go with the old rocker and the hickory chair, but the folks insisted and I let 'em have their way and put it in, and it certainly is solid, any-way, and very comfortable; but everything else here .• all the rest of the chairs and things, goes with the ingrain and the rocker and hickory, and I can stand the desk and the lounge with the rest, all right. "The folks say that they don't know what the men that come to see me think when they go through the rest of the house and then get into my room; but don't find they worry over it much. In fact I find that these old chaps, who could swing an axe to-day if they wanted to, rather like it "Up, here they aren't in danger of slipping down on waxed floors, and they're not afraid of kicking over some bric-a-brae in the corner, nor of smashing a spider leg gold chair if they sit down in it, nor mussing up the satin damask of a thousand dollar sofa if they sat down on that. "No, sir. Up here they can just plant themselves good and solid anywhere, and there ain't anything going to break; and when I puH open the lower right hand corner drawer of the solid old desk-you see I'm begining to call that old, now-and get out a box of cigars, why, I don't see that any of them have any more use for Daghestan and Louis than I do, though they could everyone of 'em buy 'em if they wanted to. "The folks say that I'll come to it all right, some time, but I don't think so. Not that I've got anything against Daggy and the rest as such; not a bit. I like to see the stuff around, it does make a sort of variety; and if the folks want laces and satins and gilding and that sort of thing, why I want 'em to have it and enjoy it; but I don't doubt that for the rest of my life, in my own quarters, anyhow, I shall stick to simple things. 1 like a pl"ace where I can lean back."-Sun. 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A.k for our CATALOGUE. CHARLES BENNETT FURNITURE CO. CHARLOTTE. MICH. ODD DRESSERS and BUFFETS. 14 The Completion of the Furniture and Carpet Palace of the South '"FUR(IIITURE BUILT TO STA..ND~ OPErQ:UNTIL 10 P. M. ON OPENINC DA.Y MUSIC AND SO!JvENIR.s OP£NING DAY A. SutK".rb A_ ~.f fi<en' f.Iooa!rt Di~ay H........ of eriod Furniture i~~i Co-wbi Cupeb Remgi9" M\lttDap «ton Linoleum, L~ Cqrtainli Office ""'"...,.. Fumit1ue Beddin:; ONE OF THE CHIEF SHOW PLACES OF GREATER HQ\JSTON TO CEL£.BRATE THE COMPLETION OF OUR ELEGANT NEW BUILD. ING. WE SHALL KEEP OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25th YOU AND YOUR FRlfJ'JDS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND OUR GRAND OPENING and inspect the moat magnil1ceilt Furniture establislunenl in the South, You will see die grandet ~ibition t1f things 10 fumi&h the home ever held in the SouJh Over 100,000 Square Feet of Floor Space. Over 5.000 FurnitureSamplea ShOWl\ It is, wfrth a lnp of «:onslderable dIStance to Vlew' the thousands of beautiful artiCles' that will be dispJ~yed on !his day Th(!n m are going to give away ABsoLUTELY FREE-$500 WORTH OF FURNITURE Alw a handsome and vaJuable Souvenir to eyery apull perton visltmg o,ur BlOt(! on OpelUDg day. Wednesday, April 251h.- Be sure aM come and brins your friend! EVERYTHINGTO FURNISHTHE HOME'~ IMUSIC BY ANTON DIEHl!S .OllCl\ESTRA I OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR HUGH WADDELL'S NEW STORE. HOUSTON, TEXAS. RIGHT NOW IS the time to stock up with CEDAR LINED BOX COUCHES for Spring and Summer sale. For real Couch comfort, durable service and all around utility, our Wardrobe Couches beat the world. Dealers willlind that a special sale, judiciously advertised, will sell Box Couches. Try it. Largest Line, best designs, Solid Dust Proof Botloms, Climate T op.Lift. Made Moth.proof with odorous Red Cedar lining. Weare :advertising our Box Couches in leading magazines. All sales through dealers. This will create a demand. Get ready. SEND FOR CATALOG 17B. Jamestown Lounge CO., Jamestown, N. Y. The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Nea.t The Acme of Perfection in the line of ~~~~tlfo[~:JP.EirRsFE,CT COMPACTNESS Hard maple. Ilatural finish. ~'RITR FOR P"ICES. £;h. PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manohester. Indiana "Rotary Style" fot D[OpCaMn~. EmhostedMQuldi.~, PUlll!t.,Etc. EMBOSSING and DROP C4RVING M4CtliNES IIIJ'r.Mll.chine. for aU PlIJPO$eS, awl at prices. within the tea.eh. of: d. E.ve1)' MlU:bine has out guarantee against breakage for (lne year. "Lateral Style" for Laf8e CapacitY Heavy CarviRiS and Deep Emhostin8$. We !vJ.vethe Me-dune you want at a 5!l.ti,£actcrypm:e. Writefol ~li'\lecircul;m;. Also make dies for all makes of Machillel. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO" Indianapolis, Ind, 15 16 A Popular Salesman. The subject of this sketch, George W. Steffey, is so well known to the furniture trade that he needs no introduction. He is a veteran salesman, a comedian, story·teller and all around good felJow. At present he travels for the Parkers-burg Chair company in the states of Ohio, western Pennsyl-vania, western Virginia-and eastern Kentucky. Mr. Steffey formerly was with the Indianapolis Chair. company, Central Chair company and -Murphy Chair company. Mr. Steffey is a fond grand parent. His daughter is the wife of W. L. Kimerly, the well known designer, Erilargement of the Waddell Store. The furniture store of H. Waddell in Houston, Tex" has been enlarged by the addition of three sto:-ies to the original structure, making six stories in all. The floor space now measures 100,00 square feet and 5,COO samples of furniture are on display. Each floor is devotcd to a certain kind of furniture. An attractive feature is the T'f'st room on the fifth floor. A suite of living rooms is fitted out in good taste. A miniature hall. parlor, library, den, bcdrooms and kitchen are furnished with every detail, so that a housekeeper may know the effect of various styles of furniture in her own home. The "gold room" contains some of the handsomest samples of French art. An adjoining apartment contains every possible article that can enter into the furnishing of a bed. Several :floors are devoted to work rooms, the cabinet-makers and upholsterers have each a floor for their own use. The opening day was a busy one for the force of sales~ men, a reception being held, and a band furnished music. Washington Scientists Excited By the Discovery of a Magical Mirror. Scientists in Washington are much excited over the dis-covery of the presence in that city of a magical mirror, said to have come from the Temple of Alora, in the Himalayas. This mirror is said to have psyc_hic powers developed in it by monks in a Buddhist monastery. The mirror is oblong in form, about eighteen inches long and a foot wide. At first glance it appears perfectly opaque. Really it is com~ posed of two parts-first, a black wooden frame about three inches wide, and within this a highJy polished glass, rendered perfectly black by a thick backing of asphaltum. Those who wish to consult a mirror must enter a room alone and hold the glass at an angle so as to meet th~ eye without causing a reflection. If the user possesses any psychic power it is asserted that a white cloud will pass across the mirror's face, and that out of this mist will appear scenes of happenings in the future. Many persons who have made the test say that they saw visions which were later fulfilled in every particular. High Prices For Oriental Rugs. At the recent sale of the Mumford collection of rugs in New York the sum of $27,.347.25 was realized. The highest figure was $1,900 for a Persian silk rug, another brought $1,- 025 Mr. Turner was the buyer. A. T. Henderson paid $1,000 for a Tabriz Kali rug, adorned with a fish pattern. An old Kali of Kurdistan rug was obtained by T. F. Higgins for $1,110, and the same price was paid by Charles Bladley for a Gorevan carpet the centre of which shows a combination of the Shab Abbas design of the sixteenth century. H. C. Wilson bought for $900 a Bijar carpet of Kurdistan. For a Feraghan Kali rug of 14 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 6 inches Edward Thorn paid $840, and for a Triclinium carpet of Kurdistan C. F. Hawkins paid $800. Cares Little For His Reputation. "The cheapest thing that will answer is good enough," was the remark of a machinery man in Chicago to the writer. That man cares little for his reputation, and he will learn all too soon that he hasn't a reputation that will be of any value to him in times of trial. Any ol'd boat that does not leak is safe enough in smooth water, but steel ribs and steel plates are none too strong in time of storms. A manufacturer of furniture in an eastern city said to the writer that he would not give two cents a dozen more for drawer pulls fitted up with the Tower patent fasteners than for those without them. His conversation showed that he had never investigated these fasteners, although he had heard of them. "The cheapest thing that will'- answer is good enough for him." But how about the me,chant who buys his stuff? And what about the merchant's customer, who has purchased the piece of furniture in good faith, only ORRUGATIONS to see the fronts sadly marre_d and scratched by the pulls get-ting loose and coming off? And what excuse has the manu-facturer for not fitting up his furniture with the Tower Patent fasteners, when they cost him absolutely nothing? The manufacturer who holds a dime so close to his eye that it ob-scures a dollar a few inches away is wise in comparison to the man who refuses to investigate so meritorious a device as the Tower patent fastener. Drawer pulls and knobs so fitted up will never get loose or mar the drawer fronts. They are manufactured only by the Grand Rapids Brass company, and no manufacturer who cares the least for his reputation can afford to fit up his furnittue with anything else. Sole l'vIallujtuturen finder Lttffl.i( Ameriran jWatt!"fJJ aJ!a CushioN C~mpattJ' The Rex (Inner Tufted) Mattress. (PATENTED. TRADE MARK REGISTERED.), The (act is ~()V/ DVMO;\lSTRATF.D hc\'onc1 ;01: cOllht lha7 the sai(~ O' ONE RF.X In;lCf Tdtu~l\iJattre~s \\':1i l'J.;JSC ;Jllluiry sufliciec: to ,,::<1 T\VO anc so it goes on growing and t:DlarglTlg your tlLi.sincss <13 ()!I:"S has cll~arged--OUR BEST TR,WE. \Vrite for OL\: rH~'S book:et "Tj-,e King oj T,llts, " and :earn all ;lholll this Sp:cndici MatHe", \Vc fi.lrnish tLese hCduti:-ll] little :0 rage book!Cb 70 cus:orncrs ancl licensed agents, Get our tcr1ll~, lmces, ce. \Vrit<.": right !lOW. Don't wait. A card wi]: uo. All~·th;,ng to sho\\' your inte.rcs' .. CHARLES A. FISHf<;J\. fi CO. 1302 Michigan Ave .. CHICAGO. ILL. ['HORIA, JI,L. ST. LOUIS, MO. UNCOLN, ILL. :HINNEAPOrIS, lllIlV/V. 17 18 TWJNS [\/ WOOD AND BRASS. 19 The Luce Furniture Co. INVITES AITENTION TO ITS LARGE LINE OF Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture. AND WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST TO ANY DEALER WHO MAY WISH IT. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN SALESROOM AT FACTORY ONLY. SPRATT'S CHAIRS ARE THE JOy OF THE CHILDREN. Our new CHILD'S MISSION ROCKER was a winner from the start, Write for Card/olUt and prices. Our line is large: .md prices are right. We make CHAIRS fo' GROWN-UPS 38 well as CHILDREN. GEORGE SPRATT & CO. Sheboygan, Wis. Sa)' j'IJU SQ'U' this ad. in the Michigan Arti-sa/ 1. HOW MANV CALLS FOR INVALIDS' CHAIRS DID YOU HAVE: LAST VE:AR1 Do You Know Where 10Gel Them? We Manufacture the Largest and best line of these goods on the market. We furnish you catalogues free. Write us today. THE INVALID APPLIANCE CO. 629.631 N. Halsted St., CHICAGO. 20 HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St., CHlCAGO.lLL. MANUFACTURERS OF Chamber SUites, Odd Dressers, Chiffoniers .LADIES' DRESSING TABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Mahogany Veneered, Bjrd~ye Maple, White Enamel Highly Polished or Dull Finish. We also make a line of PRINCESS DRESSERS from $13.00 UD. In Quarter·SawedOak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple. \leneered If you have not received our Spring Supplement, ask for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY PECK & HILLS 1319 Michigal1 Avenue, and HALL &. KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. I Pillars, 11-16 inches. Filling, 3·8 and 5-16 inch. Head, S6 inches. Foot, 40 inches. Sizes: 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches. Weight, 67 Jbs. Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS, MO. .~ N". 328 $Q. 75 All Iron U. net MAKERS OF WITH STANDARD REVERSIBLE RAILS SOLID .. .. RIGID REVERSIBLE METAL BEDS Patented July 15, 1902. No. 704702- This rail is reversible in the true sense of the word-ean be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two stoc::ks,one of regular, the other inverted. •--., Standard Reversible Rail BEDS THAT DO NOT WIGGLE RICHMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Mention MICHIGAN ARTISAN 1--- I SAVE FREIGHT Wliy go west for CASE GOODS ,when the BU R T will satisfy the bulk of tbe trade demands of the average dealer, without necessitating delays in shipping. Chamber Suits. Sideboards. Chiffoniers. Dl'essers and Toilets. Write for Catalollfue. line BURT BROS., 2000 .S. Ninth St., Philadelphia, Pa. WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY OWOSSO, MICH. Have you received our 1906 catalogue? If nof. you should send for it by first mail. It shows the best values in medium priced bedroom furniture, in all the fancy woods and finishes. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. Century Furniture Co. Factory and Salesroom 153-159 Canal st., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. INCREASED FACIUTIES DESIGNERS AND MAKERS OF FINE ,:Parlor and Library . Furniture A NEWLINE OF Odd Chairs and Rockers a~d Reception Chairs Exclutive and Pure in Design. LARGER LINE 22 ~r;,.IFHIG7!N 2 Wbat Any Woman CanDo! {!] . @~11. IF'YQIl. w.ill lisfen a minute, we will tell yOu. ecret-tlle secret of true household economy. We will show_you bow to get aJmeet BIlY" thing' you want tor your own bomo- .Furoitur6, Silverware, China, Musical Instruments and a var-ied assortment of other articles for tWIlling. It's to tell a few of your friends aboUt Oar Plan, and get them Intereste.P too. Briefly, tho Walker'Plan of Household EeotL· omy is this; You club together and buy from tbe Walker Factories direct, your everyday' bouse'1",ld neces-sities, pa)'iOi tho same ttrice you would pay tbo mores- And when we ship these goo(ls. w. give you &.bsOl'ltelY freel valuable premiums of ,"our, own fleler:tiOD, equal to the full v.uue of tho ~t1el p:urcha.sed. It ill the easiest thing in the world to orga.- nlze a Walker Club, and this Is the lIJ'ayit is done: Suppose ten of you decid" to :>.dopt ·this method of getting d0u6l# value for the lDOUey you ord~nari1y spend lOThousehold supplles. . You jU$t call yourselves a WalketClub-and ·you.are ready to do business. ":t;ou elect ooe of your Dumber Stlcretary. 'l'ben· you each- buy at least one dollar's worth of everyday Household. uroceSliiUe!.each weelt for ten wee~s. Now, once a week. ea.c:hmember hands tho Chlb Secreiarr., _with ber <lollar, • list of tho articles she will need; -sucha~ Tea, Coffee and ChocQLatc,Baking powder, Baking Soda and Spices, Extracts, Baked Beaus and Ketchup, Laund-ry aDd Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and ·Tollet Wtl-ter, Talcum Pow<k:r, Antiseptic Tooth Powder, C!tc., etc. (The ·Walker Products inclade OYer:OO dlffer.. ent artic:1es such as. hou$ewlves need rir,:ht along.) Thl. . Fin. Illnln!: Tal'" Is: Jutt On. 01 'Onr lIOO [', . Receiving Coods end Premiums. Tht'Ough Itl Secretary, the Club ot'ders, say. We cut OUt all traveling sate6men and <:CicUj $10.00 wortb ·of goOd8 each ~k. With eacb "penSe9, by tbe simple plan of Eelllllt ditwt OW 'Weekly order :unounting to $10.00. the Club ~nds the actual users of our goods. for a Premium (worth $10.00 at anystore,)which We Guarantee every PremIum aud every t.bey select from the Walker Premium Catalogue. plec¢ of goods to give endro satiif~tion, wblch ThIB Catalogue contains oVflr II tlwusand articles, means that every article must be of gqpd quality <:ollslsting of Furniture for Parlor, Bed Room and and excutJ)' as. we represent it. . . Dining Room. MusicallD.ltruments, Bric'a-bri<:! The sodaJ featU1'e$ of· the Walker Clubs, as Jewelry. No"-elties, Utensils foC' Kitchen ana welt 0.5 the practical economy resulting from LauDdry, etc., etc. Co·operative Buying contrIbUte greatly 'to thelt . By this plan, one member can get .. Walker popularity and growtb, Premium the first week, another member gets Every woman bas a number of friends, rei ... one the second week, and 50 on. until by the end tlves,neigbborsandacquaintauceswhowllleag-orly of teD weeks, each member bas received a $10.00 join with her inthe formation of a WalkerClub~a$ Premium. If the members care to do so, they caD 800n as theadvantages of the club plan are known.. have a little party each week wben the goods Bright bousewives everywhere welcome al)d premlumil <:omo, and those who have not al- tbo opportunity to get $20.00 In value tor $10;00. ready received a Premium, call "draw cuts," tc) By simply suggesting opr plan. you 'will have 'DO see which wUl get It. trouble to influence ten women. or more to join The Seo;retary of tbe Club, gets a Premium with you in making: up a Walker Club, and by CenUic:ate for every club order she seD9s in, and taking the first step ill orgaui~i'1g the club, you thelle Certificates are redeemed ba Premiums of will become the Club Secretary, thus securinf' iu her own selection. addition to your Premium as a lDember at the In ten weeks tht'l Club Secretary, In addition club, u:tra Premiums which in the colirlle ten to her regular Premiums asa. member of tbe Club, weeks, will alDOunt to $20.00 in value. will·beentitled to premiums to the value of $20.00 Mammoth Premiu mea t a log ue, .. It * illustrating and Describing Over NaturaOy; youwondor how it Ispossible for l,tOO DifferentPremlume. thll' Walker Factories to deal. &0 tiflwally with 'fbi, Premium Cataloguepf ours is a depnrt~ Cuatomers. ment store in miniature. It gives photogTaph- We-II. you see half of the C09t price of good! leaUy correct pictures, aod complete descriptions that you buy, from tbe storekeeper, represents of a wealth, of Premiums suited to every taste and wbatyou must pay the Retailer, tbe Wholesaler -_.. C 11 d t FREE and the Jobber just for buying them. frOID tho every 0........ a. an ge one. ..' manufacturer and passing thelll along to you. A Year's Subsoriptlon to '·'Walker's .. JJnd-r th6~&J.kOt'-Plan you _Vel this drain 0.. Magazine" Free. ,your pocketbook, and yon get that S(w;"K 1r;1Pre· W e pub Ii s h 110 mtums, wbich really costyou "Qtmq. l\.f.agazine or House- Because of tbe vast Kale on whlob our hold Econ_uy. and manufacturing operations are eondnct. fora.limik,' Hmeonly, ed, we saw~pnneatevery we offer :..>'~ar'3 SII~- turn. The work In out fae- sU'ipliolL ':'ee to those torles is 80 systemized, that who S( '.ld {or tbe-tbere is no lost motion.PremiuroCal:l10g-ue. The great railroad eompanlel. It 19 a'i introduc-load our good8 Into tbeir cartI tory offer. direct from our Warehouses, so that YOtl.will find"Walker~Magazine"la· tbeto II not eYeD. a penny of.upeD80 Jnteresting, tboroughly up-to-date and for drayage. of valuable suggestions for the busy And tbis perfection of our shipping wife. Something of special interest fAC:IHUesena.blesustofill orders the Yell' member of tbe E'amily. da.f they are received. should call at once to make sure It Is becauliC of these r--eat /aekn'7 year's subscription t,.ee. Just a ,ecotwmie.s, and because of our tremn;a· Card request willentltle yOel to OIlS fluying poWh', enabling us to IreCUro )laga2:inll and the Catll.logu/:l by our Premium goods at almost ~he actual nlurn mail. Act 911ft/tiy, and In the meantime cod of jwodm:Hcm.that we can gW& our tell all your friends about the Walker Pla.a, <:ustomers $2 ()()tlJ wlflt! t01' I!IItJry dolta,. whlch has been so entbllSiasticaUy adopted by tllq tPnd UJJth us. thrifty housewives everywbere. Coml and tel acquainted. fake. Millvale or ana Car and teli till!: Condaclclr 10 1st '011 ~. alWalkllr's Brldge,,-, W. &. H•.WALKER,DepartmentG, PITTSBURO;". ALLURING ADVERTISEMENT OF A SCHEME HOUSE. Koenig &. Gamer furniture Co. .MANUFACTURERS OF VICTORIA, COMBINATION, UPRIG"T ami MI\NTEL folding Beds Odd Dressers. Princess Dressers, Napoleon Bedsin Quartered Oak, Mahogany and Bird'. Eye Maple. Our full line shown on 3d floor, 1319 Michigan Ave. Office and Warehouse 266 to 272 N. Green St ••Chicago, III. Factory No. 22 10 48 Pratt Street Catalogue ready Ma,-ch IS!. Sendfor it and memion the Artisan. 23 The A. C. NORQUIST CO. ============= JAMESTOWN, N. Y. ============= DRESSERS AND CHIFFONIERS In Plain and !f!.!fartered Oak, Mahogany dud Birdu)'t Mapl,. PERMANENT EXHIBITS --- AT------ Chicago and New York MANUFACTURERS OF WE manufacture the larg-cst line of FOLDING CHAIRS in the United Statest suitable for Sunday Schools, Halls, Steamers and all PUblic Resorts. . . . . We also manufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and Cribs in a lar~e variety. . . . Send for CataloJlle and Prien to Kaurrman Mrg, CO. ,"ULAIIIO, OUIO ----~- Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up Ttle Noon Dinner Served at the rantlind for 50c is the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. -------- -- - KARGES WARDROBES ARE GOOD WARDROBES Prices right WRITE: FOR CATALOGUE nAnar~ fURnnURf co. EVANSVillE INDIANA III writing mention Michigan Artisan GLOBE SIDEBOARDS are the BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GET OUR CATALOGUE, Mention the Michigan Artisan when writing. GLOBE FURNTURE COMPA NY EVANSVillE, INDIANA BOCKSTECE FURNITURE CO. EVANSVILLE, IND. NO. 10. DRESSING TABLE. TOP 2Ox40, FRENCH PLATE "22x28. SELECT QUARTERED OAK. RUBBED AND POLISHED. Makers Df the "SUPERIOR" ExtensiDn, ParlDr and library Tables NEW CATALOGUE JUST ISSUED-GET ONE 1858 E. Q. 1906 SMlr" C"AIR MAKE MONEY ====COMPANY MR· DEALER MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUFTED LEAT"ER AND VENEER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.145 Reception Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division Sts. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ------EVANSVILLE.IND.,------ BY SELLING THE Dossr KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOAROS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods lowest Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind. The "ELI" fOLDING BEDS APRREOfIT"REAW"INNtA.RNS" No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mautd aJld Upright ELI 0• MILLER & Co• WEvriatne f..or Ic1uI•t•s aInnddiparnicaes hansville Furniture Co., Ev~lIVilIe. Ind. Manufacturers of the "Celebrated Flowered White Oak Goods." BEDROOM SUITES CHIfFONiERS ODD DRE.SSERS WASH STANDS "The Line with the Finish" SDmething Entirely New Goods Sh0WIl at Chica" go. Ill., al No. 1319 Michigan A\:e., 2d t100r ami also at O'lr factory sales-room ...t. Evall~- viJ1e, Ind. New Catalogue just issued. 26 SAMPLES OF GOOD ADVERTISING. - - -- -------------- 27 We Can't Tell You on a Half Page All about OUR LINES aud the advantages we offer purchasers, especially Mixed Car Buyers. but oup.. BIG 1906 CATALOC 576 Pages Will tell the story and show you the goods. Sent to Furniture Dealers only- Write fa" it at once. Distributors Carloaders Exporters The Only Complete Fac.ol"Y Price Furniture Catalog on Earth Salesroom 1319 Michigan Ave. THE NEW BANQUET TABLE TOP as well as Office. Dining =d Dire<:tors' Tables are out specialty Stow & Davis Fumiture Co. Grand Rapids, Mich. WtitdotCatakaue. Cet~of BANQUET TABLE. TOP ROCKFORD UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD. ILL. Buffets. Bookcases, China Closets We lead in Style, Construction and Finish. SEE OUR CATALOGUE. Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTI\.AL Grand Rapids .ll Detpoit .ll Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the ll"Wolverine." making the run in nineteen hours and fifty minutes. For full particulars see Michigan Central Agents'. Or E· W. Cove,.t. C. P. A. Grand Rapids. O. 1JI'. Rug;Jes. G. P. A. Chicago. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GRAND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Gd Rapids 2:45 p. Q1. 7:05 p. m. Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. Q1. 7:25 p. m. Ar New york ":30 p. Q1. 8:40 p. m. Service unsurpassed. For further information apply at City Office, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. 28 Dressers and Chiffoniers TO MATCH In QUARTERED OAK. MAHOGANY. BIRDSEYE MAPLE and CURLY BIRCH SEND FOR CATALOGUE JAMESTOWN, CENTUR Y FURNITURE CO. NEW YORK G. R. & I. fLYERS BE1'W££N Grand Rapids and Chicago To Chicago To Grand Rapids Lv. CHICAGO .••••......•...•.....•••.. 8:45 A. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .••..•..•....••• _ 1:50 P. M. Lv. CHICAGO, ntbCSt~::~WE~x: . Sun 1.15 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS .•..••••••. , .•.... 5.50 P. M. Buff.t Parlor Car Lv. CHICAGO, :ihGBt~t::;.~E~x. Sun 5.30 P. M. Ar. GRAND RAPIDS " .10.25 P. M. Parlor and DIDio. Car Lv. CHICAGO, IfihCst;~D~a~ily 11.55 Night Ar. GRAND RAPIDS •••••.•••.•....•••• 6.45 A. M. Eleculc Lt.heed SJeepln" C-.z- Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 7.10 A. M. Ar. CHICAGO •.••..•..••••••...•••.••. 12.35 Noon Buffe. Parlor Car Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Ex. Sun 12.01 Noon Ar. CHICAGO •.•...•.••••...••••••••.• 4.50 P. M. Parlor and Dlnln. Cat" Lv. GRAND RAPIDS, Daily 11.50 Night Ar. CHICAGO •. , ., ...•.•.•.••.....••• 7.15 A. M. Electric Lighted Sleeping Ca.r Phone Mlchlgaa: CaoDtrBJ City TlcJtet Office for R... en.tlon •• t 19 Adame S.... et VALLEY CITY DESK COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS,~ MICH. No. 541. One of our new styles. (f'====~ D A complete office outfit in one Desk. Quarter-sawed Oak. Liberal dimensions-35 in. deep, 50 inches high, in three different lengths. Letter files alphabetically arranged in pedestal. Underneath, a large drawer for ledgers, etc. Card indexdr<l\ ..;er with bat,1 bearing follower, drawers and finished wood pigeon hole boxes. Our new Spring Catalogue showing full line of Office and Typewriter Desks mailed on request to dealers only. This IS one of our Famous Non~Dividing Pillar .Tables Price $2L50 THESE ARE THE ONLY TABLES THAT ARE PERFECT IN CONSTRUCTION ANY DEALER THAT HAS NOT TRIED ONE OF THESE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ORDER ONE Choate-Hollister Furniture Company JANESVILLE, WIS. ~~---zc::::t- 30 Mechanics Furniture Co., -~ROCKFORD, ILL.~- Makers of fine and medium Buffets. China Clost:l:s and Serving Tables in Oak. Parlot Cabinets in Mahogany. MusicCabinets in Mahog. any, Walnut, Oak and Birch. New Catalogue just out. Send (01 it. No. 109. Goods Bearing fhl'S If'ade.Mark are Profit Getters for You. SUITES, SIDEBOARDS, BUffETS, BOOKCASES, "ALL RACKS. Blue PrInts tor the asking. The HAND SCREW With "THE SAW-CUT THREAD" We are the only manufacturers making Hand Screws with the SAW CUT THREAD. No other factory is equipped to furnish them. We own the .only machine in existence for making them, make 17 sizes and carry them all in stock. We can fill orders promptly and our prices are no higher than others charge for inferior goods. . Let us send you our catalog telling the whole story. Manc1atlurersof CABINET BENCHES, FACTORY TRUCKS. Etc. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW COMPANY I 30 S. Ionia51.. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso, MICHIGAN No. 402. Leaves stored in top. No. 301. Center column does not divide. 1906 CATALOG MAILED ON REQUEST ATLAS fURNITURE COMPANY JAMESTOWN, N. Y DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS ALL WOODS 31 BEST SELLING LINE of BEDROOM FURNITURE -a line good enough for thi:' most exacting and not too good for the average trade requirement. We issue no catalogue. Our salesmen show photos. SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Our New "and and 1"001Power Circular Saw No. 4 The strongest, most powerful, and in every way the best machine of its kind ever made, for ripping, closa-cutting, boring and grooving. CABINET MAI1ERS In these days of close competition, need the best possible equipment, and this they can have in . . .' . BARNE.S' Hand and Foot Power Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. al JOHN BARNES co. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford. Ill. 33 Large illus/rated Catalogue Sh()Wf whole line. AJkjor Catalogue HA." Go-Carts and Baby Carriages To show our line is to show the best This Folding Reclining Go-Cart is representative of the most popular kind this s.eason. Wheels are 12 inches in diameter; rubber tired. Springs front and rear, nutless axles. Dash and Back adjustahle. We manufacture four other sizes of Go-Carts in many designs, also a large line of handsome Baby Carriages. American Go-Cart Company Detroit, Mich. No.89H The building boom in Detroit continues, and seems to be on the increas.e-at teast so bt as apartment houses ,,\/](1 single residences arc cOllccrIJed. Nev('r in the hi3tO"Y of the city was so much activiry ill tilis line of the city's progress sho-wtl. This augurs wen for the retail 11lercllants, ~nd for the furniture manufacturers as we1l, because of the fact that their goods are popular with the city merchants and tl\;l1ly thousands of dolhirs worth of thei.r pTO(\\lctS never leave the city. In conversation with one who I:; well posted on De-troit illclustrics the question was asked how many furn-iture factorif~s he thought there wc-re in the city, of every kind. He said, "aboutf-ifleell or sixteell." ,(11<1011 IJn'estlga-tiol1 counted up thirty-five. This shows Detroit to be far ahead of every other ci.ty i.n the ~t,ite except Grand Rapids as a furniturc manufacturing cC'nter. Of this !lumber there are sevcn that rank among the largest in their respective lines. Detroit has another nl'W furniture store. recently opelled on Michigan avellUC near Third street. by VvTillia111 E. B:H-ker, the welt known \Voodwarcl avenue fllrnittl"e merc11allt. It is a fine three-story and basemcnt brick building erected by Mr. Barker and js one of the lightest, Cle<111est, neatest, best arranged furniture stores \11 the city. It is in charge (Continued on page ~6.) Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICN A COMPLE.TE LINE. of Victor C. Ceulehroeck, a veteran in the furniture business, and well Clu:J.lified for the place. I-Ie reports that although the store is new, and spring trade in the city bas not been quite np to the average'on account of the weathe:, trade has steadily grO\'..-Jl [ro111 week to week. The new' Partridge & Blackwell building, extending through from l\Tonroe avenue to Gratiot avenue, and bcinE: on Farmer street, is well under way, and when completed will be the largest department store in the city, and one of the largest dcpartments \vill be for the sale and display of furniture. Hotel Ponchartr£lin is Lo be the name of the new mil1ion dDl1ar hotel 110W being erected all the site of the old Russell H ousc'. Cadillac, one of the pioneers WIll) founded thc city lwi1.t a fort ~a-.-ly in the eighteenth century near the site of the Hew hotel, and named It in honor of Ponchartrain, one of the early French military commanders and explorers, and the new hotel is to lw named in his honor. \\ihen com-pleted. it is claimcd it will be one of the fincst hotels in the eoulltry. An of the 111anllhchlrers who show their lines in Grand R~lpids, Chici1gO and New York are pTCparing their lines for the exhibitions, and their repntations will not suffer from ;~ny lack of ski.l1, enterprise and good judgment shown, or Pioneer Mrs. Co... DETROIT. MIC". Reed furniture Babu Garriaoes Go-Garts 34 ESTAB~ISHEC 'B80 PUliIl.lSHI!!D BY MiCHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH ANO 25TH OF='EACH MONTH OFFICE-Z-20 !-YON ST_. GRANO RAF'IDS. MICt-l. ENTERED A~ IolAT'rER OF THE 6ECO~D CLASS For the F:~-':pose of fUrJ1ishing inf()TmatioI1 to the regular dealers in ~i1ndtl1re and kindred Jines in regard to the schemes el,lployed by the mail order houses to gain trade, the Artisarl has published, from time to time, reproductions of their t.dvertisemcnts. Several ..".,rong thinking dealers have failed to impute the proper motive to the Artisan in making the schemes 'of the schemers public, and have en~ tered protests against the continuance of stich publicat1ons. In their contest for trade "\vith the mail order houses the regular dealcr~, need every bit of information concerning the operations of their merciless competitors that is available, and in repl'oducing much of their a(\ve tising matter the Artisan ha5 performed an important service in the interest of the retailers. Don't it look different now, :Messr~. Protestants? \Vith the rebuilding of San Francisco and other earth-quaked towns on the Pacific coast there will come a great demand for furniture for hotels, churches, lodges and club houses. The furniture to be ordered "will be of a high grade, It is generally understood that cheap ftltniture wiH not do in the: furnishing of buildings used by the public. Beauty and strength is ever in demand and the makers of high g"adc work will have the preference in the new homes of the fraternities, the clubs and the travelers in California. Th.e sales of merchandise made by Sears, Roebuck & company last year through the mails, amounted to $37,OOO,COO. It is the intention of the 6nn to increase the amount to $50,000,000 this year. A large part of the stocks sold were supplied by the manufacturers of furniture and kindred goods, and it is a well-known fact that the firm is well rcgarded by many manufacturers of cheap furnitl1~e. There is much work to be done by the severa! associations of dealers if they would curb the t~·ansactiolls of this grcat house, A movement has been ~tartcd in ?\ew Zealand against the importation of furniture and kindred goods manufactured in the United States. If New Zealand docs not behave herself President Teddy moiy fee! called upon to send Bjl1 Taft and Dewey down the Paciflc with instructions to pull up that little island, roots and all, with <1 derrick aud tic it up to 1!anila as the Thirteenth w<Lrd. The advance of five per cellt in the prices of case goods has been made-the second within a year. The lumber. glass, hardware and other trusts will' probably take advan-tage of the opportunity to "swell up" and absorb the margin of profit the manufacturers of case goods hoped to ~.gajn when they voted for the advance on 1.fay 9. The buffet seems to be pushing the old-style sideboard into the background. It serves the purposes of most hOllsekeepers; it is convenient and pleasing to the eye. Going to market next month? pack your grip and go. Think it over. Then .Buyers visiting Grand Rapids during the summer months will be delighted by the beautiful appearance of the lawns and parks surrounding or adjoining the factories. Chicago capital is planning for its downtQwn 9istrict two hotels of fourteen stories each-high cllough to see beyond the smoke pall' out to where the winds come froOl, The Case Makers lost a good man when they re-elect the fanner president of their association; put a Hummer in his place. failed to But they Importance of Constructing Fire~Proo'f .Buildings. The trouble with fire-proof buildings ll<ls:heen the great amount of wood furniture and trimming. 'Recently much succss has been att ained in the substitution of uninflam-mabl'e compositions for wood in the manufacture of furniture doors, wains coating, etc., and two of the newer hotels in New York are believed to be really fire-proof, white the owners of a third arc so sure it is fireproof that they have refused to insure it. The mint and the p1:)stoffice in San Francisco arc but little damaged, and several of the privately o\"il1ed buildings only suffered from fire in the il1tcrio:-; the walls stood earthquake and fire with very moderate damage. In this fact there lies the promise of really fireproof cities in the future, but private prudence and municipal superv.ision should combine to secure fire-resisting construction in future buildings \"Iithout waiting for general devastation. No Time for Visits. The buyers in the big stores of New York transact busi-ness very rapidly. They have no time for visiting. Th,~:' treat all salesmen courteously, but never lose command ')f their time. In the evening they are consideration personi-fied, It is then that they don the dress suit and the social side of their natures shine respJendent. In the west thl'.' buyers are ready for a visit every hour in the day, and their time so spent is not lost. From the t:-aveling salesmen they gain many ideas of val'ue when put into use ill their own busjness. Artist:s in the Family. A collection of very choice oil paintings and several water colors of great value adorn the walls of the office of F. Stuart Foote, the secretary and treasurer of the Imperial Furniture company, Grand Rapids. Mr, Foote is fortunate jn hjs family connection with Will H. Howe, the famous painter of cattle, and \~lillHowe Foote, his brother. To Test Mileage Ticket Law. The Northern Central, one of the Penns/lvania's lines, re-fused to sell a thousand-mile ticket to Aaron R. Anders ",nd be began a suit to recover $50 damages under the provisions of an act pas~ed by the Maryland legislature, of which Mr. Anders was the author. The Northern Central has applied for a writ of certiorari to take the case into the circuit court. It is believed the litigation will go to the court of last resort to test the constitutionality of the law. Death of William Baumgarten. \~7itliam Baumgarten, the manufacturer and decorator, died of apoplexy in \i\lashington, D. c., recently, He was sixty years old. He was for over twenty years associat~ ed with the firm of Herter Brothers, and Was in charge of the interior decorating of the houses of Witli,m H. Vanderbilt, D. O. Hills, ]. P. Morgan, Josiah M. Fiske, and William Rockefeller. 1h. Baumgarten was the first person to introduce the manufacture of Gobelin Tapestries in this country, importing four French weavers for the purpose in 1893. SHELBYVllil.JFJ Shelbyville, May 20.-All of the Shelbyville furniture fac-tories are crowded to the limit with orders. In some cases the manufacturers have had a greater volume of business since the FIrst of January than ever before in their history for a corresponding period. The Conrey & Bitely Table company, olle of the biggest of its kind in the United States, is "loaded to the muzzle" with orders. President Charles L. Davis says that trade is very satisfactory. Secretary-treasurer Lee C. Davis of the Courey-Davis Manufacturing company, states that the volume of business his company has dCHle since J annat)' 1 is the largest of any correspondin:,; period in their history. All sections are rep-resented in the big demand for the Conrey-Davis goods. In the dcpartrnent of extension tables, the demand has been so great that the company have been obliged to turn down a large number of orders The Conrey-Davis line for July will be a very strong one, he says, and will include bctweer, sixty and seventy new patterns-mostly ill costulllers, plate racks Ul1dmedicine cabinets. H. J. Root of the Root Furniture comp;:my and the 1]0- dell Furniture company,. has becn spellding ten days at\Ves~ Baden, lnd., taking the baths. ]. A. Conrey of the D. L. Conrey Furniture comp,tHy left for Pittsburg on the 21st iust., to be gone for a week The Shelbyville Desk company has been one of the bus-iest plants in this city during. the presellt year. Since Jan-uary 1 the plal1t has been taxed to its utmost capacity in or-der to meet the big demand. The July line ,,.,.i.11 be as strong as ever, ?>..JanagerKarmirc states, anJ will, as usual, include new and attractive styles. The high standard of excellence as to workmanship and fin1sh is maintained at a1.\ times by the Shelb.'rville Desk company. The desks and office furniture manufactured by th~Dl is of their own dis-tinct design and is manufactured in four grades, "Imperial," "Superiw'," "Standard" and "Clipper." C. F. Schmoe and company, manufacturers of kitchen cablnets and novelties, is another of Shelbyville's industries which is forging steadily to the front. Impro\'ements are being steadily instituted in the make up of this concern's goods and in quality, design and price, Schmoe and company are making a good impression 011 the trade. Manager Senour of the Shelbyville \Vardrobe company reports a very satisfactory "olum(~ of business for his com-pany this year. Trade has been steady and from all sections. The July line will be stronger than ever and will inclt1(le new and attractive patterns. The Hodell Furniture company and the Root Fu:-niture company are taxed to the limit to get out the Roods fOT their trade which has COJltilllH'd steadily all through the present year. The C. H. Campbell Fumiture company is <1110th('rof the bustling Shelbyville fac.torie::. .,,'hich is being taxed to its capacity in order to meet the demands of their trade. Pres-ident Campbell says the JULYtitle will be as strong as ever and will have a number of new attractions. The company have been putt-ing up a large addition to their machine room to provide room for a numbcr of ncw machines installed. Vice presidcnt H. J. Craig of the Lilly Varnish company, spent a month at Portland, Ore., returning to IlHlianapolis on the 11th inst. l'vfr. Craig visited the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, S;:llt L;lke City, Denver and Kansas City, and made the trip for tbe benefit of his health to recover from the effects of an attack of la grippe. 7IR'T' I.s A.2'J '14? 7 r ** FOR FIVE LEGGED EXTENSION TABLES The greatest advantage to the Retailer. Ask your manufacturer tor them. For samples and prices write to INVINCIBLE TABLE FASTENER COMPANY SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Obio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other \Voodworking Fac-tories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon applica-tion. An invitation is extended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and mar-kets available in our' territory. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, WASHINGTON. D. C. CHl$. S. CHA.SE.l'.1lent. 622 Cilemical BuildinG. St. Louis. Mo. M. A. HAYS. Agent. 226 Dearborn St., Chicaao. III • fOUR TRI\'NS TO AND FROM CHICAGO Lv Gd. Rapids 7:10am Ar Chicago 1:15 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 12:05 1111 At Chicago 4:50 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 4:25 pm Ar Chicaco 10:55 pm Lv Gd. Rapids 11:30 pm daily At Chicago 6:55 am Pllllman Sleeper. open 9:00 pm on 11:30 pm train every day. Cafe service on all day trains. SeTVicc a 1a carte. Peu: Marquette ParlQr cars on all day traiDli. Rate reduced to 50 (:ents. THREE TRI\'NS DETROIT TO AND fROM Leave Grand Rapids 7:10 am Arrive Detroit 11:55 am Leave Grand Rapids 11:25 am daily Arrive Detroit 3:25 pm Leave Grand Rapids 5:20 pm Arrive Detroit 10:05 pm Meal. served a la carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:15 a.m. and 5:20 pm. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on all trains i seat rate. 2S cents. "ALL OVER MICHIGAN" H. J. GRAY. DIaTRICT PASSIl:NGllil AG:J:NT, PHONE f f 68 Grand Rapid_, Mlt:b. 35 36 MICHIGAN e",. d 0 ," ~'" '0 ~~ v " Iui: S'-f.. 0" ,c "3 0 bl >0-, ~ - 2 '0 v ~0 o<J E " ~~ 0 v '0 ,c ~~,:,: 0 ,~ 0 v l-:.. :;; 0 ;- ~v , 'f v - .,; c oS v" "~, 0 ~<C ~v '" ;- ,c f-; s v " -0 U '0 '" <i ~" v ~0; ·E ~ ~"' .:: 0 ~ 0 5' S '0 ,c V -0 ~ V v - 0 0 .;: B £ ~" " u v " '" w 2 -v0 ,~ " 0 0 3 ~ u 0 b bl ~ "' 2 0 0 u 0 0 v v ~ ~ '0 - .E " 0 " " ,c 2 0 " ;; '" ," >-, ,0,,,, 0v 0" ,c o<J b< v " f-; § ,c § - >:i ,c u " 0 ;- .;~ ~Z ouS ~u ,c" - 0 £ u ,; ~,~,c .Of] u oS ... 0 -0 ~.2 's, ~ u ,c C u .0" U v .g ~"' ~u Z c £ o<J '0 I 0 ,c (": ~ '" -0 <.l E " ~ v w - v ·3 0 ~ :<: c: v;. ~oS "'g 8 f '5 u 0 :<: .f' -0 oS ,- b< U u " 0 ,c ~ - <i '" ~w 0 £ ,c 0 e " u '" ,. 1 u ,c 0 :3 '0 - w - " ~u 0:: .~ ;;; 0 E ,0 0 - '~ 0 '" ti ".,.. h' .s ~.. ~ '0 -0 C £ 0 0 0- ~ ;;: 'U .. 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Sold in 1, 2, 5 and 10 galloll cans and in barrels, alsO)put up in 2, 3and 6 o~. botlies retailing fOT lOel t 5c and 25c. allowill.&"a liberal prpnt to thl: retailer. Wnte for prices and state quantity wanted. A perfect Polish and Cleaner for Furniture. Office and Bar Flx~ tures, Pianos, Organs. Bicycles, Iron beds, Carriage. and Automobiles. Werefer yon to Ule Cre8anl P'urnilure CO" The Evansl)ille Desk Co., The Eli D. il.filter Folding Bed Co., and tkf! Ctly Nationu,l Bank of EvanllviUe. AMERICANPHARMACALCO., '0' U."R "RSTST" Evansville, Ind. (Continued from page 33,) from their produetlons being placed in cOlUpdition with those from other cities. The Posselius Brothers Furniture Ivlanufacturing company will add several. new patterns to their line of extension tables for the fall trnde, just to Jill up the plate of discontinued numbers and 110t to increase the number of patterns in the line. The exhibit will be, as usual, on the second floor of the Furniture 11anufacturers' building, 1319 11ichigan ave-nue, Chicago, in charge of F. A. Kuney, H. J. Armstrong and ]. O. Kemp. The Detroit Cabinet company 'will have a lot of new pat-terns of fitle furniture for the admi'""ation of buyers, in their exhibit, on the fifth floor of the Furniture Manufacturers' Exhibition building, Grand Rapids. The chamber suite line will be materially strengthened by the addition of beds. There will be more beds in this exhibit than ever, and it is the policy of the company to increase the number until there will be a bed for every bed-room s,et. Circ:assian walnut and rose"vood witI be in evidence in this display, in addition to mahogany. bird'scye maple, figured bi ch, white enamel and quartered oak. The Pioneer and 1'almer )Janl1factnring companies 'will make a joint exhibit of reed chairs and r )ckers, parlor ano library tables. pedestals, etc., 011 the second floor, 1319 Michi-g- an avenue, Chicago, The salesmen will be \V. ]. Streng, F. D. Freeman and H. L. Doederlein. The \Volverine Manufacturing company and Cadillac Cab~ inet company will have magnificcnt display~ of their goods in July at 1319 l\Iichigan avenue, Chicago. It is as unneces-sary as it is impossible to enumerate all the beautiful pieces that will be !Shown by these famous houscs. J. C. \\'idmau and company will add a line of buffets and several new patterns ·of china c.Iosets and hall racks to their line, ",,-hich will be shown as usual with the vVolverine Manu-facturing company and Cadillac Cabinet company, in Chi- QUARTER-SAWED INDIANA WHITE OAK VENEERS CHOICE FIGURE EXTRA. WIDTHS When writing for prices, mention widths required and kind of :figure preferred. HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. Fort Wayne : Indiana ROOK WOOD and a l!'."-enemlline ()f Ff\NGY Tf\BLES "Vri.te (or Cuts and Pricl:'.s PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1035 Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. cago nn(] in the XC\V )iork Furniture Exchange. Business has gn)\·\ll .'in filst with this cO:llpany tliat lIley will at Ollec put in anotber dry kiln, which will douhle their drying capac-ny. They I1;l\'(' a 70,COO gallon r<:.'scrvoir in the';,' hwnber yard :111(1a 30,000 gallo11 t,\lIk raised high above the factory with a steam pump which has a greater capacity tl1an ally' fire engine in the city. In ;:tddit;o!1 to this a c'Jl11plete sprinkler system extcmls through the entire pbnt. Ts it ,1l1y wonder -=== Cool Comfortable Inexpensive Goo d Service Chicago and Grand Rapids FARE $2 ONE WAY " 5l $3.75 ROUND TRIP Lea"e Chicagn 7:4,'; p. m. Leave Grand Rapid;; 7:55 p. m daily. Restor.e- berths at (locks, foot of Mkilig:an Ave, or City Ticket Office, 1,,1 Adams St" Chicago; ';IJ ;~lullroe St., or III [.yon St .• Gwnd R'lpids. that with snch lire protection they get alhJllt as low insur-ance as anyone in the line can possibly get? This is a model factory. The Amet·icall Go-Clrt company have had a fine trade this ~pring-. Their line of go-carts., child~·",n's clniage aWL reed chairs <lnd rqckcrs is one of the best. The l\JuqJhy Chait comlnny's new catalogue \vi1l be as gTeat a surprise [IS their laSt 011(' W;IS in the 'vn.y of covcr de- THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT ANew Caster Cup, a furniture Protector and a Rest We guarantee perfect satis~ faction. We kuow we have the only perfect ClI,<;lercup ever made. This cup is 1Il two sizes, asfollows: 2;J{ inch alld 3 inch, and we use the cork bottom. Vou know the rest Small size, $3.50 D'er100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 Try it and be cOtlviuced. F O. B. Grand Rapids. OUT Concave Bottom Carel Block does not touch the sur-face, but upon the rim, permit_ ting a circulation of air under the hk.ck, thereby pTe\'ell\inj{ mQisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of its kind on lhe market. Price $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Casler Cup Co" 2 P"kwood A"., Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at lUSSKY, WHITE & COOUDGE, 111·113Lake St., Chicago 37 ,sIgn. logucs, Thcy arc building up :J. great rqmtation tor hlle alld th cir "business grows from year to year. cata- THE INDIAN PLAY "HIAWATHA~" See it at Wa~Ya-Ga-Mug This Summer. The Grand Rapids & IndianOl Railway bas issued a beau-ti{ ully il1nstrat<>.d folder "tll1der the title, "Tlle Indian Play 'Uiawatba.' This plny will he given at Wa-Ya-Ga-11ug .c. .1:.. UJoIf. president and Manager. ncar Petoskey, i\lich., during the summer. Indians in cos-tume will enact tile play. The setting is the natural SCCI1- uy of the northern country. lndi.an "\vi.g'\vams and birch bnrk canoes will' make tile play espccially interesting. There will be acconunodat10ns on the grounds for sports of all kind:~. From Petoskey to RoulldLake is a pleasant ride. Suburban trainsvvill run frequently betw-een the two places. 38 THE LEXIN6TON MichiPn Blvd. & 22<1 St. CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnished and re-fitted throughout. New Management. The fum1ture dealers' head-quarters. M~st con-venient~ y situated to the furniture display houses. Inler·Stale Hotel CO. OWNBR Ilk PROPRlaTOR E. K. CrUey. Pres.; T. M. CrUey, V. Pres,; L. H. Firey, Sec-Treas. Chicago, May 25.-The death of David Fish, head of the L. Fish Furniture company, on :Way 3 at his home, 4834 lvlichigan avenue, removes one of the pioneer furniture men of Chicago. ~1r. Fish began in a humble way, opening up a furniture and stove store on Randolph street back in 1858, but lost all of his possessions with the Chicago tire of 1871. Not discouraged, 1\h. Fish began over again amI today the L. Fish Furniture company has stores at 1903 and 3011 State street, 1906 ""'abash avenue, 219 North a>,'enue and 503 Lin-coln avenue. ,Mr. Fish had not been actively engaged in business for a term of years, the affairs of tne <:ompany being looked after by his five sons, Simon, Sigmund, Jatob, Isaac and Alexander. The deceased was born in Baden, Germany, coming to America at the age of thirteen. The survivors are the live sons mentioned and a daughter, Mrs. J-larry Mitchell, all of Cl1icago. Mr. Fish was prominent in fra-ternal circles and was treasurer of the Grand Order of B'!'\ai B'rith. Also a member of the Baddische Association; of Keystone Lodge, A. F. and A. 1-1., and the Odd Fellows. The funeral was held at 9:30 Sunday morning, May 6, from the residence and the interment took place at "~vlount·Maariv cemetery. The Sample Furniture compa11y is the name of a new retail furniture store which was opened on the 20th inst., at 341-343 and 345 \Vabash avenue. H. B.Cirkle and Louis \c\('eilcom-pose the membership of the Sample Furniture company. The first floor and basement of the building will be occupied, the djmensions of the building being 60 x 120 feet. L. T. Hotchkiss of the Upham Manufacturing company, returned to Chicago about the 25th ult., from a prolonged trip through the south and west. "Mr. Hotchkiss did a fine business while he was on the road, although the trade was confined to certain districts in the territory he visited. The marriage of \Villiam Sultan, eastern representative of McAnsh, Dwyer and company, and Miss Fay Cohen of Chicago, will take place June 5. The officiating clergyman will he the Rev. Dr. Stolz. After the wedding the newly married couple will take a wedding trip around the lakes. The Schuttz & Hirsch company have been sending ont their 1906 catalogue during the current month to the number of several thousand. The catalogue is a very neat and tasty production and is replete with detailed information pertaining to the Schultz & Hirsch high grade line of bedding_ Tl;tis well known company have been manufacturing an unsur-passed line of bedding for over a quarter of a century and in order to keep pace with the ever increasing demand for their goods have been constantly increasing their facilities and improving the quality of their product. The Schu1tz & Hirsch company today have a model plant, equipped with the very best and latest machinery known to mechanical science. The Contitnenta1 Furniture & Carpet company is the name of a new 6rm which will' open up a store in Council Bluffs, la., about June IS. Rosenfield & Ungar, who comprise the firm, were in Chicago the first week in May and were assisted in making their purchases for the stock they will carry by O. C. Nelson of the Rockford Cabinet company. The Continental Furniture & Carpet company will occupy a new bt-ick two story building of their own, wh.ich will be 40 x 110 feet in dimensions. 1hnager Senour of the Shelbyville Wardrobe company was in Chicago 011 the 4th inst., and while here was on the eighth floor of the Manufacturers' Exhibition building, 1319 Michigan avenue, to arrange for the placing of their line in their usual space. S, A. Cook of S. A. Cook and company, Medina, N. Y., was in Chicago on the 9th inst, Mr. Cook says their volume of. business this year has overtaxed the capacity of the plant and work has been commenced on a new four story building 100x 42 feet in dimensions. The new addition to the Cook plant will be equipped with new machine:-y. The Cook com-pany's plant coveTS nine acres. Charles L. G.amer of' Koenig & Gamer, accompanied by Mrs. Gamer and two children, left about May 1 for a five months' visit in Germany and other European countrjes. Two years ago Mr. Gamer made a similar trip. He and his family will return October 1. A. A. Vantine and company, importers of Japanese and Chinese teakwood novelties; Kilian Brothers & Somma, and the John Miller Chair eompany, all of New York, have taken 6,500 feet of floor space on the fifth floor of the Furniture Exhibition building, 1411 Michigan avenue, and will show for the first time in the Chicago market. The three lines form a class of high art goods, and will prove quite an ac-quisition to the Chicago market. President J. C. Hills of the Peck & Hills Furniture com-pany states that the volume of business being done by his company tbis year is exceptionally large, A visit to the big warehouse of this company, located at Hickory and Bliss streets, makes such a marked impression on the visitor that one cannot fail to appreciate the statement made by Mr. Hills. About a year and a half ago the Peck & Hills Furniture company began the erection of their warehouse buildings and today they have a building 400 x 80 and an ad~ dition 200 x SO, The company has a force of 100 employed there, of which forty arc office workers, the office being lo-cated on the third floor. A very convenient arrangement has been folJowed by the company since the erection of the warehouse consisting of a dining department established for the benefit of the employes. Luncheon is served daily at the noon hour. the culinary department being under the super-vision of Fred E. McCready. The writer recently happened in at the noon hour and takes pleasure in saying that "Mac" is certainly a success in the chef department as well as in his regular line. ]\i!ax Bernheimer of the firm of L. Bernheimer, Munich, Bavaria, one of the fargest home furnishing concerns in Europe, visited Chicago on the 16th inst. The writer met Mr. Bernheimer on the floor of Roth & Sullivan, commission merchants. The firm of L. Bernheimer has furnished the homes of such noted people as the Krupps of Germany and the crown prince, and stated that they have just furnished a villa for the emperor of Austria. This firm also numbers among its customers such well known Americans as J. Pier- The SanilalY Fealher Co. 249-256 S. Canal Sf, CHICACO. IMPROVED OPEN BOLSTER ROLL Shipped one dozen in a case, K. D. fiat. Covered in white muslin, $11.00. Covered in colored satine, $12 00. The Best Open Bolster Roll on the market. TRY A BOX. pent Morg'an, John D. Rockefeller 8Ild the \,Vhitneys. ?vIr. Bernhcimcr has been visiting in the United States for six weeks, and stated that his trip 'was principally for the pUr-pOse of studying American styles and ideas, and American home furnishings, 'Nhich he said had proven a revelation to him, especially in the beauties and comforts of our leather furniture. He says there is a big demand for good AmeTi~ can goods, but says there \5 no demand for the medium a11(1 low priced American goods. In Europe, he says, there arc onty two Classes of home furnishings sold, viz., either high class goods or a very cheap cbss for lahorers. \Vhile here th. Bernheimer bought extensively of the better class of goods. Jacob Keim, the Chicago sa1csm,lll, was in Cambrirlg;c, n.. in the 19th and 20th iust. The Royal Chair company of Stmgis, 1\'1ich.,and the Bar~ colo IV1anllfacturillg company of Buffalo, N. Y., have taken space at the \Vholesale FUriliturc Exhibition building, 1323 Miehi.gan avenue. 'The -first named company has taken 1,000 feet of floor space on the fourth floor and the Barcolo com-pany has takell 1,500 feet of space on the fifth floor. The Rowlett Desk company has retur1lcd to its 11:"stlove and their exhibit will be fOlllld on the fourth Honr. The Hoosier Cabillet company and the StalJdard Chair company have incre,ued their floor space at thc samc building and will now each occupy 800 feet of sp"c~. It is reported that Paul" Roth, member of th('; commission firm of Roth & Sullivan, has seCltred the controlling interest in the Grand Rapids Furniture company at Pasadena, Ca1., and intc.nd'" to (levote, all of his time to the retail businc::>s. FOUNDED 1888 Reduce Your Stock I I at a good profit or sell en· tire stock at cost. "TilE NEW.IDEA MEN" 460 Monon BI'd'g CHICAGO SALES MANAGERS WRITE FOR TERMS. Mr. E. Goodwin, a young man formerly of Chicago, has been engaged by 1Jr. Roth to look aftcr his lines on the Pa-cific eo:tst. A. M. Tucker of the Tucker f'urniture company, Drook-ville, Ind., was ill Chicago May 9 attelHting the meeting of the National Association of Case l\Iake's. 11r. Tucker says the line of his company \..-lll be as strong as ever this July sea-son, and wi]] be shown on the third floor of the \Vholesa1c 39 Furniture Exhibition building, 1323 Michigan avenue. The Tucker products, consisting of suites, chiffoniers, and to-itet tables to match, \vill be shown in quartered oak, mahogany. Cit"cassian l,11.'atnat,and tuna mahogany. Sixteen si.tites i.n the differellt \voocls wilt he displayed by A. M. Tucker and John BisllOp. FOLDING BED IS SANITARY. New Invention by Omaha Man. S.Hawver of 1()14 Emmet st~eet, Omaha, recently in-vented <lnd had patellted ;l nevI" folding bed, which he in-tends to 111annfacttlre and intro:~ucc to the home building people of that city. The heel is COllstn.lcted along sanitary principles anel is made to fold away into the wal'ls of the room when 110t in use. By the folding of the oed c.eTtain All her friends wish her gifts to be the most beautiful. Ledercr's know this, and have made ready with a wonderful exhibition of fur-niture: It's a great sight-the most gorgeous display ever shown in Cleveland, And every piece is marked with plain figures-no secrets. ROSI! eUILblNG a042~4~8·8 NINTH·ST. s. £.. valves aTe c:penc{t that p{·rmit t11c l~ure air from the outside to ci:-culatc through and around the bed and its equipment all {lay. The bed is so arr,lllg"d that the occupant sleeps with hi~ head toward the center of the room away from the cold currents al()n.~' the walls. Olle of its attractive features is its ecollomy of space. The New England's Selling Force. The 1"ecent death of George B. Lewis caused several Cll'lllgCS ill the selling force of the New England Furniture comp81ly of Grund Rapids. "Ed." Saunders will hereafter represent the comp;tlly in ).!cw Ymk c:ty; \V. H. Eudy in Xew England. Nc\v York state, Philadelphia, Baltimore and \'Vashington; E. H. \Vard the territory east of Illinois, includ~ ing Penllsylvania; V\". S. Emery from Chicago west and south; C. B. W'ilbee the Pacific coast. TI:e company will largely increase their line of dining room suites and buffets. 4 40 Jamestown had a population last year of 26.160 inhabi-tants, and is gl~owjng very rapidly. It is beautifully situated in the valley of the Chadakoin river, the outlet of Chautau-qua lake; seventy miles south of Buffalo; 448 west of i\ew Yark, and 550 east of Chicago. The assessed valuation or the city in 1905 was $11,304,995. It is on the main line of the Eric railroad, and has several other steam and electric roads. Two hundred factories are located in and around Jamestown, rcprese.nting a great variety of industries. Furn-itme making is the leading industry-twt.nty-:live factories. \'Vhile the majority of these arc young and small, but rapid-ly growing, there are a fe",,,,'that have grown to large V'opo:-- tions. and are known all over the country. A.mong the;;c a:'e the l\laddQX Table company and TIailey- J OIl(~S and com-pany, mauufacturersof tables; the Star and A. C. No:-quist Made by CentUIY Furniture Co., Grand Rapid., Mieb. and company, chamber suites and case wo,k; the Jall1csto·wn Lounge company and Shearman Brothers, upholstered fU~'n-iture. The Empjre, Diamond, 1vlarvcl, Alliance, Libcrty, F. M. Cnrtis, Century! Morgan J-..'lanufac:turing company, H. P. Robertson and company, and others are all doing a prosper-ous business and making a name for Jamestown and them-selves. The ~laddox Table company. }a::nestowtl Chair company, Star Fnrniture company, Bailey-Jones and company, F. i\L Curtiss and the Marvel will show in Grand Rapids in July. The Level Furniture company, capital ·stock $25,000, is ()ftice~ed as follows: President, John 1\1. Anderson; vice-president. Gilbert Jones; secretary and treasurer, John L. Johnson; superintendent, Gu~t C. Peterson. They manu-facture a line of parlor and library tables, pedestals and tab-oltrcttes in mahogany and oak. The Marvel Furniture company will show their line of odd and princess dressers and chiffoniers in Grand Rapids and New York. The Alliance Furniture company is up a four-story brick building 140 x. 56 ishing and shipping. The Alli~nt(' Furniture company, manufactures a line of plain and combination buffets and china .::Iosets, Everybody in the furniture business knows the Maddox table line and Tom Crane, Dan Allen,1L D. Blum, E, \V. Allcll, :"'1ott La,,,.-rellce and Arthur F. Switz, the jolly, genial salesmen. The exhibit will be at the old stand third floor north half, Blodgett block, Grand 'Rapids. 1'laddox tables are good tables, always good: good in everything-style, construction, finish and price. The Star Furniture company will make an exceptionally fil1e exhibit of chamber furniture in G:'and Rapids in July, on the fourth floor, south llalf of the Furniture Exhibition build-ing. These goods are made in mahogany, tuna mahogany and quartered oak. The styles, finish and construction recommend these Roods to aJl discriminating buyers. The salesmen are Jay Crissey, H. L. Fullerton, Charles D. Bickel and Vl. H. S~ymour. The Jamestown Lounge company will add a large number of new patterns to their line for fall trade, which consists of coudles, davenports, sofas and simplicity d1.venport beds in charge of A. H. Greenhllld and a corps of able assistants. Third floor, ow-th half, Fu:-niture Exhibition buiJdin~, Grand Rapids, the place to see this line. The Bailey-Jones cOlf1pany will add one hundred or more lle\v patt~rns to their great line cf tables and show them on the fifth fioor, north half, of the Furnitll1'e Exhibition build-ing, Grand Rapids. Tllis company tiM.nufactures tables for eye--y room in the house and office, and is cne of the largest and finest lines made in tlte United States. It requires near-ly a dozen salesmen, headed by \-Valdo Ruck, to wait on the customers. and when the rush is on ""there is something doing" and no mistake. The Jamestmvn Chair company will make a chairs \vith the !'daddox Table company in block, Grand Rapids, in charge of Tom Cr<:ne. this line, and yOU will not be disappointed. enlarging by putting feet, for storage, :I1n-fine exhibit of the Blodgett Ask to see Will Engage in Business ·With ;~ht·Warings. Harry G. Selfridge of Chicago has gone to London where he ,,,ill eng~ge in the furniture busille~s with the Warings. The firm will engage in housefmn:shing and decorating on art lines. The house will be operated on American lines. 1v1r. Selfridge witI spend six months of eaeh year in England; accOI"ding to present arrangements, bt:t it is believed he will eventually reside ab.oad continuously. He will introduce into the English business the up-to-date American methods of )landling customers and pushing the wates before the public. Refrigerator Prices Advance Ten Per Cent. The manufacturers of refrigerators have advanced prices ten per cent. The cause of the action is stated to be the present rush to fill orders. !VIanufacturers refused to take more orders unless prices were advanced, The cost of production is so much grcater than a few years ago that manufacturers are justified in making the present advance and there may be another. A Chair of Forestry at Yale. A chair of Forestry will be established at Yale universit" The lumbermen at their recent convention in S1. Louis a;~ propriated $150.000 fOr that purpose. - - -------- 1883---~-1906 .'¥, Michigan Chair Company GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "THE MICHIGAN' FOREM03T IN CHA'R MAKING, f]) June 18th, I 906, we will be in readiness to present our offerings for the coming season to the visiting Furniture Trade. f]) A most comprehensive line of patterns will be on display and our patrons will find a freshness and newness all around, at once pleasing interesting and substantial. WAREROOMS AT FACTORY IN "PLEASANT VALLEY:' CARRIAGE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. REPRESENT AnVE SALESMEN: EAST SOUTH ehsa. H. Cox W. R Penny Root E. Walton elias. F. McGregor WEST ehas, B. Parmenter Robt. G. Calder MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY 41 . The Refrigerator Season will be here very soon. If you have not yet received a set 01 our CATALOGUES and PRICE.'1lor 1906 a pasla! card will bring them to you by return mail. We make a IuDline of Zinc-Lined, White Enamel, and Opalite Lined, and Porcelain Lined Refrigerators of any size desirable. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufadurers. New York Office. 35 Warren St. MUSKEGON. MICH. SPOKANE "SPOKES." TuB & Gibbs and the Grote·Rankin Company Spread Out. Spokane, \-Vasll" iday 24.-Each of Spokane's largest furniture houses is planning branches. TuU & Gibbs al-ready have a branch house in Portland, Ore., and are plan-ning to put in another one at vValla··y..ialla or some point in Idaho. The Grote-Rankin company plans to take over the Hills Furniture compilny of Seattle. P. D. Tull of the company of Tull & Gibbs, and Vv'. G. Sealey, his nephew, the latter recently
- Date Created:
- 1906-05-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- 26:22
- Notes:
- Robert Loomis writes of his time in Alexandria, VA at camp and the store, as well as travels to New York, Boston, and Washington. He also writes of opening a store in Washington, along with the course of the war and Lincoln's re-election.
- Date Created:
- 1864-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- In his diary, Robert Loomis records his travels in Michigan and New England, as well as meetings he attended. He also writes of the sermons given at his church and local affairs.
- Date Created:
- 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and - - --------------------------- CFlANn RA! rq""f l.n«' J } ~.J~ i <J~-( GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 9. 1909 A SUPERIOR FLAT SURFACE SANDER Why install any Sand Belt Machine for Flat Surfaces except the Wysong & Miles? You wIll pay tWIce as much for other makes and wIll get an inferior machine. If you do not belIeve this, communicate wIth us and be convinced. WYSONG & MILES COMPANY, Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best TrucK--The Strongest TrucK This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck---the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak---the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to invest in rather than waste money on factory trucks. No 171 Sand Belt Machine. ASK FOR CATALOG E. Gillette Roller Bearing CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,~ I The Lightest Running, I Longest Lasting Truck WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------ ----------- -------- -------_._---------------------------., I I ! I ! ! I I : I I I I I I I I : I I I I I I I I I I I I I • I ! I II II i, II I f II I I I I I II IIIII• II : IIIII IIIIII "THE BETTER MAKE" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING FURNITURE ROOM SUITES TO MATCH , I III I I IIIII IIIIII III f I III I III II II h ~ ~ FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALERS Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN po. - •• _._ .... _ .._---_ ..... _. -------~ No. 185. MD OE OS Nfi COMPANY No. 834. _._----------------_._. ------------------------------------------------------~ MUSKEGON. MICH. A. ._-- ------------------------------------ ._.~-------------------------------------~ III I I I fIIIII III .... • r .. .. .. .... _- .~_. __ • __ •-. ----- • -. r -----.... .. .. .. .. --------. -------.~ po-_._' -- No, 57 Flat Arm Rocker IA.- • .. I Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 m. top. No. 687, 60 in. top Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIE:, Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Richmond Tablet Arm Chair RICHMOND INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seatmg. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 _--.------- ---------------------_._. _._._--_. ----~ ------ --------------------..---._. _. ---------_ . --------~ " . WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 ._----_._---_.-~ IF IT'S THE BEST REFRIGERATOR IT'S AN ALASKA Over 850,000 Alaska refrIgerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska RefrIgerator: Small consumption of .ce. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. L E Moon, New York Manager, 369 Broadway, New York CIty. .. . rII THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; DlllIllg Room furlllture, Reed and Rat tan furniture, Special Urder furni-ture, etc. A complete lIne of sam-ple. are d.splayed In The Ford 8 Johnson BUJldIn~, 1433-37 Wabash Ave., In-cludIng a speCial d.splay of Hotel Furmture. I II ,,I .. All jurmture dealers are cordzally fnvtted to visit our building. r.iotel·-ULINDEN ., I I Indianapolis I Illinois and New York Sts. I 6 Blocks from Union Depot I I 2 Blocks from Interurban ~tatlOn Z50Rooms I 'I All OutsIde, WIth FIre Escape : I elephone In Every Room European Plan Rat,s 75c to $Z 00 Per D"y t Dmmg Room In Connet tlOn , "pecld] k ates to Faml!Jes I and Permanent Gue~ts I ladle, rravelmg- Alolle wIll I" lIld ThIS a Very De"rable ! I "topplllg Place GEO. R. BENTON II ~I-e.-.s.ee-an-d-'fa-Jla-~e-r-----------------------------------------~ III ~- IIII II IIII -------------~ WHEN IN DETROIT STOP AT Hotel Tuller II I .o4 New and Absolutely Fireproof Cor. Adams Ave. and Park St. In the Center of the Theatre, Shop- Ping, and Busmess Dlstnct. A Ia Carte Cafe Newest and Fmest Grill Room m the City. Club Breakfast - • 40c up Luncheon. - 50c Table d hote DIOne.. • 75c MuSICfrom6P M to 12 P M Every room bas a private bath. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates: $1.50 per day and up. L W. TULLER, Prop. ••1 I..-_.M_. -A.-S-U_A W._, M-gr-_._-----~._---_._----_.~ I[ HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. I FT. WAYNE, IND. I HARDWOOD LUMBER II I~--- SAWED AND SLICED l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS fAN D MAHOGANY I . •• • •••••••••••••• .4 Don't Bum Your Moulding. Blackened edges so oIten found m hard-wood Mouldings mdicate the use of mferIor tools, which frIctIOn and burn because of their failure to have proper clearance The Shimer Reversible and Non- Reversible Cutters are made of the finest tool steel by experIenced workmen. In deSIgn and con-structIOn they are superIor to anythmg on the market. They cut well and retam their shape until worn out. Send us drawmgs or wood samples for estimates on special cutters. Many useful de Signs, with prices, are given in our catalogue SAMl!JEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturer~ of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, CeilIng, Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. 4"'-- "!' 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--...--- ..---- _...... -- .--_._---------------_._._--------------- III IIIIII III• ••• III '-------------- - ---------------------------------------_._ .._._._.--------~ THE LUCE LINE Manv New Patterns III Dilling Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. rI i~UCER~EDMOND ci~~i"AiR-cO~-,---Lta BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF LUCE FURNITURE CO. HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, Blrd',-eye Maple, Qyartered Oak and Clfcasslan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East SectIon, Manufacturers' BUilding, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . .....---------------------- _ ... ----------- .- .------------- ... _ ..---- _. . .. 30th Year No. 15 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 9. 1909 Issued Weekly T'VO GOOD BOOSTS FOR EVANSVILLE Messrs. Bosse and Karges Talk of the City's Natural and Acquired Advantages as a ManufacturingTown and Place of Residence. EvansvIlle, Ind, Oct ~ -In the 0Pl1110~1ot Ac T KarQ,es of the Kal ges Furl11ture Company of thl~ ut) Evansvllle IS an Ideal locatIOn for fur111ture fdctolle" In an lllterVle\\ "lth the EvansvIlle COIe pondent of tne \\ eeld) c\rtlsan he \\ a" asked to eAples" hIs Ideas 01 "1he \atUlal dnd Acqunecl AdvantaQ,e, of EvansvIlle a a I'w111tUle 'Vldnufactunng Center" and thiS IS what he s~ud 1 The natural ddvantage" of f:, anwllle as a manufactunnQ, CIty for fur11ltwe "Ill he 1eachly seen at a ~lance Jn the first place, the city IS centJallv lcwated and IS not too fal ea~t, \Vest, north or south The fact that the CIty Is located on the great OhIO nver also glve~ us a deCIded shlpp1l1g advantage and helps us to get good rates to the south ,\ ImJ1 has been and still IS the field for one of our greate,t mal keh I 1111Q,natdd, too that the bl11ld- 111g and completIOn of the Panama canal WIll add prestH;-e to EvanSVIlle as a shlpp1J1g P01l1t and WIll help the manufacturer~ here wonderfully \\ e at e V\ ell located f01 the traffic that goe~ 111that du estlOn and our \\ al es can be cal ned clown the OhIO dnd J\11~slssIPPI nveh to the Q,ulf, and thlOugh the Panama canal chstnbuted to the m~l1kets all over the \\ 01 leI \1\ e have a fSledt advantdge ovel other fW111ttlle Cltle" that are located mland "\N"e have a hne chmate 111 Eva,1wl11e "hlCh makec It ~ood for the manufactUler as \\ell as the \VOlkman The chmate hele Will compare favorably \VIth tnat of any city In the l-111ted States Our populatIOn IS composed lal gel) of Gelman s and they are d hardy, thllft) people and make tne most de~lfable utlzen I l111ght empha ,Ize that the best cab111et makers dre (,ermans and haye come here on~1I1all) fl om thel' natn eland aClos~ the waters "c\nothel great facto! 111OUl ±dvor I" that we al e located 1ll one of the cheapest fuel nUl kets m th~ L111tedStates \Ve have coal beneath tb and all around u" J he fa t h the city IS bmlt over Imn1ense coal beds The fact that V\ e hay e p1ent) of coal makes the question -of fuel a m1l10r one to the fur111ture manufac-turers ""\nother natural ael,antdge IS that tll1' Clt} I~ located 111 one of the best timber sectIOns of the entire country and \\ e love to boast of our harel\\ ood Th(' Inchana oak IS not only known and demanded by manufacture I s thl ou~hout the Umted State" but 1S sold 111man) of the mal kets of Europe dnd the old \\ odd There 1S no l1mhel bctter than the Indiana V\ 111teoak \ V e stdl have large timbel belts m ,\ estern Kentuck), nght at our door", and V\ e constantly draw on tlMt supply For the past forty years EvanSVille hac, been gett111g a lar~e part of her tUl1ber "uppl) ±1am the bank~ of erl ('en Ilvel ,LnelItS tnbutanes 111Ken-tuck, near h(,1e Fvanwille for) eal s held the title and nghtly too, of bemg the Q,reatest hardwood market 111 the world and we are still one of the largest mal kets 111 thiS respect and we now have mOl c sawmIll, In our bOlClers and suburb" than ever before 111 our historY \nother advantarre that I must not lo"e Sight of hCIe IS that the cheapu grade" of lumber, such dS cottonwood dne! gum, a !.;redt e!e,d of which ale med by the local fur111ture factolles, ale "hlpped hele bv baH;e and the rate IS a' low as 1f 1t had been shippee! by rad fJ am some ad JOl111ngcounty The tim-ber IS brotH;-ht here from hundreds of mde up the nver "~ow a \\orcl ahout au! acqUlred advantages vVe have good bankmg faclhtles hel e 1 hey are as good as you find 111 an) uty of tl1l" Sl7e 111 the l-111ted States \Ve have never had a bank faIlure m all our history There are ample funds hel e for the financ1l1g -of any enterpnse, no matter what sIze Vv'e hdve l:;ood rallroae! fauhtle" 111 Evansy dIe EvansvIlle's market for fur111tt11e IS 110t confined to thiS Immediate sectIOn, but goe'> to all part'> of the \\ odd and espeClall) to the countnes of South Amellca and \J eXlco "0 you Will see that we are not hanchcapped 111 Sll1PP1l1gall! wares to any part of the world "Lvansvllle h a -,plenchd Clt) 111IV hlch to hve, both for the manufdcturer and the workman The sshool faclhtles are as good a~ one \v III fine! any place 111 the um0,1 The standard of work I~ high dnd effiCIency Ic, the motto of those 111charge Our pubhc school., are one of our be~t assets Taxes are about as low a~ an) ut, of Oll! Size 111 the l-mtecl States ane! the cIty IS "\\ell managed, both finanuall) and morally vVe have a splendid pollee force and an effiCIent fil e department For years the Clt) has m,ned and operdtecl It':l own water works plant and It IS a modern plant 111 every partLttlat \Vater rents for the manu-facturer., arc low ,I \11 the furmture factones 111 Evansvdle are well constructed and most of them al e of bnck and up to date 111all respects and we e,m make goods as low as any other city 111 the country, If not lowel J\Ir Karges I- one of the leadmg manufacturers of the city and a self made man, hav1l1g started a" a poor boy With n-oth1l1g to aid hUl1 but two strong arms and a recolute WIll He has "made good, ' and 1,0 man 111 EvansyJ1le stands higher 111 the commerCial and ~oC1al world Hen jal1l111 Rosse, of the Globe Furmtlll e Company, IS another manufacturel whose \\ords have IV eIght When asked hiS (Concluded on page 8.) WEEKLY ARTISAN MANUFACTURERS MUST BE BUSY. Enormous Increase in the Imports of Their Ma-terials During the First Seven Months of This Year. The bureau of ~tatlstlcs of the Department of Commel ce and Labor has Just sent out a bullet1l1 that will be of II1terest to all busll1ess men, especIally so to manufacturer~ because It shows a surpnsmg mcrease 111 the Imports of manufactLlrer~ matenals durmg the first seven months of thIs ) ear It IS probable that the ImportatIOn at ~ome artIcles was stllllulated by fear of an lllCrease 111 tanff dutIes, but most of the 1I1C1ease must ha,e been due to actual demand, caused by mcreased actIvIty m the mIlls dnd factories and to general Improvement m busmess conditIOn" 1he bulletm reads as follows Manufacturers' matenals Imported mto the Umted States show mcreases from 25 to 150 per cent m the seven months end-mg wIth July, 1909, over the correspond1l1g penod of the Immed- Iately preceding year. ThIS statement relates to quantltle:> 1111- ported. The figures of values show on the whole an even lalger mcrease, smce, m many cases, Import pnces of raw matenal" ale hIgher than those of a year ago Takmg values alone and lI1c1ud-mg all artIcles, the figures of the Bureau of Statlstlcs of Dep;Jrt-ment of Commerce and Labor show m ImportatlOns of manufac-turers' matenals an mcreaSe of over 50 per cent, speakmg m round term's, for the seven months endmg wIth J ul), 1909, \\ hen compared wIth the correspondmg penod of 1908 The value of crude matenals for use m manufactunng Imported m the "e, en months endmg WIth July, 1909, was 'Z9-leY2 ml1hon dol1ar~, agamst 191 mllhons m the same months of last year, and that at manufactures for further use m manufactunng, 139 nl1lllOn dol lars, agamst 87 ml1hons 111 the same months of 1908. Consldenng the pnnclpa1 manufacturers' matena1s b) quan-tltles, an analY:>ls of the Bureau of StdtJStlC~ statement ~hO\\ s marked mcreases 111 nearly all artlc1es Imported tor mallufaltUl mg purposes. In wool ImportatIOns the mcrease IS 175 per cent, the quantIty Imported In the seven months of the current year bemg 202 mllhon pounds, agamst 73 111111lOnsm the same months of last year Raw SIlk Imports show an mcrease of 50 pel cent the total for the seven months endmg WIth July, 1Cl()<) bemg- ny;; mIllion pounds, agamst a little more than 8 11111110mm thl :>dme months of last year. Imports of hIdes and skms shO\, an m-crease of over 86 per cent, the total for the seven month~ of thIS year bemg 301 ml1lIOn pounds, agamst 1613':;; l111lllom m the cor-respondmg months of the precedl11g }ear ThIS mcrease m Im-portatIOns of hIdes and skms occurs 111 practlcally all c1asse" thereof. Goat skms Imported m the seven months endmg "Ith July, 1909, show a total of 70 millIOn pounds, agal11st 39 ml11l0ns 111 the same months of the precedmg year, and hIdes of cattle 133 ml1110n pounds, agall1st 63 mIllions m the seven months of last year Mamla hemp ImportatIOns show an mcrease at over 50 per cent, the total for the seven months of 1909 be1l1g ~()y;; millio;}tpounds, agamst 53 millions m the same months of last year; and of Jute the Importations increased from 15972 111111IOn pounds In the seven months endmg with July, 1908 to 241 111111lOn m the same months of the current year Wood pulp Importatlons show an increase of something more than 50 per cent, the total for the seven months endlllg WIth July, 1909, bemg 3HY;; mllhon pounds, agamst 240 mIllIOns m the same months of the precedmg year ImportatIOns of boards, deals, and planks show an II1crease of about 3375 per cent, the quantlty Importedm the seven months endmg WIth July, 1909, bemg 108 mIllion feet, against 305 mllhon feet m the same months of the precedmg year. IndIa rubber Imports show a less increase than certain of the other important artIcles for use III manufacturing, the quantIty Imported in the ,e\ en montib u1dmg \, Ith July, UI09 belllg;:; ~1;j 111llhon pounds, a~all1~t ±1~ mlllJom III the corresponchng months of L1st year, an 111crease of about 2'3 per cent COjJper Ole shows an lllcrease 111 Imports of nearly 50 per cent, 36,h l11111IOUpouwls ha\ lllg been Imported m the ~e, en months of 1909, agalllst 2) J;j 1111ll1OllS111 the "ame month~ of 1908" and copper pIg:>, lllgots, etc , 0how an I11Clease of 96 pel cent 138~ mIllIOn pounds havmg been Im-pOl ted III the seven months of 1909, agalllst 71 mIllIOns III the ~ame months at last) ear Imports of pIg tll1 show a 1 1l1crease of nearly 23 per cent, the quantlty ImpOl ted 111 the seven months enchng \\ Ith Jul) of the current year belllg 56 11111llOnpounds, agamst +5Y;; m1lhons III the correspond111g penod III 1908 fhe mCIease m unportatlOn of manufacturers' matena1s mdlldted b} the Items above e1ll1merated extends to practically all of the numerous artlcles mclucled m the Bureau of Statistics groups' crude matenals for use m manufactunng" and "man 1- factures for further use HI manufactunng" As already stated, each of these groups show:> a marked gam III the figures of total value, and thIS gdlll occurs both m the seven months endmg WIth July and 111the smgle month of July, the value of all crude l11atenal~ for use m manufaltunng Imported in July, 1909, bemg 37;<3 ml1hon dollar~, aga111~t 2'1 l111lllons m July, 1908; and that of manufactures tor flu thtr use 111 ll1dnufaltunng, 223<3mIllIOns aga111,t 139-'+l111lllons 111 July, 1908 Import p11ces of manufacturers matenals are shown by the figures of the Bureau of Statbtlcs to be somewhat hIgher at the pI esent tune than a ) ear ago Companng Import pnces m July 1909 w1th those of July of la-t year, raw wool of class lIS re ported at ~2 cents pel pound 111 J tl1y last, aga1l1st 16 cents In ] u1y 1(J08, though shghtl) less than the average pnce of June, 1(lO9, \\ hen It \\ as 23 3 cents per pound The average Import pllce of law cotton wa:> 1.37 cents per pound in July ,1909, agalllst 15.4 cents per pound 111 July, 1908, of hemp, $147 56 per ton 111 Jul). 1909, agd111st $IH '2± 111 July of last year, of ~Isal gl ass, $112 5~ per ton, agaInst $111 08 111 July 1908, of hIdes of cattle 13 5 cents per pouud, agal11st 10 8 cents 111 July of 1a~t year; at 1a\\ SIlk. $ 3 30 pel pound agamst $3 07 111 July, 1908, at leaf tObdCCOsmtdble fOI \, I appers, 9-i 8 cents per pound, agam~t 88 5 cents m J UI}, 1908, and of crude !ndla rubber, 73.1 cents per pounel m J uh, 1909, agamst 39 ± cents III July of the precedlllg year The table \\ Inch follO\\ s show~ quantltles and value~ of the pnnClpal artlcles Imported for use III manufactunng III the seven months endmg WIth Jul), 1909, compared WIth the correspond-lllg months of the precedmg year All quantltle~ and values belllg expres~ed In ml1hons' \rtlc1e I Quantity Value I 19015 I 1909 1908 11909·1 I Pounds I Pounds I Wool I 7~)"d I 2019 $13.0 I $361 Cotton I 50 J 6'30 97 I 9 ~l SIlk, ra\\ I 82 I 126 280 423 Ma1111a, hen p I 53 () I 866 37 44 Jute I 159 ! 2409 36 I -leS I I Indld rubber I us I 533 223 I 398 Flbers (all) I ciO) 0 I 4892 187 182 I-!Jdes and SklllJ 161 6 300 D 283 538 Paper stock (rags) I -iG () 831 07 1.0 VI ood pulp I '2399 3'11 5 35 54 Boards, p1ank~, etl ( feet) I 3050 4084 59 77 Iron are I 846 3 1,6685 12 20 PIg Iron I 1139 1720 1 ;; 25 Steel mgots, blllets etc I 126 20 '3 0C; 15 Copper are I 25 + :'64 33 40 Copper mg-ots, pigS, etc I 711 1387 105 179 PI~ tll1 I -le56 561 133 159 Crude matenal~ for use m I manufactunng (all) I 1910 294.5 ~Ianufactures for fUlther use I m manufactUl Ulg (all) I 87.4 139.4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 RENT AND FURNITURE IN LONDON. Mahogany. Monotony and Ugliness Are the Chief Characteristics of Bed Room Things. So many mlsapprehenslOns obtam m the Amencan mmd con-cermng the actual cost of hvmg m London that a few facts con-cermng the truth of the matter from one who has sampled every kmd of eXIstence here may prove mterestmg, say:. .l\Iay Isabel f'Isk, m the Boston Amencan One can rent an attractlve house m a good neIghborhood, a bit removed from the whirl of the town, for five hundred dollars a year The rates and taxes will amount to about $100 more In a less desirable 10catlOn or a suburb, a comfortable lIttle house can be had for even $250 a year, wIth rates and taxes in proportlOn In Maida Vale, once a fashlOnable dIstrict and abound111g m large, old style houses, now converted into flats, you can get a ground floor and basement for $300. The first floor tenants have privilege of the large garden m the back, which in many 111- stances is generally a most beautlful park wIth trees, flower beds and tenms courts, the whole walled m by the houses gIvmg upon thIS square of green. There are no hIdeous "backyards" 111London, but each dwel-lmg, no matter how unpretentlOus, boasts a garden, and the Eng-lIsh people have reduced to a fine art, the beautlfymg by flower and V111eof every mch of thIs ground. Even m the 111termmable lInes of drab, dreary lIttle houses m the East End, from almost every w111downods a gay lme of flowers In Bloomsbury, ten minutes from all the big restaurant", hotels and theatres, you can obtam a convement, SIx-room flat from $300 to $500. In all instance" you must supply the heat, and all repaIrs are made by the tenant, and on the explratlOn of your lease, you are forced to pay a very consIderable sum, whIch has already been arranged for m thIS lease, or It IS to be deCIded upon when you gIVe up your flat. Also the landlord has the bl1lldmg so msured that m the event of It burmng down dunng your occupancy, you are oblIged to pay the rent up to the ter-mmatIOn of your lease I It can be reaclIly understood that m thb country the landlord has decldeclly the best of the barga111. In fashIOnable .l\Iayfalr you can pay from $1,000 tor a small flat up to $5,000 fOl a large and delIghtful one. Coal 1:. about the same here, but electnc lIght and gas con~Iderable lower Vvhen It comes to furmsh111g a place, It IS mterestmg to note the ddference m pnces of the same thmg" here as compared wIth '\menca Excellent rugs ma} be had for much less than at home-notably the "IndIan carpets" rarely seen on the other SIde A rug anythmg larger than a few feet m SIze IS called a "carpet" If one had an eye for a bargam, by searchmg about 111odd corners, or hav111ga watchful agent on the lookout at one of the wonderful auctIOn marts, beautlful pIeces of old carved furmture may be picked up for at lea"t a quarter or fifth of what It would bnng m Amenca As an offset to thIS, ordmary commonplace furmture IS much hIgher m price. The uglmess and lack of vanety m bed room thmgs IS very dlscouragmg to one of artlstlc taste accustomed to the endless "electlOn of such furmshmgs m New York The hIdeous mono-tony of the mahogany inlaid "suItes," mcludmg a towenng, space-devourmg wardrobe. that hold so very lIttle and the hornble marble-topped wash-stands, wIth the complement of flambuoyant double sets of chma, are too awful for words. In hardly any flat or houses IS there any "cupboard" room at all, and one must re"ort to all manner of expedIents to harbor one's clothes. When anyth111g IS made to order here, never, under any cir-cumstances, do you receIve It when promIsed Perhaps you see a table whIch IS not quite to your lIkmg and an offer is made you to construct one for you with the required change. You in-qUIre how long thIS wIll take and are mformed ten days at the "hortest. You reply that It WIll be too long to walt and you won't have the table The salesman qUIckly asks you to walt and dIsappears mto one of those mystenous back regIOns aboundmg m London shops, apparently to confer wIth some hIgher power After an 111termmable walt, dunng whICh even the Budget questIOn mIght have been "ettled, he returns and smIlmgly an-nounces he can dehver the table to you day after tomOl row wIth-out fall You depart triumphant 111havmg gamed thIS VIctory over the proverbIal slowne:.:. of the Bntlsh workman. "Day after tomorrow" lengthens mto a week and you call around to learn the reason of delay A long and complIcated story IS told you of somethmg happemng to the artIcle m the course of con-structIOn- It b not qmte clear what, but you go away much mollIfied. Another week passes and you mdlgnantly demand the wherefor of thIS protracted walt. You find the table had arnved but was not precisely correct m some e:.:.entlal and the thoughtful salesman had sent It back In about three weeks the affaIr arnves, not at all accordmg to your mstructIOns, but weak with combat, you accept It WIthout further parlay This, WIth some small dIfferences, has been an exper- Ience I have battled WIth agam and agam, each tIme thmkmg I mIght prove astute enough to m some way nse supenor to EnglISh custom" and ways. Futlle hope. KItchen uten"I1s are amazmgly dear, and tmware is about as mexpensive as gold plate I spent a year searchmg for a potato masher, and a cham chshc1oth, the envy of all my EnglIsh fnends, I had sent me from Amenca. The SIx-penny bazaar is a small and pnmItIve affaIr 111 no wa" approachIng our five and ten-cent store., ~--------------------------------------------_._._.~ I I I,,II IIII , •,III FOLDING BEDS i\RE BRUD i\ND TUE "ELI" PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds III Malltd and Upright. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Write for cuts aud prices ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. I ------ .---4 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN Two Good Boosts for Evansville. (Contmued from page 5 ) op111lOn on "The c\ch antages of EvansvIlle for IIanutactUl ero and ShIppers' thh I~ \\ hat he saId "All buy ers \\ ho WIll tdke the t11ne to look U\ el the hnes of furmture manufactured 111Evan~\ Ille 11111110t be lont; to see the great advantages for them to buy 111 the Evan,\ Ille malket EvansvIlle, hav111g \\ Ith111 Its bOl del ~ thlrtl tom 111d1\Idual ta~ tones, each and e\ eI} one of them maklllt; a ,peClal Ime ofter' VdSt opportumty fOl the bu) ers 1he\ can find am thmg the\ Made by Charles Bennett Furmture Co • Charlotte, MICh want 111the furnltUI e 1111e111F\ ,111,\ Ille \n\ man \\ ho ha, g1\ en manufactunng an) stud) can 1eachly ,ee the gl (',It ach ant,lge of factones taklllg up Shm tIme,,; dUel specI,t!I7mg on them thu eh\ be111gable to prodw::e the11 output at the \ el \ 1111l11l1lUcllol,t \t the same t1111ethe bm el has the ach anatge of see1l1g all the Ime,,; manufactm ed b) thIS entll e .1tunber of fact01le, ,hO\\ n In sample looms 111one large bmld111g , After purcJ1a'lng IllS \\ ant, no mattel tl om \\ nat tadol\ he mav have dedIt \\ 1th the bu) cr can IOMl them ,111111 one caI, theleby gett111g the be,,;t and 10\\ est 11 Clght 1 ate,,; and he can get the goods dehvered to h,,; ,tOIC 111a much bettel ~OnchtlO1 than If they \\ere chIpped h\ local freIght fllI~ pOInt ha, ahead\ made Evamvdle knOY'd1to the fUll11tm C buy ers dnel the elt\ IS today the leadmg mn.ed car fmmtmc centel 111 the entIre lmted Cmtec1 State,,; \ 0 le-,s than;: 2') cal 10ac1~of furmtm e \\ CIC ,mp peel out of E\ ansvIlle dunng the month of ::,eptember, lUst ended "The EvansvIlle Furmtm e Exchange I"; open to bu\ eh ,Ill the ) ear around and an} one 111the market \\ l,,;h1l1gto 1eple111,',hhIS cupphes can do no better than come to thIS ut). no matte I It he only needs a small amount of good~ He \\ 111find l11s tnp here ha, been profitable to hIm In the savmg of freIght rates, better terms and prompter c:ehvenes "Evansvllle I"; now \\ ell knO\\ n to all buy el., of furl11ture In the LTl11ted State,,; and the manufacturer~ hel e nO\\ ha\ e re-presentatIve,,; 111 l\lexlco, the liVbt Indle~ dnd all parts of South Amenca VI ho are sendtng 111both bu) ers and orders all the \ ear E\ ansvIlle furmtm e I J11H;ht;,ay !Sacs all over the world and helps to dchertlse our CI1\ a,,;one ot the greatest manufactunng centers ,",e\e.1t}-fi\ e salc~men for furmtm e and stoves travel out of E'dnsvllle and the} are constantly 'boo,',tlng' EvansvIlle It I";my honest and E1I1Cerebehef that 111 the ne)<,-1tea years EvansvIlle ,,111 have ,1Ot on1l thIrty -fOUl furmture factones and five stove plant,,; but that It ,,111 l1dve fifty furmture plants and a great tn- 11 ea~e 111 the ,to\ e blh1l1es) wtll be notIced 1\ hat \\ e \\ant anel vvhat the dealels want IS a large market, ,I c;ooel \ alletl and they \vIll all come here The more factone~ II e ha\ e the more bU~tne0s we \\ III do 111 the course of a year I ,ee a bnght futm c for the fur 11ture manufacturers of Evansv1l1e fhere IS no ln11lt to 0111 posslblhtles IVe WIll cont111ue to grow and e,,-pand untIl L\ ans\ Ille \\ 111be known and honored 111 ever} II \ Ihzecl part of the \\ Ide VI oriel Of the 223 car loads of fur11lture "hlppecl out of EvansVIlle dunng the month of Septembel about one half moved 111 sohel calload lot, and the other half moved 111local shlpmenb Of c,tm e~ there "ere 101 carloads ,,;hlpped dunng the month of 'vptember ~IAt) per cent of these stove,,; moved 111 carload lots anel the balance 111 local shIpments TI11s \vould make a total of at lea"t () ')20 ( (0 pounels from thLe 111dmtne,,; alone The rev-enue elel1\ ed flom the,,;e shIp 11ents wa,,; over $500,000 ThIS IS a guo 1 1 elOl c1 ,111c1111 the future" e WIll do even better' B W C Rein' Glad. I lIke tIllS thing of bein' glad, The feelm's simply grand To have a feller slap your back, Or gnp you by the hand, And look Just tickled half to death To see) ou once again \\ hy, shucks, It makes you feel so glad You simply have to grin. The heart's a spongy lookmg glass, And you can put it clown, That it reflects, and then soaks up, A smJIe or tear or frown; So when you're up against it hard And sorry, sick or sad, Just coax a gnn and try like sin To look a little glad r c)I teelIn,', are contaglOu, thIng,,;, LIke measles or the mumps, And when the folks around look blue You're also in the dumps; So get a gnn above your chin, For that's contagious, too, That some unhappy chap may see And catch the grins from you -]. T. II Illle Illchlgan produces the £ne"t grade,; of bIrch and bIrd s e} e maple lumber, comparatIvely httle bIrch i~ used by the manufacturers of furl11ture 111 Grand RapIds Consider-able quantItIes are ,,;hlpped to K ashVIlle, l\Iemphls and other ,,;outhem P0111tS where It I'; cut up and fil11~hed to imItate ma-hogan) It b saId that the factones located at Rockford, III use more bIrch than all the furl11ture factones 111 the state of ~IIchlgan WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 CO-OPERATIVE CATALOGUE PLAN The Winona. Minn.• Scheme As Outlined by the RepresentathTeof the Furniture Trade. The folloWIng letter from the leadmg fUlmture dealer of 'v\!mona, MInn, outhmng the plan for makmg and USIng a co-operatn e catalog, was read at the recent meeting of the Mmnesota Retal1 Furmture Dealers' AssociatlOn held m Mmneapohs W L Grapp, Mmneapohs, Mmn , Dear SIr -I find that I am not gOlng to be able to get away from W mana to-morrow, bemg held here by very lmportant bUsIness, and so shall not have the pleasure of meetmg wlth my brother furm-ture dealers In conventIOn as I had very much deslred Please Made by Charles Bennett Furniture Co , ChaI lotte, MlCh extend to the conventIOn my greetmgs, and say that in regard to the workmg of the co-operatlVe catalog, whIch was the subject assIgned me, I can as yet say httle or nothmg as the catalog we W mana merchants are gettmg out lS now m press and will take some months to determme lts success m our c1ty as a trade getter, though we have many letters from other Cltles where the plan has been tned, show1l1g It to have been very successful In bnef, the plan IS SImply this' A number of merchants comb me to Issue the catalog; m our case, we have H Choate & Co, the leadmg dry goods house for the dry goods end, a shoe house, a c10thmg house, and a harness manufacturer, a carnage company, a hardware house, a Jeweler, I have the furmture and chma department and several others making In all a complete lIne of goods except grocenes, whIch It IS not advIsable to have, we find Each merchant fills as many pages a~ he deSIres, WIth cuts and prIces WIth full descnptIons, paymg so much per page and the bmdmg, maIlIng and other general expenses are pro-rated 'vVe wIll send from the pnnter's office 10,000 cata-logs to proven correct addre"ses m the country and small tOVli ns surroundmg V\T mana m three counties Then once a month we wIll follow up WIth a CIrcular showing some exceptIOnally good leader and callIng attentlOn to the cata-log, for a penod of SIX.months, at the end of whIch tlme, of course, VIi e all hope to be mIllIOnaIres, lf we are not then, we shall have to do It over agam When the catalog lS out I "Ill very gladly send a copy to any of the Mmnesota furnIture dealers, who wl11 drop me their address, askmg for same, and a httle later on wl1l gladly furnIsh all the lnformatlOn I can as to the success of the plan as a trade getter, and anythmg I Cdn m the VIi ay of informa-tIon to those who may WIsh to know more of the plan. Regretting that I cannot be WIth you m person, as r shall be ln splnt, I am very truly yours, GEO J HILLYER New Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Resldence,,-H \\ BaIley, San Rafael HeIghts, Pasa-dena. Cal $8,000, Mrs E S \Varl, I as Angeles, Cal , $4500, Flank 1\1 \\atts, Douglas, Anz, $4,500, Guy Haggerty, Los Angdes, $8000, F Hollett, Los Angeles, $4,250, G W GIb-son, Long Beach, Cal, $5,000 Pubbc BuIldmgs- The contract for bUlldmg the cIty hall at Redlands, Cal , has been let to Taylor Br03 Bnck company Pa sadena, Cal, wIll el ect a kmdergarten buddmg at a CO"t of $15,000 Los Angeles, Cal , IS asking for bIds on the con-structIOn of 5even, smgle story frame school houses San J acmto, Cal, IS about to begm the erectIOn of a new hIgh school bUlldmg to cost $4 000 Why I~umber Stocks Are Low. A local Jobber of furmture lumber declares that sac' 5 are low and steadIly decreasIng on account of the 111actVIty of the mIlls "Furmture lumber mu~t be cut 111cold weath-er," the Jobber lemarked It wlll not cure properly If cut out of season Dozy, ehscoloratlon, vI,arpmg and other eVIls follow when lumber 15 not cut in the proper season of the year" Visited Yellowstone Park. Dan \1\ Tower of the Grand RapIds Brass Company, has returned from a summer tour m the west He spent several weeks m Yellowstone Park, where he m1de many trIpS on horseback and VISIted parts of that wonderlaml that are rarely seen by tounsts who spend only a few days in the park. What to Buy and Where. The H S Holden Veneer company, 40 Market street, Grand RapIds, 1\1ICh, have Just receIved 100,000 feet of chOIce Clrcasslan walnut, 85,000 feet of mahogany and cedar crotch 100000 feet of chOIce mahogany and 250,000 feet of 1-20 chOIce quartered oak veneers, all read} for lmmedlatc delIvery WOULD LIKE TO SELL OUT. That old and substantIal firm, MacAllIster & Mohler, of Columbu~, OhIO, dIssolved some tIme S1l1ce, and the rem am-mg partner, John H Mohler, ""auld be pleased to find a pur-chaser for hIS busme"s Not because 111::, bUsIness is un-profitable, whlch IS not the fact, but other mterests need hI~ tIme The contract for supplymg- furmture and fixture'3 for the new Traders' Bank bU1ldIng In Scranton, Pa , has been a" ardeer to the LIbrary Bureau of Boston ARTISTIC WALL AND WINDOW DECORATIONS Colors and Qualities of Material for Curtains, Draperies and Wall Finishes Must Harmonize With Carpets and Furniture, or Else Results Will Be Disastrous. The real, the gleate"t the he'it opportullltle" fOl the clh-play of good taste 111 hou"e decoration., IS found m the "elec-tion of wall color", cal pet." cm tams and drapene'i and lIght there IS where mIstakes and blunder'i are most fJ equenth made, says an eastern authonty on the 'lubJect HO\\ e\ el 111 the matter of wall decoratIons thel e IS httle to be saId for It IS admItted that A.menca plOduces the most artl'otlc wall papers 111 the world and the combmmg of the plam papel s m the soft, dull colors WIth the blight flowered pattern., 1'0 cal-ned out In the home" all 0\ el the land In a fashlOll whlLh l' not equalled 111 any othel country The damask pelper" nch and thIck almo"t as the real blOcade'i whIch the\ arc made to ImItate, make vvall CO\ enng'i for the salon and tht receptIOn rooms whIch It takes a c1o~e obselVer to (IIstln£; l11sh from the expensIve 'illks whIch are 'iO much m tashlOn In rr;ure Inr the paneled wall" The IashlOn of dlvldmg off the "all" Into panels lIke "0 I"nany pIctures b, by the V\ay, an almo"t wholly rlench cus-t0m The French salon IS chvlded 1I1tO so many panels, be-l \v pen \\ hich there IS \\ ood carvmgs, 01 a "tucco "hlch 11111- tates it After thIS each pdnel 11<1'" Its dpplopnate j)lctUl e dnd ll'il1al1), he [are It, SIb a certam chall 01 other pIece of tUI wtlllC ThIS gIves a stIff fm mal look to the el\ Uage 1r ench 'ietlon whIch IS much cntler"ed b) "trangel ", and \\ lth I ea"on 'n the matter of celhngs, It IS the ItalJetns "ho of elIl the clvdl, ed people of the earth, havt the hand,ome"t and mCht elaborate:y decorated one" The Flench put 111 d lot ot stucco m artistIc pattern", but they u<.,ually leal, e the"e "hltc The ,-olor-lo, 111(7 Itahans ha\ e mhented their taste for glIde I and pd1l1' «1 celhng" from their old masters, from Raphael and Leonardo The churche" 111 Italy ha\ e In the cellJngs masse" cf £;,[hlmg and pamtlng'i In £;'orgeou<" colors So that the olClmary Jtdlran hou"e paInter 01 decolator IS perfectly cap able, w th a fevv strokes of the brush, of turnmg the com- ----- I ---- ..----------------------.----.-.-.-.-.---'------------~ III i I i III II MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH •••• COion101 sUlles TOil POSI Beas Odd Dressers ChllIOmers waroroheS LMleS' TOilels DreSSing Tables ManOgany Ini00d GOOds III I IIII I I I I I I I IIi I III I ~-------------------~-----------------------~ WRITE FOR CATALOG 11'o11e"t e,ll1~~ mto a pleelsmg pIcture of sky and flower" 1n 'I, h1ch t1'l l 'or 'icheme 1S most artIstic \\ chi e tetkc11 up thIS Idea 111 many of our wall papers, and no, ',e ha\ J charnllng cellrngs whIch come ready for puttIng up, and vvhlch gIve a much warmer, more pleasant eftert to a room than the old fashIOned whIte celhng", All ,I ,'(;h c'i [:ee1', ]11tl e treatment of walls, are 111 "ckh \ ,;:;11C at pre'ient that the I e"t have been pretty much neglected The L'I (, 1,tnL,Cl HI" 11\ L '- (r the green" are the dull h"1e, 111 "f' e1al tOl1\.~'i and tll(, YlnetIan reds The green c(,]o,' scheme tor mtellor decoratlOn'i of all sorts undoubtedly comes from En£;'lanc1, where It has attaIned It" hIghest state of per fecbon Some of the Londoner'i go to the extreme of pall1t- 1l1L, tIltH 1I01,l «(I )j '- d bright green, or even red. and thl- l'i bCln~ 1011)\' ed In ColonIal h01bes l1l Amenca AnJ tl't <;UaJlge1 1)-1"''''111.t.l,llough the mIles of dull 100kl11g bnck hou,e" \\ 1<lch ,eem ne\ el to ha\ e had a coat of pamt, l'i <;telltIed, here and there by seemg a bnght green door peep- I11g out, \vlth perhaps a bnght red one the next dool It 'ihock'i at fil <;t but on the whole, It glve" an Idea of good cheel wlthl11 rr he thl11g '" 111ch the \ I'-,[tor ,.,ees fil st on e11tellng a 100111 IS thc \\ mdo\\ 101 [t h b) the dre:>sl11g of the wll1dow" tInt onc ma\ be"t gua~c the cahbre of the hO'itess And hele d2,dln the \mencdll ",oman ha'i much to bp thankful for For h(1\\ e\ c r attl actl\ e the l~l eneh wmdow'i openmg m the mId-dle tor the full length. d" the) do, they are the very mischief to (hare and arran£;c The Amencan "tyle, be:>ldes lettIng In much lelss cold ~l1d draught, h altogE'ther more accommO latl11g when It LOme" to the subject of the curtal11S \\ Ith a drapery acro'iS the top, the alrangemcnt can be a fixed affaIr, whereas the ellape1) tor the l'rench w1l1dow'i must always have cords to pull It back 111 order to open the wl11dow e\ er so httle. BASE BURNER Full Revertil)Je Flue. Hlglt Grade. Medium Prices. New DeSIgn. FIre pots are large and heavy and can be removed through front ooor. Shakmg and draw center grate. Large ash pan NIckel parts are base, foot ralls, name plate. ash plt, door panel, dragon corner wings, enllre reRector top and swmg cover. SIZe of No File Pot WeIght PrIce II I "in. 2001bs. $17.75 112 12in. 2501bs. 14.75 lid 13in. 300lbs 16.75 ONE OF "THE LINE THAT SEllS" SEND FOR CATALOGUE. w. D. SAGER 483·497 No. Water St • Tel Randolph 1372 CHICAGO, ILL. WEEKLY ARTISAN Unless, mdeed, one resorts to that system, current m France, of bUlldmg out the canopy at the top to pe11111tthe window to open 1l1Slde of It lance knew an old French lady in Amenca who, al-though she had ltved m the country for thirty years, always bumped her head agam"t the raised \\ 1l1dow sash when she tned to look out of doors \nd In France the Americans can nevel get u ..,ed to thel pullmg of a half dozen pairs of Cotds before they attempt to open the wmdow, and even If they do not bump their heads they tear the curtains on the corners of the \\ mdows and get mto a temper at the "unpractlcal French .. Any properly dressed wmdow "hould have not less than three pair" of curtains and drapcnes not countmg the bItnet, which make" four The first one whIch goe'" O\! el the glass C3n be of an} thm matenal not to shut out the hght. or It may be tmted "0 that any de"lred tone may filter mto a room Raw dayhght for a 1eceptlOn room IS not desirable French women are fond of puttmg pale pmk tulle or net over the Wl1ldow pane ~ et IS the most practical, as it washes. and IS not expen"l\ e If It fades It can eastly be clIpped The next CIlltams are also whIte. open m the l111ddle, and draped back These a1e oftenest of lace, 01 a combmatlOn of lace and mushn or tulle But there I" such a rage for net at present, the nerts, both m white ana creams, are bemg worked out mto dehghthtl patterns for the "econd pall' to the WIndow ThIs IS done m Pan.., m various wa)-" elther m wash nbbons, tone on tone, or In colofCIl nbbons The pattern'i are apphqued on the tulle In bow knOb, mto flower deSIgns and m art patterns too numerous to mentlOn. Some snappy one are done m the cretan flow-el s cut out or m the much rev1vecl tode de JOuv, which IS much the same thmg, only hand-somer It I.., "omettme" only the top of the curtam whILh IS thus treated, leavmg the low-el portIOn loose and hgh 1. N (\t In ..,ome form or another has for the moment almost com-pletely ousted the old conventIOnal lace cur-tam, whIch for modern grace 1" conSidered much too heavy and stiff, 1he third pair of curtams IS, of course, the drapery, whIch must be m keepmg With the rugs, or carpets, and WIth the furmture of a room It IS practIcally only tlllS thud paIr \\ h1ch co"t an) thmg A drapery should be se-lected whIch IS not stiff The handsomest of all is the Silk dama"k m raIsed pattnns of the same tone, and these hned 'WIth a ..,oft plam stIk, hght both m color and weight At pre"ent the'1e IS a furor for apphque curtams, which were first brought out by LIbert} of London A sort of red stIk v"hlch may be part cotton, IS u..,ually employed m hght, or the art colors, and on to the"e are applted the tortuous pattern.., m another color of a darker shade generally, or m a darker tone of the same shade But m the selectIOn of curtam", or rathel, most of all of the drapenes, the room to be furm"hed must be conSId-ered, and also the kmd and COI01of the wall decoratIOns Thl curtaIn" of all the wmclows of a home should be made as far as po,slble to look ahke' flam the outSIde, but here the hkeness ceases For each room IS to be treated In a diff-erent fashIon mS1de, depenchng on the room, whether It is the parlor, the "lttlng room, the clImng room, 01 a bedroom For decoratIOns m the sleepmg room" the canopies for bcJs are Important The old style affair whIch covered the 11 bed In 'iuch a way as to hmder the free pas"age of the alt IS, of course, not to be thought of There IS such a tiling d-, placing a curtam around the back and head of the bed agam"t the wall, whIch gIves much mow the look of luxury and fimsh than a bare wall. and whIch 111no way mtetfei es With the hy gIenlL atrangement of the room Thcse drdpenes ..,ho"1d be the same 111tone as tho"e at the" 1ndo\\" Volume of General Business. A bullet111 just Issued by the bureau of statI"tK" of the department of commerce and labor, relatIve to 111ternal com-melrce dunllg the month of August prove" concluslvel} that there has been a va"t 111crease In the volume of general bU..,I-nes~ transacted In the country dunng the past) car The figm es show that the movements of gram, flour, I" e ..,tock. packmg house products, coal, coke, cotton, lumber, shoes, wool, Iron and several other commoditIes, we1 e much largo than 111 August 1908 and 111several 111stance" larger than m 1907 The same result:" are leached when the reports for the first e1ght months of tl1l'; year a1e compared WIth 1905 Some New Pieces by the Bockstege Furmture Co , of EvanSVIlle,Ind. and 1907 The bulletin closes WIth the following paragraphs "The value of bmldmg penmts granted by mU11lc1pal authontIes of 90 leachng citIes 111all parts of the country IS ..,tated as $65,073,337, thIS total, whtle 9 m1lhon dollars be-low the Jul), 1909, total, mdlcates, however, an 1mpro" ement of almost 40 per cent, as compared WIth the correspondlllg "\ugust, 1908, results "Reports from 33 car-servICe assoClatlOns and demur-rage bureaus covenng practIcally the entIre tern tory of the L11lted States, gIve the total number of cars handled as 2,- 805,290, \\h1ch, for the first t1111e,exceeds the number of the correspondmg monthly total handled in 1907. Thel figures for the eIght 1110nths reported by these orga11lzatIons, 19,- 440, 634 cars are sttll a mtlhon short of the total reported for the correspond111g 1907 penod " Just because fools and children speak the truth IS no reason why they should monopohze the conversation The man who succeeds IS the one who makes me of other people's mistakes 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Wisconsin Factory Notes. Fond du Lac, \\'lS, Oct 7-The \\ Isconsm ~Ilfror Plate Company will remove to Sheboygan, \\ 1S. m January next, where they are building a new plant whIch 1S to be 60x160 feet m d1menslOn" The company has an excellent trade and IS buildIng the new factory to melet the demands of 1t'i growIng busmess The Fond du Lac Table Manufactunng Company, man-ufacturers of extensIOn tables, 1'i one of the plants of thIS CIty ""h1ch has been runnmg a full force of men on full time "lnce the first of the year The company recently sent out 5,000 of theIr fall catalogs The \V 1sconsm Cabmet Company IS one the most pro gress1ve furl1lture manufactunng concerns m the cIty of Fond du Lac The company has Just completed an add1t1on 18 xS2 feet, to theIr warehouse, a two story structure 45x80 without the addItion The mam bmldmg of the plant IS 85 x120 feet two "tones Secy-treas A Se1den"pmner recenth assumed the management of the company He 1S a gen-tleman who has been 1dentlfied w1th the furn1ture trade all of his hfe. ::\Ir Se1denspmner came here from Grand RapId", \V IS, V\here he was connected for four years wtlh the Ober-beck Bros Manufactunng Companv and prn 10US to that tllme was assocIated WIth the Klel Table Company of K1el \VIS The company IS now gettmg out ItS neV\ hne ot pat-terns for January and WIll have ready for the trade at that tIme, forty ne"" sUItes. Bird·s Eye Cherry. "The hand~omest furmnture so far as regards the wood used, and I may add there was nothmg lackmg m the deslg,1 ever pro-duced m Grand RapIds, V\as turned out by the John \\Tlddlcomb ..- .•.._ ...--." "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. GO! Dresser Interest you? Do not buy untIl you know the pnce. Ask us for how much less than $12 we sell It, and In- CIdentally ask for a catalog. Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND. MICH. .. -_. ......--_ ..._._--_._._~ I Company m bIrd s-e} e chen y ," remarked a gentleman formerly IdentIfied \\ nh the furmture mdu"try but at present engaged 111 Jobbmg lumber "There came 111tothe possessIOn of the company a few log" of cherry that possessed bIrd' ,,-eyes, and when made up the beauty of the figure and the nchness of the color charmed the beholder 1he buyers m the market took the ,;mtes eagerly; the lot was clo<ed out m a smgle day Before the opemng of the sale 1Ir \VlClcllcomb s WIfe and a number of lady fnends were 11lvlted to llbpect the sample", and the cherry bIrd's-eyes pleased them so much that they pa1d httle attentlOn to other features of the Ime Preferred By Old Maids. In dlscu0sll1g the reVIval of the demand for furniture made of b1rei's e} e ancl wh1te maple a well 11lformed manufacturer <tated that when old maids needed somethmg "mfty," they usually Made by thtl Udell Works, IndianapolIs Ind "elected goods made 1.1these woods \Vh1te maple when properly fimshed retams 1b color and there 1Snothmg m the timber world to compare ''>lth the b1rd's-eye figure AnClent maiden ladles reahze and apprecIate the0e facts and show good taste and fine d1scnmmat!on m Judgment when se1ectmg furl11ture con-structed of these matenals. Goods made of these woods sell most readIly m the fall months. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups wlth cork bases ever oflereGto the trade 1hese are fimshed In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple l!l a Itght fin"h The,e goorls are admIrable for poltshed tloors and furn- Iture rests They will not sweat or mar. PRICES $4 00 per hundred 5.00 per hundred FOB Grand RaptdB SlZe 2%, lnches SIze 2% In,hes Try a Sample Order ~.. _.- ---_--.-_~-----_ __ --.--.--._.-.------- __ •••••• --- ••••• _4 WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 LOWER PRICES ON LEATHER BonON SALES OFFICE, 2 ~2 Purchase Street. OFFICE AND TANNERIES, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The Corporation Tax Law. Washington dlspatche", sent out apparently by authonty, for the purpose of throwmg lIght upon the prOVISIOns of the corporatIOn tax law, state that mqUlnes receIved by the treas-ury department show It to be a common opmlOn that the tax became operative wIth the beglnnmg of the fiscal year, whIle a great many others have concluded that the tax would be im-posed beg111111ngWIth Aug S, or the day on whIch the Payne A1dnch bIll was approved by the presIdent Contrary to bot~ of these ImpreSSIOns, the prov ISIons of the act name the cal-endar year as the penod to be covered by the tax, and the first a"sessment under the corporatIOn tax law wlll be for the pen-od between January 1, 1909, and December 31, 1909, or the present calendar year It IS saId that the new corporation tax law IS one of the very few revenue measures ever enacted by congress of a retroactIve character. ThIs measure reaches back more than eIght months before the date of Its passage, and Judg111g from the 111qulncs receIVed by the treasury department, the extent of ItS retroactIon IS Just now beIng realtzed by a great many corporattons \ The fir'it collectIon of the net earn111gs tax, however, WIll not be made untt! June of next year The admlll1strattve proVISIOns of the measure dIrect that all corporatIOns d0111g a bus111ess In exces" of $5,000 shall submIt a record of their earn111gs for the past calendar year to the treasury department before March 1 of the new year By the follow111g June, the department WIll 111turn have nOtified the corporatIOns of the amount of theIr assessment, and payment must be made by the corporatIOn by June 30 Carpet and Rug Trade. Bus111ess has been along rather qUIet 1111c,s111the carpet and rug trade dunng the past week says the New York J our-na1 of Commerce of October 6 Buyers, as a rule, have been more 111terested In the Hudson-Fulton celebratIOn than 111 secunng addlttona1 suppltes of carpets and rugs. Several dISCUSSIOnshave taken place 111the trade, as to the actual SIt-uatIOn at the mt!ls It IS claImed 111certaIn quarters that reorders have been much smaller than reported, result111g 111 some mIlls be111g anxIOUs to secure further busmess before the new season comes up While reports of thIS sort are made from quarters, sell-ing agents representIng other large manufacturers state that their reorders show a very marked 111crease over those for the same penod1ast year, and that buslnes for the month of Sep-tember was exceptIOnally good QUIte a few of the more prom111ent mt!ls have refused to accept further reorders, and are saId to be practically out of the market pend111g the open- 111gof the new season. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,- .- - -~II II II I III II II 35% OFF LIST $16 ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT The Humphrey-WId-man SectIOnal Construc-tIOn has dust proof partitIOns, iron shelf support,> and a two Illch deeper case than others DEALER.S· PR.OFIT 55% iII IIIIIII ~- No. IO-F. Ouartered Oak. LlDe on sale in FurnIture Ex-chanl/ e, Grand Rapids; Manufact-urers' Exh,Litioll Bu,ldinl!, Chi-callo and FurnIture Euhanl/e, New York. HUMPHREY -WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN ~ .. --------- ---- -----------------1 II I "There's , IIIII II IIII II IIII II I I IIIII II I IIII I III III II ----------------- -- -- -.. _ ...- -- . ._-- ..... Condensed Their Catalogues • The '\mencan Blower Company of DetrOIt has Just com-pleted and are senclIng out a convelllent, neat bttle pocket or "pan)' catalogue It I~ a condensatIOn of theIr twelve large sectIOnal catalogues. but It contaub numerous IllustratIOns and gl\ es much II1formatlOn about the company's products. The pur-pose of the lIttle book I~ clearly ll1dlcated by the followll1g taken tram the ll1troductlOn . \Ve respectfully ll1Vlte your careful perusal of the follo,,- Il1g page~ publIshed for the pur[ose of Illtroduclllg our manu-tacture~ and the products of our model Amencan manufactunng plant~ \\ e have been manufactunng and perfectlllg the 'ABC' \ erucal Enclosed Self-Ollll1g Steam EngLle , Centnfugal Fans and Blo\\ ers Fan Systems, Heatll1g, \ entI!at1l1g and .l\Iechalllcal Draft Apparatus and SpecIal DrYll1g Systems for over a quartel of a century B) our recent can salt dation wIth the Sirocco En-gll1eenng Company "e hold and control all the nghts and pn- \ llege~ under the patents bsued to .1\1 r S C DaVIdson of Bel-fa" t, Ireland. covenng broadly the plll1uple and constructIOn of the tamou" SIrocco Centnfugal Fan or Blower m the United ~tates and her posseSSIOns, the entIre 'Western Heml~phere and Japan \\ e shall guard Jealously our clear nghts under these patenb, and the publIc IS "arned agamst mfnngements , a" actions agamst II1fnngers have been sustamed m the hIgh courts of I-<..urope and Important lttlgatlOn agamst Amencan Imitators IS pendll1g decIsIOn In the L;lllted States of Amenca 'A.BC' and 'Sirocco' apparatus stand first and foremost m qualtty, workman-shIp and desIgn amongst users, engmeers and archItect'S through-out the "orld B) clean and upnght publIclt) \\ e deJlrc to bnng our pro-ducb to ) our attention, and b) contlllued productIOn of the hlgh-e" t pOSSIble ~tandard of eJ<.cellence, we aUll to mallltalll our en- \ lable reputatIOn all over the gI0be~abo'lrd shp and on laud --\ feature of the "pony" catalcgue tnat VI 111be convement and tbeful to man) manufactt1ler~ and others CO.lSISts of ' Con-versIOn Tables" of \\ eights and lInear, ~quare and cubiC meaJ-ures, 111 \\ hlch the metnc standards are reduced to the A.mencan ~tanc1ards and vIce, ersa II I II III II III IIIII - --# Business Conditions in Western Canada. The \\ ml1lpeg office of the ::\lo'letary TImes of TOlOnto. Ont . report, that tlIe furl1ltt11e bU~L1e'lJ 111 the \Ve~t I" g-c~cl LntI! about a month ago, It \\as somewhat dull but not any more ~o than m o~her seasons, 111 the summer tune their busll1e~~ IS natur-all) qUIet One \iV mt11peg film IS trebhng Its warehou"e capacIty, and the Knechtel lurl1lture Company, of Hanover, Ontano, are bmldmg a three-storY bnck bmlcl111g 111W111mpeg for theIr we~t-t. rn tI aele There IS greater competitIon now than formerly ",lI1ce the finanCIal ~tllngenc) of two years ago, busll1e~s thIS fall IS lu~t Icsumll1g ItS aiel-tIme activIt) \ traveler of a comp'lny hoCle la~t \\ eek ent 111 a $7,000 order representll1g one week', bUSll1e~s J he furl1lture dealel ~ at Regma, ltke every other llI1e of bJs-l, leS>".\\ ere caught by the ~lump m 1901 very much overstocked 'I he result of their expenence at that tlllle was to make them cautIOus For thIS reason they have delayed sendmg 111 Older, untIl the last moment. when they could be practically as~ured of the crop re~ult Ju~t as ~oon as they kne\\ thl~, the orders began to come rapIdly and, more especlall), recently \t Edmonton, the whole ...ale home~ are busy cleanng out theIr stocks preparator) to placmg fresh order~ Shortly, the \\J 111l11pegVI holesale houses, and througlI them the manufacturers 111Eastern Canada, should find a good volume of bus111ess COmlJ1g to them from the west. WEEKLY ARTISAN Remittances to Selling Agents. ".!\Ianufacturers support then" repre~entatlV es on the road \\ Ith the money nece""ary to prosecute theIr bU"Iness much better than formerly," remarked the ca~hler of a leadIng bank-mg m"tItutlOn r,n Grand RapIds "'.Ve are not asked to 'ca'ih a draft on the hOlbe' once where we were ten tImes a few years ago .!\[anufacturers have learned that It I~ ex-pensl\ e for theIr men to be Idle' whIle waltmg for funds and the general refusal to honor theIr draft" of the hanker'i and the rule enforced hy hotel keE:pers m regard to the same ha~ aIded In bnngmg about the change Travelmg salesmen lose heart and mterest m theIr work when the expected re-mIttance faIls to reach theIr hands" One day last year the agent of an Important manufac-tunng house arnved at San Antomo, Texas He was short of funds and the romttance was not forthcommg He waIted several days and then "wIred" the howoe, statIng hI~ nece,,- sItles One week later a draft was found In a letter from the firm WIthout an explanatIon or apology for the wlthhold-mg The agent paId hIS bIll and proceeded eastward to the town m Pennsylvama whE:re the firm IS located, arnv111g m the course of five day" Turmng m hI", "photo" and accounts he announcE:J hIS IntentIon to seek employment of anothel firm and demanded a settlement "The old man" happened to enter at thIS moment and asked, "what's the matteI, TIm?' "J1m' explaIned, and then the old man wrote a check for the amount hIS finanCIal manager would have been entItled to had he rema1l1ed m the employ of the firm untIl the close of the year and 'oummanly dI'ocharged hIm The tra\ eltng "ale'i man" gnevance'i vvele a'i'iualSed and he lemal11ed \\Ith the firm "La"t week a 'otranger called at Om hank and ple~ellte(l a draft drawn hy a hankmg hou"e located In LaClossc, \\ 1'0 upon one of the loan and trust compame'o of ChICago,' saId another bank offiCIal "He bad no acqua111tances 111the CIty and asked us to IdentIfy hIm by a "photo" of hImself, a pack-age of letters and the name stamped upon hh shIrt by the maker \\1 e placed some value on the photograph, le:os lupon the letter", but reasoned that It was hardly probable that the :otranger would wear another'" shn t \\ e cashed the draft and It pro\ ed to be all nght "A local bU'ime'i'i man entered the bank onel day WIth a "tranger and asked us to ca'ih a draft f01 $100 drawn On a firm located m an eastern CIty, engaged m manufactUlIng and Jobbmg paper The local man stated that he had kno\\ n the stranger SE:lven years, had bought goods of IllS firm, and would "ouch for hIS 111tegnty The stI anger s appearance dId not Impress U'i favorably and I Iemarked that I would pre"ent the applIcatIOn to the finanCIal commIttee and 111 form the applIcant of thell deCISIOn an hom or two latel I adVIsed the preSIdent to vvIre the firm the 'itl angel clanned to represent and learn If the draft \\ oltld be honored whe,] presented The I eply receIved by the pI eSldent 'otated tlMt the man 111 questIOn had not been 111 theIr employ dunng the past SIX months and that a draft upon tlw firm on hI" account would not be honored The local re"Ident thanked me for my refusal to cash the draft and for saVIng hIm $100" Sager's Stoves and Ranges. AttentIOn of dealers IS called 110 the advertbement In thIS number of the \\T eekly ArtIsan of vI, D Sager, manu-facturer of stoves and ranges, 330-342?\ vI, ater street, ChII cago. The "Charm Beaver" baseburner IS the kl11d of goods that sell and dealers should WrIte for complete cata-log. 15 ---_._.-----------------_. ~.- ,I II IIt I I I A BARGAIN HEI{E'S THAT IS I IIIII III II I............. -- _--- -.- No. 537. 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thiS line library Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIS and other good thmgs we have to show you, PALMER MANUFACTURING co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. ~------.- ... THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Send your address and and receIve descriptIve Circular of Glue Heaters, Glue Cookers and Hot Boxes with prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. .- .. _------------------- ........•...•.... ~ 16 \\ E E K L Y ART I SAN PUBL.ISHI!:O ~VERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNlTEO STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAAe SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PuBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRAND RAP OS. MICH. A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter July 'l, 199 Rt the post office at GrInd Raptds Mlchlgm under the act of V1arch 3 1819 STEEL MEN WILL MAINTAIN PRICES. Those who have been entertall11ng the Idea that the dC tJvlty of MI Schwab and other mdependent steel manu,ac tUl Ers wl11 result 111 curbIng the tru:ot and a cut 111 pnces \\ 111 be surpnsed to learn that the I11dependents are to gl\ e Judge Gary a receptJoln and dlllller 111 K ew ork next Thursday, October 16 New YOlk dbpatches declare that "Kot a per-son connected wIth the steel corporatIOn IS 111 any v. ay con-cerned wIth arrangements for gett1l1g up the chnnel to J u(lge Gary a receptIOn and cl,111ner 111 )Tev, York neht Thurscla), added, "from the love feast of the r1\ al 1I1teresb much ot mo-ment to the Iron and steel world IS expected to come" Pith burgh also fully understands the motn e:o of those \\ ho al e promot1l1g the d1l1ner as shown by tllls, sent out trom that Clt\ "It 1:0 fully expected by PIttsburgh 1l1telE'3ts that tIle result of the com111g meet1l1g and d1l1ner WIll be an agree-ment between the steel corporatIOn and all 1I1dependents as to pnces and also as to terntory It IS saId here that one of thE ma1l1 ob] ects of the testlmol11al dmner to Judge Gary IS to thank 111m for hIS good work 111 ma1l1taln1l1g the steel 1I1dustry on an e\ en keel throughout the pamc It \\as Judge Gary, who, on several occaSIOns, called In steel makers. both great and small, and conv1l1ced them that the only \\ ay to prevent troublc was to curtaIl productIOn and keep the pllce:o up" Comparatively fEW manufacturers of pIanos use cases made 111 theIr own vvork'3 \Vlth the exceptIOn of ten or twelve fIrms or corporations engaged 111 the plano manufac-tunng bU;o1l1ess, the cases used are manufacturc1 to ordel by manufacturers of plano cases exclusIvely An essential quahty 111 the plano IS tone, and 111 Its PlocluctlOn the ca~e plays no part. The plate, the sound1l1g board and the scall or actIOn, produce tone and It b to these parts the manufac ttuer gIves most attentIOn Tht::,e parts are made lal gel) by speclahsts and the as;oembhng of the parts that ma1<e a complete plano IS largely the work of the so-called manufac-turer It IS stated by a gentleman well 1I1formed 111regard to the 1I1dustry that the plano case manufacturers of the V11lted States supply the ca~es for one hundred twenty-five manufac-turers of pIanos Tht bus1l1ess IS not unhke that of the man-ufacturers of automobIles, none of whom make all the parts conta1l1ed 111 a mach111e Last July the Dally ArtIsan-Record p Ibltshed an 1l1terVlev. WIth a fur11lture buyer from Bueno" Ayres, who made some statements that were conSIdered extravagant, to say the least, but consular report:> 1l1dlcate that hIS assertIOns were not overdrawn That Buenos Ayres IS a gl eat CIty b shown by the fact that It recently sold $1:;,000,000 111bonds for pubhc Improvements and IS consldenng a propOSItIOn to I-sue $13,000,000 more for the -onstl uctlOn of a boulevard from the center of the cIty out to the Jockey Club s race ttacb and amphItheatre Bueno" Ayres IS now larger than any other cIty m the southern hemIsphere and I gro\\ mg more rapIdly than any other large cIty m the world, 11l t e\ en exceptmg ~ ew York I t ought to be a good market fO! "\ orth Amencan fur11lture and It would be WIth proper shlp-p1l1g faCllttIes \t present most of the exports from the Umted States to Argentma go vIa Europedn ports-are shIpped from 1\ e\V York acro"s the Atlan'lC and then reshIpped to Buenos Ayres. Pn,Csla has sohec1 the tImbel problem by CO'1servmg her fOl ests-by preservmg the trees and plantmg more Fmanclally her conservatIOn and I eple11l"h111gpoltcy has been a great success The net retl1ln~ per acre m 1850 were twe 1ty-elght cents. In 1"lJ3 the\ \\ele se\ent}-t\\o cents, m1900, $158, and m190J, $~ 3U 1 hey are now nearly ten tImes what they were sIxty \ eal a~o and they are mcreasmg more rapIdly than ever. Prussla's figures are small however, when compared WIth what the Cahforl11ans expect to hdrvest from theIr eucalyptus planta-tIons I ew retatlers pause In theIr mad chase after wealth to con- SIder the fact that the manufacturers, 111 order to supply theIr needs. al e compelled to cut and carry stock and sometIme" ac-counts four months or more before payment for the same IS tendered by the most prompt Goods cut 111 May, sold 111 J ulY,or -\ugust dehvered 111::'eptember and bIlled m October are seldom p:l1d for un II '\ ovember and m many 111" tances at pen ods week;;; and months later than that month Retatler~ would make condI-tIons easIer for manufacturers as well as for themselves by paYl11g bIlls when due promptly. It IS stated that the Sltgh Fur11ltUle company wl11 be op-elated a~ a co-partnershIp after theIr charter expIres 111Feb-ruary next The company objects to the overhaulIng of ItS affaIrs by repre;oentatrves of the government employed to en-fO! ce the recently enacted COIporatlOn tax law and not to the. tax of one per cent Imposed upon corporatIOns earning an annual profit 111 excess of $5,000 per annum The Arttsan precltcts that many corporatIOns wl11 dls"olve on account or the oblectlOn enterta1l1ed by the SlIgh fur11lture company. \n Idea of the extent to whIch the express compame:o ale "SOah1l1g" custumer J IS furmshed 111the statement of the Welb- Fargo Company that . theIr net earnmgs amounted to 58.30 per cent on the $8,000,000 capItal stock dunng the fiscal year ended J nly 31. last" The expl ess compames are owned mamly by latlroad corporatIOns and raIlroad methods prevatl m theIr man-agement Poor serVIce and eAtortlOnate charges wdl eventually awaken the pubhc to the nece"slty for government regulatIOn and perhaps control of express transportatIOn If the mterpretatlOn of the corporatIOn 111come tax law as made by the \\ ashmgton authontles IS correct, there IS httle doubt that the law wl11 be declared unconstitutional. The constItutIOn expre::,sly prohIbIts the enactment of an ex-post facto law ------ ----------- lMISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. Norfolk, Va, has 75 dealers m furmture and household goods J R Hanford ha~ purcha.oed the retaIl furmture busmess of Hayes & SchmItt at Hanford, Cal K Xehm furmtUl e dealer and lL1dertakers of Black RIver FalL, WIS, ha" sold out to} E Jeefe R C SmIth has be:::ome a partner m the retal! furmture firm of A C Jaeger & Co , .1\11 Pleasant, Iowa John hngee has been appOlnted receIver for Vetter Bra" & Cra WfOId, furmture dealers of K ew c\.lbany, Ind The name of the Los :\ngeles, Cal, Desk Ex~hange, has been changed to the 1.0" Angeles Devk Company The assets of the Credence Cnalr Company of New Haven, Ind , has been ~old to Ed 11 \\ llson for $13.000 The Kolley Furmtllre Company's float ~on first pnze 1,1 a great C1\IC parade gIven m Wlclllta, Kans, re:::ently George G. Freeman has bought the furmture and under-takmg busmess of N S J ohnvon at Canova, S Dak The East E ld lurmture Company of Portsmo lth, Oh.J. have Illcreased the capItal stock from $20,000 to $'30,000 CapItal stock of the 1. Kruckmeyer lurl11ture Company of CmCl1l1atl, OhIO, has been mcrea"ed from $26,COO to $30,000 Charles Anderson succeed" Cuy ShIelds m the retaIl hUl11- ture b,lsmess at New London, Iowa, havmg p lrcha"ed the ctore and stock Amencan manufacturers of furl11ture and cabmet ware sold goods valued at $1,0~8,OGO m Soutn Afnca dUllng the first SIX month" of thl~ year The capItal stock of the ~lersman Bras & Brandts Company, manufacturers of tables, etc , of Cehna, OhIO has been mcreased from $150,000 to $200,000 Pluhp Levy & Co of Norfolk, Va, ale to have a new home for theIr furmture store The Vmery bUlldmg on Granby street IS to be remodeled to SUlt theIr reqUlrements The San Pedro (Cal) Furl11tUl e Company, wro were burned out recently have "nsen from the ashes" and resumed busmess 111new quarters WIth a large stock of new goods Geo F Cllllgman, general manager Df the Tobey Furl11ture Company, ChIcago, wa~ 52 years old on September 27 He cele-brated the event qUletly WIth hIS 'vlfe and seven chl!dren fhe Queen CIty FUr.1lture Company, Cmcmnatl, has been mcorporated by.l\l J } nedman, Joseph H Cohen, H Moyer, Morns H Cohen and N. \V Bolsmger CapItal stock, $10,000 George L Thomas, the leadll1g undertaker of MIlwaukee, WlS, was elected prbldent of the Funeral DIrectors' NatlOnal ASSOCIatIOn at the annual meetmg held m Portland, Ore, last week "Con" Horn, manager of the Horn Furl11ture Company of Waukegan, Ill, has moved the stock mto a large commDdIOu" store, equIpped WIth modern convel11ences at 118 South Genessee street The contract for supplymg the remodeled court house at NashvIlle, Tenn , WIth furl11ture and fixtures has been awarded to the Edgefield K ashVIlle Manufactunng Company on a bId of $18,000 The firm of MICk & Skmner furmture dealers of LIttle Rock, Ark, has been dIssolved, Mr Sk111ner retmng 1. J. MICk, ~ III contmue the bus mess, remodellmg the store and enlargmg the stock The busmess of the Ford & Johnson Company 111 ConnectI-cut has been 1l1corporated under the name of the :'\ew England FurnIture Company of New Haven CapItal "tock, all subscnbed, $300,000 The Korthwood lurl11ture Company who "ucceed the ChIp-pewa Falls, (WIS) Company, have commenced operatIOns They WIll make only kItchen cabmets thIS fall, but expect to add other hnes later W O. Olsen, a popular and "ucce"sful furl11ture dealer of largo, N Dak, has just been elected a" a member of the board of dIrector" of the FIrst '\'atlOnal Bank, the largest financIal m-stltutlOn III the CIty The dIrectors of the Globe- \Verl11cke Company of Cmc111natl, have rescmded tne resolutlOn for the ls"umg of $1,000,000 second preferred stock, earl11ngs dunng re:::ent months havmg made an mCIease m capItal stock unlecesary The Dea11-Creel Furl11ture Company of Pueblo, won first pnzes on exhIbIts at the Colorado state faIr recently three They Made by the Udell Works, Indianapolls, Ind made a chsplay of fur11lture, another of stove" and another of ranges and were awarded first premIum on each HAYeanck, manager of the fur11lture department m the SIebel store at W oodbme, Iowa, was stncken WIth paralysIs on a Lake Shore tram run11lng east from ChICago and dIed soon after reachmg the home of hIS brother at South Bend, Ind. The Menden (Ct) Furl11ture company who recently ad-ded a plano department that has proved remarkably success-ful are remodellng theIr store WIth a vIew of add111g another department of drapenes and other hou"e fur11lshlng good" ~everal changes have been made recently m the ownershIp of the Rehable Fur11lture Company of Paterson, N. J RIchard Warner who controls fifteen stores 111the east, IS now preSI-dent, J M. Coven treasurer and Morns Tnllmg, recretary and manager. H A. ~ orthmgton, preSIdent of the K orthmgton } url11ture Company of Chattanooga, Tenn, whose factory at Orange Grove, near Chattanooga, was burned 111June, "as jaIled recently on a chalge of embezzlement He 1.0 accused of havmg collected $13,000 msurance and fal!ed to turn It over to the treasurer of the company He IS now under $2,000 ball to appear for tnal Several Boston credItors and the propnetors-.!\Iorlls Janke1- son and BeSSIe Tuch-of the Brockton Furmture Company, deal-ers, of Brockton, Mass, whIch was adjudged bankrupt two years ago, have been mdlcted and held for tnal m the federal court charged WIth conspIracy to deceIve the government offiCIals and defraud other credItors. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 - .--~III, I III II II III II !I II II ~_._-----_ ..__ ..... -- II IIII III I, II ,III IIIII I fob Grand Rap,ds I'----_._---~--_._-~--~--~------~ STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION ST .... "T "''' • "If, "'PIDS, MICH. (PAThNT APt"LlhD FOR) We have adopted celluloId a" a hase for our Caster Cups, makmg the best cup on the market CellulOld IS a great Improvement over bases made of other matenal When It IS necessary to move a ptt'ce supported by cups With cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease as the bases are per-fectly smooth (el1ulOld does not sweat and by the use of these cup" tables are never marred These cups are filllshed m Golden Oak and WIllte Maple fi1l1shed light If you w,ll try a sample order oj these goods you w,lt dps,re to handle them ,n quant,tus PRICES, SIZe 21:(Inches $5.50 per hundred. SIze Z){ Inches 4.50 per hundred. TRY A SAMPLE ORDER -. ...... Dodds' No. 8-A New Saw Table. \lexander Dodds, the well-kn()\~n manufacturer of Vvood working machlnel y of GI and RapId, ;\llc11 , h llltrmluc1l1g a new tIlting "aw table that IS coDSldel ed the be,t madl1ne that can be made for the pnce It IS known as DC'dds '\0. 8 It IS made \\ Ith a center shde 12 1l1che" Vv Ide vvIth a movement of 21 1l1ches It has a 10ckl11g devIce to hold It when you do not WIsh to use It, and has a detachable mItre gauge to be mecl when US1l1gthe "hd- 1l1g table em cross-cut v\ Ith the table extended to 2+ mche" also np up to 21 Il1ches V\ Ide Table 11d"a lel11o\ able throat that can be taken out \\ hen US1l1gdddu It dlso has tv\ 0 mltl e gauge~ for leg ulal work and a t\\ o-qded np gauge that can be llsed on eIther "Ide of the q\\, mOl e espeCIal!) \\ hen the table b tIlted, also a tlltll1g IIp gcldge t'l be thed to Ctlt bevel \~01k \\ hen \ On do not \\Ish to tilt thc table The top IS 4G,,+-1- 1l1che~ One l+-mcb saw IS fur11l-,hed \\ lth each machme [t WIll carry d HHnch savv If deSIred }or further lJ1formatll n addless Alex Dodds, Grand RdpHls, :\Illh ~-_.- -------_.- ._---------_ .._- ---_. __ ._----~ , If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. I That makes PRICES right. (!Iarence lR. bills I I DOES IT II 163 MadIson Avenue-CItizens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ~ •• . •••••• ...i r--pi·~NEER··---···__ ·----1 III MAnurAnURInO II I COMPAnr I II DE1'ROI't, MICH. I I I • Reed Furniture •• Baby Carriages : Go-Carts I ~ ! I• ~..__ ...--------------------------------------~ Fult {tne sho'''' only at the factory New Canadian Bill of Lading. The D0l11ml0n Board of Ralh\ ay Comml3slOners have adopted a ncV\ bIll of ladIng for use by CanadIan raJ1roads and ordered that It take effect on ?\ovember 1 It Is called a plaJl1 bIll WIth only eleven prOVIsIons on the back Thc old bIll has twenty-three plovlslons, all of whIch have been done dV\a} WIth, the neV\ ones meetlllg needed conc!ttlOn, of enlalged traffic It Imposes acldatlOnal ob!tgat10ns upon the raJ1wa} company as carner", mak1l1g them responsIble for neg!tgence 111 tran"port or dehver} and also makes the 1l11tlal earners lesponslhle for a con,Ignment of gOJd" to de"lmatlol1, e\ en thovgh they ha' e to pas:, ovel othn J :111- v\ a, hnes 111 Canada It make:, the Butlal company re:,;on- SIble also for shIpments of goods whIch are handled bv Fmted State~ or other loads WIth whIch there IS a Jomt tall[f ar- 1,111g-ement The Slllppel s sa} the new bIll b a (hstmct glll1 fCll the1l1 lndll the new bIll the IaJ1way company has to pro' e that an) loss IS through no fault of Its own Udell Works' Catalogue. The Udell \\ orks of Inc!ldnapo!ts, Incl, have Issued theIr annual catalog Illustl atmg and descnbl11g theIr large lllle of 1I1U ~IC cabmets, laches' desks, bookcases, record cabll1ets, commodes, mechcme cabmets, foldmg tables, the whole nnm-berll1g three hundred pIece" The book IS well pnnted, the engrav1l1gs neat and the blllc1Jng substantIal It wIll prove ,aluable aId to the letdIler 111pushlllg "ale:, A number ot IllustratIOns In the book are reproduced In thIS numbel or the V\T eekly Artisan. Paper Carpets. ~f111~ for "p1l1Jl1ng }al n from papel eXIst 111 Germany and l'rance and another I" bel11g establIshed 111 southern Sweden. The paper} am seems to be espeCIally adapted for rugs and car-pets Carpet,; from tllbpt111 paper tape are be1l1g made already 111 Sweden and E D \N 111s10w, comul-general at Stockholm, re-ports thdt thIS woven produ-::t IS apparently" ery satisfactory - -.- ..- - - ----_._-_. ----,~._-_._._~--~--~-~ I IMPROVED, EASY AND E L EVAT 0 R5 QUICK RAISINC Belt, Electnc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogue and Pnces. KIMBAll BROS. CO" 1067 Nmth St .. Council Bluffs, la. KImball Elevatol' Co. 3Z3 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0 , l0811th St., Omaha, Neb., I~O Cedar St , New York CIty. ..............• _ ~ ....- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN To Encourage Export Trade. Citizens of the Lmted State~ re"ld1l1g 111 Bueno'i \) reo thmk they have found a way to mCI eaOle eA])(Jlts ot manu factured goods from tll1S country to \rgentma Thur plan IS explamed 111 a circular lettel sent to orgal1lZatl0ns 01 \orth Amencan manufacturers, of which the foIlow1l1g b a cap\ "\Ve beg to adVise you that we ha\ e formed a commit-tee, to be later enlarged, to carry mto effect a plan "uggcstt'cl to us by the Hon Chatle" H Shernll, OUl mlUl~tel to \r gentl11a, for openll1~ the field of foreign trade to 'iuch -\mell-can manufacturers a" do not paOl"es-, suffiCIent cdpltal elthu for eAtenslOn of credits or sendmg out salesmen Cel t:11n of our compatnots here posse"" each d few customers ot such satisfactory commel Clal stand1l1g a~ to make the a10resalCl compatnob WillIng to pay cash agalll"t bIlls ot lachng tor good" sent out to "uch customers Each at such cOl11patri ots furmshe.., to our committee a shOl t 11st at these "cleLt cnOl tamers (disgUIsIng hb name to protect hll11self hom com pet Itors here), statlng the ca"h ll1111the WIll pay for each custo-mer, and v\ hat lme of goods he de;-,Ires You are I equested to report thiS 11st of deSIred trade" to the manufacturers 111 vour card cataloo- The large manufacturer mal not 1" • h wl1hng to do thIS, but the ..,mall manutacturer "Ill fhe manufacturer quote" hl'i pllce to u" and OUI membel accepto or not, chrectly to the manufacture I \\ e a, e 111 01meel that the name'i can tamed In ) OUl Cdlcl catalog al e I e-,pon-,Iblc house.." of COUl'ie v, e do not expect \ ou to gual antce them but It would lllJure the del elopment of thl" plan to e,tend Amencan forell;n trade If good.., shipped pro\ cd not to he up to representatIon ReplIes should be adche~"ed to ~ec-cretary Chamber of Commerce Committee, '\orth \mencan SOCIety, 531 Cuyo, Buenos \) res, \rgentma Too Many :Exposition Building PI·oieets. New eAp')sltlOn hUlldl11gs and the COI1\ehlon ot ole! bUlld mgs mto structures for ft1l111ture e'\.ll1bltlOn pUl pose" .11 e pi 0 jected by a numbel ot mdn Iduals both In Grand Rapids and Chicago There IS no need fO! addItIonal bUllclIngs and the efforts of the projectors to 1l1tel est manufactul eb and com-mission men In such enterpll"e;-, are unwal ranted The 111- crease 111 the numbel of bu) er'i attendl11g the e'<posltIons IS very small whIle there IS nothl11g 111the conchtlOn of the trade that would JU'3tIfy manufacturers m the mak1l1g of m\ est-ments In bU1ld111gs to be u"ed for exposition purpo"es The average manufacturer v..ould find It more plOfitable to em-ploy hl'3 surplus money 111 del eloPl11g hiS busmes<, and Illlprm-mg hiS plant than m putt1l1g It Into such a que"tlOnable en-terpI be a~ a f'url1lturc exposItIon bUllclIng dt thl'> tIme r ----~ I I haveon hand fo"mme~~:m~ ~e~~olw~,~~,~ I new machmes which I Will sell at reduced pnces I• to bore bore I BARGAINS IN 4-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines from I;{ to 18inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe, ---ADDRESS-- - J. C. DeBRUYN, 130Page St, Grand Rapids,Mich. " . ----------.... .-------4 New Factories. The Blgelm\ Calpet COInpan} Will buIld three new mIlls along the }la\\ tucket canal neal Lowell, ::\Iass, at a total cost ot S250000 "The Chamber ot Commerce has Just closed a deal that \\ III ~l\ e the Llty a $10,000 mattress factory," say" the Leader of Guthne, Oklahoma \\ H Hendel 11.1<' orgalllzed the ::\[ountain City Cabmet Company and v,I!1 l1lanufactul e cabl11ets and odd pIece", of fur-l1lture dt LhattanO()~d, Tenn \lbert (,oetz, H (, Conrad dnd \\ J SentL have organ- Ized the "ent? I Ulnl1l1l e Company to manufacture furmture m Chicago CapItal $2, 'i00 J I: \\ oochn Hlov 11 \ \ hlte awl \1\ IllIam Rounds have Ol~dl1l/ed the 1CXd" } IAtnl e Company, capitalIzed at $20,000, to eqablI"h a tactof) at I art \\ orth, TexaOl Harr) I: I cldman, John J Lenahan and Paul P Barns ha\ e 111corporated the Lomb111atlon DI'3play Table and Ad- Made by Lentz Table Co, NashVIlle, MlCh J'btable -r rxtures Company, capitalIzed at $4,000, to establIsh .1 factOl} and make display tables and metal speclaltles In Chicago The Dewey-Sy'item Refngerator and Manufactunng Companv has been O1gal1lzed by Elbworth Dewey, through the a..,~lstance of Houston Busl11ess League, to establIsh a fac-ton 111Houston, Texas, and manufacture mantels and a re-fllgel atOl on II hlch \11 Dewey has secured a patent The duthOll7ccl capItal h $150,000 An Important Purchase. On October 7, PhilIp KlIngman, owner of KlIngman's ~ample } 11l11ltl1le compdny, Grand Rapids, completed the purcha~e of a tract of ~round 50x':JO feet Il1 area, located on Dn 1'3lOn '3treet. 111the rear of the Khngman company's store, for II hlch he paId the top pnce for propel ty transferred 111 that sectIOn 0:1 Grand Rapids dunng recent year" Mr KlIngman now owns a fronta~e of 110 ft on DIVISIOn street. and v, III el ect a ten story furniture e,<posltlOn bUIlding there-on as soon a" the demand for additIonal exhlbltlon space shall II arrant the expenchture Comh111ed With the bmldl11g used by the KlIngman Sample rurl1lture Company (ad)0111ll1g the Dn 1~lOn street pI opel t) of ::\Ir Klmgman) on Ionia Stl eet, It would make the lal ge"t and most deSIrable eXpositIOn buIld- 111g111Grand Rapld;-, ------------------------------------ WEEKLY ARTISAN ~- --- - ----.- ..------------------------ .._--------- -- -------- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog IS ready for all Retail F urmture Dealers. It will help sell the line that of Its kind has no supenor. It contams 88 pages Illustratmg 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Plano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 DIsc Record Cabinets, 19 Medlcine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT A T ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND ...... ---"" 21 IMPORTANT DEAL AT SHELBYVILLE Charles L. Davis Purchases Harry H. Whitcomb's Interest in the Davis-Birely Table Co. Advlces hom Shelbyvllle, Ind, "tatu that Charles L Davis has acqUIred the mterest of Harry H \Vhltcomb In the well known Davls-Blrely Table company J\Ir DavIs, It appears, has traded half of his mterest In several parcels of real es-tate owned lomtly by hllTIself, ::\Ir Duely and Mr "Whit-comb for ::\11' \Yhltcomb's mterest m the table l'ompany, Charles L. Davis. whlCh IS one of the most pro'3perou" and Important fur11lture making COnCE:1rnS111 the country and has long been one of the largest and busIest of ShelbYVille's factone~ The bus1I1es;, now owned by the Davls-Buely Table com-pany was establIshed In 1884 by the late Dr J a\l1E:1'30n,Jacob A. Conrey, Charles DIrely and Charles L DaVIS They started operatIOns 111 a small way, m an old bUlldmg that had been used as a woolen mill Mr DaVIS was then a boy ---_._----I~ 111 hl'3 teens and at the start he drew a '3alary of $4 per week They had lIttle capItal, but WIth plenty of energy and ambI-tIOn they worked more for future possIbIlItIes than for cur-rent profits or '3alanes The next year, 1885, Mr \Vhltcomb entered the firm, and a systematIc struggle for recog11ltlon began The early tllals and pecul1lary harcbhlps, the long hours of toJ! and the c1Jscouragmg struggle'3 of the embryo manufacturE:fs, no one but the promoter'3 of the plant can ever fully realIze But they tru"bngly and patIently plodded along untIl 18J9, when Messrs Com ey and Jameson sold out, and the mmam111g members of the firm, Messr'3 \\ hltcomb, Blrely and DaVIS, re111corporated Fortune began to favor them and great "tndes wel e made 111the bL1;o111ess,necessltat111g larger bUlld- 111gS and better mach111ery, and 111 18J5 they agam reincor-porated under the name of the Davls-Blfely Table company r -------------- .. ======-:SEE:===== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., Ltd. CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. j~---------- . . - . - -- I j Il .....--------~ for HIGH GRADE PUNCHES and DIES and today they have a mag11lficent plant the large"t table facto! y 111the world ap<l all quarter" of the earth To say that the succe", of the company 1'3 due more to J\Ir DaVIS than to eIther 01 any of hI" a"soClate" 1;0 no more than JustIce to him He knoV\" the bus111e,,'3 In all detaIls and hiS knowledge WIth natural tact and abIlIty has enabled hIm to score remarkable "ucce",; 111manag111g the sellIng end of the bus111e"s He has not only "elected and dIrected the "alesmen, but ha" frequently VISltc I many customers of the company and glven them valuable adVIce and fnendly tIps Charles Elrely, who IS the general manager of the com-pany, has also scored remarkable SUCCE:S" LIke l\JI' Davls, he began work111g as a mecha111C at the bench, drawmg mod-est wages, and ha" always been the actIve manager of the plant He I" stlll a hard workmg man, genial, good na-hued and always found attend111g to bus111es'3 Frank S \\ hltcomb, as"l"tant supenntendent and man-ager of the fi111shmg dE:partment, and J E McCartney, who has charge of the office work, are abo dIrectors and members of It as formerly I t I'; saId to be It" products go to 2!2"".".-"-......... ".::;~~WEEKLY ARTISAN '~~ST IS ~~'~--~-~i;~~~';:'h" I BARTON'S GARNET PAPER I I I I I IIIII ._----------.,I 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 gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and ChaIr Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Companies, Car Builders and others wIll consult therr own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furmshed 10 rolls or reams. I~ ._.__ • ·_. ._. __ ._••~._. ~ __ ~ ~ __ 4I MANLFAcrURED B\ H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third Sto, Philadelphia, Pa. Can Make a Thousand Beds Per Day. 1he .,tockholder" of the :'IItlwaukce :'IIetal Bed com pam recently" oted to 111crea"c thp1r capItal stock and hay e sta1 ted at once to hU11d thlee lar~e adchtlUns to then plant ,,111ch WIll double then capaut} h, Decemher 1 1'111" compam started 111bus111es" 111Feh1 uar} la"t hu} 111~out the 111achlll-cry and raw matenals of the \\ e"tern :'IIetal Bed com pam ,York was at once "tarted on an entnely new hne of brass beds and a \ ery c')mplpte "hOW111iS\\ as made at the J nh ftEYMAN5 HEYMAN 3 ilEYMAN5 let us YOU on carry our books this Heyman store will make a home for Youl;;,,'m~:\:,\h::"J~""~:~"; It stands today as. one of the !.arozestarm most c<)mpiete home hun sh ne stOles 0 '\mer ca P'l nstal.. oe- help to s thollsands 01 customers has been ts s[oean and made t successflll It stands read> to extend th shelp ne- hand to any honest person "ho des res to ma)..e home v add to s comforts Square deal ne liberal trentment,IHonesor errors made r eht QUICK You pay 0 small \leek> or moo h 1 payments-lhe~dGnllee[ll .. way $5 '-1:50 , 300 ";.~ 400 -, 400 00 l> '; -:, =415 '" OM " 4.50 ~....-:,~-'"'"m"""'''~'''''~~;,;,;" , -.~~ 0_ >ow I MuolinCurtalno Garl~;~o s;"ves are the~~rlcil.·sbest :;~~::":~)'~.'"S~ y,,,.kn.owll, .., "'fcou ...." .,., 33e "EYMAN COMPANY, 47-61 Canal St. A Well-WrItten Well-Bm1t AdvertIsement Marred by Lack of PunctuatIOn and CapitallzatlOn. market In Clncago Succe"s of the hnc and the volume of the bus111esb that ha'3 come to the compan.\ '3111CeJul} made It neces'3ary to matcnally 111Crea'3ethe SILe 01 the plant '\ new powe1 house \Y1th complete ne\\ :250 H P eng111e, gell-erator and fifteen connected moto1 s wJ1! eleetnf} the plant anc! the c0111pan.\ \\ 111then he 111a posItion to tlm n out 700 ca'3t lIon bed" pu ela.\, 1:;0 chl1le% lfon beds per day and 1:;0 bla"~ heels pel cIa} whIch WIll place them 111a poslt1On to t'lke care at a large, 01u111e of hU"lness I hc aclclItlOlh to the pI e'3ent plant, beslele" the new l)(J\\ el hon..,e V\ hllh I" III a "eparate bmlchng, WIll be a bend- 111£; and I a\\ matellal adchtlOn In the rear of the plant. 100 '\.100 fcet, \\here a1J the 1a\\ matellal WIll be stored A two "ton aclchtlOn 7:;:>-.30J fcct fOl d "tock do Ja1tment WIll ell- 'lhlc the compall.\ to C.1ll\ d large "LJc],. of beels 111the rough 1 edch ti' hc h111"hed d,](l delchtlonal kIln" v\ 111be bmlt whIch \\ 111 llCCc""ltate dll cnt11 C change ,lllcl enlargunent of the ell,1111'hng c1ep,llt111C11t I hc iJIe..,e,lt "toc]"h Jldu" hay e "ubscnbecl for the (,1 tnc ,lmoullt 01 the c,ljJ1tal "tock ot t11e company an([ the hne thelt \\ 111 he ,,110\\ 11 III thc marl"et In J ewuary Will be worth t ~l(' 1n"pec tHJn of c\ tl) dc aler 111 thc country I hc dl\ t!( pll1Cnt of th1" companv IS In charge of J G \\ ol1ae~el prt"ldcnt \le'\.ander:-' J"ltna111. \lle preSIdent elnd ",de, 111el11a<.;uan(l Ro.,,, J l11"w01 th, scretaT) and fac-t01" manner Protecting the Tyden Patents. 1he \ \ eekl} \1b"an, Grand RapId", \11Ch -Gentlemen Smt ha" recently been 111sbtuted at ChIcago In the Ll1Ited ~tate" C1rcmt CaUlt tor the northern chstnet of 111111015 a~a111st the Tobe.\ 111r111t11re C0111pan\ of Lh1ca~0, by E L,den of Ita"t111g" :'II1Ch It 1'" cha1gecl that the J obe.\ c J111pan.\ has been deahng 111 e'\.ten"lon pede'ltell c11l111l~table" made by the Drown & '-)lm(J11cl"C0111pan\ 0\ '- 1111C\1l\1e :'IIa "", the luclong deVIces 111\' 11lch .11e ,\11 1nfnll~ement on the I)den patent" \11 I) den a""1l1 c.., u" of 111<"1l1tcnbon to protect by ev- ~1\ kgal mean" thc patcnt" IV hll!l ha\ e been t;ranted hun, alld the' allcllt.\ ot \\ hlLh hel" bcen 0 ':.enerall) acknowledged lJ.\ the bade rl he c.,en~ company I" cOllc"rned In thl" matter only a'3 a llcensecl mallufacturer 01 tafiTe lock" 11nder the Tyelen pat ent" and belle\ e" thc \\ Icle"t pulJllclt) '3hould be gIven these facb, hath 111the 111tere"t of tho.,e manufacturer" IV ho are re"pectmg \11 T) den" nght" dnd ac, a war11lng to other'S \\ ho may be mcl111ed to chsregard them 'I HE SEr..G CO),IP\"\"Y Ch1cdgo, Oct 1 1909 The \Yorld get" a lot mOle pleasure out of call1l1g a bluff than recogl11Z1l1lSthe real thlllg WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 Wail of the Glue Salesman. "It may seem foolIsh for a man to 'knock' his own call-ing," said a travelmg '3alesman representll1g a well-knm'\n house that deab m vanll"he", fillo ", :,tarn", wood fim"he", glue, etc, while 111 Gland Rapid" recently, "but I want to ad-mit that the glue and I arnhh :,ale'3man has the I"or"t job 111 the lot \Vhy? \\ ell, Ju"t hecau~e thelC are no "tad-dards for glue and vanl1:'>h, that I:'>,the quahtles vary "0 wlde-ly that If you attempt to quote pnce~ the figures take such a wlde range that they don't mean an} thl11g For Instance, we are now selhng glue at all pnces between 9 and 20 ccnt" J 0111tglue sell" at from 12 to 20 cent:, and VE:lneerfrom 9 to 14 It's about the "ame way wlth varnl:,h, the quahty vane" so largely that the pnce doe:o not '>lgmfy much-the bu} er No. 519. Mirror, 28 x 34 Mahogany Toona Top, 21 :\.44 $4250 4250 e!nough for me," and he uses It "lthout ever th111kll1g about Its water absorblng ablhty or other quahtle'3 Others 1'1111 say noth111g but the best Thele':, one factory, at lea"t, m } our Clty that u"e'3 the "ame quahty of glue for veneel S that they use for Jom1', The} pay 18 01 20 cent-, a pound and It:'>no use to oftel them anything cheapel "I mu:,t sa}, howe, el, that very fel" of the glue and var- 111:'>hbuyels are 'ea,,} , Once In a whde then IS one who 1"111 say, 'oh, ~end me somethmg worth 1-+01 1:; cent,,; and If we glve hlm hls money's worth he nel er 'klCks' Other'3 wlll say I don't want to pay 0, er 12 cents, and If we '3end them a IS-cent glue, they w1ll find fault w1th It "Oh, It'" a 'peach of a busme:,:,,' this 1" I'd hke to get ll1to ~0ll1ethll1g where pllce:, and quahtte" are fixed wlth No. 619. .MIrror, 22 x 20 Mahogany Toona Top 20 x 32 $3200 3200 MADE BY WARREN TABLE WORKS, WARREN, PA, must rely largely on hls ludgment or must test the goods belfore accept1l1g them To the suggestlOn that :,uch condltl0ns ought to afford excellent opportu111tle:, to make large profib, the gentleman remarked, "That'" not tme On the contrary ItS mlghty hard to av Old making nl1stakes and lo:,ses You see 111thlS busll1es:;, about half the buyers fix their own pnces and I don't know of any other hne 1n which they do so Yo'..! see, a plOspectlve buyer wlll say, 'I want a glue worth 12 cents a pound Send me a :,ample of what you hal e at that pllce ' That "eLtles It There's nothll1g more domg untd he gets the :,ample, 100k'3 at 1t and perhaps te."t:, He may understand IllS bU<,ll1e')sand glve It a falr te",t or he may guess at It Tf he gue",~es nght I make a sale, If he guesse:o wrong It's all off, I don't get hls order "There's a wlde chfference of op1mon among buyers as to the ments of our goods-glucr especlall} Some manu-facturer'> never look be} ond the pnce-the} use the cheap-est the} can buy One \\ III sa" "11111e-centglue 1S good sometlllng hke regulanty-where 1t 1:' not necessary to have all kmds of pnces for all klllds of buyer" "Of cour",e glue dnd var111sh are much hke other mater-lab- lt u"ually pay." be"t to buy and u:,e the quahtle,- but I must sa} that only a few buyers and users tah that Vlew of the matter" An Important Meeting at Jamestown. The officlab of the 1'\atlOnal Fur111tl11e ~Ianufactunl1g Assoc1atlOn w1ll meet with the mlddle and eastern states' a'3- soclatlOn." at Jamestown "\ Y, on October 18-next Tue,,- day Among those from thel we",t who 1'1111 be pre."ent are A F Karge:" ot EvanwlIle, George H Elwell, of :;\Imneap-ohs; George P Hummel, Charle" R Shgh, A S Goodman, George G V',1hltworth and John vVldd1comb of Grand Rap1ds, There are men who never bow to the inevltable because they don't recognize it when they see it. 24 Carpenter & \Vebstcr of McIntosh, MInn, deaiers m furmture, hardware agncultural Implements, harness" etc, were burned out on September 28 Lo,;s on bmldIng, $15,- 000, on stock, $75,000 LIght 1I1surance The Shipper & Block Furniture & Carpet company of Peona Ill, "uffered a lo'>s of $25,000 by fire on the fourth floor of thell ~ arehou"e, which wa,; completely filled wIth fur- I1Iture recently The lo,;s IS fully covered by m,;urance George Caput, fur11lture dealer, vva<; a heavy loser In a fire that almost Wiped out the busll1ess sectlOn of Aurora, Kan" on September 30 Boys wIth cigarette'> started the fire In a barn ad]ollllng :\Ir Caput'" store, whIch wa,; en-tirely de..,troyed HIs loss, about $4,500, was only par-tially ll1E.ured WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers. Backer Bros are new furniture deealers at Eureka, III Patnck A Cannon IS a new furnIture dealer at Clll1ton, Mass H A Martll1 lS to open a furnIture ,;tore at 44 \Vest MItchell street, Atlanta, Ga The Shelley-\IVheeler Company, capItalIzed at $10 000, Will engage 111 the retail furnIture trade m Columbia Ga The Shelby-\/\ heeler company, capitalIzed at $10000, wIll engage m the furl1ltUl e and house fU111lshmg busmes" at Newberry, S C J Wand \V \V Hender under the fi1m name of Hendel Bros, are makIng arrangement,; to open a new fur11lture St01 e at MoundSVIlle, V\T Va The Spnnger-Smlth Furniture and Carpet company are new dealers 111 J ollet, III They have opened a large stock rI Crawfordsville, Indiana. &'- 0 Montgomery Hardwood Lumber Company Manufacturers of all klllds of NATIVE FURNITURE LUMBER Ul the bullchng recently vacated by the Enterpnse FurUlture Company The Holland Furmture Company recent I) orga11lzed b) John Holland, J H Hayes, I J \VlllIam,; and C D Starnes will establI"h a general ..,tore at HIllsboro, Ind CapItal stock, $15,000 Thos A Hayes, B Ross and Elmer A Scherrer ha\ e mcorporated the Great \i\ estern ).Ia1l Order Hou"e to e11- gage m the fur11lture and hou..,e fur11lshUlg bUSIness at Phoe- 11lX,Anz Capital stock, $3,000,000 El PalaCIO l\IercantIle Compan), capitalIzed at $100JO, WIll establlsh a general store WIth a fur11lture department 111 A.lbuquerque, K ::'.1ex C L Hernandez, G 1\1 :!\1ontoya A R Y'Apodaca are the Il1corporators J A RIchards vvho '-,old hIS fur11lture "tore at Law-rence and Vv lllIam streets, \\' lc1l1ta, Kan, last June, and went on a tnp to Europe, has returned to II 1c1l1ta and ~ 111 open a new fur11lture ..,tore at 213-215 ~Ia111 street \V A Thompson, R R IIume, C V Cottle, James \\ Deanng and Leola Deanng have Il1corporated the Beckley House Furmshll1g Company, cap1tallzecl at $25,000, \\ 1th $7 - 000 paId 111, to engage 111the wholesale and retaIl fur11lture bus111e:o" at Beckley, \V Va Furniture Fires. C B StlVer, furmture dealer of Goshen, Ind, lost about $10,000 by fire on September 30 I11'3urance, $13000 Joseph Lahn's mattress factory on Freeman avenue, C111- c1l1natI, OhlO, was burned WIth a loss of $10,000 on Sept 30 The factory of the Florence Furniture company, Spnng-field, Mass, wa" damaged by fire to the extent of about $500 on October 1 The store and stock of Fox Bras, furl1lture deale1 s of Fort \Vayne, Ind, were badly damaged by fire recently Fully msured Brown, Thomp:oon & Co, furl1lture dealers of Hartford, Conn, lost $5,000 by a fire 111 the Hoadley warehouse on October 2 Insured The Henderson (Ky) chaIr factory WhICh was totally destroyed by fire recentl), wa:o 111sured by ten ddlerent com-pames for a total of $18,500 Leathers for Upholstererso The Badger State Tannll1g Company of Sheboygan, \V IS . who have for many year:o conducted an extensive tanning busmess for others than the furnIture people have recently concluded to get out a Ime of leathe1s to supply the needs of furmture and chaIr maker" The company's announceL ment appears on another page of thiS l'3SUe It Will pay chaIr and furl11ture manufacturers to give thIS company an oppor-tunlt) to quote them on theIr reqmrements In leather, as m adchtlOn to supplying all of the grades and colors ordl-nanl) demanded by furl1lture manufacturers, the company makes It a practIce for the accommodatlOn of the trade, to carefully select stock whIch WIll cut to the best advantage for each customer The company's long expenence In the manufacture of high grade leather for other purposes guar-antee" a snpenor product m their new lIne The company ma1l1tal11S an eastern sales office 111Boston Lions' Heads Not Popular. In matchl11g a lot of figured mahogany veneers a few \ ears ago employes of the J 01111 \;\1 Iddlcomb company devel-oped an almost perfect head of a male lIon Mr. \Vlddlcomb detenmned to use thc :otock In the panels of a bed and when ,, ________ · ._o_o.~.~._.._ ...-- .--·-.., I•tII ,III I I.'_0_0_- Henry Scbmit 8 Co • HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS. Cmcmnatl, OhIO makers of Upbol.stered Furniture I------_0 __ -.-_------------- . •I for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ROOM the SUite was completed a number of ladles were 1l1vltec1 to 1l1..,pect It All admired the perfectIOn of the figure, but none of their number seemed to deSire the sUlte When asked to "tate her objectIOn to the smte one lady rephed "I ha\ e one 110n 111 my house now I would not care to add the figure of a lIon to constantly reml11d me of what I now posse",; Bu) er" of furniture admired the beauty of the figured \\ ood, but "passed It up" -\ bogu<., bOller 1l1<.,pectormade a tour of the manufacturing towns of Oregon recently and collected from $20 to $50 of a con- Siderable number of manufacturers for "offiCIally" inspectmg their bOIlers The state has no bOIler 111spectors WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Dmmg Room Smte by Luce Furmture Company. Grand RapIds, MlCh 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN II Complete lines of samples are displayed. It is worth the time •, and expense required in making a trip to Evansville to inspect I! these lines. :,I ,THE KARGES FURNITURE co. I Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. : II THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. II IIf THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabmets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, 10 ImitatIon golden oak, plam oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, CombmalJon Book and LIbrary Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imltalJon quartered oak, and sohd quartered oak. Chamber SUites,Odd Dressers, Beds and Chlffomers in lIDitatlon quartered oak, Imlt"tl n mahogany, and ImitatlOngolden oak. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, WIre Springs and Cots. \Iadt: h) I he K1.q...t <;; Fun llureCo Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ~ - ••••• •• .4 WEEKLY ART1SAN 27 Matle by Kalges Furmture Co Made by World Furmture Company Made by Bockstege Furmture Co. Made by Bockstege Furmture Co ~-------.._---- - - .- ~ 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN The Rosenhurys Invade Flint. C E Rosenbtu) & Son'>, the well know n fUll1lture dealer:, of Bay City, :!\Ilch, have made arrangemenb to get a share of the prot>penty that the automobile bU'il11ess ha" brought to Fhnt, which has recently become one of the livehest cIties 1ll l\!Uchlgan The followmg from the 11mt Journal of la ,t Saturday will explam how they do thmg:, m the hustImg town' Makmg a record m Flmt for prepanng a "tore btllIdmg for occupancy for busme"t>, the firm of C E Rosenbnry 8.- Sons thl'> morning opened up a furniture and home-furl1l"h- 'ing store 1ll the Stewart bUilclIng, 203 South SalSmaw street Last 1Ionday C C Ro.,enbtu), a membo of the firm, came to Flint ham Bay City, where the) have been In bu"mess tor over a qual ter of a centtll y, th1', v l"lt beUig one ot many he Marsh Hay as a Packing Material. The Ot>hko"h Furl1lture Pachmg company, which es-tabh'ihed an expellmental factory at Omro, WIS, early 111 the summer, ha.., Its plant perfected and ha" madel tnals, with results which are salel to be very satisfactory The company utlhze" a grade of mal sh hay, which can be cut m the wm-ter, and which wa.., considered worthless until a few year:" ago D) the company',> new process the hay is run through heavy cnmpmg machmes, first havmg been mOI'>tened wIth a hqt1ld preparatIOn, \\ hlch com bmed wIth the drymg pro ce"s, keep" the cnmp In the hay Vv hen the hay leaves the C1lmpmg mach111e It I, carned by a carner through a dry1l1g tunnel to the hoiler, vvhen une ylored hay IS deSired, and to the COI01111gclepartment ~when colored hay IS deSired The fil1l"hecl ploduct IS a tough texture wIth suffiCient Made by Grand RapIds Fancy Furmture Co , Grand RapIds, Mich. has made to the \T ell1c1e Clt) dunng the pa'>t few Iveeh 111 search of a location for a ..,t01e He closed a deal \\ Ith the owner of the bulldl11g f01 a lease cm ell11g a tel m of )' ear" , engaged pa111ters, electllclan" and othel \\ orkmen, and set them to work wIth mt>tructlOns to hu'>tle and prepare the btllIdmg for u:oe a::, qmckly as pO""'lble The order'> ,vel e obeyed to the ktter, the three floors wele cleaned of then contents and m less than three day s the fir.,t floor was lead} to recel, e the stock Then the workmen tran:oferred their attentlOn to the up-per stones, made needed I epalr:o to the ein ator, changed the 10catlOn of the "talrway and 'ipeechly had the second floor ready for use The result 1S that th1S mOll11ng when the doors were opened the estabhshment was ready for the re-ceptIOn of VISitor" and customer" ,',everal carloads of brand new stock chrect from the fact01Y were unloaded yesterday and arrangecllast I1Ight for I11spectlOn, and other cons1gnments reached Fhnt today or are on the way C C Rosenbury has charge of the Flmt store "PI111~ \\ hen matted togethel to be far ,uperior to most packmg u "eel m ftlll1lture Th1s has been one of the problems of 1\Ianager VV F \\ ) man, to cl1mp the haj and give 1t the nght amount of elastiCIty and stdl ma1l1ta1l1 1t" strength, not breakmg and the crimp not commg out \nother problem was to color the fi11lshed goods Th1s he has donel and It takes the colors beautifully, makmg an artlcle far supenor to that mall-ufactured from hay from the salt marshes, paper or wood e=--cel'>lOr :'Ill \\ }mdn has spent the last year gett111g hl3 pIan<; togethcl on th1s nnv 111dustry and the tnal shows that hi,) Ivork IS a "ucce"s Dr J (rum of Ot>hko"h 1'0 the financIal backer of the enterpnse, v\ h1ch gn es pr0111lSe of beco111111g one of indus-tnal Importance and value to the Village OW111gto a quarrel between partners the 1nstallment fur-l1lture hut>111es:oof Cones & Co, C111C11111atiO, h10, has been placed m the hands of \ttorney Lem S Mdler a~ rece1ver --------------------------------------......, WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 New York Markets. Xew YOlk, Oct 8-Turpentll1e, after bong quoted at 62 cenb ~ll1ce la~t .Monday, dlopped to 61 cent'3 yesterday follow- Ing a declll1e of a cent, to 58, at Savannah Consumers are bUY111gonly for Immediate necessltle" and 111SI"t111gthat the pnce mu~t go lowel soon The market IS exceechngly qUlet here The high pnce of turpentine still ha~ dn mfluence on vanl1~h gums, which Will probably cont111ue until ..,tock" of melted matendb I un low The market I~ almo~t ltfele'3'3 but last week s pnce" are well ma111ta111ed The shellac market I~ "teady with a '3ltghtly Imploved demand The quotatIOns are the ~ame a" la~t week except on the orange grade" which are about a cent higher T J'\ 111case~ 15@l::;0, bnght orange, 18@20, fine oran~e, 20(0) 21, Diamond I, 2:;@26 Bkached fre~h, 17@17,Vz KIlll dned, 21@22,Vz The demand for hnseed 011, after a long penod of dulI-ne%, has became qUlte ~easonable, though there IS 11ttle do- 111g 111future~ There dre few conce )"Ion~ from the'3e qt,- tatlOns 1\ e"tern ravv, :;6@57 cenb, city raw, 57@58, "111- gle b01led, 58@59, double boll ed, 59@6l In lob of five batrej.., or mOle Goat ~kllb are '3t1ll dull, very few '3ales havll1g been maele thl'3 week Recelpt'3 of Lat111-Amencalb are moderate but they exceeel the demand, while the ~tock of ~Iexlcan~ 1'3prdL-tlcally exhau~ted, only a few small lots now bell1g founel 111 the market .:\Icxlcan frontier" are quoted at 33@34 cent", Dueno" Ay re'3, 43@44, Curacao, 51@52,Vz Paytas, 40(0)42, Halt1ens, 43@45 Burlaps are unsettled QuotatIOns have not been cha~ged but are known to have been ",haded In nmllcrous Instances 111 oreler to make sales Eight-ounce good" are quoted dt 360, lO,Vz-ounce, 475 Zll1C ore advanced ::;0 cents a ton at the J oplll1, ]\fo, nllnes last .:\Ionday hut the quotatIOns on ~heeb remall1 at $7 50 pel 100 pound~. With 8 pel cent discount. fob Pel, III rlrmne"s IS still the feature of the lumber malket'3 In all sectlon'3 of the country Pnce~ take a Wide range on the be'3t grade'3 of hard wood" anel '3tlll Wider on the lower glade, Private Fire Ala1'ms Legally Upheld. -'\. )UC11ClaldeCl"lOn ha'3 )U"t been lendered 111a "upreme court of X evv York city that Will he of 111tere~t to many fac- ~ory owner'3, though the ca'3e Wd", really thc re"ult of "treml-ous competitIOn between fil e alarm compal1le" It wa'3 called a tax payer-,' "t1lt, but the plall1tlff, one :,lr Foy who ~tarted It agall1'3t the cIty 1'3under"tooel to ha, e actec! 111the 111tere,t of the \atlonal DI"tnct -1elegldph Company '1he com-pldll1dnt contended that the ut) ", file comml,,~10nel had no light to allow propel ty Ovvnel' to connect the 111ten01~ of the1l pi Cllll",e" dll ectly WIth fil e hcadqual ters by the uc,e of faClhtle~ furl1l'3hed by the :,Ianhdttdn l'lre "\larm Company, which opelate~ the Gamewell "..u"\.lhary Fire Alarm Sy"telll, and the com t was requested to en) O1n the fire commb~lOner from grantll1g dny more pernllt'3 for "uch connectlOn'3, an! to order the removal of connectlOn'3 already made In hi" deCISIOn, Justice Dowlll1g "aid "The questIOn for con"lderatlOn IS whether the comml"- slOner has the power to permIt defendant corporatIOn In the discharge of It'3 bus111es" to connect It" wIres With the city fire alalm t.elegraph system "0 as to commumcate an alarm of fire directly to fire headquarters, 111'3tead of compellll1g no-tice to be given by pull111g the 'Ignal 111 the fire alarm box 111 the usual way It cannot be ell~puted that the more speedy method of senchng an alarm of fire IS preferable not only for 'the earlter OppOI tumty of extll1gmsh111g the fire, but for the equally Important purpo"e of preventIng It.S "pi ead to other property "But tIll" would not ]1btlfy the pel1111"slOn gIven by the fil e comml~sloner If It conti avened the language 01 spint of the statut.es 1 am unable, howe, er, t.o find any provl"lOn of law CIted by the learned counsel for plamtlft m their care-fully prepared bnef which prohlblb the grantmg of the per-mISSIOn heretofore given by the commlS"loner The ade-quacy of the consIderatIOn therefore does not come before the court for consideratIon, nor do the acb complamed of con- '3tItuto a loamng or grantmg of property by the mUlllclpalIty to a pnvate corporatIon ,. Suing for Strike Insurance. The Buffalo Forge COmpdny has '3ued the ;\lutual Se- CUrity company of II atelbury, Conn, to recover damage" under an 111"urance pohcy' The l11"urance was I"sued on \la) b, 1906, to protect the Duffalo Forge company agall1'3t losses re"ultl11g from "tnke" The defendant company allege" that the plal11tlft made a fal"e "tdtement. "aymg It wa" runnl11g a non-ulllon '3hop and that It had no preVlOtb labor trouble~, when as a mat-ter of fact, the moulder" anel foundrymen of the company V\ el e on '3tllke, that the plamtlff's shop was unIOn, that the ~t.1lke la",ted two months and that there had been prey OU'3 ldbol trouble~ The +OIge company claull" elamage" of $26,- 000 fOI los"es on ordel s dnd on 111abllIty to fulfil contracts owmg to the stI Ike The ca"e WIll bt tned In the Supenor Court at 1'\ew Haven, Conn The Way It Is Done. v\ hich I wI"h to remark- And my language IS plaln- That for way" that are dark, And for tncks that al e vam, Some people dl e "omewhat peculIar 1\ lllch the same I would nse to exnlall1 J\1r Dunk was hl'3 name, "..nelI shall not deny In 1 egarel to the same What the name nllght Imply, But llls letters \\ ere pleasant and chI1dhke, As I frequently remal ked to folks mgh It ld"t "ummer occurreel, "\nd qUIte "'oft wa" the ~kles, ,VhlCh It 111Jght be 111felred .;\Ir Bunk was lIkeWIse, Yet he played It that tIme upon other" Anel me 111a vvay I despise II lllch we had a small game, Mr Bunk took a hand; 'Twas 111furmture The same That we all understand, And hiS beautiful typewntten letters vVere )oIly and chlldhke and bland 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...------------------- - - . - - .- - ..- ----------~----------------------------------------------- VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET W'e WIll have the rIg-ht style'> at the nght pnces and made to gl\e ,>atI~fd('tlOn. Don't ml'>s coming to see the lIne, It Will pay you Parlor Furniture Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. Couches Leather Rockers t THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. ~ •••• •• a.a •••••••••••••• _ Sears. Roebuck & Co's Profits. Last Monday It was announced officially m ChIcago that at a meetIng of the board of directors of Sears, Roebuck & Co , to be held in October, a quarterly dIvIdend of 10 per cent on the common stock WIll be declared payable m ;.Jovember. ThiS Will place the shares on a 6 per cent dividend baSIS as against the present rate of 4 per cent EarnIngs of the company are, It IS said, at the rate of be-tween $5,vOO,000 and $6,000,000 per annum It IS proposed to Invest $1,000,000 of this year's profits m bonds The company made a similar investment last year The stock advanced on the local exchange dUring the day to 12174 The proposed actIOn of the directors fully explams the advance m the shares to the present quotatIon It IS not Improbable that sometime next year there Will be a further m-crease In the dIvidend It IS, hoY\,ever assert~c1 offiCially that nothmg better than 6 per cent may be expected for some tIme Using the Rivers to Force Lower Rates. The lT11lted States Steel CorporatIon, cllspleased at the high freIght rates charged It out of Plttsbmg to the \\' est and So ull-west, has decided on usm~ water transportalOn as much as po 01- ble or untIl the ralhoad~ reduce their rates "-Iuch mone\ b bemg "pent for new model barges to be used on the OhIO the ::\IlssourI, the J\IIS<iSSlPPI and other" t stel n rI\ er, Trouble be-tween the Steel Trust and the railroads" as divulged last \londa\ when It was announced that water transportatIOn IS to he thee! the American Bridge Company in transportmg the new bridge fOl the Missouri RIver at Kansas City Thel e "III be G.OOO tom ot this structure to be sent from the corporatIOn ~ mIlls at '\"h-bridge, Pa SIX model barges WIll carry the bridge and SIX feet of water m the MISSOUrI from ItS mouth to Kansas CIty WIll be ------_._----~I ---_. .~ suffiCient The co~t of transportatIOn WIll be less than half that whIch the railroads ask Will Not Take a Position in the Rear. The new management of the AuditOrium In ChICago, an-nounces their IntentIOn to rearrange, refur11lsh and refit tnat tamous old hostelry, that It Will outshme the La Salle, the Black-stone ane! ltke ne" aspIrants for the favors of the travelIng publtc '\ pm ate apartment for royalty Will be prOVided For the occupancy of such a sUite $50 per day Will be charged and $50 additIonal for three meah The table ware WIll be of sohd gold, and diamond" Will be hung around as pi omlscusly as hIckory nuts upon a tree The attenc!ants WIll be arrayed more gorgeously than the princes of India These featmes Will have an ac!vertIsmg value, but it is fair to presume that the sUite will not have occupant, dUring all the days of the year while the rate8 quoted shall be mamta1l1ed Sells Goods Reclaimed at Auction. John:\1 Smyth, of Chicago, "ells largely on the mstallment plan \\ hen cllstomers fall to pay installments due, the goods are reclaimed and delivered to a prosperous a lctlOneer, located on the west SIde who 1'3 saId to have stowed away $100,000 as the result of the pOV\er of hh tongue The ~oods are sold to the hIghest bIdder, and the auctIOneer charges a certam amount of commiSSIOn for hIS servICes Goods sale! upon the mstallment plan not mfrequently are put to use in bug infected bUlldmgs "hen the furl11tme becomes ,,0 undeSirably occupied as to render It unfit for a return to the stock of the merchant A man can't hold his own unless he can hold his own tongue WEEKLY ARTISAN ----- ..... - -------- .... ---_._._..---.--_.._--.--.---.-_.----..-----_-. - --_.-- .~-_. - .--.-- -.. SUIte No 797 by Muskegon Valley Furniture Co , Muskegon, Mlchlgan 31 II II III• iI ----------------- •••••••••••••• p~ .i.-.-. -.-.-----.----.~--~.. - . -----_. ---~ Leonard Building Space All Taken. I he lla\\ k" Illlllltllle Company and the Banta FUflll-tlllC Company of 00"hen, Tnd, ha\e engaged the only un"old ~pace In thc Lconal(l e.xhll)1tlOn hlllld1l1g, 01 and Rapid", and \\111 OCCllP\ It 101ntl) III Jannal) rlhe Hawk" cOlllpany wdl "ho\\ thcll 11lle of hH~h glade chambel fllll11tnre and the Ban-ta com P<iIJ) \\ III hll thul h<ilf of the "pace WIth a new 11l1e of e~ten"lOn and 1Ibl al) table" 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ - .. ,,I .._. ---.-.- .. --- _._---_. ----- -----..IiII Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED LINES FOR 1910. Expenenced salesman With estabhshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would hke to carry several lines of medIUm priced case goods on COm'lllSSlOn. Address "Esp," care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t. f. WANTED-SALESMEN. The new managellent of the Modern Furmture Company, CinCinnati, 0., desire canable salesmen to carry a new and up-to- date line of Hall Racks In all parts of the Umted States Oct 9-16-23-30 WANTED. A hne of medIUm pnced Bedroom SUites ard Sideboards for Pennsylvama outside of Philadelphia. On territory twenty years. Address L D., care Weekly Artisan. 10-9, '09 WANTED Capable foreman to take charge of wood-worklrg shop. Office furmture factory near Toront:>, Onto Reply stating age, experience ard refererce. Ore who IS now a foreman or assls ant fcreman preferred. Apply to A F. Smith, 97 We!- hngton St W., Toronto, Onto 10-9 '09. WANTED. Travehrg Salesman for I1lmols ard Middle Western states to sell Folding Carnages on commiSSIOn Liberal prOpOSitIOn to ngh party. Address Rockfo d Foldl g Carnage Co, R ckferd, I I Oct 2-9-16-23. WANTED First class Spii dIe carving mac''llne operator on heavy claw fee, and heads. State wages expected. Adcress 3-B c:ue Weekly Artisan Sept. 25 WANTED LINES One who is a thoroughly expenenced and practical furn.- ture man seeks to represent as salesman on COlllllSSlon a good furmture and a g:Jod chair factory. Prefer cen+ral s.a es. Have been supenntendent, draftsman, also sales-man last fifteen years. Best references given. For further Information address "W" care of Weekly Artisan Sept. 18-25 Oct 2. COMPETENT BOSS FINISHER WANTED. Man who can get out productIOn and do It nght Send references, state expenence ar d lowest salary In first letter Address "Mlsco," care Weekly Artisan. 9 18·25 ---------------- -- -- FOR SALE. Up-to-date Chair Factory, cheap; a rare opportumty, 10 acres of valuable land on which plant IS erected. Full eqUlp"'1ent of machinery, 150 horse power Corhss engine, ma erial in process, plant ready for operatIOn. Lexlr gton IS the only town in North Carolina havm~ two trunk lme railroads. Ed. L. Greene, Receiver, LeXington, North Car-olina. Sept. 11-18-25 Oct. 2 WANTED-POSITION. In progressive furniture factory, makmg case goods, beds or tables by a competent superintendent haV1n~ ten years' ex-penence. Thorougnly familiar With all branches. Address "W" No.2, care Weekly Artisan. 9 4-11-18-25 WANTED. CommisslOn man for Mlssoun and Kansas representing five furmture factones. Splendid mixed carload hnes. Address, Ballman-Cummings Furniture Company, Fort Smith, Arkan-sas. Aug. 7, '09 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 welI managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downmg Building, Ene, Pa. WANTED. A good cabinet maker; one who can detail and make clothing cabmets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan. 6-10-2t. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-21tf ...... . -.__._.-._----....6 I,I I,,I II II , II ,,,t I I I I IIII ,IIII I III ,I ,,IIIII ,,I ,I , I,II ,,I II ,I ,,,III II , II I Condemned Secret Rebates. 1 he \lelcantde \"'ooclatlOn of Dntl.,l1 Columbia, convened <It \ lct011a O!1 ~eptc!1'bel n Re'iolutlOn'o were adopted c-an-del, mg seci et rebate, t<l\ O1111gthe plaC11g of 01der:o With such 'l',l11cJf<ictclrer:o a, m,l! ket their products for umform prices, \\ hethel the p 11 CI1,'oel be a large or a ,mall dealer, recommend111g that I etallel" pcl h the sale of such goods as are sold a baSIS of <lS-llree! plOfit and OppCS1l1gthe chstnbutlOn of premIUms 111 any form S\\ al tL &- Co cabmet makel s of 177 l'11l1Ce street, 1\ew \ O! k ha\ e "cttIed \\ ah thell credit )r" <it 35 cents on the dol-lal and thc bank! nptu plOceed111g" al:;am-,t them have been dhml""ed 1 he \ \ mslow I nrl11ture and Carpet company of St Paul, \lmn, has been placed 111 the hand" of Charles M Way a'i recel\ el ] he hablhtJe, are "checluled at $45,400 1hc name 01 the \olthern FU111ltl1re Company of Chlp-pe\\ a }all", \\ 1", ha" been changed to the 1\orthwood FL'rl11- tlll e compan\ I~DEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 3 13 Cover 22 26-27 26 26 Cover 20 15 3 Cover 26 12 19 3 3 Alaska Ref. Ige. atcr CO:npcn7 Bc:.dger Slate Tarr 11 g Company B2. nes, V, F & Jehu Co np<::ry B2rton, H H & S:Jn Company BIg SIX Ca, loadwg Asscr atlOn B~ck_tege Furntwe COTpa"y Bos~e Fur!'1 ure Companv Buss :YIachme Works DeBm/n, T C Fellwcck Au 0 & M'f'g Company Ford & ]oh'1son Co npa"1y Gillette Reller Beanng Ccmpany Globe Furrtture Company Grand Rapids Cas er Cup Co:npany Hills, Clarence R Hoffman Bros Corrpany Hotel Tuller Hotel Llrden HU'11ph+ey-Wldman BookcaEe Company Karges Furmture Company Kimball Bros Company Lentz Table Company Luce Furlllture Compan.! Luce-Redmord Chair Company Madden. Thes, Son & Co. Metal Furmture Company Mlchll;an EngraVing Company Michigan Star Furlllture Company Miller, Eli D & Co. Mls~ellaTIeous Montgomery Hardwced Lumber Company Moon Desk Company Muskegon Valley Furmture Company Nelson-Matter Fu. '11tu.e Company New York Furmture Exchange Palmer Manufa~tunng Company PIOneer Marufactunr~ Company Richmond Chair Company Royal Chair Company Sager, W D Schmit, HeflY & Co Shimer, Sarruel J, & Sons Star Caster Cup Company Udell, The Works Weatherly Company West Mich. Machme & Tool Company WorId Furmture Company Wysong & Miles n u 14 26 19 2 4 4 30 26 Cover 12 7 32 24 2 10 1 Cover 15 19 2 14 10 24 3 19 21 15 21 26 Cover --, - ... THE NEW YORK MARKET offers to you, the Furniture Manufacturer, the largest consuming population on this continent. Over six million in the metropolitan district and five million additional within six hours ride by rail. Total, eleven million of the largest wage earners and the most liberal spenders on earth. An opportunity to exhibit in this great market now open to all in the magnificent and enormous new home of the New Yark Furniture Exchange containing 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and ready for occupancy December 1, 1909. The most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 47th and 47th to 48th Streets. Part of the new Grand Central Station group of splendid modern business buildings. The plan of extension so long contemplated by the New York Furniture Exchange will now be realized and a showing adequate to the New York Market will be made. This additional strength coupled with the drawing powers of the carpet, upholstery and other lines working in harmony will beyond question double the attendance of buyers. This is the time to secure a favorable location as a larger amount of space has already been contracted for than was available in the present building. MAKE LEASES NOW Remember first come, first served. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. ~'"----_._---------_._._.. ._-----------~ --. I .. I THIS IS THE MACHINEThat Brimrs letters like the Followin!: I I I II•• I• I BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. Buss M.tch.lne Works J HOllfl..nd, J,Uch GS'ltlslll.en. We wish to compliment. JOu on the wO!'.lung or Jour new <k Planer Just .llstalled 1'01'us This IIld.cn.lnedoes the best work of any plans" we have eve~ seen. &nil we are frank to saJ so much better than we expected. toi¥ to our foreman sald he slmplJ cou1d not get along ..l.thou't It,and was sure It. wou.lci pay the price of itself wlthln a year in 'Nor-k <la ad on ma.chlnee followLl1S. Wishing JOu dess ..v..ed success /i'.lth this new pa tern. ve remain. Yours verJ truly, Robbins Table Co The Buss Machllle Works are havlllg marked success with this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltlllg-feed gears machllle cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chipbreaker, make a cablllet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cablllet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast With the times With machllles of great efficiency Woodworkers of all klllds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to their nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the live woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ...... .~ ~ ~. ~ '4'~'~'_'. ._. • _ IIt • I I HAND \IRCULAR RIP SAW N
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- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and ;' MICHIGAN ARTISAN '---------1 NOVEMBER 25, 1906 1--------' \.. THE GREATEST LINE of the GREATEST MANUFACTURERS of CHAMBER FURNITURE . ~ ·1 'i,] ':'1 '. ~1,, \ . r LARGEST FACTORY IN THE WORLD OPERATED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHAMBER FURNITURE EXCLUSIVELY. Every Dealer Wants It Because Everybody Buys It SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY Manufacturers of Bedroom. Furniture Exclusively GRAND RAPIDS, New Spring Line Ready January 1, 1907. MICH. ;j _.~."C_~~.· :'>:,)ft!;;i6';~:;'.o..:":..~;;.,'i,. ,- ,0. '#<, • _ _ ~~~~=~:~:.~::::.:: ,~.-~~~~~ , , ., THE MOST COMPLETE LINE EXTENSION TABLES . SHOWN IN JANUARY, WILL BE SHOWN IMPERIAL FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. AT THEIR FACTORY, 750 BROADWAY ST. TABLES OF ALL KINDS. OVER 700 SAMPLES. • GRAND RAPIDS CHAIR CO., GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. wenre iginutors ....l..u..ni.t.oot rs =.~==~:- STRICTLY HIGH-GRADE FURNITURE AT MEDIUM PRICES HALL SEAT No. 314. Desks Tables Buffets Hall Seats Sideboards Cellarettes Hall Racks Book Ca""s China Cabinets Hall G1~~~es Music Cabinets Chests and BOIes SIDEBOARD No. 1161. Goods shown at our sample rooms at factory only. Full line will be ready Jan. 1st, 1907. J b2 No. 40. D. IL. IConrey Furniture Company SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA. Makers of _ COMBINATION, LIBRARt and SECTIONAL CASES, CHINA CLOSETS, MUSIC CABINETS and BENCHES. Send for CatalOI!. (TWILL PAY YOU TO SEEOUR LINE Shownonlyat GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., TOP FLOOR EXHIBITION BLDG. Conrey-Davis Mfg. CO. SHELBYVILLE, IND. ,-------- MANUFACTURERS OF ------, Medicine Cabinets, Bath Room Mirrors, Coat Hangers, Directors' Tables, Cafe Tables, Extension Tables, Costumers, Umbrella Stands, Plate Racks, Wall Cabinets, Book Shelves, Butler's Tray and Stands, Mission Extension Tables, Pedestal Extension Tables. WE USE THE INVINCIBLE LEG FASTENER ON ALL OUR FIVE LEGGED TABLES, OUR COMPLETE UNES WILL BE READY JANUARY 1st at GRAND RAPIDS----- -and- - ----------at CHICAGO No. 33 Costumer. Top Floor Furniture Exhibition Building. 8th Fioor, 1319 Michigan Ave. l 1 MANUFACTURERS· FURNITURE EXCHANGE Selling Agents for CHICAGO Furniture Manufacturers Handling Exclusively the F urmture Products of THE GREAT CENTRAL MARKET THE NEW FIRE PROOF FURNITURE EXCHANGE. WABASH AVE. AND 14TH ST. READY JANUARY 1, 1907. CHICAGO made furniture, constituting CHICAGO shipments with CHICAGO promptness from CHICAGO factories with CHICAGO freights. CHICAGO always And exhibiting in the New Furniture Exchange, th.e home of the visiting buyer. and illustrated. in one catalog, A necessity to every retail furniture dealer. CJJ This building will be ready January I. 1907. Onr catalog, however, is ready now, and we want to send it to you so that we may become acquainted and renew the acquaintancewhen you visit the market. Write ror catalog; DO IT NOW. MANUFACTURERS' FURNITURE EXCHANGE Temporary Offices: 3Hi Dearborn St., CH'ICAGO, ILLINOIS. 2 NEW LINE OF SAMPLES IN GRAND RAPIDS FOURTH FLOOR, KLINGMAN BUILDING. Last call for holiday trade. PRICES ate RIGHT and QUALITY second 10 none. 5080 Book Calle. Remember Our Li n es Library Suiles, Ladies Desks, Music Cabinets, Book Cases, Medicine Cabinets, Folding Tables, Commodes. Write TODAY for Catalog and Stock Sheet. THE UDELL WORKS, 1236w~~;:.~ty_E;ghth Indianapolis, Ind., U. S. A. 5082 I>f,.k., Rockford Chair and Furniture Co., Rockford, III. OUR SPRING LINE -01- DuReis. Doo~(am. Oina Closets. li~rar~ Cases. On Sale at Our Warerooms, BlodJrett Block, CRAND RAPIDS, MICH., DurinJr January, 1907 l EVERLASTINGLY AT IT. 27th Year-No. 10. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., NOVEMBER 25, 1906. $1.00 per Year. Why a Lively City on the Ohio is Famous as a Furniture Center. Evansville, Ind.) Ko\'. 22.- That Evans-..,ille is the most widely knmvn furniture center in the United States is due e,!- tirely to the foresight and liberality of the m<t1ll1factufcrs. The reader need only take up anyone of the eight prominent furniture trade nC\vspapers and examine its pages for proof of the above ."UtemenL It is fai,. to assume that every dealer in tile United States i:~often reminded of the impor-tance of Evansville and her manufactures through these im-portant agencies. Evansville fllrnitttre is consistently, per-sistently and uninterruptedly exploited. There is l1cver a "let up" in their campaign 01 pronlOtion. In this the ma11U-facturers are not like those of other centers whose expendi-tures for advertising Bre limited to brief announcements of their plans at the opening of each season. Evansville's claims are well backed up by the goods her nnnLl{acturers produce. Everything needed in furniture of medium and low price is manufactured, and to this fact the city is indebt-ed for its immense mixcd car business. The products of thirty factories are not infrequently represented in a single car and dealers appreciate the advantag-es of sucb important facilities. Evansville is 110t entirely dependent Upon the railroads for shipping her products. From her -wharves steamers depart daily for points on the Ohio, the Mississippi, the Cumber-land, tbe Tennessee and the (ireen rivers, carrying to many citics goods made in E\'ansville. /\ vast 2l110unt of money has beell expended in the recent years of the \)2st in the erection of factories and in extension_~ to the old plants. Among the companies that have made large expenditnres for the purpose l11ClltiO'ledare the Bosse Furniture Company, the Evansvil1e Bookc2se & Table Com-pany, t\le E,;,m",·",mc "\{ct;'ll t'nrnitnre Company, 1-:.h n. ~lil1c:r & Co., and the Specialty Ti'urniture Company. The output of several of these factories has been donb1ed in the past two years. The Standard Chair Company bas a new factory of large dimensions in course of erection. In almost every factory new lines have been prcpJfcd for the spring- season of trade and catalogues illustrating and de-scribing the same "vi11soon he ready for distribution. Among those \'dlO ",...i11be prepared to respond to calls for these im-port2nt sources of information, "not yet, but soon," are the Globe Furniture Company, the Karges Furniture Company, the Evansville Desk Compctl1y, Stoltz, Schmitt & Co.. the Bosse Furniture Company, the Evansville Bookcase & Table Company and the Crescent Furniture Company. An Elevated Wedding. A numher of furniture houses in Evansville, Ind., received a lot of free advertising a few years ago in rather a uniq\.le "\vay. The Evansville Electric Power Company had just completed a t211 smokestack and the house furnishing firms in Evansville offered to give the y01.11lgpeople who ,,,'-ould consent to be married Bt the tOIl of that stack a bedroom suile, carpe1;;, rugs, and china for their new home. These in-ducements attracted two young people \.·..h.o consented to be hoisted to the top of the stack and they were married there on a platform especially constructed for the purpose and on which there \vas no extra floor spact-~)llly enough for the minister and the brid21 couple. This Ullusual circum-stance was talked about through the southern part of Indiana for weeks before and after the event occurred. Undertakers May Shave Corpses. The \Viscol1sin Board of Barber Examiners, having re-ceived a protest 2g"ainst undertakers being allowed to en-croach upon the field of the tonsorial artists by shaving corpses, has decided that undertakers have the right to shave corpses, b~1t must not charge lOT the service. The boards' an1lual report recently filed says: "VVe l12ve many inquiries regarding the shaving of a corpse by the undertaker, and the Question is, has be a right to do it? In answer ,ve \vill say that if the undertaker makes a specif1c charge for shaving the corpse he will be liable to prosecution and fine for the violation of the barber law, but the fact is that the undertaker makes no specific charge for 'shaving,' but he puts in his bill for 'preparing the corpse for burial,' and therefore he cannot be fined for shaving the corpse as long as you cannot prove that he has made a specific charge for that part of the work." THE CORRECT Stains and Fillers. THE MOST SATISF ACTORY first Coaters and Varnishes "A~UFAC"TUR~D ",.,LY u"- CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS9·63 ELSTONAVE."'Z·16 SLOAN ST. CH I CAGO. ~. I The Club Table That Sa tisfies Every bod y SIMPLE STRONG EASILY FOLDED Size 32 In. IODIt;a1 in. wide; 17 In. billb Co,.ered wltb Leath ... or Felt COOK'S PATENT FOLDING ATTACHMENT 1~~:::s~~Sle~t~1~~c~~~ of the table, as shown III the illustration. Our tables are made of hardwood, and covered with green-felt and leather. The cross_piece or cleaton end of table keeps the top from warping, and is so arranged that a person elln sit close to the table without crampin~ the knees. The felt used on this table is of extra thickness and made special. and is much better than padded tables where cotton batting is useq and inferior Quality of felt. Very useful and convenient, for card parties, children's games, ladies fancy work, or tea table. BELDING~HALL MANUFACTURING CO. BELDING. MICHIGAN WAREHOUSES-I % Monroe Street, Chicago. 213 Canal Street, New York ROBBINS TABLE COMPANY owosso MICHICAN ~ No. 304. QuarteredOak, 44x48 io. lop, 9 in. Pillar. FURNITURE FACTORY OPE.NINGS. Excellent opportunities for furniture factories exist in cities and towns of the Southwest along the lines of the ... An ample supply of hardwood timber, besides most of the soft woods, are procurable at low cost and within a short distance of these locations. Full particulars upon application. 8endfor booklet about factory openings along the Rock Island-FriSco, M. SCHULTER. Industrial Commissioner. Frisco Building. ST. lOUIS,Mo. 5 PATENTEO JUl.Y 29, 1902. The best FASTENER for Five Legged Tables Write/o/' Pria, and Infoymatjot\ -to-- Invincible Table Fastener Co.. Shelbyville~ Ind~ Fine Service MICHIGAN CENTRAL Grand Rapids" Detroit .. Toledo THROUGH CAR LINE Solid train service with Broiler Parlor cars and Cafe coaches running on rapid schedule. Through sleeping car to New York on the "\Volverine/' making the run in nineteen hours and fifty minutes: For full particulars see Michigan Central Agents. Or E· W. Covert. C. P. A. Grand .'I\aplds. o. W. k\1ggle., G. P. A. Chlca;:o. BETTER MAKERS OF WITH STANDARD METAL BED BEDS REVERSIBLE RAILS No, 691 $12.25 net Standard Reversible Rail 2 inch pillars made of seamless tubing'. Filling Ji and .% inch. Head 64 inches. Foot 40 inches. Patented lu1y 15, 191)1, No. 704"101. This rail is reversible in the true ~,ense of the word-can be used either side up and enables the dealer to make one set of rails answer instead of having two 1 -' stocks, one of regular, the other inve:rted. SOLID .. ., RIGID REVERSIBLE Smith & Davis Mfg. Co. ST. LOUIS, MO. s 6 ~MI9JiIG-r.rN , FURNITURE TREATED UNFAIRLY. Department Managers Stinted on Advertising Space and Show Room Facilities. Readers interested in the furniture business frequently no-tice that department stores, carpet dealers and others who sell furniture in connection with other goods, usually treat the furniture department unfairly in their advertisements. ~. B. Co" of f~rnft,:,re and stove eCOnOmle3 EvelJ the hOllse furnishillg h011ses, whose stock in trade is three-fourths furniture, use at least three-fourths of the space ill advertising other lines. Indeed the ~l11anager of the fur-niture department is lucky if he is allowed to use one-fourth of the space. It is not unusual to see a page advertisement, embellished with cuts and price figures of everything in the store except the furniture, which is given a lower corner or, perhaps, only a few inches in a single column. J \.1st why this condition prevails is not clear unless it is because furni-ture sells itself while the other goods must be pushed. How-ever, it is a fact that furniture is generally slighted in the matter of advertising and thcrefore the furniture dcpartment managers find it l:ecessary to make the most of the small al-lowance of space. How one of thcm managed to do so i.3 shown by the accompanying cut reproduced from an adver-tisement written and arranged by J. Harry Steiner, buyer for Hillman's, Chicago. Not only is furniture given "the worst of it" in ad\'ertis-ing, but it is frequently abused in the allotment of window display and floor space. Some of the gennal managers seem to think that "any old place" is good enough for the furnitme department-that people who want furniture '''"ilt ask for it. An example of this ktlld of management was found by the \vriter in a Grand Rapids, Mich., department store the other day. Having occasion to go through the "tore, he was sur-prised to Jlnd .a large. ano wett selected stock of furniture on the fourth floor, away back in that part of the building farth-est from tbe CJltrance. He had not noticed any allusion to such an elaborate stock in the advertisements of the house \~'hich l1S'CS printer's ink qtlite liberally and he was bold enough to suggest that such a stock ought to be given a het-ter sho"~/. The manager of the furniture department heartily endorsed the suggestion and confidentially admitted that he had been discouraged in his efforts to secure more prominence for his department. It appears that two men who had pre-ceded him, having failed to induce the mana.ger to give them "a fair show,'" had become disgusted and thrown up their jobs. When the present furniture department manager was engaged, the owners of the store were talking about closing b out the stock and dropping the furniture entirely. In speak-ing of his experience the new manager said: "I've been here about eight months now. All that time I've been trying to get a better show for my department, but all I've been able to do is to get a little space on the first floor down near the front. I have had that only a month, but I have used it carefully, changing the display twice every week, though it's something of a job to move furniture from this 'loft' down there and up again. That little improvement, however, has had a decided effect. . That little show down there made a sale the very first day it was pla:ed. A lady, passing, got a glimpse of it, and came in to investigate. As a result she found her way up to the 'loft,' where I sold her something like $150 worth of furniture, which pleased the proprietors almost as much as it did me. I had been given the little eor- Iler down there as an experiment and that sale settled it. I think I will hold it permanently and I hope to have it en-larged. I haven't heard any talk about closing out the furni-ture department since that first day's experience and my sales are picking up nicely." Horses on the Side. One of the big department stores in New York does a very profitable business in horses on the side. According to one of the horse dealers of the city the store will only buy hand-some, perfectly matched teams for its delivery wagons, and the drivers arc men of experiell~e and discretion-which is rarely the case with delivery wagon drivers. The handsome teams arc all used in the uptown residence district, where fine horses are in demand. The equine beauties attract a great deal of attention as they prance and cavort in front of the varnished wagons, and sooner or later some one who wants a trappy team is certain to inquire the price. They are always for sale, and, being perfectly city broken, C0111- Made by Roddord Chair and Furniture Co., Roekford. Ill. mand a good price. It is said that the store makes a very handsome profit out of this branch of its business annually, and in addition its handsome turnouts attract a great deal ,of favorable attention, which ought to go to the credit of the advertising account. 7 8 MAlL ORDERS TO WOODARD FURNITURE COMPANY OWOSSO, MICH. Our New Fall Line of Bedroom Furni· ture is unusually atfractive both in design and price, made in aU the fancy woods and finishes. Dressers in single pieces or in suits to match. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE C. F. SCHMOE & CO. WOODARD FURNITURE CO. SHELBYVILLEI,ND. ftil(~tn (a~intts of Oualiij Sell at .ghl, and make a greater profit than other lines of kilchen cab-inets. Send for catalogue. T~, BBST of QUALITY fo' least mOlJey. We bave dnuhled our capacity and will be belief ahle to take care of our IMe than before. We loHc:ityour patronage. The Ford & Johnson Company "EVERYTHING IN CHAIRS" When in Chicago do not fail to see our im-mense display at our Salesrooms, 1435·37 Wabash Ave. Many new patterns. SEE OUR Complete Dining Room Suites-Oak and Solid Mahogany. Chairs and Rockers···All Kinds. Mission Furniture-All Finishes. Children's Go-Carts and Carriages.-1907 Line NowReady. Reed.and Rattan Chair.. ··a Complete Line. Fibre Rush and Malacca--the Ideal Furniture. =====GENERAL OFFICES ===== Sixteenth Street and Indiana Avenue, Chicago. SALESROOMS ======== BOSTON, MASS. 90 Canal Stred: CINONNATl. O. 47 E. SDcth SIre" ATLANTA. GA. Marielta and Bartow Streets FRANKFORT, KY. 1433-35.37 Wabash Avenue CHICAGO NEW YORK 202 Canal Streot No. 92-7. Solid Mahogany l "This Trade Mark Guaranteeslhe best," No. 526. No. 525. Our Oak and Mahogany DINING EXTENSION TABLES Arc Best Made. Best Finished V.dues. All Made from Thoroughly Seasoned Stock. No. 495 Dining Table Top 48x:+8. Made in Q!arter-cd Oak. Wcachered Finish. Nickel Casters. LENTZ TABLE CO. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN No. 495 Dining Table. AU Kinds of BASKET WARE MADE TO ORDER Please Send for Catalogue and Prices FOR WILLOW and RATTAN WARE I manufacture the Finest Clothes Hamper or Bedroom Basket IN THE AMERICAN MARKET F. PARTH I E R, Manufacturer of Willow and Ratian Ware, No. 209 GRAND AVE., CHICAGO, ILLS. 10 ·~MI9]-IIG7J-N "GRAND RAPIDS OF YORK STATE." Jamestown's Ambition and Remarkable Ratio of Factories to Inhabitants. Jamestown, N. Y., Nov. 22.-This busy little city of 30,000 might, not inappropriately, be styled the "Grand Rap:ds of York State." There are nearly forty furniture factories here, and including all other manufacturing establishments there is an average of more than one factory for every 500 inhabi-tants. When you come to take (llIt the school children, the teachers, doctors, dentists, lawyers, preachers and other pro-fessional men, and then deduct those cngaged in mercantile pursuits, railroading, and various other occupations, prac-tically all the rest of the inhabitants must be at work in the factories. In other words, there is a factory of son:e kind for every 150 people who can be depended on for labor to keep them in operation. Some of the factories employ sev-eral hundred hands, which means that a great many more must employ but very few. Still, Jamestown is a great furniture town. Hardly a month passes without one or two new ventures in the furni-ture manufacturing business. As for variety, it is only nec-essary to say that chamber and dining room furniture, parlor and library fumiture, chairs, lounges, couches and davenport sofa beds are made in large quantities. In conversation with the manager of one of the leading furniture factories he wc,nt carefully over the list, and from his own books made <Ieakulation that the average hand in the furniture factories here produces from $1,800 to $2,000 a year. That is the highest estimate of any city that I have heard of. As to quality, .some of the factories 'are turning out as fine goods as are to be found anywhere in the country. One en-thusiastic Jamestownian said: "In five years instead of Jamestown manufacturers going to Grand Rapids to show their goods, Grand Rapids will be coming to Jamestown." I asked him if be had ever been to Gt-and Rapids. He admitted he had not, but was confident that with Jamestown adding three or four furniture factories. to everyone being added to Grand Rapids, this city cannot help but distance her big ~l-'1ichiganrival in a very few years. Indeed, there is some talk of pooling their issues, building a large exposition build-ing here, and makillg a strenuous effort to attract the furni-ture buyers to this market. While nothing has really ma-terialized along this line as yet" it is this spirit of zeal and enthusiasm that makes things go-that accomplishes great re-sults. At the present rate of increase before the c1os~ of the year 1907 Jamestown is likely to have fifty or more furniture factories. That must certainly bring Jamestown into the very front rank of furniture cities of the country. There will be some notable changes in the Jamestown lines in Grand Rapids, ill January. Among them is the Maddox Table Company, who leave the Blodgett block and t:1ke the entire fifth floor of the new Manufacturers' building on Ionia street, comprising 12,000 square feet. This room is to be beautifully decorated and lighted, and it is the intention of the TVraddox Table Company and the Jamestown Chair Con~pany, who show with them, to have one of the finest fur-niture salesrooms a buyer ever set foot into. It will be in charge of Jolly Tom Crane and a corps of the best known salesmen in the furniture business. The exhibitors in the Manufacturers' building are to keep open house New Year's day. It will be a full dress reception with pletlty of music, flowers, feasting, good cheer for ev-erybody, but no business. Every order book will be locked up, but bright and early vVednesday morning, J anttary 2, the doors will be flung open to the buyers and business will start with a bang. The Jamestown Lounge Company will make a good dis-play in the Furniture Exhibition building, GTand Rapids, con- ::;isting of their famous line of couches, lounges and "Sim-plicity" sofa beds. This company, known all over "furni-turedom" for the excellence of its product, realizes that dis-criminating buyers are after quality even more than price, and consequently with th~m "only the best is cheap." Shearman Brothers, who for some years have exhibited their line in Chicago, will return to Grand Rapids in Janu-ary, and will occupy one-half of the sixth floor of the new )'-lanufacturers' building and will make a large'!: and [mer dis-play than they have ever before attempted. They will sho-....\' a full line of Universal sofa beds, davenports, couches, ward-robe couches and adjustable couches. Also a large line of l\Iission sofa beds, davenports and couches, There will be 100 new patterns. There will be seventy Universal sofa beds in this display, and a very large line of leather goods. The exhibit will be in charge of Frank Shearman, hi~ son, Frank Shearman, Jr., Wm. F. Walsh, Ed. J. IVIcGeeand 'E. W. Hawkins. The Bailey-Jones Company will make their customary fine display of parlor and library table'S in the Furniture Exhi-bition building, Grand Rapids, Buyers know that it is al-ways a treat to go into this display. Glenn Brown, so long with Skinner & Steenman, is to take a bunch of Jamestown lines to Grand Rapids and show them on the third floor of the Blodgett block. This display will consist of the lines of the Liberty Furniture Company, Alliancc Furniture Company and Himebaugh Brothers. L. C. StC\vart of the Liberty, will be with Mr. Brown. This com-pany has had a very prosperous year and is now adding to the plant a four story brick building 36 x 65 feet, which will in-crease their floor space fifty per cent. It will be used for finishing, storage and shipping. The entire plant is to be equipped with automatic sprinklers. The line consists of dressers and chiffoniers in oak, mahogany, bird's-eye maple and curly birch. The Alliance Furniture Corr:pany's line consists of china closets and combination buffets, while Himebaugh Brothers' line is made up of sideboards and buffets in quartered oak only-a medium and fine grade. This company has just completed a new imu story brick factory 160x 60 feet. It is fully equipped with the best of everything, and no doubt will turn out a line of winners. The Atlas Furniture Company, manufacturers of dressers and chiffoniers in oak, mahogany, curly birch and bird's-eye maplc, will exhibit on the second floor of the Furniture Ex-l: ibition building with H. L. Chamberlain and Emil Johnson in charge. The Morgan 1\·1anufacturing Company has been re-incor-porated, under the name of the Jamestown Table Company. Capital stock $120,000. The incorporators are Cyrus E. Jones, L. C. Jagger, Chas. L Moore, Thos. E. Pcrkins- and Richard Peart. The company will continue parlor and li-brary tables, and will at once build to double the size of the plant. TIle Jamestown Panel & Vcneer Company are having a \'ery extensive trade in all kinds of furniture panels and table tops. The Diamond Furniture Company are having a fine cata-logue engraved in Grand Rapids, which will not be ready for mailing until early in January. Gcorge W. Vanderbilt is reported to have abandoned his chicken farm at Biltmore, N. c., because he found it unprofit-able. Perhaps Mr. Vanderbilt did not understand the busi-ness, but it is more likely that his failure was due to his hav-ing located his project among p'eople who are experts in "raising" all kinds of poultry. Evansville (Ind.) has a "Merchants' Rebate Association." Money paid for transportation is refunded to out-of-town pur-chasers. -------------------------------------- -- - - - 7IRTI.sA~ .#? $ ,..t# Perfect Baking 1S Assured on Our New Victor Range ~'d::'::e.~~~ l\elth~, the pr(jl~"\(ln~' nor 'he "1lla,e''''- ",II ~,,,l ,!\~lea." '>'oud" 'n f!:n~'ng gO<>li r~ul,-, Irom tn,." I"<:h',/!'I'arlc, range ThE' """," ni [I"',' ,,f tlie [)HJln)ne"t ~{II"\' ,n Ull' e,l'- ha"~ hougln :\\'\\ \'''lor, tor "'" ", thelf 110:rne<, Th.,.. ~l'e :;,50(, Ind' ~l\av"fi~ ramilies ""'\g 'h~. ju"t ",I.: (/;\. '~:')II''''''/ .>Il" ,iJ '''',I'le, ~",\ I"{lU \~,t1I\nd Ih"l ,he,- <I",ak r"M~ htghl, (I' the :':ew "'~"" 'Il~n ·,rr ~{\ '\ncf belore <la'" faTlge ,uelll",," "Iu,',,,, ~,.eL)...{.'ered ;tl /'_'W(I"'" ",,,, "1] _,,,,h ea.',' CfoJ" "'n,,, \Vh,- 00\ sr, {mc ""., "ntO" \;'-",'" c'J()kq! ~" ,1 g-owJranl;~' Sommers Complete Bcd Outfit rcrm~ 51.00 Cash, SOt a Week C" '0" "e"";'.· A~~1.~1. Sommers Leather Kocker "" """ .... 1l,>'''"0 ~M ,,," ",," p;,.'" "r 'u,";" ... ",," "r 'M ."''''''0"'''''''' 0'' """, ,,"<(I , •• "" .0. -"~,h c·o,,,,.,. "1"'. '"., I. ""'co oC 'olloi '<O.th" "",,, •• d ",."." ,"o'n0o"""'.".,,"..i.of<~0<'," ...... ",." "0".'.0 ,,,,,,,",w,,,""',d,,, .'".. :\,':"';: ,~,~:,I, ", .,,101. ,,' ,., r",·,."" 41f~~ """, "-" ,,0[<0 'ror"." $1.00 C"~<h, SOe W<*kly ~o .,""0< ."it<"" • "'~"r ",,,,ed .-oc"",. WE S .. OW SD.,E >Is LOW >,s U.oo. New Victor Steel Ringe $1.00 Casb. SOt \Veekly A.RE:OUk -TERMS 0101 TIfll ,l"1l.MOlJS HtGH·GRADE RANG~ MORE THAN ~,50Q IN USE iN INOlANAPOJ..IS ASK '{QUI! NEIGHBOR Outfit I~~.!b!~E'",~~~~!,~ "':;i:n:..\;,,~, """ f','. .'~;;~:n:j~',D~l',: "'''\:;,~..,,:~~'~::,; "':!~,,:;~• .' A Handsome \Verl(Hn~ rr<:~cnL Fr<:~ \Vlth Every Sommers Three-Room Outfit 'y< _iww ,Qmpo,'e ':"·",,.moIU ou,f,t> ";"w ~, 57 Cash: rerrns $1.50 Casli, baLal'ce flayahk 750t \\'ec~l) 'l'o "(>B' ,,,'rl~.• v"«' 5<" I) •••• ~,,·,. W~ SHOW ~'~~,. M ~a," A.$ ~I:'I.~Q. 11 and J 3 East Washlllgon Sf. SAMPLE OF GOOD ADVERTISING. , Sommers KitChen Ca!.Jinet 51a Week .0 "".'" "","ri,," " '.owe, "'iced ,"""'0" '·a'''""', WE .HOW SOME M L"w M H ..W. Cold Coin Baseburner • $2.611 C,sh -SUIO W~kly ,J,'"."" " lDw", .'!oM ~",d ,·0., ,,", W~ 'HOW 00 ... ~s lO'li; ~~~I~.O" Sun Hot Blast 11 ,-- -- - - - - -- 12 UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. Buffets Bookcases China Closets We~in&~,~~~~ooaM Finilh. S(le our Caul~e_ Our lineaD PetmaIlenteshibitioll 7th Floor. New ManufactureD' BuiJdirul. G<>nd RoPido. "Row, Styk" "" Drop e.m.,., Em""-'<l Mouidna. P• ..J.. Ek. I:MBOSSING and DROP CARVING MAC"INI:S Machinea for all pu~, aIl0 at prn:es withUl !he read! of aU, Every Machine hall our lI:llaranteh ~t breaka.~ fot one yeaJ. "Loldol Slyle ...... Luae e-dtY H~vye.m... ..d 0...Em"""'- We have !he Machine)'eu waul ala ",tiIfactory Price. Write fur de.aiPtn'ecitaala.r&. Alto make die. for .n make. of Mac:hinet. UNION EMBOSSING MACHINE CO., Indianapolis, Ind. 7IR'T'IS'~ ; ZT· HALL'S, the Polish thaI is Making Evansville Famous. Nall's Red Stal' Polish dries instaJltly and never softens or gums. No dis-- agreeable or offensive odor. Never set-tles or ~apon\tf:S. A trial ()fdeTg,lways :u"t~K~~b~: ~;c~U~i~J:~~?wi1e~~ furni.ture. ThiS Polis&is free from add. Can be used by any child. Guaranteed to give salisfactloll. Sold in 1,2, Sand 10 gallon cans and in barrels, also put up in l.·3 and 6 oz, bottles retailing for 10c, 15e aDd ZSc., altowin~ a liberal profit to the retailer. Write for prices and state qu~ntity wallt~d. Apcrfeel Polish and Cleaner for FurnUure. Office and Ba.r. Fix-ture •• Pianos, Organa. Bleyel., •• lrot'l bedfl. Cal'l'le.ge. and Automoblhlls. We rejlJ1' '!IOUto tlu Orucent Furniture 00., The 1J}van$ViUlJIJlJ8k Co., The Bll D. Muter Folding Bed 00., and th,e. City Nationat Bank of ./!hJafl,81JUle. AMERICANPHARMACALCO., •• s uPP'.... s' s." EvanSlille, Ind The New Banquet Table Top all well tli OFFiCE. DINING and. DIRECTORS' T A.BLFS ue OUT ~ecia1t,... riJJ'y'--, , --~- -'_....- "-"- - ~ I ' _ "" . STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO.• ~~p;,j" Write (or Csla!oi\le' Get samp!ell of BANQUET TABLE TOP. WE manufacture the larg-est line of FOLDING eRA IRS in the United States, suitable for Sunday Schools, Halla, Steamers and all Public Resort •. We also maaufacture Brass Trimmed Iron Beds, Spring Beds, Cot. and Cribs in a. lar~ variety. . . • Send for CataJO&'Ue ud Prlcn·to Kauffman Mfg. Co. UnLAND. onlo Morton House American ......Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel PanUind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 and Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind ror 50c ~ the FINEST IN THE WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Pl"Op. 13 TUE TALK Of TUE MARKET DURING THE JULY. 1906. SgASON YEAGER'S HIGHEST THE REASOI NS GREATEST QUALITY VALUES T"E YEAGERFURNITURECO~,Allentown, Pa. cnlCAGO -Furniture Manufacturers' Exhibition Building, 7th Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave. NEW YORK-(Salesroom) 333-341 Fourth Ave., Cor. 25th St. ~d Floor. THE ONLY CASTER CUP THAT Will NOT MAR OR SWEAT A. NewCaster CUP.a' Furniture Protector and a Rest W:e guarantee perfect satis-factton. We know we have the only perf~t caster cup ever made. This cup is in two sizes, as follows: ~J4 inch and 3 inch. and we use the cork bottom. You know the rest. Small sixe, $3.60 lI'er 100 Large size, 4.60 per 100 F O. B. Grand Rapids. Try it and be convinced. OUf Concave Bottom Card Block. does not touch the sur-face but upon the rim, permit. ting a circulation of air under the block, thereby preventing moisture or marks of any kind. This is the only card block of its kind on the market. Pric!!, $3.00 per 100 Grand Rapids Casler Cup Co" 2 .,,'woo' A" .. Grand Rapids, Mich. Also can be had at LUSSKY. WHnE " COOLIDGE. 111.113Lake St., Chicaao MANUFACTURERS OF HARDWOOD ~~~~~~~ SPECIALTIES: ~'l~'fE[Qj UAR. OAK VEN EERS MAHOGANY VENEERS HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W. Main Sf" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA oh~ PEABODY SCHOOL FURNITURE CO. North Manchester. Indiana The New "PERFECT" FOLDING CHAIR PATENTED OCT. 20, 1903. Comfortable Simple Durable Neat The Acme of Perfection in the line of Foldina: Chairs. PERFECT COMPACTNKSS when folded. Hard maple, natural finish. WRlTH FOR PRICES. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA, Via GR~ND TRUNK·LEHIGH VALLEY ROUTE. Two Fast Trains Daily Except Sunday. Daily. Leave Od Rapids 2:45 p. m. 7:05 p. m Ar Philadelphia 3:40 p. m. 7:25 p. m. Ar Ne~ york +:30 p. m. 8:40 p. ,m. Servic~ unsurpassed. For further information apply· at City Oflire, Morton House Block. C. A. JUSTIN, C. P. & T. A. 14 ESTABLISHED 1880 P'U!lLI5HED BY MiCHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THE 10TH AND 25TH OF EACH MONTH OFFICE-2-20 LYON ST., GRANO RAPIOS. MICH. E!'ITERi':!l AS MATTER Of THE .6ECOND OLM.S Sharp advances in iron ore and in iron and steel products, advances in wages by railroads and other corporations have been prominent features in the industrial field during the past month. At the same time scarcity of money, especially in ,Vall street, has been a feature in the financial world. Advances in wages and in the value' of staple commodities do not usually occur at the same time with financial strin-gency. In fact, this is the first time recalled in the history of the country, that advances in prices of iron and steel and a general rise in "vages have come during financial stringen-cy in Wall street. This unusual occurrence has caused con-siderable thought and speculation as to its effect-as to what developments may be expected in the near future, In some quarters there is a disposition to fear that the country has reached the crest of the long wave of prosperity and that re-etction is due to set in during the coming year. Similar pre-dictions havc becn made again and again during the past two years. They were not fulfilled and there is no reason for be-lieving that the current croakers are wiser than their prede-cessors. On the contrary, there is every reason to believe that they are false prophets. The apparently inconsistent de-velopments of the past month only emphasize the fact that the country has been divorced from Vi/all street-that the country's welfare and prosperity no longer depends on the success or failure of the financial speculators. With the railroads placing unprecedented ordcrs for new equipment to be delivered in 1907, with factories running night and day in order to meet thc demand for their products, with the great steel companies six months behind their orders and at the same time Alaska, South Africa, Australia and the United States rapidly incrcasing their gold production; there is no chance for reaction in business affairs. Nothing less than em absolute failure of crops <:an mar the prosperity of the country during the coming year. Ylerchandise, materials and supplies for the year 1907 will he bought on rising markets, and unless some unforeseen issue arises in the presidential campaigl1 the same conditions will prevail in 1908. *1'" *i* *1* *1* An exchange remarks that the price cutter would gain ;;1 commanding position in trade if he could stay ill business long enough. The truth of this statemcnt was demonstrated in the history of a dealcr in furniture in Evansville, Ind., who cut his prices so often and so deeply that he cut himself out of business· in a comparatively short time. When his successor took hold of the business, customc-rs of the house demanded the cut prices they werc accustomed to, but the new owner calmly and patiently maintained that he was not in business for his health and eventually gained a foothold in the community by steadfastly adhering to prices that re-turned a profit. Selling goods for less than cost may enable dealers to pose as public benefactors for a short timc and gain distinction in that large class of failures usually desig-nated as fools with a profane prefix. *1' '1* *1* 'I' At a meeting of the Western Mirror Manufacturers' As~ ,;ociation in Chicago 011 November 15, it was decided to ad· vance prices twenty or- twenty-five per cent, basing their ac-l tion on the increased cost of raw materials-particularly mer-cury- and higher freight -rates. The mirror men were' prob-ably justifie.d in advancing prices, but they seem to have made a blunder in giving reasons for their action. Some of their members declare that very little mercury is used on the backs of mirrors nowadays-that it has been supplanted by the patent back-and as for freight rates, it is generally expected that the new rate law will effect a reduction instead of a raise. Can it be possible that the mirror glass makers have been re-ceiving rebates on their sand freight bills? *1' *1* *1* *j' Charles E. Spratt of New York is authority for the state-ment that the furniture dealers of the country pay, annually, in fire insurance premiums at least $27,000,000 more than is required to pay their losses by fire. He also states that forty-eight per cent-almost half-of the .losses are due to dishonesty-in other words to incendiarism. If Mr. Spratt's figures are right, it ought to be an easy matter to induce the furniture dealers to organize· a mutual company, carry their o-wn risks and quit supporting the fire-bugs. *1* *1* *1* *1* An advance in wholesale prices of furniture does not al-ways mean additional profit for the manufacturers. The manufacturers are frequently forced to raise prices in order to avoid actual losses. The advances are usually due to an increase in the cost of labor and materials and under present conditions the men who furnish the materials are able to gobble up all, or nearly all, of any advance that the manufac-turers may make. *1* *1* *1* *1" New factory projects in Rockford, Ill., have been so num~ erous of late that it is difficult to keep track of them and, owing to contradictory reports as to who the promoters are, it is impossiblc to distinguish the real projects from the imaginary anticipations. However, .there is no doubt that the furniture manufacturing business is having an unpreced-ented boom in Rockford. 'j* *1* '1* *1* Clean furniture, rugs and draperies favorably impress the ladics, who buy most of the furnishings for the household. The duster should be used as often as the business of the store will permit, and the same is true of the furniture pol-ish. Clean, frcsh looking stock commands attention. *!* *1* *1* *1* A considerable number of man'Jhcturers of <,-,;'Ise goods, having withdrawn from Grand Rapids for the purpose of tr>5t-ing the claims of other markets, are returning to Grand Rap-i~ s. There are no doubts in their minds in regard to the lo-cation of the most important case goods market in the world. *1* *1* *1* *1* With the approach of the holid<lYs merchants will find profit and satisfaction in devising atttactiOllls for their show '\'v·indows. It is the season of the year wl~en every buyer is a Missourian and must be shown. *1* *1* *1* *i* From the decision of the \Visconsin Barber Board, as given on another page of this number of the Artisan, it ap-pears that a man must die before he can legally get a free shave in the Badger state. *1* *1* 11<1*1* Grand Rapids will be able to better accommodate the trav-eling and sojourning furniture men in future. Boyd Pant-lind has addcd the Park to his string of hotels, *1* *1* *1* *1* Early English is moving but moderately. The Colonials, the French lines and to a less extent the Mission, have the call. *1* *1* *1* *1* A few pieces of pyrography linger in the furniture stores. This fad received its deathblow from the hands of women. 15 "Un()reaka()l~Beds--Do They Co.rt More 1" HERE IS A',SAMPLE ONE FOR YOUR INSPECTION. Hel"lu 50 inclies. Widdis 4 ([. 6 in., 4 ft •• 3 ft. 6 in., or 3 ft. Posts seam_ less welded pipe I J -16 in. <liameter. Finisltes 1 1-8 in. Rods 5-16 in. and 3-8 in. All caslings malleable iron. This bed is guaranteed 25 years against breakage. It is dean and neat in ap~ pearance, If the Michigan Artisan is mentioned we will letouch castings in gold without extra charge. ~rice (frei?;ht allowed up tc New York City or Chlcago rate) $3.75. Dark or light green or blue at same price.: Dired auached springs, wood frames $1.25 extra or steel frames $2 extra. Try sampJes. NORTHWESTERN DEALERS. HARD MANUFACTURING CO. D,p •. A. BUFFALO, N. r. Observations Taken at Spokane, Portland, Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. A recent viiiit in the far northwest disclosed the fact that the furniture dealers of that section are prosperous and their business rapidly ill creasing. The iitores of Spokane and Se-attle were explored by the writer as \'\lell as a fc,w in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. In Spokane two-thirds of the b1.-1SillcSS is done on the installment plan. The stores there arc all large aud 'wel1 lighted. That of Goble, Pratt & Robbins is the nC\vest and has a corner outlook ''lith large windows for displaying goods effect'ively. Tull & Gibbs and the Grote-Rankin Company also have large stores very artistically arranged. Besides a quantity of furniture from Grand Rapids factories, Chicago, Rockford and other eastern cities wcre well represented by their products in the same line. The western fir is quite extensively used in the ITlanufac-ture of cheap bedroom a1ld other furniwre by western fac-tories and with the weathef(~d oak fmi5h makes quite a good substitute for oak. Tull & Gibbs also have a larg-e store in Portland and the Grote-Rankin Company have al\other in Seattle.. The 1''\111 & Gibbs store in Spokane covers ~)O.ooo square feet of Hoot' space, four stories and sixty-five mell fi.11demployemcnt there, Mr. Hebard, the 1ll;l1l.lger, was ill ill a hospital in Portland and Mr. Jones gave all the information wanted. The Grote-Ranki.n Com-p<m)"occupy a three story buildtllg and annex with 110,000 square feet of space and employ sev-enty- two men. There are h",·o basen~ellts. Jlr. Hall is the manager. He is also buyer for the china department. 1I<m}' handsome pieces of Gral1d Rapids and Chicago furniture were seen. They have an upholstery department. The Goble, Pratt & l~obbins store, of \vhich 1fr. Rogers, formerly of the l-Iastillgs. l\lich., Tahle Company, is a stock-holde'!", has only been (''ighteen montl1S in busilless. Tbey occUpy a modern three story and basement building. The store of the Stal1dard Furniture Compally was being torn down and a new one will he erected. Frederick & Nelson have a line store in Seattle with 1(;8,- 000 square feet of floor space consisting of five floors and two basements. The store covers a block on Second and one-half block on the side streets. A very small investmellt half block en the side streets. /\ small installment business is dOlle. :r...fostof the trade bUYii only tbe medium <lnd fine goods. . The lines carried include carpets, rugs, stoves, a china de,Jartll1ent and recently a ladies' '!"eady-made garmellt departm¢nt has been added. Mr. Nettleton kindly spared an hour of pis time to shmN the visitors around, I-Ie said that Ci'!"cassi;m walnut is in great demand and sells very well. The dull fini.sh of. furniture 'is very popular. Washington fir, spok-en of above, IS mueh used for the woodwork in Seattle homes 10 tlpholttery green is the only color the public seem to 111,'a11t: A large upholstery department is kept busy on orders. The white w(~odwO'l"kand green walls of the store are very rest-ful to the eye. One very much appreciated feature of this immeuse :store is the tea-room for public use, with its green w~lls anq ntgs and mahogany furniture. The capacity of thIS roon!: has been doubled since the flrst of October. Fred-erick & Nelson have in twelve years gro"..-n to the present size from a secoJld hand store on this same site. One side of the building was occupied by a clothing store and that was crowded out to give more room for the furniture business. 1h. Nettl~ton is a believer in special sales. III Vic~oria \Veiler Brothers' store was visited and there the furnitpre from the iitates is decidedly scarce. One sees a11Yql\an~jty of Canadian manufacture, however. The Ma-cey sectio~1al bookca!'ies shown were made in Seaforth, On-t, lr10, and !uot in C-rand Rapid:;. The Hhdson Day Company have ~llarge piece of land ad-joining their present location ill Vancouver and in COUrse of time will nave a much larger store. Their present quarters are very 11,1uchtoo small and it v.rilt b(~ a great help to them to have the congestion relieved. Goods of Canadian mall11- facttlrc ..v..ere 'ill the majority llerc as well as in Victoria, one of the ex~eIJtions being a library suite in silve'!" gray, up~ holstered in green, C011sisting of an arm chair, two others alld a desk frotH J. & ]. Kohll. 1h. ""Vittner sa'iu the call tllere is for the golden oak fiuisll, whicr sells ill preference to any other. Tl~e dull finish is not appreciated by the majority in VancouverJ Taken tltogther, it w;tS a treat to be able to visit other cit'ies and frct a new point of view on the subject of furniture and house· furnishings. , Hiram Slete of Hamilton, believed to have been the oldest und('.rtaker ~n Ohio, died on October 29, aged 81.years. I . . iTHE HAWKEylt KITCHEN CABINET OngUlal feat*res. Desl.'l:D.finish and cabinet work the hest 011earth. Prices rQt.we.irom $;l.25 to $60.00. ~xclusive sale given. Sold to dealers only. PrIce IS a good salesman. QualIty is a better one. We have them both Catalo.ltue on: application. Union FUl'nUu,"4,') Co•• Rmn ..T!'lCT(,}~,IOWA: 16 HORN BROS. MFG. CO. 281 to 291 W. Superior St.. CHICAGO.ILL. MANUFACTURERS OF Chamber Suites. OddDressers. Chiffoniers UDiES' DRESSINGTABLES to match Made in Golden Oak, Genuine Mabo~hY Veneered, BIrdseye Maple, White Enamel Highly Poltshed or Dull Finish. We also make a liRe of PRINCESSDRf:SSfRS from $13.00 up. In Quarter-Sawed Oak, Mahogany and Birdseye Maple, Veneered rr you have not received our. Spring supplement, uk for it. SAMPLES SHOWN BY pECK & HILLS 1319 Micbi,g:ab Avnue, and HALL &: KNAPP, 187 Michigan Avenue, Cbu:ago. RICHMOND Chair Co. RICHMOND, IND. The Standard line of Double Cane CHAIRS and ROCKERS Menti()O MICHIGAN ARTISAN The Luce Fumiture Co. INVITES ATfENTION TO ITS LARGE LINE Of Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN SALESROOM AT fACTORY ONLY. I, Big Profit in DininJ Room Suites The latest money-maker in furr:iture has beer! the dining room suite that costs $25 and looks worth $100. We originated these suites not long ago andi they have been among our heaviest sellers the past year. I One dealer tells us that a salesman got $140 for a suite that cost $35. It had not been marked and the salesman did not know the Iretailprice, but the finish was so good the customer was satisfied.. One dealer in Philadelphia sold 54 suites in sixty days. At the winter resorts in the South, at the summer resorts in the North, in California, in hundreds of cities where refined and modest homes:are furnished and people appreciate good style though they have not the money to pay high prices, Dining Room Suites sell steadily, profitably. You can always make a good pJ>fiton them. Nos. 5020, 5026, 5036 and 5038 have b~en exceedingly popular sellers, and we strongly recommend them---the cheaper ones for t~mporary homes, at resorts, etc., East West, North, South (they go in all parts of the country), and the higher priced for per-manent homes in the larger cities outside of New Yor~ and Chicago. NORTHERN FURNITUk, E COMPANY SHEBOYGAN, WIS. Klingman Building, GRAND RAl'IDS. I Furniture Exchan\l<l, NEW YORK. 17 18 Rockford, IlL, Nov. 22.-Rockford is one of the most thriv-ing manufacturing towns in the great state of Illinois. In Ofle respect it is different from ma.ny other cities, and that is this: In the twenty-odd years 1 have been visiting this city I cannot recall a single instance where a manufacturing es-tablishment has wound up its business and moved to some other town to hetter its condition. To be sure, tbere have been some fires and some failures, but I know of no one who has moved from Rockford to some other place because he could not succeed here. Then, again, there are very few cities that have made greatcr proportionate strides in manufacturing than Rock-ford. I think there were but five furniture factories here at the time of my first visit, viz: The Union, Forest City, Central, Co-operative and Excelsior-the latter in the uphol-stering business. All of them but the latter are still in busi-ness, and there are two of them, either of which is nearly or quite as large as the whole five. Today there are at least a dozen that would he figured among thc largest furniture fac-tories in any city in the country. And still they are build-mg more. Two very large ones are now under way, while several others have recently finished or are about to start large <ldditions. And so Rockford bids fair to become the greatest furni-ture manufacturing city in the west, if its present rapid growth continues, But furniture is not the only manufactur-ing industry here. Indeed it is doubtful if the furniture busi-ness is as much as fifty per cent of the aggregate manufac-tures of the city. Every manufacturer of furniture visited said he was having a great business year. Trade never was better. The Cen-tral Furniture Company will not show at any of the furniture expositions in January. That is a pretty good indication that they are not suffering for business, and have not been for many years. Their line consists of combination bookcases, china closets and bUffets. These are all well made from good styles, and are popular with the trade everywhere. The Mechanics' Furniture Company has long been famous for the beauty of design and excellence of construction of its goods. A number of new china closets and buffets wiH be added to the line and shown in January on the third floor of the Manufacturers' Exhibition building, 1319 Michigan ave-nue, Chicago, in charge of S. J. LeRoy and J. E. Hanvey, the latter their western representative. The Standard Furniture Company has nearly completed an addition 80 x 96 feet, four stories and basement, to be used for offices, finishing and storage. The new officcs will be finished in quartered oak and will be among the most attrac-tive in the city. The factory is now about a block long with the exception of a small space between the two main buildings, which only breaks a solid brick wall the entire distance. There .."ill be thirty-five or forty new patterns of china clos-ets, buffets and bookcases added to the line, which will be shown as usual on the first floor, opposite the elevator, of 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago, in charge of "Yohnny Yohn-sonH and assistants. The Rockford Chair & Furniture Company has in courSe of erection a very large addition to the factory, and the fin-est factory office building in the city. But Robert C. Lind, the secretary and manager, said: "Don't say much about that. We don't want to sell the factory, but just tell the people tha.t our display of china closets, buffets, combination and library bookcases in the Blodgett block, Grand Rapids, in January will be one that will please every buyer who calls to inspect them." Well, that is no exaggeration, and every buycr will say so who sees them. The Royal 11antel & Furniture Company has started an addition 80 x 112 feet, four stories high, for finishing, shipping and storage. It is expected to have this building ready for occupancy early in the spring. Trade is good-never better. The line will be on exhibition in January on the sixth floor, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago, in which will be shown a large number of new patterns of china closets and buffets. The Rockford Frame & Fixture Company will show a finc line of new patterns of fancy furniture in January on the top floor of the new Furniture Exchange building, Fourteenth street and V\Tabash avenue, Chicago, with Peck & Hills, also in Grand Rapids in the Furniture Exhibition building, am} ill the New York Furniture Exchange. This is one of the larg-est and most beautiful lines of fancy- furniture on the market, and never fails to attract the attention of the best buyers. Oscar Bergquist, as "head push" of the Rockford Desk Company, seems to find no time_ for anything but work, and Made by Rockford Chair and Furnitu-re Co., Rockford. Ill. he just lives on it, and grows happy and prosperous day by day. Oscar has got into the habit of making nice china <clos-ets, ladies' desks, parlor and music cabinets, and M. L. Nel-son & Co" 1.411 Michigan avenue, Chicago, (who show the line the year round), have got into such a habit of selling them that they can't stop. The Rockford Palace Furniture Company show their line with Hall & Kna.pp, 187·Michigan avenue (Karpen building), Chicago, the year round. It consists of buffets, sideboards, china closets, combination aJJd library bookcaseSt ladies' desks and music cabinets in oak and mahogany finish. Its a good line and puts money in the pocket of the merchant who handles it. The West End Furniture Company will make a fine dis-play of furniture in January on the'sixth floor of the Blod-gett block, Gr311d Rapids, also with Peck & Hills in the new Furniture Exchange, Fourteenth street and Wabash avenue, Chicago. The line consists of china closets, buffets, combi- nation and library cases, and every buyer in both markets will do well to give it a careinl inspection. Rig, fat, jolly Buell Pease will show a ful! line of the Union Furniture Company on the top floor of the ':Vlanufac-tnrers' building, Ionia street, Grand Rapids, where he was kept so busy last July. The -Union line of chinas, buffets, combination and library cases is one of the big ones and among the great sellers. Pease and his line are always at the top. The Larson & Hult Company is the name of the latest firm of dealers and 11lldcrtakers in Rockford. They have a fine store well stocked with all kinds of furniture, mattresses, Made by Roc.kford Chair and Furniture Co., Rockford. III, pillows and beddinl< at 420-422 Seventh ,tceet, Aug. W, Larson, the president, has been in other lines of business for several years, ".,..hilcCharles A. Hult, the secretary and treas-urer, has been intimately connected with the manufacture of furniture in Rockford for many years. He has been the sec-retary and manager of three of the leading furniture compan-ies at different times, and is thoroughly posted in all the de-tails of the trade. They report having a good business, '''"hic.h lS rapidly growtng, alHl the Artisan wishes then) all kinds of good luck and prosperity. Different Qualities of Mahogany. To those who are not in close touch with the furniture business and even to many of those who handle the finished product, mahogany is mahogany, whether it comes from Cuba, South or Central America or Africa. To the factory men, however, there is a great difference in the qualities of the wood. The toughest mahogany comes from Cuba, but, like that from Mexico, it has little figure-it is very plain. The African mahogany has the best figure, but it is too brittle. The laying of veneers made from African crotch mahogany is considered a good test of a cabinet maker's skill and abil-ity. Comparatively few men are able to do it successfully. Few dealers or users of furniture have anything like an ade-quate idea of the difficulties encountered in making a perfect piece of furniture and the time, expense and perseverance that have been put into experimenting ..d..th different methods in order to attain the desired results. 19 Corpse Can Not Be Replevined. Two greedy undertakers of Superior, Wis., got into a dis-pute, both claiming the right to take charge of a corpse and prepare it for burial. By a shrewd move one obtained pos-session and the other sought it on a writ of replevin issued by a justice of the peace. The case was appealed to the cir-cuit court, where it was dismissed, the judge holding that a writ of replevin will not hold a eorpse because it is not prop-erty in the ordinary sense. This decision was based on an opinion given in a similar case by the supreme court of Michigan. It was the case of Keyes vs. Hanke, in which the plaintiff was suing for the re-covery of the body of his brother. It seems that the brother had died at a hospital and the defendant took the body and began to prepare it for burial. The plaintiff got out a writ of replevin to secure the body and when the case came up the judge decided that a human corpse was not property and, as it is given in the report "a writ of replevin will not lie for its return." The Vlisconsin judge, in discussing his ruling, suggested that the proper move to have been made by the aggrieved party ,vas to apply for an injunction restraining his oppo-nent from acting. Owners of factories located at Holland, Muskegon, Man-istee and other points on the big lakes of the state of Michi-gan enjoy a decided advantage in these days of scarcity of freight cars. The big steamers crossing the lakes carry heavy shipments of furniture from the lake ports daily. The business of Edward J. Kjolseth, Stoughton, Wis., has been taken over by the E. ]. Kjolseth Company, which has been incorporated with a capital stock of $3,000. The incor-porators are C. J. and J. E. Melaas and Mr. Kjolseth. No. 244 Muaie Cabinet. ---Manufacturers of--- BOOKCASF.S, LADIES' DF.SKS, COMBINATION CASES, MUSIC CABINETS, and CHINA CLOSETS. New Catalogue ready for mailing. =,=~SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN~=,= Mr. Dealer: If you want your oreler filled promptly and want goods that you can make good profits on during the coming holiday sea-son, mail your orders to us, We solicit trial orders. Sheboygan Novelty Company 20 OVERLAND FREIGHT TRANSFER COMPANY, POOL CARS FOR PACIFIC COAST SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA. TEAMING FORWARDING STORAGE make a specialty of distributing pool cars 01 all kinds and PARTICULARLY, furniture, carpets, linoleum and interior finish. Referellces, Bradstreet's or Dun's and any bank in San Francisco, and the trade. Cadoader in Chicago Carloaderin Grand Rapids j. W. Welling, 633 So. JeffersonSueet Gelock TransferCompany, 108 So. IoniaStreet at Opalite Lined Enameled Lined Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank Galvanized Iron Lined Stationary Ice Tank Send for new CATALOGUf Bnd let us nllme you Price five Complete Lines of Refrigerators Challenge Refrigerator Co. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. fOUR TRAINS to and from CHICAGO Lv Gd Rpds 7:10 am Ar Chicago 1:15 pm I,v Gd Bpds 12:06 pm AI" Chicago 4:50.pm Lv Gd Rpds 1:25 pm Ar Chicago 10:55 pm "Lv Gd Rpds 11:3"0 pm Ar Chicago 6':55.tun * Daily. Pullma.n Sleeper, on 11:30 train open 9:00 pm. A la carte Cafe service on all day trains. Pere Marquette ParlfJr cars on all day trains, Rates reduced to 50 cents, THREE TRAINS to and from DETROIT and TOLEOO Lv Gd Rapids 7:12 am Ar Detroit11:55 am Ar Toledo 1:00pm *Lv Gd Rapids 11:10 am Ar Detroit 3:05 pm Ar Toledo 4:15 pm Lv Gd Rapids 5:20 pm Ar Detroit 9:20 pm Ar Toledo 10:45 pm • Dally. Note Fast Time Made by Both Midday and Evening Train. Meals served a la carte on trains leaving Grand Rapids at 11:10 am and 5:20 pm.. Pere Marquette Parlor Cars on aU trains. Seat rates, 25 cents. uALL OVE-R MICHICAN" H, J. GRAY. DJstrlct .P.lUI.!wnguAgent. Phone 1168. Grand Rapids, Mich. • Factory Locations There is in the various offices of the Land and In-dustrial Departments of the Southern Railway and Mobile & Ohio Railroad late information regarding a number of first class locations for Furniture, Chair and other Woodworking Factories, which will be furnished Manufacturers upon application. An invitation is ex-tended to all who use wood in their plants to write about the timber supply, good sites and markets avail-able in our territory.. Address your nearest agent. M. V. RICHARDS. Land and Industrial Agent. WASHINGTON.D. C. CHAS. S. CHASE, "pnt. 624 Ch8m~.1 BvlJdi.D. St. Louis. Mo. The Sargent Mfg. Co. MUSKEGON, MICH. Bachelors' Cabinets Ladies' Desks Extra Large Chiffoniers ___ Also Manufacturefll and Exporters of --- ROLLING CHAIRS Chails adapted to all kinds of invalidism, both for house and street use. OVER FORTY DESIGNS TO SELECT FROM 21 Muskegon Valley Furniture Co. MuskeilOD Mich ••• Odd Dressers Chiffoniers Wardrobes Ladies· Toilets Dressing Tables Mahogany Inlaid Goods Ladies Desks Music Cabinets Moon Desk Co. Mnskegon, Mich. OFFICE DESKS See our new TYPEWRITER CABINET White Printing Co. HIGH GRADE CATALOGS COMPLETE =~=====GRAND RAPIDMSICH.,~=~=== Stafford Makes Upholstered Furniture Send for our new Catalogue showing a full line of up-to-date Couches, Sofa Beds and Parlor Suites. t.ll Prices on Lodge Furniture and Book Fixtures quoted 011 application. ;------~------------~--, No. 22S Leather Couch. t.ll Every Visit our Exhibit at 1323 and 1325 Mlchi~an Ave., Chical!<>,with Geo. D. Williams Co. E. H. STAFFORD MFG. Co., 262-264 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. We also make School Furniture, Church Pews and Opera Chairs. furniture dealer should sell all of the above lines. Little Things of Great Importance. A pull, knob or toilet screw on a door, drawer or toilet standard is a little thing, but it is a matter of great import-ance. Many a piece of furniture has been marred, damaged or converted into a nuisance because the knobs or pulls were not properly fastened. Nearly all housewives have had such experience, hence when they buy furniture about the first thing they inspect is the fastening of the knobs, and not in-frequently they find them loose or easily loosened. Such a discovery places the salesman at a disadvantage. He may explain that the defect will be made good, bl1~instead of sat-isfying the customer the fact that an excuse is necessary is more likely to spoil a sale. Such a condition of affairs is entirely unnecessary. Let the retailer insist that all his purchases shall be equipped with the Tower Patent fasten-ers, made under the Tower patents, by the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Brass Company, and he will never be troubled with a loose knob or pull. There is no extra charge for the "N 0- Kum-Loose" fasteners on any piece of furniture. They are furnished to manufacturers free of cost, hence retailers may have them for the asking. Milwaukee May Make School Desks. Milwaukee newspapers state that the school authorities of that city have decided to manufacture school desks in order to protect the city from paying extortionate prices that are being asked by the manufacturers. It is the opinion of the officials that an understanding at least exists between a number of the manufacturers and that they 50 control the market that it is impossible for the city to secure anywhere near a price that is right. Secretary Harbach of the school board advertised for bids on 1,000 desks twice. The best offer received so far was $3,287.22, or $3.28 a desk. 1\:lr. Harbach has investigated the matter to some extent and he is confident that the repair de-partment for the schools can t'urn out a satisfactory desk for $2 at the outside. The Standard Upholstering Company of Topeka, Kan., has been placed in the hands of a receiver. The company was arganized at Abilene and later moved to Topeka. It has never been considered a success. Liabilities about $8,000. l10pklhl IRd l1arrlet SU. Cincinnati, O. "enry Schmit &. Co. MAII:BRS 011' UPHOLSTERE.D..FURNITURE WDDf AND PULPIT. PARLOR UKRARY. HOTEL AND CLUB ROOM Detroit, 1\lich., l\'ov. 23.-The Possdius Brothers FUnli-ture )'Jallufacll1ring Company will have a finer show room and a hettel· ;:wd larger lilJe thaJl ever before in the -5011th-east corner of the second floor of the Furniture )i1anufactur-ers' Exhibition huilding at 1319 :11ichigan avenue, Chicago, in January. Everything "viii be in readiness when the exhibi-tion opens, and everything points to immense sales. The Falmer },Tanufacturing C01Tipal1Yhave eomll1ellced the erection of a fine brick building ,,:~x 50 feet, three stories awl basen:Ctit, which "vill greatly relieve the congestion in the factory. \Vhen cOly.pleted the office will be moved from the present building, and the cabinet makers, rUbbcrs and IJol-ishers will he lEaved into it. They will also have sample and stock rounts in the new building, which it is expected to have ready for occupancy early in January. They will make tllcir usual fine display On the second floor of the Fur-niture Manufacturers' Exhibition building, 1319 11ichigan ave- 11l1e,Chicago, in the space vacated by the Posselius Brothers' Furniture \hnuiacturillg Company, A large number of new pattems of parlor and library tables and pedestals will be added to the already large line. The .Pioneer l'vIanllfacturing Company will make a joint Pioneer Mfg. Co ... DETROIT. MICH. Rccd furniturc Babu Garriagcs Go-Garts Full line sbown on second floor, ] 3 19 Micbillan Aye., Cbl. cago, in Janu.lll")", ROOK WOOD and a general line of F#\N6Y Tf\8LES \Vrite for Cuts and Prices PALMER Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 103.5Palmer Ave. DETROIT, MICH. Full line shown on second flO<lor. 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago. in January. 23 display with the Palmer Manufacturing Company in Chi-cago and will show a fine line of reed rockers, baby carriages and go-carts. The \Vo[verine Manufacturing Company the Cadillac Cabillet Company and J. C. vVidrnan & Co. will make their usual magnificent joint display on the seventh floor of 1.319 i\Iichigan avenue, Chicago. Tll{~jrs will be one of the larg-est and finest displays in Chicago, Retail trade in Detroit is good. The Grand Upholstering Company, 125-12·7 Gratiot avenue; George J. Reindel & Bra" 17cJ-176 vVoodward avenue; "V. E. Barker>i's two stores on \Voodward and Michigan aVel1lleS, aU report excellent business, and as these stores are all the three great shopping streets of Detroit, they arc a fair criterion of the state of trade in gel\eraL The Rosewood Fad. "The letters written by a cherished hand" must be taken out of the "little rosewood casket which is sitting on the stand.-'-' Perhaps the rest of the song \"lill be heeded and the sister, having brought them, will "read them everyone to me, who have often tried to read them, but for tears I could not see," But the letters are not the chief thing. It is the rose-wood casket ,vhich counts and the reason it counts is because it is rosewood, says the writer, in the Chicago Post, The wood is coming back into favor. That is why old attks arc being ransacked for pieces of it, and why those people who possess it are accounting themselves fortunate. Beds and tables and sofas and chairs of the wood are the fad of the hour, and even caskets smaH enough to "sit upon a stand" arc dragged forth from their hiding places, glued together and exposed to the gaze of those unfortunate ones who possess nothing more lraluable than 11CW mahogany. As yet, the demand for rosewood furniture has not grown beyond the supply, althoug·h d~ale1"s in thE higher grades of fl1rniture say it is the fad of the haUL At the present writ-ing-, therefore, the fortunate oues who own rosewood would do better to keep it for the cnvy of their less fortunate friends who possess new mahogany, rather than trying to sell. "\\T e are not making any special efforts to buy rosewood," said one furniture dealer this morning," although we may have to do so soon if the demand C(mtinues, We always have picked up any pieces we could find, for it always has been a safe investment. "RosC\'vood grows in South America but y~ars ago the forests were almost exhausted. For tkit reason most rose-wood furniture is really antique," Frederick K. Rockwell, the pioneer fttrniture dealer and undertaker of \iVilliamston, 11ich" was found dead in his bed on November 15, a victim of heart disease. He was 81 years old. Murphy Chair Co. MANUFACTURERS DETROIT, MICH. A COMPLE.TE LINE. .' GLOBE SIDEBOARDS l c--------ARE THE---------, BEST ON THE GLOBE FOR THE MONEY GE'I OUR CATALOGUE. Menti'n the MICHIGAN ARTISAN when writing. I Globe Furniture Company EVANSVILLE, INDIANA .. Bockstege Fumiture Company EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Makers of the fjJ"SUPEiRIOR" EXTENSION. PARLOR.nd LIBRARY TABLES NewCATALOGUEjustissued. --lGET ONE.-- are Good Wardrobes GOOD Style Construction Finish PRICES RIGHT Write jor Catalogue Karges Furniture Company, EVANSVILLE, INI). MAKE MONEY MR. DEALER BY SELLING THE KITCHEN CABINETS CUPBOARDS SAFES and WARDROBES Best Goods Lowesl Prices BOSSE FURNITURE CO., Evansville, Ind The "Ell" fOLDING BEDS ~~~frTR~'':.N~~~ No Stock complete without the Eli Beds in Mantd and Upright E 0 M &. Co Evaa5vUJe. JDdJana LI. ILLER . Write for cuts and prices 1858 1906 E. Q. SMITU CUAIR === COMPANY === MANUFACTURERS OF WOOD, DOUBLE CANE, CANE, COBBLER TUfTED LEATHER AND VENEER SEAT C"AIRS AND ROCKERS No.H5 Rec::eption Rocker Veneered Rolled Seat Quartered Oak Finished Golden Office and Warerooms, Cor. Third and Division 518. Factory and Supply Mill, Foot of Oak St. ______ EVANSV1LLE,IND.,------ 26 Libt'1U'Y Suite Made by the Udell Worb,lndiaDapolU. huI.-Librar:r Table. Bookcase, De.k, M•• a%ineC.billet and Lamp Table. ~MI:?PIG7fN Ralph P. Tietsort's Beautiful Home. During the past year Ralph P. Tiet"orl, treasurer of the Royal Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, devoted milch time to the erection and furnishing of a home, located on Madison ENTRANCE. avenue, one of the most beautiful thoroughfares in the city. The hOU3e is in the Colonial style, constructed of brick and DRAWING ROOM, surmounts an eminence overlooking the avenue. In fitting up and furnishing this home ]\,1r. Tietsort has made liberal expenditures, and it la{:ks nothi:~.;' that is required by the well-ta-do house owner in the way at fitments necessary for convenience or comfort. II I 27 The rooms are finished with fine imported cabinet woods, their cheerful colors and beautiful figures contributing largely to the adornment of the apartments, In selecting the furniture for his home Mr. Tietsort adopt- UBRARY. the slyle of thc colonies, <lnd some of the pieces are of great value on account of their history and the events associated with them. :rvIc and Mrs. Tictsort are not alone in the en~ joyment of their lovely home. The rising generation is well represented therein, their presenc.e contributing to the ever-reigning joy of the household. Had to EJ1large Their Plant. Hubbard, Eldredge & Miller of Rochester, N. Y., are just llJlishing a fine five story brick addition to their factory, which v·,:ill give them 30,000 square feet of floor space, to be used fol' on-ices and warerooms. \iVhen completed this will be onc of the very largest factories in the country making fille chairs. Trade has been so heavy all this year that this new building became an imperative necessity. They will make an unusu-ally fine display in the big Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids, in January. The display will be very stmng in solid mahogany, ..v..ith a great line of Mission styles and medium priced wood scat chairs and rockers. Langslo\v-Fmvler & Co. witt make their customary fine display of upholstered chairs in J auuary at 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago. Forced to Raise Prices. "The advance of ten per cent on case goods was impera-tive," said John A. Covode, secretary of the Berkey & Gay Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, :rvlich., after the Chicago conference had taken action. "Recent advances in raw ma-terials made that action absolutely necessary, and there is likely to be further advances, for materials are going higher and higher. "Yes, I notice the railroa~s afe raising wages," continued ~dr. Covode. "That's all right; the men deserve it and it's very nice in the railroad managers to raise wages voluntarily. They can do it very easily for the increase in business has increased their net profits. Railroads do not produce any-thing. They simply handle the products of others and the cost of those products cuts no figure in the profits on haul-ing them to market. The cost of raw materials does not affect non-producers as it does the manufacturers." Norman Roos has resigned his position as manager of the RaGS Furnjture Company, South Bend, Ind., and will go into business on his own account. He is succeeded by J. A. Smyth of Grand Rapids, Mich. 28 DOWN AMONG THE BUCKEYES. I' News and Comment From the Ohio Furniture Making Cities. Cleveland, 0., November 22.-0hio is a big, rich, prosper-ous state, full of big cities, big industries, and big men. To be a Buckeye is considered by everyone 01: her people as great an honor as being a Roman citizen in the palmiest days of the Caesars. Ohio is a state where they do things~ make things go. If they prosecute John D.'s octopus they bring it in guilty; if they lay for the railroads they compel them to give a. universal two-cent fare-which proves to he a great boon to the railroads as well as the people. Politics, like' chestnuts, seem to grow on the trees, and the harvest is always abundant. There is never a time when the Buckeye is not ready to drop everything and rush to the political de-fense of his beloved country. Cleveland is one of the big tOW11Sof Ohio; famous as the home of John D. and of Mayor Tom L. Johnson. After Chicago it is the largest of the lake cities and is growing very rapidly. O. K. Wheelock & Co., the Beelmen Cabinet Company, the D. T. Owen Company, the Forest City Bed-stead Company and lvIarble & Shattuck Company will show their lines of furniture in Grand Rapids in January_ These lines will do their fuH share in making Grand Rapids the great central market for exhibiting and selling furniture. Bedford is a suburb of Cleveland, twelve miles south and reached by two railroads and a trolley line. It is a prosper-ous little place, the home of the B. L. Marble Chair Company, which has been doubled in size this year! and the Taylor Chair Company, wTiich is now erecting an addition to the storage and finishing building, 80 x 84, three stories and base-ment. Both of these prosperous chair 'lOuses will make their cl1stomary semi-annual exhibits in Grand Rapids in January. Akron, the home of Senator Dick and the Goodyear Rub-ber Company, famous also for its sewer pipe industries, al-though forty miles south of Cleveland, I discovered was a great seaport. The only evidence I have for this statement, however, is a sign which read: "Wanted-500 men to unload schooners." Canton, the home of President McKinley and still the home of his much loved widow, is famous for its watches and watch cases. It is also the home of the John DanuerManu-facturing Company, manufacturers of sectional bookcases, whose line is regularly shown in Grand Rapids as it will be in January. Delaware, the home of the Delaware Chair Company, is also the home of the great Methodist college. It is a hand-some little city of 20,000 prosperous, contented and happy people, about twenty-five miles north of Columbus. The Delaware Chair Company has a new catalogue l"eady for mail-ing and will make a fine display of chairs and rockers in January on the first floor of the big Furniture Exhibition building in Grand Rapids. The Columbus Couch Company is a new but decidedly vigorous concern, which proposes to make its mark in the furniture worhL Columbus, the home of the E. M. Hulse Company, and sev-eral other important industries, including the big law factory sometimes called the state capitol, is in a <;trugg1e with To-ledo for third place among the big cities of Ohio. The city is growing rapidly, has an immense busines3 and will always be among th~ great commercial cities of the west. The E. 1-1. Hulse Company now bas a well equipped frame factory which became l1ecessary in order to keep the upholsterers supplied with frames. E. M, Hulse is a jolly good fellow. But for his everlasting good nature he would die about twen-ty years before his time, for he does enough work '(all head work; the hardest kind of work) to wear out two ordinary men. He will tell more stories (and good ones, too) and answer more questions and give morc directions, and find out l , MR. DEALER: Think of the trouble you've had with other Sofa Beds---the break-downs ---the disgusted customers. Think of the sales you've lost on account of the dissatisfaction of the pro-spective purchaser with the crudities of design---or the frame construction---or finish---or the hard upholstery---or the wide opening between the upholstery and the ends---or the unsightly fixture in the box---or the noisy action---or the narrow seat---or absurdly high back--- and so on, ad infinitum. IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU HANDLE THE "SIMPLICITY" Easy Sales. Satisfied Customers. Big P""fits. And "It Stays Put." Our new "SIMPLICITl'D CAtalogshows thi largest and hest stlling line of Davenport Beds you ever saw. A p~stt1'gets it. Jamestown Lounge Co. World's Largest Makers if Davenpurt Beds, JAMESTOWN, N. Y. 7I R'T' I oS' 7I..l'\I 1l 7 m tM 29 REX [::;::d] MATTRESS CHAS. A. FISHER & CO., 1319 Michigan Ave., Chicago. WRITE FOR BOOKLET AND PROPOSITION Wa.rehOU8e!l~ ST. LOUIS, MO. KANSAS ClTY, MO. MINNEAPOU5, MINN. PEORIA, JLL UNCOLN, ILL. CHICAGO, ILL. more of what the other fellow is doing than any other man in FROM AWAY OUT WEST. the business. His big line of couches will be on exhibition in January, as usual, at 1319 ~'1ichigan avenue, Chicago. Cincinnati, the Queen City-the city of business and beer; art and music; machinery and furniture; lumber and varnish; the home of "Alice and Nick," and George B. Cox; the city of narrow streets and tall buildinp;s, and "the Rhine" running through the center; next to Milwaukee probably the most pronounced German city in the United States, is always in-teresting, picturesque, and, smoky. The writer of the his-tory of the furniture industry of Cincinnati would require to trace the growth and progress of the city for nlore than half a century. At one time the greatest furniture manufacturing city in the west, if not in the whole country, it still maintains a high place in the furniture world because of the excellent quality and variety of furniture made. Here are manufactured large quantities of office chairs, chamber furniture, uphol-stered furniture, including church and lodge furniture, dining room furniture, hat racks and fancy cabinet \varei folding beds and wire mattresses, pillows and cotton felt mattresses, hall and mantel clocks, and a great variety of other house-hold goods. 1.fany of these concems make semi-annual ex-hibits either in Grand Rapids. Chicago or New York. Among those who will exhibit in Grand Rapids in January are Stille & Duhlmeier, \vhose line will contain many fine specimens of Colonial designs in chamber suitesJ"W'ardrobes, chiffoniers and toilet tables in mahogany, oak, bird's-eye maple, Circassian \valnut and other popular woods. The exhibits will be on the fourth floor of the Furniture Exhibition building, in charge of Mr. Frederkk Stille. His brother George will also spend a few days in Grand Rapids if business will spare him, Steinman & Meyer, the Standard Furniture Company) the Phoenix ·Manufacturing Company and others will be repre-sented in Grand Rapids. Portsmouth, one of the most thriving cities of southern Ohio, has two prosperous furnitnre compar,es, the Vlait Fur-niture Company and the Wait-:Ful1er Cabinet Company. Both of these are engaged in manufacturing sideboards, and the fanner "''''111 show in Grand Rapids as usual, being an im-portant part of the McVey aggregation, in the Furniture Exhibition building. Gallipolis has three furniture factories under one manage-ment, al1d a fourth in Charleston, \Vest Virginia. It has been decided 110t to show at any of the furniture exhibitions this year, but to depend upon their salesmen, catalogues and advertising in the trade papers for business. If they have the right kind of salesmen and advertise judiciously, they are not likely to be disappointed. Mr. Sligh Talks of a Recent Trip on the Northern Pacific Coast. Charles R. Sligh .. president of the Sligh Furniture Com-pany, Grand Rapids, Mich., spent most of the month of Oc-tober, with .M. J. Clark, also of Grand Rapids, in Oregon, \Vashington and :Northern California) looking for timber in-vestments. While talking of their trip, llt. Sligh said: "We fouod plenty of timber, there·'s lots of it out there, but most of it has been pjcked up by investors or speculators, Eastern or Northern.lumbermen and other capitalists have bought immense tracts and the price of stumpage has doubled or wore in the past year or two, Of course, a large number of homesteaders have taken up claims in the past few years and there is a large amount of valuable timber on their holdings, but it will not come into the market right away-they will require from fourteen months to five years to prove up and secure their titles. Timber conditions out there are much the same as they were here twenty-five or thirty years ago, except that the country is over-run with land-lookers and the timber is being picked up much more rapidly than it ever was in Michigan. "The coast cities of Oregon and Washington are having more than their share of the country's prosperity. The San Francisco disaster has thrown a large amount of business to Portland and Seattle that they would not have gotten but for the earthquake and fire. Several San Francisco wholesale houses have established branches or moved temporarily to the northern c1des and they are doing enormous business. They intended to stay there only until they could rebuild in San Francisco, but the chances arc that most of them wilJ become permanent fixtures in Portland and Seattle, "Seattle is having a great boom. They now claim over 200,000 inhabitants and real estate is sold at New York prices. r saw a piece of property that was sold rec.e.ntly for $3,000 per foot ·frontage, and it is not on a main street either. The town is certainly wild onreal estate values, but it is claimed that present conditions and indication for the future justify the enormous prices set on all kinds of property. "Vole did not go down to San Francisco, but judging from \",hat we heard from there I think it will take twetlty-five years to rebuild that town, or even make it what it was in the way of business before the earthquake. They have built a large number of 'shacks' and it will he hard to get rid' of them." 30 -~MIF ..HIG7fN -~ ~;; ~=~a; ~ ~! «I -;;::= ..... ~ , ,- 1:= ~i.f " " " r !{] ~, ~= " " .:5 .... , " 8 8 .? ~8 .=... ~. • ~." " " ~.~=6~]0~:::'" %~_:>~:i~~"~,;...:ti:'--~ ,I l H~Tf nH~ ~r~ 1~t~H .'. ~~~ I i1gi! i~'::~1 ;.'3' , !Htii ", Ji , H!~Jj -/"- !.P~ I H!~~Ul ~H~ .~ mm -::-in~ u !it! ,"ri j:H;i "I; ! § 1- ,.. :<'" ~H " 31 WE MANUFACTURE AN EXTENSIVE LINE OF Zinc Lined, White Enamel, OpaIite Lined and Porcelain Lined Refrigerators of every desirable size. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR CO. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers, New York Ollice, 35 Warren St MUSKEGON, MICH. Comfort Sacrified for Beauty. Is there ally real reason why fttrniture should not be com-fortable? This is a question that, like the refractory midrib in a mission chair, bears hard on the average householder. We have become so arts~and-craftity snobbish about every-thing nowadays that even that great and beneficent invention of a noble friend of humanity, the 110rris chair, is getting frigid, formal, and more a thing to he looked at than to be sat in. TllC shape of nine out of ten pieces of furniture is miserably contrived to exalt, if possible, the reputation of the owner for artistic taste, not to make him or his friends feel good and snoozy around the domestic fireside. 1t is said that our latest esthetic rage, the Mission furni-ture is modeled after chairs, tables and benches left in the ancient Spanish missions of southern California when those outposts of the church in a barbat·ous land w"erc abandoned. It is not stated whether the Mission furniture had anything to do with causing the missions to be abandoned. It may well be that they did. In any case, it is known that several hair shirts were found in the missions at the same time, which is a most suggestive circumstance. It points unerr-ingly to the apparent fact that the pious Franciscans had the chairs and benches there for puqlOses of penance. Beyond a doubt, something of the penitential character of this furni-ture has survived in its commercial representative in the mar-ket today. Some of the oldest of us can remember a kind of easy chair used in the long ago which was built to fit a man's back It cunred jnv\"'ard a little bit where the back curves in, bulged backward and sideward pleasantly where the should-ers expand, came forward again in a nice little nip at the neck and fltlally afforded a comfortable pillow-like recession for the head to lie back upon. One sat well down into this chair, but at the fT{mt there \Vas a kind of San Juan hill that pre-vented one from slipping forward. The arms weore ample. This chair had absolutely no estllctie qoalities ·whatever. There was no beauty about it, except the heauty of peace and seretlity. But to sit in it was a benediction, not a 111orti11ca-tiOl], of the flesh. \Vc helieve that this chair has its comfortable successors in the market, htlt they are availahle only for millionaires, or for presentation purposes. This gennation has acquired altogether too strong a sense of the picturesque to bc willing to be merely comfortable when it has a chance to be esthetic at the sacriflce of its ease.-New York Mail. Mahnke Succeeds Reilly. Charles F. Reilly, for the past six years representing the Jamestown Lounge Company in the large cities of the east, has resigned his position to enter ~l1siness for himself as a member of the Miller Cabit1et Company. Mr. Reilly has built np a very large and successful business for the Lounge company and his resignation was accepted with much regret by the managers. His many friends will join in the wish that he may meet with unlimited prosperity in his new ven-ture. ~Ir. Reilly's successor will be Richard Mahnke, for the past seventeen years with S. Karpen & Bros. and their pres-ent eastern reprcsentadve. 1Ir. Mahnke's engagement with the Jamestown company will date from January 1, 1907. His (ong experience in the manl1fadure and sale of upholstered fnrniture render him particularly well fitted for his new posi-tion. In fact, he is regarded as one of the best posted men in the country selling 11pholstered goods. Many of 1Ir. Reilly's cllstomers are already well acquaint-ed with ::\.'!r. Mahnke and those who are not so fortullate will soon have the opportunity of making his acquaintance. A brilliant success for Mr. Mahnke in his new position is a foregone COllChlsion. The Globe-Wernicke Company has declared the regular quarterly dividend of one and one-half per cent payable De-cember 10. Remo'Ye.SbippinS Marksp Mars. Scratches, Stains. Cleans, Fills in and Polishes. II I I 32 HIGH GRADE BEDDING We Manufacture an Unsurpassed Line of MattressesL-DoWD_ Cushions Feathers and Feather Pillows -OUR- 1906 CATALOGUE Gives you detailed information on GRADES, QUALITIES and PRICES Schultz & Hirsch Co. 260 South Desplaines St. CHICAGO, - • ILL. SPRATT'S CHAIRS ARE THE JOy OF THE CHILDREN. Our new CHILD'S MISSION ROCKER was a winner from the start. Write fcr Catalogue and prias. Our line is large and pril::esare eight. We make CHAIRS GROWN-UPS as well as CHILDREN. GEORGE SPRATT & CO. Sheboygan, Wis. Say you SQW this ad in tb~ Michigan Arti-san, Our New"end and Foot Power Circular Sa", No.4 The strongest, most powerful. and in every way tbe best machine of its kind ever nuLdc, {or -ripp.i.ng, cross-cutting, boring and grooving_ Cal>inet Makers In these days of close competition, need the best posaible equipment, and this they can have in . . . . BARNE.S' Hand and Foot . POWER Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. "W. F. al JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rochford, Ill. For the Holiday Trade The A YOUTH'S ANUAL TRAINING l BENCH Is an Article That CanJ Be Beat. A Useful Article in Any Home. A I erfect Gift for the Boy. Same Bench we Fu nish the Best Manual Training Schools. Strictly high grade in every respect. Sold at a price that places it within the reach of all. I! sold like "hot cakes" last Chris mas. Get it on yonr list for this year. Write for full information and prices. GRAND RAPIIDS HAND SCREW eo. 130 Sout~ Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF BENCHES IN THE WORLD. I News, Notes and Comments. The South Side Furniture Company has OPlt1ed a ne\" store lt1 Youngstown, Ohio. The \Vhlte l'ront furniture store at Orofino, Idaho, was de<:troyed by fire on November gLoss, $3,500 Hemy'\T. IIclge, for over lMlf a century a furnIture dealer in Louisville, Ky., dled Novembmer 18, ag-cd 71 years. The Bair Cabinet Company, rcccllt1:~; orgallifcd in Des l'vIoines, la., is turning out physicians' cabinets a1d sectional bookcases. Fire in the sho\v room of the IVlcLeod & Smifrh furniture factory, I\'linneapolis, caused a loss of about $3'iIOO on N0- vembe:r: 12. The Deinzer Fumiture Company of Monroe, ?vliCh.,which also makes mirrors. has been obliged to enlarge the mirror department. . . The IVlanhattan Furniture Company of Los A geles, Ca1., suffered a loss of $5,500.by fire in the factory andl warehouse on November 11. . Rockford, Ill., now has seventeen furniture factories for 'which the payrolls, combined, amount to somdthing over $100.000 pcr w,,·k. l T. he Tennessee Ch~ir Company's factory at Covington. Tenn., was totally destroyed by fire on Novembe 14. Loss $12.000 with $4.000 il1sur~ncc. The Sanitary Bedding Company of Louisvill . Ky., has made an assignment for the beneflt of creditors. Assets es-timated at $300; liabilities, $1,200. 11ilwaukee furniture men have organized the :r:v1ilwaukee l\'lanufacturers' and Jobbers' Club for the 1>urplse of "de-veloping Milwaukee as a furniture cellter," V'l. T. Evans, fu 1iture dealer, "vas. 011('.of the losers by a fire that 'wiped ou several buildings in V·larrllton, Ga.. on November 9. ·s loss was fully insured. Herbert Gordon f Eugene, Ore., has sold his etail fumi-ture business to Lee Campbell and Joseph Fellman, who will take possession January 1 under the name of Campbell & Fellman. A. A. Valentine, & Co., importers of oriental goods, )lew York, have opened a branch store at 1624 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, which will be known as "The House of a Thou-sand Lamps." Scranton ,Pa., had a half-million-dollar fire on November 10. Among the losses arc ]. Scott Inglis & Co., furniture dealers, whose loss was estimated at $90,000 to $100,000, with about $75,000 insurance. John Bolhouer, a DClfoit butcher accused of buying furni-ture on the installment 'plan, selling it and skipping out with the proceeds, "vas caught in ),Jitwaukee and is fighting against being taken back to Michigan for triaL vv. J. Campbell, the Springfield, Ill., undertaker, who was too handy with his pen, has been convicted of forging checks and awaits sentence. He is a cocaine fiend and has been twice an inmate of the asylum at Jacksonville. Fort y."T orth, Texas, is to have a wholesale furniture house owned by men who ha"'e recently sold out a similar business in I\femphis, Tenn. The Fort \Vorth concern will be known as the Fort y."Torth Furniture Exposition Company. The Buchanan Furniture & Cal·pet Company of Kansas City, ),Jo., has ()LltgrO\v~lits quarters in the "Old Rookery" building, and will mov~ to 1204-06 Main street. The new quarters, which ,,",'ere fonnerly used as a furniture store, are being re-modeled and will be ready for occupancy hy Janu-ary 1. Fire that started in the furniture warehouse of Owen & Co., Detroit, Mich., November 21, caused the death of one man a11(1 property loss, to the extent of $50,000 or $60,000. Frederick VIl. 1\fartindaIe, a furniture finisher, was the victim. He was at work on the; fourth floor and after appearing at a front window he fell back into the burning building. 33 • 34 ~MI9]iIG7fN Theory VB. Practice. There was a clash between theory and practice at the re-cent meeting of the Case Goods Manufacturers' Association in Chicago. The modern theory of figuring costs, as ap-proved by experts, was illustrated by applyying it to a dresser that manufacturers have been selling for $1.2. The experts proved beyond a doubt that the cost of the article was more than $12 and that those who had made and sold it at that fig-ure had been doing business at a loss. In discussing the matter most of the speakers endorsed the theory, but <\1\ old German, who had been in the business for years, and whose chief output consisted of the $12-drcsser, expressed doubt as to the correctness of the conclusions reached by the experts: "I don't know ahout that," he said. "I have made those dressers for a good many years. I sold them Ordinance 723, which has never been repealed, if enforced, would play havoc with the business of the town ,unless Mayor McClellan dropped all other duties to sign exemptions. It provides that no person shall' use or have on any street of New York any "calcium, Drummond or other light of intense brilliancy unless by the mayor's permission." N,or shaH any person place any such light on any house in the city so that the same shall reflect or shine upon any street or avenue. One can imagine the effect of the enforcement of this law upon Sixth (lvenue or the Great White Way. Carpet Dealers in a Buying Trust. Manufacturing trusts, agricultural trusts, transportation trusts and selling trusts and combines are so numeroUs now-adays that their methods and operations cause little comment. for $12-sometimes for less-and I didn't notice that I was losing money_ I didn't have much at first. but now I have my factory, my machinery, my stock, my home, some bills coming to me and some money in the bank. Kow, if I have been losing money all these years, how did I get all my prop-erty? I think somebody must have made a mistake. ~by be their rules are wrong." The German's remarks are said to have dosed the dis-cussion of the subject. New York's Dead Letter Laws. It may interest everyone of our department store dealers In furniture and carpets to know that on each secular day of the' year they are violating the la,...-, says the Furniture Trade Review. Ordinance 633 of the revised ordinances pro-vides that "articles of furniture may he exposed for sale and sold" at six places only in the city,; viz., Peck Slip, Burling Slip, Old Slip, Broad street, bet¥veen Front and South, and Vesey street, bctwe'en Church and Washington, and the square in front of Greenwich Market on a line with Christo-pher. street, west of Greenwich avenue. MADE BY FANCY FURNITURE CO.. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. Buying trusts, however are rare, though there is apparently no reason why they should not flourish. This seems to be the idea of the great carpet dealers of the "Middle East," who have formed a buying combination in which such houses as House & Hermann of Wheeling; W. H. Keech Company of Pittsburg; M. H. PiekeringCompally, Pittsburg; House & Herrmann, \Vashington, D. c.; Brown & Co., Cleveland, 0 .. and Kiplinger & Co., Baltimore, 1'ld., amI Lancaster, Pa" are represented. Buyers for the houses in this combine, instead of going abroad, have arranged to have the good brought to Pitts-burg, where during the past two weeks th y have been exam-ining- samples and buying stock for thei ~pring trade from reresentatives of the principal carpet man tfacturers of Amer~ ica and Europe. The arrangement w'Il undoubtedly cut down expense accounts for both buyers a ld sellers. P. Weinberg & Son, Limited, have in orporated, to carry all a department store business at Elizab 'th, N. J. :The cap"- itel stock is $10,000, and the incorporato s are Philip, Jessie and Rose Weinberg. 35 ~HIS PUSH BUTTON distinguishes the "ROYAL" Morris Chairs from the other kind MORRIS CHAIRS --FROM--- $6.00 to $30.00 CATALOGUE UPON APPUCATION. Royal Chair Co. STURGIS, MICH. Higher Prices for Beds and Bedding. Although advances have been Inade quite recently in the price of metal beds, fur:ther advances are looked for bdore the end of the year. This is due to the great increase marie in the price of fa,,," materials, UpOll vv"llichthere seems to be no settled prices. According to the quotations puhlished in the American 11etal 1Iarkct, Daily Iron and Steel Reporter and tbe Iron Age, copper is now quoted at 23 cents, as against 17 cents last year and 14% cents in 1904. Pig iron is quot-ed as selling now for $22.50 per ton, as against $lG.~2;,l"ajst year. Even at this it is more or less scarce and premil11ns are being paid for quick delivery. The price of spelter in 1903 averaged about $5,50 and the present rate is $6.40. \Vben it is taken into consider<\tion that brass is made of two-thirds copper and Ii spelter, some idea of the increased cost of the manufacture of heds may be inferred. Iron pipe has been advanced $3.50 per ton during the past few weeks and foundry:coke is now selling at $6.40 per tOll delivered, in comparisoll'with $4.15, which was the price three months ago. Varnish and gums arc always advancing in rates and this makes the, cost of the enamels greater than before and the price of bbor is also said to be advancing. Some of the 'ne(\ mallUIacturers have ad\'anced the price of their beds about fifteen per cent during the past few weeks, while others have found it \vise to discontinue the making of certain patterns and filling only the orders received at the new prices. Advances in the prices of mattresses and bedding may be expected to take place at any time ill the immediate future, which will be due to the scarcity of f,L"\V materials and the eontinual increasing prices of the same. Tickings have ad-vanced about twenty per cent quite recently and a scarcity of all grades is reported. So far as cotton is concerned, Six Years of Test have Established Supremacy THE" ROYAL.' PUSHBUTTON MORRIS CHAIR prices are unsettled. The market is rising and every time an order is give.n -it lS taken only at higheT Tates than the previous one. 'Manufacturers making woven wire springs are now compelled to pay Jifty per cent over former prices for the wooden parts of the same. These and other recent Cidvances make it an almost absolute certainty that advanced prices in bedding may he looked for very shortly. Mr. Kremer Quits the Factory. Edward .A. Kremer has resigned his position as vice pres-ident and assistant superintendent of thc V\Tinnebago Furni-ture Company, Fond du Lac, \iVis, and is succeeded by Henry Ley, who bas been employed in the company's office for sev-eral years. Mr. Kremer ".·.i.ll devote his entire attention to the retail furniture business of Kremcr Bros. He has been with the \Vinnebago company twenty-four years. .. 36 ·~MI9pIG7}N THE LEXINGTON MK-bisPm Blvd. &: 22d 51 CHICAGO. ILL. Refurnished and re-fitted throughout. New Management. The furniture dealers' bead-quarters. Most con _. veniently situated to t b II!! furniture display houses. Inler·Slale Hotel Co. OWNEIl & PROPRIETOR E. K, erHey. Pres.; T. M. CrUey, V. Pres.; L. H. Firey, Sec:-Tleas. Chicago, November 24.-"That country is most prosperous in which the greatest number of the inhabitants shar~ in the fruits of industry. It is not the volume of business done by a nation, but the number in which the profits of business are divided that gives character and reality to prosperous con~ clitions. Measured by this standard, the United States at the present moment is more genuinely prosperous than at any other time in its history. Kever has the volume of business been so large; never has there been a wider or more liberal division of profits. As may he seen 'from a survey of the industrial field, there have been announced by railroads and industrial interests, increases ill wages tbat will Tun iJlto the hundreds of millions during the coming year, And it is an advance due to natural economic laws and conditions. There is an unprecedented demand for labor, a demand that labor is not prepared fully to meet. The supply being less than the demand, the price advances automatically. Every wage earner who is receving more for his labor today than he was a year ago, does not need to be told the country is prosper-ous, because he has come into intimate touch with prosper-ity. To him it is real." The foregoing editorial which appeared last week in the Chicago "Evening Post," best describes the present trade condition in Chicago as well as elsewhere. In the same issue appeared an extended article dealing with the "immense rise in wages and the present l.1nparaJleled era of prosperity. Most of the large railroad companies have re-adjusted their scale of wages and other Chicago industrial firms have fallen ihto line and granted substantial increases. At the same time the manufacturer and employer faced a labor shortage reaching a total _of between 300,000 and 500,000 men. A visit to the various factories in and around Chicago proves that there is plenty "doing," as they are running to full capacity. Many manufacturers declare that they could run far into the spring or orders already in hand. Retail business in Chicago was dulled somewhat by in-clement weather. The holiday season here, though, has opened earlier than in previous years, due in p<l;rt,no doubt, to the fact that retail merchants have used every effort pos-sible to get peopJe t() their stores early and avoid the regu-lar holiday rush. Practically all of the Christmas goods L are now on display. The big stores comtnenced weeks ago to increase their help in order to accomt 'odate what they declare will be the biggest holiday trade this city has ever experienced. C. G. \-Vhite, se_cretary of the Manufa turers' Exhibition building, 1319 IVlichigan avenue, reports very foot of floor space in the entire building subscribed fo, A corps of in-terior decorators, carpenters, and general utility men have been at work for several weeks getting the big building in shape for its eleventh season. Mr. White promises more exhibits and a greater variety of articles for this year than ever before and is preparing to accommodate a still larger number of visitors. Although country dealers in all lines of goods have been waging a fierce war against the mail order houses, the lat-ter seem to be thriving. An official of Sears, Roebuck & Co. recently g'ave out the following statement: "Our gross earnings this year will be considerably: more tban $54,000,000, and the increase ovcr last year will be more tban 337:3 per ccnt Profits have not increased in such a ratio during tbe year, but they are entirely satisfactory. Enough will be earned over and above dividends on the preferred stock to provide a surplus that will permit the payment of dividends on the common stock in a few months." Great Rush for Carpets and Rugs. The demand for carpets an~ rugs has been so heavy since the spring season opened that quite a few of the best selling lines have now been withdrawn from the market. IVIanufac-turers state that their mills are sold up for the entire season on these lines, and that there is no use in taking orders which cannot be delivered. Rugs of all descriptions have been or-dered in large quantities, buyers who balked at the advanced prices having returned later, eager to place large orders. Manufacturers ofAxminster rugs state thatin spite of an advance of 25 to 75 cents placed on' the goods, the orders placed have been the largest in the history of the trade. Con-cerns handling Axminster and other goods have refused to sell buyers Axminster rugs unless they placed orders for other goods as well. They claim that this is due to the fact that buyers have come into the market and placed their or-ders with certain houses for general lines, and when un-able to complete their orders for Axminsters have gone through the market and purchased these goods wherever they could secure them. In this way, certain sellers find that they ate heavily oversold on Axminster fabrics, while the other lines have not been touched. The Wilton rugs are running a close second with Axmill-ters, as these goods have been in excellent .request in the 10.6 x 12 sizes and 11.3x 15 sizes, The 6 x 9 sizes have become very popular and in some quarters further orders are refused. Manufacturers of tapestry rugs who found that these goods did not sell welt last season named slight reductions at the opening of the present season. These reductions on an otherwise very stiff market seem to appeal to the buyer, and the demand for tapestry rugs, especially in the 9 x 12 sizes, which were reduced 50 cents per rug, has been very heavy, It is now 5tated that if this demand continues, prices will un-doubtedly be placed on the old basis at a very early date. .Body Brussels and Smyrna rugs have also been very popu-lar, and a large business has been put through. The in~ grain situation continues rather mixed, as some manufactur-ers have advanced thcir prices, while others are holding their goods on the fall basis. The demand has not been large and it looks very much as if the ingrain cal'pet is gradually being fon::ed out of exist~ ence. In certain sections of the country a fair demand con-tinues for goods of this description, especially for the rugs, which are reversible, wear well and are cheap. ,------------------------------ -- PRINTING AS A SALESMAN. Must Be High Grade and Up-to-Date in Order to be Effec~ tive in Securing Busines.s. The object in using printers' ink <111(1 the printing art, whether it be in the daily press, the magazine or by circulars, is ob ...i.ously to create a market fwd sell goods. says Frank Brown in the November number of Profitable Advertising. As one of the principal factors, almost all advertisers today realize the importance of bigh-grade printing. They know that every circular, booklet or c;ltalogue sent out creates an impression and that impression should al"ways b{~the best. People like to trade with a fLrm that is prosperous and noth-ing reflects the prosperity of a firm so unceasingly as high-grade printing. before the developmellt of illustration, as it is practised today, plain-type cmnOUllccl11enb;filkd the bill; but with the rapid strides made in phntaengraving, color-making and com-mercial dra\;ving there has been constantly dema11ded of the printc:r an art \,i\Torkmanshipin keeping with it and faithfully portraying to the prospective customer the value, adaptability or other de!:iirablc features of the advertised goods. This has brought about a new printing salesman, One who not only can give a reasonably close estimate of the cost, but can plan and suggest ,vays and IlJCaOS of interesting a pos-sible customer, And to be successful he must be versatile. He must have a knowlc:dge of the various processes of C11- graving and the qualities of paper best adapted to the differ-ent kinds of engraving. He must be at least somewbnt of all art critic: and familiar with the combination of colors, lIe must be prepared Hot only to suggest styles, arrangement and individuality, but also to furnish drawings, snpply Jiving models, if nccessary, "work tiP" the photographs cwd take charge of the production of cuts and electrotypes. Often-times he is called npon to prepare the "copy" or text-matter of a booklet or catalogue, and should be therefore a thorough "ad" writer. Printing salesmanship for high grade £inns means more today than disposing of so much pl1per and ink. It means keeping alive ,...i.t.h the times; it means a campaign of educa-tion toward a combination of the artistic and commercial. And the salesman must l1ever sacrifice one for the other, to be successful, for the customer, while looking to him to pro-duce something pleasing, is always after the dollar, He is not in business far the encouragement of are al011e. The work mtlst sell goods. There is nothing, except showing the goods themsdves, that will d(l this so effecti~Tcly <IS well prepared ~l11dfinely printed illustrations.; or .• better still, a combination of illustration and harmony of colors which is at 37 once pleasing to the eye and accentuates the picture. This must be most carefully done, however. No one realizes .better than a competent salesman that a photograph rarely pro-duces the desired impression if used for cut-making as it comes from the photographer. It must go through the hands of an artist who retouches, in other words brings out by means of paints the details of the goods as they arc plainly discerllable and obliterates all disfiguring features. A grc<it deal of the high-grade advertising of today is of the .H. issouri "shcl\v me" variety-illustrations by living mo-dels actually llsing the article-and there is no doubt that it is m.ost effective, at the same time being capable of very artistic treatmellt. Of necessity, illustrations of this charac~ ter must be finely printed in order that the story may be told in its most seductive manner. Other firms, employ high-grade printing to the eXclusion of samllles and almost to the exclusion of the personal sate,s-man. This is done by the use of three or four color plates, iaithfutly reproducing the colors of the goods. In time to come this means of conveying to the purcl1aser a correct understanding of the nature and quality of the goods will be more and more employed. The demand of the public and the efforts of the printing salesman will be a potent {actor in bringing this ahout, Higb~grade printing is not confined to the catalogue, al-though this is usually the most pretentious publication of a finn. Circulars have largely gone out of date for high-grade advertising and have hettn supplanted by the booklet, which offers greater ovportunity for attradi~'encss and creates a better first impression. The letter-head) invoice and state-ment should all bear out the good impression created by cata-logue or booklet. The true printing salesman recognizes the fact that high-grade ptinting is not always, or even ofte.n, ornamentaL It may be severely plain in its make-up. It is essential, how-ever, that it should have character and be done in a studied, 'workmanlike manner. It may be artistic if plain. As rdated to advertising·, printing is merely the dress in which it goes fonh) and high-grade printing is its best suit of clothes. It is merely so mueh display, unless there is a story behind it, and that !3tory 111Ustbe most convincingly told. A smart talker appropriately dressed will be a power in selling" goods. The Ulan behilJd the "mon" will entertain a well dressed visitor,. but if he is going to purchase he wants to knuw all about the goods and the values that are offered him. Therefore it is essential that after the introduction the information be complde and the argume1Jt convincing. The salesman should sell high-grade printing with a view to properly introducing high-grade argument, The result cannot fail to be high-grade business, ii BERRY BROTHERS' II Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes II MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPRECIATED II THEY SETTLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TR'ED WRITE TODAY FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES 1 1 1 1 . SERRY B'R'CiMYH'E5RS, LIMITED NEW'0" VARNISH MANUFACTURERS CH'CAOO II ' BDS::~I\D!:LPHjA D ET R 0 I T ST~'~:~:NATI ~I\LTlMORE CANADIAN FACTORY. WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO SAN FRANCI$CO I 38 New Factories. Wilson's Automatic Musk. Leaf Furniture Company 15 a new corporation that will establish a plant in Portland, Oregon. A. J. Kingsley, Margaret \rVhite and J. !or Teal have organized the Oregon ChaiT Company at Portland, Or~g(J11 They have $75,000 capital. \Villiam Genge, E. F. Bean and David Herman have or-ganized the Inland ~Iattress & Upholstering Company at Spokane, Wash. They expect to begin business in Decem-ber, Lincoln, Neb., is to have a new factory to make a patent adjustable window shade. L. E. Wrttling is the principal promoter. Several state officials are stockholders in the project. B. O. Jackson, \V. W. and H. W. Ort have organized the Jackson-Ort Company with $5,000 capital stock, all paid in, to establish a plant and make beds and mattresses in At-lanta, Georgia. The Lake Geneva Piallo Stool Company is a new Illinois corporation capitalized at $15,000, with the purpose of oper-ating in \Visconsin. The company will start business in the old plant of tht, Lake Geneva (Wis.) Manufacturing Com-pany, but will soon 'build a new factory. George F. Felker of Logansport has purchased a site of thirteen acres and let contracts for buildings for a furniture factory at Lebanon, 1no. He has purchased the patents and patterns of the kitchen cabinets formerly n)ade by H, C. Clark and \vill conl1ne himself to that line at the start, but expects to add other lines later. Big Business With Little Profit. Over sixty members attended the semi-annual meeting of the National Association of Case Goods Manufacturers held in Chicago during the second week of November. Secre· tary 1. S. Linton of Grand Rapids, J\.Iich., reported that, judged from the olltput of the factories, the past year was the most prosperous in the history of the association. "The capacity of all plants of the association was taxed to its ut-most and the output shows an increase of over $5,000,000 over any previous year of our organization," he said. "But unless we can secure the proper kind of labor for our work the business next year will be depreciated harmfully. Every member of the association needs lahar-men who can get the timber out for us and men who can get out our products." However, the profits on the last year's business were not in proportion to the amount of goods produced. As a matter of fact the mirgin between actual cost and selling prices had been nearly wiped out by the increased cost of raw materials and the lack of desirable labor. Therefore an advance of ten per cent in prices was ordered to take effect on January 1, 1.907. .7I.RTItSsYeI-2'f From the Unel of the Luce Funiiture Co., Graud a.pid&. Mich. LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH. How a Kentucky Furniture Dealer Meets Mail Order Com-petition. }1erchants from the South are generally supposed to be slow-going, lacking in energy, enterprise and other qualities that contribute to the success of retail business. After travelillg through the South, men of the East, North and Great \iVest frequently declare that what the South most needs is some of the "git-up and git" that is practiced in other sections of the country. Such has heen the condition for lllany years, but it appears that a change has been tak-ing place, or has already bee1l effected, and that some of the Why Not Order? Say a dozeD, or more Montgomery Iron Display Couch Trucks sent you on approval? If not satisfactory they can be retumed at no expense to you whatever, while the price asked is but a trifle, com-pared 10 the convenience they afford and the economy ,they represent in the saving of floor space. Thirty_two couches mounted on the Montgomery Iron Display Couch Trucks occupy the same floor space as twelve dis-played in the usual manner. Wrile for catalogue giving full descrip_ tion and price in the different finishes, to· gether with iliustrations demonstrating the use of the Giant Short Rail Bed Fastener fn Iron Beds. Manufactured by H. J. MONTGOMERY PATENTl:lH Silver Creek, New York, U~ S. A. D"nnis Wire and lron Co., Canadian Manu-facturers, London, Onto merchants at leas.t. arc now wide awake-fully \lP to dale in their business mCthcds. At any rate, traveling sales1llen and others who, a few years ago, had !liuch to say ~lbout the lack of ellergy and ambition in the South, no\v declare that the SOtlthern merchants arc "coming to the front" in the matter of methods and means for getting trade and holding it. That the merchant!:; of the South h"ve made great progress in the past fevv· years must be conceded. They are not only alive to the advantages of advertisilig, but they seem to be less worried by competition than those in other sections of the country. 1\" orthern merchallts '1Nould hardly think of looking to the South for pointers as to bow to meet mai1- order competition, but while many of them have been be\vail-ing their prospective toss of track a Kentucky fumlture dealer seems to have found a way to convince the lleople in his field that it is not to their advantage: to patroni2e the mail-order bouses. His method is fully divulged in an advertisement which he nsed recently 111 the newspapers and also in the form of a cil'cu1ar letler, of ",,'hieb the fotlowillg is a copy: LET'S ITAVE A TALK. Let us have an honest, eanlest talk about your furniture buying. J--Tave yOU been buying from Chicago mail order houses? If so, read carefully the comparisons which we show belO\v. \\.Te have olle of these "Buyers' Guides" bdore us in pre-paring tlyi5 c.opy, and the comparison is not guesswork. '.tVc will show you where you can save morey-say nothing of building up 1ll01lster railroad companies and belping oat Chi-cago buslness houses, which at the same time weakens your country town, dr,l\C'v"sdowll the market for your produ(~c, and lcssens the va1ne of your o\vn land in favor of real cstate in the Korth, and then these people don't credit anyone. Kat one in a thous;md has thought of this, and if yoU will read carefully yon will see we can actually save you moncy. 39 This Chicago catalogue quotes a seat dillinglChair, per set of six at.. "-dd frelgh on 72 pounds.. . Makl11g a total of Deduct au regular PTlf:C plain, double cane . ,.$3.75 ... 1.25 ... $5.00 3.50 . ..... $7. J I 7.25 Leaves net They ma Add freigh gain to yon of., . . $1. 50 e a big howl about a cotton felt mattress at. $7.40 on 44 pDunds... . , . .80 ]I.'fakes the cost to you at depot. Our regut r price is". . . . ..... $8.20 . .. 8.00 Here we s They gi The freigh ve yOU __ . . . e a glowing description of an 1ron on the bed is.,. .... $ .20 bed at. , .. $6.30 . .. 1.07 The cost t( you ;1t depot is. \Ve give y( t1 a better one for. Leavillg a let saving of. . $ .12 This catalogue makes a big noise abont a solid oak (-j foot extet 5.ion tabte and quotes a price of. . ..... $11.85 It weighs 2 [) pounds; freight is. 1.90 And it CC\ts you .. Dedtlct OUI regular price. . $13.75 12.50 And we sa e you just , $1.25 "\Ve COlli take up this whole pJ.per in giving comparisons, and ill <'ve y instance it would be in our favor. We have this cata1.o lC from one of the largest concerns in thc North, and call 5h )V....yOll the pages alld description if you care to see. The Sd wab & Trieber Mirror Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn, Y., h<15 been incorporated. The capital stock is $30,000, l1'd the il1Corporators are L Schwab and G. 1J. Treiber of rooklyn and \iVilliam H. Ricdelt of Yonkers. by She.boygan Nove.lty Co., Shebo.,.ZlII.n. Wis. ... 40 -""1Vl.I9..H1G 7(N? An Interesting Plant. On,e of the most interesting plants lately visited by a rep-resentative of the Artisan is that of the Hard Manufacturing Company of Buffalo, N. Y. They manufacture metal beds and a full line of bedding, employing over 200 hands, and having more than two acres of floor space in their plant. The interesting feature was that all their beds and cribs arc machine made instead of foundry made. They have no cu-pola and do not use a pound of cast iron in their work. Ev-every casting is a piece of annealed malleable iron which is 7IR'T' IS' JI.l'1 3 0/ ee stead of $5, the amount allowed by the county court for bur-ial of paupers. The bill was presented immediately after the funeral, but was held up as the judges believed it was ex-cessive. Hendershot, a farmhand, accidentally shot himself white hunting on the Platte river, near Edgerton, and the body was turned over to the coroner of Platte county, who engaged Undertaker McComas. After ,Mr. McComas' explanation the judges decided to pay the bilL "Yes, it's true,"said one of the judges, "that the country ground and drilled to exactly fit the rods and pipe which go thtolIgh. A dozen or more huge presses are used to set these castings into place delivering" a pressure on thorn of from twenty to thirty tons, depending on the size of the castings. A lin'eof these presses is here illustrated at work and it is eVideMt that 'the goods thus made are absolutely indestruc-tible. Oile can ta1.::c"a.piece of this malleable iron and flat-ten it\'ut on an anvil, in the same way that you can wrought iron. Their manager told the writer that every bed and crib that they send out had a !twenty-five years guarantee on it and certainly they make-vbry, smooth, nice clean goods, which ,we think it would pay '~urreaders to investigate. Country People Respect the Dead. "You see" we're in the coup try down -there, and we have to give them a decent burial in the country. In the city, here, it doesn't matter. Nail fOUI1boards together and another board at each end, dump 'em! in and cover 'em up-that's a . pauper burial in the city, but: in the country they wouldn't stand for it for a minute. If we buried a pauper like that down in Platte county they Jould run us out of town. It would make no difference whether the pauper was known or not, or whether he had "any friends; they'd take up a collec-tion anyhow, and give him a decent buriaL" These remarks were made recently to the county court in St. Joseph, 1'10., by J. M. McComas, undertaker at Edger-ton, Mo., in explaining why his bill against Buchanan county for burial of Harvey Hendershot in April, 1,.905,was $22 in-people won't stand for the pauper burial as we know it here. And then, on the other hand, a person of means can die fifty per cent cheaper in a small country town than he can in the city, and get just as good a burial." The plant of the Standard Chair Company at Union City, Penn., was totally destroyed by fire November 14. The loss was over $100,000 with $70,000 insurance. The owners, Roy Church, Ray Fenno and Orville Hatch, announce that the plant will be rebuilt. Furniture Dealers need have no more fear. With the use of Cline's Caster Cup one table may be placed on top of another without injUry. Made in two sizes in the following finishes: Oak, Mahogany and Rosewood. Special prepared feet bottom, preventing sweat marks, scratching, etc. Price: 2]4:in. per 100. $3.50, 3)j in. per 100. $4.50 We also manufacture the mo.t reliable Card Holder on the market. :: Write for our Dew 40 pUe ,CataloBue. L. Cline Mfg. Co.. 123. Wabash Ave., Chicago MICHIGAN Co., Rochford, Ill. nl•ture DR ENTIRE LINE (many of hem new patterns) of • Closets 41 Mechanics CHINA CLOSET. Ready for Delivery The White Classified Directory POCKET EDITION Manufacturers of Furniture, Pianos, Organs, Refrigera-tors, Interior Finishes, Bedding and kindred goods Classi-fied by states, towns and trades. Send in your order im-mediately. Price $5, WI.ite Printing Co., Grand Rapid., Mivl.. Ina and Buffets ill be on exbibition on the Third loor of the Furnit re Manufacturers' Exhibition Buildi g, 1319 Michigan Avenue, Chica 0, Ill. "t(' "t(' "t(' n charge of s. J. Le ROY9 J. E. Hanvey. Made by Mechanics Furniture Co., Rockford. III. Would Punish Railroads for Delays. The ::\Icrchants' & Travelers' Association of Pbiladelphia has ad pted Tcsoluti()Jls favoring the penalizing of railroads \vhere he delays in shipments exceed a reasonable time. The as ociation will join with I thirty-three other commercial bodies throug-hout t.he country, representing a membership of 200, 00, and institute a vigofollS crusade to enlist the sym-pathy a HI support of congress for this rdorm in freight tranS-port;:, ti 11. ------" A 42 New Style Folding Beds. "The old fashioned upright folding bed is out of date," said Morris Heyman of the Heyman Company, Grand Rap- Made by Pioneer Manufacturing Co., Dettoit, Mich. ids, Mich., when· his attention was called to the statement credited to Rosenthal & Gumberts of Evansville, Ind., in which they noted a great falling off in the demand for the once-popular piece of furniture. "I don't know that we afe selling as mally folding heds as we did formerly, but that de-pends on how far back yot! go. vVe are certainly not selling as many as we did ten or twelve years ago, when there was a rage for foldillg beds, hut we are selling lots of sofa beds, sanitary couches, cOllvertible davenports and the like. The mantel folding bed is a gooQ. seiter and I think that taking all the new styles together we are putting out just as many folding beds as we did five or six years ago." Owen; R.Chaffee of the firm of Young & Chaffee, Grand Rapids, discussing- the same subject, said: "'1I,'e hay€ had No. 309. Made by Robbins Table Co. OWOHO, Micb. a good del11;twl for folding beds during the past few months. The demand sometimes seel11s. to be spasmodic, I suppose it is due to the season. Rents are high and maliy people find it necessary to economize in the matter of space. 'J'he old fashioned folding hed is out of style, but there are plenty of substitutes. The 'Silnplicity,' made by the Jamestown Lounge COl11pany, is one of our best sellers." INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS 1 5 Woodard Furniture Co. Yeager Furniture Co .. 8 . .13 Ameril'<UDl'harmaeal Co ... Alaska Refrigerator ClI. lmrneK, W. .1<•• &. John, Co. Belding-Hall Mfg. Co. Berry nl."others BO('kstt'ge ]<Ul'1liture Co 24 Bosj;;e Furniture C(II. . ·~5 'Challengt' .Retrlgeratol." Co. . .20 -ehfeftgo ""ood Fini!lhing Co. 3 Cline, L•• l'11g. Co. 40 'Conrey-Da,vi~ Mfg. Co. b2 Conrll'!Y, n. L., FurnJtur!." Co.. . .112 Eva,ns,·tlle "Metlll Bed ('0. Fi!>her, C. A.,. & Co .. :}'ord &. Jahnson Co. 'FrilWO Sy!ltem Globe J<'urntture Co ... G. R. Ca",tel."Cup Co. G. R. Chair Co. G. R. Hllm) Screw Co. Gl'IInd Trunk Ry. Hal."dMfg. Co. Hasslel.", Owen C., Co. Hoffman Bl'others Co. Horn Bros. Mfg. Co. Hotel rautUnd Illinois Central Ry. Imperial I"llrniture Co. Inter~State Hotel Co. Invincible Table Fastener Co. Jamestown T.Olmge Co. Karges li'urniture C9. Kauffman "l1g. C(II.. Lentz Table Co. 9 Luce )<'urnltnre Co. . 16 Mfdnt'. Ex. Bldg. Co., Chicago Cover Mecbanics' J1'urnitul"e Co. . ... 41 · .32 . .. 29 8 5 . : .24 .................. 13 .al .3::1 .. ,13 .15 . :n . IS . 16 .............. 12 · .4-2 . Cover . .... 24 .. 12 l\olfctrs'. Furn Ex., Chi(~lIgo. ~Ulchigan Centrlll R)·. Miller, Eli D., & (:0. Montgllmt>ry, H. ,J. ::\-[oon Desk (~o. Morton Hou~e .... 12 l\lobile &. Ohio R)·, . 20 Murphy Chair ()o. .23 l\[uMkegon "alley Furniture Co. . .... 21 Xorth!."rn Flll."nitllre Co. . .1. N"elson-3-1aUer Furniture Co. . .Cover Olsen, O. C. 8., 81; (~o. . .. ~7·35-:~8-n O
- Date Created:
- 1906-11-25T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Collection:
- 27:10
- Notes:
- Emily Burton Ketcham, (1838–1907), was a leading Michigan suffragist who began her work for women’s suffrage in 1873. Ketcham’s scrapbook includes numerous newspaper clippings detailing her and other suffragists’ work on the local and national level as well as various correspondence with other suffragists. A prominent founder of several Grand Rapids’ suffrage groups, Ketcham served as president of the state organization four times. Ketcham’s influence was both local and national allowing her to develop lasting relationships with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
- Date Created:
- [1889 TO 1907]
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and FI I GRAND RAP PUBLIC LIBRA~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., SEPTI':~IBEH II. 1909 A SUPERIOR FLAT SURFACE SANDER No 171 Sllnd Belt Mllchme. Why Install any Sand Belt Machine for Flat Surfaces except the Wysong & Mtles? You wIll pay twice as much for other makes and w111get an inferior machme If you do not believe thIS, communicate wIth us and be convInced. ASK FOR CATALOG E. WYSONG & MILES COMPANY, Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., GREENSBORO, N. C. ~ The Best TrueK--The Strongest Trueh This is the famous Gillette Roller Bearing Factory Truck---the truck on which it is said, "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." This is the truck that is strong where others are weak---the truck that has an unhreakable malleable iron fork. This is the truck YOU are looking for if you wish to invest in rather than uaste money on factory trucks. .._..-.-----------,E Gillette Roller Bearing CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH . I The Lightest Running, I Longest Lasting Truck - - -------------------~. AMERICAN BWWIR COMPANY "SIROCCO" "AJf MARK ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. dIrect connected to an " ABC" SELF OILING ENGINE will electric light your plant, run fans, etc., and if you are now buying current, will pay you in savmg (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) This planl running In IQUITOS. PERU. WE DIRECT CltNNECT TO ANY GENERATOR 25% PER ANNUM (Wrzte for proof of above.) WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YORI{ PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLA"lTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 II I ----------- ---- -_._._- --~._--------------------------... t I I IIIII IIII• •• I I •I• I I II• II III III• I IIIIII . . .... .. - .i. SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a casttr yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened With flat bead 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, MICH. .. . .. . .- .. ._----------_._.--- .. --- .__._-----_. __._----~----~ •··1 THIS IS THE MACHINE That Brinl!s letters Like the Followinl!: I I .. ...-...- •• •••••• ••!f 1•• •I II ••• III I•I 1: I~- .- .- - BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. The Buss Machine Works are having marked success with this new design of cabinet p1aner. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectlOnal chipbreaker, make a cabmet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the times with machmes of great efficiency Woodworkers of all kinds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to their nearest selling representative regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the live woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. La _ •• _ La ••• Buss M..J.chlna Works. "Holland, Uieh Ga"l.tlal!len. We wish to compliment you on the worlung or JOur' new 14 Planer Just ..'1stalled 1'0.. us This machine does he best. wo"k or any pLms ....we 'ha,ra eve" se€ll1, '4.ll.lt we are frank to sa..r SO mUch batte" than we expected. th t our foreman. s€l.id !\e si:m.plJ eOil.ld no" geL, along rl'thou:t it,und lIa3 sU!'e i~ 'llou.lO pay the prlce 01' itself within a yea'" 1"1.'IIol"ksa a4 on mac/anes tollo.,ll:l5' Wishing .Iou dese"'ved success 1I<1ththiS naw pat'te"'n. we remain. YoU"'SverJ truly. Robb ns Tllble Co HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ,,- .-- - -- --~----~---~-_.-_.--_-------_-._--- -- -- ----------------------' F. & JOHN BARNES CO. I 1Iw. .... Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. The strongest, most powertul, and In every way the best machllle of Its kllld ever made, for lIppIng, ClOSS cuttmg bonng and groovmg. --"' Cabinet Makers In these days of close competltlon, need the best pOSSIble equipment, and thiS they can have m BARNES' HAND AND POOT POWER MACHINERY Send for Our New Catalogue. 654 Ruby Street, Rockford, Illinois ....I ..- }RANr RPk",:>ID~ -~--------~-~! I .... ----------------------------------------- OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM ---- -_._. _.._._._------_._--- Oran~~a~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST devzce for handltll£!, shavmgs alld dust from all wood- 'Wor/cUlgmac1zI1les Our 1Zmeteell yem I' experience m tIns class ot 'Work has brought zt nearer perfection thall an) other system on the market today It zs no expenmellt, but a demonstrated snelltzfic fact, as 'We have several hUll-dred of these systems m use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatzc FUlnace Feed System, as sho'Wn in thzs cut, zs the most perfect workmg devIce of anything ill this line. Write for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICtI. Cltb:ena Phone 1282 &ell. Main 1804 . _ ..-.--_._."" GRAND RAPI PUBLIC LIBRJ 1]Y '" -- ...-_..~._------------------- --------- -----------------------_._-- . - ~ , I • • I•• II, I• I• I I I I f • I • I Makes the It ISentIrely I I AutomatIc I I Strongest I f I Most ! •I Economical II •! and Most ': , I II• Accurate I,I II Case ,'I I ConstructIon , II I Possible I I I I ! I I I t I I ----------------------------------------- .... _~ A Perfect Case Construction It Clamps MortIses and Releases, CompletIng the Post In Less TIme Than the Matenal can be Clamped on Other MachInes Write for Write for Catalog J Catalog J No. 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTJSER. Wysong & niles Co., CedarSt.andSou.R.R., Greensboro, N. C. ~-----------------------------_ ..... - ~------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- jI _. .- ~ SEND FOR A FINISHED PANEL OF CIRCASSIAN W ALNLJT STAIN I II IIt We are the only firm preparing a stain of this character, which is used on gum wood, preserving the natural beauty of the grain and prod ueing the tone of the genuine Circassian Wall1ut in splendid imitation. Send for a sample No. 2765 and full directions. II The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO -I ------~-~-----------_._...-__.----_. ~... •••••••• r __ ._ ••••••••• ••• , ... _ ....--"' .,.. -... ----------------------------------------_.-_._._._.---------------- I I II• ,III• ,,I ,,, ,• ,I• ,,•• I •I• •,, II, I II i THIS IS THE MACHINE That BrinJrs letters like the FollowinJ!: BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER Wlshlnp JOu dllse~ved suecess wita thiS new patterD, 11'9rEtDlllln. Yours verJ t.ruly. Ro})b'I1S Tabl.e Ce. We ".ish t.o eOmpli1llent. you on t.he '/forJung at' your new #4 Plan.:r Jus .11.sta,1.1ed for us This aaollne does the beS't. wo"k or ani planer 11'8have ever 899.11,and; .9 ure f~unk: to sa..1 60 much bet.t"r th!W we expected. tru to our (ora_n 9...1d he slmplJ could not. get. along ~lthout. it.,and was sure it. ll'ouJ.o pal the price or itself w1thln a yea" in 'lforolls:a ad on _eh1nall rollo.loa· has lit.. chlna 'Works. Rollflnd. Mlch GS'ltlemen The Buss Machllle Works are havmg marked success with this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltlllg-feed gears machmc cut-together with the steel sprlllg sectional front feed roll and the late new sectIOnal chipbreaker, make a cabmet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cablllet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast with the tImes With machmes of great effiCiency Woodworkers of all klllds will not make a mistake by writing direct or to their nearest selltng representative regarding any pomt on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the Itve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. i I.. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH • ..~ .....-----_._. _. _. _. -_.~---_._--_._._._._. -------------_ . ....-----._._---_.------------------------ _.-~------~-----~._----~-..-. ---' IlAND lIRCULAK KIP SA\\ MORTlSER COMBINED MACHINE 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 capItal Invested He can hold a better and more satiSlactory trade With hIS customers He can manufacture In as good ~tyle and finIsh, and at as low cost as the factones Tbe local cabmet maker has been forced mto only the dealer's trade and profit because of mad'me manufactured goods of factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand-Power Machmery, reInstates the cabmet maker WIth advantages equal to hIS competItors If deSIred, these machines WIll be sold on Irwl The purchaser can have ample time to test them m hI< own shop and on the work he WIshes them to do. IJescrtpt,v, catalogu~ and pr,c~ Itst fru No 4 SAW (ready for cross-cuttmg) W. f. &. JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby St .. Rockford, III. FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER -'" No. 4 SAW (ready for nppmg) No 7 SCROLL SAW j- , -_-,1 I I I I l III I:• I I I •I 1• • • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I ! I 1 •• •• I I •I II •II I I • IIII••1I I• 1II I• •II II• I• III II•t I• •• •II I I• •I IIII I I~---------------------------------------------------------_._-----------------------------------~ rI I WEEKLY ARTISAN ..-~-~--------------~--------_._------------_...-- ..,.. ...-.-- - "THE BETTER MAKE" WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH FACTORY AND SALESROOM 37 CANAL STREET CATAI~OHUES ON HEAVY PLATE PAPER TO DEALER" Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - ~- -------~------------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN THE NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE OFFERS TO THE FURNITURE MANUFACTURER A BETTER MARKET THAN HE CA~ OBTAIN ELSEWHERE. BECAUSE it is the largest furniture market for home consumption. BECAUSE of its accessibility to the greatest number of buyers. There are more dealers in furniture within 200 miles of New York than 800 miles of any other CIty. BECAUSE its varied and manifold attractions make it the ONE place buyers desire to visit. PROOF---- The attendance at the last JULY EXPOSITION was larger than that of any JULY EXPOSITION ever held in this or any other market. THE NEW HOME OF THE NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE. Twin structures covering two entire blocks from Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets, each structure 200x2 75 feet and twelve stories high and a pprt of the new Grand Central Station in which will be located the largest subway station In New York, connected with all tunnels and future subways; in close proximIty to both elevated and surface roads, and in the heart of the hotel dIstrict. On the completion of these buildings, December 1st, 191 0, covering a space of nearly 30 acres an opportunity is offered the enterprising manufacturer to OPEN NEW ACCOUNTS and advantageously place his samples, as here will be attracted buyers representing the most important dealers in the coun-try. Every available foot of space for the coming January Exposition has been sold, but SPACE IS NOW BEING LEASED IN THE NEW BUILDING. Applications acted upon as received. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. WEEKLY ARTTSAN EVERY FURNITURE MANUFACTURER should have the Weekly Artisan List of Dealers and Buyers. It contains the names of all dealers in furniture rated from $1,000 up, satisfactory pay_ Approximately 15,000 DEALERS are listed. The list is revised semi..annually_ Cost for the two editions .. .. .. $1.00 52 issues of the Weekly Artisan costs 1.00 Total .. .. .. .. .. $2.00 We will send the Weekly Artisan one year and the $1.50 complete lists for • Or we will send either the Eastern, Central, South-ern or Western List the Weekly Artisan one $1.00 year for - Can you afford to pass up this opportunity? Send in your Dollar. You'll not regret it. WEEKLY ARTISAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. pc I I 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season Show Rooms at Factory, Grand RapIds luce furniture (0. ORDER A SAMPLE STACK YOU'LL NEVER REGRET IT 111<.- I 11I11lphr<.-y \\'](1 mdll c,ectlulldl CUIJ~trllc lIOn 11,1'>dU'>1 proof P,lrtllllJll~, Iron shelf '>lIppurh 'l11d a two Inch dU.pCI Cd'>C tb,ll1 others DEALERS' PROFIT 55% No. lO-F. Ouartcru! Oak. Lme on sale m Fornlture Ex- <han!!e, Grand RapIds; Mannfact-urers' Exh,I>JllOn BUIld,"!!. Chi. ca!!o and Furmture Exchange. New York. HUMPHREY.:WIDMAN BOOKCASE CO. WRITE FOR CATALOCUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN ,~------------------------' - •• •• 1 II I IIII•• I• II ••• I• II I I,• I• I I• I III•II II• III I• ~------------------------------------------_._---------------_.----------- o THE LUCE LINE 35% OFF LIST $16 ,• Iif •• II• •~------------------- o II II ._---_._._- ---- ----------'" .,,..--- III!• THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. --~ I CHICAGO This IS one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chau s are found 111 all the leadIng Hotel'> in the countl y. 'J he l111c 111dnclc'> d VCIY co 11pletc ,1,,01 t-lllcnt of chall s, I (xIz-cr, dud ~lttC(<' of ,111 ~l arle" , DJllIlH;- ROf Jlll f111111tl1l e, I\.«((] 'lilil Rat t ,Ill f1111l1tlll c, :-'PC\1,l1 ()1 dLl flltlll-tt11 c, etc. A complete line of sam-ple. are displayed In The Ford tJ Johnson BUlIJIn!!, 1433-37 Wabash Avc., In-cluding a specIal d,splay of Hotel FurDlture. III (lililltltle dealels arc cOldwllv tnvlted to Vlszt our bmldmg. III IIIII I;I .. GRAND RAPH PUBLIC LIER} ~y 30th Year-No. 11 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• SEPTEMBER 1 1. 1909 Issued Week-y NEW FURNITURE IS PLAIN AND .t~R1"IS1"IC Flamboyant. Gaudy. Ov~r·Decorated Creations Give Way to Sh~raton. Chippendale. Hepplewhit~. Elizabethan. Queen Anne and Other Period Styles. The day of flamboyant. 0\ el decorated furl11ture ha" pas"ed In Its :otead ha" come an el a wIth artistic pO":Olblhtle" that bnng dehght to the ..,oul of the mdn 01 woman ,\ ho ap-preClates beauty of hne and harmon) ot colonng and decora-tIOn. If you do not beheve that thIS desJrable change ha" been effected, a:ok the fUll11ture man and lIsten to 111menthuse about conchtlOns and the outlook 111hIs hne of bus mess .•Look at the furnIture \\ e al e dhpla) l11g thec,e day" and compare It WIth the st) le:o of ten, eIght or e\ en fi\ e yeal s ELIZABETHAN CHINA CLOSET Made by the Grand Rapids (M,ch) Furmture Company a~o " hc "a) c,. "Can you belle\ e that the same class of people are thc bu) er" of both 0 It :oeems .,trange, but It 1:0 true F01 e\ eryda y use and for Ordl11al y people, WIth model ate mcomc", we are "elhng today furl11tm e that a decade ago could anI) bl obtamed aftel a long and tedIOUS hunt 111 the hIgh pnced "peclalty .,hop" at the bIg cltle.., Of cour:oe It has alway" been pOSSIble for the ll11tlated to get good furl11ture-and b) that I mean good from the vIewpoint of al t-but the figures were prohIbItive, And many whose ta'ite revolted agaimt the elaboratIOn and ugly lines of much of the furniture of thc pa"t vvere obllged to take It becau'3e theIr pur"e would not permIt them to buy an)th1l1g bltter, and their home" had to he fur11lshed Toda) there 1" no eXCU'3e for an 1I1artlstlc piece of fur11ltm e In an) hou "ehold e'(cept the de'ilre of the honse-holdel of drtlcle" at that k111d Doe"n t thl" new style furl11- ture CO'3tmore than 1I1artl"tlc ploduclOns of old 0 Yes, but so doe'i C\ eryth1l1g el"e that contnbutes to our pre'3cnt day ex-l'itence, food. cloth1l1g, bmld1l1g matenal'i, etc, Compared \\Ith It., ,alue, howevel, It IS worth tWIce as much a" the st)les vvhlch It has snper"eded" Thl" httle talk wa'i a "01 t of preface to a tour WIth the managel of the furl11±tl1e department of d famon" 1\ ew YO! k ">tOll and a" he "trolled he pOlntecl ant how the "penod Hle,l ha., beco111c the d0111111antone m the fur11lture bU<"l11e"s,\lodel., 1)\ the al tlst--cab1l1et makel'3 and craft:oman of the pa">l centnne" ha' e been 'itndled by keen bra111ed clever c\menc,ll1 manufacturer'i and de'il~nel s untIl the "ccret of hne dnd em, e ilnhh and 111lay ha" been ma..,tered and the 1e:oult 1" trulv ,1 tll1n~ of beauty" "The fil.,t 'itep 111 thIS clJreetlOn," expla1l1ed the fnrlll-ture mdn, 'wa" the ba11l"hment of gold fur11lture That I" It" con<.,lgnment to 11:0 ploper envIronment-an apartment WIth e\ el ythl11g 111hal many ,\ lth the Fl ench scheme of dceO! a-t011 that brought about the IntlOductlOn of gold frame for chan'i and dl\ an'i uphol"tel ed 111dehcdtely hued brocade 1£ we In Amenca have any onc thmg to be thankful for In furlll-tme dC\ elopment 1t h the pa"'i1l1i; of the gIlt "corner chdlr' that at one time was so obtru"l\ e In the "parlor' of the Orc1l11- ary c1welhng And 1l1Cldentally WIth ItS pas"l11g went the "parlO1' ;-Jaw we have lIVIng rooms and arc happIer for the change The atmo"phel e of formahty that clung to the old-fasluoned parlor has gl\ en way to thIS unml:otakable air that ploclalms the gathenng place of the member:o of the fanul) dnd l11chcates 1l1chvldnal ta"te:o and l11telc"t'i. To 1etm n to the new furl11ture-new In It" adaptatIOn to twentleth century ta-;;te and need'i hut centmles old In It" con-ceptIOn and de' elopment. ChIppendale, Shel atOll, Hepple-whIte, Ehnbethan and Queen \nne al e the "tylec; pnnclpally whIch have been leproduced andmochfied for pre"ent day use '\Iahogany. walnut and oak ale the wood, mo<.,t 111eVIdence and they are malllpulated With the sklll'and art that makes It a matter of study to detect the dIfference between the fur11lture of yesterday and today. The strength, hghtness and grace that distinguished the furniture produced by Sheraton, and (Concluded on page 8 ) Increase in Ten Years. DECLINING DOLLARS AND HIGH PRICES Varying Views Causes of the to the Past as For several years the hIgh eO'it of In mg ha'i been the "ubJeet of general complalUt and IS frequentl} made the basI" for a demand for an mcrease In wages 1hat thele ha" been a great l11crease 111 the cost of h, mg m the pa"t ten year,,- most of It lU the last half of that penod-Is conceded b} all though statistIcs show that the mcreaSG IS not 'iO great as gen-erally claImed by those who ,peak from expenence. but who really sllnply guess at the percentage It IS hlghel, ho"'e\ el than has been the mcreaSe m wages and much hIgher than has been the average mcrease m mcomes of busl11ess and profes-sIOnal men As to the cau..,e of the Increa"e of provISIOns, clothmg, fuel, rent and household necessIties there I" a "Ide dIfference m pubhc opmlon Some solve the problem b} chalgln~ the I11crea"e In then expense to the tanff or to upward revISIon of the "chedule.., Others thmk that It IS due to foreIgn shorta~e In food stuft", and as proof of theIr contentIOn they pOInt to the fact that both the London Econonllst and Sauerbeck s pnce Index numbel" computed from foreIgn mal kets, recOl d a mal ked up" al d trend whIch has already nearly 0\ elcome the tall re'iult1l1l:; from the panic 111 1907. The latter numbel now "tands at 7:; 1 agal11st 72, the low recOl d of the panIc penod and 80, the hIgh record of the preceehng penod. Thdt I" fOl London \\hele Ie covery from the depressIOn IS slo\\ In tll1s countl \ a" ha, been noted 111 these column", a\ erd~e pI Ice", alCOJ d1l1~ to nladstreet'", have leached a pOInt e\cn nealer the hl~h IlCOld of the prepamc penod. Thb mdl,cates that at least th e \mellcdn lO11lplamt ot l11gh hvmg c~"ts is wel1 founded ChIcago hou"keeepel" are wnt1l1g to the ne\\spapels about It One \\Omdn pll"ent" a 'itatoment of mcome ($1,200001 'io) and nece",al \ e,pellClt-ture, wlllch leave a balance on the wlong "Ide \nothe1 woman of the same dass "ho"" that, h} thIng buttell11e and other cheap sub'iUtute" fOI celtaln "taple food al tldcs hu accounts can be made to balance "\5 to the cause of h1gh pllces ne\\"papl! \\lltl!" clI"<lQ1le qtllte a, much as othel'i. The "'e\\ \OIk lO1l111lUlldI t<I"l' up the subject, sa} mg "Popular unrest unclel thl" bUI dcn \\as ne\ u "0 notice-able hel e In thc l nlted ~tdte" as no\\ \ thou"<lnd-d1Hl-onl al tIde" that constItute 1tem" 111 hothehold e,pen"e" nell" "lUes and lux11lles altke and \\ ho"e co"t ha,.., no I dation \\ hdt-e\ el to the pllce of wheat, al e <lbn01mall} 111Uca"ed 111 plll e and" Ithout an} apparent rea"ons for It In mo..,t mstance" ' The Commerual ,..,eem" Incltned to blame the tI u"t" f01 thc trouble, and ddds tIll eatelll11~h "\ I eactlon fJom dil th1" 1" bound to come "ome fine day-and v\hen It doc" It wdl l1<lt be the con'iumer that h hurt .. \e\utheIe"" othel countlle" Ie"" ttu"t <lnd t<lltif-1Hldln than our own ale affected b) ..,111111aclondlU01h and d~ILlUon \\hlCh may 111 part expla1l1 the le\olutlOndl) 110t" 111 '-,IM1n ,md the general labOl upn"lllg 1ll s\\ eden TI1t1" the" llnn,l correspondent of the London Econom1"t 1\l1tes "The cost of 11\Ing IS the sublect of numbelless mlet1nQ.., held lU tll1S country, where not the WOlkman on 1) . but the nllddle classes. WIth fixed salanes that Cdl1110the 1nCIed,ed h\ an} mge11tllt). are at a loss ho\\ to make end" meet "eatl \ all government offiCIal:" from the chId of a "eLtlOn In a gOyeln-ment department to the) oung a"..,btant. who has to se1, e ten )ldl" at a n011l111al "alar}. aJe In dcbt ]n Ifungdll pcopll drl C\ en WOI..,C01£ tltdn 111 "\u..,t1la " tIlt" Cost of Living During Then the ::,pl11lgfield (\Ia'i'" ) Repubhcan, commentIng on the abOl e quotatlOl1" goe,.., Into anC1ent hl,..,tor) and 'iay.., Ch el In Au"tna a" well as here dnd eleswhere the dl"- pO"ltlOn IS prey alent to mentlOn all sort" of causes for the tl0uble except the great cau'ie-the large productlOn and depreClatlOn 111the value of the commercIal world's standard money metal, gold \ \Then tll1S VIew of the matter come'i to he taken Ie"" empha'i1s wIll be gIven to such predIctions as the one quoted-that a 'reactton from all thl'i IS bound to come some fine da) ()f course reactIOn \\ III come some tIme, but not \\ Ith an, permanency unul the productIOn of gold be~11l" to dec111le ] he truth of the matter seems to be that the world IS nO\1 undergOIng to a degl ee such an expenence as came upon It after the ehscov el y of Amenca and the flooehng of Europe WIth a great sd\ el supphes of the Incas and the m111e<;of PotO..,1 ~"a result, the chIef money metal of the time was enol mousl) deprecIated FlOm 1570 to 1640 prices rose 200 and mOl e po cent and the consequences to the cla'ise'i hV11lg on fi~ed Incomes \\ el e mo..,t "elIOUS, leaehng to large pauper- 1zatlOn, espeClally of the wage-eal11lng c1a'ises, who held a 101\ place 1n the "oclal scale and could not band together to fOlle up thell "ages plOportlOnatel} It IS a cunous fact that the Engh"h crown It.,elf was a clllet "IJftelll ne,t to the wa~e cla""e", ,,111cethe crol'vn reven-ue" \\ ('I e 1<\1ge1y dell\ ed from land" III such a mal1ner a,c, to Jl1lc1ude <\11\ ad, antdge.., f10m the n,,111g pnces of foodstuff" 1 f1"tOl \ furthel tell'i us th at the landed propnetors profited ~I eath ft om the 1110ney depI eClatlOn or 11lcreasing price",- a" Olll \mellcan fdrmers hay e been prospenng under the pre,,- em ,111111aleApenence, whIle the next class to plofit was the lllIddle 01 tJ ad11lQ,class, \\ hose bU<,11less was then hIghly ineIJ- \ IdudhLed and not a'i now concentrated mto great employ- 11l~ cunceln" w1th compdratlvc<ly few owners to share the 111- l! ld"lllg plOhh from 11"1l1g-pnce'i and a vast army uf c1encal lmplO\ e" \\ ho al e In much the "ame pO'iIUon as the wage-ldlnel" of the 'iDcteenth and sllventeenth centurte". '(JUI 111tel1"e cunenc) dl'iU1S"10n,, of late years have gl\en \\ Idl ulcuLltl0n to the ,1ew that prtces bear httle or no reld- !HJt1 to the quant1t\ of mdney, and much effort ha.., he en made In tho"e ot thl" "choo] of 11l0neal} thought to dh"oelate thc Q,ll<lt pl1ce chan~e" of the "Ixteenth al1d seventeenth centune" 110m the glldt mClea"e 1ll the European "upphe" of the prec- IOU" metal" le"ttltmg from the explOltdtlOn of l\IexlCo and Peru 1n thl <"'pa11lshad\ entm er" A fay O1lte alternatIve theory ha" b( cn thl chppln~ of the Fn~h"h COll1dl:;e alound that IJe110d of t1111C nut the C0111mon "Uhe of e<lrly econ01111"ts lIke Adam '-,1111th\\d" not thu" to bc foolecl when hc "a1(1 The dl"covery 01 thc dhuIHLlllt 111111l"of \111ellca "cem" to 11<1\ e been the "ole c<\the of thh dlm11lutlOn 111the \dlue of o,tlvcr III PIOPOltlO11 to t hdt of COIll It (the 11se of pllces) h accounted for, ac-l 01d11l~h, 111the "dme mannel by everybody, and there nc vel' ha" heen an} dl'>pute eIther about the fact 01 dbollt the cau"c ot It . \1OIe recent Engh"h hl<;t0l1dns are comIng to accept thh earhel \ le\\ of the economIC and ,..,oClal con<,equence" of the lll])l)lll at ~ll1ellCall sIller 111 the sl"xteenth and seven-teenth centlll1e" and to I ecol:;ll1Ze certaIn pohtlcal con"e-qUUlll" 1\l11lh h,lle IC'lll\od "h~ht attentIOn £tom catllel hl"tulIdll" 'lltu" 111 "::,ou<d Engl<l1Hl,' a Idlge wOlk of \<.1.11011,:" WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 authorshIp, edIted by H D. Tralll, It IS saId, in speaking of the fact that the nse of pnces was checked about 1640 " 'The pohtlcal con"equences of thIs change were very 1111 pot tant \\ e have seen that the n"e of pllces had Immense-h mCleased and ennched the mIddle cla""es, but when pllces became "tatlOnary, profib naturally f('ll "\ great "tlmulu:o to mdustnal enterpll "e was removed, and a wlCle"pread dl"- content among the commerClal cl.1"se" en:oued, It can .,cal ce- I) be que:otlOned that thelse ftucutatlOns ot pnces In the sev en-teenth century help to explam the opposItIon to the Stual t ktng" and the outbreak of the PUlltan revolution } or It was ]u st those classes tha t advance cl m vveal th and Importance through the n:oe In pnce:o, and then found theIr prospellty checked, who played the chIef part m the resIstance of LharlelS I "And when the gold mmes of today, novv so prohfic. beS;1l1 to gIve out, If they ever do, we shall also see "ome pohtlcal consequence" of SImIlar thoue;h modIfied character to the above There WIll be p.resumabl) no long to behead but woe to the party that chances In that day to be m npovver l\Iean- Ume, as the SIlver mftatlon of the early "eventeenth century IS held to be partly responsIble for the .1bu:oe of the ta;..,.mg power of the Stuart kmgs. so the pre"ent e;old m11atlOn 1" partly re.,ponslble for the mcreasmg taxatIOn and burden of pubhc Indebtedness whIch dlstlnglllsh the e;m el nments of the \;\ estern natIons m thl:o tlme of pe.1ce , ",\" fOI the average cItIzen In the crll"h of l1.,mg costs of h\ me; there 1:0 to be dIscerned for hIm httle hope of lehef thIS slCle of the begmnmgs of exh.1ustlon In gold productIon -01 a ch.1nge m the monetary stand.1rd, whICh I" not hkel) and not pre.,entlv adVIsable \gamst thIS Ilsm~ co"t of In- In~ e;1eat numbers of the 1l1dUStllcl1 classes find more than am pIe protection m llsmg pnces for vvhat they produce or sell and the consequence appreCIatIOn of rental values-the falmer." the manufacturers and the tlaehng or mercantile d.1""e" vvho buy on a n"mg market but "ell later on WIth the 111.1k1et stIll nsmg "1 he crechtor classe:o, who benefit £tom a comlttlOn of monetary appreuatlon vvIII contmue to 'iuffer as In the p.1"t ten yeal s, hut to a growmgly les., degl ee as they ,1IC .1ble to force a lughel av Clage rate of mterest . 1he orgamzed wage classes WIll also suffel but to a !:(Iowm!:(ly le"s deglee as they are able to fOlce up theIr wages \\ 111chWIll "tIll lag .1 httle hehmd the rhe m pnces and 1ent" -a proces" that may be attended b) more "tnke chsturhances th,Lll wel e e'Cpellenced In the pre-pa111c penod B ut fell th.1t lell ~ e da.,:o of unorganl7ed labot-the un "kIlled wage-eal nel" and the :oubordmate salalled 111en of manufactul1l1!:( and mer c,mUle .1nd tr.1nSpOl tatlon .1nd mllllne; and other 1l1dustne:o-upon them le"ts the gle.1t weIght of the dhach anta~es .1n'31l1l:; f101ll the comlttlon" ancl ch.1nges under dl"uI""lOn J hen lot h .1 h.1rel onc .1nd the ml1lont) of thell nU111bel" places then Cd"C 1)(\- ond ca"v- remedv~ Tlwy Havp a Wide }i'ipld. (dmbllCle;c, LIt" Ind, ~ept C)-I he ::"tdllC!clld \],Lllll[dC l1l1111~ Comp.1n) manllfdctUl tl" of the speCl.1l and foldUl!:( c han " . .11c IJll11chng an adchtJon to thClr plant c(ln"I"UJl~ of a t \\ (l "tory Stl uctUl e 30;..,.60 \\ hlch \V 111 bc u .,ed a" a stOI age loom Thc company repOl t" an execellent busme% thus fal thl" year and the plant ha" been kept runn1l1g steadIly the pa"t c \\ 0 ) eal" The trade of the Standal d :\lanufactUlml:; Com pan) come" frOUl al :oectlOn" and mclude:o an (''Cport bu ,,- me.,,, e;..,.tenchng Into \fnca Cuba, (Treece dnd the PhtlhpllleS Its no f11n fOI ,1 VV0111 111 to tell ,1 scc I et to ,lll) onc that she tlltrlhS VIIII keep It _.. - ....-.... "'- III ,I ,, ,II I• I, II II• IIII /;.-----_._---_.,---- No.15 Foxl j SAWING MACHINE , WRITE 44 ' FOR I' NEW CATALOG ,, , 185 N FRONT STREET, t GRAND RAPIDS, MICH , FOX MACHINE CO-.---------_.~I •• - F ...- - . - --------------_._--_._---_.-- .. 1 Hotel LINDEN I I Indianapolis I I Illinois and New York Sts. I GBlocks from LmOil Depot 'I 2 Block' from Iutel urban "tatton I' I 250 Rooms All OutSIde, WIth FIre E,cape I elephone In I<.vcry Room I European Plan Rate' Tic to $Z00 Pel D" ' Dlnmg- Room In ConnectlOtl I ~peclal !-: ate,> to FamIlies and Permanent Guests 1 aches 1ravehng Alone will Fllld I fhls a Ver) DeSIrable StoppllIg Place I, ~-----------_._-------------_.__._----- GEO.R. BENTON Lessee tnd Malldger ~---------------~-----------------------------~ UNION FURNITURE CO. III ,, II ,I II II I\, I I j".----------------------------------~ ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, Conftrudlon and Fmlsh. See our Catalogue. Our lme on permanent exhibi-tion 7th Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. ...-------------------------------------------- .. SAWED AND SLICED I II , II ,II ,I ,I II II II II III I II I II -- - ~ HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. '" HARDWOOD LUMBER l QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS \ AND MAHOGANY &---- -_._-_. ------------ . '-.( m( \(1 \ cA (( t1\ C ]JlCCe" ell C fa~JlI()necl from \\'Jlnut 111 the dnll ,(l! 1 l111l"h ,1""U(1dtU) Illth thc at;C 07 hor,,( hdlr de, an up h(,]"tUl11~ 11',\1U1,11 \ncl h)1 e.,c h,ur h hel e ,lga1l1, h t ln a '~I()l Ji\( ) c,lI11(\n \ot the e.,a1))( hucd, glosl fabnc that ca t " c! II k ,,]Jac!OII 111,Ill ,ljl11 (111Cl1t L\ Cll 011 thc "nlll1lest of dai:", I,n] ,I tll (] "u1tu \1(,I\C 111 ,ut c()1()l1l1~", "uch a" \\ere u"e(1 IUI the U,]Ull1dl e.,oJa d ICe.,ttul ~Ieell wlth de"l~l1 In blac\ \ t Itl e.,t ~LI11( C Ulle 110 lId not t,lke tIll" fabllc to he hor"e ),"11 hut lt 1" ,111d 111,1I1\ dCell old l,tc1lc" hay 111~ kal11ed of thl" 1l111,tll11 upho]e.,t(l\ fae.,hlO11" hale detel111111ed to [ulh1'-,h up UJl1( of thul hell loom" III ltke l1lallnel 101 thc 1l\111~ lU0111 111alHJgan\ allcl I\alllut ale fil,,1 ChOlCC 1mt 101 thc c!111111~1 0111 thu e are "0111e r1I7ahetha 1 de'ilgll" 1'] ()Ik that 11\aI111 attlac11\CllC"" even the hlghl} pl1/cd 1111 h()~a11\ I h( C,)IOll11~ of th1'-, oak l'i heantlful. the deep2'it oj 11ut hI 0\\ 11 \111 hunt a e.,U'ijlluon of lolhh It'i 'i11100thne"" of 8 WFEKLY ARTISAN New ]<"urllitureis Plain and Artistic. (Continued lrom Page 5) that. 111a dcglcc, h chalaLtelle.,tlc oj the \yOlk uj Ill" C()llljllll1)11 de"ll:;ner" of the eighteenth centm \, 111lppellc1dle and llejlplc Idllte, ale a~ oh"cliahlc In the rCjlloduc11)11 ae., III the 0I1~1Il,tl" \nd a" 1l1dho~dll} I" the \Iood 111\\lllch they ,1IC m\k1ll~ thCII appedrallce the} ha,e heen acc01dul a lllgh deglce 01 Id\lll. CHIPPEI\OALE Made by lh· Century Furmlure Campany, Grand RaPIds. Ml h l\Taho~al1} Ie., nCi el out of fa"h 0 1 hut fur thc I),]"t tel\ \ C 11" It bel'> heel1 " eddd} regJ11111lg the plee.,t1i.;e that lt (1110\ e I 111 the ~land old colomal cIa)., that the poet tell., all ll1t ,md tho"c \vho ])o""e"e., 1l1ahO~allv jurl11Lure no\\ ])II/C tt at tt., tl ue WOI tho ~heraton tl us ted almoe.,t entl1 el} fOl decor d t on to III 1.1\ \volk of a \ery hIgh glade \Iarquetelle l'i the te ltUIC thClC SHERATON M.lde by the Century FurnIture Company Grand Rapids Mlch (01 c of man} of thc nc\'. ploduLllon" mo(lelecl attcl ShCl atOl1 d(e.,J~n, alld f.l"hlOlled tIOlll l11aho~dn}, (al\ln~ ale.,) .h~l1ICe." hut not so pJOnllnentIy a'i the :"1l11pler dev)latlOn VIhlch dc-pcnd" for H" heauty upon ez,quIslte colOl blene!lI1~ ane! Slm-plIClt} of ll11c. ~ot all the recent de<;lgn'i In furl1lture are of maho~an\ QUEEN ANNE Made by the Century FurmtureCo , Grand Rapids, MICh "ultace ane! glace of I1I1e ale allunng fO! tho:"e who ha,e \\C,llICd of the 1llOle highly .hme.,hed and ornate de'ilgn" of 1ll0deln cabInet-makers 'lllle., development of Illtele"t III altlstlc fur11lture ha3 also hl'ltlght about anotthel :"ubstItr.-ItlO1]-that of the FlemIsh '01\ Ie fOl the mOle angular \11'o:.lOn proe!uctlOn:" FlemIsh fur- 111ture look" good ane! fecI" good, dnd the most enthUSiastIc ,1(ln111er of the 'otralght ane! uncomproml<;lllg Illle'i of the .l\1Is- ~lun productlOn" 111U"t admit that comfort h not alwa} " then dhtlnl:;Uhhlng attllbute \ot ,dl thc 'pelloe!" fUll11tulC I" of Fng-lt'ih onglll, as the C,ql11 "Ite 1111porteltlOlh and I eprod uctlOn<; heanng the unmi<;- takahle II ench hall 111ark te"tlf}. But the"e D'rench designs alC alhtocrdt<; ln the fur111ture Illle that have no as'iOClatlon \'.11h the eqUIpment for the h\ Illg room, bedroom:" and e!llllllg room of the e\ el \ cia'. c\1l1enCdn home They belong to the dl a\\ In~ room \\ Ith e.,llken hdnglllg, and f1 e<;coed and rose ~allallded culIn~" and vvalh '[ he toUl do"ecl With an lll"peLtlOn of "ome lmported l'rench cdblllets and EI1/ahethal1 chllla closet'i of Amell(:an manufacture, of v\hlCh an lllu"tIatlon IS gnen near the beglll- 111llg of thl:" article large u~ers of red gum replle the stock after It has been carned a",ll1le and bulk It down with cros" "ticks every five or SiX layer:o, "0 a" to "trdlghten ont whatever tWiSt there may be m the board" Thl:-. practlcally as-.1He" the ehmmatlOn of tWl'St- 111gand warp1l1g It can be handledm thl<;;way to much better advantage than '" here an effort 1'3 made to "tralghten It ant by force', when cutt1l1g np the "tack and prepanng It for u"e: £01, when the pre""ure h apphed gradually, there I" no lo"s b) rea"on at breakage or ~phttll1g. \ Her hav111g been ellled and templfed 11l the dlr dlHl then redned It usually lo:oe" nearly all of It" walpmg tendency The co~t of handlmg lumber In thl" mdnner h not great, and the good re"ult'3 secured thel e-h) more thdn pay for whate' cr ont1ay there may be \ plan, which many furl11ture manufacturer" have fo1low-ed to good ad \ antage and employed where red gum. oak, mahogan\ 01 other wood'3 ale used, I" to de"lgn the article m "uch a manner that the Wide plece:o may be remforced and tl1l1:Opre' ent an\ walpmg 01 other defects showmg up In- "tance" have been known "here red gum boards eighteen mche" Wide have been glued together and made mto thlrty- "IX mch de:ok top" The top~ were firmly cleated on the bot-tom. held In place a" well as any other wood, and gave good "atl:"factlOn '1 hiS lumber had been standmg on the ,tick" £01 about a yaer ~nother manufacturer, who uses red gum fOl drawer" and panehng, guarded agamst the tendency to "hnnk and "well by the apphcatlOn of a couple of coats of :ohellac m"lde and out and found that the wood behaved itself a'3 well a:o any that could have been u:-.ed In thiS mstance pi am-sa '" ed gum '" a" employed and pldin "awed matenal 01 dmanl) give" more trouble than quarter-"awed The I eal pi oblem for the con:oummg trade b to "tud) the"e que"tlOIh and to del Ise ways to guard agalllst the ehffi-cultle" encountel ed If gum :ohow" a tendency to warp why not remforce It m ~ome \\ a)") \\ hen It I" u:"ed m the manu-facture of furl11ture, tenon" "hould hay e mal e body, and g"leatel plecautlOn" 111 the way of c1eatlllg the ",'Ide boald" al e requ11 ed \ \ hell the WOlk IS propeJly performed alld \\ ell sea"oned I ed gum h u"ed, the re:ou1ts "hould be "at l"fac to!) 111 e\ elY way, 'J he bOduty of thl" wood "honld appedl mal e "tI ongl y to the \mel1can people 111 the future than It ha" III the pa"t "SATIN WALNUT" AS A CABINET WOOD The Value of Red GUIll for Furniture and Interior Finish.···How It Should Be Handled and Seasoned The lumber mdu"tr) oi the country has been pi OVlded With much valuable mformatlOn by the mvestlgatlOn" which have beell made through the "clentlfic "tudy of many specie" of trees, agam'3t the u"e of which there ha~ been a pre]lHhce for one reason or another. and from dn economiC "tandpOlnt thiS 1:0one of the mO'3t 1mpal tant pha"e:o of the fOi est work of the govelnment, :"ay" the \\ ood",orker" Review. The late"t ehscovenes of valuable quahtle" 111 a former neglected specleo I e"ulted after an 111vestlgatlon of the red gum sometime, commerclallv called' satm walnut," which fincb I\:-' home 111 the hardwood bottom land" and dner "wamp, of the ~0nth, 111 mixture With ash, cottonwood and odk Thl" tree I" one ot the commone:ot timber tree" of the "outh, rCiachmg Ib be"t de- \ e10pment In the deep, nch soil of the bottom", whele It often attal11S a hClght of 150 feet and a diameter of five feet \\ ere red gum Imported from a dl"tance and obtal11able only dt d high pnce, It probably ",auld be u"ed exten"l\ el) In the man-nfactUl e of fur11lture, cabmet WOl k and 111tenor fi11l'3hmg, bnt be1l1g a natIVe wood and low m pnce, It ha" been C1lSCl1111- 1I1ated agamst Gradnally thl" obJectlOn IS be1l1g done a", a) With, and the demand for 1ed gum ha" l11crea,ed \ er) rapidly 111 the past few year" The best grades of reel gum, clear heart, find a market dlnlO"t e"c!nslvely 111 the export trade, though a large amount h now used 111the Umted ~tattJs for 111"lde fim"hmg Practi-cally SC\ enty-five per cent of the clear heart gum lumber cut 111 thl" country I" exported for use 111 England, } I anct and Crermany for the manufacture of funlltnre, 1I1"lde tnmm1l1g:o. newel po:ot'3 and ~talr ralhng" The commoner grade" of 1ed gum dre u:"td 111 the Lmted State:o for cheap furmtUl e, de"k", the better grade" of boxes, and a numbel of no\ eJtle'3 The pOOle"t grade goe:o 111tObOAes, ban el, and otho drtlc!e" fOl willch ~hOl t, llallOW board" can be u:oed The 1I1ner pal tlon of the heart:-, of the tree". w hlLh dl e of httle \ alue fOI boal d" on account of "luke" and other defect" ale n"ually sawed 1I1to two hy fOUl to t\\O hy t\\ehe. and "ometlme" "IX b) "I" anel "IX hy eight 11lch ]nuldmg tlm bel" Thc~e tlm ber:o ha \ e small \ alue-. 111the Idl ~e mal keh, but lle,lr the 11]111" the local tJ dde c,.JldU"t" the "nppl) I 01 the manufacttlle of "lack halld" led gum I" one of the mo"t ImpOi tdllt wooel" 111 the conntr). l,tllklllg "eumd to elm. both a:o d "ta\ c dnd d he'ldmg wood. l p to the yedl 1eJOOdm ,llld a httle cotton \\ oml WLl e l"e,l fm thh pm po,",e hut \\ Ilh the dlh allce 111 pilLe of thc:oe 'lood, .I "ub"tltute h,l(l to bc found, .tnd le(l l.("um, 0\\ 11l~ to Ih chcapne"" \\I,t" l "'pell' tntnted \\ Ith dud [oullli qmtc "dtl"fdLtol) I he dllcf ohJection to led gn11l h It, "tlon~ tlndenc) to 'l arp and t\\ 1,,1 1 hi" C.tll he elltll dy m ercome h) pi 0jJel halldhm; 1 he pi elMI atlOn of I ed gum lumber for any pUI po"c ,,11Ould beglll \\ hen the tree I" felled To guard ag,ull"t ,tdllJ- 1I1g 'tIld '" dl p1l1g, It 1:0lunel1ed In 11luch the :oame \'Ii ,Iy a" othu \\ood". but With the lmportallt ehftelence that the pile" ale IldllOwel, "0 that the air may CIrculate fleel). and thus ple- \ ent felmentatlOn of tht "ap, and that the Cia"" "tick" mu"t be pl.lced clo"el tog ethel It ha" abo heen found well to place heal) weight" on the cal" of red ~um "hen the) are "ent to the JoIn L\ClY IJldllufdLturel of hl~h glade fl11mtl11c and tllm kIlO\\' th.tt to "eCl11e the he"t po""lbk le"ulh. the ma-tClldl lllu"l hc ICLlllCd \\hcll It lCdche:o the fdLtm \ ~ollle ~--------------------------.._- ~ I STAR CASTER CUP COMPANY I I NORTH UNION STREET <;RAND RAPIDS, MICH. ' I:, 1I I,,. I,,, ,, ,, I,I ,. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) : I We ha\ e ~dopted cellulOId a' a hase for our Caster CUI" maklll/( the , he<;t cup 011 the market. CellulO1d IS a great ImprOvemetil over hao;;e<; • 'I made of other matenal \Vhen It 15 tleCebc;;ary to move a Pit Le <;upported " h, cups With cellulO1o bases It can he done WIth ea ...e as the ha~e<; are per • fectly smooth <. ellulO1d doe,; not sweat and hy the use of thec;:;e cnp.. • , tahles are uevt'f marred I he"e cups are fiBl<;herl III Goldf"tl Oak and • \Vhlle Maple fillt;herl I'/(hl If '10'/ "nU try a 8ample order ° II".. , • f1ood~ you, utll f!Plure to handle IlInn Ub qllnnftfteR . • , PRICES "I?e 2% 11Iche' $5 50 per hundred ' , "I/e Zli 11Iohe' 4 50 per hundred ' , f 0 /) Grand Rap,ds J It Y A ., I If ['{,Ie ONfJ/<'JI '. , I ~~ •••• w ••••• •••••••• 10 local of :S1.2'i fr0111 the :\Ib:-,oun flver and $154 to Salt Lake lit, b $.2 79 -\11 eastern baslnl.; Ime,; enjoy the :-,dme eltffer-entlal a~am"t Dem el In Utah tel ntory 1 t \\ d'o pnnupdlly to obtam I ehef from thiS clt:-,cflmma-lion that '[I I<"111delfiled his casc, 9S1 hefore the C0111mlSS1On I he C0111111IS:-,lOdnlCl not ~Iant wl1dt he "anted, and he was no! clt"plea"ed 1'vlth the Iulmg of the court I c"tral111ng the 01del of the C0111ml"'olOn111the ca"c \" "oon ,I" the Cd..,e h hndlh "ettlullll thc ~uplulle lotl1t to \\hlch It Will evldentl) be dppealLCl ..,ulh \\ III he filed befol e the com111h..,lOn d..,klng fO) thc Ch111111dbonof thc eAI..,tlng differential In the mean-tll11e all 111tele"t,; \\111 bc centeled to\\ald the ope11ln~ of the (Tah e"ton gate\\ d\ hy \\ hlch mean" It h hopcd the rallroael.., \\ III be compelled to grant pal bal rehef from the cltsCflmllla-lIon cOlllpamed of lomlllent1l1g" Oll thc eleci ~lOn while 111 Chlcal.;o the other da, ,11 Klllelel said I a111 cony Inceel that the court In Chicago 111aelea ml';- take III Its rullllg III the ,II"oufl rn er ca,;e, though as a loyal Dell\ e1 hooster I am not displeased With the deCISIOn. I ~alCl \\ hen thc deu"ton wa" announced and I sttll say that the court \\dS mhtaken In hohdng that the com1111';"lon can-not make a through I atc that IS Ie..,,; than the sum of all local Idte.., that go to make It up In the, ery nature of thmgs the throug-h-rate whel e the freight mo\ e, Without reload, should be Ie",; than the combined rate:-, where the good,; are unloael-tel once or tWIce bet ween the oflglllatmg pOInt and destma-bon \\ 1'..1"..KLY AR IISAN COURT DECISION AND KINDEL CASE. Denver Shippers Think the Chicago Ruling Will Result in a General Revision of Rates to Colorado and Utah Points. rL he 111cn dnel thc alhcd conlmLl u,t! 111!Uc"!'- !hdt elelldul to make and hd\c begun an dggle"..,I\e hght ,H.?,aln"t the 111gh late:-, now III eflect flom Cahc"ton to Dunel ,h \\cll ,I" lolorddo anel Ltelh tellltOl) gcnu,tlh \\l!lJOUt cl1dnge" bc-mg made 1\1thc oppo'ite ell!eetlon \ ho \\ el c "pm nul to eletlon through thc 1\1ltlabve taken b\ (,eOlge j K111del ])ell\ el :-, 11 represslhle and detel mined champton fOl 1ea"onablc 1ate" are greatly encol11agecl by the dcu"10n ot judg-e:-, (Jro""cup and Kohlsaat 1\1 the so-called :\1hOlOU11 In el ca "c" L he, claim that If that deu..,ton I.., to stand thllC 111U"t be a lC-ductlOn In through I dte" to Dell\ er dl1C1other Colorado and L:tah pOInts, from both -\tlantlC and Gulf pOl t" The Chambel of COlllmel ce the 'lanutactul el.., -\",0 clatlOn and the South\\ e..,teln '-,ll1ppel.., -\".." ~IdtHln hd' e combmeel to make a ..,ho\\ 1l1g bef01 e the comml""lon awl later for Itself ha" 1\1ade a petltlOn e"clmhl\ c ot that of \I1 Kllldel for a reductIOn of 1ate" '1 hc\ \\ ant a fir:-,t-clasOl rate of $140 hom Gah e"ton to Dell\ el II htle \11 hlllclel h con-tent to a"k for $1.80 a,; ag-aln"t the ple,ent and ne\\ late at $205 It IS beheved that the 10glcal \\a\ to fOlce the larl-loaels to grant rea:-,ona ble thlough rates h om thc ,;eaboal(l to Denver, IS thlough the Galveston gateY\ a\ Denvel sll1pper" contend that a reductIOn of the Gah c,,- ton rates wlll prov 1de a through late to Dem er f101\1 thc -\t lanbc scahoald, h\ the \\ a, of that pOl t 10\\ el than the 10\\- cst rates now gn en b, the ..,ea and ratl route" I he e"ht-lllg all-rail rate on fir:ot-clas'-, ~hlp1\1enb ham the se,lboal d to Colorado common pomt" I'; 3.2 73 dnd thCl e 1', d dIftu entIa! of 3CJ cents 111 favor of thc lall and \\ atel 10UtC mak111g the through late by the~e route,; $.2 3-1- The through Idte b\ the Galveston gateway \\Ith the ple\aIl1l1f; "team,;hlp late" to Galveston and the rate to be d,;ked fOJ from (Tah c,;ton would make the maximum thlOugh late b\ that port S1.6j It lS easy to be ,;een thdt ':ouch a I eductIon \\ould compel a reductton of the through 1dtes nO\\ cnJoyed from '-,eahoard ports It lS generally dg-Ieed amon~ "hlppel" and rarlroad men that of all the local 1ate" tram the -\tlantlc ,edboal d to Demel that from the :\II';';OU11 r1\el to Demur 1', Illo"t un lela"onable and \,,"oull COIlle 111fOJ the gleatc"t luluetlon It d leductlOn 111 the thlOugh Idte to Ulmer \\ele O1delec1 ]he rate tram the ,;eaboald 10 the '!h"l';"IDpl RnC:'l b 88 cent,;, thence to the \I1SS0Ul1 Rn II (,0 cent" and thence to Denver $12'i, the tll1ec lates mak111g the total thlOugh-ratc of .2 73 to Den \ er L nclel he I uuhng rccently g1\ en b) thc federal Clrullt court 111 (l11cago In the :'I11';';0111I In er ca..,l anc! enJ011l1ng the IntcI"tate COm11l1"~10n {10m Cnf01Cl11g-thc orclel thl'; through rate cannot be leduccd ",!thoul a cones ponc!Jng reducilon 111one 01 mOl e of the locdl 1ates ';0 that the through-rate \vl11 stilI be the sum of the local relte,; It IS gencldlh concedcd that the op1n1On deln ered 1l\ judge GIOS"CUp afford,; tonnelatlOn fOl a fight on the part of Colorado commOn pOlnh Sll1ppel" to ha, e the"e pOInt-, 1ccog-n1/ eel bv all the load" a:-, d ba:-'111g !Jne C:;uch a recog111tl0n "ould mean a 1eductIOn of I ate,; from the ,1 h,Otlll In el to Den, er and from Den\ er 10 Salt Take Cltv "0 a,; to ahohsh the dlfferentldl of 7,], cents that eAl,;t,; agd111st Dcm er and m favor of the -\tlantlc se,lhoald dnc1 thc J'111""OUllanc! ,11';';1"" Ippl flver,; m t'tah terntOl} The p1("enl rate frOIll thc 'fl"- "oun 11\el to Salt Lake Cltv 1" $.2 0:; l\hJ!e thc rate from Den, er manufactm el '; and Jobbe1'; made up by acldl11g thc 'I feel sure tl1dt "e wIll ultlmatel) arr1\ e at d "} stem of bd"l11g rallroad I ate" upon "el \ Ice rendered '\ obodv would contend that gooch could IJC :-,hlpped from '\ ew York to the ,fhSJ""lppl In el unloaded leloaded and "hlplJed aga1l1 to the \Il",oun fl\ C1 treatcd the ,;ame V\a) there. and ,;hlppcd dga1l1 to Den\ er dt the ,;ame expen,;e as the ..,amc g-oocl'i could he ,;ll1pped dIrect from '\cw YOlk to Dem er But thl'; 1', Just \\ hat the ratllOads do under the ba'img Ime 'oystem I do not want to he unclel,;tood a:-, helng- oppo ,ed to the ha"l11g hnc S\ ,tem It we can get It for Denver It I" a fine thmg for all clile,; on ,;uch a hasmg Ime dnd \\ ould cel tamh be a good th111g for Dem er T am onl) "tat111g nn 0p11110n that the ';\ "tem "Ill "oon be abolhhed a,; l!loglLal" p--- - - •• ,II I II I •I IIIIII ----------_._. --- ... - .- -------------- .. MUSKEGON VALLEY FURNITURE COMPANY MUSKEGON MICH ... , GOlOn101 ~UlleS Tall Post Beds Odd Dressers Coilloniers wardrooes ladleS' TOllels Dressma Tables MOOOaOny Ini00d GOOdS II II,I II IIII II I •,,II ,I I WRITE FOR CATALOG I I I ~---------------------------------------------~ block on Fourth "treet between St Charles and Vme streets The furl11ture and '3tove store of EmIle Beauregarde on J\laln '3treet. '1\ are, Ma"", wa" closed Sept 1. without any notice a" to the plOpnetor\ mtentlons, but he IS supposed to haye eleclCleelto qUIt busmess. The Rhoele'\-1\lahoney Fur11ltme Company of Chattan-ooga, T<)[1n.. haye I ecently maele adchttons that double the capaCIty for dOing busme~" and now have one of the largest and be"t arranged stores m the South L F Bertrau & Co, furmture dealers of Big Rapids, 1\11ch, nm\ own the bmldmg m whlch thelr store IS located hay mg purchased It recently The buIldmg was formerly oc-cupied by the Big Raplds Furnlture Company Chel"ea C. Fra:->er of Sagmaw, MICh, has belen appomted ~overnment furmture mspector for the department of the Great Lakes Hl'\ headquarters wlll bel at Grand Raplds, but at pre"ent he IS mspectmg furmture that is being made for the government m Chlcago F S. Harmon & Co, furmtule Jobbers have Just com-pleted and occupled a four-story bUlldmg 60x150 on First avenue and Massachusett'\ street, Seattle, Vvash, and are prepanng to erect an adJommg bUlldmg that IS to be 120x150 "IX stones, to cost $200,000 Albert Young, representmg a Kansas Clty company that makes walnut tnmmmgs, has been buymg walnut stumps m the vlcmlty of Plttsburg, Kans, recently He declares that old stumps furmsh the be::,t walnut now obtamable' and says 'we even go down for the roots" The orgamzatlon of the new E Z c\uto Go Cart Company has belen completed and the plant IS bemg moved fl om BeiOlt, to Monroe, \\'lS Fred Kaplan of Chlcago IS presldent of the company, George E. Thrope of Monroe lS secretary and Sam-uel Kueller of BeiOlt, ge'neral manager The George D Emery Company of Chelsea, :;\;[ass, ma-hogany Importer::" have recen ed a pnvate settlement of thelr clalm of $2,500,000 agamst the! 1\1lcarauguan government for the cancellatIOn of a tnnber conceSSIOn that was granted to the company several vears ago Terms of the settlement havel not been made pubhc, but the company 1'3beheyed to have ac-cepted "omethmg Ie"" than $1,000,000 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. W G Bu::,::,ee, IS clo"mg out 111Sfurmture ::,tOle m Col-fax. VV' ashmgton } J Teal, undertaker of 1nCllana BarbOl, 1ml, hac, "old out to John Huber E L Barber c,uccecd::, 'IV J Beckwlth. furlllture dealer at Wyommg, Iowa The Hot Spnngs (Alk) Bed Company has made an as::'lgnment for the benefit of crechtors Woodham's Furlllture Company of ~an l'ech 0, Cal, have moved mto larger quarters at 224 Sixth street Charle::, L Rus"ell, the plOneer chalr manufacturel of Keene, N H, ched on i\ugu'\t 31, aged 71 year" The ,\ D J acocks Company, undertaker" of Cmclllnati OhlO, have mcorporated Capltal stock $25000 Harry Shafer, a pIOneer and the fir"t furmture dealer of Snyder, Okla , dropped dead of heart dhcase on August 29 Mltchell & Cunnmgham, furmtul e and carpet dealer" of Derby, Indlana have filed a voluntary petltlon m bankruptcy Jones & Phllhps, furmture dealer" of Llttle Rock, c\rk, have doubled their floor "pace by rentlng an adJommg buIld-mg The Tams Funl1ture Company delalers, of Huron, S Dak. has moved mto a ne"" modern bUlldmg aClO,\,\ the street from thelr old "tore The York Furnlture Company, dealers of York, Pa, are to be succeeded by the Ebert Furmture Company, lecently orgamzed, on October 1 The G P ,Velgel Company of CIc\ elal1d, 0, has made an a"lgnment to I\; K. Calclvvell a::, asslgnee Llabihtle" $6,775, assets estlmated at $12,500 The Goodnch lurmture Company of Redland'3, Cal, have Ju:->teqUIpped thelr store With racks on wll1ch they are able to display 44 styles of dmmg tables Credltors have filed a petitIOn In bankruptcy agamst the Hallack- Deamer Company, whole'3ale and I etaIl dealer" m furl11ture and carpets of Kansas City, Mo Verner Snauble who about a year ago succeeded hI', father a" manager of the \llchlgan Furmture Compan} of Ann -\rbor, )'11Ch, dled 011 August 30, aged 37 yeal s The HIldreth (Nebr.) Furmture Company has moved mto commochous ne\\ quarters m a new bnck bUlldmg wlllch contams a theatre With a seatmg capaCIty of 800 T. S Hamilton, of the Belhngham Bay } Url11tUle Com-pany, Bellmgham, v\ ash, has purchased a half block of land upon which a large furl11ture factory Will be operated The Empire Home Furmshmg Company of Ansoma, Conn, C A Rmgel, manager, has moved mto largel and mOle convement quarters at the corner of )'lam and Ohvla street~ The VVelgel Furlllture and Carpet Company of St J os eph, Mo, has secured the contract for furlllshmg the carpet::,. rugs, drapenes and bedchng for the new Dreyfus hotel of Kansas CIty. The InternatlOnal Veneer Company have purcha"ed a tract of 12 acres of land at Centralta, ,Vash, upon yyhlch It Will erect a factory employmg about twenty-five operative, at the outset Henry Feige, selmor member of the firm of Henr} Fel~e & Co, furmture dealer'3 of Sagmaw, :\lIch, cheel on Sept 1, aged 71 years and 9 months He 1" survlVed by a y\Idow, a son and three daughters The PI uflock-Lltton Company, hou"e furnl"her'3 of ~t LOUIS, \10, have mo'" ed mto lar~el quarters across the c,treet from their old store. They now occupy the entire ----_._----- ---- ---- -------_._---_-. --~ I . . _.. . . We Manufacture the Larl!est Line of 1n the U ntted States, SUitable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all pubbc resorts We also manufacture Brass Tnmmed I r 0 n Beds, Spring Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large varIety Send for Catalogue and Prices to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND. OHIO II t ........~ lo dl t u~1I1g the"e IOckel ~ a" !cadel" 1'3shown by the hecld- Ing- on page cycy') \\ hILh reae!" \\ e ale offerIng ane! Illu'3tJat1l1g the large~t and mo"t up-to-ddte Ime of rocker~ e\ el "howlI b) a catalogue hou~e 01 turl1ltUI e "to! e I he) al e all made b) the largest facto! y In thl~ 1ll1e v\ho hd\ e the reputatIOn of turnIng out hIgh grade locker" [he bl\\ I11g commIttee of the ::\I111nesota -\'iSOclatlOn ha~ etl"o nue!c ,'II angemenh b) \\ h,ch member'3 can obtall1 medll1m and low glade c1l1ffol1ler~, ch e""er", commode" dnd othll ca~e good~ at plILe~ con"l<lerabl} lower than tho~e quoted 1)\ \Iontgomel) \\ anI & Co. The"e good" are plC-tUI eel and e!e'3Cllbed on a clrculal whIch under the headmg -\ :-'oltcl (hk DI e"~el for le,,'3 Than You l '3uall) Pay for a COl1lmocle ~a\" MORE MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION HELPS Buying Conunittee Succeeding in Beating SOllIe of the Best Bargains Offered by the Chicago Mail Order Houses. The \1\ eekl} \Itban made no I1lI"take la"t \\eck \\hcll It dec1al ed the ::\IlI1ne'3ota RetaIl FUlnIture Dealel" \ ~~OCla-tlon was more actl\ e and \'\ a~ domg mOl e tOI Ih membel" than any "111111arOIgal1lzatlOn 111the countr) It ~houle! hay e been stated, however, that the actl\ It} and ,ucce~" ot the ::\lmnesota A"soclatlOn 1'3 due lalgel} to the "eCletal\ \\ T, (~rapp of JaneSvIlle, \\ho "eem" to be a man ot tdet and ab1llt\ WIth the knack or facu1lt) of m"plrIng the \ anou" COI11l111tteee, ancl keep1l1g them bu,,) DUrIng the past fe\\ month~ the 1[l11ne"ota \~"ouatH)J] ha" made "peclal effort to meet mad 01 del competltloll and thu" enable the member~ to "ecure thur tull "hale ot the trade that 1'3sure to follO\'\ the marketl11g ot the ClOp" \\ hlch were never bettel 111 thell state II Ith that end 111 \ levy they u~e what are called "\,,~ouatlOn Help" Olle of the"e I" 111the form of a C1rculal (\ 0 :26) \\l1ICh h headed You (d 11 Beat ::\Iontgomer) \ \ a1Cl" HIgh (~Iade l{ockel Leadel" and has an 1I1troduct1On I ead1l1g a'3 fo 110\\ " "These four Item ~ al e ~ho\\ n on pdg e C)<):; ot thell '\ 0, II catalogue and ale thell ~peClal leader~ anel "uch that hel\ l made the> bu) II1g commIttee go "ome 111 ordel to find a way to beat It ContJact ha~ been mdele tOl one hun-dred of each of the"e foUl pattern" \\ hde \\ c cannot blmc; these to you at d pllce \'\hlch \\ ould edlO\\ \ OU to make thl u'3ual profit, stIll we c10 bl1l1g them to \ au at a pille \\ hllh wJ11 enable) au to meet thh fiel ce Item of competitIon and "tIll make "ome PIOtIt, and \\ hen) ou I eah7e thdt the tdCtol} that h makmg th0'3e chall'3 fOl If II Co I" ~endlng out -tOO a week It certaml) goe" to ~how that ~omeboch I~ 10~mc, d lot of trade that belong" to them anel no dealel can u:'e the cry of plundel \\ hen he meet-, tllI" competItIOIl tUl they al c not. Do not fOlget that the a\ erdgc cu~tomel Lan tlll \ ednl when he '3ees It The~e chall '3 coulel not hc hought IlguLlI h dt f10m 10 to:20 per cent hIghI'I tlun If \\ Co "ell" thlm t ,I --"ot a plea'3all t cOllchtlOIl to fdce "The be"t palt of the contrel(( I" tI',lt attu thl itl,t -tOO ellc ~old \\ e Cdn get the,c Chelll~ dt dn} trIne \\ c \\ ,LIlt thcm hut the l111tldl OIdu had to b" Idlgc enough to p,n thc m fell Lhanglllg the macll1nL~ dncl the nCle,,~al} e"IKII"c oj ploe!null" the'3e fOUL pd11eln" \'\lllch al L onhldc of thul Ilc,u1ll hill ThelefOle do not fUlget thelt II \\l ehk ,I fdele)] \ t l do d III tdlll thIng that \\e In hllll mn~t 11\e up tc, thc lOlldlll()Il" jh II make It pO"'3lhle \" an a~~OlIclUon \\e can n"L thl le<]llIled amount \\Ithont dll} trouhle If cdch memhu \\ 111hIt U"C on, ot the patteln" H} dOIng ~o }oU \\111 get mOle t1uII \d!Ul lecel\ed and put }oUl"clf 111 a pO"ltHlll to Ilkel el ph'hl oj cOl1lpetltlOn that }O\\ ne\u untld edOllC '-,0 oldu elt 11a"t a ~al1lpk ~et eUld ~11()\\ thc 1m} I11g U)11111lItte~ thelt \ 0\\ dl C \\ 1th them m tlll~ ~el111eof I11cetlllg UJ1l1jJLtltI )11 ! Ull1'- ,I" \\~uaj ~end all Oldu" to the :-,cuctal\ Jdne~\llle \llIllll "ota y OUI ~ \ ('I) t 1\\h "Buylllg CommIttee of :\I1l111e~ota Relell! I \\llI't'\1 c J)C,dLl" "\ ""ouatlOn Then follo\\ '3 el pell tlal ICplOel\\ctlOll 0 f lJ.lC,L C)):; fJ 0111 \fol1tgol11elY \1 dIe! & Co ~ late"t cat,doglll \\ hllh CelillL" lIlh al1d de~CrIptlOll" of the loc!,eh 111el1tlO11«1 \\ Ith Lom-jl,\ Idtl\e pllce~, 111~utcd, "ho\\Ing \\helt thc "ellllC lockLl" \\111 Lu"t mel1lhel~ uf thc el""OU,ltlOlI a" ILj)1()(lncu! 1)\ thc \\ llkh ArtJ"an on the follOWIng pdg-e 'J h<lt :\Iont~o1llu} \ \ a1C] l\.. \\ e n~e thl ~ plll a ~e to bllng forCI bl) to your m1l1d the l "tl ,\01 d1l1dl\ \ al ne" that \\ e pI e'ient to you at th1" tIme ()y u halt of onl 111e111]) el " can te"t1f} that thi" hne of cheap la"e c,ood" h 1)\ tar the be~t, and are fi11l~hed and constructed blttel thall dm hilI', that the) hay e e\ er before been able to b\\\ at an\ \\ hel e ncal the~e figul es \nd ,ou ma\ le~t a~~l\1eel that If any hne of goods 1'3 "nch that \ 0\\ Lan fill tv, 0 car" at a da) ~ con, entlOn, It ought to bl ab"olute plOot thdt thl" I" the best lme of goods that we dll able to get [he"e good" dIe "lllpped 111 co-operatlve cars ol1h aile! thl iIelght late to :\Itnne~otd Tran"fer IS $100 per h \\11e!Jeel j here \\1 III he a chal g e of lOc for tl ansfer charge" a t If mne~otd '[ ran "tel Send all oHler'3 to the Secretary at rell1l~\ Illl 1!l11ne"ota It \\111 take 15 day'3 a~ a rule to make dell\lIIC" (,ll \OUl oilIer In h) letl\1n maIl and It wIll be 'lddu! to thc lomlllg cal ~ 'I el 111'> as u"ual. . ') OUI" for co-opel atlOl1 \111111 Retdll Il\lllltl\1e Dcalel'" \'3,,'n "The Buymg Coml1l1ttee " I hl 1>\1\ 111-';Ull11mltlu ha" etl"o made dnangement to fur-l1I" h qUelltLl ~hcL1 Ul udal, \\llth 111n~tJall()n" fOI the the of dledu" ,It I ((In'cul PIICC~ I he"c ach e1thIng bIlls dl e pnnted 111"nch fm 111that tIll ndme of the dealel md) be 1I1"e1ted ,lIH! thc 1)1 ILL~ c!J,lllgeel to "Ult h\ll1 [he} al~o fUllll'ih cnt~ I()I 111\\"lJ.ljJLI elchU tl"ll1g 1'1\1po~c~ at elbout fifty pel cent of \\ helt 11 \\ (mId co~t lach dealel to hay e them I11dde for hImself ,Il](! t hl \ ell)"C t1n" ellllWUnCUl1ult \\ 1th the follow111g sug- "C"tl01l I t take" 1bout one \\ eelL to 1111 01der~ fOl cut" and ur- C\1l.11" \\ould ~ug-t;C~t 111<1telll membel~ 01del cut'3 \\lth Il ,LChll~ 111,1ttl1 attdchul hecau"e ) on conld not hay e the dl"lllpt\OlI \\C ~I\C \OU "et up In the a\Cle1ge pnlltlng office !C)1 k"" thall the \\ hole cut cu"t~ )OU \llothe1 \llu'-,l1a- 11011ot \\ hdt C()-ojll1 dtn c buy 1l1g can do, :\Iake g-ood n"e of tIn" l11et1111,d J helt the\l co opu atl\ e plan of bu} 1I1g I~ "ucc("3"ful I~ mdllated In the 1I0tlce that owmg- to the unexpectee! de-l11el\ 1l1It ha" bcell fonnd lIeCe"~dl} to ltmlt the numbcIl of "oml plele" thdt can be fUll1l"hed at ple"ent to "IX, eIght or tel1 I1J a "Ingle 01del but the commIttee announces that ar- I allgcl1lcl1h \\ III ~OOIlbe mdde to meet all demdnd" Dealel ~ eliC elch I~ed to put In e1goocl ~nppl) of the advertl"mg- mater-led ,ll1d } 0\\ Cdll cU t'llnl} 'mdke a 1l0l~e' In } 01\1 c0111nHlnlt} If \0\\ n"l thc"L elehell1LlgC" IIghU} J\'o need to fear mati 01 del COl1lpellt\Un \\ hUl you hd\ e the~e gooel~ on ) OU1 floor,," WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 ~ Onp of thp Minnesota Association HHelps" RPIJrodllced Front a Circular. Fi9-No 155-0ne of the most elaborate hIgh grade roc k e r S that we have ever bf'f'n ahle to nffel lit the pllee It IS a vel) heavy, nchly carved piece All the carvwg- on thIS rocker IS done by hand. and I" not f'mliossed It IS mllde of f'xtra heavy btock th ruout the arrlls are :3% In chei' \\Idl', and 17,i IOl-he,;. thICk 1h· maw post under thf' carved heads lire 1% lIlchf's thIck, apd lhe carvwg directly un der the-Illms IS three Inches thICk l'hf' top panel of back IS 5 mches deep. It IS ver~ seldom that you tind II rocker at thiS PIlCA made WIth stock of thiS Size. It IS all beautIfully made of large flaky quartered oak aud highly hand polished, and can be had 10 the golden or weathered hOlSh, or In ma hogany nOlsh. and when furmshed In mahogany timsh all panels are of geDume mahogany Has Wide, shaped arms and large, shappd Beat lInd an extra high back With ear brackets, and as the back IS hIgh "Dough to rest one's head It makes an exceedingly comfortable plf'ee. ThIS IS made especially for our house by one of the largest and most ulJ.to date factories 10 thIS hne Only the mosl modeln .uachlOen IS ubed whIch assurf'S all parts com1Og through smoothly and fitt10g per fe, tl), packed by t'xpenf'nced packels. A ery SUItable piece f(H par 101, lIvmg room or hbran, and one of the most ornamental pIeces you could have for your home. WeIght 5U pounds \Iontg-omery, Ward price $8 50 PrJce to members l"rPlght customer pays 'i5 Hett\l\g up and del1venng :n -----no F 19 No. 155 oak polished 7.40 F 19 No. 155 mahog. pl>lished 7.40 F.19-No l:i-Thl" large ro('ko-r IS madl-" uf tht' flak) q uartt-r. d golden Ul\k. It makf's a handsome rocKpr III either fillish HKS an extra high shapPd hack and a largl-", full roll -.hllp ..d ..eal, I\S )"U will notice frolll lhe IliustralilJn, Posts 1111\0" of 4 III stoch, Irlmlllt-d \\ ith LlHVllI(! HI'HIIII<" IOllg turllt-'d ;'),111<110-<' and all part;, ,1I\:' perfl-"( tl) htlpd II lid smooth \\ hi. h gl\t> it Hil artistic ef. lpet It IS high gfl\df', Rohd and com· furtable Weigh t 35 IHlunos Pnce to memhl:'rs F 19 No. 15 Gold-en Oak 4.95 \1ontgomery, Ward prIce ...•.. FreIght customer would pay Settmg up and delivery .. Net cost to your customer $5.95 .65 35 $6.95 Electrotypes without reading matter attached. , , .. , .. Electrotypes with rea.ding maiter attached ....•....... FHI-3:'00-Thls large rocker IS made of flaky quartered ~old ~n oak, 01 Elul Eng !Jsh hlllsh It makes a handsome rockel Hl elthe, tHlISh. Has an e'1(tra hIgh shaped back and a large, full roll shaped seat, as you WIll notICe from the IIIustra tlOn Posts aremadeofmch stock and neatly embossed Also has long turned spIDdles, whl\.:h give gIve It a very artistIc <'tied 1he factory that prod u ces thIS locker (,Illplo)s the I)p~t ~kIlled labol and IS eqUipped WIth the most modern lDachlD-pf' '1 hlB assures all parIs belng perfectly fitted bnd smooth be-forf> thp hmsh I~ ap p1lerl It 1" one of the hest bll rga IDStha t has eve r been offered In thIS IIDe It IS high gTade. solJd and com fortllble It IS SUItable for the parlor, library or lIvlDg roan, HI d ornamentallD deSIgn Weight 30 pounds \lontgomery, Ward pflce I,'relaht ~'tt~ng up and delivery $4. ',5 65 j;) ......... ,. Net cost to your customer Price to members F 19 No. 3200. F 19 No. 3200. 555 Oak Early Eng. 3.87 3.87 • • Fig-No l61-Thls loekel IS made of large flaky quarter sawed golden oall:, or In the mahogan) tI n Ish When fu rDlshed ID the mahogany theseat and back are made of genUine mahogany ve neer of 1he chOICest stock '1 he pohsh IS high grade thruout, - and IS made by one ot thf' laTgest factoflf's whICh ha;, the reputa tlOn of OJ!tk lflg- the v..ry highest grade uf thiS IlDe '1hey have the most slnlled labor thruout theH factor) an' DothlOg but Ihe very hIghest g'rade of Quarteled oak, ma hogany varOlsh and everythlDg about ItS conetl uctlOn IS of the very best qua!Jty The back, arm and seat are so shaped as to make It comfortable. Weight 40 pounds $69:> 65 35 PrICe to members ..•. Montgomery, Ward Pflce Freight customer would pay Settmg up and dehvery ... 35c 40c F19 No. 161 oak 5.95 mahog. 5.95 Net cost to your customer ,. ARTHUR S WHITE. PreSIdent ALVAH BROWN, VIce PreSlden' HARRY C WHITE. Sec'y T,ea, WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-.-.._._. ------------- ~~~·~sA BARGAIN No 537 28x42 top. Quarter Sawed Oak, Cross Band Rim, Polished, $7.50 You can't make money faster than by buymg thIs fine lIbrary Table by the dozen, unless you make up a carload out of thIs and other good thmgs we have to show you. PALMER MANUFACTURING CO. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Ave., DETROIT MICH. ---------------------------~ ~----------------- --------------------~ I , I • : I •IIIII III 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 savmg tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5i08-5110 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. ~ ••••••• _ •••••••••••• __ ••••••••••••••••• 4 15 --~ •III• III III III II III IIII II II II II• I I Over 850,000 Alaska refngerators sold sin c e I 878. Desirable features of an Alaska Refngerator: Small consumption-ohce. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation ef food. We sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG. The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. I L E. Moon. New York Manager, I 35 Warren St., New York CIty. I'---------------_. .. ~ ,..-._-------------- a _ ·III•• III IIIII•IIIII II MUSKEGON, MICH. No. 592 .- ..----- ! ....... -.. I~ . ----.., I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT (5 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. - - --------------------------------. 16 faml11es and frell:;ht tt affic con~e<;iIon occurred quite frequent- 11 herOIc the COI11I11I""IOn"v,ele created WEEKI Y ARTISAN "UBLISHEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUISSC"I"TION $1 eo Pe:" YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHe:RCOUNT"IES $2 00 PER Ye:AR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. A. S WHITE. MANAGING EDITO" Entered as .e~ond class matter July 5, 1909, at the post ofhce at Grand Raplds. Mlclllgan unde! the act of March J 1879 BAD FEATURE IN THE CORPORATION TAX LAW. The federal corporation tax prO\ 1"lon of the Pay ne tantt hdl Impo"es I111JUStburden<; upon the manutacturer<' ot tur-l11ture A;, IS well known the condItIOn <; of the trade I e-qUIre that the la"t two or three month<; ot each, eal be (ll 'oted to the manufacture of '3tack tor "111p111entdm111g the early months of the ) ear to como. ;:"'tocks dl e 111\ anahh larger on the first da) of Januar) than at othel pellod" and on account of more favorable \\;eather the annual 111'en tor) b usual!) taken 111the month<; of :-Ia) or June ~Cnder the new corporatIOn tax law all 111\entones mu;,t be taken On the 31st day of December, a phy"lcal Il11pO'3,lhI1lt\ \\ Ith I11dny manufacturer'3, and factor) bluld111g" and ,\ areholhe" mu s t be 1Ightod and warmed to enable the <;tock counter, to per-form their dutle<; One week I" none too much time fOi tak111g an account of '3tock 111 a factor) transact1l1g a hU"111es" amount111g to $300,000 annually and ) et there wa;, none 111 congress WISe enough to conSider thiS fact ()\\;ner" of de partment ;,tore" and other large enterpnse" \\ dl he put to great mconvel11ence and expen<;e on account of the enforce-ment of the terms of the Payne bill, \\ Ith \\ hlch no mterest seem<; to be satisfied CREDIT AWARDED TO SENATOR SMITH. The furl11ture manttfactureh of Crancl Rdp](l" tenclel ed a dl11ner to Senator Smith, which was accepted and eaten 111due form, at the rooms of the I, urllltUI e CUlld, On Sept em her 10, Oratory was pro'ided by A S (,oodman an(l E H 1,oote, Roy S Barnhart, Senator Smith and othel" \[1 (,.Godman accorded credit to the Senator for OppO"1l1g an e'C-ce" slve mcrease In the dutIes on lookmg glas" plate<;, and l-Ir. Halnhart for hI;' servIces m OppO,,111gthe Il11pOsltton of a dut) on cab met woods (The astute daJ1y new"papers declared that the senator had successfully opposed the levy of a dut) upon cab111et goods) ,\ letter slgnul h) the pre"ldent de-elallng that 1\11 SmIth "d'3 al! light \\a" re:lad, and when the "enator was 111troduced he opened the cagle '3 ca~e and let the nohle bud out L\" It sOdled through the rooms the "endtOl '-, bo"om S\\ elled WIth pI HIe and hh mU"lcal tongue unloo"ed the pent-up eloquence that hmdened hh "oul Re,tll) ;\1r SmIth I.., a <;ure th1l1g senatOl That "lead111g railway offiCIal" who blame'" the ..,tate and interstate comn1l'S<;lons for car famine.., and conge"tlOn of freight traffic may be right in hiS conclUSIOns to some extent but hiS theory IS negatived conSIderably by the fact that car I he C,,111hltl0n of L11110U.., antique fur1lltlll e in connectIOn \llth the [Tuc1~on-T ulton ann1\er,al) celehratlon 111 f\ev\ York \1111 oj-jer oppOI tU111t!e.., fOI fl11111t l11e de..,lgners tlldt <"hould !lot he neg1cctul It \\111 enable them to "tudy "0111e produc-tlOlh ot the 'old 111d"ter" that hay e not heretoiore heen .1 l( ~,lh1c. 1 he 1 et,l1lel ~ of \"lrgI111,1 wel e so well plea<;ecl WIth the ad(h e..,,, dcl1\ el ul b) () TI L \ \ el1llch.e to their a "'S0CJatlOn lecentl.' that the: expre..,..,ed their appl eClatlOn hy con fernng UpO!l hlln ,I 111lhtal) title TTeledftel, he ]j known, Mr \Ver- !llcke I11U"t he addl e..,,,ed as "colonel .. fhe ahJ1ltv to an<;wel an) que~tlOn about hi'" bu<;ine<;'3 that 111lght he a"ked hl111 "on for a tray c1mg ..,ale<;man 111 GeI-man) the (h"tl11L1lOn, duly atte..,ted by a pIlLe medal, of thc mo"t "ucce..,,,tul ..,alesman 111 the el11plle Tn"lllcel1tv In "ale"man"hlp ha, been compared to the dC t ot thnm lll~ a cup at a man and expeL11l1g hl111 to catch a ..,aucel -t he Cook Pear) FurnIture Company, when organ lied, ma, e"tabh~h a furmtme factory at the \Jorth Pole Free Furniture for a Free Dispensary. -\bout d .I eal afio John \ \ Iddlcomb of the humt!'1 (' C0111- pan) that bear" hIs name 111 (,rand Rapids, proposed to e..,tah-h.., h a dhpen<;ar) and free tl eatment for the de~el vln~ pOO' ot ut, Local pl1\ "IClans With whom he dl<;cu;,,,ed the mattu ;:>d\hed 111m to 10111"Ith the Buttervvorth Hospital -\..,;,ocla-tJon which had heen lonsldenng a ;,lll1llar pro] ect. He plomptl) changed hi'" plan<; deCided to act WIth the hospital authontle" and offered to make the necessary furmture free of lO"t HI" donatIOn wa" accepted and the furmture, whIch \\ d" del1\ ered la;,t \Ionday, grade;, WIth the finest oak pro-duct ot the Grand Rapids factone<; t he free ch;,pemary occupIes 111 the hospital bmlcltng-lO1h ultatlOn 100111 111echc111ero0111, surgical 100111and a r00111 de' oted to the tl eatment of the eye, ear and no;,e. Severed ph) "Iuan<; and "ugeons ha\ e denoted their <;erVlceb and thel e \\ III be no red tape about the manalSement or 111 '3ecunng treatment h, tho<;e who deserve It 01 are unahle to pay for It 1hel e "nll be no rule~ except <;uch a" may be nece'3<;ary to g-uard agalll" t tho"e who would mhl epre<;ent theIr finanCIal colHhtlOlh and abu"e the pr1\ J1ege'o afforded by the 1I1'3tJ-tntlOn Royal Chair Cataloguf>. I hc RO)dl CIldl1 Company of Sturgl.." :-Ilch, have ]u<,t "'ent out thCI1 catalogue" fOI 1909-10 It h a heautlful book of -l-R page" 9·-<12 and cover Tllu<;trallon" of their 1ll1e of up-hol" tered chall b 1I1c1ud111g their famon" "Pu '3h the Button clnd Re"t ale pl111ted on a buff colored back ground glV111g an eHelt that mu<.,t be ,eel1 to be appreCiated Cople!" of the com pan) " ach ertl<;e111ents that are run 111 the most popuLlr peno(hcal<; are "ho", n and also samples of advertisements furl11shed dealers for u<;e in newspapers, etc. The cover I" of dal k gray color, prmted 111 blue and gold and embo<;sec1 Dealers who fad to receIve a copy before the end of thiS month should notify the company by letter or card \V E E K L Y ART I SAN 17 Gum The Albro Established 1838. .- -, Veneers. Co. --_._----~-----_._---_._-------------------- l.'rench Bounty iOJ· Commercial Travelers. \CCOIdl11g to Con-;ul \ \ 1111al11HalClel, of Rhemh, the ~eeretaly of Commelce and 1neIu"try of I rance announces that 111 ordel to encourage young 111en \\ ho have entered 01 Vvho Intend to enter a com1110 Clal career to extend the11 kno\v1edge 111c0111111erual or 111dustllal matter" b) \ j"lt1l12, f01 el2,"n coun- Ule", the follow111g plan ha" been adopted A subventIOn has been createeI by thel French Government to pay f01 the SOJoUln In a country out"lCle of Europe, al.,o out'3lde of Algiers, of four of the apphcants who pa'3s a compe-tltlve exam1l1atlOn with the lughe"t figurel'3 of mellt. Thl~ suln entlOn 1'3111tended to be good for one) ear but, with the con"ent of the Secretary of Commerce and 1ndu'3tr), It can be granted fOi a second year. The amount of money allotted to each ~uccessful canchdate for the fir~t year IS 3,000 franc~ or $;71.) , for a pO,,-;lblel -;econd ) eal, 2,400 francs, or $46320 '1 he tray ehng expen~es are to be paid by the canchdater.;. but whel e the holder of a prn !lege for -;ub\ entlOn ab"ents hl111self 111a fal-off country a certain allowance toward defra) 111gthc ek pense" of tran"portatlOn ma} be accolded upon recommcnda-tlOn of the committee of exar111l1atlon N one but young Frenchmen v\ ho are free flom actn e l111htar) duty, and who are not less than 21 nor more than 30 ) ear'3 of age. are pen111tted to compete for the "ub\ entlOn Buck Hlother", cha11 mantlfactltrel" of l'nnceton, ::\Ia'o-;, h<\\ c plllcha'3ed what I" known a" the olel pottel \ lJllllchng, nc ar the I allroacl -;t,lt1on In that tOV\n and WIll u"e It a" a iJ111"h11lQ, depal tment. Beating Their RecOl'ds. \1001 c"\ Ille. 1nd, Sept 10- Thc 1nchana Bras", and Iron Bcd Company, l1lanUfactlller~ of high art brass and 110n bcd", (1lb" and canopies are contcrnplatlng the hmldmg of an ad-chtlon to thell plant 111the '3pnng to be u'oed as an enameltng dcpal tment 1'Ie.,ldent-Gencral J\Ianagel S 13 Nu-;sbaum re-pOl t'o the company'~ bU"lness as the largest thiS year 111thcir hl"tory The Fall Creek \1anufactunng Copmany have recentl) doubled the11 capaut) Manager Von Canon '3tate~ they have donc a larger \ olume of bus111e-;" thl!', far th!', year than In an) '3lmllar pCllOd In their hl'3tor.y Rushville Factories on Full Time. Rll -;h\ Ille, J nd, Sept. 10-The Inl1l~- Pearce Furniture Com pan) are runl1lng full t11ne and \\111 employ a full force of men all through the year 1909 The company la'3t year lmllt a SOx100 two story additIOn to their plant and which I" bemg used as a veneellng department Secretary-Treas-urer Robert A Inn1'> says they are Just bem11lng to work on thenr new ltne of chamber sUites for 1910 The Park }ur11ltUle Company, manufacturers of ltbral) and parlor tables. pedestals and tabouretes report busmess ex-cepttonally good s1l1ce July 1 The plant IS being run on full ttme With a full force of men The officer., of the coml~any are pi eSlClent. J D. Ca'3e. vIce preSident, R A 1n111s; secre-tary- tlca"luel, C f' l\lu1l1l1. supenntendent, \V M Pearce Charle~ n,ntlett IS a ne\\ unclertakel at Lnlon City. :\lIcl1 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN tII t These lines are for sale in the Evansville Furniture Ex- ! change. Call and inspect them; it is worth your while. I I III II I THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, ChIffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges FurnIture Co Since the opening of the Furniture Exchange many buyers for prominent houses have Inspected the Big Six Lines. By the group-ing of the lines on one floor a great deal of time is saved the buyer and intelligent, successful buying rendered possible. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In Imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and LIbrary Cases. I THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. I II THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. ! Manufacturers of the' Supenor" Line of Parlor, Library, Dmmg and Dressing Tables I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. I II Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, ImItatIonquartered oak, and sohd quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and ChIffoniers In ImItation quartered oak, Imitation mahogany, and Imitation golden oak Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guardnteed Brass and Iron Beds. Cnbs, Wire Springs and Cots. ... . .-.-------- . ------------------------------------------------------------------- . ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 t I I I I, III I \I,,• I, III II ,I I,,I IIII II , I II~----------_.._----------------------------------------------._-------------------- Made by Bosse FUlUlluTe Co I\hde by Globe Futmlure Co Made by Bockslege Furmlure Co Made by Bockslege Furniture Co II III I II ,• ••I,I III IIII \ ----_.-. t?,ll,\t \o!?,ue I hen the LI"Il\onahle and popular Turkey work l hall takln!?, It-> name fJ om the hnght colored, emhrOldered lO\ eh made tlom rug" 1111])01 ted from the Le\ ant, came Into t,t\ 01 hut alJOl1t 108,; the 'lll"h' and wood bottonwll chaIr" \\ ere COllllllone"t, the f01 mer hemg \ ,L1ued at two pound" of to]J.lCCO \\ 1111ethe lattel were \ dluecl at 15 pence each Of tIll ''In!?,le elMI\'-, the Ll\Ol1te oak pattern" seem to have heen the !)elh:"hne anll the Y01k,,1111e ChaIr" had now become \ e1\ JIllmelOth In the well to do hou"e", tll1rty-"I'C not he- 111~ an t1Jllommon numher. Che,,1-, ,tl"o, abound, [or no mattel how "canty wa" the tUIlJlt\11e ,,0111( leleptacle for clothe" wa" llnanahly l11c1uded ,md the ho" la"e che"t and tI unk wel e earl: de\ eloped and c1abOlated the"e play the mo"t Important part in collectIon", 'l he che"t wa" an artlcle of decoratn e Importance al"o, and made of ceelal 01 oak, re"tl11g sometJmes on It" own ba..,e, "0111etll11e"on "hm tIe!?, ", It.., ornateness repre"ented the wealth 'llId ta"te ot the 0\\ nel 1\ Ith elaborate key and lock sy"tem" hound hea\ II: \\ Ith n on, often WIth <;uch mottoes a" "'Come not m 1 e"t to open thl<; che..,t" they hold an Important place 111 the hI "tOl y of furnIture. 'l he later che"t" "how drawer". helommg the' 1)111 eau' anel clc"k Ihe Dutch ma\ claull the ongll1 of "foldmg tables" WIth lea\ e" I hey al e tound made of walnut, oak, cedar, pine and l:ple"" SpeCImen" of the "o\al" and 'the "dravving table" are latel 'lhe EnglI..,h authontJe" tned in vam to exclude the pu ...hmg Dutch traelel" anel carcl table" a:, <;eparate artIcle" of furl1lture were Imported Idte 111 the century by Dutch "l11p". I le\\ mg the "'pecnnen" cluonologically, next come tho"e I e\ ea1Jn~ the FI ench Renal""ance mfluence ;\Iarquetry and mld\ mg "howmg natural flower", blrel:, and anImals in ga: tmt" generall} 111 the "ame colors of the wood, sometimes e111plO\1I1g 1\ ory and mother of pearl Dutch marquetry fur-mtll! e h e"hlblted 111 the form of bandy legged chaIr", up- 11~ht clock fI ont", bm eau" and wntl11g cab1l1ets WIth closed doOl ", \\ 11Ich oftered opportu111ty for mlaid aecoration Cun es are charactenstlc, and the severe lInes of the preceding penod a1e lo"t Some home made furmture exi"ts, though It dId not \ et appear m "ufficlent quantitIes to conf01 m to the need r\ he lemarkah1c collection of "eventeenth century fUrtl1- tm e helong1l1g to Eugene II Bolle" of 110"ton I" to be used a~ a ba"l" of exh1bltIon by the museum and example" of oak che ...t" che"ts of drawel", "turned chaIrs" and wain"cot chaIr.., \\ III he "llOwn flom hI" collectIOn. GREAT EXHIBITION OF OLD FURNITURE Metropolitan Museulll of New York Will Make It a F~ature of the Hudson-Fulton Cel-ebration which Starts Sept~lllb~r 20. In the eAhllJltlOn of ohJelh of a1t to ]lC held .It the \ICt!ll-pnhtan j\ln"eul11, ~e\\ 1: OIk, flom ~e]lteI11heI 20 to \0\ elJ1lJeI I In COllnectlOn WIth the lTud..,on T ulton celehratlon the gloupe con"lliel ed mo"t ImpOl tant b: the management h thdt of furnltnre In the "eUlOn of the exhlhltIOll emll1 aC1l1g eXdmple" of the Amellcan lllClthtIldl art" fIom about 162'; to 1925 Rare :,peCllllelh wIll be '3ho\\n of the fUllllture of the e<irl} Colomal da) ..., dlmo"t all b10nght 0\ e1 h: the "ettler" from Holland or flOm r<~nglancl, a.., \\ ell a ... lllOl e dbundant "peCllnen" of the latel pelJOd \\ hen Amellcan cI,!fbmen began to ply theIr trade:, The bed wdl form the center of the e"hlhlt ot the tml1l-ture of the earher pellOd, fO! It \\ ,I:' h} tal the mo"t 1111POtaInt of the few thmg" 111the hon"e 1 he teathel bed 01 truck hed wIll plOhably be lack111g, hO\\ e\ eI, despIte the tact that It was then always 111eVIdence fhe ".tme hea\} llnpos1l1g four po..,ter that had been u"ed 111England f01 centmle" \\a" 111ta\ or 111 the col0111e:, the hell alone otten co"t1l1Q, fi\ c tlmc~ a" much as all the re"t of the 'hotl"ehold "tuft togethel The specImens show heddboaflb elaboratel} can ed often conta1l1111g shelv e.., fOl medlC1l1e bottle", books, candlestlck ... or a secret cupboard for a shllne II hen famllIe ... \\ ere at all comfortably sItuated the curta111 and \ alance ah\ a}" appeal to prOVIde aga111"t draught" 111 the then III bmlt hou"e" \Ian: old famIlIes today pnze as heIrloom" 'counterpomt,' or "counterpanes." In shOl t, the bed" of OUl foretathers were "0 Important and hIghly p.nzed that the) often figured 111lh,,- pute" and law"mb, though the poorer c1a'S"e" had to make u"e of many make"hl{ts \\ hen the: LOuld aftonl nelthel feather'S or flock In 164'; John Eaton dledlea\ mg 111the \\a\ of furl1lture "1 bed ...tuffed wth cat taIl" and rug \ttel thh cat taIl bed ...and cat tall.., nllxed WIth turkey feathel" abound-ed The ft1ll1ltlll e of that penod had no ~I aceful cun e", tOI carv111g was looked to f01 decoratIOn and cushIon" tOl com fort, ElIzabethan and Jacobean characten ...tIC" prey all ~lea t hall tables, Immo\ ahle and unwleld:, heavy, coarse, can 1111:.; and mounts maele of hammered Iron Good Ene,"II"h oak \\ a" the matenal un all ably used up to the eIghteenth centur} In the three roomed hothe at the \\ ealtln Capt Stephen (TIll 111 the nuddle of the '>c\ enteenth centm: \\ as to be tound 111 the hall one beel:"tead WIth fCdthel hed and hol"tel, t,\ () couches WIth flock beel:, and a hammock, III the chamhet one old bed"tead, one becbtead, one 'old hammock, and one "hammack" whIle III the mner cham hel there \\ el e : et 1\\ () hed:,tead" mOle. Vanous room" had not yet acqmred the ..,peClal charac-tellstIcs now prey alent, "0 man) of the al tIdes of fllnutm e hay e to be a '>'Slgned to nonde"cllpt n"es. So the (1Ill1ng loom of the penod opened from the hall and conta111ed bed and c11dlr'i a" \\ell a, table" dncl cupboard;, The furl1ltme of the late "eventeenth centmy sho\\ ... a con'>lderable advance 111 comfOlt, vallet) amI even luxmy 1he tahles are no langeI merely board:, and trestle'>, "pecI-mens of a vanety of chall.., have come down whIch were be- 'g1l111lng to take the place of forms and benche:" 1he"e chaIrs have the seab and sometImes the back:, comfortabh stuffed, hea\ y and snbstallldl rather than elegant 1n deSIgn The leathel chaIrs from Holbnd of a lIttle later, espec-ially the brown, leather covel ed, brass naIled vanety stIli known as the "Crowell chair," have some excuse for their Another Firm of Wright Brothers. i\ew York, a" well a'S OhIO, has a paIr of \V nght Brother .... The Xew York \\ nght" are not '30 famou" a" theIr Buckeye name-"ake:, but they may be even more "0 They hay e heen concluctll1g a fnrl1lture :,tore at Owego, but "old ou1 I ('cent1: and al e now de\ otllle," theIr tllne to the constructIOn of an aeroplane, wInch they expect to have on exhibitIOn at the faIrs thl" fall The lllachme wIll be equipped WIth a motor, propeller'> etc, and WIll be about 30 feet long and 15 teet wIele The: expect to gn e their first exhibition at the \\ Ilke"barre, Pa, faIr. If you want to strike a man favorably don't hit him below the belt. WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 SHELBYVILLE FACTORIES BUSY. ~-~----------~--------------- Some of Them Going at the Pace of 1907.- Building Additions and Dry Kilns_ ShelbyvIlle, Ind" Sept lO--The Davl<.,-Dlrely Table Com-pany ha, e JUo,t completed two dry kiln" whIch, wIth the three kIln" the company already had m commlS<;IOn Vvl11gIve them a total capacIty of 450,000 feet Pre'mlent Chades DavIS "tate", they ha, e also pIli chased a lot of new eqUlpment for theIr plant and expect to get out the largest hne fOI the January "ea"on they have ever put out The company s fall catalogue ha" just been sent out, and the bUo,mc,;" of thIS year "0.Ir Davl" "ay" IS kecpmg pace WIth 1907 The C F Schmoe Furl1lture Company, manufacturel ~ of kItchen cabmeb and ca"c goods are bUlldll1g a new factory addItion 50x126. three ",tone., lugh and ba"ement The ne\'. addItion IS to be used as a machme room and cabmet loom Thc company's pre"ent plant IS 62'1:110 Secretary-Treasurel :-'chmoe ~ays they WIll get out a hne In January whIch WIll be larger and more vaned The company IS enJoYll1g a large trade and domg a consldelable part of It WIth Jobber,. The Uianchald-Hamllton Furmture Company are II1stal- Img a Standard Dl y K11n, whIch w111 be completed m the next two week" and afford a capaCIty of 75,000 feet The dry kiln IS of bnck and ao, nearly fire-proof as It I'" possIble to make It The ShelbyVIlle Desk Company are gettll1g out a hand-some new catalogue of whIch ten thousand wll1 be maIled to the tlade about the fil"t of Xovember The catalogue Vv 111be l11ustrated WIth man} new patterns The company h havmg a ~plendld volume of trade thIS year The Hodell F urmture Company are bell1g kept as busy a" ever gtttll1g out orders Secretary-Treasurer A T Chueden o,tates the volume of buslI1e,,<; for 1908 wa~ almoo,t equal to 1907, both yeals bell1g far above average year". ThIS year, he .,tate" the volume of bu"ine<;" WIll be twenty per cent mOle thelll la"t year PresIdent C II Campbell of the C II Campbel1 lUlIJl-t UIe Compelll) "pent the past w(cek In Buffalo and other ea"tell1 LItle" ,1'3ltllJg the tl afle of the company In that "eLtlon :-,ecretal} -'1'1 ea<;U1el :Hal} Com ey of the D L Com l} 1 tlll1lttlle Company hd., bee11 .,pen(hng the o,l1m111 el at hel .,ummel home at \\ alloo11 Lelke l1ear 1'eto"ke} :\11Lh Will Build New Factory Next Year. E, ans, 11Ie, Ind. Sept 10-\lanagcl Peter Redfhngel of the Redc1mgel Lan lI1g \\ OIb .,[eltCo,that he wIll hulld a lle\\ plant next yeal. \'.lllLh I., to be a tWel "tOly buck hmldlllg (lOx 150 I hl plctllt \NIlI al.,o be eqUIpped WIth (hy Idln, rlhe new factOl) wlll emplo} elbout 100 men, v\ III hL e((tllppcd "lth new 1>0I1c1'odnd LngJlle and tbe late'ot fill j)1oteLl10n Ujl11jllllcnt ,ilHl WIll he 11l "hape to mdllttfaltm c ,ence1 eel roll." v. (Joel knob" Cdl, 1l1g" anel any tIung 11l thc hne of O1nalllcntatlOn. rl he Reddl11g er Ca1 vlllg \ \ ork" are nO\N makll1~ a speCIal Il1lc of claw feet table legs and \fanager RedclJnger "tate" he \\111 he glad to hd' e manufaLtm e1.., ~e11(1In (leo,lgn" on \\ b1Lb he v\ 111fml1l"b e~tlmate" The month of \ugu'ot thh ycal, he .,tate" h the hlgge"t month the) hd' e had and the Reclclll1gcl plant ha" hecn kept bu'o) all through tbe yCal Burglal" enic1ul l'lank \ Butt., ft1ll1ltule "t\llC elt \ ernon. \!lLb. lel..,t Tue"clcl\ llt~bt. clvnal1lltul thc "afc ,111d:<ot a\\ a} wtth $40 111 cd.,h and $400 In Le1lJfiLate., of dljl(l',lt "lhe e,plo"lon Lompletel} wleLKecl tbe Il1tel1UI of the "tolc, damage to "toLk bCl11g e'itlmdtccl at $2,000 1• III II I•• I• II II• THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS ~~~frl~~N~~g II ELI D. MILLER &, CO. i EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Ii - ... "• ..... -., IiI i No Stock complete Without the Ell Beds III Mantd and Upnght. II..-- --------~~-~------------------------------- Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, CHICACO. --- - - I• •I• IIIII•• II ,II , I I,II• I• I, I III I II I II ... ._--------------- -- --------~-~-" -- I! I -_ . IIi•II I - - - .-- .. ------------------------------ 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--------~_.-----_._--~_._. _._._-_. -----_.--~-__.. ------ - ... ._-----_ ... ----~~ VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS AND SEE THE BEST LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS IN THE MARKET We will have the nght styles at the nght pnces and made to give ~,tl~factlOn. Don't miss coming to see the lme, It \\111pay you. Couches Parlor Leather Furniture Rockers ~ t Show Rooms 35 to 41 N. Capital Ave. Ask for catalogues. THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. I..--_._---~----~--_._--_._----..... HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. ----_.~_. -.- ------------ ._---_. -----I~ Capable Men Wanted to Handle th~ R~majns of a Southern Furniture Factory. The follovvmg self-explantor) letter the \\ Iltel at II hlch IS a real estate dealer, With office" 111the} Irst \ atlOllal Bank bUlldmg, Shreveport, La, IS publIshed \\ Ith the Idea that It may be read by some man or men vvho IV ould be plea"ed to accept what IS apparently a good opportu11lt) to entel the furlllture manufactunng bU'-,lne"s m the south Shreveport, La ,"\ug 26 1<JW \Yeekly Artisan, Grand RapIds, \hch Gentlemen -Your favor of the 21st 111st, adclJes"ed to the Queen City Fur11lture ::\Ianufactunng Com pam. recen eel b) me as successor to the ownership of the property whIch I ac-qUIred at recelver'~ sale, after a fire which destroyed the man-ufactunng portIOn ot the plant and put 1t out of bthmess There remalllS a two 'itory bnck \\ arehou"e 80'(100 feet (and platforms) contall1111g about $19,000 worth of goods four-tenths of whIch IS Iron, wl1IO\\, bed.., cob chair" "'pnn~" etc The factory output which IS pnnClpalh K D need" a..,sem-bllllg and reburlllshmg of the matenal on hand and offers d good fall and wmter Job for a couple of capable men to shape up for the market and InCidentally may present a de"lrable opelllng for restonng the plant BeSIdes the above there I:" 15 acre.., of land \\ Ith111 ten m111utes walk of the bU'ill1es:o center. and hlo bloc\.., at the electnc belt car'i It l'i c:lntered by tV\;o raJ1lOad 11l1e:"connect Ing With eight other'i dn erglllg In all chrectlOl1" The bOller and shav111g house" both of bnck, are llltact, also the blowpIpe, recelvel, and pal ts and a 100,000 gallon cemented cistern 1h<. foundatIOn:" of the factor) 88x180, WIth the debns of a tlVO story and basement bnck are awaltmg reconstruuctlOn and the 250 If l' Corlls:o eng1l1e IS resting on Its foundatIOn "hghtly damaged by fire and exposure All located 111tern-tory four-fifths \ ug111 forest of the vanous classes of pille, oak. gum, ash, poplar, sycamore, maple, magnolIa, holly and othel hard and -,oft timber, 111 whIch 111numerable saw mill plants al e be1l1g 1I1stalled and operated I deSire the trade to know the plant here IS partIally de,,- troyed and out of bus111ess, to save them waste of hterature and postage a~ well as to SOllClt the attentIOn of the men needed \dv-Sept 11-18 Very tlUI) and respectfully A. CURRIE. Two Flourishing Lumher Companies. JnchanapolI", lnd, Sept. 9-1 he '\atlOnal Veneer Com-pan) and the \\ alnut Lumber Company, both located at 1633 \\ e"t )'llchl~dn '-,treet JnclIanapoll'i, are two of the best known compame" 1ll the \ eneer and lumbel busine"s In Indiana 1 he \atlOnal \ eneer and Lumber Company was l11corporat-ed With a paul up capltal of $2S.000 two and a half year" ago They make a 'ipeClalty of quarter-"awed oak. The officer" are pre"ldent. B F Swam, v Ice preSIdent, C J Roach "ecretary and trea'iurer, \\ G Bass The \\ alnut Lumber Company wa'i establIshed eIght \ car" ago and I" a branch of the D IIeur & Swam Lumbel Companv, Se) mour, I nd., manufacturers and wholesalers of hardwood lumber, quartel ed oak and sy camore ThIS com-pany 0\, ns the l1lJII at Sey 111011 r and ha'i a Widely estabhshed trade The officer, are preSIdent, n F Swa111, secretary, C J Roach, tl ea:ourer, E A. Swam WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 ~------------------------------------------.-----.-.--_.---_ ... -----------------------------------------~ ,I I I II• I• I• I MOON DESKS are 19°9 styles. Made to take care of the demands of progressive business men. They are not stand stills-but "Mara-thonian" business getters. I ....~ II~-----------------------_...._----------------------------------------------._-----_._-----"" MOON .DESK CO., Muskegon, Mich. Testing the National Liability Law. rl he wIdow of Chare" Robert}. blought SUlt aga111st the Ene RaIlway Company, askmg $40,000 damages for the death of her husband, who \i\ a", kIlled v\ hlle workl11g as a sWItchman, hel claIm bemg based on the hablhty law passed by congl ess In 1908 The ral1way company entel ed a demurrer on the ground that conglE:ss had no power under \rtlcle 1 ~ectlOn 8 of the Umted States constltutlOn, to pas" an employ ers' ha-hlhty act, whIch, It h urged I" 111no sense a regulation of commerce among the several states It 1'3p01l1ted out that the act does not prescribe any rule of conduct or any duty upon the part of the master whIch IS 111 furthel ance of 111terstate commel cc or thc protectlOl1 of the emplo}e'3 engaged 1ll such commercc, but IS merely a leg ulatlOl1 of master and .,ervant, c1efimng the hablhtles of the former to the latter and IS an eff01 t to gOvell1 the rela-tIOn between them It IS also InSIsted that the act chscnml-nate" aga1l1st the nghts of the defendant, cIemes to It the. equal prote.ctlOn of law, IS partIal 111It., operatIOn and IS not founded upon rea",onablel or Just claSSIficatIOn It I" added that anI} the states can enact such a law a" the hablhty act, and then It Il1U"t applY to all employc", not merely to a cer-taIn clas., 01 to cla,,'3es engaged In ccrta1l1 occupatlOn'3 '\Igument" on the demurrer were heard bv JU'3tlce 1om pkm s of the Supreme Courts at 1\ ewburg, ~ y, last \\cck. and IllS rL1hn~ I" a\i\alted WIth grcat llltue'3t b\ em-plo\ el sand employ ees ahke ,\" the ralllOad managel s are determll1ed to te.,t thel \al- Hht} of the habJ1lt} law the ca'3e w111 be catrled to 11lghel courts If JustIce Tompkms upholds the law The supleme cowls m \ev\ York ha\c the sal11e jl11hClJc tlOn a" Clluut com ts 111111o"t othel .,tates May Raise All Western Freight Rates. RLpresentative" of COl11l11ecllal Il1tere",t" 111 \ cw YOlk, Phdadelphta BaltlmOl e BOe,tOll, PlttsbUl g and Buffalo ex-pect to hold a conference In '\; ew York In the neal fUtUl e to ch"cuss the Spokane rate SItuatIOn now before the' Interstate COl11mlSSIOn anel whlLh It wJ11 make thc .,ubJect of numerous hedfl1H?,s 111Pauhc Coast CltlCC,cad) next month It IS fcared that the COmmlS.,IOll \\ J1l ac1hel e to Its pre VIOUS dptelll111latlOn to reql11re a reduction of irelght rates flOl11 U1I<-ago to Spokanc and as a rec,ult the blankct rate No. 1333 applymg to we:::.tbound traffic from all pomb In the East w111 be WIthdrawn It would compel all busmess movmg through Trunk L111e and Central FreIght ASSOCIatIOn \territory to take a hlghel rate than now, hence all shIppers 1ll the east and mIddle west as well as those m the west, and on the PaCIfic Coast are interested If the comml"SlOn shall approve the propOSItIOn of the western hnes, eastel n seaboard 111tere",ts WIll need to file- a complamt The outcome IS regarded as uncertalll m the face of the decIsIon J11 the J\llssoufl RIver rate cases whIch stnp-ped the COmml'3",IOn of authoflt} to exercIse control over h eIght rates and afforchn~ the ralh oad'3 the pflvllege to make am rates they deem proper Car Surplus Disappearing. ] he f01tmghtly report of the \mencan Radwa} ASSOCIa-tIOn for September 10, sho\,I,,, that the number of surplus cars has been reduced more than 40,000 m the past two weeks and I" now helow 100,000 for the first tune "mce Decell11ber 1907 Plesldent Halc of the '\"soClatlOn "ay" 'It IS Important to note that thIS "cason'" reductIOn IS SIX weeks ahead of last ) eal S , 1l1Chcat111gthat c,hortages thIS year wl1l be much great-el than a ,ear ago" ---~._------------_.....- ... Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Parkwood Ave. Grand Rapids. Mich. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever otlerea to the trade. These are timshed m Golden Oak and Whlte Maple m a ltght timsh These goods are admIrable for poltshed Iloors and furn- Iture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES. SIze 2~ mches.... $400 per hundred Slze 2~ mrhes . 5 00 per hundred T1y a Sample Order FOB Grand Raptd, ~--------"_.-_._._._--_._------------_.._.-..---- 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE All STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ Each Net $2~ Each 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. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Mr. Hill's View of the Northwelott. Jame,., J HIll, head at the ("I eat \orthern ralh\a\ "\,,tlln after a ten da)" Lltl1 111 the gTcat n01 tln\ e"t I etm nee! to Xc \\ YUlk last 1\ ednesda) and appealed to be 111 an optl1111"tlC flame of m1l1d, though con"el\atnc a" tl"ual llc decLl1ce! hc had ,.,eul thc hal\e"t field" 01 thc \a"t tUlltm\ tllbutal\ I() 111" raJ1load alH! "el1d thc uop" \\UC gooel "plln!.!, \\ hc,ll though not eAac1h a humpu uop, \\ a" abO\ c thc el\ l1a~c ,lnd uthu "mal! !.!,I,un" had tmncc1 uut \\ell llc (It I not kl1O\\ much abont the UJln ClOp, a" It I" not l111jJOltant In that dh tJ ICt llc "aIel hc h,ld foune! thc \\ hcat uop much lJetLu than held bccn lookcel £01 ealltu In thc "c,,,on '-,c dll1L!, \\ d" late, and that ga\ e II"C to feal" of LZl1ly fJ ost, but the \\ cathll hael hecn "0 fa\ olablc ,lHcI It oncc \\ almcd tlp that tIle !.!,j()\\ th had hecn unu"uall) lapld [he IWl \\Cathll 111the cady pellt of \ugl1"t hdd fcn ecd thc IlpU1111!.!, ,lnd ]11 d le\\ "u tj()lh thc \\ hcat hell \ hael llpel1u\ hdolC It fl1!h hlled ()lJI I hc IC \\ou\e!. thuefc))c, hc "ome "hlt111kcn and lIght \\u~ht \\hc It uut the Cjl1antlt) \\ oulcl ))( onl} a S111dll PCI ecn!cll?,C ()r thc e 1 up \fl HIll I" ,.,tlll 01 the OpJI1IO,l thdt the ploduel1on of \\ hClt and othel fooebtufL I,., not KeepJllg pelll \\ lth thc c]ume"tlc ulIl'oumptlon, V,lllCh h glO\\ll1g ,lt thc latc or I~OOOO()O 10 1 'i,000 000 lm"hd" of \\ hcat d ) edl and thdt tIll" ((ll111tl \ \\ III "oon ha\e no C"-POlt "uljJh]" II hCI1 a"kc \ \\hat hc th()lJ!.!,!ll of the 0lJl111on exple""ed h) l'lOje~"Ol II hlLllC\ oj Ihe lllllC,ll1 of "od" at \ \ a"hlngtoll thdt thc "01\ \\ ,1" not hUll!.!, c"hdl1"lul \It [1tll mud) "hlnl?,gu\ Ill" ,.,houldu" and Icpltcd ,[ h cen~l1" wtll "ho\\ \Ilchdd.J 1 (l"- h,h bccn ,1]J]J(nlltul1UU\ U [()\ Ihe 111111 Il Loci) & :\IeUlldc f1l1ll11111C deedcI" III \ d,l1 ll" \1,1"" llic fil m hd,., been dl,.,"uh ed ,llld the blhllle ,,-, \\ Jl! be c!lI"ed lIlll Winnipeg' lot Buildiug Boom. \ Ice 1mbU! (,enela] Lad R loop of \111111lpeg, rejJOl h th,lt thc totd] l11lllc!ln~ pert11ltc., l""ULCI dUllng the fil"t "e\en 1llo11th" ot lC)oe) cue c"t1111ated to entad the expenclltmc of '--{),00 OuO Ilil llC\\ "tll1LtlllC" 111 \lalllto1Ja" capItal Clt\ '1 Jll" I" dlll1hlc thc lCUlld ot Ihc "dlllC jJenodlast \ear There alC hll11" UCl1u\ 20 \\ alchou"e', L\cim Ie" dnd adell 'IOn,." 11 "ch()"],, 'll1d U\\1C,It1on,tl 1I1"Ut\1UOlh 20 h11"1I1e"" alld c ffice ,t! \1cl\lJ c" '\11d ~2 elpaJt1J1c 11t 11O\1"c, "u el,d or the le\HU ((J"t- III ,(1)lI\11 j;~\ UGOU c,lch ~Incc the fil "t of thc ) eM ah J11t 1 700 hl1c IC"ldcllec" hel\ c elho hecn cleeLcd UI alc IJllllellng 111 1\ 111 11I]J((, What to Buy and When'. the \It)1() \ C11(U (mlljJan) clf LI11C1I1nall OhIO kl\e III .,[ lck 1,0 1],\11IJ" IJl, UUlchc-, "a\\cc! 1-20 1I1eh uel) \allct, III '1,,\11 e ,11](! "I/C I he \\ ,dtll l1c\1k \ UllU (0l1l1MI1' 01 (,land ](apld II Jch k\\ c J cdd \ fOI I1J1111Ull,lte "hljJ11Jcnt 1.'iOOOO feet uf 1 (Jtdl \ C\1t (11111 111 1~h48,mcl 18x'i2 "l/C" lhc IICIll\ " IIo\dell \CllCU LOmpd11), (rlalle] Rapld" IIlch hel\( :'OOGO ch()Jcc lllcaS"lan ,wcl 100000 ])J1el's e}c \cncu" ICelCh fm ])10111pt ddnu\ \1,,0 1l1"t IccclVcd a Idl~e "t( cL Of lJ1lch cJ(h,,-haJlcllng 111 1 28 1 24 al1d 1-20 ,111C\ IOtal \ CUL Oell-. 111 1 20 dl1([ 1 1( Started Their N('w Buildiu/1. I hc \t\!Cllel ~ '-,L\ek Lo III jJ,11l) , \\ell known manu[ele-t\ 1ICI'- or \1p]w]"tuu\ flllll1tUIC (danc1 KdD1ch \flLh" hd\c 1\\dl(\U\ thc contl,leL 1m the UJIl"UUc110n of thcll new huJlcl- 111" hCILl"fOle 111CI1I11lllU\ ,\1](\ \\olk heh becn "t.lllu! on thc !()llll\!dllull WEFKLY ARTTSAN 25 II If You Want One Crate or a Carload of Rotary Cut Plain Oak Veneer Write us. We have it, red or white, crated and ready to ship. 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. II Additional Notes and News. \ \ \ Ball,a, of :\10nro\ la, Cd , l1cl..,moved l1l'; hou "ehold 1111pOllt11l1l1l the 1)e..,t "tore In the be"t lnh1l1e".., hlllld1l1~ 111 the 10\V 11 \\ 111lam J and Herny Edelhrock, of Chafin, 111, have bought the hardwa1e and fml11ture hlh111e,,, of \ 1 Com1l1~'; of I[t Ste11ll1~, III fhe Cacltllac (:\11Ch,) \ enee1 Companv are Iehmlcl1l1g the11 dry klln \', hKh wa" 1ecentl) de"troyed by tll e The ne\\ lH1l1d1l1~1"< 111be con..,tructed of cement blOlk" The 1 raverse C1t) (:\11Ch) Ilathe,;,; and Becld1l1g C0111- pany has been 111corporated WIth capItal stock ll1111ted to $-1-,000 of ""111Ch$2 ~OO l1d..,been ..,uh"'cnbed and $2,000 paId 111 I he PhoenIx I, ur11111ture Com pan) , Ltd, of ,,)hro epol t, I aha" "ecured a cha1 ter 01 permIt to clo hn"Ine,," In 1 exa'3, dnd h expected to e"tablr"h a ,tore at Dectt1mont and ]lerhap" 111 other town" fh0 D \ & F \ \ altel Company dealer" In furnIture, hon"ehod Roods, etc, 111 ~an I'ranchco, S111ce 18~8 mOved 111tOtheIr new clown town hmlclrng durll1g the la..,t week 111 \u~u"t and had a Rleat ope111nR on ~eptember 1 Judge f o,;eph R Clarkson who,>t; St1anRe actIon" 111 led'111g hI" home and fnends to vhllk 111a button factory at ~abula, 10wa, caused a "en'>at1On a few vveek,; aRo I'> now em-plOyed a, dn a""emblel of bra"" bed.., In a factOly at Keno'3ha, \ \ 1S l DeWItt 11ar,;h, of the \n,,0111a (Conn) Fur111ture Com-pan}, ha" been promoted to the po,ltlon of manager tak1l1g the place of ~ E. 'fontague, ",,110 resIgned a week 01 "0 aRo, to accept a po';ltlOn WIth LudWIg BaU111an & Co, of Xevv YOlk cIty ... -- .. . ----- __ .,_._._---------.----------~ I RECEIVER"S SALE. In the District Court of the United States for the West-ern Dlstnct of MIchIgan, Southern DIviSIOn-In Bankruptcy. [n the m,ttter of the Venty Caswell T'\b1e Comp my, bank rupi, notlec 1'3heleb) gIVen that the asseh of s,ud bankrupt, e01hht1l1g of rnal1ufacturl11g plant dnd mach1l1ery, 11111shed ,md unhJ1l,hed table", unfiJ1lshed ,tock, finv,hee! ,lnd unf111 l,hed dothe~ hanger", lumber, supphes and ,ccount, Ie-eUI, tble WIll be offel ell by me for sale at pubhc auctIOn, ac-eorchng to the 01 der of sdld court, on Tuesday the 14th day ot Sept embel , 1909, at 2 30 111 the afternoon of ~ald day, at lhe fdctory of s,lId bankrupt 111 the VIllage of POItlancl, J\1Jch I he sale WIll be "ubject to confirmatIOn by the court Th," Ill, cntorv of Sdld ,Issets may be seen at my otfice, at the FortI,me! J\f anufactunng Co, POItldnd, J\Itch, or at the office of the Hon KIrk E WId", Referee 111 Bankruptcy, 11 ou,em,l11 bU1lchng, GI and RapIds, M1Ch Wm W Tel Iff, Recener Petel Doran, Att'v for ReceIVer D.ttecl dt Portld;1d, IonIa Co, Mlch, September 1. 1909 I Sep 411 -- .. rod I l (T lle.., a lJloneel fUrll1t111e 111anufactul el of lJurl-l11gton, \ crmont, '>uJiered cl "troke of paraly"'ls last June wl11ch re"ultec1 III death on ~eJlte111her 2 He wa" 87 yea1s old S1l1ce 1880 h" bad glVen 1110..,tof l1l'., attentlOn to cotton 111111" and rhe bank111e; bU"1I1e,,'> \T J Gronber~. who ha'> been 111 the retaIl furmture hU"I-ne"" at F""ex, Xehr. S111ce1880 ha.., ,>old hh ,;tore and qock to :-'ellengren Brother" who have a fur111ture "tore at :-,tanton, ~ ebt and one of the hlOther" wrll move hi'" famtly to T",;,ex and manage the (Jranberg store The :\[organ-Atc hIe) r ur111tur( Company of Portland, Ore, WIll ,;oon occupy a new bmlchng that IS be1l1g C1 ectecl for them on the cornel of Ea'3t Stalk ,;tleet and Grand avenue 1 he IH:W hUI1Jclng h 90xlOO feet ii, e '3tone" count111g two that are below the leI el of the maIn entrance 1he T'Old & Johnson lompany, the large,;t chalf manu-tactullng conce1n 111 the Llllted State" vvrll make San Fran- CI'>COa llr"tnhutl11R POlllt for all telrntor} we'3t of Denve1 three floor" of the Cole I 11\ e..,tment Comp,lny', bmldmg, 984- Howal d "t1 eet, h:1\ 11112been lea'>ed as a bten ehou"e and offices ~--------------- I,I Henry Schmit 8 Co. HOPKINS AND HARRIET STS Cincinnati, Ol.io makers 01 Upholstered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and I CLUB ROOM t .. . _-.--._... __ ... ....., BARGAINS ~N NEW MACUINERY I have on hand for ImmedIate shIpment the follov.ing brand new machines whIch I WIllsell at reduced pnces 4-Two spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from 1,7.(to 18 inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from 1to 12 inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. 1-Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' lathe. ---ADDRESS-- -- J. C. DeBRUYN, l~lO Page St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ..- ... ...... - --_._.-._.-------------... -----~--------------------------------- 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN ._-----------~•IIII ~ _. _ . ._~~--._------------- IIIIIIII IIt II Iff f I II• II II III ~--------------------------------------------------------------- The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. BLAMES THE COM~IISSIO:NS. How a ""Leading Railway Official" Account", for the Annual Congestion of Freight Traffic. The 110ntreal Gazette of Septell1be1 4 ha" ,In mtel I le\\ \\ Ith a "lead111g- rall\\ a\ offiual \\ ho"( Hkntlt\ h not ell" c!o<,ec1, but v\ ho 1" <,uppo"eel to be umnecH e[ II Ith the (J1 ,llHl 1'1unk S) 5tem, who IS quoted as "a\ 111e, "If there h eln} congc'illon of tlaffic thl" jell \\ hen the h1" I u"h of Int"111C"" that l'i lookec1 tOI al fl\ e" It \\ 111110t he. the fault of the rall\\ a\" "0 mue.h d" the. ullltl11ual 111tu je 'UlU ,111c1bother the\ al e put to 1)\ the. ,t!1l10"t 11111\1111Udl11e el 111 111IS510ns, whIch are une!eltelk111~ to Iet;ulelle ane! lun the11 bU:'111elS~for them "v\ e are bothered \\Ith 'iuch a 1J1111tlphut\ oj CO,111l11" "ton'i, eae.h \\ Ith It" ov\ n Idea" of \\ hat "l1Clule! he e!one t1ut many of the lead1l1g- offiuell" ha, e to eleI ote ,I 1a1ge p,ll t e)I theIr ttme to finel out \\ hdt the I ()de! 111a\ or 111d\ l10t r!i 1 llJ cel tam chStllCh to the gredt e!1<,aehant,lge oj th' ,lclu,d \\ Ol], of coneluct111g the raIlwav "Telke the Glancl1ll1nk 1<11"1 of dllIt h,I" the. l'lluch'l11 e.01111J11<,"lon 1'hen 1n the l1Jltul \t,lte." the \ ,ll e ill "t UIJlle the. 111tel<,tate e.0111111,,,"IOll \\I11<J1 keep" p1ett\ h 1"\ 11 111<1111" out I 11ltng". 1 he11 thele I" the.' Ill1J101" Ci)Il11111""lil11 ,wcl ,,1111 leu boelles III IIIc.lll~,lll "e. \\ ') (JJ k \ U 111ilnt \ <..1\ 11,1lnp shIre and JVTalne ~ae.b of the."e Ulll1111h"hl11" h,I" 11" ill I Icle.a'> ,l1Jcl luhng'> fOI loe.al Lill1ChltOlh \\ Ink the. iI\ I I 1( du ,d e.Ol11mJ<,,>lOD,,I uIe the ,\ hole lor)"t "And thb w011ld !Jot 1)( "0 IM(llf It \\ U e. Dot 1kLt "ll]nL ill the. luling:, absoluteh ela"h "0 tlut the. bIg 1,1lh(leld" ,LIe kept 1m'>} le.uJl1uI111~ the dlftel1l1~ lc.gl"LltlOll 1 (J1 11h1.\Ilee, unde 1 l.allclehan l.\Vv a Pl1\ ate "lCl1l1g e.an be. ]\11t 111 [01 ,Ill mdu"u \ and the e.O'it whlLh h pellCl III the. III "t lll"t,llle.e. 1)\ tll(' 111 ,IJll1 LILtl1l er, Celn be I cbatul out 01 the. 1 e.\ U1\]e j J ()JJ1 tll( bU"lllC ", It '>upplte". 1 hI" 11l11l1~ I" elnec.th e.Olltl ell \ to tl'e hll(!Jll-'; (J\ the 111te1:otate COl11mue.e COll1lJ1l""J()n that no 1e.1Mte." 11ll1"t be. ,t!IO\i\icd ullclel an) e.o!JehtlO!J" \\ haie. \ el "Another cltfficu1t\ l'i that 'itlhOlcllllat( (I±hu,t!" ,Ue. "il lllueh Imple",:,eel \\Ith the \\ 01 k of the"e e01111111""lillh lh,ll the; arc aftdlcl to take the lllltJat1\l 111all\ m,ll.tu dl1<lo,tUl con<,tllt clJreet \\ lth thl COmml'i"lOn~ \l1"te.acl ot i Jl! )11 lllL., 111 ,>true.tlon,> lee.en eel thlough the agu1al e.h,llllle.1" 'lllcl 1 ,1\ Ill" the "11pe1101 offie.el'> oj the 10del to de.al clne.c.t \\ l1h the L0111 llJl""lOn r\ hat me.an" IUll!Jl1l~ the It"k oj h,t\ 1l1!.-.,I" 11',111\ jlUllUL" (J1l the. lo,ld ,l" thu( ,ll( (dh( l,tI" \llel elll 11111(1] tunette fedlul t I:' i1Jdt tIll" lekd 1:0.,LjJIJd1Ul1h UILUUl d,..,ul 1)\ Our Large New Line of I I IIIIII•• I •II• IIIII ,I I I II•• I, ----------------------------~ DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the Amencan market when pTices and quahty are conSidered. STOW 8. Df\VIS FURNITURG GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. City Salesroom, 4th floor, Blodgett Bldg "1111e. o[ the e.0111I111<,"IOn'i who, for leason<, of theIr own \111\c.l1 ,ll e llilt \ e1 \ c1e.al. seem to ene.ourage appeal'i from e111 plO\ e" 1111eterene.e to Cjue:,tlOn" of r111e~, etc, 1l1stead ot c1eal Jll!.-., dn e.et \\ Ith e'\.penene.e.cl offiCIals who have :,pent then \\ hole In e.S 111dealtng II lth these questIOns. for lll"tdllce the "ew York C0111111ISSlOnl'i lu1Jng hO\i\i 111,11\1 lllUl ,,]wuld g-o on e\ ery tram and how often they ,,!lould 11e.]1,ud \\ hIle. the. l.'lIlelc!Jan (0111111I'i'il0n IS tak1l1l{ ad\ 1<..e£tom the. el11plo\ e." a" to the rule" to gOl ern the hanc!11l1l{ of tl,Ulh I hI" \\ hole thll1~ ha" hee.ome an abu"c wlllLh I') \ U v "e.IIOU"h lllterfuIllg \\ Ith the b11s111es:, of run11lng rallrodc!" tl1r1 \II (Jldha111 "poke. the truth the other clay "hen be ,>aH] the PU1IJ!c. 111 l11l!,lanc1 \\cre a\J\,akel11n~ to the fact that tlJe 1,11h\ ,1\ " Ilj the \e11th \111elle.an conttnent \\eJe bel11g "entr- ,1111111h"]()Jlec1 I h,lt h \v helt \ve are "uffellng from, and IV" a1 e ke.pt "0 h11'>\ jolle)\\ 1Il~ all these C0111111IS<,10n., that It oftell kU]1'> u" from attene!lng to our regular bU'il11e"" ! he. Candellan I'elufic ha'i el en more to conte.ncl \vlth t h,111 the (,1 and I 1lll1k thloUl{h t11e]r ne\\ l111e 111the we<,lefll "Utc" \\ hell tllC\ ha\ e among othel'i to face the l!lIl11e"otd «(lllllllh"l()n \\ hle h h 011e. of the mo"t rachcal III It" lIltel fLl-lnet \\lth the. \\olk111g of the laJl\\a\,> It I" commg to ,I "Llge. \\ 11Ue \\ e L,llll]()t lUll a pIpe. unclel the trelck, OJ el \vll e en U It \\ lth 1Ut ,ljJjJe.,dllll!, 101 all orelu from <,ome e.0ll11111""lOll J'L1 h,\]h ,l lh( U",lIle! 111Ile." hOll1 the' "pot \\ lth all t11l') to e.OI1 tel1d \\ 11h 11 thue. b ,111\ 1epetltlOll th1" fall ot the ]J1elkc!o\i\il1 111"(1 \ Ie.e. ulldel e.()J]t;e."t!011 of ttatfic 'iuch a, oe.e.1111e.cl,I few \ e.,u" d-';O Jt \Vlll he JlJd1nh clue to the L011"tdnt 10"" of time. ,we! e III J g\ e.elu"e c1 1l\ thl<' C011l111l""lOn Intel fel liKe " l)oilll! W('II at Marion. \I,Ul011 111<1 ",ept C)-I he !kdlbolll 1)e"k \1'l11ufactu11m-; (1)1I]jJ,1I1\ 1" the \oul1l,e"t f1l11l1tu1e malluf,lc.tl11l11l!, C011e.<..111 111 \j,ll ](111 hut I" t;11J\\ l11g to h, a "tl11eh \OUI1L;"tel ! he e(j111p,Ll1\ 1" llldLllll!, ,I '>UOI1l!, l111c of cle.'>k<' ,llle] hel\ e ,1 1111(' 1I,ule III the. "(ll,t1l ,11lc1"outh\\e.,t c.,euetalj-treel"ulC'1 l'hlJ1]! '-, Ch,111,,, lep01t<, ])u"lnes" vel\ "dtl'ifelc.tOI) \\Ith the. UJlll p,\11\ "111e.e.the, "tallul 111Jallllelf\, l(01) [he U11llpan\ ha\ e jU'it mallecl five thOtl"dl1d of thul Idte"t L,ILtlogUl'> to the.n tlelde IhL LIlltecl ",[elte." ",peualil l 011lp,lll\ hd" be.e.n 11111III11~ lull t1lne ,dl thlilUl!,h th1" leal \f,l11dgel IIall\ lkcldl ",1\" h1" j,tc.tOl \ I" ]JUllt; td"ul to ItS e.dp,tClt} all of the. tUlle, \11 tl1,lt t;!Jttu" 1"11t l!,il!<l, hut "0ll1C' 111Ln dIe. <:'atl"hul \\lth bhltcr WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 ..- ,••• •• •• ••• ••I• •••• ••• I• •I• •••• •••• •• •• •• ••• .....~---.-~-----~------.-----_._---------_._._------_._._----_._-------., Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 m. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHIGAN ..._. ... ------------------ EVANSVILLE HAS A BUSY SEASON. Will Have a "German Day With an Address by Governor Mal'shall.-Personal Mention. E\ dn.;;\ die Ind., ~ept lO-September 1'-, pr0\111g to be one of the be~t month" of the) edr for the runllture mallufacturc1s of E\ allbv111e \101 e 01dc1', are com111g 111and the general tonc of the tlade IS better than 111 \ugust 1nqullles eon-tlllUc to 111CI ea"e dnel the outlook Jor future tl ade lS bnght 1\etal1 trade too l1d.s pICked up dl11111gthe pa.;;t week Ben]d111ln Uos.;;e, of the C10be FlIrnttLll e Company, IS at thc head of a C011ll111tte1eto lal"e mOlley for the lJig (Ierm,m da.' celcbrdtlon here for September 29 alld 30 l'p to t111'3 tUl1C he ha" ral"ed 0\ el $2.000 CO\ el1101 'Ial "halL ha'> ac-cepted dl1 111vltatJon to C0111ehel e on the 29th and make an dd(lJ e"s ::\llke I\1egor of the SpecldlIt) FU111ltLlle Company, \',ho \\a" lIlJU1Ld 1Il ,\11 ,mto111obllc eo111'3lon .;;evela1 \\eeks d~U, 1~ 110\\ able to be at hI" work 1'1U",ldent Kan~e", of the Ka1ges llHl11tlll e (ompany. IC-port" bU",111e'3'ogood and on the muease Iie "ay ~ the plant'3 (lj the Big ~IX Cal1oadll1~ \,;;"oclatlUn dXe 1l111111ng(Ill lull llme. J (lhn 1I R,)h"uI bCI ~Clot the Bueh ner Lh dll Lomllctll \ hd" lctLlllle(l fJom ,1 "ncee,,~ful bU"llle,," t11P on the lo,Hl "1Iu!' Dud<,>tLge of the Bock"tcgC1 [Ul111tl11C LOmpally \\ho "pent "UC1,11 week" at \ladonae l"land \lJeh WIth ]11" \\ Ifc. ha" ~one to the J1clufie ( oa"t fOl cl \ 1b1t and \\ 111t"ke 111 the "I~ht" at the ~edttk expo"ltlOJ1 \1 \ \\ e,lthub) who tld'vd" thJ()l1~b "L\Udl of the "()nthuJ1 "t,Ltc" 10] the "I\l~ \"'1)",L,1l1o,l(ll11g "\""Ou,ltlon' \\ cl" hel L ,l fe\\ d'l) " ,lgo \It,,,, Ee"'ole IJa110\\~, of tlw I"al~eb [l1rJntl11e lOll1]JdJ1), \11',,, Rlttu of the Globe I Ull11illlC Company, \11"" Sto1t7. uf thc 00\\ n Chalr Lompal1.' and \\ ,l1te1 K1a"h of the lJoek- "tege Furl11tllle LOJ11)Jdll) have letUlned hom a trIp to ~l,'£;cl- 1a I all" ~II Kra"h \\a'3 dccompal11ec1 h) hI" "-lfe. lIdlly 1:-1 ~chn, of the Cle~cent rllll11tnle lompam and the L'11lted State" lUll11tllle Lomp'll1y re)JOlt" h )th pLl11t" 1ulln1l1g fnll tIme nu, el'-, frOl11 all pal t.;; ha\ e \ I"lted the 1)\[~ lunlltme L"ehdll~01J111ld1l1l2, ILeentl.' \ few d,l.''' ,u~o the fil"t bUYlI hUIll the htltmub uf t',llldmd dPlJCdlu1111 the PU"Oll of MI" ---~_. -----_._._-----_._---- •• I••• •I I• I I• ••!• ! !II i• II . ~ l' A. Lynch, whose husband owns and manages the only hUl11tlll e store 111 Lolon OW1I1g to the fact that her husband \\ a.;; needed to operate the store, Mrs Lynch came north to do the blly111lS ~he say" that Evansv111e fUrt1ltllle 1';;In much demand 111that pal t of the country Other recent \ ISltOf'l to the F'urnltulc Exchange Well' ex F Myerb of the \her::, & \Lurphy Company of Bor~ersvllle, 1nd , Paul Flchert of Larml, III J. U SIJ1lp"on of Hoonvllle, IllLl , C T Land of ralrfield. III and LdWl enee LlI1bley of MarlOn, 1ncl All made la1 t; e pU1cha"e'3 of ~\ dUS\ Ille fur11lttl! e and stove" (IUS "ltolt/, of the Stoltz-Schmitt Fur11lture Lompdny, ",IV" rep01h recel\ed hom Texa" and the southwest dre \cry encoul agmg and that he look<; f01 the E\ am\ dIe manufdctur-el'-, to get a bIg tlacle !rom that beLllon ] ohn ?\ un en hel n, thc fUl mtm e dealer on the vVe"t S1de 1'3back hom a bus1J1e'ob t11P to ChIcago whele he spent ,;;cvclal na'.;; Llh"ard Ploegel of the Do~",e Furllltme Compdny who h al"o 111tere"tud In tll(' IIendel son Desk Company, at Ilen-duson, K, leports thc de"k factOly runnlnt; On full l1nw With d 11 1e lot of bU'3111e"~eOl11ln~ 111 "tIU'" Xonweller of the ~\anb\llle lurmtule C0111pan), "ay~ he has no compla1l1t to make about hus1l1c"" eonllltiol" and that hI" pldnt I';; lwl11~ upelatul on full tIme and they a'e "till LnJOylng " 11lee lt111 on thor cololll,tl "tyles r--'--~-_._----------------------- ----.., ; I • I I I. I! I I : t I \ I ! I ! i l _ 1: ". . ..--_ .. ---- ---------------~ PIONEER MAnUt AnUKIn~ COMPAnl DJITROIT, MIC.H, Reed Furlllture Baby Carnages Go-Carts W F1lll lwe ",holt}) Oldy a{ Ihe faclol Y This ~ ~51III III ,, t I 28 WFFKLY ARTISAN -~----.-.------------ ". . --_._----------------_._._. _.--_. --._. _. _. _. _. ---_._._._._.---------~ .. Billies in Politics and Business. From The Seng Company ') Good I Ixtnre,,-11l1l10h has a new Lmted ~tate" Senator He I" one of the Bllhe~ at the world A Hill) I~ a 1\ llham who ha" fnends anc] stIcks to them. 1\ henever yon know a man called . [\Ilh" tell )onr~e1f there IS a rea",on for It l ~ualh a man 'v'vIthont a 11lckname has to hunt hIS fnends In"tead ot \\ alUm; \\ 11l1e 11l~ !llellll" hunt fOI h1l1] It he has a mckname they al\\ a\ '>kno\\ \\ helc to find hun Senator Bllly began awa'v back to make tnend" and keep them I-Ie came to thh countl J trom England. 'v\ hen he was five or .,IX yeal,) aIel-and no doubt e\ ervbocl'v on the slnp f1am the captam down wa" hI') ±IIencl befo;e th~ \ 0) age ended A-, a young man he pn"hed a \'vheelbancJ\\ In the stockyard~ In Chicago-and made ±ntllel.., Later he \\ a" d street car conclnctor m the old hor')e-car day.., \'v hen the ..,oual amemtle" between crew and pa""eng el s \\ erc gl eatel than they are no\\ If a patron got aboald vvlthout hI') pnlse 1111h paid hi') fare and got It back neAt tIme He h"'tenecl to cl!,,- cu"",lon.., of the \Veather, and the slCkne..,,, 01 tht balY\ and the \VIfe s summer tnp, and of happ111e..,..,and tl uuble-and he lh-tenec1 sympathetically So he made tnenc!-' '-Ien of that dl..,- pOSitIOn df! ft mto pohtlcs V\ hether or no It '" a"n t long until lhlly wa", a pohtlcal advI')or, then he went alollg- step b) '3tep nntll he was sent to Congles" ~lld no", he ha.., been macle Lmted State') Senator by vote') from Repnhhcan.., and Demo-clats Some folks 111Il11l10ls cntlcl-,e the mannel ot hiS elec-tIOn, but laymg aSide tho qne')tlon ot how a man ~ets there the test of km comes In what he does after he get" there .. _ _ _ _ ••• _ _ 'P _ • __ • • - • • • • • • •• • - • - • - .. JUST A COOL NIGHT'S RIDE IN A LARGE I AIRY STATEROOM between on the boats that have every convenience Leave Chrcago i -!) eve} y e, ellmg Leave Grand R"plds \ n G R G H & M Ry 800 ever} evenmg, connectJIlg WIth boats at Gl'11Hl Haven 9 l) P m ----~FARE.----- $2.00 one way; Group for Solid Oat{; French PLlteSj Any Fmish Desired Wardrobe Dresser Combmation L'resser Commode Dresser Chiffonier Bed - $1800 650 400 8.75 775 6.00 FI'J15HES -Golden Oak Gloss Dull Golden. Early Engli,h. Weathered or Flimed F.O B. Mant.tee Manistee Mfg, CO. MANISTEE, MICH . ---_._._._._.-_._----- ...~.. POll1t we are nldkll1g 1.., that he made He "tuck to hh tnend'3 and they [hat I..,up to liIll) The fllelJ(l.., and kept thcm "tulk to h1111 There h pohtlc" In husll1e"s. )nst as there 1.., bUSiness 111 pohtlc" The ..,ucce".,ful 1m ..,me"" men al e pohtlclans. They ma} not realve thl..,. but stud} the career of an} succec,,,ful bU..,ll1e..,,,man and \ ou wIll ..,ee that he madc fnend", Thought-tulne"" con..,ldel atlOll "'y mpathy lo} alty-the'3e attract and hold people to \ au L he nllhe~ of pol1tK'" wIll tell you that d "'ucce.,,,tul pohtlclan mn..,t be on the ')quare Hl'3 plonllse must be "'acred. hiS performance prompt A temporal y ael- \ antage 1" an ultimate boomerang fhg man, httle man 0\\ nE:r ')ale')man ",holesaler. retaIlel-all ot us may profit by lon'>ldenng the BIlhes of the pohtKdl field, how they ~row -\ fJ lend 1"-, a mall who ",tICk" to yOU thl ou~h thIck ~nd th1l1 cUll! ±unll"he.., hi" 0\\ n glue New Furniture Dealers. Fnnh & DUI \ hay e opened a ne\V fl11ll1ture storc at ]\i[ld- (\]etll\\ n III L H Bragg. Will open a fnrnlture and haul\\ are store at ()kanogan. 1\ a')h 1he L -\ Rublccht Company wIll open a new furlllture ..,tOle at 1133 '-lam .,treet, \\ heelmg, \\ Va The School Supply Company lecently orga1ll7ed at El Centro. Cal . \\ III handle "chool de"k", chan s and "eat"> D \\ Collms and J C Skeen tormerly of Dallas, Tex., hay e orga11l7ed the 1\ e"te11l Bank Supply Company to open a complete Ime of office furniture and fixture'3 In Oklahoma CIty,Okla J T and ,1aude Jones and C. P and Maggie Knudson hay e 1I1corporated the Jones-Knud..,on Furmture Company to e..,tabh"h a store and deal 111 furniture at TIllamook, Ore Capital stock, $15,000 Chal1es :\1 Stevens, James R. Duffin, C. B. Norderman and R H \Yhlte')lc1e of LOUISVille, Ky, and W A Pierson of ;\ ew Albany. Ind. have mcorporated the LOl11svllle Fur-l1ltnre Company to buy and "ell furmture, household goods, etl . 111 LOtu,,\ Ille. Capital stock, $30,000, debts to be hmltec1 10 the "ame amount The trouble wlth the famIly skeleton IS that it is never as dead as 1t seems. WEEKLY ARTISAN -----~--_._---_._--_._----.j.._.-~.-_. r" Ij II II I• I I II• I I I• III II I..---~-_.. _--_._._--------_._-_._.~-----~_._....---------- Mahogany Circassian Walnut Quartered Oak Walnut Curly Maple Bird's Eye Maple Basswood Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak New Buildings in tbe Far West. Re"l(l cnce;'-l\ L< ), ledalander, ::-anta Barbah a Cal $20000 L C. Iro"t Lo" Angelt.s, Lal $4000, E 11 '\lc- (,IHen, Los \ngeles, $4,500, "\ 1111amT Tha) er, Lo" \ngeles, $11,000. J " \\ Ilham", Lo" \ngeles, $; 500 \\ L \\ ebb ~anta ~LonlCa, Cdl, $16,OQO, J) \\ eldon, Santa 11onl~a. $10.000. Hotel,,- '\ lalge summel le"ort hotel I" to be uected dUllng the comIng WInter at Little Beal Valle} Cal. J A. RICe and Edwald h.m.,ton ale to buIld a modcln hotel m San Diego. Cal, at a co"t of $60,000 H C Goeb. 1043 Thud 'otlect. ~anta ::\IonKa Cal, hotel 1111;,"lon stylc 60 100111S, $44,000 The Shepherd-Clarke Heltel Com pan v ha:o filed al tides of mcorporatJon at '1he DaIle". (h e. It wl11 opel ate the nevv $85,000 hotel which h now neallng completIOn 1heatres-Arthur J \) lew, 01tho who I ecently pm cha<,- eel the" eyada theatl e at rJ onopah ,::'\ev . anounce;, that he Will Immechately beg1l1 to I cmodel the bl1llchng cnlal e;mg the capa-uty and pUtt111g In nevv seats E B Campbcll vv111blllld a modcrn theatre at Long Beach Cal, on the "Ite of the nyde-a-\\ )le, vvhlch he plllcha"ecl recentl} John D. Spcckcls IS to llllllel alai ge model n theatl e on the .,Ite of the Diamond ;"tablcs Los \ngele". Cal L'nbhc Bl11ldln>;"-Plan,, have been accepted f()l a $35,000 cot\1l hOll"e at Y U11la \117 1 01 t lJeflance. \IIZ I" to build ,l high -,chool to co"t $30000 Dom:;1a". \11/ h to 1m est Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. 29 Furniture Fires. :I I I: I I• .~ $32,000 In a new lugh "chool bUilding Ca1e"Xlco, Cal, has voted $35 000 for a new Clt) hall, VI;,aha, Ca1, 111gh school, $45,000, ::,an Diego, Cal, n01111al tra1l1111g schoo!, $50,000 (,dman & Emerson, furl11ture dealer" of Bangor, 11e, lo;,t a fe'v'v hundred dollar" by fil c on Septem bel 4. fully 111- "llied l H Ja;,pel"on's fUll11tme "tOle at HOlton, Kans, was completel) de;,tlOyec\ l,y fire lecently L()~". $5000, msurance $'" 000 \hral11 Biandw1I1e s mattre,," factor} elt 2343 State street, UlIlago \vas damaged by fire to the extent of $3500 on Sept-emhu :2 1n a fire that c\e'3tro} eel sev el al hUl1dln~;, and cau;,ed a 10"" of about $1 :;0,000 on Septem her 3. the Shannon & Sleadd Compan}, ftlll11tme dealer'3 of She1b) Ville, Ky. suffered a lo~s e;,tJmated at $12000 to $1 :;'000 With $9,000 1I1surance The plant of the ::;outhel n ~1attl e.,s Company of ;{ ew 01 lean", La. which hac, been 111 ltq1l1datlOn and lttlgatton for "ome time, 'v\ a" destt oyed by fil e on \11e;l1st 2 I The h1111dmg Vv a" 1I1"mcd but there Vi, as no 111"urance 011 the" tock On wluch the 10.,,, lS e"tlll1ated at $S 000 '.Ianv a vvOn1<11p1Ub evel \ thm>; on hel llct( k to llldke a gLlod front ---_._-----_._----- ---------------------------------------- . _.. _ .. •j It I I I I II I II• I I• II I II II iIII I I I t--- -. -----_.-.--------~._----. --.-----..------ -- .. -... ..... .... _... Mo. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND, INDIANA DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the late..,t and best method of double seat1l1g. Catalogues to the Trade, Richmond Tablet Arm Chair No. 100 30 -------------- IIII II II II II I \V P P K L Y .\ R T T ~ A N SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY ________________________________________________a._~._.~ Many New Featurt's Added for the rail Sea~on Everything for the Bedroom r M,dlllm 1nd flOe QU1hty J Offi
- Date Created:
- 1909-09-11T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
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200. Volume 1, No. 8
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- Volume 1, No. 8 Issue Woman: A Weekly Newspaper Of the women, For the women, By the women. Began distribution in 1908 and publication ceased in 1909
- Date Created:
- 1909-01-09T00:00:00Z
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- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)