Michigan Artisan; 1907-09-10

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published in Grand Rapids, Mich. It was published twice monthly, beginning in 1880. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC ~lBRARY r T""enty=Ei,:thth Yea.r-No. 5 SEPTEMBER 10. 1907 Semi-Monthly RIGHT IN FRONT AS USUAL Here is a SANDE.R that will finish your work PERFECTLY This machine has a variet)!: of adjustments and will sand WITH THE GRAIN and require no re-touching by hand, the following: Mirror frames, round, oval, any shape; drawer rails, base rails; drawer fronts,. serpentine, agee, round or swell, either straight or cross veneered; agee, round, bevel or straightedges of dresserortabJe tops, of round, square or scrolled patterns, table rims, dresser ,posts; veneered rolls or columns; straight ogee or rounded mouldings; raised surfaces of panels; spirals of table legs; curtain slats for roll top desks; spindle carvings; French table legs; plumbers' wood work; table tops etc. Ask for Catalog E No. 163 Universal Sand &ell Machine. WVSONQ « MILES CO., Cedar St. and :Sou R. R., QREENSBORO, N. C. ~,. • The Best Truck-- The Stronges1 Truck Tbis is tbe famousGillette ~olJer BeariDR" Factory Truck-tbe truck on wbicb itl is said. "One man can move a load of 3000 pounds while with the other trucks it takes three men." Tbis is tbe truck tbat is st~ong where otbers are weak-the truck that has an unbreakable malleable iron fork. . This is tbe truck YOU arellookinR"for if youwisb to invest in ratber tban w8s~e money on factory trucks. I I Gillette Roller ~earing CO. ORAND RAPIDS, MICHIOAN The Lightest Running Longest L sting Truck =---------+---~ THIS PLANT SAVED $.5240 -easier week, HOW MUCH WOULD THIS BE WORTH TO YOU? BETTER LOOK INTO IT. Grand Rapids Veneer Worhs. Grand Rapids, Mich. GOOD FACTORY TRUCKS with us means the best castings ate used, all lumber is Ihoroughly kiln dried. and the work is done hy skilled mechanics• .-IT Notice the axle; ~ No box bearings; Built to run like a wagon. Wheels cannot stick. Nothing to break. .-IT Sixte«:n years ~ expenence Making trucks Helps 'us to know What are good trucks, And how to make them. Gr~nd· Rapids Hand Screw Co. HAND SCREWS, BENCHES, TRUCKS, FURNITURE CLAMPS 130 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 1 ONE-COAT WAX fiNIS" tjf Our One-Coat Wax Finishes are made to produce a beautiful, soft-toned Mission effect on oak and requires but one application. They will be found a great economy in the finishing room where a med-ium or cheap grade of work forms a portion of the factory output. fJJ After applying the finish it should stand over night when it can be polished the same as any Wax fin-ish. If necessary it can be polished in two hours after applying. fJJ These finishes are now being used by a number of furniture manufacturers with the mosl successful results and have proven to be practical in every way. They are made in the following shades of color: Weathered Oak Flemish Oak AURORA STAMPING INKS--*" SPARTAN TURPS~ Mission Brown Cathedral Brown Tavern Oak is one of the be€t solvents known for reducing val'nishes. illains, paints. etc. Absolutely non-injurious to the health, as well as the greatest money-saver ever used in a finishing room. T"E MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA . 0"'0 f]f These inks are of the very highdl: quality and will be found to give per-fed: results where it is desired. to imi-tate quartered oak. These Specialties are used all Over the World Veneer Presses, all kinds and Illze". HaDd Feed Glueing Machine (Pat. pending.) l!1Ight styles and rdzes. ' Veneer Presses Glue:Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Elc" Etc, Wood·Working Machinery .=---- and Supplies Power l<'eed GIIl.(l Spooading Machine, (Putent applied for,) Single, Double and Combination. L]!';T 1]S KNOW YOUR WANTS 419·421 E. Eighth 81 C"AS. E. fRANCIS &.. BRO.a CINCINNATI, O. , No. 20 Glue Heater. No. 6 Glue Heater. Do You Want The Originality of our work is one of its chief characteristics. WE BUILD HIGH GRADE Something CATALOGS COMPLETE Original? White Printing Co.· 2 to 20 Lyon Street GRANORAPIDS. MICH. ENGRAVING PRINTING BINDING IL r t~ d ~---------------~ .., 2 THE RESULT of FAY & EGAN Wootlworking Machines FINE WOOD PRODUCTS CAN BE MADE ONLY ON FINE MACHINES. FAY & EGAN, THE STANDARD No. 180 BAND RIP SAW. For ripping your lumber preparatory to working it into the. variouskinds ofyro-duds you should have the Fay & Egan No. 180 Band Rip Saw. It will do a finer grade of work and more of it per day than a cheaper tool. If you are a woodworker what do you make? We have a catalog especially pre-pared for your business. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 505.525 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio. GRAND RAPICS PUBLIC LIBRARY 28th Year-No.5. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. SEPTEMBER 10. 1907. $1.00 per Year. FELLOWSHIP. ~.===============~~========== rBy James \Vhitcomb Riley.] '\Then a mall <tin't got a cent, and he's feeling- kind of blue, And the clouds hang dark an' heavy, an' won't let the sllllshine through, It's a great thing, 0 my brethren, for a feller just to lay His halH] upon your shoulder in a friendly sort of way! It makes a mall fccl qucerish; it makes the teardrops start, An' you sort 0' feel a llutter in the region of the heart; You can't look np and med 11is eyes; you don't know what to say. \Vhen his hand is 011 your shoulder in a friendly sort of \,y;ty! 0, the world's a curious COmp011lH], with its hOlley and its gaJl, vVith its care a11(1 bitter cros.scs, but a good worl' after all; An' a good God must have made it-least ways, that is what 1 say, \Vhen a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort of way. Placarded the Gates. A short time ,lgO the superintendellts of several furniture llJallllfacturing plants in Grand Rapids, upon their arrival at the gates of thcir premises in the mornings fouud the follow-ing placard attached to the gates of the works: ******* '" * * * * * WANTED * * Cabinet .l\'lakers and Carpel1- * '" tel's. Call on ]. ]. Kelly, }/lor- * * ton House, * **** *** ***** Mr. Kelty was called for by 'phone by an official of one of the companies, who learned that he was from Duhuquc, Iowa, and that he would pay from $2.50 to $3.00 per day for first class workmen. lIe wOl1ld allmv nothing for transpor-tation. The offer was not sufficiently attractive to cause an exodus of the competent cabinet makers and carpenters from Grand Rapids. Showers the Lumber. One of the most successful manufacturers of the west showers the lumber used with cold water, following with a thorough steaming before plac'ing it in the kiln for the usual process. \\Then the lumber is taken out of the kiln the cars are run into a lumher hOllse. 'where it is allowed to remain several weeks. T~e Ilever has any trouble with his goods after marketing the same on nccount of the improper prepar-ation of the lumber. Lacking in Spirit. \Vhile the chairs of Chippendale and Sheraton are often copied, it is rare that thc reproductions have the spirit of the originals. The slight irregularities and variations made by carvers, who ne\'er absolutely repeat themselves in a num-ber of pieces, save then') from the mOllnt011Y so often seen in copies. Upholsterers in Demand. Reports from fUflliture manufacturing centers are to the effect that there is quite all active detllanJ for upholsterers. At this season of the year, the parlor and library furniture business is usually quite active, and it is doubtless owing to the improved condition of trade that the present scarcity of workmen exists. Watchmen Employed as Engineers. III many of the manufacturing plants in the cities of the east engineers with second class papers are employed as watchmen. \\lhen the requirements of business demand the operation of plants at night, the engine is operated by the watchmen. English and Dull Mahogany Preferred. .:\1;:ll1ufacturers of furniture report that the sales made since the opening of the fall season call larg(',ly for dun ma-hognny and e;lrly English finishes. There is a steady falling off in the dcmand for golden oak in furniture of medium grade. OUD 5PfCIAliMPfRIAl WfAlnfDfO OAK Oil SlAin is the standard all over America. Are YOU using it} MANU'-ACTU.r:O DHI.Y B Y CHICAGO WOOD FINISHING CO. ZS9·63 ELSTONAVE"'Z·16 SLOAN ST. CHICACO. 4 .f'~MlprIG7fN Saw and Knife Fitting Machinery and Tools If:e·r.'l':::'a~~,~~t Baldwin. Tuthill ®. Bolton Orand Rapid ... Mich. filers. Selters., Sharpeners. Grinders, Swages. Stretchers. Brazing and Filing Clamps, Knife Balances, Hammering Tools. 1Ilvestf::~ our New 200 page Catalogue for 1907 Free. Bollon Band Saw Filer lor Sawt ~ Inch up. B. T. & 8. Style D. KnifeGrinder. Full Automatic. Wet or dJy. __________________ ,OFFlCES _ So&ton New York Jamestown Hlgb Point Cincinnati Detroit Orand Rapid. Chlc.,o St. Louis MlnDeapoU. A•• oclrate Offlcee and 'Bonded Attornen III all Principal clUe. The Furniture Agency REPORTING FURNITURE, UNDERTAKERS, CARPET HARDWARE AND KINDREp ,TRADES. COLLEC· TIONS MADE BY AN UNRIVALLED SYSTEM THROUGH OUR COLLECTION DRPARTMENT •.• WE PRODUCE RESULTS WHERE OTHERS !'AIL. WRITK FOR PA~TICULARS AND YOU WILL SItND US YOUR BUSINESS. Our Complaint at\d AdJu.tment Department Red Drafts Collect H. J. DANHOF. Michig..n M..nager. 316 Houaeman Building. • • Grand Rapids. Mlcb OU:I"Clamps reoelved GOLD MEDAL at World'. Fa.lr, St. Loul •• VltNltER PRltSS (Pat~ted Jnne 30,1903.) CHAIN CLAMP (Patented June 30,1903.) CASINltT CLAMP. The "Reliable" Kind Wood I Forming Cutters ROLLS VENEERED We offer exceptional value in Reversible and One-Way Cutters for SiJ;lgleand Double Spin-dle Shapers. Largest lists with lowest prices. Greatest variety to select from. Book free. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS MilTON. PENNSYLVANIA. U. S. A. Write for prices and particulars. Black Bros. Machinery CO. MENDOTA, ILL. Why Worry with the Roll Question ----?---.--- Leave tha.t to us. We are prepared to solve it quicker and b~tter be-cause we have the knowledge and equip-ment. We use nothing but chet.tnut in 0 ur cores. Writejorprice6. The Fellwock Auto.- mobile & ,II'g CO EVANSVILLE,,' IND. Formerly the FeHwock Roll & Panel Co. Nothing changed but the name. -- --~--------------------------------- 5 igf\apio..s.f\ic~ IndianapoU •• Indiana Write lor Information. Prices Etc. The Universal Automatic CARVINO MACHINE ===='PERFORMS THEWORKOF ==== 25 HAND CARVERS And does the Work Better than it can be Done by Hand ----~--MADE BY----- Union fnOOSSInQ MA(U1nr (0. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company MANUJI"ACTURI!:RS AND JOIlIlKRS 01' Largest Jobbers of Window Glass in the World Also, our 23 jobbinll; houses carry heavy stocks in all lines of glass, paints, varnishes and brushes and are lOcated in the cities named below: New Yo.t'k-Hu.dson and Vandam Sts.. Baltirnore-221-22S W. Pratt Street. B08ton-41-(9 Sudbury, 1-9 Bowker. Sts. Clevelaod-1430-t West Third street. Ch1cago--l4.-2-452 Wabash Avenue. Omaha-1608-10-12 Hal"ney Street. Cincinnati-Broadway and Court Stll. St. Paul-849-51 Minnesota. Street. St. Louill-Cor. 7th and Market Sts. Atlanta, Ga.-30, 32 and 34 S. Pryor St. "}linneapolis-500-516 S. Third St. Savannah, Oa.-745-749 Wheaton Street. Detroit-.'f8-55 Larned St., E. .Kansas City_Fifth and Wyandotte Sts. Gl'andRapids. Mich.~9-41 N. Division Birmingham, Ala.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. st. Bn:ffal0-372-4-6-S Pead Stroot. Ptttsburgb....,..lOl~103 Woqd' Street. Brooklyn----fJ35and 637 Fulton Street. Milwaukee; Wis-492-494- Market St. Philadelphlu.-Pitcairn Building, Arch Rochester, N. Y.-Wilder Building, Main and Eleventh St~ and Excbange Sts. _.' Davenport-nO-416 Scott st"reei._ Sole dlstrlbuters of PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAIN'fS Wire Glass Best ProtecUon AgaJo$tFire It needs no argument to shaw what advantages may be derived from dealing directly with us. Agent. for the Coulson Patent Carller Post. and Sars. 6 noYel~Wooo Worns Grand Rapids, Mich. We make good work at reas-onable prices and prompt ship-ment. Our capacity is such that we can take care of more trade and for that reason you see this Ad. Write us for anything you want in Good Wood Carving New Patterns in Hoohs. WRITE US FOR PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 7 Grand Rapids School of Designing 544"545 HOUSEMAN BLDG., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. IN TWO BRANCHES: DETAILING AND SKETCHING THE LARGEST AND BEST COURSES. WRITE US TODAY FOR PARTICULARS. WE TEACH A COMPLETE COURSE IN FURNITURE DESIGNING Ancient Furniture in the British Museum. Designers going abroad for study and inspiration find many specimells of the furniture of the ancients in the British 1v[\1S(",U01, the Louvre and the 1·1"usec de Cluny. In the museum, among many OrlIC! ,n,fe pjcccs, aTc cl]airs of the Egyptialls; one is of eb{)lly, inlaid with collars and dies of IVory. Another is shaped out of two frames of [our pieces of wood each, hinged in the center of the longer sides, tlle lower ends carved illtO the form of the head of allimals; the seat is of skin or other flexible material to fold Bat. Several Egyptian conches or seats have legs carved like those of pan-thers; others have arms or seats, supported by figures rep-resenting slaves or captives taken in war. Vv'orkmen's tables, massive blocks of wood. 'with fOUf plain legs and head rests hollowed out, standing 1111Je or ten inches high; painted \,v()od chests, with convex lids (not hinged) and mummy cases are also on exhibition. Light sculptured Assyrian 5e;lts were found in the excavations of ~ ineveh. These were cushioned or upholstered 'with rich materials. The fttrniturc of the Assyrians was more massive than that of the Egyptians. The museum contains many samples of furniture used by the ancient Greeks. The similarity of the Roman to the furni-ture of the Greeks is accounted for by the employment of Greek artists and workmen. In the early ages of the em-pire, in Rome, and aften.vard in Constalltinople., gold and sil-ver were used plentifully for furniture. Hoodwinked Judge Landis. The manufacturers of school and church furniture consti-tuting the Holbrook trust, recently dissolved by lhe federal court in Chicago, arc still cong-ratulating themselves upon their success in escaping the imposition of heavy penalties, after their conviction upon the charge of violating the federal anti-tru~t law. "Vhen arraigned for sentence the members of WE ALSO TEACH A COURSE IN ADVANCED ORNAMENT WATER COLORING WASH DRAWING AND CARTOONING the trust related such stories of their poverty that Judge Landis' sympathies were moved in their behalf. A story, familiar to all, is that of the young colored g-irl who excused herself for having hecome the mother of a cbild out of wed-lock. It was such a tiny bit of humanity that no one should complain of its having been born. The members of the trust were such small offenders in comparison with the sugar, the beef, the oil and other great business enterprises that it was claimed no great wrong had been done the public throug-h their bu~iness transactions. The officers of ·one corporation reducsd their salaries voluntarily for the time being, 'and, when the president stated that he received for his services but $800 per year, that the secretary and treasurer respectively received but $600 per year, Judge Landis decided that the minimum amount of the penalty imposed by the statute would satisfy the demands of justice. The president promptly paid in the sum of $500 and when he returned to his home with an additional $500, which he had expected to place at the disposal of the federal·treasury, the board of directors immediately restored the salaries of the officials to the former comfortable sums which they had received. Another Museum for Salem. A wealthy woman formerly living in the interesting old city of Salem, )Jass., provided in her will that her house and its contents should be transferred to the city and used as a public museum. The city recently g-ained possession of the property, and will soon open it to permit residents and sojourners to inspect its contents. The· house contains many rare and almost invaluable pieces of furniture, conect-ed in many parts of the world. Jim "Ash" of Buffalo keeps in close touch with his busi-ness. He ,sclls fuel. 8 This Machine Ma'kes the Money BY SAVING IT======== It makes a perfect imitation of any open grain because it uses the wood itself to print from, and one operator and a couple of boys can do more work with it than a dozen men with any other so-called machine or pads on the market. That·s why It's a money maker. It imitates perfectly PLAIN or QUARTERED OAK. MAtfOGANY. WALNUT, ELM. AStf oraoy other wood with open graIn. WRITE THE Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co., Detroit, Mich. ME:NTION THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN. FOR PRICES AND FULL I=IARTICULARS. J....... 1 _ ·:f'~MICHIG7IN ...f « ralm6r'S rat6nt 610lno ()lamoS Mr. Manufacturer-Do you ever consider what joint gluing co~s f The separators and wooden wedges, if you use them and many do. are a large item of expense accounts; but this is small compared to wage ac-counts of workmen who wear them out with a hammer. and then a large per cenl of the joints are failures by the inse<:urity of Ihis means. RESULT. it has to be done over again, if possible. If you use inde_ pendent screw damps the result is better, but slower, altogether too slow. Let us lell you of something better, PALMER'S CLAMPS. All ~eel and iron. No wedges. no separators, adjust 10 any width. damp instantly yet securely, releases even faster. Positively one-third more work. with one-third less help. In seven sizes up 10 60 inches, any thicknesl! up to 2 inches. 200 factories convinced in 1906. Why not you in 1907? Although sold by dealers everywhere let us send you p"'licul.~. /\. E. Palmer 8: Sons. Owosso. Mi6h. FOREIGN AGENTS: Projectile Co., l-ofldon, England. Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlin, Germany. INSIST ON HAVING Morris Woo~ 3 Sons' SoM Steel Qlue Joint (utlers for there are no otherJ" U 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. 10 and prices on application. MORRIS WOOD &. SONS 'thirty_two 'Fears at 31..33 S. Canal Street. CHICAGO. ILL. .7IR T 1.5'7£.l'l . 0/,. • ~ "Rotary Style" for Drop CaJ"Vings, EmbOtlsed Mouldings, Panels. EMBOSSINC AND DROP CARVING MACHINES. Maehines for aU purposes, and at prlooro within the reach 01 all. Every machine bas 001'guarantee aga.in8t breaka ..e, for one year. "Lateral Style" for large capacity heavy Carvings aDd Deep Emoossings. We have the Machine yoo want at a l!Iatlsfactory price. Write for descriptive clnnlars. Abo make dies tor all makes of Ma-chlnes. UNION EMBOSSING M4CHINE CO.• Indianapolis. Ind. Johnson's Tally Sheet ---FORi---- HARDWOOD LUMBER NOT LIKE OTHER TALLY SHEETS. C. A. JOHNSON, Marshfield, Wis. 9 10 "Introspection and Retrospection-it I have the blizzard of eight years ago to thank for the most valuable lesson I ever learned. Yet the blizzard only indiiectly-a magnificent old Scotch- Canadian directly. "But from all evil some good we may take"-and if that blizzard hadn't imprisoned a number of us in the city, awa~,r from our suburban homes, I wouldn't have had the lesson, and you couldn't have had it. For hours, a couple thousand nervous men paced wearily up and down the big waiting rooms of the terminal depot, or gathered in groups and discussed the situation, or asked questions of railways employes. No trains were running-no telling when any would run. At last fOUf of Us decided to go to a hotel-and went, after telegraphing our families. Ferguson-the Scotch-Canadian and an iron master; Mil-well- a lawyer; Beale-a manufacturer; and myself. We could get but one room-and that on the top floor, and a pile of snow had drifted in through a ventilator. But it was shelter, and there were two big beds and plenty of covers. After _some dinner and a smoke we went to the room. We drew lots for bed partners, and Ferguson and I got the short. ones. We said our prayers and tumbled in. Now that discom-fort was over, we were inclined to have some fun. Except Ferguson He was silent-and it was strange, for he was a mighty companionable old chap. But we couldn't make him talk for a long time. The rest of us chaffed, and told stories, and laughed-Ferguson was silent. He wasn't asleep--I discovered that when I yanked the covers off him and got a jab and a kick at the same time. At last he talked-and what he said was worth listening to. He told us that he had been doing something his mother taught him up in the wilds of Canada, nearly fifty 'years be-fore. "Introspection and Retrospection:' he called it. Every night, h~ said, during all those years, he had done it. This is how: Lie with eyes closed, an~ nentally review day. Things done and not done, and why. Personal behavior; treatmcnt of others; maintenance of self-respect At first, he said, it was hard to remember much that had happened, and still, harder, next morning, to apply the de-cisions and resolves made. But sticking to it made it easy, and now every event of the past day marched in orderly procession before him when he willed, and he' awoke each morning armed and outfitted for that day. He told us that it had become his habit to defer over-night, whenever possible, his decision on important questions. Away from the man with an alluring proposition, or an engaging manner, he could decide things on their merits. and few things looked the same. He never changed his night time decisions-said that where he was wrong once he was right a hundred times, and was satisfied with that proportion, Told us, too, of instances where he had reversed daytime decisions at night-and profited by so doing. But what he had to say about personal behavior, treat-ment of others, and maintenance of self-respect, was most interesting. If he had smoked a cigar too many; if he had been hate-ful in manner; if he had displeased himself in any way. If he had been any less a man than he felt he ought to be-and his standards were high. There was shame and reproach, and intent to stand straighter, and efforts to stand straighter. He held that confessing a. fault was simply common honesty, and that an apology, if it was due, should be made as sincerely and unaffectedly as a little courtesy to one's family. More things he told us-but you catch the drift, don't you? And now for my experience with "Introspection and Re-trospection." I was self-assertive and positive; what I said and did was right because I said and did it-in my opinion. That is, before I tried the plan. I thought I was rather a big man in achievement and position. Also, before I tried the plan. T had an idea that the world was especially made to be my habitation, and that pretty much everybody else was trespass-ing on my property. Ever feel like that? Politeness, while never essential, was all right with my friends and those from who I wanted favors, but with who were subordinate or who wanted favors from me-not to be expected. It was awful, the first night. I lay awake a long ,time. And I didn't get anywhere near the business end of things. My confounded meal1ne~ses-that I had felt to be virtues -loomed up too big. Next day I nearly took a man off his feet by saying, "Good morning," I had previously grunted at him. I apologized to another for some nastiness of the day be-fore, and he immediately inquired about my health. I kept on, night after night-and made amends morning after mornjng; Making amends was tough work for awhile-hut about the time I got sort of used to it I didn't have much of it to do. Yet it was never half as tough as the arraignment of self by self-the baring of my soul to my soul in the still watches of the night. I grew decenter and decenter-had to, to find any comfort in living. I made fewer business mistakes. I have kept it up-every night, no matter how tired I am, I spend a quarter of an hour in reviewing the day and planning for the morrow. I am glad I learned-so will you be, if you learn. Why 'shouldn't we understand that in respecting the rights of others we are firmly establishing our own -rights? Why shouldn't we all be pleasant to do business with? V'lhether employer or employe? Why shouldn't we make the most of ourselves? \Vhy shouldn't ",:,"C be men-big, broad, kindly, thinking men? The world needs each of us as that kind of a man-and Introspection and Retrospection will do much toward making each of us that kind of a man.-c. A. Peake. While suffering under "a bad spell' an upholsterer of Chelsea (Mass.) hung up a sign board over his door recently upon which is inscribed the words: "Chelsca Novelty OP~ houlsterring Compan'y." The intelligence of the community was greatly shocked. A scientist of Munich, Bavaria, has invented a microscope by which one can see an object 1-2,000,000 of an inch in cir- ""'.:mference. That lens is hardly capable, however, of photo-graphing the margin of profit resulting ..to manufacturers of kitchen cabinets from the sale of their goods. 11 COLONIAL AND MISSION "nO=RUM=lOOSt" WOO~ Rno~s Made in Mahogany. Oak and all popnlar woods. The only kind that won't Comeoff. These knobs are made in ovals, rounds and squares. Nearly one million of these knobs made and sold within a year. Write for prices. WADDELL MFG. CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. Talks That Foster Cynicism. They 'were all sitting about the table in the dining room p<:t1lcled in pjne 3nd stained with lampblack and called Flem-ish oak. They were reveling in the last remaining tidbits of the lobster a la Newburg, when the young man who pro-fC'. ssedto be wise and therefore cynical interrupted the gen-eral good cheer with a harsh remark. "Everyone of us here," he said blithely, "has some pet meallllC!is tucked avvay within us-a streak of yellow, so to speak." The secretary to a heartless corporation, who is in love with the young business woman with whom the cynic is also in love, took up the cudgels in defense of her and the rest of the gathering as well as himself. The traveling man CHALLENGE REDUCER A solvent equal to turpentine in every respect for re~ dueing varnish, stains, or anything requiring a solvent of turpentine- strength or quality. This solvent is fully fifty per cent cheaper than turpen. tine, as it costs less and requires less to obtain the same re-sults; and as a reducer for oil stains it has no equal. Manufactured and sold only by GRAND RAPIDS WOOD fINIS"ING CO. 55-57 J:J1sworlh Ave, Grand Rapids, Mich. ·who sells hats happened to be in from his northwest terri-lory for the lobster Slipper and he joined in the outcry. It was swelled also by the life insurance \",oman and the young business woman and the girl who is studying art. Finally the tumult died and everybody hegan to look solemn. 0-0-0 The girl \vho js attending the art school was the brave spirit who broke the silence. "Car fare. is my yellow streak," she. said. "I am simply tickeled to death ·when I sneak a ride 11001e. I h,,(ve got into the habit of using the 5tr(',('t car \vhen I am in a hurry in-stead of the elevated, because yOU have to pay when you ride on the 'L,' but if you study a little you can sneak a street-car ride most any time when it's crowded. And when any-body pays my tarfare for me 1 inyite that person out to luncheon on the spot, I am so grateful." "\Vell, scraps of paper are my yellow streak," confessed the young business wornal!. I am sickened at the s.ight of a nice p.iece of paper being thrown into the waste hasket. My desk is full of every sort of paper and every size. ~ote paper is something T just C<lU't force myself to buy, so I make my sisters send me big boxes for Christmas, and that's the only way I ever have anything decent to send out proper letters all." The secretary and the cynic: took notes for the coming De~ cember anti the life insurance woman began her terrible con-fession. ';11ine is postage stamps." s,h(' said. "It makes me mad to have to put a stamp on every Jetter I send out. The only reason I have eyer wanted to be a man is that if I were one I'd ha~'e a chance to get elected to congress and when you're a congressman you have franking privileges and don't have to buy stamps." "l\fine is buying socks," the tra\'eling man said, gloomily. "I've got a barrel of 'em at home that I've worll about three times apiece and I can't \Near 'em and T hate to throw 'em away because the rest of 'em is good, you know. It makes me mad clear through to have to buy new ones every week or so." "I'll use a lead pencil a year and then steal a new one from my best friend," said the secretary. "before 1'11 buy one my-self. I'm making a collection of them now from the old ma.n, and when I get fired all I'll have to do to feel wealthy wilt be to go to that old shoe box where I keep 'em and look at 'em." "Buying a commutatiol1 ticket is what catches me," said the cynic. "My idea of luxury is tn OWl) a stack of them a foot high." 0-0-0 "Well," said the secretary, "when you get to talking about ideas of luxury, I'm ready to converse and automobiles is the subject." "The idea!" sniffed the girl who is study.ing art and who looks like an angel by one Raphael. "I've got just one idea of luxury, and that is to be so rich that you can throwaway every single hit of a watermelon but the heart and have as many of them as yOll can pOi;sihly eat." "Please pass the cheese," said the traveling mall, after one dazed moment. "This kind of talk is fostering cynicism in us alL" The Usual Result. Knoxville, Tenn., August 16, 1907. Publisher ]\,Iich.igan Artisan:-VI/e sent an advertisement to you to publish in three issues of your factory edition for a "3daddox Rubbing Machine." We a:re pleased to say that we have received replies to the advertisement and have pur-chased a machine, so do not run the advertisement again. KNOXVILLE TABLE & CHAIR COMPANY. When the opportunity comes to make good, too many men are engaged in gnunbling at their lot and miss the chance. 12 .f'~ MI CHIG TIN 7'IR.T 1.5'7£.l"J ...,.. 1'£ i 2 a . SS* USE A MORTON KILN IT WILL END YOUR DRY KILN TROUBLES Does not warp or check lumber. THE MOST PERFECT MOIST AIR KILN ON THE MARKET. TRUCKS, CANVASDOORS, RECORD-ING THERMOMETERS and other sup-plies. Write for catalog H which tells HOW TO DRY LUMBER MORTON DRY KILN CO. 218 LA SALl.E ST., CHICACO. Temperature and in the "ABC" / 10 Spindle Machine .&.lBo made wi"th n, 15, 20 aDd 2& Splnalu. \ DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE This little maebloe has done more to perfect the drawer work of furniture maouf3Ctorers than anything else In the furni-ture trade. For fifteen :reus it has made Perfeet-fttting. vennm-proof, dove-tAiled stock a possibWty. This hIM been aeeompll8bed at .reduced cost, 88 the machine cuts dove-tBib in gaogl!l of from 9 to 24 at one OPerlttiOD. ALE:XANOE:R 00005. Grand Rapids. Mich. Represented by Schuchadl & Schutte at Berlin VleIlRa Sloc.kholm IIDd St. Pe1ershutj'. RePresePted by Alfred H. SchuUe at CoIoaoe, Brllssel~ Ueae .. Paris, MUan aDd Bilb.o. Reptesented in Greal Bcitia.nafJd Ireland by the viivel' Machin-etY Co.. F. 5. TMmpWn, MIlt'., 201·203. Deall6lale, Mallchesler, EPilanG. Moisture R.eadily Controlled Moist Air niln THE COLE:MFG.co.. Memphis. Tenn .• say: "We will ~tate that these Kilns are giving ~ood setv~ and have <:Qmeup to aU that i5 claimed ior them. We consider them the best :.i~~;ld kiln 011the market for cypress and oak as the temperature and moisture is readily controlled. Our Dry Kiln CatalOi:ue is No. 166 M-A. Shall we send yoU a copy? AMERICAN BLOWER COMPANY. Detroit. Mich. NEW YORK CHICAGO ATLANTA LONDON Oran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (ompanJ THE LATEST dC7!icc for halldlill ~ shm.Jings and dust from all 'l\..,lood- '(('orkillg llwchillCS. Our nineteen years experience in this class of 'i.cork has brmlght it nearer perfection thall any other s~vstemOrt the market today. 1t is no experlntertt~ but (l dt'HlOllstrated sCl:ent£fic fact, as 'HN !zm/c seT'eral lum-dred of these S'}/steINS in 1,iSC, and not a poor one mnong tlunn. Our ./lutomalic Furnace Feed S}'StCJ1i, as s!u),'.trn in this cut. is the m,os! perfect 'Z('ork£ng de'vice of aJl'},thing in this lhze. TVrite for our prices for equipments. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETATL \VORK WrTHOUT EX· PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS. EXHAUST FANS Ai\fJ) PRES· SUHE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Olfice and Factory; 20&-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CIUzen. Phone 1282 lSoe1l. M.ln 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM A Plain and Simple System. The Grand Rapids School of Designing is a correspon-dence school that is doing a great work for the manufacturers in general and is conducted by IV[r. Arthur Kirkpatrick! one of the best known designers in the furniture trade. \Ve note upon a recent visit to the school the simplicity and clearness of the work and the steady adv<lnce as the lessons progress. The students are taught how to make and read factory detail drawings and sketches, rods and stock bills; how to make water color sketches; details and sketches of all kinds of household furniture! bank, har! store, school, church and lodge furniture and fixture.s, It is strictly a drawing school, teaching aU branches of drawil1g, inch,l.ding a course of car-tooning. The lessons are new and effective, and are the en-tire work of .Mr. Kirkpatrick. There ;.t,re a number of the school's students holding good positions as foremen, superin-tendents, and designers throughout the country! and the sc,hool claims that it has a larger list of students holding good paying positions than any other drawing school in the country. The school !la-s had a F>teady growth since its beginning, which shows the permanent position it holds in the market, and it also enjoys the reputation of being the best institution of its kind in the world. The Reversible Bed Rail. Quite a commotion exists among the manufacturers of metal beds over threatened litigation on account of the use of the reversible bed rail. A manufacturer in one of the ea.stern cities claims to own a patent covering the reversible rail, and he notified all other manufacturers of metal beds to cease using the rail and prepare to settle his bill on account of damages sustained. This condition causes much work for the lawyers, and incidentally the history of the business of manufacturing metal beds in the United States is under-going investigation. One of the threatened manufacturers states that his attorneys have been unable to find evidence in the patent office that a patent upon a reversible bed rail had eve.r been granted. Previous to 1880 no brass beds had been manufactured in the United States. A few flat iron low and narrow beds for hospitals and public institutions had found a ready market, but the brass beds used were imported from England. The beds were well made and beautifully finished, but the designs did not satisfy American tastes. During the first administra-tion of Presldent Cleveland, certain capitalists of Buffalo de:.. cided to establish a factory and engage in the manufacturing of brass beds. Workmen were eng~ged in England and brought to Buffalo and in a short time the industry began to thrive. Complaint was made to the federal government, charging the Buffalonians with having yoil'<ited tht: alien con-tract Jabor law. Defendants were tried. convicted and heav-ily fined, and the husiness ior the time being was practically abandoned. Many of the workmen remained in the United States and to their skill and experience is due the impor-tant industry of manufacturing brass and· iron .beds in the United States. Subordinate Carvings on Chairs. If chairs are carved. the carving should be so subordinate to the outline and the comfort of the sitter as 110t to inter-fere with the dress or be liable to breakage from having sal-ient points, masses or ornaments. (ESTA.8Lt!iHE:D 1666) BERRY BROTHERS' Rubbing and Polishing Varnishes MUST BE USED IN FURNITURE WORK TO BE APPREOIATED THEY SETfLE THE VARNISH QUESTION WHEREVER TRIED WRITE FOR INFORMATION. FINISHED WOOD SAMPUS, AND UTERATURE. New York 262 Peat! 51. &..ton 5020Atlantic: Ave. Philad.elphia 26-28 No. 4th 51, Baltimore 29 S. Hanover St. BERRY BROTHERS, LIMITED VARNISH MANUFACTURERS DETROIT Ch..i,':'It''Lak.5<. CindDnati 420 Maio. St. St. Loub \12 So. 4lb St. SaD FraocUico 666 Howard 51. THIS IS THE CAN AND LABEL CANlIlDIAN FAOTOJl;Y,WALKERVIa.LE ONTARIO STAIN AND fiLLER CORRECT SHADE FOR GOLDEN OAK , fOR QUARTERED OAK THE L MAC E NO. 1914 GOLDEN OAK STAIN NO. 506 TRANSPARENT FILLER fOR PLAIN OI\K THE L MAC E NO. 1636 COMBINATION FILLER Produces same shade as Golden Oak Stain and Filler. THE BAR R E T T - LI NO E MAN C 0, in consolidation with 1U[ lAW«rn(r =M(fADDrn (0. Philadelphia Chicago J6 These saws are made from. No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back S<:roll Saws, any length and gauge. Write U8lot' PrIes List and discount 31-33 S. FRONT ST., GRAND RAPIDS l~e lar~e5t Ma~er5 of furniture lrimmin~s in f~e World Write us for information in regard to the Pull and Knob that won't come off, and that costs you noth-ing. Dealers are demand i ng that they be used on all drawer W 0 r k. It's "No-Kum- Loose" for sure, Grand Rapids Brass Co, Grand Rapids, Mich. Sfep~elISonnr~.CO. South Bend, Ind. W ood Turnings. T umed Moulding, Dowels and Dowel Pins. Catalogue to Manufac-turers on Application. FOLDING BED FIXTURES Profitable fixtures to use are those which give the least trouble. They are made by Folding Bed 'WiIliams 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., CHICACO Manufacturerof Hardware Specialties forthe Furniture Trade. Established 1878_ MACHINE I1NIVES PER.FECT QUALITY R.1GHT PRICES PROMPT 5ERVIC£ A850LUTE GUARANTEE Dado or Grooving Heads. Miter Machines, Unl'Y61'$alWood Trimmers, Boring Machln6s. Etc. FOX MACHINE CO 185 N. Froft' S•• .. (hand l\aphl•• Mich. .7IR T I .s'..7Il"J 3 7,.. 17 CALL ON US FOR Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer WE ALWAYS HAVE CHOICE STOCK ON HAND wALTER CLARK GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN About Pril:es, The editor of Good FiAtures for August says: HAs to the putting of prices on the pag"c of the Cllt f do not feel competent to advise, 1 believe, however, that to do so would be a convenience to the person consulting the catalogue, even if the price were a disguised Olle. If prices arc subject to frequent change, the separate list may be preferable." Suppose the editor of Good Fixtures was a furniture sales-man instead of a scribe, ,-L11dwas asked to go on the road with a line of photos, but \vithaut a price list? \\that do you imagine, would be the amount of his sales? Of course the supposition is that a printed price list goes with the cata-logue. Rut price lists are often lost; sometimes they are carelessly folde(l in. )low, this is just what many advertisers do. They 'Nil! put an advertisement in a trade journal, giving mllch space to describing the cuts and then leave the reader to gucss at t11e price, and wonder why the "silent salesman" presenting his dainls without letting his customer knovv' the prices does not bring as much business as the sales-man who not only can tell all about the goods hut give prices and discounts as well. They seem to fear that their prices will be found out by their competitors, if printed in a trade journal, ,vhen a look through the drawers of their desks will in most cases ."lho-w them ill possession of every competitor's catalogue ami prict' list they care anything about, 'l1ld may be reasonably sure that their catalogue is likewise in the dnnver of every olle of their competitors. Put your prices under your ClltS, whether in the catalogue or trade JOLlrnal. Y Oll can't run a furniture factory on secret society lines. Give your printed matter a fair sho,"v. \Vatch the mail order houses, and the magazine advertisers. See their prices on eve,rything they have to sell. Put your prices on your goods. Some Things Made in Grand Rapids. Aside from furniture. which has made Grand Rapids famous, here are some of the things pcrtaining to furniture and factory supplies that the Grand Rapids manufacturers get right at home: Lumber. \'enc,('xs. excelsior, packing palls, mirror backs. drawer bottoms, brass, glass and wood hlrniture trimmings; wood carvings and mouldings; mirrors, art and leaded glass, bent glass, rectal (Ixtnres, bdting, machinery, wood fll1ishes I.MPRQVEV, EASY and QUICK RAISING Belt, Elcdric and Hand power. The Best Hand Power for Furniture Stores Send faT Catalogue and PIkes. KIMBAll BROS, CO" 1067 N;oth St.. Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Elevalor Co •• 323 Prospect St., Cleveland, Q. 10811th St., Omaha, Neb.; l~ Cedar St., New York City. ELEVATU1{~ 535 Michigan Trust Building Citizens Phone 5933 and stains, schools of design, and many designers, com-mercial photographers, half-tone, :dnc and wood engravings, electrotype, printing and binding, blow pipe and dust ar-resters. boilers and engines, dry kilns, factory trucks, benches Designed by Otto Jiranek, Grand Rapids, Mich. and clamps, and many other useful things, Is it any wonder that Graml Rapids is a good place to mak.e furniture? Upwards of $2,000,000 were lost by the destruction of the hotels and cottages, with their contents, at Old Orchard Beach, Me., recently_ The hotels and many of the cottages will be replaced, creating a heavy demand for cheap furni-ture. There will be a lively squabble among the members of the New England House Furnishers' Association for this important trade. A. Dodds has recently received orders for two twe1ve-spindle gang dovetailers to go to England. 18 ESTAE!LISHSJ:) leeO PUBl.lStteO BY MICHIGAN ARTISAN CO. ON THe: lOT'" AND 25TH OP' EACH MONTH OFIPICE -2-20 LYON ST.• GRANO RAPIDS. MICH. ENTERED 1\8 I.MTTI!R OF THE SECOND ClASS Acting upon the suggestion of Edison, the electrician, there was established at Amherst, Nova Scotia, recently a system under which coal in a mille is converted into power at the pit's mouth and wiring the "white coal" to points of-consumption instead of carrying coal by rail to distant factories at considerable cost. This is the :first application of the Edison idea on the western continent. The plant develop'S 6;CO·horse power. The transmissiOll is seven miles. *J* *J* *1* *1* 1'1anufacturers are anticipating the annual car fal11ii1e caused by the dosing of navigation 0q, the .,Great Lakes and the demand for extra service in moving the crops, by ship-ping orders for lumber as fast as possible. The lumbermen expect the same conditions during the comillg year as existed last spring, and argue that the advance in prices it is proftosed to make will be of no advantage to them if they shall be un-able to fill orders on account of the scarcity of cars. *1* *1* *!* *1* One of the largest furniture factories in the west was built up from nothing hut the superior -finish applied to the goods produced. The designs were faulty, the construction fair, but the finish was unexcelled. No varnish was too costly for the owner of the plant and he Wall fame and fortune with the brush and the .material used in the finishing room. *1* *1* *1* *1* Reports from the manufacturing celltel-S show tl1«t the factories are well employed and that· orders for goods are coming in freely. Collections are easier since the distri-bution of the Septeillber dividends and tire loosening of money to move the crops. The remainder of the year will be char-acterized by activity in all Jines. . *1* *1* *1* *1* It is not true, as stated by the Chicago Furniture Jour-nal, that the Grand Rapids market closed on June 24.· The market is still open alld many of the lines are intact a.nd in the charge of competent salesmen. So long as the manu-facturers have anything to sell, the market will remain open. *1* *1$ *1Oft "'1* In discussing the subject of "leaders," a shrewd buyer remarked: "I purchase leaders only from bargaining man-ufacturers. 1 cannot place confidence in the remainder of the line offered and I often lack the con fidence in the 'bar-gains' purchased to sell them properly. *1* *J* *1'" *1* It is not only the young men in the factories that need training in the care and operation of machinery_ Some of the older heads stand in need of all occasional suggestion in this respect. *1* *1* *1* *1* vVhen a buyer is given the power to fix the seller's price, the confidence of the buyer is lost. *j* *1* *1* *[* Perfect machines exist in the minds of the builders; nearly perfect machines arc .in USe *1* *1* *1* *1* Judging from the number of conventions and reunions held by the manufacturers and yard men, the lumber bu~iness is yery profitable. ;..Jo poverty stricken business could afford so mally and such elaborate ·-'functions." *)* *J* *:* *1* An inquiry to determine jnst how lunch standing timber remains in the United States has been instituted by the fed-eral commissiOl1cr of corporations. *i* *1* *1* *1* Salesm.en should endeavor to teach a dealer how to make a profit all the goods sold to him and thereby enable the houses they represent to earn a fair profit. +H *f'" *1* "'1* Close buying and good selling abilities are rarely COln-_ billed in 011e person. Hence many buyers fail to meet the demands of their employers. *:* *'* *J* *1'" The rapid destructioll of the forests in America will event-ually I-r.ake furniture of oak more valuable than mahogany furniture. Hoult Met Old Friends. John Ilcult, superintendent of the Luce Furniture Com-pany, kl.S rcttlmed from a visit to his old home, Toronto, Canada. l\Tr. Hoult "'ias forlTi.erly employed in the factory of Jacques & Hayes, ..v.hich produced a great many good workmen. Young men were taught all branches of the busi- Designed by Otto Jiranek. Grand Rapids, Mieh. ness, usnally commencing in the saw mill or the lumber yard. John Mowatt, J. J. Rice and George R. Jackson are among the most noted "graduates" of this famous old shop. M.. Hoult met many. old friends during "Home 'Aleck." New Power Plant. TIle Michigan Chail' Company of Grand Rapids have in-stalIed a hew engine and boilers to drive the additional tna-chinery put into operation (0 care.for their large and rapidly growing trade. Michigan Art Carving Co. --~--FOR-- WOOD CARVING of all kind•. Mention Michigan Atbsllll GRAND aAPIDS. MICH, West Side 36 Inch Band Saw Machine, Gleason Patent Seclional Feed Ro'l, ;-:-:.-.---,-, -.MAKUFACTUREDflY'==== WEST SIDE IRON WORKS, CRANO RAPIDS, MICH., U. $. A. We <,;anhelp you. TUlle saved and when done leaves are bound (by your-sell) and indexed by floors or departments. BARLOW BROS., Grand Rapids, Mich. WRITE RIGHT NOW, MICHlUAN ENURA VINO CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. ENGRAVERS BV_ALL PROCESSES. , Axioms of the Finishing Roo,? Never thin yom filler by guess. Avoirdupois weight is safn. Vary the body of your tiller to the pore of the kind of v.:ood to be fdled. 1£ yOll have a g-ood job to do, don't try to do it by tlsing yoI,ur itl1er extra Ileavy. Two thin coats of filler, hvelve hour" Zlpart, tilt better t\nn one heavy coat. Smooth work tu begin \\'ith, followed by well filled pores, starts the foundation aright. Remember, work started smooth and kept smooth \vill continue smooth to the end. Remember that the smoother your work at the finish, the less scouring to get results. Filler can be coated over in twenty-fonr hours; it is al-ways better to give it forty-eight. Always shellac mahogany before you fill, if you desire an unclouded result. Furniture primers call be thinned with either benzine or turpentine. 1£ you expect primers to lay smooth, do not work them. dry; flow them on as you. would a varnish. Primers should he thinned, one of benzine or turpentine to fonr of the primer. Do not forget that one dollar's worth of primer covers one thousand square feet of surface. The above axioms are furnished by the Lawrence-l\lc- Fadden Company, manufacturers of high grade tillers, prim-ers and polishes, 1400 Frankford avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 91 -5EE:==== West Michigan Machine & Tool Co., ltd. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. for "Il," GRI\DE PUNCHES and DIES. If your Dt.~I(jNS are right. p..:opJe waRt the fioods. That makes PRICI:S right, (tlarence "JR. bills DOES IT 163 Madison Avenue-Citizens Phone 1983. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturer of Machine and C~t'ving Tool.. AU kinds of Woodworking Tools to o,der-Shaper Head., Jointer Heads, Spindle Carver Cutters and everythi~ in tOJ's. WABASH B. WALTER & CO. INDIANA ""nuf"tu,,~uf TABLE SLIDES Exclusively WRITE FOR PRfCES A~D DISCOUNT Designed by Joseph Nolan, Grand Rapid&,Mich. 20 ·f"~MI9 ..HIG7f-N MOSTLYBY "HANDY MEN." How Grand Rapids Retail Furniture Dealers Make Repairs. "Do you maintain a repair department?" To this ques-tion D. l\il. Volcgncr of V\regner Brothers, installment dealers of Grand Rapids, replied: "We have nothing that can be properly considered a repair department. \Ve have more or less repairing to do, but not enough to neces:~itate fitting up a regular department. 'Are have a 'handy man' who can fix scratched or marred finish al1d make it as good as new. Sometimes he is kept busy and at others he has little to do in that linc. In case of breakage we either send the chair, table or whatever it may be back to the factory or perhaps order a duplicate of the broken piece or pieces and have our man put them together. It would not pay us to run a re-pair department, even if we had it equipped with tools and machinery. Yes, I think some dealers make a business of rcpairing, but I doubt that it is profitable, I think one of the largest houses in J acksonJ Mich., have fitted up a repair shop and arc not only doing their own work but are adver-tising for gcneral work in that line," 0-0-0 Replying to the same question, Frank E, \-Vinegar of the \-Vinegar Furniture Company talked very much as did ::\lr. vVegner. "'Alben furniture is damaged in shipm~nt," he said, "we notify the factory and if it badly smashed we send it back immediately. If it is notbing more than a broken leg or a spindle we may order the piece and we have a man who can put it in. He can also fix up blemishes in the fin-ish if it is not too bad, The best way, however, is to in-spect the goods care.fully on arrival and if thcy are not right in every particular, send them back." 0-0-0 Owen R. Chaffee of the Young & Chaffee Furniture Com-pany said: "\Ve do not have what you would call a re-pair depart melIt, but we do our own repairing and give it special attention, Vve make it a rule to make and keep good, for a reasonable tilr.e, any piece of furniture that we sell. We haye a couple of 'handy men.' One of them is one of the best all-around cabinet makers in the city-he was for-merly with the Nelson-Matter Company-and when anything goes wrong with a piece of our goods, whether in stock or after it has been sold and delivered, he gives it his immediate. attention and if he is unable to make it right it is promptly replaced. He is always ready to respond to the call of our patrons to fix anything that may need attention, We find that it pays to attend to repairs. By giving them prompt attention and ma.king every piece completely s.atisfactory, we turn 'kicks,' which are few and far between into good ad-vertisements." 0-0-0 "V'lle have a complete repair department," said Morris Heyman of the Heyman Company. "In fact, it is more than a repair shop-it might be called a factory. It is not equip-pcd with much machinery, but we have thl: tools and appur-tenances and employ regularly a force of cabinet makers. flnis:;ers aml upholsterers. vVc have the machine work done outside, but we make ITallY of the fran:es we -use. We buy much of our furniture in the white and do the assembling, finishing and trimming ourselves. With our facilities we are able to do repairing or make nc,v pieces complete and have the work done right. \,Ve have never offered to do repair-ing for others and have no dc.sire to branch out in that Ene, because our facilities are taxcd to their full capacity, as they have been for sevcrzl1 years." The form of the couch has been preserved from ancient times. It is the chair without arms elongated. Its value depends upon the upholstery, as does that of the modern stuffed arm chair. Cabinet Hardware --AND-- Factory Supplies Ne.. England Flint Paper. Barton Gamet Paper. Donble Faced Flint and Gamet Fini.hing raper. Bra •• Butts. Wrought Steel BlItts. Cahinet Lock. and Key•• Gold Plated and Gilt Cah. inet Keys. Benclt Vises. Bolts, Wa.hers, Zincs. Wood Sere.... Coach Screw •• Ligoid Glue, Ca.ter •• Upltolsterer'. Tacks. LarQe Head Burlap Tacks. Wire Brad •• Standard Nail•• Cement Coated Nail•• Elho.. Catch ... Door Catt::hes, etc.j etc. Our large and complete assortment of general hard-ware is at your service. Correspondence solicited. Inquiries for prices will receive careful and immediate attention. FOSTER, STEVENS & CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 50 PER CENT of the Circulation of Trade Papers (Excepting the Michigan Artisan) IS mailed to manufacturers, designers. shop hands, com= mission men, jobbers of fac-tory supplies and others who do not sell furniture and kin-dred goods. To reach the largeiltnumber of retailers use The Michigan Artisan's Mercantile Editions Mailed to Dealers Only. 7IRTI.s~ 7m* 21 2 p-EL-TRADE MARK F=tEQI&TEREC WOOD FILLERS Get a good Start. You know the value of a good liller as a basis of a perfeCt linish and we know that you will particularly appreciate the merits of what we have to offer in this line. Our goods will Stand thinning to a much greater degree than ordinary material and Stillretain their colors. Our Fillers aCtuallyfill. They are absolutely non-shrinkable as only the pureSt min-eral pigments are used in their manufaCtureand they are unequalled for uniformity and trans-parency of color. They work easily, never pull and dry as hard as flint over night. Use Silax Wood Filler and your out-put will look better, sell easier and laStlonger. THINK IT OVER. . STA.E CHICAGO For the Office Building of the National House of Represen_ tatives. The cut below illustrates the desk ;wd chair selected for furnishing the office huilding (nearing completion) at Vv'ash~ ington foflhi;" use of ther{'pn-,,~elltative.'i in congress. 'The contract for furnishing nearly four thousand pieces for this huilding was obtained by Benjamin T. Smith (seated at the desk) contract manager iOT John \Vanamaker. The desks will be made at Herkimer, ]\', Y.. and the chairs by the B. L Marble Chair Company of Bedford, Ohio. Boynton, the Saw Maker. :r"Iany of the saws used in the wood working shops man-ufactured hy the Disstons of Philadelphia 'Nt>re cut under .a license from the p<ltentee, E. r-...IoodyBoynton, a former resi-dent of Grand Ri:lpids. 'i\Thile engaged in lumbering, the forms which were afterward introduced in the Moody saws were ilwcnted by :VIr. :VIoody, and when the saws were put to the test their value was proven to be so great that the DisstOllS paid him a large sum for the right to manufacture nnder the patents. .Mr. Boynton is the inventor of a single track railroad and engines for operating the same, which promises to revolutlonize travel. He c:1ai.msthat a train of cars operated uuder his system could travel from San Fran-cisco to Kev.·..York in three days. An Experience With Bird's Eye. "The manufacturer who prices goods made of. bird's-eye l11<:1p1c the same as goods made of mahogany, will earn ,a larger profit on the mahogany than on the maple," remarked John Mowatt, superintendent of th('. Grand RapiJs Chair Company. "\Ve formerly used binl's-eye in our manufactures but it was such an unsatisfactory, troublesome wood that we 'cut it out' several years ago. The veneers do not stay in place; the color of the finish will not hold, and there are end-less troubles attending the use oi the stuff. Vie will have no more of it." The sojourner in Boston notices, as an evidence of Yankee thriftiness, that the mercantile houses, with rare exceptions, are "as dark as a pocket" at night. The "eyes of the stores" (the display windows) are closed and the dimly lighted streets create the impression that death has caused the mournful condition so noticeable to strangers. The stores of Henr)' Siegel and Cobb & Eastman are wel11ighted at night, offering' a cheerful contrast to the gloom of Wash-ington street. Boston needs an injection of New York ideas and Chicago liberality. 22 . VI. F. Ql JOHN BARNES CO 654 R.uby Street. R.och.ford. Ill. Our New "and and root Power CI.-cular Saw No.4 The stroIlKeS\., most powerlu1, and In every way the best machine of its killd ever l1Iade, for ripping, cross-cutting, borinK and grooving. The Kicker and the Knocker. The kicker generally has a good liver. Sometimes. it may be, he has a doubtful judgment. The knocker is a man with a bad liver and no judgment at all. The kicker wants to see things correct and when he kicks he does because he thinks they are \'Hong. The knocker would be dissatisfied if }](. harl nothing to knock \Vhen the office kicker goes to the w;:Lsh room and does 110t find any soap he COllies out and kicks for soap and gets it. When the knocker fails to fmd soap in the wash room he bathes without soap and later tens outside tlHtt the firm he works for is too stingy to keep the ofJlce wash room sup-plied with soap. The kicker \vil! tdt yon when yOll di:-;pleasc him; the knocker ·will teH somehCldy dsc. If the ho!'s does not suit the kicker, he will tell him wherein he thinks he is we;)k. The knocker will tell others how differel1tly he \vDi.lld run the office if he were bess. The kicker really thinks the t(nVil he lives in is the best town in the world. The knocker thinks it is the worst. Knocking impedes the progress of tlle worlJ; kicking helps it along. Knocking hurts; Kicking helps. reople despise a knocker; tl~inkil1g men appreciate the kicker and like to ge.t into his wake because they know he is not going to stand for being im.posed UpOIl. The kllOcker cumbers tl1e path, but the kic.ker kicks aside the bushes and stones for the person behind him. Join the pTOce.sion of the. kickers-help them kick-and get a club and go after the knoeker as you would go after shell-bark hickory 1111tS in time of famine. Astbe mind's eye is directed backward and as the ·veil obscuring the future is for a moment lifted permitting a peep into it, does there not come into every mind 0l?e word more Cal)inet Makers [n these nays af close competition. need the 'best possible equi.pment, and this lhey can have in . BARNES' Hand and Foot POWER Machinery Send for our New Catalogue. than any other, which is a sort of a key that has unlocked possibilities in the past, al:d '\vhich is the key which must never be lost if we are able to meet future responsibilities in a Jl1[\!lIlcrpromising cottlplete victory Over every obstacle? I say, is there no tone word more than any other· which is expressive of greatest success and is not that wordeo-ope:ra-tion? Kicking is co-operation. It is advertising.-Modern :Meth-ods. Fine Veneers and Panels. Hood & vVright of Big Rapids, Mich., operate a large modern plant ill the mal1ufactnre of fine figured veHeers and pallels used in the mallufacture of furniture, pianos, interior finishes ano kindred lilies of production. The firm po.iisesses exce.llent shipping facilities and fills (In,ler,s promptly. r'" Designed by Joseph Nolan, Grand Rapids; :Mich. A Talk With John Widdicomb While Seekin GENERAL CONDITIO S ARE GOOD. bcut What He Observed Rest. "\Vhat did yOU sec, l:('ar or k, rn that would be of value or interest to your friends in th furniture trnde?" That question was fired at John \ViddiOlnb, the \vcll kno ..v.l.1 [tll-- niture lll.:llJtlf.1:cturer 01 Grand R' pids, l1ich., who has just returned from a vacation trip 111 urope, by a representative of the lfichigan Artisan, and the reply was substantially as follows: "Really," I don't think 1 can say anything that will be of use to your rc;[(h.':rs. I went vcr there for a rest, tried Designed by Otto Jiran ,Grand Rapids, Mich my very best to get it and su ceeded pretty fairly. 1 tried to put business ant of my mir d entirely-did not talk abollt it except when compelled to nd I got a good rest." To the suggestion that a w de awake, progressi\,c business man could hardly spend eve a fe.'.".. \\'ecks "on the other side" l,vithout observing the c ndition!-i and trend of business and financial affairs, !llr.vVid( icomb said: "\Vhy, of course I took notice of gener81 busi ess afh.irs, but I did not see, hear or learn of anything of panict11arsig1Jificance. Busi-ness over there-in England, t least, is fairly good. There has been nothing like a reac 011 that I could sec. Sante of those directly interested jn nancial affairs have been hit quite severely by the shrin age in the value of stocks-- shares they call them-but th t docs not seem to have aftect- 23 eel the manufacturing, mercantile or comnlcrcial interests. I (Ed not notice any gloomy feeling or disposition to curtail ol)erations. On the contrary the people are prosperou3 and dleerful-looking for a contil1Uation of present conditions. r did not hear any explanation or reason for the slump in the value of securities. I do not tl1illk they blame America for their lo~.ses. If they were entertaining stlch an idea I would most ccdainly ]lave 11earc1 something about it. "As to the furniture industry, I can point to one thing that i11dic;llCSits conditioll. The Lc1Ju:'> Company, which, as yon In\"e stated heretofore, owns and operates the largest UP-TO-DATE MANUFACTURING PUNT FOR SALE CHEAP We. offer (OT sale our plant known a1; the "PIQUA SCHOOL FURN. TURE WORKS," at PIQUA, OHIO, for lessthan1iO';b of its actual cost, if taken withiIl the next 60 days, at which time we will be ill position to gh'e complete possession of same. The Plant -js new and completely equipped with electric power :and woodworking macbines. Will sell witb or without the machinery. The Plant is wel1 adapted for either wood or iron working. For further particulars, apply to AMERICAN SEATING CO., Manufacturing Dept., 90 Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill. factory in the world, built a new plant three or four years agO. They tlwught they had made it large enough to meet their requirements for a generation at least, but they have already had to increase its capacity, and are now engaged in enlarging their power plant. "\i\rhile in New York, on my way home, I gave consider-able attention to business and 1 did l10t dlscover.anything that should be discouraging, or that shows a tendency to reaction in general business affairs. Of course, the finan-cial speculators are not rcally happy, but their woes are not felt by other interests and I do not see anything in the sit-nation that should cause any borrowing of trouble, "Here, at home, business is certainly good. With our company it was never better and there is no apparent reason why present conditions should not contil1ue, unless we have a g-encral shortage in crops or something of that sort." After Big Game. Althongh it is less than a year since "ve first heard of the 1\"ew Process Dry Kiln, which is heing so ably exploited by the Grand Rapids Vencer \iV arks, the (',nterprtse seems to be rapidly coming to the front. During the past month they have added to their list of customers three concerns whose names arC' synonymous .v..i.th progress and immense enterprise among wood workers, the Pullman Company, the Singer ::VIanllfaetnring Company and the Rrunswick-Balke-Collen-d(' x Company. The comhincd kiln capacity of these three phlnts makes us wondel- l,vhere all the lumber is to come from, .yet the Veneer y..,r orks state that by virtue of their process they are about to double this capacity under a positive guar-antec, without cnlarging tlH' buildings. \vhich for the mana-ger of a wood l,'v·orkillg plant is equivalent to making two blades of gra% grow whcre but one grew before. Toured the Rocky Mountains. Danjel \\l. To"ver, president of the Grand Rapids Brass Company, returned on August 24 frOIll a six week's vacation in the mountains of western Colorado. He had a fine time and never looked better in his life than now, BE R THIS FACT IN MIND Yau can pTesent your claims for trade to a larger number of buyers of furniture and kindred goods through the mercantile editions of the ichigan Artisan, mailed to dealers only, than is possibleby the: llse of any other trade paper. ________ WRITE FOR RATE CARD --.------------- 24 Veneer, Sawed and Sliced .. There ate two kinds of veneer, that is, two kinds as far as the process of manufacture is concerned to select from. Oue is sawed veneer, which is nothing more nor less than extremely thin lumber, and the other is ent veneer. The cut veneer is growing in importance right along, because of the economy it offers in wood. "Vhen it comes to the different kinds of vcneer as classed by the wood out of which it is made, there is practically the same wide list as in lumber, for veneer is made in nearly all kinds of wood. So a man can select a wood he wants in veneer just the ~ame as in lumber and it makes it comparatively easy to match up a veneer job with any kind of wood work that is being done in building. The veneer business h;ts probably done more to de-velop the usc 01 gum in the south and birch in the north than Designed by Otto Jlranek. Grand Ra.pids, Mich. any other one means. In the case of gum it has furnished a means by which it can be handled without so much warp-ing, which has been a great drawback in the introduction of gum in· mill and furniture work. When cut into veneer, thoroughly dried aud properly glued up, it is therc for keepfi unless put out into the wcather ~nd exposed to moisture, and it makes a finifih and presents a Ggure that is pleasing, and it is so cheap as compared to other woods that it has grown much in favor. In the development of birch one strong factor has bcen its peculiar adaptahility for staining 'to rep-resent mahogany. Birch has a grain and frequently a curly figure that when properly stained and finished comes so near to resembling certain classes of mahogany that it takes an ex-pert to distinguish it. Gum has been used as an imitation mahogany, too, and in addition to this, both birch and gum have acquired a favor themselves with the trade which has made them quite popular and more extensively used probably than any other wood outside. of oak. One of the extensively used veneers in mm work, as well as in furniture is oak, which comes in the form of plain ro-tary cut veneer and of quarter-sawed oak which may be either sawed or cut. The difference in the cost between the plain and the quartered is somewhat the same as the difference be~ tween plain and quarter-sawed lumber. And, naturally, the man who wants a fine job turns to quartered oak and probab-ly not a little of this turning to quartered oak is due more to the gcneral reputation of the wood than to personal distinc-tion beween the two on the part of the man having the work done. The fact of the matter is that there is plenty of room for extensive development in plain rotary cut oak for house building. The plain oak hasn't the splash line like quartered oak, hut it freque,ntly has a very beautiful figure of a more quiet tone than the quartered that ifi very pleasing and last-ing when the work is properly :finished. The writer had oc-casion not long ago to inspect the wood work in a new resi-dence costing between $25,000 and $30,000. There were rooms finished with mahogany, rooms finished with birch, rooms finished ,\..i..th quartered oak and a room or two with plain rotary cut oak panels. The owner of the house in show-ing off the work expressed himself as being so well pleased with the way in which the plain oak showed up that he wished he had used it more extensively. The r00111, of course, had been carefully arranged with :figures that were in harmony, stained just enough to give a pleasing effect with-out covering- up the natural beauties of the wood. It looks -like to one who has taken in the situation fr0111 all view points that more should be made of this plain ro-tary cut oak. That its Use should be encouraged by planing mil( men, Not because of any objection to quartered oak, but because it costs less and its beauty has not heretofore been properly appreciated. And the best way to push it is to put up a job of it in such a manner as would show it off to advantage. Plain oak is not as easy to finish and get a really artistic job as quartered oak, because the face is made up of intersections at vari~lIs angles across the annualar rings of growth which makes hard dense places and softer porous ones and does not present a surface that takes as readily as it might to the work of finishing, Planers' knives must be sharper where the wQrk goes through a planer, and in run-ning it through a sander, the sandpaper should be fresh and sh;trp and the work done rather .lightly, making several light sandings if necessary rather than one heavy one. By the exercise of proper care in finishing, by the use of a good filler On the wood before the staining and varnishing begins, there may be gotten out of plain oak face a splendid job of finish that shows up a beautiful figure. The trouble is plain oak has been regarded too long as something so cheap and in-ferior as compared to quartered oak that it has frequently not been thought worth while to try and see how good it could be made by careful finishing. A little more care and a lit-tle more pride in working plain oak will help along consid-erably and it certainly deserves this better attention. In the selection of rotary cut or even sliced veneer for face work too much attention must not be paid to compara-tive prices. You naturally want to get your veneer as cheap as you can, but frequently the cheapest is the most expensive in the end, because it is likely to come from some manufac-turer who does not know his business well and cuts his stock poorly, This is especially true of rotary cut stock in .the cheaper woods, Those not knowing the business well and not watching details closely are likely to cut the stock what is termed "loose." The veneer may look smooth and nice to the unpracticed eye. but the grain wiJl be so ruptured in the cutting that it is really only a mass of splinters hanging to-gether, and after it is put on and finished off the face will show cracks. There is poor cutting in sliced as well as ro-tary cut veneer, but probably 110t so much of it in proportion as most of those operating slicers making a sort of specialty of fine veneer and c-onsequently a,; a rule do the work with more skill than many of the rotary cutters whose main busi-ness is in plain veneer. There are, too, rotary men who make a specialty of fine veneer and cut it so well that it is Square THAT'S WHERE BENEDICT CLAMPS COUNT Gra ICHIG.7IN rawers Need No Fitting DECREASED CABINET ROOM COSTS d Rapids Hand Screw Co. HA D SCREWS, BENCHES, TRUCKS, FURNITURE CLAMPS 130 Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich. 25 diHiclllt Lo tell the face from t e back and some of these men offer a good bit of advice, \II lich is thjs: That in bl1ying rotary cut vencer OIle should ot buy the faces Olndthe fillers from the same sonrce. becau 'e the man who cuts carefully ior good face stock cannot nwkc veneer ;IS (',heap as the maker who cuts with less ca c and for quantity raLher than quality. ;-\s the planing lTJ' 1 man uses mostly face stock lie is not so much concerned about fillers as the panel tHan, but just the same he can un lerstand from this that quality in the cutting as well as in tl c wood is a thing to watch out for in buying veneer. Gene ally speakil1[1;,his quality is not found in company with che, pne~s. Sometimes it may b(', but untit such time as you fe I that yOU call judge \'cneer for yourself and be sure \'Vhat y( u are getting it is better to buy from those veneer mills "\-vitha reputation for qu,dity, even if you do have to pay a little more than selIue one else may ask yon for the same stock. To buy veneer wisely is he right \vay to start, but don't let tbe right doing stop ther and neglect to properly care for it lest even what waS good vencer in the beginning may be spoiled hefnre or in the pr< cess of using. The 11rst essen-tial in c--aring for veneer is t have a dry place to keep it, and by this is meant absolutely dry so far as roof leaks arc COll-cerned. for :t little '\vater tlr pping through onto a pile of ve-neer call frequently do a 10 of damage. Oak will stain and damag-c more than almost ny other wood from water drip-ping on it. 311dwhere ther is all iron roof and water carnes through it seems to carry special staining p<HVer. So all iron roofed storing shed i a thing to be avoided. Some planing mills make of the basement a good place to store veneer, and where the base 11('.ntis dry this arrangement does vcry l,vell. It generally flJ nishes room for sorting and piling the veneer in better shape 0 get at than can be had in some box-like corner of the 111i proper. The stock should be safeguarded against moistt rc from below, however. If the. basement floor ii-iconcrete use wood foundations for the ve-neer. \\that you want to do is to keep the stock both dry and flat so that it may come to the glue room in good shape. It should be dry before storing. If it is not, pile it on sticks aud let it dry out thoroughly. Then pile it up tight in yonI' storage room, without sticks, so that it will flatten out. Sometimes it is necessary to put a flat board and a little weight OIl top of a pile to make it flatten out right, hut gen-erally it will straighten out itsl'~lf if properly cared for and protected from the weather. \Vhen the time comes to use stock it is well to give it a little final drying out, espedatly jf the lumber it is to be used is fresb from the kiln, but in this work there is some chance to make a mistake. It is a mistake to send the v(',neer and the lumber through (1 dry kiln togetllcr, for the veneer being very thin will dry Ollt more in less time than the lumber. \\,1hat you really want is to get them both dry alike and ncithcr too dry. Tlle mistake is made at times of using lumber to veneer on lum-ber that is too dry. That is not exactly the right way to express it, eitbe!". It is hardly pos!:;ible to too thoroughly season lumber in the ordinary process, but when lumber is fresh out of a kiln or bot room it is abnormally dry for the time belng, and has a tendency to take up moisture from the air, and this at times causes a little swelling. Ii it is ve-neered before it has time to temper in the air after drying it may afterwards ~well and cause cracks, or the veneer to come loose. On the other hand, if you veneer a piece of lumber that is not thoroughly dry, it will shrink in time, and unless the veneer shrinks in an equal amount there will be a blistering off or buckling in the veneer because it will he too big for the face it is glued on. So there is really a chance to err on both sidesano it takes the best of attention at all times to get good rc:sl1Jts. Eller! then failures come at times. bl1t not so frequent-the more care the more good jobs and the fewer failures.-St. Louis Lumberman. 26 AGENTS PREDICT PROSPERITY. Reports to New York Central Are of Roseate Hue. According to general r{'pons of the agents of the Xc\'\! York Central lines, from Buffalo west to the Pacific CO<J,st and s:Juth to the Gulf of Mexico, prosperity is evident every-where. Every summer the traffic departments of the New York Central <Indother big tntllk litH'S gather information of future business outlook for the purpose of preparing for the movement in the fall and winter. Early in August R B. Mitchell, gellcral traffic manager, advised his agents to pre-pare and send tel hrn on a speciJiec1 date the best iJ]forma-tioH obtainable as to crops ~ll~dthe bllsincss outlook. The outlook, without exception as to location, is n~ported as bright. A Belt Sander That Fills the Bill. The cut below represents the No. Z wood frame double sand belt machine manufactured by the Conles1l1an-Rechtin Company, Cincinnati. It is used for fmishing irregular forms of wood, such as chair posts, chair seats, serpentine be the largest pIa11t of its kind in Michigan. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company will install this factory with tvw ninety-inch fans-the largest size made-' blow piping, dust collectors, furnace feeders, etc. This is one of the largest jobs ever installed in ?vlichigan. Tile Daisy Manufacturing Company of Plymouth, Mich., manufacturers of air guns, have recently iustatled the Grdnd Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company's system. The Champion Tool and Handle Company, Evart, 1\lich., have recently had the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Company equip their plant with their dust collector system, their forge blast system and their smoke exhaust sys-tem. Among other plants recently fitted up by the Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company is the new Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company's f~\ctory, a fine illus-tration of which appears on another page of this paper, and the new Robbins Table Company's factory at Owosso. The Novelty Wood \Vorks is one of the old and well established wood carving concerns for \vhich Grand Rapids fronts, and many other shapes used in furniture and other wood working establishments. The frame, though of wood, is strong and capable of standing all the strain that is neces-sary for such a machine. It does its work well, runs smooth and steady, and -fins the bill. As it weighs but 750 pounds (home sh-ipping weight), freight charges are light. Write the Cordesman-Rechtin Company, Cincinnati, for further particulars and prkes. Factory Equipment. The Cady Cabinet Company, Lansing, Mich., a tle\v con-cern, have commenced to manufacture phonograph record cabinets. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company fitted up this plant with their system. The Capital .Furniture Company, Lansing, (formerly the Holly Cabinet Company) have purchased a.n old cigar factory and are building a large addition to it, and expect to have a large and fine factory ready for business some time this fall. The Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Arrester Company will install this factory with a full equipment of fans, dust col-lectors, pipillg and furnace feeders. The W. F. Stuart Company of .Flint, Mich., arc building a new carriagc factory, No.4. 'Vhen completed, this will is famous. lHanager Ralph Van Ktliken is a handy man with the pencil as well as an expert carver, He has a large force of men engaged, and not only makes all kinds of wood carv-ings from original designs, but is prepared to fill orders for lounge and couch frames, and chairs for upholstering. It is well to get into correspondence with him. BENNETT & WITTE MANUFACTURERS OF ==LUMBER== For Flllrnlture Mfre., Car Builders aod Carrl~e Trade. Sl~;~:~We~h(ite and Red Oa1\ {d"~~~~~:~ RED and SAP GUM Poplar. Cottonwood, Ash, Elm and Chestnut. A Full LJne of SoulherD. Hardwoods. E:z:portaod Domeatlc. WRITE EITHER OFFICE. Brancb:Memphis,Tenn. Main Office: Cincinnati, O. We seU on National Hardwood Lumber Association inspection only. - - -- --------------- ICHIG7IN 27 KNOXVILLE CARVING AND MOULDING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE ~'1anufactuTers of SPINDLE and HAND CARVINGS. ROPE, BEAD and EMBOSSED MOULDINGS, HANDLES, Etc. Write Jor Jl:llsirated Circulau; Q1ld Prices. s~ Liability. y"rhell the employe receive' all agreed-upon wage does he or does he not take upon hi self the ordinary risks incident to tl~e occupation? In the Ii ht of the old theory nf Ameri-c. an law in this matter the mploye was certainly held to assUme those ri,_~,,-s. By the liability act pa~sed by the last congress and applicable to interstate railroads. ho·wever, there seems to be the usheri 19 in of greater employers' lia-bility, in consonance ,,,,-jth th liability laws of various conti-nental nations. The effect of this feder 1 statute ,;",ill naturally be to influcnce state legislation, a d \ve may expect that the mat-ter will come promil1ently b fore our state legislatures early at coming' scssions Of cou se, its llossiblt unconstitutional-ity may be urged as 01 reas n for not too positively Llssett-ing that suell 'will he the cas ; hut from the facL that so emi-nent au auLllOrity on cons itutional law as Secretary Taft should aSSLlmeits absolute onstit1.1tionality ill his Columbus speech, it is prctty safe to onsidcr it good law. Ul1<ler the recent federa enactmcnt there is the assump-tion the\t the wage earner i. paid ol1ly for his labor, 'with no consideration for risk. V/lether it be the entire or partial fault of the employer, or a o-employe, the employer is laible. Only the gross and evident eglect of thc employe injured ex- C\lses the employer from l' ality. Tt means safer and het-ter conditions for tIle cmpl yc and more nearly what he en-joys in many European c01lltries; and it meaus. tuo, another ~tcp in the modification of social conditions in this country. England, like nnl"sc1\"t., is moving: in the direction of placing greah'r liability ()1 the employer. TIl its late IS-sue Let"\v'!\Jotes S<lYS: "On July 1 all ;lct wCJllinto force in England which very greatly increases the linbi ity of employers for injuries sus-tained by servants in the course of their employment. It goes far beyond the prev'ous act of 1897, which gave com-pensation 0111y in respect f accidents occuring in particular kinds of employment, and in certain defined loealities. The new act provides generall ' for compensation 'if in any em-ployment personal injury by accident arising out of and in courSe of the employmen is caused to a workman.' The right of compensation is \so extended to vvorkmen suffering from certain industrial di eases and to their dependents. The category of 'depercdents' entitled to compensation is also enlarged by including the ein illegitimate children dependent on the earnings of a par llt or gr;wdparent, and conversely parents or grandparents dependent on the earnings of iHe..: gitimate children. Another far-reaching change is that it will no longer he possible 'to set up the seriolls and willful mis-conduct of the workman in dei<,nse when the injury has re-sulted in death or in i:ierious and permanent disablement."- Exchange. Heavy Sales of No-Kuro-Lo<:lse Knobs. The Vladclell )Jamtfacturing Company of Grand Rapids are turning out the wood knob No-Kum-Loose drawer and door fasteners by the hundreds of thousands, also 1TI<tgnifi.- cent specimens of architectural work for some of the finest homes in Grand Rapids and other eities. They make a spec-ialty of grills and have a fine display at the Jamestown Ex-position. Close Buying. Tn many business houses the hig·hest paid man is the buyer. It is all established fact, howr;:\'er, that no manufac-turer ever attained pronounced success as a result of close buying. Success is won through profits, and profits are secnred only through good selling. The buyer's position is not the most importallt; it is a requisite for good sales-manship, nothing mort. III I LHOlCOM~&CO~ MANUfACTURERS ~rl°DEALERS IN HIGH GRADE BAND AND SCROLL SA~S REFAIRING-5ATI5FACTION GUARANTEED CITIZENS PHONE 1239 27NMARKET ST. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 28 A PARADOX Furniture Manufacturers: You can save at least one-third of the time now required in your finishing room and still maintain or better the quality of the work done by using our Paradox Rubbing Varnish (In three shades-Pale, Light and Medium) Work can be coated every day and last coat rubbed the third day; it dries tough and hard, will not soften up or print in packing. Order a sample barrel subject to your approval and test it. We manufacture a full line of Cabinet Varnishes; they are made upon Honor and sold upon Merit. Our facilities and products are second to none. The Largest Paint and Varnish Works In The World DETROIT MICHIGAN U. S. A. C. B. QUIGLEY, MANAGER OF SALES, VARNISH DEPARTMENT ICHIG.7IN 29 MORTlSER COMBINED MACHINE Complete Outfit of HAMD and FOOT POWER MACHIMERY WHY THEY PAY THE CASINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as well as a dealer's profit He can make mote money with less olpitaJ investeu He can hold a betler and more satislactory tradE: with bis customers. He call manufacture ilL as good ;;1)Ie and finish, and at .'is low cost as tbe factories. The local cahill~t maker h~R been fo(ce(t into only the deal~r's trade and profit. because of machine manufactured J)l:oodsof fa.ct.ones. 1\11 outfit of Bar"es Patent Foot and lland~Power Machlnery, rdllstal<:;:s the cabinet makE:r with adval\taj!;es equal to his <competitors. If desired. these machines will be sold on trial. The purchaser can ha·...e ample time to test them III his own !'>hop~nd ~Il the work he wishes them Lo do, DesGripti~)~catalo(Jlu and prtce [wi free. W. f. &. JOliN B~RNESCO,654 Ruby St., Rockford, III. FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER HAND CIRCULAR RIP SAW No, 3 WOOD LATHE No. t SAW (ready for cross-cutting SPRUCET RPENTlNE. A High Grade T inner and Reducer. No. " sA\V (ready for ripping) (,Olnpanies. In this respect, Spruce Turpentine has a decided advantage not only over benzine, h1.lt over pure spirits tur-pentine, The manufacturers will he g-lad to submit a sample to anyone interested, free of charge, or will ship a barrel or other quantity with the guarantee. that it will prove satisfac-tory; any unused balance may be held subject to their dispo- ~ition Olndno charge made for such part as bas .been used, in case the user is not satisfied, No.1 SCROLL SA'\' Reports in regard to the management of the express com-panies., obtained tbrough the interstate commerce commission, reveal the fact that outrageous charges are imposed for services rendered. To cheek the hoggishness of these public servants, a parcels post will be established by the goverll~ ment, it is llOped, speedily, The high price ruling f pine turpentine inspired the Chicago \Vooel Finishing C01 Ipany to place on the market a new article called Spruce T rpentine, an article \ovbkh has all the qualities of spirits of turpelltine and is equal for all purposes where the latter i. used as a reducer or tbinner. Varnishes, tillers. stains, elJil leIs, first eoatcrs and other 1111- ishing matcl'ials requiring" tl inning before being used, may be thinned \Vit11 spmce tun entine, takillg the place of the pine article pun: or \.,;hen nixed with benzine. Varni",h manufacturers hav(~ apprecia ed for years that it was only a question of time when spiri s turpentinc would have to be entirely abandoned in the 11 anufacturc of varnishes. \Vith few hreaks in the market, virits turpentine has constantly tcnded uIHvard in price alld users of this materia.l ha ...e. long looked for a suitable subs itnte, and this they have just found in spruce tllrpeJltinc; t is free from burning oil of any description, antI evaporatc:s completely. It mixes perfectly ..v..ith varnishes, oil stains, e nmels, fillers, etc" but does not destroy any of those llecess~ ry properties \"..h.ieh the materials possess, antI which are affe ted largely by benzine and to a cc)j]si<1t'rable extent by spiri s turpentine. Fire inspection has pro} ibitcd the use of benzine in very many cases <lnd in others r strict::; the use of it, and where it is used, invariably increase' the rate for insurance. Turpen-tine also is looked upon v ry unfavorably by fire insurance 1Louisbabn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livingston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone l'r02. 30 Grand Rapids Ollice, 412-4 J 3 Houseman Bldg. GEO. E. GRAVES, Manager CLAPPERTON & OWEN, Counsel THE CREDIT BUREAU OF THE FURNITURE TRADE The LYON Furniture Agency ROBERT P. LYON I General Mana,ter CREDITS and COLLECTIONS THE STANDARD REFERENCE BOOK CAPITAL. CREDIT AND PAY RATINGS CLEARING HOUSE OF TRADE EXPERIENCE THE MOST RELIABLE CREDIT REPORTS COLLECTIONS MADE EVERYWHERE PROMPTLY-RELIABLY Educating the Customer. The average customer knows not, and knows that he knows not, the various kind of woods used in the construc-tion of furniture and the finishes applied to the same. If the salesmen have but tact enough to ·supply the wanted in-formation in a quiet, tactful way, being sure that his manner is not overbearing, the cllstomer will appreciate it. For ev-eryone is anxious to learn, and gives due respect to the one who teaches him. But when it comes to learning in the store, the customer docs not want the knowledge handed out in a manner that in~plies he ought to have known withollt asking. The tactful salc3n:;1ll will tell the customcr what he wants to know without forcing him to ask too many questions, and will tell it in a W'ly that is illtcresting and respectful. 111 this way he will gain the cOlllidcnce and respect of the cus~ torner, and make the selling tIle easier. He will not say, "You oon't know it. but-." Rather he will couch thnt iue-a in w,~nls son:ethiug; like this, "Few people know it but-," amI then go one to tell it, and the customer need not admit he did not know it unless he feets like it. Ij~ this way the s::dcsm:ln can show his knowledge of the subject without appcaring to do so in a superior way, and without offending the Cl1stotl~er. It is always a good thing to let the customer realize tllat you know something about what you arc sellillg, for then the customer has more con- r , QRAnD IDUnn DY. STSlrM MOST ATTRACTIVE ROUTE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION Tickets on sale daily until Nov. 30, 1907, at very low rates. Pas-sengers have choice of several routes. On season and sixty-day limits, liberal stop~over. Passengers may go one route and return via another. Full particulars at City Ticket Office, 97 Monroe street. Phones-Citizens, Mi7t3; Bell, main, 576. C. A. JUSTIN. C. P. & T. A. \ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH."" fulencc in you elllUin tl1e store, and buys easier, and is less likely to object to the price. All this imIllies that the salesman knows the SUbject, which he must if he is to be a real-successful salesman, where there is any competition to be worthy of the name, Then he must also know the various kinds of covers, and be able to tell without hesitation just what each is suited for. Too often a salesman knows none of these details, and feels only that the store is a good square place to trade, and unhesitatingly recommellds every article he shows, for style, and for anything else th"t the customer may ask about. This is wrong. A salesman should never dilate upon the lasting qualities of finishes or the permanency of mirror backing. Custom-ers are led to expect too much, and trouble is created. The inexperienced salesman may be pardol~ed for talking too long on these features of a dresser or a commode, but when the finish hegins to grow (lull or fade and the mirror develops waves or pinheads the customer feels that he has been swin-dled. And he has, for more has been promised than it is in the power of the dealer to fulfill. It may he got as much for his money as he should expect, but the point is that the salesman made him expect too much, promised it to him, in fact, and hence he is actually cheated by means of the sales-man's glowing promises. What does he do then? Either he goes back to the store with a complaint, which is unjust as against the piece purchased, hut just as against the merchant, or else he goes to another dealer for his future wants and urges his friellds to do likewise. With such experiences the dealer is disposed to make un-just claims upon the manufacturer, but the latter are not so compliant as formerly. and rarely allow claims for damages unless the proof submitted in support of the same is conclu-sive. Exaggeration is generally resorted to by the sales-mall because he has. nothing to say worthy of consideration. He feels he must make a sale and knowing nothing to say to effect a sale, he brags about the durability of the finish or permanency of the colors in a fabric, such as a couch or di-van top, for instance. He might as well gloat over how long a pound of sugar will last, when he does not' know how many there are in the family, or how many spoonfuls the dif-ferent members like in their coffee. In seIling a dresser he is only selling so much wood put together and finished in a certain way. What the customer will do to it }Je cannot guess, and how long it will last is about as much of a conjecture as it is how long the sugar wil! last. It depends on the individual, rather than on the dresser. And the salesman, in telling how the finish is applied, need not perjure his immortal soul in swearing how long the finish will last or the mirror remain flawless. He should tell his customer what may be reasonably expected. "Antique furniture made to order." is the audacious an nouncement of a cabinet maker of Brookline, Mass., u.pon a sign board over his door. I CHI G7lN 71R'T' I.s..7I.l"J 31 32 Ill.P\ 1\ 7IRTI.5'.7LN e 7,.* .,. Busy Factories at Holland. Tlte Buss Machine Vlorks, under the able ill[1Uagcment of \Vcndell Buss, a man who has spent nearly forty years in the making and selling of wood working machinery, has grown to mammoth proportions. The extent and variety of machines and factory appliances made at the Buss Machine V\forks would surprise many an old machine man who has never visited Holland. E\'cry machine needed in furniture, casket, piaJlO and interior wood working plants is either made or furnished by this 11OUSC. A specialty of complete outfits has been one of the strong points with the Buss Machine \Vorks for many years. Buss machines ate famous for the Inateri,d used and the workmanship put into them. R. H. Ruppcr is building up a Jine business in the manufac-hue of carving cutters and all kinds of machine knives. .lvIr. Rupper is an expericllced man in the manufacture of all kinds of machine knives and he gives his personal attention to every detail, and is therefore able to gU<lrant('.e eve.ry-thiIlg that comes out of his shop. August brought to the Vilest :Michigan Furniture Company the greatest volume of business of any month in the his~ tory of this fatuous company. The Ottawa Furniture Company has a ne".' catalogue in the printers' hands. Trade is good. The Holland Furniture Company is one of the bllsy ones in this husy little city. The Bay View Furniture Company make a specialty of good dining extension tables. and are having a busy time keeping up with orders. Reciprocal Demurrage. The last legislature of Oregon passed a reciprocal demur-rage law, and within a short time it ..v.ill be in effect. After its lega.l enactment and enforcement, the failure of railroads Morton House American ..•...Plan Rates $2.50 and Up Hotel Pantlind European ......Plan Rates $1.00 a.nd Up GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the PlIntlind for 500 is the fIN~ST IN TH~ WORLD J. BOYD PANTLIND. Prop. to supply cars within stipulated time, when called for in ac-curdance with the regulations, subjects the roads to a fine of $2 a day for each car not delivered. Nor is the. shipper free from responsibility, for if he fails to load the car within 48 hours after receipt, he ';S subject to a similar fine. In addition to the fine for non-delivery of cars, shippers may sue for damages for failure to st1pply rolling stock. Proof of damage must be made to the Oregon state rail-way commission before legal action may be enforced. Just how the law will work is a matter of much inteiest to both shipping and rail interests. In various states the effect has been different, and what its resultant action may prove in Oregon is a matter that time will answer best. So far through-out the summer, there !Jas been no paucity of cars, the sup-ply being larger than for several years past. The test will come a little later, when crop movement on a large scale commences. So far as has been. possible to learn, the railways have said little as to their course of action. It may be that an attempt will be made to test the constitutionality of the statue.-Oregon Tradesman. Prompt Service in 'Furnishing Factory Supplies. Foster, Stevens & Co. of Grand Rapids, Mich., -arc heavy jobbers in cabinet hardware and factory supplies. Every-thing needed in wood working plants is carried in stock and prompt slYipments are assured. This department of the firm's mammoth business is under the management of 11r. Miles, a gentleman of wide experience in his occupation. The Grand Rapids Carved Moulding Company is one of the oldest in. the business, having been organized twenty years ago. They have many hundreds of patterns and are enjoying a fl11etrade. MANUFACTURERS ·OF HARDWOOD U.JMBER & VENEERS SPECIALTIES: ~1."Y'g'E'BQUARO.AK VENEERS M A HOG A N Y V ENE ERs HOFFMAN BROTHERS COMPANY 804 W, Main SI" FORT WAYNE, INDIANA ICHIGAN 33 L gnine Carvin s Unbreakable fJf Petfed: productionof hand carvings. Full depth of grain. Will not CHIP. CHECK. CRACK nor SHRINK. t]j Stronger than wood. (]I No waste in your fadory. tJ AJ(~ applied the same as wood carv~ ings. by nw ing or gluing. fj No heating nor steaming. Finish with 611eror stain. CJI Write for sample and cat.R gue showinE;:Capitals, Heads, Shields, Scrolls, Claws, etc. Consider LlGNINE carvings your new creations. ORNA ENTAL PRODUCTS CO., 551 West Fort St., Detroit, Mich. Who May be Bos Tomorrow? It is good policy for workers to treat their fellow work-men in the light of future boss s. Shifts of fortune oftcn put men 111 unexpected places, < nd it pay'" a man to be on friendly terms \'lith as many per 0115 as pO!'iSibJe. John Smith was a conceited sort of fellow ..... ho believed in speaking his mind freely. "A spade's a sp de," he tlsed to say, '-'-and there isn't any use trying tornak it anything el.se." He was arrogant and (juarreb;ome, and here scarcely was a ltlan ir'l the shop who liked him. He was free in exprcssing his dislikes and many a man cat in ior a tonguc lashil1g. Smith, it gocs without saying, ): as a big man physlc;.dly, or he could not have talk~d as he id. One day something went WI" ng and a dozen men at the factory were laid off. Smith am( ng the111. III a group. they went to another factory to appl for work. As it happened, the foreman at this place turne lout to be a man ·who had worked under Smith a year or wo previous. He had been the subject of fre(lUent ridicul at Smith's hands and now Smith was pla.ced in the humili- ting position of applyiJ1g for work to his former inferior an enemy. He didn't get the place. In making his rounds, in s arch of employmcnt, Smith d.iscovered that a dozen men "vb n!l ]lC har} kno\Vll ;is journey-men mechanics were holding ood jobs in various sbops, either as superintendents, foren en or assistallt foremen, and in every instance he kId incur d their cllmity by 1lis sharp tonguc and l.1ck of foresight. here wasn't OJ1C of them who would give him ·work, In the course of tin-.c Smith in the suburbs of Chicago \.vh ''v'ill not be long before he \vi]] his already long list. In all branches of labor the same thing holds good The men who are in inferior positiol s today afC the men who \,y'W hold the executive positions to lOrrmv, alld it is "vell not to lose sight of that fact The m n who looks down on all in-f(' Tior and makes h111of l,im h d better be,\'<ttc, for tbe day n,ay cotre when lightning," wi1] trike "d1crc it is least expect-secured a phcc at a factory re he wasll't k1l0Wr1. hut it' lake fresh cllunici' lo add to Manufacture,s of Embossed llnd Turned Mouldings. Embolllled and Spindle Carvings, and AutC)ma.tic Turnillg$. We also nianu-facture a large line of EmhO$lled Orna-menU. for Couch Work cd. It is by no means uncommon for ,)\'()rkmen to pose as illstrudors one day and to be takil1g orders from their pupils the next. I have jJj mind the case of a young fcllow who entered the employment of a mercantile house as an office boy. He was t<\11and lanky and as green as any country boy could be, and he w<\s made the general butt of jokes and careless jests. For the first few weeks he went. home every night vowing he ,,",,onld stan(l the abuse no lotlger, but in the morning he went hack with grim determination to stick it out This de~ termination was larg"eIy due: to the encouragement of a single employe of the establishment. Today this tall and lanky youth is the manager drawing $5,000 a year, and the young man who befriended him his as,<;istzwt managel- It was sOluething more than chance that got the assistant manager his job. If it had not been for th0 fact that he was thougbtful and diplomatic toward the country hoy, somebody else might have his fine position to~ day.-Ed. 1\01. ",,\looley. "Eight for One Hundred:' A few years ago the aim of makers of low priced thr~e..,. piece chamber suitts was to turn out furniture as cheap, b\1t not as good, as possible. "Eight for one hundred"'becaft1e the rage, Bnd the career of many a manufadurer wassuci·- denly closed on account of his pursuit o,f this policy, An old German Wh(lnl his neighbors had frequently attemph;'d to convince that his business of supplying "eight for one hundred" was unprofitable, exclaimed: "How cap., that be'? T have my factory, my hunbE-x and my goods; I had nothing when 1 started!" That response would seem to settle the questioIl, but the fact was revealed later that the old ITlansu-perintcnded the operation. of the plant. his five s~ns worked in the factory, his daughter kept the books, and that no charge w:{s made for their time \\'itb his cheap labor account and the furtIler advantage of cheap lumber, he was able to make a favorable showing. ";"·f y factory is capable of turning out one thousand eham-lJt:' r suites a week. By !-ielling eight for one hundred. I can make a profit of $1 per suite. My imieSlmeilt is $150,000. ;\ profit of $52,000 per year is a fair return upon my capital," remarked another manufacturer. \vlu)scoi'cd a disastrous fail-ure and died a year pr two latel~. "Ko U1311 can transact Ollsiness successfully uponsllch a narrow margin of profit," remarked T . .F. Garratt, treasurer of the 11ichigan Chair Company. "If he fjgures on anything less than a twenty-five per cent basis of the selling price, he is doomed to hj!ure. A considerable fll.)mber of makers of chairs are marketing their goods u)() row, ·Rockerssold for $4.50 to $5.CO should bring $8.00, and diners for $18.00 per dozen should bring $24.00; The fate of the· makers of 'eight for one hundred' chamber suites wiJl be that of the makers of too low priced chairs 'if they don't watch out.''' "Automobiles arc the most convillcing sign of wealth"- yes, of rapidly .progressing yy;calth. 34 .~ tv£,I 9jIIG7}-N , SMILING AT WALL STREET. What E. H. Foote of Grand Rapids Says of Conditions on the Coast. "Oh, I had a fine trip, everything was .lovely and I enjoyed it immensely," said E. H. Fo'ote, secretary and treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair Company, who had just returned along-lots of it. The ctHe5 farther north, Portland, Seattle, . Tacoma and the smaller towns <It;ealso flourishing. They are growing wonderfully, and their growth is of the permanent· kind, not a temporary boom. "I did not hear anything about tight money, a halt or:re-action ill business in the We,st, The people out there simply smik ,at the troubles of the Wall street speculators. They have not felt the scarcity of money that is reported ill E, E, FOOTE. from a live weeks' trip in the \Vc-;l, most of the time being spent Oll t11C PacifIC coast. "I went for pleasurc ~lld did not pay 111i.1c1al.ttc11ttOnto huslness affai,s." he conti11ued, "hut T can assure you that conditions arc good in the \\lest, espccially so in the cities all the coast. "Thing.s have settled do"wn somc,""hat in San 1:<r:1ncI5Co. They have tabor troubles there yct~seems they always will have t~em-but they are doing business of all kil1ds right the East and they do not expcct to, so they al-cl~ot 'Norrylng. \-Vhy should they: A flurry in \Vall street does not mean what it d-id a few years' ago to the rest of the COL1ntry. That is a g-o(Hl feature ill the present situation, and it promises w~ll for the futurc, 'rhe \V cst has become quite lnfiepetJ4cll! in a financial ,.,'ay. It will require something morc serious than a dedinein Wall strc.e.tsecurities t.o call a halt in the busines~ operations ""andgeneral prosperity of the 'Great West.'" 7IRTI.s~ \~. p s,,*~- The Old Way was Good but The New Way is Better No factory having sanding to do can afford to use obsolete methods. The new way is the way to profits-success. Ask for the proof. STURGIS MACHINE CO., Sturgis, Mich. Traveling Men's Superstitions. Traveling men. as a class, are fnller of pccul.iarities and Sll-perstitions, perhapB, than allY other class in the world. seldom have met a ~alesman on the road who didn't have some freakish idea, some pet superstition, regarding selling goods, writes a correspondent, and most of them arc wor-shippers at the shrine of "luck." One of my best friends on the road would not think of attempting to sell a bill of goods jf lIe did not wear a red tie, ~llld }le ·wears one every time he starts to sell, and he believes that 'lny mall who wears a red tie cau sell goods. \\1hy, he does not explain. There is another man I have known Ear fifteen years, W110 wOllld not think of smoking a cigar until he had plastered it all over with cigarette papers. I asked him once why he did it, for before smoking- a cigar he spends perhaps five min-utes carefully "...e.tting rice paper and bjndillg it around the cigar. He explained that when he .vas 11rst on the road he one day took a cigar from his pocket and started to light it, discovered that it was hroken. He patched it up with cigarette paper and started out to sell ~l bill of goods. He had phenomenal sales that afternoon, and ever aftef\vard believed that he could sell goods any time be wrapped his cig<lrs ill cigarette p.npers. There is a lot in this sort of belief. r am not supersli-tiOllS myself, although r always carry a wishbone in m)' pocket, but the man who starts out confident that luck is with him will sdl goods unless he loses coufidenc,e in himself I have another friend who collects letter-heads of hotels in which he stops. He never witl write a letter on the sta-tionery of tlJe hotel whe.re he happens to be.. but will take a hunch of paper to his rooms and write on the letter-head of some hotel perhaps a thousand miles away. vVhy he docs it no olle except himself knuws, and it cOllstantly tangles up tht~ firm, but he persists in it. Another friend of mine always carries his ovvn pillow with him and sleeps on it every night, after throwing the hotd pillows off his bed Over fifte.en years ago he went to bed one night and a pin in the pillow scratched his face. The pin scratch was the direct CaUSE'. of his losing a big order the next morning, and ever since then he ha.s refused to use any hotel pillow and carries his own with hilTl in his sample trunk. One of the oddest fads of a traveling man that r know of is that of a salesman who collects electric light globes, ~~arry-iug off the bulbs from cvcry hotel in ·which he stops and using them in his own home. in a small eastern city. He ha" in his home almost every kind of globe known, and on each of them he has pasted tllc 1l,W1C of the hotel whence it came. He has some that will llot fit the. nxtu:re's in his house and these he has piled in ,iT) ornamental fasbion on a table. Another man whom I meet frequently on the road is a salesman for a big electric fixture works in the central west, and h~ has a queer idea. He carries with him his own tele.- phone, and in some way he has achieved the idea that it brings him luck. It'is one of the English style of receivers that fit the head, 'and every time he gets into a hotel that has telephones in the room he disconnects the house telephone and puts in his apparatus. Just how it helps him ·r c.annot imagine, but he thinks it does, and that is the main point. Doc of the most energetic andhtlstling salesmen in the west has an idea something like that, and one that v.ould cause the casual discoverer of his fad to think he is One of the laziest men on earth. He carries around with him at all times an appliance for tmning out electr cilishtg zfi,flffffi ffi.; times an appliance for turning out electric lights and gas lights after he gets in bed. He reads ill' bed, and when he gets through .:lnd js ready for sleep, he picks up his extension C1pparatus from the side of his bed and turns out the light \vithout getting ltp. T know ooe fellov',r who always ·carries in his right hand llip pocket a small copy of the Bible in Russian. He does not read a word of Russian. never was in Rllssia, and is only a casual believer in the Bible, yet he never is without this ~'o)l1Jne,and on trains he often produces it and looks through it front beginning to end. He gets mad if anyone inquires too closely abol1t the Bible, There is a close friend of 111inein the cel1tral states who ',",,'illllot sell a bill of goods to any man who will drink with hirn. He invites them to drink, and if they accept he doses his samples and will not. have anything more to do with them on that trip. I don't know what his idea or his system is in doing that sort of thing, hut as a matter of fact I know of two instances where he has gained steady customers who clamored for him to sell them after he had packed his grip. /\. fellow named Crane has a queer fad. At dinner every day on the road he orders a boilet! potato, sticks his fork. into it, leaves the fork standing there sticking in the potato, and asks the waiter to bring him another fork. He never eats the potato, and he will not eat anything. until another fork is produced. Every Oll~ of those fellows is a great salesman, and every one attributes at least part of his success to his fad. I once knew a man named vVilsoil who had an odd notion. He al-ways wrote his name on three lines of the register. of the hotel, and drew a double line through each name.-Exchange. 30 of the Manufacturers of Furniture, kindred Trades. Order at Once-_.The Classified White Directory Pianos, Organs, Bedding, Interior Finishes and - WHITE PRINTING CO.• Grand Rapids, Mich. - 36 If We Can Prove To You that the Mattison No.5 Table Le~ Machine win produce better work and at the saine lime save its coS!:over your present method of leg turning, would it not be to your interest to have one ~ Then why not inves1igate and give us a chance to show yOll? The effort is all on our part. With the Improved Cutter-Head, the Oscillating Carriage and the Variable Friction Feed we claim and stand ready 10 prove that our Machine will produce better work and at less cost than any similar machine on the market. AU we ask for is a chance 10 explain ils merits in detail, and are perfectly willing to put ollr lime against yours in an effort to prove that it would be profitable to you. Now i8 a good time to write us. C. MATTISON MACHINE WORKS 863 FIFTH STREET, BE.LOIT. WISCONSIN. U. S. A. Cracks in Band Resaws. Every time the saw comes off the mill it ought to be looked over very carefully for cracks or any suggestion tllCTC-of,,, for a stitch in time saves nine, and if a crack- that has just started is checked it will in many instances go no further, arid ,will 'so ?resently work itself out of the saw as the same wears, dowIl. ·For the, checking of cracks most {jlers use a chisel which can be made from an old three ,cornered file 'with ,the point so groun'd that the cut made will be like a cold chisel cut, but the end being higher and longer in center from lts oval shape, the chisel will cut through the plate at that point after treating the crack on both sides at exactly the i'!a~e sp~t,. This kind of a tool will not stretch the plate as a center punch may do. Let the saw have a firm bearing on 'the anvil and chisel the crack at both ends. Some filers make use of a crack drill which is even better, but as one of these little machines costs $10 and a crack punching chisel can be made at a trifling cost, the economy of the lat-ter is obvious, and its efficiency will be satisfactory if prop- 'Crly m'lde and used. An illustration in point is the case of a saw worn down to 30 inches, which came off the mill with a center crack about 2 inches from the braze, 10 inches long, starting :% inch from the toothed edge. This crack was treated by the chisel method as above explained and thc saw is run-ning as satisfactorily as if no cracking had occurred. In tensioning cracks, simply treat that portiori of the blade the same as the rest, rolling the saw the same as if 110 crack ,existed, using the straight edge insteado.f the ten-sion gage, several inches each side and about the crack, see-ing to it ,that the blade fits the straight edge without rocking or showing light under it. Make this test the same as when testing for tension, ha·ving the blade raised and beating dmvn hard with the straight edge. Im?to?et' tension is the cause of some of the cracks that are attributed to other causes by u.nskilled filers. The whecls being in line, and the mill in good order, it is the duty of the filer to level and tension his band s-aws to fit the whee\' and if ,he does this work faithfully, it should be comparatively free fr6m cracking. It is. absolutely essential that the face of the band wheels be kept pcrfectly faced and, if they are allowed to wear-without being reground as needful, no amount of work on _the part of the filer, no matter how skillful he may be, will 'co1bpe'nsate for the condition of the wheels. \~lith wheels in good order, it is an e'asy matter to' adjust the tension thereto. In the case of wheels that are badly worn, you must tension the saw so that it will be tight on the Imv parts of the wheels and as the highest part of a ,worn wheel is usually the center, and this being the case, do not tension too deep ill the center, so as to avoid tension-ing too deep in the center of the saw, tha't the 5aw will not .,come in contact with that part of the wheel, because that would throw all the v..'ear,on the edges of the. wheels. The front edge of the wheels will wear faster aildas- this edge gets smaller the tension in saw must be re'gulatedaceordingly so that the saw will raise over the high part that is behind the front edge. If more tension ,is not put 'in to, offset the wear of the front edge of wheels, 'center cracks are liable to start. A saw that has begun to crack will not stand the' same amount of feed it would previously, and it must be handled according to the number of cracks lnit, Cracks 'have a tendency to let out the tension. Hence a'saw that has cracks will not stand the same amount of feed as ,one that lacks proper uniformity of {eveling <ll1dtensionittg, but that is free from cracks. Send for Their Samples. The Ornamental Products Company of Detroit, Mich., or~ iginators and manufacturers of LIGNIN,E carvings; tlnbreak_ ahle, would like to place hefore you for your considetatoan whilc working on your Ilew creations such samples of LIG~ NINE carvings as may be of interest to you. \¥dte for plan whereby samples can be return cd at their expense .. -New catalogue ,sent on:<lppliea~ion. See ad on another page. The Belding~Ha11 Manufacturing Company. Owing to the improper us{'.of the funds of the corporation by the president" the Belding-Hall Manufacturing CompanJt has been placed in the hands 6f a receiver. The indebtedness amounts to $500,000, and the aRsets, if carefully handled~ are sufficient .in value to pay in full or nearly so, but the future of the industry is uncertain. Too Many Uni ons. One of the worst exhibitions of hate and stubbornness on the part of labor unioilS ..V..8S witnessed. a few days since, at the funeral of :'lichaelFeely, of \Villiamsburg, !'\. Y., when the hack drivers refused to proceed to the cemetery after the tbe bodYi'laS pl;lced in the bearse. There were members of three different unions in the procession, and they each re-fused to work lvith the otJlcrs. George 'vV. Hatnilton, the undertaker, besought the driv-ers to resume their seats, but they were obdurate. Their spokesmal1 explained that three separate and antagonistic drivers' unions-the United Teamsters' Association of Ameri-ca; the lnterll«tiona] Brotherlwod of Teamsters and the Lib-eity Dawn Associatioll-\Vere represented and that as the organizatioll!-i were 110t friendly to each other llone of the drivers shonld work The mourners crowded around the. re- 37 hellions men <ll.ld pleaded with them, but the men continued sullen. rVfeanwhile -the"clntrcH--w.as emptied of its throng, and as a cro\-vd of pas!-iers-by had "collected the street became congest-ed. Crowds .surged around the hearse and its silent'occupant aud the sidewalks became impassable. A hurry call was sent for the police and Captain Creamer and ten men wer:e quickly on the scene. Finally. affer much arguing and 'an hour's blockade, the drivers agreed to go on to the ce.me-tery by diffaent routes. The procession was divided intD three parts and left the 'church in that.way. Adversity is Not Helpful. That the powers of the mind are strengthened and im-proved by 8dversity is a popular fallacy. E\rery man who has accomplished anything against adverse circumstances \-vould have accomplished proportionately more, had those eircum.stances been removed. Buffalo and Boston spent a lot of money on "Home Com-ing y..,r eek," and arc not satisfied. Over 100,000 people, several of whom formerly lived in Boston, responded to the invitation to come home during the second week .of August, but none of the important tradesmen derived substantial benefit from the influx. The people were too busily engaged in looking for Paul Revere's grave, Longfellow's home, the stattleS of Datiiel Webster and William LJoyd Garrison, the frigate Constitution and Mother Eddy's spiritual home to give much time to the big mercantile establh:ihments. The transportation companies, the hotels, the restaurants, the soda fountains and like businesses were well patronized. In Buffalo the results have not been figured up, but 'in many {lUarters the expressions of dissatisfaction are more pro-nounced than were those that followed that most beautiful and enchanting failure, the Pan":American exposition. IF YOU PLACE YOUR .ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE --~---~~- Mercantile Editions of the Artisan THEY WILL BE READ BY DEALERS IN FURNITURE AND KINDRED GOODS ONLY I REMEMBER THIS POINT I 38 ·:f'~MI9,HIG?JN USES FOR TUPELO GUM. Formerly Neglet-ted and' Considered Worthless. Tupelo gum was formerly one of the neglected, rejected and 'despised woods in lumber operations, but has won for itself a place as a substitute for scarcer and more costly kinds. It is also called sour gum, black gum and bay pop-lar. The rail makers of early times used it for mauls, bc-caluse it stood more knocks without splitting than any other w00d in this country. That was about all it was fit for, as w~s !',upposed. Its cross grain-and tendency to warp made it jan outcast in lumber yards. But tests recently mude _and reported. by the Southern Cypress Manufacturers' Asso:ia-tiqn have given the cross-grairlcd gl;llU a better reputation. Coffin and casket makers like it. Not only has it a fiue ap-pearance: when stained in imitation elf oak and other hard-woods, hut its' toughness balds nails so well that its v<Llue is considerably ltlcreasc9 on that ~c(',ol1nt. It is an excellent substitute for yellow poplar for' s?me purposes:and is cheaper. This new us~ for tupelo is interesting and 19-i.p'ortant,as illus-trating the tenden'cy to'utilize our inferior' woods as far as :possible, and the~eb~ 'prcser've~he supply of the 'more val- 'able specie$, \vhich' have becoitie scarce'f every Year.-\~rest Virginia Lumberman. The Latest and Greatest Trust. Plans to orgal1ize the farm~rs of the' country in a co-operative movoment, similar to the Rochdale plan io Great Uritai.l~, .were. I?ede~t~dat a conference of the farmers held recently ,in Chicago. The le;nlers of the ,movement are oifl-cers of the Ameri:can Socicty,o£ Equity, better known as the Farmers' Union,. aild the ne\v organization promises to sup- ,plant the old. Ove'r 300,000 far'm(trs are pledged to .the new organization, accQrding to its sponsors, arid it is probable that Chicago will become the central market and headquarters of the society. Incoroporated under the laws of 1\ew Jer-sey, for _$1,000,000, the tlC1-V organization, which is known as the producers.& Consumers' International Eqnity Union & Co-operative Exchang"c, proposes to establish markets ill every city of the country for the distribution of farm products on a co-operative plan. The fixing and maintaining of prices on farm produets is also one of the purposes of the organ-izatidn. Fare Must _Fit the Shortened Line. Railroad fare from Pittsburg to Phil-adelp'l)ia must be re-:- dttced to the extent of eight cents at least. A report just filed in accordance with a law recently passed by the legIS-lature of Pennsylval1ia~ informs the dep.artment ot _internal affairs that the exact distance oyer "the lines of the Pennsyl-vania railroad between the two larg-cst cities in the state is .348.8 miles. Heretofore travelers between Philadelphia and Pittsburg have been charged for 353 miles, that being the dis-tancewhen the road was measured ,before the:c-ompanY.'hegan straightcning its 1it1CS~ and in the curves,that have- been re- , moved within thc pas,t year tllc Sistarice has been reduceCI four miles. As the two cent fate is now in force, the re-duction will amount t6~_~ightcents. Exposition of Furniture in England. The fourth annual ,furniture exhibition for the benefit of manufacturers, house furnishers and wholesalers will be held in St. James Hall, Manchester, England, from September 30 'to October 9, inclusive. This- exhibition is open to the trade only, but continental and colonial visitors -are welcome. Manchester lies in a thickly populated section of Great Brit-ain and the trade will undoubtedly attend in large numbers. Enquiries should' be addressed to General Manager IN; . Cawood of the Furniture Trades Exhibition.' 7IR.TI.s~"'~· ·i·· me .. Notes on the Market Reports. Dullness has prevailed in the lumber markets during the past month. This was to he.:expected in August and:.the first week; jnSepternber, but the dull 'season: has been longer than usual and has been so marked as to- weaken prices at many points. This condition is due mainly to stringency in the money market, which has halted 'or postponed building projects, thus decreasing the demand for .structural lumber and timber. The -.decline in prices, however, has riot been enough to affect the. furniture industry, the shading having been done by smaller dealers who. became nervous while waiting for orders. There ·has been a steady dedit!e in the price of burlaps since August 10; due to alight demand rather than to over~ supply; Ten ounce goods are-·now being sold in New York; at 6.1O@6.l5 against 6.30 a month ago. The lighter weights have $uffered a greater los:,:" eight ounce riowbeing quoted at 5.35@5.40. Turpentine, also, has declined steadily during the _month. It is down to 52 cents in Savannah and has been sold as low as 55% cents in New York, a loss of 25- per cent ftom the high prices of May and June. Jobbers now express the poinion that the bottom has been reached but they made the same Drediction in, June, July and August. The demand for linseed oil has been dull and is now classed as moderate with the expectation of improvement for the fall trade. New' York quotations are' still based on 42@43 cents for \"estern raw and jobbers refuse to· shade these fIgures. Shellac is down nearly 20 per cent compared with the values quoted .on August 10, most of the decline having oc-curred since September L Ordinar:r'T. N. is-noW quoted at .3&'QJ40 cents against 45@48 cents a momh ago. The hetter grades have not lost so much, the bright orange being held at 45@50 cents against 51@550 on August 10. Lower prices for iron and copper have caused weakness and lower figures on most other metals and metal products. The only exceptions are nickel and aluminum, which are firm at former quotations. Mohair Factory in Texas. That the Angora goat industry.is flourishing-in the South-west is indicated by the announcement that a_factory for the manufacture of mohair is to be built in San Antonio, Tex. It will cost $100,000. Intere~t in Angora goats is said to have grown so -rapidly as to make the enterprise a good busi-ness proposition, and the enterprise is being backed by the goat breeders and mohair producers. The demand for the fleece is bctter now than ever before, several buyers being anxious to contract the crop before shearing -at 35 cents a pound. The goat herds are- larger and of bett.erquality each season. Two years ago one producer imported a buck from South Africa- for breeding purposes, at a cost, exclusive of height. of $1,575. Maximum Loading. Shippers engaged in business in the southern and we~tern states have inaugurated a. movement which has for its purpose the' reliefcof the car shortage situation. The idea is to have shippers. co-operate in the maximum loading of cars. The capacity of freight cars is being' increased and many 60,000 and 80,00Q' pound cars are being" co:tistantly loaded with only from 24,000 to 40,000 po

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