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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. ~IICH.• SEPTEMBER 10. 1910 BASIC PATENTS ~ ..I..on Go-Carts 1 ...... UPHELD All persons, and particularly all jobbers and all dealers, are hereby warned against handling. purchasing, dealing in or using any col-lapsible go-cart which is not manufactured by our Licensees. Every infringer of our patent rights will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. W. S. FERRIS A. B. LEITH The UNDERSIGNED hereby announce that they are the owners of the following fundamental patents on COLLAPSIBLE GO-CARTS and COLLAPSIBLE BABY CARRIAGES: .. No. 771,386 dated Oct. 4, 1904 No.800,471 .. Sept. 26, 1905 No. 861,475 " July 30, 1907 No. 789,310 May 9, 1905 No. 840,188 Jan. 1, 1907 No. 857,971 .. June 25, 1907 No. 913.345 Feb. 23, 1909 No. 914,010 Mch. 2, 1909 No. 918,250 Apr. 13. 1909 No. 925,152 June 15, 1909 No. 925,151 June 15. 1909 No. 925,741 June 22, 1909 No. 927,089 July 6, 1909 No. 748,869 Jan. 5, 1904 No. 863,972 .. Aug. 20, 1907 McGILL'SPATENT " " ADAMS' PATENT HULL'S PATENT EHLER'S PATENT In addItion to these patents, we have a large number of applications pending in the United States Patent Office, which will soon appear as patents. Certain patents here listed have already been sustained by the United States Court, and we are advised that our several patents cover and dominate every collapsible go-cart which ISbeing made and sold at this time. Infringers and copyists have not been able to do without the principles and inventions set forth in our patents. The only persons or concerns who have the right to manufacture collapsible go-carts are the following named companies, to whom we have granted licenses: American Metat Wheel & Auto Company Children's Vehicle Corporation Collier-Keyworth Company Fulton Manufacturing Company Gendron Wheel Company Lloyd Manufacturing Company Sidway Mercantile Company Streator Metal Stamping CompallY Sturgis Steel Go-Cart Company E. R. Wagner Manufacturing Company. WARNING! ---~--------------------------------------------- "-- ._------_._-- "--- .- .._~ HARRY C. WHF.fE, Treasurer. LET US MAKE YOUR HALF-TONES I Perfect Product Large Facilities Courteous Treatment "Right" Price II,, I II II II , COol •I 1 --..4 MICHIGAN ENGRAVING GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I Samples and Estimates Upon Request. I ..- WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG SEPTEMBER 28th If you place the order with us. W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I 2 WEEKLY AR1ISAN ... ••• • •• - • - • •• • ••• - •• - • • • • - •• • • • • • • -1 I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. !I I, •I •,II III IIIII ,III ,I I I, , I, II I II IIII II I,I III II ____ _ • • ~. 4 Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ... ... .-. - . Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 111 Dark and Tuna Mahogany Brrd' I Ey~ Map!1 Brrch !Zullrt~rtd Oak IInd CrrcaIIllln WII!nut Our fxhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MIC"IGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. '-================-==-,-===================================:::"1 CRp~f\JD RAPIDS PUntIc LIBRARY 30th Year-No. 63 GUAND RAPIDS. UIeIl .• SEPTEMBER 10. 1910 Issued Weekly SCHOOL FURNITURE TRUST TROUBLES AN O,UTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE COMBINATIONS Aluerican School Furniture Company Stockholders Ask for an Accounting and Want to Seize the Grand Rapids Plant. 1ro111 a legdl advertIsement -an 0' ckr of p lbhc atlOn--now rl1l1nl11g 111 the Chro111cle, a weekly paper publbhed 111Grand RapIds, MIch, It appears that an effort IS belllg made to fOIce the Amencan Seatlllg Company-the co-called School FUJ l1lture or Seatll1g trust-to render an account111~ to the stockholc\er~ 111 one of Its predecessors wl11ch W,lS knO\\!n ,IS the Amerkan School Furmture company The order of pubhcatlOn was Is<;ued by Judge Knappen of the l'ederal COUlt 111 Grand RapIds, 111a case entItled "Ge01ge ~ Bullard ct al vs the Amencan Seat111g company et al" The ordel IS dIrected to the follO\\ mg defend-ants who were stockholders 111 the ~mencan School FurnIture company, v\ hleh has been declared defunct· "Paul A Sorg, S Jen11le .sorg, ~da Sorg-Dll10111ard, Jdmes p Dru01llard, ~WIlham L Dechdnt, \i1hlham P Orr, Ohver J\1 Stafford, Edw111 II Cates. James Lynn. T ::\1 Doyd, I'rcd-enck A Holbrook, Leo c\ Plel, J\l1Lhael H ::\Iurphy, Stanley D. Bullock, Frank P. BIllmeyer, and the saId alleged defunct Amen-can School Fur11lture company, and R C. 1\ewton and Oscar L Gubehman, trustees for the bondholders of the saId alleged de-funct Amencan School lur11lture company" The defendants mentlOned above are not reSIdents of 111chI-g, m and the order was Issued and IS pubhshed 111heu of per<;onal serVIce to make them defendants 111the case above mentioned It reqUIres them to enter theIr appearance m the case on or be-for Dec 5. 1910, and 111case they fall to acknowledge sel VIce and entel appearance the chalges made m the bIll filed as com-mencement of the ,;uit are to be conSIdered "as confessed by each one of the saId defendants not so appeanng and an"wenng saI~l bIll as afore"ald " The order as pubh shed. is followed by a notice "to all per-sons and corporatIOns named 111 the f01 ego1l1g order of pubhca~ tlOn, and to all creditOl s, bondholders and shareholde'rs of the alleged defunct Amencan School Furmture company, referred to 111the above order of pubhcation, heremafter named, appear111g on record to have been stockholders 111the saId Amencan School Furl11ture company, and who It is not shown by such pubhc rec-ords have a'i } et dIsposed of or a'islgned theIr saId 'itock there- 111 to any other person or corporatlOn, and to all other creditors bondho:~lel s and shareholders of sdld alleged defunct corporation. known as the Amencan School Furl11ture company, heretofore domg busmess as a manufacturmg company 111the state of MIch- Igan, whose names are now unknown to the complal11ants 111saId chancery suit now pendmg m the CIrcuit court of the Ul11ted States for the ~Western DIstrict of MIchIgan-Southern J)ivi~lOn, m equIty, aga111st the American Seating company, Gaius W. Per-kms, and others, who have not heretofore exchanged their saId claims, stocks and bonds for the stock of the saId defendant Amencan Seatmg company, aNew Jersey corporatIOn, and to the Grand Rapids Hardware company, a l\!lilchlgan corporatIon ,. The notIce tells the defendants that the tItlE" to property whIch they occupv m Grand RapIds-the plant and real estate formelly owned by the Grand Rapids School Furniture com-pany- IS mvolved m this SUIt In other words that the com-plamants ask permIssIon to place a hen on the school furniture plant held by the trust m thIS CIty, as secunty for any judgment that may be awarded to them when the case has been tried. The notIce gIves the defendants further informatIOn as to the purpose of the complainants 111 bringing the suit as will be seen in the followll1g paragraph' "FIfth, That the bIll of complaint filed in said cause pray'i, as a part of the relIef therell1 asked for, that the deed from the saId Amencan School Furmture company to the said American Seating company of the real estate and factory property above descnbed as being located in the saId city of Grand Rapids, Mich- Igan, together WIth a certain indenture of mortgage or trust deed, before that tnne, gIven upon the same property and other prop-erty by the said Amencan School Furmture company to vValter G Oakman and George R. Trunbull as trustees, to secure an is-sue of first mortgage SIX per cent thirty-year gold bondsAo the amount of one mIllIon five hundred thousand dollars, and which saId mortgage or trust deed the bill alleges was afterwards as- SIgned to said defendants. R C Newton and Oscar A Gubeliman of Jersey CIty, New Jersey, be annulled, canceled and set aside by decree of court, and that the said complainants, and all other shareholders and credItors of said American School Furni-ture company who have not consented to such alIenation and WEEKLY ARTISAN Own Your Own Electric Light Plant "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engines Save 25% Direct-connected to any good make of dynamo. Can be run safely anywhere a steam line can be carried. No Noise. No Vibration. Economy. Efficiency "ABC" Engines require only one-half of the "ABC" Engines is the very high-the usual amount of steam. est attainable. Consume only one-fifth the usual amount Friction loss less than 4%. of oil. Will run constantly at higher speeds The wear is so slight that adjustments than any other reciprocating engine. are required only once in six to nine months. Lubrication of "ABC" Engines is ample at any speed and is not distnbuted under pressure. Oil is separated from water, cooled and filtered at every circuit. Automatic internal lubrication by a pump and gravity flow. Get Latest Bulletin, 280MA. AMERICAN BLO'¥ER CoMPANY DETROIT.I9ICH ----- USA Ablest Engineenng Organization m the Blower Busmess-operating three large plants devoted exclUSively to the manufacture of Fan System apparatus and the allied hnes. transfer of saId plOperty or \\ ho l1dve not :oll1ce exchang~d theIr sa1d claIms and ,hare" of ~tock f01 the "tock of the ~ald \men-can Seatmg company, be permItted to recover from :ouch real e" state and factory propel t) ~o located In the ~a1(l CIty ot Gr dnd RapIds, 111 the 'vVestern Dlstnct of ::-hchlgan, the full value of theIr sa1d certIficates of stock at the t1me of saKi ahenatJon oi property, together WIth dll cl!vldemb due the1 eon \\ 1tl1 legal m-terest from that date" The notIce and order of pubhcdtlOn, \\ hlch fill more than three columns of newspaper "pace WIth nonpareIl t\ pe do not mentlOn all of the matters that hdve led to the smt To tell the whole story would reql11re the wntmg of the 11l';to[\ ot the 01 gamzatlOn and fallul e of two school ftumture tru,b and the or-gamzatlOn and apparent faIlure of anothel , the mampulatlon ot m1lllOns m ,tocks and bond~, the el11lchment of a fe\\ and the lI11povenshment of many dnd ~hJftmg anJ chdngmg of method" and management 111 many factones ~0111efor the betiel but man) for worse The hIstory of the school fur111tUle comb1l1cs "ould make a large book It can not be pubhshed 111 full here but an out11l1e, w1thout g01l1g I11tOdetaIls, n1clYbe glve'1 The first COmbll1atlOn, orgal11zed back 111 the l11net1es, wa" called the Ll11ted ~tdtes School and Church Furl11ture compam It\'> as mcorporated 111 Ch1cago and 1ts method~ "ere 111 VIOLltlOn ot the J]11l101~dntl-trust ldw For a whIle 1t wao consl(lerell ~tl ong enough to COI1- Y"- •• .......... -~---.-..-..-..-..-..-..-~ WABASH B. 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I• WJUTX FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT r trol mo"t ot the mdu"tf) but It was soon weakened by mdepen-dent tactone, that were "tarted 111 vanou" parts of the country 1hen ~ome ot the manufacturer" who had been frDzen out or drn en out of bU"llleSS gave mformatlOn to ,tate officIals whlCh led to pro"ecutlOn, the rewlt of VI hlch was a deCI~lOn by Judge Baker of Ch1cago, onle1 mg the chs"olutlOn of the combmatlOn Judge llaker, 111 lus deCISIon chssolvmg the Cl11ted States campau) gay e the promoter" and managers some adVIce that, 11dd It been heeded l111ght have sa, ed them much tlOuble He told them It \'>as fooh sh to try to control the school furmture blhll1eSS b, anv legal combll1atlOn becau,e ~chool ,eah could be nnde 111 a11\ furmture factory WIthout auy matenal expense for ne\'> l11dchll1ery aml eqmpment, and that Ille~dl methocb would n It be tolcl atecl rl hey (hel not take 111"8dvlce ho\'>ever On the lontla1\ the) hegan to contllve \",ays to effect 01!2,d11lZatlOn t r) ~~_~J An "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self~Oiling Engine, direct~con. nected to dynamo, making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailed postpaid at your request. WEEKLY ARTISAN dnd cQntrol of the mdustry without vlOlatmg the law, evadmg the pomt~ on whIch the U111ted States company was convIcted and ~oon had another orgamzatlOn that they supposed would stand a legal test. The sEcond combmatlOn was called the Amencan School }urmture company It ",as formed by buymg some of the fac-tones outnght, by leasmg others and by makmg contracts WIth others to take theIr output and mamtam the pnces fixed by the trust managers The trust lacked workmg capItal-It reqmred too much to seCU1E control of the factones It "'d" also harra~- sed by the mdependents and by new factones, some of whIch were undoubtedly establlshed WIth the Idea of selllng out to the trust The orgamzatlOn was mamtamed however, and ItS stock was conSIdered valuable untIl those m control deCIded that It should be strengthened, that more capItal was needed and that to get It another re-orgamzatlOn was necessary. The thIrd orgamzatlOn IS called the Amencan Seatmg com-pany, orga11lzed under the laws of :-Jew Jersey It was organ- 1zed to take over the property, contract" and agreements of the Amencan School Furmture company Holder" of stock in the old company were reqUlred to turn 111$20 of then stock for $1 of the stock m the new company A maJonty of the stock \vas secured on that ba~ls but some of the stockholde1 s m the Amen- Ldn School Furmture company refused to part WIth theu- hold-mgs and they are the complamants m the Slllt now pendmg The new company was financed by the Sorgs and DruOlllards, of Tobacco T1 mt fame, who took bonds and mortgageJ for $1, 500,000 mentlOned m the b111of complamt It was cla1med that w1th $1,500,000 new cap1tal and w1th the tobacco magnates m-terested, stock m the new company was \vorth t", enty t1me~ as much as stock m the old company The Amencan Seatmg company has not pro~pered, however It 1S charged that 1110Stof the $1,300,OCO went to the promoters or to those who mampulated the stock and bonds Th1s comb1- natlOn has met the same chfficult1e", that ",ere expenenced by 1tS predecessors Some of the managers of the Subs1chary plants have been prosecuted uncle1 the Sherman ant1-trmt law and had to PdY heavy fines That fnghtened others who w1thdrew from the combinatlOn or tned to do so The profits d1dn't meet expec-tatlOns and men who expected to dra", large ~alanes found that the1r serVlLe~ wel e not wanted a,1d they were "frozen out" fhe cond1t1on of the concern 1~ "a1d to have g-one from bad to worse unt11 now they control only a few fdctones and the stock Ldn not be sold for more than a few cellt~ on the dollar The Slllt started by the stockholder~ \V ho declmed to go mto ".school Furmture Trust No J" 1" the latest development m the (hsa~trous attempt to control the school and church fur11lture m-dustry The defendants are expected to file a demun er on wh1ch drgument~ may be heard m X ovembe1 and unless the demurrer 1S ~mtallled the La~e may be tned on 1tS menh at the l\la1ch term of the Federal court III Grand Rap1ds. The factory 111 th1~ C1ty IS the largest and most 1mportant plant now owned or controlled by the trust If the complalllants wm 111th1S case the trust v\111control only the plant III Buffalo and two or three small plant~ III \\1l~con Slll However 1t b not generally beheved that the case w111 go to final tnal If the demurre1 1S overruled 1t 1~ more probable that the trmt w1ll attempt to settle w1th the complalllants by propOSlllg to effect another re-organizatlOn and pr0l111s111gto glve them due promI-nence III the management. Eugene Carpenter, a well known dttorney of Grand Rap1ds, who has been a sort of Kemes1~ to the School Furmture Trust, appears as "complamants' ~obC1tor" m the case now pendmg It was on mformatlOn furmshed by Carpenter that members of the comblllatlOn were ind1cted, arra1gned and fined-mo~t of them pleadmg guilty-about two years ago. ,'" I! II\ I II II I Ask your Manufacturer for it. You can just as well have the dividing pedestal dining tables you buy fitted with the Tyden Duo-style Table Lock. There is no extra charge for the lock. You can give satisfaction to your customers by seeing this lock is on the tables they buy from you-and you won't lose sales to those who know the added value the lock gives to the table. ~------------------ ....-----... -.... / 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS htUe machme has done more to perfect the drawer work of fnrm-ture manufacturers than anythmg else In the furnIture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect fittmg, vermm proof, dovetaIled stock a pOSSl· blllty_ ThiS bas been accompllshed at reduced cost, as the machine cnts dove-tails m gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others See abont your bUSiness rather than what yon say about 1t, that counts In the cash drawer It's the thnll of tnthnslasm and the true nng of truth yon feel and hear back of the cold type that makes yon bny the thing advertised ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Represent<:d by Schuchart & Schulla at Berhn, Vienna, Stockholm and St Petenbura Represented by Alfred H Schulle at Cologne, BruneI., Leae, Pan., Muan and Buboa Represented In Great Bnhan and lroland by the Ohver Machinery Co, F. S Thompson, Mar., 201-203 Dean'aate, Manchefter, Enaland 5 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE AND HARDWOOD POLISHING How Various Varnishes and Finishes Should Be Made and Used. (By \ \shmun Kelly 111 "Wood Craft) Poh'ihmg l'i a term that is vallously employed m \\ ood-fi111" h1l1g, and the processes may run from the mere clea111n~ up of a bit of more or less soJ!ed fur111ture to the finest l'rench or 011 pohshmg Of the lattel It may be saId that It I" one of the most satIsfactory fi11lshes ever de"lgned for the pUl-po'ie Of course It 1'i not an 011 pohsh, whIch IS somethm~ qUlte different, but a poh'ih effected wIth both raw lmseed 011 and shellac varnIsh lTIlxed together by alterna tely dlppm~ the rubber m one and the other fluid French 01 011 p01lshing---some wnters descll be tll1" pro-cess as being sImple enough for the amateUl to vvork out but T would not 1Ike to say as much ,Vhde the mexpert ma v be able to do a pas'iable job, It IS a ta'ik 1eqUlrmg, fir:ot, expe11- enee, and next, long labonous work \-ery tedlOu:o vvork It 1", too, and only the enthusIast wJ!1 ever do It full lu"tlce Tl Ut, It is not so much in vogue now but thel e are stJ!l tho"e vvhe) WIll call for this form of fi111ShwhJ!e many \\ho do not unJer-stand the process will want to know the how of It French-pohshmg wood The surface of the article to be French-polished must be made perfectcly smooth If the wood is not perfectly clear, straight grained. and IS more or les'i porous, then It wJ!l be best to size it first, usm~ a very thin and clear glue size Then when dry the surface must be made smooth ag3lin with very fine glasspaper The 'i1Ze fills the pores of the wood, saving the polish and allO\v-mg of a far better job It saves time, also The p01lshm~ fludd is 'ihellac varnIsh, just a mere hmt of oJ! I" u"ed to prevent the stickmg of the rubber That is "Where the oJ! comes m; otherWIse, It would be shellac pohshmg, pure and sImple It is well to mention it here, because so manv of the mexpert use too much oil I would ha, e the "hellac m a wide mouth bottle, stoppered wIth a cork \\ Ith d hole m It so that the shellac may be preserved from the aIr anel ,,0 It may be conveniently used fOl apphcat10n to the 1ubbel The 011 may be m a small open vessel Applymg the oJ! and 'ihellac---\Iake a rubbet of flalmel made mto a ball shape and pot11 out some shellac on to It Avoid rubbing untnl the lubber 1" dn , rene\V vvlth "hellac a" It becomes necessary when you start But after the \\ Olh begms to have some shme, then 1ub dry, V\h1ch \V1ll fUl ther enhance the polIsh Each tnne you apply 'ihellac to the lub-ber, press the rubber in the palm of your hand V\h1ch "el v e" to equahze the va1111sh on the rubber Fnst I "hould have s3lid that you do not me the rubbe1 after the shellac ha-. been applied, until you have covered It WIth a pIece of clean cot-ton rag through whIch the shellac wdl ooze suft1clent1v fOl the polishing. It is on this outer covellng that \ ou place a httle oil, using your finger tip for the purpose fhe 011 "Ill keep the rubber from stIcking, as plev10usly stateel \\ hen thIS cover assumes a shmy appearance the cloth should be shIfted so as to give a new face to the work 1'\ov\ rub and rub, until the surface becomes somewhat pohshed, then CjUlt and lay the work away untJ! next day ::Jext da, take up the work again and hghtly sandpaper It, USUlg a much vvOln paper or the finest paper WIth rougher particle" tem), ed by rubbmg the two sanded faces together TIe, el, ca1 eful m thIS sandpapering business Clean off and begm rubb111g vvIth the shellac and oJ! as before But be very cal etul that the lubber does not stIck Keep it gomg, evenly ancllegulally m a zig-zag fash1On, untJ! the entire sudace has been rubbed 1hen let the \Vork "tand se, eral houls fOl sinkmg m anJ dry-m~ of the pohsh Yow we wJ!l Use alcohol on the same IUbbe1, "splnting off" the work, as It IS called Tll1s IS done to I emove cloudI-ness and oil and must be accomplIshed yely calefully for the "pl11t IS a "oh ent and If used 111 excess It wJ!llnjule the pohsh It 1'3 only necessa1Y t'J pa'is It hghtly and qUIckly 0,e1 the \\ 01 k :\Iake the 1ubbe1 'ilmply damp \V1th the alcohol, U"Illg g Iam alcohol fOl the pt11pose -1here a, e many formula" fOl makmg wood polIshes 1 he -1111plest )11e 1" the shtllac ,al111"h I ha,e jU"t de"cnbed and \Vhlch for general purpo'iCS call1hl! be excelled StJ!l there are some woods 01 forms of fiUl"h that may be done bettel WIth other and mOl e appropllate pohshes Hence I am con"tramed to ~l\ e a few of them In thIS connect1On Ebony -10 nench-pohsh of one-half gJ!l add Due-fourth ()unce of the be"t ivory drop-black 111po\\der Al"o, a httle drop black may be used on the mS1de of the 1ubbel pad, but in thl- ca"e use t\Vo mus11l1 co,ers o,el the lubbel Dark \\ oodV\ ork--- Take 1 d1am gum clem1 and one-half ounce OIange shellac and pound fine, adcl to these 20 ounces, 90 pel cent, gram alcohol and 1 dram oJ! of almonds Place them all 111 a bottle, to dIssolve. \Vhen thIS has been accom-phshed1t IS ready fOl use Apply by means of usual rubber Orange shellac 2 ounces, wood naphtha 0 pmt, benzom 2 (11 ams :\I1X, place in a warm place fOI a week, shakl11g occa"lOnallv to plevent the settlmg of the mgredlents To the, fir'it 011 the \Vood well WIth raw hnseed 011, rubbmg thIS v\ ell mto the "Wood, after which wIpe off thoroughly WIth a dean cloth, and then Iub \Vlth the p01lsh in the usual manner Can ed \\ ork---Th1'i preparatlOn must be used whIle v\arm and It help., If the object also be made warm In 1 P111t at 90 pel cent alcohol dIssolve 2 ounces seedlac and 2 ounces • 0U :c '00u- e ~ .... !-o ~ '="'' ~0 ~fI;J U Q • eo! 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Q- as ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 whIte I eS111 The carved parts and pIllars of cab1l1et work 111u~tbe first coated wIth copal varni"h, after whIch, when dry, It may be made smooth wIth sandpaper of very fine grade Then the polish may be applied The polish may be applleJ to standarcts and can ed parts J:Jy means of a bnstle brush General Remarks---If by any mIshap you should cause rubber marks to appear on the polished serface, I tmove them by going over the work V\ ith the wetted rubbel But in a I e\ erse manner, beg1l111lng where you left off 111the fir-,t place J t I~ best to use as large a stroke as possIble rather than short, Jerky strokes FIrst rub the lenghtwlse of the wood, then 111 a Cl1cular fashIOn 0\ er the work, beg1l111mg at 011e enJ \" ever place too much \'Hlght on your rubber and do not I ub too lonl:; In 011e chrectlO11 The shellac may be placed 111 a cll~h for use but It IS better 111a bottle, as descnbed In rubb1l1R out rubber marks, use a half-dlY rubber and bear on lather heaVIly Tn JOll1g a laIl:;e sudace, like a table top, fOJ 111"tance, do only one half of the surface at a tIme \fter ounce of sandarac dls"olved 111one-half P111t of alcohol ThIS or board" of d1l11l1gtables may be done a leaf at a tIme -\fter lubb111g m, m the first place, hav111g gone all over the "urfale, I ub straIght WIth the grain a few tImes to remove the tempOl-any rubber marks In rubb111g begm WIth lIght pressure anct as the rubber becomes more dry 1l1crea~e the pressure The "plllt used for cleanmg up the work IS thought by some finIshers to be better if allowed to undergo exposure to the air for a few hours Also, it is helJ that allowing the fil1lshed \\ ork to stand two hours or so before spIlltJng it off, IS good pI actIce They believe a clearer and better polish IS obta1l1ed in this way Repollshing---"\Vhen a pIece of cab1l1et work or furniture reql1lres repolIshll1g it liS best to take the object apart as far as pOSSIble which will facilItate the work greatly and permit of a cleaner and more thorough job Remove the fixtures, such as handles, etc Rust dirt under these thll1gs maybe re-moved by rubbmg with a paste made from fine emery flour and turpentll1e Then make clean the entIre surface of the work usmg soap and water, or aCId, or whatever will effect the cleaning best Then gIVe a coat of clear OIl, rubbing thIS off well The work wIll then take the repolish better RepaIr any broken places, such as dents, by SeYeral coats of shellac whIch, when hard, may be sandpapered smooth and level \;\1e can use one of several repolIshes, as desire,d one being about as good as another Furl11ture cream or French re-polIsher b made as follows' In a P1l1t of 90 per cent alcohol place ~ ounce each of gum copal and gum arabic, which pul-velIze and SIft through coarse muslll1 Add after pulvenzll1g 1 ounce of gum shellac. The pUlverized gums and alcohol are then put 111a bottle, which must be tIghtly corked and kept m a wal m place, say near the stove. Shake frequently and in two or three days perfect dIssolution of the gums will have taken place Then strain through a piece of coarse musl111 and bottle up again Keep corked tight untIl needed. Furniture PolIshes--- The character of the furniture and work required to be done will determine what kind of polish should be used when it is desired to revive the finish. One of the most popular polishes now for old furniture is made from beeswa)\ and turpentine to about the consistency of soft butter It is applied by means of a rag in a thin film, then in a few mInutes the surface is well rubbed with a dl y woolen rag, produc111g a fine polish But such a finish IS affected by water A beiter fi111sh. one not affected by water, is made by melt111g three or four bits of gum sandarac about the size of a walnut each and add111g one pmt of boiled oil, boiling the mass for one hour vVhen taken from the fil e and allowed to cool, adJ in the meantlme one dram of Venice turpentine and THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Built With double arbors, shdmg table and equipped complete With taper pin guages carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the height ID saw bench con-struclion It ISdeSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write os for descriptive IDformatlon. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ftJm:~PIDS, If too thIck add also a little ord111ary turpent1l1e spi!'its. Ap-ply a coat of this to the furniture and let it stand for a few hours, after which rub off clean. The furl11ture then should be rubbed daily to keep 1t clean but a fresh application of the polish WIll not be necessary more than once in two or three months, possibly longer Scratches may be removed with the rubb111g in of a little of the polish. This recipe is very highly recommended. Another SpIriting-off Llquid---Cleaning up the polilshed work is done usually with clear alcohol, but here is a prepara-tIon that is very good also, and in some respects may take the place of the alcohol In one-half pint of alcohol of 90 per cent strength place two drams of gum shellac and the same of gum benzoin, placing the whole 111 a bottle, whIch should be tIghtly stoppered and kept in a WallTI place untIl the ,gums are dissolved, shaking the bottle occaslOnally in the mean-time When dIssolved and cold add two teaspoonfuls of clear whIte poppy 011 Shake the mass well together, when it wiIl then be ready for use. PolIsh Used on Turners' "\Vork--4Shred one ,ounce of pure beeswax and make into a paste with just enough turpen-tine to eftect thIS purpose, then add to it a mixture of one ounce of sandarac dlsolved in one-half pint of alcohol. This latter must be adJed very gradually to the wax. This polish IS to be applIed to the object whIle It is in motion on the lathe, using a soft woolen cloth and polIshing with a soft old 1l11en rag A very high degree of polish may be obtained by thIS method and formula French PolIsh Revlver---Another one, and a formula very old anJ always popular, IS thIs' Beat up gum arabic and the whltes of two eggs in a mortar or other suitable vessel until 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~__ _____~_. . ,_._._. -----------1 LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art 6lass, Ornamental Figured 6lass, Polished and Rough Plate 6lass, Window 61ass WIRE GLASS Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara 61ass more beautifullhan white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (j For anything in BuIlders' Glass, or anything m Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Pamters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which IS given below JnlW TOBK-Hudson and Vand&Jl1st•. BOS".rON-41-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 aowll:er S'- OKIOAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. OIlII'OIlII'NA".rI-Broadwayand Oou:rtst •. S".r.LOl1IS-Oor. ".renthand Spmce St•. lIUlII'NEAPOLIB-SOO-516s. ".rhi:rdst. DE".rBOI".r--53-59Lamed St., E. GBAND BAPIDS, 1III0E-39-41 •• Divi.ion Bt. PI".r".rSB'UBGH-I0I-I03 Wood St. 1IIILWAtJXEJl,WlS.-492-494 Market St. BOOHES'1'EB,•. T_Wllde:r Bldg., Main II Bzohan .._ Bts. BAL".rIJlllOBE-310-12-14 W. Pratt St. II '---------------_._---_._._.-._._._._.---_._._._---_.-------------------_.--...& I Pittsburg Plate they amalgamate Then add /2 pInt each of raw Ill1seed ot! and pure sharp cIder, Inegar, 8 ounces of alcohol, 1 ounce of hydrochlonc aCId. and 2 ounces of mUrIate of antImony Rub the furmture V>Ith thl', untIl a polI"h appean The fi111Sh,\ \11 prove to be a very durable an,l pleasIng one Another and, ery good po!J"h 1" made upon thh tDfll1uld Powder fine 1 ounce of seedlac 2 drams. gum guaIacum. 2 drams, dragon's bloocl, and 2 dram" gum mastIc and place 111 1 P111t of alcohol Placc In a stoppercd bott1c and expo"e to a moderate heat f01 three hour", or untIl the lSum~ ha, c dI~- "olved, then stlaIn through mu"lIn. bottle. add1l1g a tah1e- '3poonfu1 of raw 1111see~1OIl, all "ell "haken togethel Thh polIsh IS 1I1tcnded for the darker wood" a'i It v\ ou1d dI'3co10r any vel y lIght-colored wood Water Froof Fol! "h on V eneu 1I1g---The formula for thI" 1" rather tedlOU" but worth the ,\hI1e wherc the effcct I~ nece,,'3ary Take raw lInseecl 011 10 pound'i, amber 1 pound lItharge 5 ounce'i. puh erIad "hIte lead j Ounce'i. puh erued led lead j ounce" BOll the 011 111a coppel ,es"e1, (lnc1 --n~- pend the leads 111 a bag 111the bOIlIng 011. he1J12, carefnl that the hag does not touch the bottom ot th~ ,e"sel \\ hcn the. 011 has become a ,1eep blown take ont the bag dnd add a clove of garhc ThI" \S to be repeated "c, cn or eIght tIme", contmumg the h01lm!S 1he ambel must be melted m tw 0 ounce'3 of oIl before bemg added to the 011 Il1 the kettle \\Then the ambcr has 11leltec1It 1" to he con±1nued on the file. for nvO or three mInute" 1hc whole 1" then to he fi.lteled and placeJ ... -. --_._._. -----_._._--- No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG FOX MACHINE CO. 185 N F"RONT ST .. E:[T, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ... Glass COll1pany OLEVEL~-148o-1434 west ".rh1:r48t. OIllAHA-1101-1107 Howard St. S".r.PAtJr.-459-461 Jackson St. A".rLAIl'".rAG,A_30-32-34 S. P:ryor at. SAVANNAH, GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. KANSAS OI".rT-Plfth and Wyandotte st •• BIBllIDl'GHAJI, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 89th St. B'UJI'PALO,•. '11'.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOXLTlII'-".rhird Ave. and Dean St. PHILADELPHIA-J'ltc&lrn Bldll'., Arch and 11th DAVENPOB".r-410-416 Scott 8t. OB:r.AB:OlllAO. I".rT,OB:r.A.,210-212 W. Pint st. ... ~ 111tIghtly corked bottle" for u"e, after coo1mg enough Four coab of the polI'3h IS applIed, each coat bemg perfectly dry before addl11g the ncxt Acftel the last coat It IS placed m an oven to dry 1hen It I'i polIshd PolIshmg \\ alnut--- Black walnut WIll have the appear-dnce ot IICh old wood If treated WIth thIS polIsh \pp1y to the bare wood, after makl11g It smooth and clean, a thm (Oat111g of brO\\n "hel1dc 'armsh. and whl1e stIll undry rnb It \\ Ith a pIece ot "mooth fine pUlTI1Ce-stone untIl It IS dry Apply .1Il0ther coat of --hellac ancl nub a'3 before Then It lS ready tor the po1hh made a'i follows ::\iIX together ravv 1m'ieed (HI tUl pentme and hee'Owax to form a paste, and apply by mean" of a rubber The surface may not be smooth enough aiter the pU11lICe-"tone work ]f ,,0, then 1ub WIth fine sand-paper untIl It l'i 'imooth, after whIch rub WIth the poh'ih a~am In tune the wood becomes very dark and nch 100k-l11g and the finhh I'i wpenor to a varmshecl effect I urmture Rev1\ ers---VVax doe" not answer on French-p'llI~ hed \\.ork but f01 othel kmds of fim"h It cloes very well, dnd t01 ~0111ewood" the adchtlOn of a little colOrIng IS well, ~d\ 1ed ~andeI" ,\ ood For re,Iv1l1g f rench-poh"hecl work. t1 \ tlll~ -l ake equal pal ts of turpentme, '3trong vmegar, alco-hol, and 1d\\ Im"eed 011 and place them Il1 a bottle in the order ~1\ en, thIS 1'3 es"entIal In ordel that curdlIl1g may not occur dnd ,,0 spoIl the nllxture ThI" 1" recommended as bemg a ~upeI101 1 e, 1\ el Dcrb) credm I" a ,eI y olcl and \ ehable rev\, er made by adc1111~() ouncc" of raw h\1'3eed 011 to 3 ounce" of acetIc aCId. ThIS b well "tIfred together, then .Yz ounce of butter of antImony and 3 ounces of alcohol are added F01 ,ery hght wood lIme maple, or satmwood a r polIsh made lIght WIth whIte shellac may be used by addmg a lIttle chrome yellow to It, and a very lIttle also on the rub-bCI \nother whIte po1hh IS made as follows Take of \\ hIte 01 bleached ,hellac: ~um 3 ounces, whIte gUl11 benzom 1 ounce, ~Ul11 -a,1clarac % ounce. alcohol 1 pmt, clIs'io1ve the gums In the alcohol \ny 1m"ee~1 oIl m a polIsh wIll cause the ,\ood to dalken 111 tune, hence lS always omItted m form-ula" for an} ,ery lI~ht colorcd wood 1he number of polIshes, reVIvers and cleansers at the CJm11lanc1 of t'hc furnIture and cabIl1et fimsher IS large and nearh all are exccllent 1n se1ectmg one you must know Just "kit \\()1k I" to be ~lone \Vhat WIll do for onc mdY not be "a tJ "facton tor another clas" of \\ ork II • • ~---------------r;----------~--~-- ~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 ----------- --------------------_._----, FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid andoil. in acid and oil. in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters- In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-i1e People ~ CHICAGO-NEW YORK EverythIng In Paint Specialties and Wood FinishIng materials. Fillers that fill.' Stains that satisfy ........-_- -----------------------------_._---_._. _._--_._._._._---------- ... Mr. Kindel's War on the Railroads. Denver Post, Sept. 1-SupervIsor George J. Kindel ap-peared before the senate e<:Jmmitteeon corporatIOns last night and attacked the Cassaday raIlroad commission bIll as being un-duly favorable to the railroads, and offering the shippers no re-hef from dIscriminatory rates. Kindel went after the argu-ments of the raIlroad attorneys who were dIssatisfied with some of the prOV15Ionsof the measure, and he told the committee that it would be far better for the shippers of Colorado if the state \V ere cut mto three parts and turned over to Kansas, Utah and Wyoming. "These states get better rates than Colorado," said Mr. Kin-del, "and It IS worth while for the senate to discover just why thIS should be so. The argument that the roads are compelled to pay hIgher wages here than in prairie states is not a good one, for the raJ!roads charge us so much more for everything that we eat or wear that the higher cost of hving can be attrib-uted to them. "These roads should be placed under a commission to which should be gIven full power to regulate rates That would stop some of the prevaJ!l11gpractices such as charging $2 95 a ton for hauling coal from Trlllidad to Greeley, and only $225 when the haul IS to Cheyenne, though It IS fifty mIles further away." NTHEEWY..a..2.U'lnd-'t PAlUOR. ~&:B:ED» Need not be moved from the wall. Always ready with bedding in place. So simple, 80 easY7 a child can operate it. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO. Ene &: Sedgwick NEW YORK, Norman &: Monitor. The arguments submItted by Mr. Kindel and his attorney, A. L. Vogl, made a deep impresslOn and the committee requested Mr. Vogl to file a brief embodying his reasons for desiring the amendment of the pendmg bIll so as to gIve the commission con-trol of freight and passenger rates. " Laurier Favors Reciprocity. Speaking at Nelson, B C, Sir vVIlfred Laurier, premier of Canada, said: "Canada is united to the motherland in heart and life, in-dellendent of all tariff arrangements. But there IS another coun-try of ninety odd millions, with which perhaps we should have better tariff arrangements, where a valuable and profitable trade might be developed. That the relations are not what they should be is not the fault of Canada, but of the United State'S. Our policy was to have a treaty of reciprOCIty, but the United States did not meet our pilgrimages to Washington then with encour-agement. We took the ground that the next i11ltiative must come from Washington, but there are also those who object to a treaty with the United States, because they allege it will put in jeopardy our trade with Britain. This is absurd. It will im-prove our relations WIth Britain. The more friendly our rela-tions WIth the United States, the more satisfactory is the situa-tion to Britain. They have each no better customer than the other. We can do no greater benefit to BrItain than by improv-ing our relations and commercial exchanges with the United States." The premier's statement, which came at the close of an elo-quent address, in which he dealt with the Asiatic immigration transportation, the naval and fiscal policies, was enthusiastically received_ r 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN The L. Mac E. BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLAT ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-JAPANS, Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical expenence with the Furniture, Plano and kindred hnes of manufacture enable us to know just the kind and quahty of varnishes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already established trade with this class of customers through Visiting them with fillers and stams, makes It possible for us to sell varnishes Without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are disposed to give to our customers in quality. VARNISHES Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia Banking Without Checks. A Harnsburg, Pa. bank has 1I1augurated "hat l~ calleel the Hamburg system of banking WIthout the me at check:, and repol to, that "our customers seem to con"lder th);, method qUIte a convenience and it has been of sel vIce to us In se-cunng new accounts" The bank has sent out a CIrcular e:A-plaimng the system whIch, in Germany, IS known as the "GIro system," as follows: "By thIS sy<;tem you can request Ib to tlan.,fel an, amuunt to the account of any person, or persons, to \\ h0111 ,uU are llldebted 'Ii\!e wlll transfer the amount, or amounts, a" pel your request, to the various accounts yoU may deSIre, adyls-mg the party, or parties, to whom such credits are tI ansfel red, of the credIt, and by whom transferred This saves) au mak-ing a number of checks, postage when mallmg, or trouble 1ll delivering; also ehminates the danger of checks mIscarry lllg or be1l1g lost in the mails, and any posslblhty of forger) 01 ralslllg the amount of checks. In case of any questIOn al hmg later as to a payment, the bank WIll always be pleased to show the amount of same, from whom receIved, and to who'ie credIt placed; thus doing away with the annoyance of havll1g to hunt up old checks to prove a payment. The system WIll prove qUIte an expense to the bank, but we feel Justtfied 111 introduclllg it for the convenience it will afford our cu"tomers, and the additional safety it will throw around theIr bus1l1es'i The innovatIOn IS made for your benefit, and "e ,,111 be pleased to have you use It. "Example No l---Mr Merchant "Ishe'i to pay se\ eral bills; some local, two in PIttsburg, and one In Phliadelpilla He requests us, on a blank prepared for thb purpose, to tI an,,- fer the various amounts of these bills to the credit of the partIes whom he owes We charge hiS account With the total -.. amount, and (redlt the ,anous parties mentIOned With the amL!unts as stated in the bank, nottf) 111g them that he ha<; made the tran"ter to theIr credIt and that same IS here subject to theIr check i\Ir Merchant CIedIts the bank WIth the total amount, whIch IS the only ~ttentlOn he has to gIve the matter Example No 2---1\11s Housekeeper has 12 bllis whIch "he wlshe.., to pay, and It does not matter whether they are local bllis 01 not She Simply fills out one of the sltps above I eferred to, \\ e notify all the partIes to whom she wlshe'> amounh paId that sihe has transferred the funds to then creJlt and that same are subject to thel1 check, thus saving hel wnt111g 12 checks, mall111g 12 letters, anJ all danger of letters mlscan y1l1g or cheks be111g altered "In conclUSIOn, we would state that we belteve the more the system 1S used, the more apparent ItS advantages wtll be-come and we 111vlte you to make use of It PlOper blank" 101 reque"tlllg tran'3fers wIll De furl11shed on apphcatlOn " The Tafts Will Build. Chd.lle<; P Taft, a blather of the pre<;ldent, i" at the head of a cm pOl atlOn that h planl11ng a hotel of '>Ixteen stone~ to be located all Broadwa) between Tll1rty-thlrcl and ThIrty-fourth ~,tlt'-eh-, -l\-e-\\-Y-or-k.--------------_._~--.-.---~-~ ....., A. L. HOLCOMB &. CO. I III Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SAWS DADO SAWS Citizens' Phone 1239 Grand Rapid., Mich. . ... " WEEKLY ARTISAN Selling Refrigerators in Winter. Michigan ArtIsan, Gentlemen' The idea has occurred to us that the dealers in refngerators lose an opportunJty to make consIderable money When they put away their high-grade refrigerators at the same time they put away their low-grade refrigerators. It is true that the people who buy cheap refrigerators do not buy them after the first of August until the fir~t of Malch but it It also true that people who lIve in hou~es which ale heated throughout reqUlre refngelators 111 the fall and winter Just as much as 111 the ~pnng and ~ummer and they buy them whenever they need them For thIS 1eason, we claIm that it 1" a mIstake to put away the high-grade refrigerator~ at this trme of the year. There is also anothel reason why at present good reft 19- erators can be sold in the wInter time vVe enclose a letter which we are sending out to our dealel s callmg attention to the fact that there is more SIckness in v, intel than in summer \Ve think that if you will consider this matter carefully that you can help your SUbSCIibers to make a little money by sellmg hi~h-gl ade refrigeratol s in the winter. Kindly give the matter your careful consideration and oblige Your" very truly, GRAND RA.PIDS REFRIGERATOR CO, C H Leonard, President The following palagraphs are taken from the letter men-tIOned above' "Your refugerator sales should he, may be, kept on a very profitable footing nght straIght through the cold", eather months If you'll accept our help, heed our suggestlOns and pull WIth u~, you can make these profits a pleasant realIty "The homes of your better-class cu~tomers are warm in wmter---steam heated Germs of decay and dIsease thnve and multiply Consequently (as is a proven fact) there is male SIckness m winter than in summer No less an authOl-lty than Dr ,VIley, l;overnment pure food expert, states that thIS siCkness is lal gel} due to the improper care of food--- poor refngel a tIOn "Your better class CUStOl s need a LEONARD CLEA~- ADLE 111 W1l1ter even me c than In summer FOI ",1111e germs ftounsh on a gah a11lzed 1111mg,or 111 Jomts and creVIces. the O\TE-PIECE pUle whIte porcela1l1 lml11g of the LEO" \}\'l) CLF A.N A.DLF gIves them absolutely no foothol,i "VI e are spend1l1g a large amount of money thI s fall 111 sprcad1l1g thl~ 1l1telllgence (See COP) of one-half page ma~a- /]ne ad enclosed) vYe wnta vou to help--- surely It', greatly to your mterest to help "?\ow let's pull together on thIS yOUI part as v Igorousl} anel earne~tly It WIll pay you to do as viie are dOl11g our~ " .Furniture Fires. '1 he Pankmcllc FUfl1ltme company of \manll), Te", lu"t about $900 by fire In theIr store recently l'ull} msured Jul1Us Kornblum'., furnltme store 11l St L01US, ]\10, ",a" clamaged to the extent of about $500 by fire on September 2 Insured. The Drummond fUlniture store at MIssion, Tex, was damaged by fire to the extent of $1,800 on September 2 In-sured Percy SmIth, funntme dealer, of Cheyenne, liVyo, suffered a loss of $25,000 Or $30,000 by fire 111 hIS store on September 1. Insurance only $6,000 Good printing is a good busl1les;, puller. 11 The above cut 1Staken dlrect from a photograph, and shows the range of one Slze only, our 1110.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make SlX other sizes, takmg in stock up to 60 inches wide and 2 inches th1Ck. Ours 1S the most practical method of clamping glued stock Llluse at the present t1me. Hundreds of factories have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more wlll 111 the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the ualues of nearly 100 factones (only a fraction of our llSt) who have or-dered and reordered many times. Proof posltlve our wa.y is the best. A post card wlll bring it, catalog inclUded. Don't dela.y, but wnte today. I A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. I FOBEIGlif BEPBESEN'l'ATIVES: The Projectile Co., London, England; Schuchardt &; Schutte, Berlin, Ger- I many; Alfred E. Schutte, Cologne, Parls, Brussels, Llege, 1Y11lanT,Urin, Barcelona and Bilboa. ·-------------------•·•--.---·~----~----~_.__~ __4 ~------------------------------------._. ~.~-~ I II I•I•••• II If I If I IIII ,II II•Ij I •I••II• , THE 4RE BRE4D 4ND "ELI" FOLDING BEDS PROfiT WINNER' No Stock complete Without the Eli Bedil III Mantel and Upna-ht. ELI D. MILLER &. CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces. I,-..O-N-SA-L~E IN-F-U-RN-IT-U-RE_E.XC_HA.N_CE-, -EV-AN-.V-IL_LE-. -..I.t. ------ -1 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN -- .. " . ..... . ..-.. GOAT RAISING INDUSTRY IN MEXICO An Interesting Article on the Subject Written by w.W. Canada. American Consul at Vera Cruz. The number of goatskins produced in the Ul1lteJ States is so small that it IS scarcely to be considered Our mam sources of supply are IndIa. China, MeXICO,RUSSIa, and about a half dozen other countries that produce comparatively small quantities of skins. Year by year the demand is more urgent, but the supply, if not stationary, increases very slmvl) The total importation of goatskins mto the United States during the year ended June 30, 1909, amounted to 104.048,2--1-4 pounds, valued at $26,023.914, of which 7,794,298 pounds, valued at $2,395,358 were Mexican. While goats are raised in every state of the Mexican Republic, over 60 per cent of the flocks are raised in the first four of the following states Nuevo Leon, 916,915 head; Coahuila, 615,144; Durango. 534,304, San Luis Potosi. 5l9,~ 944; Zacatecas. 429,337; Tamaulipas, 2M,911; Guanajuato, 239,933; Puebla, 193.397. These figures show that the indus-try is largely confined to the central table-lands, and that little has been done to develop it in other parts of the country, though the ammal thrIves every",'here, and can be raised at a good profit over a '" ider range of territory than that on which cattle may be successfully raised. It is not so much that the table-lands are better adapted to the breeding of goats than are other sections of the coun-try, but rather that large portions of the states most largely engaged therein are unsuitable for anything else, and the inhabitants are almost forced lnto the business The dry plains of Nuevo Leon, with scant growth of brush. are able to support large flocks of goats. though these same plains will not produce corn, cane, or grass, unless water 1'3supplied for irrigation. Vera Cruz. on the other hand, with exuberant vegetation. fertile soil, and abundant ralnfall, can grow un-limited quantities of corn, cane and coffee, and at the same time raise goats. It is now being recognized that better lands can be pro-fitably given over to the raising of goats and a satisfactory revenue derIved from the business In the states of Guerrero and Oaxaoa there are great stretches of territory of little use for agriculture where goats would thrive In Vera Cruz, and down into the state of Tabasco, large flocks could be handled wlth profit to the breeders The general belIef is that the animals will not thrive in a damp clImate. and hence that Vera Cruz and Tabasco must be unsuitable for the business. The small flocks found in both of these states, however, are proof that they will thrive in a damp climate The extent of territory which could be gIven over to the raising of goats, without in any way interfering with agri-culture, is very large. Vera Cruz has tens of thousands of acres of land so steep and rugged that 1t can not be farmed profitably, but these r~gged mountain sides furnish ideal feeding grounds for goats. The low sandy plains near the coast. with their dry and coarse grass, also would supply abundant forage for large flocks. Even on the low and swampy lands of Tabasco an occasional flock is found, which enjoys immunity from disease of any klnd. The more abund-ant forage ln the moist climate insures a more rapid growth of the animal, and also one of greater value than those raised on the barren plains. where their growth ls stunted and the goat reaches maturIty at a more advanced age. The value of the goat depends upon three things: Meat, tallow, and the skin In the hot country the meat is an article of much greater importance than on the dry plains, ~-------_._~-----_.----------- •II II 10uts babn DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE II I ....._--------- --_._------------~ 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Citizens' Telephone 1702. and the carcass is one-third larger The flesh is of better qualIty. as the ammal grows more rapIdly The matter of fresh meat in the farming dIstricts of the hot country is greatly SImplified by the breedmg of goats In small isolated communities it is risky to slaughter an ox or cow, as the flesh is lIable to spall before it is consumed The small carcass of the goat makes it entirely practicable to kl11 fre-quently. without rIsk of loss. In the state of Tabasco the InhabItants are never at a loss for fresh meat on plantations ,\ here goat" are raised, and where formerly fresh meat was almost unknown. The same thing can be realized in the in-terior of southern Mexico, by the general breeding of goats, and the flesh alone would make it a profitable industry, for the carcass of each animal will bring from $1 to $1.50. Fats of all kinds are high priced in all parts of this country There is a steady demand for tallow at from 12 to 15 cents per pound At 2 years a fat goat will yield 6 to 10 pounds of clear tallow. which will be worth from 75 cents to $1 50 The tallow is used for candle and soap making, and for many other purposes; the demand is always in excess of the supply, so that there is no difficulty whatever in dispos- 1l1g of It The most valuable part of the goat is the skin, worth $1 25 to $1 50, and the constant trend of prices is upward. There are buyers of goatskins wherever skins are to be had. Breeders need not seek a market. The skins are carefully graded and packed in bales with the quantity marked upon them. Pure white skins are ratd 0:"a 1. and command the highest price It is not that the "kID is of better quality, but simply that dealers prefer the \\ hites, and pay a better figure therefore. After the whites come the reds or browns; and last the black. spotted and grizzled skIDS It 1S, however, very easy in breeding to se-cure a maximum number of whites and a minimum of reds or spotted. The goats breed twice a year, and after the first year, ,'Ith rare exceptions, they will bring forth two and not in-frequently three kids The kids are hardy and active and need little care After the first day they will shift for them-selves and require no attention. save to be guarded from flies in the hot season At 6 or 8 months of age the goat breeds, and in 3 or 4 years' time large herds can be grown from a very small number in the beginning. iA single shepherd will look after at least 1,000 goats. and his wages will not exceed $10 a month, with a ration of a bushel of corn. Mountain lands and rough, broken sections of foothill lands may be secured for about $1 per acre, and each acre will, in mOIst regions, support 5 or 6 goats. The initial cost of goats for breedmg purposes will run about $125 per head. A careful investment of $1.000 well looked after can cer-talnly be counted upon to double itself inside 20 years, and to give at least a 50 per cent profit per annum from the end WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO., Marshfield, Wis. No. 2228 Toilet Table. SEND FOR OUR Dressers Chiffoniers Dressinil Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahogany, etc_, and I All Popular I Finishes No. 2240 Toilet Table COMPLETE of the second year. There are of course, some risks in the business. These, however, are not great, and are only of rare occurrence. iWhile the industry has never been pushed in the state of Tabasco, the rapid increase of the few herds which are be-ing handled there, the healthfulness and large size of the ani-mals, the quality of flesh and of skins, all indicate that even among the swamps of the state the industry. would be profit-able and require only moderate capital. The most promising field, however, for raising of goats is doubtless the mountain regions in the state of Vera Cruz. The animals will flourish in part of the state, but as the soil is fertile and very productive on the lower levels, and land is consequently rather high in price, the most favorable con-ditions will be found at a higher level where the land has a smaller agricultural value The steep mountain sides, the deep gorges, the narrow valleys covered everywhere with ex-uberant vegetation afford congenial feeding grounds for goats. They thrive on the tender buds and shoots, which are constantLy renewed, thus furnishing a steady supply of forage for the flocks On account of this rapid growth a greater number of animals can be accommodated on the same extent of land than would be possible on the dry and semi-arid lands of the interior, where, when once the land has been eaten over, months must elapse before any further food can be gotten from the range. Not only is the supply of food constantly renewed, but it is also washed clean by the heavy rains at short intervals, so that the animals will feed month after month over the same range and not grow restless, as in the dry regions when kept for any considerable time on the same land. The government elf the state of Vera Cruz is interested in CATALOGUE the investment of capital in its waste lands, and has in its employ a representative at the capital, whose business it is to give full information in regard to lands, etc. Heavy in-vestments have already been made in agricultural lands throughout the state, and the amount will certainly be very largely increased as soon as it is generally known that small capital can be profitably invested, and goat raising seems to offer one of the most promising fields for the man of limited means. The following statement, furnished at my request, will serve as an lllustration of how the business of goat raising is conducted on a hacienda in the state of Guerrero, Mexico (the money values are assumed to represent Mexican pesos, one of which equals 498 cents in American currency): "In 1904 the manager of the farm received 66,000 goats, including large and small, at a valuation of $1.50 each, equal to $99,000 From the produce of these he sold, during 9 months of 1904 and the years 1905 and 1906, 50,000 head at $5 each, equal to $250,000, and had, at the close of 1906, 88,- 000 head on the farm, being 22,000 more than he started with. The result was, counting the value of 22,000 increase at $1.50 each with the foregoing sales, the investment of $99,000 pro-duced in less than 3 years $283,000, besides the original stock of 66,000 goats was more than intact." ------------ _. _. ------- . ..- -. .. .... IMPROVED, EASY AND ELEVAro RS QUICK RAISING Belt, Electrlc and Hand Power. The Best Hand Power for Furmture Stores Send for Catalogne and Prlces. KIMBALL BROS, CO., 1067 NlRth SI., Council Bluffs, la. Kimball Ele"ator Co.. 343 Prospect St., Cleveland, 0.; l0811th St , Omaha, Neb., 128Cedar St , New York CIty. . ." ........ -._ ... ...I. ----~~~~~~~~~~- 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN Old Items Reprinted. From the ::\llCh!gan \rtlsan for 11ay 188Z~ \n 11hh iJ a\- ellng salesman who had sohClted the trade of a ckale! un~tlCCCSS-fully a numbet of tunes, \\ as asked bv the merchant ,. \re these styles new?" "They \\ ere," the sale'St11an replted, "when 1 fil" t showed them to )' ou, but 1:m blamed 1£ I C.ln tell nO\\ ' B R DaVIS, a leadl11g deale1 111 furmture at Gdh C,tOll, 1c, as, ched recently. Among- the vanous artlCles that have been taken up 111 the new decoratIOn cra7e IS the tamboullne \V1th1l1 the pa,t tl1lee months twenty thousand have been sold by the merchant" at the metropohtan d1stnct at pnces rang1l1g from one to thirty c1ollal' The Guernsey Furmture company, capltahzecl 101 $G5 000 succeeds Guernsey, Jones & Co , in St. Lams Glass has been introduced as a substitute for marble tops for tables and dressing cases. A chair has been patented by an ingenIOUs Yankee that lS adlustable to 800 different positlOns It is deslgned for a bO\ to sit in when he goes to church. R H Mitchell and John Mowatt of the ::\Iltchell rur11lturc company, Clllcinnati, are l11specting some of the furniture fac-tories of Grand RapIds Mr MItchell reported trade active in Cmcinnati, but compla1l1ed that goods are priced too low by the manufacturers and chscounts too liberal. He hopes for an im-provement. Oscar ·Wilde says the boys of SWitzerland do fine carving on the porches of their homes, and wonders why the boys of America are not so handy with tools If Oscar had ever wit-nessed the larruping of an American boy for can mg his desk at school he would understand why the \merican boy does not carve the porch of his home. Renaissance is pronounced "rhun-a-sonz." \\ lth accent on the third syllable. It means, ltterally, born agall1, or a ne\\ birth. It is generally applied to a form of decoratlve art \\ orked by Raphael A good many pelople talk fluenth of Renalssance who do not know the difference between a Corinthian entablature and a Bologna sausage. The prevaIling custom of Sllllgl11g big words by people who do not pay their bIlls is becomll1g too spon-taneous and too obvious --- Laramie Boomerang Manufacturers of painted furniture have had an e'{ception-ally busy season. The legislature of Texas has modified the law taxing com-mercial travelers An annual license of $')5 00 must be paid to the state. Municipalities are debal red from exactl11g tnbute from the travelers. New Furniture Dealers. A A. Vvard, formerly of Orovllle, has opened a ne\\ furniture store at Dunsmuir, Cal New YOlk parties are to open a ne\\ fur11lture store in the Fraser budding, Depew place, Nyack, N. Y. A. L Comer is fittmg up a bU1lcl1l1g 111 whIch he \\ dl open a new stock of furl11ture at Comer, Ga Solmenson & Clifton are new fur11lture dedlel s at lone. Cal The firm IS composed of A Solmenson, a farmer, and his son-in-law, Archibald ClIfton The Knoxvtlle Fur11lture company, 111C01 porated 1n S M Brown, W M Phl1l1ps, IV. H Mueller and M F Gath-right, WIth $10,000 capItal stock, will engage 111 the retall furnIture business at Knoxville, Jackson Count), ~\rk T. M. Furlow and E D Tolleson have formed a partne1- ship to engage in the f11rniture and undertaking bus1l1ess at Jackson, Ga Mr Tolleson was until recently engaged in the drug business, at McDonough, Ga They will do business under the name of the CIty Furniture company. j .. a_.a ... ~ • .. _~ II III Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He i. imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work. at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks, in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters, write UI right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for thirty-six years. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order is our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~, - •I •III•• II •• I I II .- ..--. . .--._. . -----------._-------., .~ Here is a Rocker that'. a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WlS. ... r------------------------------ - - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ......---_._---_._._._----------- -_. rIII IIII II •I I II• III I II II I ..---_. _ .... _ ...----,.._---------., II Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. NASHVILLE, MICHlGAlY .. Mail Order House Reaching Mexico. Mal1ion Le:cher, American consul at Acapulco, Mex, reporting on the parcels post business in that country says: "Althougih the mail order trade with foreign countrie'i forms a very small proportion of this city's trade, Its potential importance can not be overlooked. ImportatlOns by mail in 1909 amounted to only $1,465 against a total import trade of $242.068; nevertheless its growth within the last few years indicates that it may become an important channel for trade, especially into sections where transportation facilities are un-developed as here. Tlhe publication by a large mail-order house in the United States of a complete catalogue in Span-ish has resulted in attracting much attention to the advantages of ordering by mail. The catalogue referred to, beyond its utIlity in promoting the sale of merchandise of the store whIch issues it, is further valuable in the matter of stimu-lating wants and creating demand for a variety of articles not found ordinanly in the stocks of local stores. The illustrations serve somewhat in this respect as the window displays of large department stores. "Merchants have been heard to express very favorable opinions of the value of such catalogues, inasmuch as they assemble in an indexed volume and in detail all the ordinary articles of merchandise wIth which dealers need to stock theIr stores and give them at the same time, when direct quotatlOns are lackmg, some idea of rulmg pI ices fOI un-famlltar merchandise Cheap Power in Amsterdam. Amencan Consul Frank W. Mahin, at Amsterdam, Hol-land, In a report on the munIcipal electric plant of that city, "tates that the receipts in 1909 amounted to $550,098 and the expendItures to $217,458 After paying lllterest to the amount of $84,408, writIng off $159,190, and puttmg aside a reserve of $2.894, there remaIned a balance of $86,148 The total amount of electncity dehvered for light and power was 16,176,359 kIlowatt-hours, of which 8,003,063 went to private parties, 2.010,265 to the municlpaltty (except street cars), and 6,163,- 031 to the street-car service For lIghting purposes private partIes paId at the rate of 5 cents per kilowatt-hour and the mUnIcipality 45 cents, for power, private parties paid 3 cents and the municipalIty 27 cents. For both light and power the street-car servIce paid 2 cents. III IIIII I 1I • ~ ._. , ~ .._.... .. . ..._o.AII New Factories. The P. E. Kroehler Lounge company is about to estab-hsh a new factory at Kankakee, Ill. They propose to in-vest $100,000 in the buildings. Business men of Texarkana, Ark., have signed a contract with "northern capitalists" who are to organize a company with $200,000 ~apital stock, establish a furniture factory in that town and pay wages aggregating $9,000 per month. A G. Buchanan, George Olson and Phil. A. Silverstone, have mcorporated the SImplex Spring Bed company, capital- Ized at $250,000 to establish a spring bed factory at Seattle, 'Nash. An "Office" Hotel for New York. A hotel to contall1 425 rooms is to be erected on Greenwich street, New York, at a cost of $3,000,000 and with many new features. Most of the rooms will be supphed with office desks and writing machmes and a corps of stenographers stationed in the office of the hotel WIll be at the command of guests. A number of large consultation and directory rooms and 'safety de-posit vaults will be provided. A restaurant will be located on the ground floor, a great dining room on the top floor. There seems to be a demand for such an office hotel by business men sojournll1g m the city. We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups With cork bases ever oflerea to the trade. These are finished In Golden Oak and White Maple m a hlrht finish These goods are admirable for polished floors and furn- Iture rests. They will not 5wellt or mar. PRICES Size 2~ inches ..•. $4.00 per hundrlld Size 2f.j:m~hes . 5.00 per hundred 'l'ry " Samplt Ord" FOB Grand Raptd,. ..... ... - - -------------, "Xo-more-at-that-price" sales are not carried on by Batterman, of Brooklyn HIs system is quite different from that of the manufacturer who offers his jobs "as-many-as-you-v\ ant, at any price you may offer" 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 eo IOERYEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR. SINQLE COIOIES 5 CENTS. "U.I.ICATION OI'"I"ICE. IOI-1lZ NORTH DIVISION ST. GRANO RA~IOS, MICH. A. S. WHITE. M...N...GINQ EDITOR Entered AI ncond cia .. malter. July 5. 1909, at the post ollice at Grand Rapid., Mlchle_n under the -act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE, E. LEVY. House builders in the suburbs of New York, PhIladel-phia and other large cities of the east are adopting the bung-alow type quite generally. The California sty Ie is not fol-lowed very closely and it is just as well that no attempts are made to do so To appear to the best advantage the Caii-fornia type should have the setting peculiar to that state The plants, the trees. the flowers, the atmosphere, the mountains, the ever varying colors of valley, plain and sea, the redwood and eucalyptus timber, all contribute effects in making the setting of the bungalow of the Pacific impossible of attain-ment elsewhere Of especial interest to manufacturers is the fact that furniture of the arts and crafts or Mission "tyles are best adapted for furnishing the bungalow. A Sheraton or Louis XVI piece would be as inappropriate in the living room of a California bungalow as in the box stalls of a horse stable. Will the automobile of the future be provided \\ ith a "kitchenette and seats convertable into beds'? The Pullman car is but a development of the day coach Designers are always planning new features and the combined cafe and sleeping automobile may be built for the long distance traveler in the future. As yet, however. the hotel keepers do not "view" the effect of such a development of the automobIle "with alarm." The successful retail merchant is generally the filst to arrive at the store in the morning and. the last to leave it at night. He meets as many customers as possible and cultivates their acquaintance. He invites criticism of the store and its management and profits thereby He is the hardest working, and, considering the risks, the cares and responsibllitles he assumes, the poorest paid man in the establishment. An anomalous condition that prevails at present in the United States is the manufacture of furniture with foreign grown lumber, by foreign born workmen in English, French and Dutch styles. The American manufacturer must be content with the profits supplied by his business Retailers can not expect to attract the business of the people without holding out inducements that will draw them to the store. The show windows and the columns of the newspapers are available for this purpose. If the report that "Fa" Elkins has agleed to pay Duke '\bruzzi $5,000,000 a" an inducement to marry his daughter I" true, the duke wJ11 be able to furnish his palace with GI and RapIds furniture The half mIllIOn AmerIcans I ehlrning from the old world "Ill not help the house furnishing trades very much J PIerpont Morgan says they left $25,000,000 on the other SIde The job hunters have not appeared in the western mark-et <; a" :-et They are refitting the handles of their hammers, ho\\ e\ er, pI epara tory to touring the markets next month In certain sections of the country the house furnishIng bU<,1l1e<;sis suffering from pellagla N. B. This is the green cOin season, "you know," and the joke ought to pass. Callfornia has again handed the lemon to the whole"alers of the east N1l1eteen car loads were shipped flOm Lo" Ange-les one day last week. ,\Till the modern eX[Josition bUllrling conta1l1 sleep1l1g 100111<;and cafe accommodations for the salesmen in charge of the lines '? The fall "eason of trade is reportc~l by most manufactt1l er<; to he "so, so" "Progre'i~" IS more apparent 111 politic" than 111 trade at pI esent Defeat teaches lessons in business as valuable as victory. 5J1ence often seCllI es an order when talk would lose it E\ en in t1ade a boom may be nothing but a big noise. An Office Desk With Wings. In the) ear 1882 Capt. Tyler. a retaIler of St. Louis, was awarded letters patent for an office desk with interchangeable \v1l1gs The desks were manufactured and sold during his life time or several years after the patent was granted. The desk proper was of the ordinary roll top construction with a curtain half cylinder cover, the slat cover not having been invented in that year Cabinets or W1l1gs were attached to either or both ends of the desk as desired The cabinets contained apartments for a letter file, a rack for account books, also pigeon holes and a drawer. The door of the upper cabinet was hinged, and \\(hen opened for use, it dropped. into line with the writing table of the de<;k. The wings were interchangeable. A Cheval in Two Pieces. The Rogers Furniture company of Cleveland, 0., (since de-funct) was one of the first of the manufacturers of chamber furniture to bring out a line of cheval dressers. The Rogers dressers were composed of two pieces. The framed mirror stood on a base 1l1depenc1ent of the case and could be ea'3ily '3hifted to the opposite side of a case. The dressers were only fairly good sellers. Probably the styles did not appe~l to the general public. WEEKLY ARTISAN CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the firS!:coS!:of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar inveSted than any of the cheap machines flood· ing the country. BRANCH OFFICES-Oliver Machmery Co.• Hudson Tenmnal. 50 Church 51. New York. Ohver Machmery Co • FlI\ft Nanooal Bank BUlldlbll. Chicago. 111 , Oliver Machinery Co • PaCl6c Buudlbll, Seattle, W ...h , Oliver Madunery Co .201-203 Dean'lIate. Manchester. Enll 17 Oliver Tools Save Labor "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36Inche •• Made WIth or wlihoul motor dnve Metal table 36",,30" Will take 18" under Ih e gUIde-nits 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees Ihe other way Car-nesa saw up to 1~" Wide. OUlllde beanng 10 lower wheel .haft when not motor doyen Weigh. I BOO lb. when ready to oIup "Ohver" New Variety Saw Table l'lo. 11 Will take a saw up to 20' chameter Arbor belt IS 6' Wide Sendfor Catalog "B" fordalaon Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Worka and General Office. at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• U. S. A Waste in the Maholiany Industry. Geo. D. Coleman, Mexico CIty, Mex, makes some inter-est111g observatIOns concerning the mahogiany industry of that country. He IS qUOIted 111the TImber Trades Journal From the port of Tuxpam, south to Progreso, in Tabasco, all the streams down which mahogany and cedar logs can be floated have peen stripped of these woods. Nevertheless, quite a lot of mahogany and cedar logs are floated down the Usumacinta river in Tabasco, and the port of Laguna, in Campeche, ships a lot of these woods, as well as dyewoods and chicle Even in Campeche nearly all of the mahogany and cedar has been cut and hauled that is within paying dis-tance of water transportation All along the streams 111Campeche and for sOme distance inland these woods have been cut off, until working with the old methods, haulIng WIth mules and oxen, is no longer com-mercially profitable Nevertheless, back from the coast, where raIlroads can economically handle it, there exists a large body of mahogany and ceDar, dyewoods and other valuable hardwood. Commencing in Yucatan, and extending some 300 mIles in a line northeast and southwest, with an average width of some 100 miles, there is an area of some 35,000 square miles of as fine mahogany, cedar, dyewoods and valuable hardwood as is to be found in the world. Part of this area runs over into Belize, and quite a lot of it is in Guatemala. The old methods of handl111g these "Woods are costly and wasteful, primItive and obsolete, and WIth new methods and modern appliance'"], there IS a g-reat field for enterprise in this industry. According to the old method">, the tl ees are cut down with axes and then hewn square and hauled by mules or oxen for .. Time .. Tempers .. Cott miles to some waterway to be floated out Logs that are too heavy to be hauled are hewn down to convenient size, and a log perfectly sound with the exception of a soft heart the size of a man's fist is ruthlessly sawed off and allowed to rot in the woods Large limbs are left for the elements to claim them, and the very finest grained and valuable mahogany, which is in the stump and the "knees" of the largest roots, can be seen standing up to rot years after. I have estimated that probably not more than 25 per cent of the value of the mahogany that could be got out ever gets to market, according to the old methods. and I have seen some woods where I think it would be safe to say that not 20 per cent of the value IS ever utilized. This is really criminal waste, and especially as what is wasted is the very best quality mahogany in Mexico. Such wastage as this lea.ves a broad margm of profit for modern methods and appliances. The way to handle capital is to put up a well-equipped mill, and that far enough back in the woods, and then have raIlroad lines with portable or temporary tracks. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send Eor .amples oE our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every particular. Standard assorted SIzes,regular lIuage and leelh, Ib dozen lots, ready for use, $12. Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON MEn. of band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. AdamsSt.Chlcage <;on, furl1lture manufacturer<; of Chicago, have mcorporated theIr hU<;lI1ess under the name of the KlI1ney-Rome company CapItal stock, $155,000 V II, R Band \V C, Sharp, have incorporated the wholesale and letall furniture busll1ess 111 Natchez, JVlJss, under the name of the Sharp Furmture company Capital <;tock all paId 111, $25000 Isaac" & RlI1dskopf, undel takers of St LOUIS, ::Vlo, have organized the ~IISSOlU1 Taxicab company, capItalized at $25,- 000, and have started busJ11ess wIth four taxIcabs, which they use Instead of hacks for funerals Fntz Xoling, for several years superll1tendent for the Central FurnIture company of Rockford, Ill, has changed his allegIance He has resIgned and accepted the same posItion wIth the Rockford Desk company. The assets of the Dobbs Furniture company of Palestine, Tex recently adjudged bankrupt, was sold at auction by the recei' er on September 1. Lloyd Bailey bought the stock for $9,200 and win contll1ue the buslness The CapItal Furniture Manufacturing company of Nobles-ville, Ind, will be busy for some time at least. They have signed a contract to furnish $600,000 worth of their products for aNew York concern and are to ship fifty piano benches and 200 plano stools daily. The J H Tremeyer Carpet company, dealers in furni-ture, carpets, etc, in St Louis, Mo, has been incorporated with $100,000 capital stock, all paid In. Magdalena, Marie. ~fartha and Henry F Tiemeyer; Lena Koerber, Lydia Gil-ster and Clara N achant are the stockholders. The Majestic Furniture company of Mexico, N. Y., of "hlch Frank P Costigan of Syracuse is general manager and in '" hich Sy racuse and Oswego county men are interested, ha' e purchased the Metzger desk factory at Herkimer. The \1ajestie company have also increased their capital stock from $40000 to $120,000 ::\Iodle J Sldney.::\1 and Arthur H Spiegel of Chicago and Aaron V\' aldheim of St Louis, have executed a mortgage for $75,000 covering the site of the building that they propose to erect at ThIrty-fifth and Mospratt streets, Chicago They will u<;e the money in erecting the bUllding which is to house theIr house furnishing business. o \\- Dean, manufacturer of leather and leatherboard novelties of New Britain, Conn, has been granted a patent on Improved material for baby carriages of the collapsible order He substitutes leatherboard for leather-covered ,,,ooden parts, WhICh, he claims, makes the carriage stronger and more durable and improves its appearance. The Carter-GIffin company, capitalized at $50,000, has been incorporated under the laws of ::\Iassachusetts, to take over and operate three chair factories, one at Keene, N. H, another at Ashburnham, Mass, and the other at Troy, N Y Charles Glffll1 of Keene IS presIdent; B Squires of Ash-burnham, secretary and C C Carter of Troy IS treasurer of the company Elbndge T Gerry will erect a $400,000 bulldmg on the sIte of the old \VlI1dsor Hotel, FIfth avenue and Forty-seventh street, New York CIty, the larger part of which will be oc-cupIed by \V and J Sloane WIth theIr carpet and rug depart-ments SlI1ce the old hotel burned, with an appalling loss of Me, in 1899, },Ir Gerry has had many tempting offers for the property from men who wished to use it as a site for a new hotel. but he declll1ed to allow it to be used for that purpose. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Frank Roe IS a new undertaker at 1\Iendon. III Carl Kurze will engage 111 the undertakll1g busmess at 1\Ionee, Ill. NIck Brothers have purchased the retail fUllllt ure bu ~I-ness of F J AIkens & Co, of Monticello, III A Haslett, who recently retIred from the trade" III I e-engage in the furnIture busmess at Green Ba' \\ IS Frederick V\T Jansen, a promll1ent furlllture dealer it Quincy, 111., dIed after a short illness on August 31 The Smith Furniture company of Houston, Tex, ha' e moved into new and larger quarters at 1009 Texas a, enue F. G Reed, furniture dealer at 92-96 ::'tlain street, Toledo, 0, has enlarged his quarters by renting an adJOllllng store Scarff & Hove have succeeded C A. J eglum & Co. 111 the furniture and hardware business at MIchIgan, X Dak Arthur and \VaIter Greenwalt of Brushy Prame, InJ, have purchased the retail furniture business of S J Yoder at Yopeka, same state The Hilliard & Curry company, furniture dealers and undertakers of Wadsworth, 0, have increased their capItal stock from $10,000 to $25,000 The Kline IChair COl1\pany, manufactqrers "f barber's chairs, of Trenton, N J, have been placed in the hands of Charles L Harding as receiver R. K Gatchell, furniture dealer of St Augustll1e, IS re-modeling a building which he will mo\ e into in October and will more than double his floor space Dr R R Calhoun has purchased the furniture stock of G M B. Epting & Co, Newberry. S C, and ",Ill contll1ue the business with \V P. Rambo as manager. The H W. Lottman Furniture company of Houston. Tex have been declared bankrupt Liabilities $35,000; assets, estI-mated at $29,000 includll1g $5,400 in accounts The firm of Hummel & Glaser, furlllture dealers. at Myrtle avenue and Ralph street Brooklyn, 1\ Y, has been chssolved George Hummel will continue the business The Sutter Furniture company of Shelby, 0 , has been lllcorporated by G K Sutter, H W. Hlllebrant, lVI, A, Shaw, G \V. Meyers and Henry \Ventz Capital stock, $25,000 Furniture manufacturers of Rockford, Ill, are reported as "not entirely satisfied with their after season busllless" The same is true of manufacturers in other furniture centers The Etowah Furniture company of Gadsden, Ala, has been declared bankrupt The proprietors got into trouble re-cently, being charged WIth violating the state hquor la'" s The water wheels in the chair factory at ,VlI1sted, Conn, ran for 36 hours recently because so many eels got II1to the wheel-pIt that the gates could not be completely closed. The three-story addItion, 80 x 100 feet, to the plant of the Bay VIew Furl1lture company of Holland. :\11Ch, whIch WIll lllCrea'ie theIr capacIty about 40 per cent. IS nearly com-pleted The Henke Furl1ltUl e company of Cleveland, 0, has been incorporated by H A Henke, F ,V Georg-e, George _\, ZWIck,] C McGonagle and Charles T RIce CapItal stock. $50,000 S S Vaughn, R E Dubose and A. ErWin. furmture dealers of Florence, S C, have II1corporated their busllles,> under the name of the Vaughn Furniture company CapItal stock, $8,000 Donald F. McPherson,::\1 B ,Velhngton and J D, Dicker- WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 ...... . ._ ..-.... ------'_.------------------------------. . ..... These Specialties are used all I Over the World - V.neer Pre..... different kind. and .i",.. (P.lnted) Hand Feed Gluein.. M.chine (P... I ""neLa,.)Man:r.t:rIe. and .i..e•. Veneer Presses 61ue Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Wood-Working Machinery Ind Supplies LET USKNOW YOUR WANTa rewer Feed Glue Spre.din8' Machine. Sin..le. Deuble and C..bi •• tion. (patealecl) (Si"'e. 12 i•. to" i. wide.) No 20 Gluo Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. Ne.' GlneHeater • .-.. .-. -----------------_._..__._-----------------~ How to Do It. "I don't see how they can do it," is not an uncommon 1e-mark Everybody 1S green about something The world has too many marvelous things for anyone man to unravel 1tS mysteries. In fact, it is surprismg to think how httle the W1sest man knows The world is developmg men into special- 1Sts And each man no matter what his specialty is, or how many years' he devotes to it, is incapable of mastering all of its difficulties. Here is a man who is an mventor He has worked out in his mind a marvelous machme; and if he is not an experienced machinist how hard he will find it to rret a b man to fully conwrehend it and make his machine just as 1t 1S in h1s mind. Another wl1l go into a great factory and gaze at the machines in operation and wonder ho", a man could pos-slbly have worked out such machinery. When one looks at the beaubful trimm111gs and carvings on his furlllture he httle 1eahzes how much of it was made by machines To go into a factory lrke that of the vVaddell Manufacturing company of Grand Rapids, and see the scores of machines turning out carv111g" so fine that it would take the most expenenced e} e to detect them from hand walk, the wonder 1S how a man could make such a machme, and when you come to the rope mouldmg machines and the embossed carving machmes and many other machines for making knobs, pulls and other trim-mings, the wonJer grows into amazement But then you must remember many of these machines cannot be found in any other factory in the world; they were conceived in the mmd of John Waddell, and made by h1m in his own ma-chme shop, and that explains why they cannot be found else-where. It is lIke gettmg an eJucdtlOn to go through this factory. Market Report in 1882. Handles-inchned to drop. Marble-Dull and heavy. F eathers- Down. Ha1r-Shady. Excelsior-Weak. Bed Spnngs-Buoyant Band Savvs-Yrovmg f1eely Tuftmg Buttons-F1rmer. Bed Posts-Strong. Glass-A break 1Slooked for. Varnishes- Uncham;ed dml the mdrket 1s colorless Bedsteads-Lower. Casters-Moving. Wmdow Curtains-Shady. Mattresses-Flat. ~. ....- . - ------ -- -_ ... .. .. ----~( We Manufacture thc I Larl!cotLine of I Folding I ~ Chairs I ,II I I I I I I In the Unlled St.tes, I I I I I sUlt.ble for Sun day I I Schools, Halls, Steam- I • ers and .11publIc resorts I I I I • We .lso manuf.cture I I I Brass Trimmed I r 0 n f• I Beds, Spring Beds, Cots I I I I and Cribs In a large I II variety I I I I I I I I Send for Catalogue I II and Prt~es I' I II I I I II I KAUffMAN I I, I MfG. CO. I II ASHLAND, OHIO I I.... _--. ....... -.-._._-- . .. Ao_ •• -M1ch1gan !\rt1sdn. .---------------., • _.- as •••••••••••••••••••• a.a ••• I' - --~-----------.- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" AND THE MOST SANITARY· RICHMOND OHAIR CO. RICHMOND, IND. No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT Buildings That Will Need I<""urniture. Re"'ldences-Atlanta, Ga ,---J T Klmblough, 044 DeKalb a\ enue, $2.500, J D Demberry, 284 Stev, art avenue, $3000 Buffalo, N Y ---Kate SpItz, 33 Vlctolla street, $3,500, E C Gensler, 264 BIssell stJ eet, $3,4-00, WIlham Chabot. 68 Dewey street, $3,000, Ernest Dodswell, 247 Rodney street, $2,500; Louis F. Weyland, 37 l\1t Vernon street, 53,230, Henry \Valters, 37 TmlOn street, $2,700. Thomas '\ FIshel, 105 Wesley street, $5,200, John \V. Darling, 442 East street, $2,500; L1l1coln A \VIllett, 231 Parker street, $3,400; Sarah ~tafful, 466 KOiOllS avenue, $3,000, ::\1al) anna M1l1nak 49 Reservation street, $3.500, George \ Voss, 1168 \Vest Eagle >.treet, $5,400 InJianapohs, Ind -Alena Wheeler, 1950 Roose\ elt a\ e-nue, $2,500; Irwin Bertermann" Bosart and \Vashington street, $3,200, G W Boersig, Oakland and Tenth streets. $3,- 500; GIdeon \\r Blain, 3155 North Pennsylvania street, $6,000; F F Powell, Thil ty-fonrth and Pennsylva111a Stl eets, $15,- 000 Kansas City, 1\10 -JulIa Swartz, 2821 East Tenth street, $3,250, ~[rs Kate ,Togle-Moore, 4220 Genessee street $2 SOO, • Patnck l\,1ason, 3336 Bellefontaine avenue, 53,000; E A Kassan, 3317 Bellefontaine avenue, $3.000, Helen Gould. 2~09 Charlotte street, $4,000; Beni P Scott, 3734 Penns) lvanla avenue, $8,000, G E Curtis. 3237 Campbell street, $3,000, J L Vi ard, 2077 Spring street, $3,000 Chicago Ill---G W Reed, 7136 Luella avenue, $5,SOO; Albert Blackman, 5141 North Ashland avenue, $3,500; Ade- 11l1eAnderson, 9534 South Winchester avenue, $4,000; Ole H. Oleson, 1911 Lunt avenue, $4,000, Axel Johnson, 3833 \Vest Harrison street, $12,000, Andrew Pearson, 3425 MedIlI ave-nue, $5,000; A T Trainer, 516 West Twenty-sixth street, $6,500; P. J Differding. 6045 Justine street, $3,900, Mrs Mary Walsh, 2957 West Thirty-ninth street, $4,000; Philip Baron, 1355 North Irv1l1g avenue, $5,500 MIlwaukee, Wis ---Thomas Saxe, 184 ThIrd street, $2,500, August Schmidt, 1369 Twenty-fourth stJeet, $4,000; Mrs '\1 Busse, Bartlett Stl eet and Concord avenue, $4,000; 1\1rs t\nl11e Vogel, LlOyd and Seventeenth stJeets. $5,000; H F Vogt, Cedar and Thil ty-fonrth streets, $9,000 St Louis, '\10 ---Otto Moose, 4048 Maffltt avenue, $2,800; John Beekman, 4528 Clayton avenue, $4,800; J Charles Muel-ler, 4045 Ashland avenue, $8,900, Leonard Rumpf, 3719 Louis-lana a\ enue, $3,900, GeOlge Bershine, 3207 Palm street, $5,- 000, \Y K Kann, 3817 Shaw avenue, $4,000; Grace E. Crowl, The Oaks, Klrwood, $3,000; J UllUS Gates, 823 North EIghth street, $6,000; L Haeger, 3301 HallIday avenue, $5,600; Mrs L HIckman, 3225 Pestaloz?1 street, $5,000. Duluth, l\linn ---MIS H M Ed1l1, Lake avenue and SIxth street, $2 500. \nclrew Nelson, East Third and Twenty-sixth street, $10,000, C D. McNally, Oneida street, and Forty-seventh avenue, $2,500 S) raeuse, K Y -R 0 Smit,h 132 Hastings street, $3,- 000, Harry \\T ::\10 Jrlll, 845 Sumner street, $2,900; Charles J Hogan, 633 South Sat1l1a street, $7,500; Harry Wiard, 203 Green street, $2,500 DetrOIt, 1\1lch ---Augustus Chapp, Mitchell street and Grat- IOt a\ enue, $5,000, James Tyre, 380 Linden street, $3,300, LoUIS \Vingarden, 420 Adelaide street, $4,000 ; John Owen, 280 Burns street, $10,200; P. E Hall, 555 Montclair street, $4800. LOlliS SusIck, 375 Hart street, $4,000; E. M. Roth, Tefferson avenue and Glover street, $21,000 ; James Howard, 365 ~IcClellan avenue, $4,500; Julius Heinz, 535 Twenty-fifth street, $4.000 \VIlmington, Del--~S H Bayard, Monroe and Twentieth c;treets, $3,000, James W GIllespie, 1314 French street, $2,- SOO ~Iar) J Glffenberg, Concord avenue and Jefferson street, $4,679 ~ ew Haven, Conn ---Frank Ruotolo, 1336 Vvhalley ave-nue, $-1-,000,E L Simmons, 608 Truman street, $3,000; Sam'l, and Alpert WIllIs, Dexwell street, $2,500. \lbany, N. Y ---U G Stockwell, Dove and Lancaster streets, $4,000, Alexander Daoust, 392 McCarty avenue, $3,- 2S0, Joseph Dugan, Summit park, Delaware avenue, $3,500. MobIle, Ala -Kate Touart, 412 Dauphin street, $3,000; '\Irs J. \V Fry, 7 Center street, $2,500; Henry Schulte, Flori-da and Manne streets, $2,500. Knoxville, Tenn --.JMrs J M Hale, Alexander and Pearl 'itreets, $4,500 EI Pac;o, Tex ---::\11'<;Mary Price, Martinez street, vVood-la\ 111 addltlOn, $3,500 XashvIlle, Tenn ---F. G Thaxton, 712 Twentieth avenue, $3 500, Beni CornelIus, 216 FIfth avenue, $2,500. Springfield, III ---L A Brawner, 1513 South Sixth street, $3,000, Carl Reiffler, 406 North Vvalnut street, $2,500. Canton, 0 ---Harry G Wible, 833 Shorb street, $2,500; WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 TRUCKTALKS Might not convince you without evidence. But compare a wagon to our truck, note the similarity of construction fea-tures- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Screw Co., Orand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Augu:"ta, Ga ---J\I1s D 1\1. !\rmstrong, 154 vVashl11gton -,treet, $3,500. Youngstown, 0 ---Hugh Best, 216 vYlarren avenue, $3,500, Charleston, S C ---VV G H1l1son,45 Legare street, $3,500. LouisvIlle, Ky ---J M Robinson, 414 East Catherine "treet, $4,000, Mrs Lulu Atk1l1son, 2408 South Fourth street, $3,000, Rev V. P Ackerman, 159 \Voodbme avenue, $3,000 Little Rock, Ark ---R B Wilson, 3410 \;\Fest ThIrteenth <,tleet, $2,500 Miscellaneou'i Structures---The UniversIty of Buffalo (N. Y) IS erect1l1g a two-story bnck addltlOn to cost $25,000 The IroquOls Hospital assoclatlOn of Ch1cago is eredting a four-story bnck bUlldmg at 87 Market street to cost $45,000. The Lane Chapel Method1st Society are bUlldmg a $25,000 church at 3964-70 Fairfax avenue, St Louis, Mo The Polish Club of W1lml11gton, Del, are erecting a club house to cost $60,000 The Sheldon Hotel in El Paso, Tex, is be'ing re-modeled at a cost of $35.000 Minneapolis, Ml11n, is erecting a pubhc hbrary bUlldmg at a cost of $60,000 The Church of the Incarnation IS bmlding a church to cost $60,000 at 3755 Pleasant avenue, l\Imneapolls, Ml11n. The First Baptlst So-clety of Augusta, Ga are bmldmg a $12,000 chUlch on Ponders avenue Homer I Zelbe, 335 Ea:"t Tuscalawa" street, $3,000, Perry Umpleby, 351 Columbus avenue, $2,500. Bmghamton, K. Y ---I S Bull, 8 Cedar street, $4,000 Toledo, 0 ,---Mary \V nght, 720 Buckeye street, $3,000, Thomas Summers, 623 Foundry street, $2,500; Anna M. Rogers, 1459 Colburn street, $2,500; Sadie Orme, 211 Uni-vers1ty drive, $3,000 Sal1 Lake CIty, Utah-L L Pratt, 242 Reed stleet, $3,- 000; J S PerkUls, 253 Eighth South street, $2,500; T A Bateman, 1165 Thlrd avenue, $5,000, F. Smeshurst, 273 North Seventh West street, $2,500, II B _Aldous, 17 Fourth East street, $.2,500. Waterbury, Conn ---Frederick Glllmor, 374 \Vlllow street, $2,500; Robert Dennison, 80 Hewlett street, $3,000, D T. Farrington, Idylwood, $4,000. Birmingham, Ala ---W J Ellard, South Park station, $3,- 000; T A. McGough, Burgin and Poplar streets, $2,500; J D Powell, First avenue, East Lake $4,000 Columbus, O.---F C Fletcher, 865 Ea'it Twelfth avenue, $3,000; G. M. Elsas, 624 WIlson avenue, $4,500; W Joseph, 608 Rinhard avenue, $2,500 New Bedford, Mass ---)Iax Rosenblum, 82 Penniman street, $3,400; Dominick J Garry, Sawyer and Bowditth streets, $3,000; F Xavier Faford, Brock avenue and Rodney street, $4,000 Omaha, Keb ---Josie A Rogers, 128 North Forty-second street $4,000; Mr<; Lena VV oodruff, 2914 Pratt street $2,500; I A Corneer, 3312 South Twenty-second street, $3,500 ; James P Brophy, 2038 North TV\>entieth street, $2,500, Mrs A. Mann, 528 South Twenty-slxth street, $6,000. St. Joseph, Mo ,---~11sses E A. and M. E, Carmichael, 1806 J ule street, $10,500 •• d ., ~ ... •••• _ a.a .ap ••• If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. (tlarence lR. bills DOES IT 163MadIson Av~nU~-Cltlz~ns Phon~ 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ...... 22 WEEJeLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber SUites, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chilforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes. in inutatlOn golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees. Chma Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak. and solid quartered oak, Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers. Beds and Chlffomers In umtatlOn quartered oak, Ir<lltatlon mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dmmg and Dressmg Tables THE METAL FURNITURE CO. l\L.Jc: b~ I he': l\.d.q~f:~ "ul.1ututeCo Manufacturers of "HygIene" Guaranteed Brass and IrUII red, Cnb", \Vlrc ~I.ru,g, and Cot;, Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. ~~--.---~---._...__~----------~------------------------------------------------------------~ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 I,I t IItj Itt I II I II I II ,I,,I I III I• • Made by Bosse Furmture Company. Made by World Fumlture Compau} Made by Bockstege Furniture Co. "'- •• • •• • • •• I.a •• _ ... • •• 24 WEEKLY AR1ISAN Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. \' Of Interest to Buyers of Go-Carts. Last July the Federal Court of Ch1cago handed dm\ n a decree sustaining the McGdl patent on collaps1ble go-carb These patents and some fourteen or fifteen other patents are owned by William S Fenis of Elkhart, Ind, and Alexander B Le1th of Chicago, III Th1'; fact is hkely to playa \ ery important part in the go-cart trade and as the mformation \\ III be valuable to all go-cart manufacturers and dealers the names, numbers and dates of these patents are here gIven' McGill's Patent, No 771,386, Dated October 4, 1904 McGill's Patent, No 800,471, Dated Spet 26, 1903 McGill's Patent, No. 861,475, Dated July 30, 1907 Adams Patent, No. 789,310, Dated May 9, 1903 Adams Patent, No 840,188, Dated Jan. 1, 1907 Adams Patent, No 857,971, Dated June 23, 1907 Adams Patent, No 913,345, Dated Feb 23, 1909 Adams Patent, No 914,010, Dated March 2, 1909 Adam,; Patent, No 918,250, Dated April 13, 1909 Adams Patent, No 925,152, Dated June 13, 1909 Adams Patent, No 925,151, Dated June 15. 1909 Adams Patent, No 925,741. Dated June 22: 1909 Adams Patent, No 927,089, Dated July 6, 1909 Hull's Patent, No 748,869, Dated Jan 5, 1904- Ehler's Patent, Ko 863,972, Dated Aug 20. 1907 The action of the rederal court coupled \\ Ith the 0\\ nel- ,;hip of all the above patent,; by Ferns and Leith ha" blOught about a sweeping change 111 the go-cart busmess, a ,;tatement which is evidenced by the fact that ten of the largest manufac-turers of go-carts have already taken out lIcenses undel the patents It is c1allne 1 that these patents are the fundament<\I or ba,>lc patents upon collapsible go-carts The great '>cope of the patents, the eVlClent vahdlty of the patent,>, and the dIgnity of the general movement wl1l be understood \vhen It h known that the concerns which have thm far taken hcen"e" under the patents are those whose name" appear 1n the fol-lowing list· Amencan Metal \tVhee1 & Auto company, ChlLlren',> Veh1cle CorporatlOn, Colher-Key\\orth company. Fulton Manufacturing company, Gendron \t\ heel company. UOy d Manufactunng company, Sldway ::\1ercantde company, Streat-or Metal Stampl11g company, Sturg1S Steel Go-Cart company, E R Wagner Manufactunng company Messrs. Ferris and Le1th now c1a1m that these strong concerns are only manufacturers who have the nght anJ ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks. Library T abIes. LIbrary Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. hcen"e to make and "ell collapSible go-ca1 ts to the trade rerns and LeIth hay e contracted to protect their lIcensees agal11st I11frmgers, and the} call spec1al attention to th1S fact, -,tatll1g that 11 these Ferns and Le1th patents are not fully re-spectec1 by other manufacturers and by dealers and jobbers in general, there v\ill be a great deal of serious and expensive lIbgatlOn They advise eve1Y responsible manufacturer and dealer to investIgate these patents, the former to make sure that he IS not makl11g go-carts V\ h1ch I11fnnge the patents, the latter to make sure that he is not buying or in any way dealing in mfnngll1g go-cars. The\ abo pred1ct that the trac1e in go-carts will be in- C1 eased by the1r actlOn m puttmg a strong and controllmg lunc1 upon the bll~1l1eSS, because, flimsy, cheap go-carts w111 not be pen111tted tJ go upon the market and the trade wIll be benefited b} the consequent 1l1crease in public favor Will Help Make the Chart~r. R \ \ Inv 111 of the Royal Furniture company was nomi-nated <\" a cand1date for member of the charter commisslOn 1l\ the v oter" of Grand Rap1cls at the pnmary electlOn on ,',eptembel 6 \11 In\ 1111" an able bus1l1ess man with practl-l, d hleas, \'v ho has gn en much t1me to the study of munlc1pal g- J\ ernment. both at home and abroad There 1S htt1e doubt that he V\ III be el~d 111 K ovember. He wl11 be an 111fluentlal lllembe1 of the commission. r-- --------------------. I III\ I IIIIII .---"I II II THE WEATHERLY INDIVIDUAL Glue Heater Sead your addrell and and recelTe de.criptln CIrcular of Glue He.te .. , Glue CooI<e.. .nd Hot Boxes witlt prices. The Weatherly Co. Grand Rapid •• Mich. '----_._. ---, - "I WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 ------------- - - - -------------------_._----------., Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" p- IIIIf1 III III III C. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. ------------_._--_._--_._---------- .- _.---- Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. "- - - -- ASCERTAINING THE COST OF SELLING Effective Method Used Bya Grand Rapids Hous{' Furnishing Company. One of the fOlll bIg hou "e furni"h111g cJmpa11les of Grand RapId" IS saId to be U"111ga :oy<,tel11f01 test1l1g the ab11lty of "a1esmen dllel detCl11111l1ng the co"t of "e11lng that IS qUIte effectn e ] u "t \ovh1ch one of the (bIg fOUl" 011gUlated the Idea and put It mto practIce can not be stated, because each, when a ..keJ to descllbe the ") stem and tell hoV\ It wOlks, (hrecb the 111\e"tIg-ator to an.Jther, declanng that the) knoV\ noth1l1g about It, but that the) underqand Olle (jf theIr com-petItors 100 US1l1g 1t V\1th great success The salesmen also, dre wa1Y about glYmg partIcular;, of the sy"tem, but one of them, who has had expenence In the government "el VICe \'Vent so far as to say "Yes they are kcepmg close tab on the salesmen we use 1110re 'red tape here than they do m \\ ash- 1l1~ton, hut I gness It'" all nght---1t shows who sells the good" " A" nearly as can he ascertall1ed the "system" IS some-thmg llke thIS The manager, or one of the propnetor;'j acts as chIef usher \\Then prospectn e buye1" enter the store he lS first to meet them---"a1esmen mu,t remam 111the back-ground \ovhen he IS on duty T1{e chIef usher gwes the cns-tomers a cordIal greetmg. talk .. w1th them untl1 he finds out about what they want. "s17e" them up" carefull). and then calls the salesman \\ hom he Hl1nks 1s best smted to serve them Then hc notes the mmute at whIch the) were tUlned over to the salesman \Vhen the) lea\ c the store he notes the tlme aga1l1 and uther then or when he ha" tll11e to Jo so, finch out what the) bot1~ht and what they paId fhe chIef usher, knovvs h'Jw 11111:chtIme wa .. nsed m makll1g the sale Just what \\as sold and V\hat the salesman's Salal) amounts to per hour By collectmg such data for a Jay or a \Heh. he can easlly get at the dvera~e cost of "e1hng each pIece of furnIture and can eas11) determme the re1atn e ab11lt) and effectneness of h1'Osalc:0111n The S) stem not only enable .. J-U11l try keep a close tab on the \\ olk of the ..alesmen but tends to rev eal defect" or needed 1mprOVell1en ts 111the methods or ll1dnagement of the house The bouse referred to doe" not USe tIllS "11')te111cont11111- ous1} It 1" saId they 11"e It for a V\eek or tv\O, and somet1111es for a month, and then allO\v the "a1esmen to work 111 a hap-ha/ a1d way for a whIle ~o long as the bus111ess moves along-satlsfactonl) the ch1ef lbher rema111S off duty h11t 1f 1t beg-1m to lag \\lthout appa1ent leason, hc resume" h10 pos1tJon and, 1t 1" saId, 111vanably causes improvement in trade. \e., a matte1 of fact all of the Gra1hl Raplrl" hou ..e fU1- 111 e.,hers are u s111gthe methods he1 e descll bed to d greate1 or ., IIt III Manufacturers of II F • __ -...I less extent The "ch1ef u;,hers" a1 e not alway s propnetors or manager" I![ore frequently an expenencecl salesman 1S se-lected for the POe.,ltlOl1 SOl11etnTIes a glrl acts a" "d001 tender' and '11e1ely Juects the customer" to the depa1 tment., that they may vV1"h to 111spect Only one, so far as known, attempts to a"ce1 tam the a\ e1age cost .)f "e1l1l1g dIfferent pnces of fUfl11- ture---the a\ e1ae,e cost of selhng, s111tes, beds, SIdeboards, clres-ers, etc The ma111 object 1" to keep the salesmen on the11 mettle and 111duce them to use theu be;,t talents and ab1ht} Business Failures in August. The fd11ure record of August, as reported by R G Dun & Co lllustrates the mIxed cond1tlOns of general bus111ess 1he number of fallures, 919, compare WIth 917 111 1909, 1,199 111 1908 and 850 111 1907 The number IS less than for any month of th1'Oyear WIth the exccptlOn elf l,![ay and June L1a-b1htJe;, wel e $12,442,063, companng w1th $11 120,576 111190'), and $23,782,378 111 1908 The hab111tle., are $1,321,483 1an:;er than 111 -\ugust, 1909 and $11,.'l-tO,315 less than m 1908 and compare WIth $13,790753111 July \i\Th11ethe August hab1hties were less tlhan 111 July thIS year, they were much heav1er 111 August 1909 ancl 1908, than 111 J u1} of those years In fact, the total hab1htJes of A..ugue.,t are less than 111 all but SIX of the pI eced1l1g 30 months Manufactunng faIlures \\ ere greater than 111 the corre-spondlllg month of the three preced111g years, being 266 aga111<,t 222 111 190') These hab1htJes were $7.751,674, n.)t only 111 e'(ce;,s of Ju1), but al"o heaVIer than 1n A..ugust, 1909, 111 fact laH~e1 than 111 all but eIght of the 30 preced1l1g months On the ot<he1 hand, the trddll1g- habll1tJe<, were 1e"s than m dll e'(cept one of the preced1l1g 30 months ...------ Ii HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. : FT. WAYNE, IND. I ., HARDWOOD LUMBER II SA~~D} QUARTERED OAK { VENEERS SLICED AND MAHOGANY I" ----_. ..-._---------- ..... 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis Grand Rapids Factory Affairs. A news dIspatch sent out from CIncInnatI last Saturday stated that the heIrs to the estate of Charles \\~ Black of the Onel CabInet company. who dIed recently, were prepanng to come to this C1ty and "take charge of then property \\ hleh I~ valued at about $300,000" The helrs-at-law are George C Black, a brother of the deceased, and two SIsters George C Black has had no expenence In the furmture manufactunng busIness. He 1'3 a brass workel by trade and when here expressed no Intention of comIng here and takIng an actn e Interest In the management of the factory, therefore )'lr \\ ar-ren, who has charge of the company's busInes:" and the dIrectors do not credIt the CincmnatI report AffaIrs of the factory are runnIng along all nght under Mr Warren's man-agement and there IS not lIkely to be any change In dIrectory or management at present Messrs Mueller and Slack of the ),1ueller & Slack com-pany, who have been "on the road" for a month or more, con-tlllue to send in reports of good business and theIr 1eports arc backed by numerous orders )'lr ~lueller has been In the ea"it He IS In OhlO now and 1S expected to reach home dur- .. ----------_.~I Henry 8ClLmit 8 Co. HOPIINS AND HAa.IHT STS. Ciacla .. tt. 01.10 malters of UpLol.stered Furniture for LODGE and PULPIT, PAllLOR, LIBRARY, HOTEL and CLUB ]lOOM lng the comIng \\ eek. Mr. Slack went to the PacIfic coast by the '3outhern route and reached San FrancISCo last Monday. He \\ 111make the coast CItIes in Oregon and \V\ashIngton and then v,ork east, reachIng home before the end of the month The bnck work on the addItion to the Luce Furniture lompam '''i plant has been completed and the roof IS beIng put on The addItIOn consIsts of a thIrd story on the big factory bl11ldlllg and It WIll enlarge the capacity of the plant at least torty per cent That the labor unions have largely increa"ied theH mem" hersh1p among factory workers dunng the past year was IndI-cated on Labor Day. For seveml years the wood-workIng UnlOn"i haJ faded to appear or made a small shOWIng 111the parades, but last ::Y10nday they formed nearly a thIrd of the column whIch was estImated at about five thousand men Ralph P Tletsort of the Royal Furmture company who. \\ lih 111',fam11), has spent the summer in Europe, saIled for '\ e\\ York last Saturday, but WIll spend some tune in the ca"t, and may not reach home untIl the end of the comlllg \\eek Supplement to the Rishel Catalogue. The J K Rl"hel FurnIture company of \Vllliamsport, I'a has just Issued a twenty-four page pamphlet that should be III the hands of all fUllllture dealers It IS a supplement to theIr 1910 catalogue and carne" "ixty IllustratIons of theIr table, serv111g tables chma cab1l1ets, buffets, d1l1Ing tables and chaIrs, WIth descnptIons showing matenals, fin1shes and d1111enSlOns It shows that the Rishel company are tur11lng (Jut many beaut1ful piece~ such as any dealer would be pleased to ha\ e 111hIS stock The supplement 1" accompamecl by a pnce list II ....I WEEKLY ARTISAN Figure as Applied to Wood. \\'e have been moved to wute a paraglaph upon the :oub- Ject of techmcal tel m,;, ovvmg to a remark recently maJe m our heanng-, that when one came to thmk about It the word "figl1led" Ot "figurey" wa,; a peLultar one to u'Se, whIch at ~ome future date would plobahl) be looked back upon as a \ ery old-fa:"hlOned term and whIch l\ en at the pre",ent tltne I'; 1110,;t confu,;ml:; to anyone The wrlCI figure when apphe,l to \\ood I'; to be u"ed wIth the "ame mtent a, \"hen one speak:" of "So-and-so beIng a fine figure of a man," and mean,; "uf a hand "ome appeal ance or ,;tructul e " It IS a hare po'SsIblhty thdt there ale a fev" \\ho do not know that the word refer, to (!liferent colors anel markm£;" caused by tUIl11ng" and tWI~tlt1g" of the gram of a tree In most cases figme I'; caused by the tree havmg had a hard struggle fOI eXIstence, and ';0 It,; layeh of growth ha\ c become Jumbled, tWI'>teJ and In egular Different kl11cls of tl ees no doubt produce dIfferent Kl11ch of figure SometImes a tJ ee 1'; expo,;ed 0,1 0 lIe ';lde and not upon the other, and then there 1" produced a log "how tng per-haps figure on one stde. of pOSSIbly COllr,e str mgy \\ ood, and on the other SIde a comparatn ely ,;moothly -grown texture The kinds of figure ,,,h1ch belong to th1:o categoly are the "roe" whIch is a streakne",; Imparted to the log by the gram 1unnl11g m str Ip", from top to bottom, fil st a stnp 1unnmg up and then a strip runnmg down \11) body \'\! ho me", thI'; wooel knows the dIfference between plal11ng wIth the gI am and plan-mg against the grain, and so "raey' wood, whIch has the gram going on each board first one way and then anothel requIres ~reat care in planing up anJ finishing off preparatory to pohsh- 1I1g Then there is the mottle figure This is a figure whIch 1uns horizontally acro,;s the tree, and when fully de\ eloped, looks lIke waves lymg SIde by SIde N ext comes "broken roe," whIch IS made of roe figul e broken up by mottle figure, and it can be readIly understooel that fine speCImens repre'Sent1l1g both these kinds of figure mtel mIxed look \ cry chOlce ll1 mahogany or satinwood, and are eagerly sought after. Then there IS another kmd of figure often found 1ll old mahogany furnIture, called the plum pudd1llg, this COnsIstS of numerous lIttle curly clrcles ll1 the graUl, lookll1g almost lIke small knot,; In mahogany the1 e IS also a dtlnand fOl what al e called curls, though, of course, curls are to be found 111 any other wood, as they are SImply t1he la:ot cut of the tree Just before It separates into two branche,; Curls anse from the gram of one branch Ullltll1g WIth the grain of another, and J0ll11ng on to the parent stem The Junc-tIOn of the pIth or hearb IS just lIke a raJIroad JunctlOn, and that sectIOn contall1l11g the JunctlOn a pIece of the mam trunk and the commencing forks of the branches, produces the effect of grain called a curl A very fine curl IS u,;ually marked down the center WIth what IS called a feather figure, handsome SpeCll11en:oare some-tnnes found WIth "broken roe" III addltlOn -The DecoratIve FurnIsher. Gimbel Brothers' Opening. The great ,;tore of GImbel Brother,;, 111 i'\ew York, whIch has been under constructlOn dunng the pdSt yedr, I'; about com pleted and WIll be opened for busmess on Tue~day, September 20. The firm 15 advertI"lI1g fm "ales people for all departments J \\' Shank of Gr ,md RapId" \\-ho recen tl) 1et11lnee! from ~ ew York, say'> the fllll1lture depdrtment, 111 c11drge of C \ Brock-way, WIll be a leadmg feature of the ,;tore. ~_ •••• a •••••••••••••••• - ••••••••••• _ •• _ ••• ~ II II• I• II• II It IIIIIIIl SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY II WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd., CHICAGO. SAW, KNIFE AND TOOL MANUFACTURERS ~-_.. _ ..--------.------------ -- ----------~ We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our SOLID STEEL MOULDING CUTTERS are the Best in the World. ~-------------------- --------------~ II •III III I Morton House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pantlind (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The Noon Dinner Served at the Pantlind for 50c is THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. I J~. ..... .. . ...-.....-.- ~ ..-. I! IItt II II I ......-_ ..... BOYNTO N &, CO. Manufac!turenof Emboa .. d and Tumod Mould. inca. Emboa .. .d and Spindl. Carvialrl, and Automatic TurDinca. We aIoo manu-ladure a larae line 01 Embo ... d Omamoab for Couch Work. '725-'739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO, ILL. ~-----~.__ . '"-_._~-- I IIIII .- ..._-- ._ ...._--_._-_._--_._--- ...... These saws are made from No.1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and cauge. Write .. I ... Prle. LIat and ........ II II•...- - - . 31-33 S. Front Sf., ORAND RAPIDS, Mien. . •......... _-. -----....._ •.•..•..•._~ 27 ...... Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PresIdent J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer B A Schoeneberger, Perham, MInn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JanesvIlle Mlnn EXECUTIVE CO"'!"'!ITTEE-ChaIfman, Geo Klein, Mankato, MInn., 0 SImons. Glencoe, Minn. W L Harns Mmneapo1Js, Mtnn ,C DanIelson, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 143. ARE YOU DOING IT? A.. turmture man ha vl11g potential nerve can dccoll1J)1I.,h mOl e and falter les~ III tlme<; of emergencies than le"o, gifted men Successful furniture dealer.., know that men III their employ can carryon their v, ark when busl11ess IS rushlllg and money flu<;h, but v,hen the hard tunes come a man \\ Ith hh nerve mUo,t step m and gUlae a busllles~ through the"e clJfb-cultIes It IS not so much hh knowledge and n:penel1le that dbtInglllshe" a man as It IS hiS nel veto go ahead One I ea-o, on why "0 many men keep d01l1g onl) lIttle thlllg" I" be-cause they lack thiS certam amount of courage and thev ,lon't prepare fOI anyth1l1g \Sleat or out"lde from the u"ual lOut1l1e of bus1l1ec;s and the result I~ that the) u"e all the 1esoul ces they have m everyday bU~1l1ess tran"actlOn and then when hard problem'S come they find them"eh e" \\ antltltS The same WIth a large bank111g concern If thev hay en t the capital they mu'St faIl, so It IS With the fur11lture man If he ha..,n't the courage ur abIlIty he mu"t abo go back\\ard The weak are alV>iayc;the first to go do\\ n 111tune., of great stIe"s 1\ severe busmes" cnsls \\eecl-, out the \\edk lJt1"l-nec;~ men \\ ho lack potentIal nen e, expenence an,l common bU..,llless sen"e There al e emergenCle'S all thru lIfe that de mdnd (oulage and ahllIt) Everyday facultle" and e\enJa\ al)llIty are all nght for ordmary demanc1" but emergencle., call for qualIties of another kl11d, of more poV>ier To I11u<;trate The mI1honalre'" son gDlng away to college He entel" 'ichool, stavs hl'i req111recl time graduate'S With honor'S not d11e aItotSether to hIS ahl!Jty but the fat check help" some Goe<; mto bu"mes'S, succeea.., \\ onderfully at fil ~t hut finalh a chan:se come.., and he lose.., out Ile then at Ollle call" on , Dad" tor mOle, and so keeps domg until "Dad''S'' pocket-book becomes th1l1 1herefore the mo"t Important thought that \\ e Wish to l111pleS~ upon you IS that many men and \\omen break down 111 hfe because they do not store up surplus power They ha\ t nut broadeneJ their m111ds or plcpared themselves for emergencIes b) ~toflng up a reserve of energy, knowledge. educatIOn and dlsclplllle Ko Joubt they do not realIze the nece.,~ltv of prepanng fOl such emergenCIes ); ev er leave am thlllg to chance It wa" the habit of maklllg a "uccess of \\ hate\ er the\ undertook that male \Va"h111lSton, L1I1coin and Clach tone <;0 powerful J'url1lture men accomplIsh much \\ lth their reserve" IIan) of them \\ O1k many hours a day but they can accomphsh much 111a 'Short time due to theIr ablhty tl) work With mterest and enthUSIasm Those \\ho \\ ark many hours a day WIth no \ acatlOn can't \\ ork \\ Ith the same fre"hntss and \ Igor a" those who work Ie"" and accumulate more re"en e power There comes a time III e\ el} hte, that IS v,orth lIvl11g when succe'Ss depends upon l,otentlal nel \ e It I'S then a questIOn of how long your stored up energ\ V\ 111enable yOU to hold out Don't) au kno\\ that It take., ) cab to "tore up that energy whllh yOU may need 111 (a ,e at emergenCle", \\ hICh all bU'Sll1css men meet' It IS the unexpected cnse<; that test::> a man's calIber You cannot take out of vom hfe what you have not put mto It any 1110re than } ou can draw out of a bank what yOU have not depo'ilted Did you e\ er con"I,ler thiS questIOn 111thl" way? If not, and thl" article CatheS ) ou to do so, then \\e shall feel that 0111 ettOl h hay e not been III \ am DEPENDABLE BED SPRINGS AT A PRICE. Om <lS"'OClatlOn has been workmg WIth the problem at gettmg a Ime of beel "pr111g" which would be satIcfactory to the maJonty of our members These sprmgs are not bmlt on the pollC\ of how cheap but how good All the wood work 1<;mcely \ al11lshed, smooth and made stronger and hea\ leI than the majOflt} of the spnng" Every spnn!.S" I" made ver111111 pi oof The"t "pnng'S are all pllced fob, ::-'lmnesota 'II an'S; Cl 01, It the fJ eIght ItO YOUI CIty h not more than the rate to ;\Itnnesota 11ansfel fob, your town 01 If ) ou 11\ e bey 011,1 ::\l111nesota Transfer, there Will be a freIght allowance of 60c pel hundred 1£ you prefer. you can bu) them fob, Lhllago Hence,) ou can buy spnnl.;'S at carload pnce'S You can re-oreler at any tIme you WIsh Therefore, you ,10 not neeeI to ]Jl!\ any surplus as I" the case WIth the average "mall dealer when he ordel'S a car Any member \\ ho can the a ,ohd car of these 'Spnng" IS entItled to an extra discount of 5 pel cent A half dozen or a dOLen spnngs does not make a great clIfference to any store Theref01 e, v\ e want all our mel11- bels to <;how th(lr apprecIation of what thl" factory has done for theJ11 by, at least send111g for a sample eIozen If the"e dre not the best spnng" you ever bought for the money we \V JlI take them off yom hands If, perchance, someone offers to meet our pnce", ,10 yOU honestly beheve he h entitled to )our OleIel? Do )011 th111k he "auld do It If you were not a mem-ber of am assoCIatIOn? \Vhy not boost thl'> account anel make It "I) \ aluable to the factc)ly that they cannot affod to lo-,e It? Sohcltmg yom heal ty lo-operatlOn, we I emdll1, '\ OUIS truly, THE RCYI1\ G CO;\DJITTEE BULLETIN No. 144. (See units on opposite page.) '1 he bed spllngs sho" n m thlb bulletm al e standal<l quallt, "I ]ll' <U P non 9aggmg and.., enmn proof 1 hey are ~trong and made as they bllOUld be 90 that they "'ll 9upport almo'lt anv welgllt 1h~ factol\ mal,mg these 9prIng9 emplO\9 only the be"t workmpn and nothIng but the best mate'tal enters Into theIr constructIOn 'l'hey aI e 'otl]( tlv Illi',h grade ~pr mg-. If;, ou have not already sent 1I1 an order for 'orne of these do not \"f\aell llcto""t\dEo'preltparneodw ad\Pttl'Hng unIts of the \ .U. IOll'5 ""rJlln~S nlcu)e 1 \ t1 h f'1CtOlJ ,\JllCl1 we }lope you WIll n1al<::(' good u<.,e of Tn thl~ \vay you ,\111 help hotll the aSSO(latlon and yOUIse1t a .....vou (dll tilu .... ~uppl\ "oul<..,(l\i?'-, \\lth the bE'st ad\.eltl""ln~ nl1teTlcll dt aver, nomlncll C'O'lt Tf ~ou ",ant to lealIze ho\\ nluch \vork thIS sa\e~ J UtI lust tl\ Villtlng up onE" of t]le~e unIt" for vouI'-,elt j !len IPnlemhel th.dt 'i\i;:., hcL"\€' whole pageb tor you to make your ~electlon frOIn MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS ASSOCIATION. Bulletin No. 144-Continued A WELL CONSTRUCTED SPRING. TEll:' SUBSTANTIAL SPRING AN IRON FRAME SPRING. F14 No 0 17 This sprmJ; has Iron sIde <::;lldes and a "ood end pamted black 'lher8 are no cracks In the wood 0;:;0 It IS Just as vermm proof as Iron It has eight bolts and I~ sUPPorted by three rows of ,oppel cOli It has a substan-tial "ood frame dnd the end bdr IS ,ery ~trong The very best ~teel Wire I~ used and the fabric IS fastened ~ecurelv to the flame ~o It cannot o;:;ag F14 No 1-03 ThiS sprmg IS made of slngle pencIl weave tabrlc It has thirteen cords and a wood frame Also ver-mm proof attachment The frame ]s very substantial It is a really superior artICle at a low price The very best steel WIre ]b used and the ~prmg will not sag '1'he end bar IS strong rrllls factory has the reputatIOn of makmg the hIghest grade springs There are no defects m ma-terial or workmanship FU No 0 81 Th]s sprint; haq angle 11on SIdes three fa" s of coppered wire sup-ports and three crosq wires It has a "ery fln e penC'il " eave faln IC The end bars are made of hard wood pamted black These barb are flrmlv tastened to the angle Iron Sides '1he "prmg" "Ill not sag and] q '€'r mm proof There Iq no dE feC'tlve materlcLl or 'Vvor.<,,-man ship m thes,> "prmg~ as tIllq factory u,,€,~ only the best material and employs only ll1gh g] ade "orkmen Cut wIthout type 25c Cut wIth tvpe 40c Price of thIS sprmg to our members fob M '1' or With a 60c freIght allowance $M IT Price of sprmg to OUI members fob ChIcago ~J\1 RP Cut wIthout type 25c Cut" ]th type, 40c PrICe of sprmg to our members fob M '1' or With a 60c freIght allow-ance $M M'l' Price to members fob Cillcago $ FP Cut" Ithout type 25c Cut With type 40c Price to members fob M l' or wIth a 60c freIght allowance $AKK Price to membE rs fob ChICago $M TP A SPECIALLY SUPPORTED SPRING TEE NEVER SAG SPRING. A WOVEN WIRE COT. F14 No 5-42 1h]O sprmJ; has a ,ery heavy pIpe fram~ and twenty one COli coppered supports It has seven WIl e~ holdmg the ~upport and seven helical" It]~ speCIally re-mforced W]tj:l an arched WIre flOIll the <nde of ~upport to the rope edge It hds a qpeclal "Ire edge 0" mg to Its spe-c lal support It ,,]11 hold al-most any weIght and never ~dg It makes a soft phable, le,el rc~tful bed It']S well constructed m e\ ery re~pect P14 No 0 04 Th]s sprmg IS made of the very best woven WIre It has a very heavy pIpe trame bronzed WIre edge and rope edge It]S gua]an-teed m e\ ery respect The castmg ]S malleable and It has a flrm mch riser Money can buy nothmg flner than the con-structIOn qtock and fimsh used m thIs sprmg The rope edge keeps ]t from saggmg ThiS '" a very ~ubstantlal spring whHch wIll gn e satJsfactlOn m every way P14 Ko 8 8 Th]s cot ]s made of wm en WIre pencIl "eave The metal bmdmg <1t-tachment ]s vermm proof It has a good rIgId frame rrhl~ factory employs only experi-enced workmEn and uses only the best material so there ]S no cheap material and no de-fectIVe "orkmansh]p m thIs cot Tt]S constructed SO that the tensIOn ]S e\ en whICh makes a very comfortable bed It WIll not sag It WIll gn e ~dtJsfdcbon m e\en way Cut wIthout type 25c Cut With type 40, Price to members fob :M a 60c freIght allo" ance Price to members fob ~KEP T or With $KRT ChICago, Cut Without type 25, Cut With type 40c Prices of sprmg to our members f o b M '1' or wIth a freIght allo,,- ance $K PP Pnces to members fob ChICago ~KAP Cut WIthout type 2JC Cut With type 40c Price to members fob :M '1' or With a 60c freIght allowance $M TP Price of cot to members fob Ch]- cago, $ IF' A FIRM, RIGID SPRING. A DIAMOND FABRIC OOT. A DEPENDABLE OOT. F14 No 0 23 1 hIS sprmg has three rows of coppered "Ire supPOl t& and three cross w lr€E, It ha~ S!'C hehcals The fabriC IS a very nne pencIl Vi, eave fhe wood frame ]s very sub stan t]al and ]t ha ~ tlllrteen c ords ~ he end bar IS very strong The \ ery -best steel "Ire ]q used and the sprmg ",Il not sag Th] s factol y em ploys only hIgh grade "ark men so there IS no defectn e "orkmansh]p Only the best ma tena} ]S used F'14 No 8-21 ThiS diamond fabriC cot ]s guaranteed not to ~ag' It can be walked On and ]S strong and substantJal m everv way It]S, ery well made ng]d and firm It IS vermlll prooi and nOISeless The constructIOn and fimsh are !llgh class m every respect It wIll gn e sa tJsfactlOn m ev-ery way It cannot be tWIsted or pUlled out of "hape '1he tenSIon IS e\ en whH h makes a soft, pllable bed F14 No ChIcago Cot 'l'lllS cots ]S all made ot Iron 1 he sHIes are made at steel tub mE: It has a special SUppOl t V\' luc h makes It non S<:1gging TIllS ]b no flimsy wIggly and tWIsting angle Iron Lot but a cot that ]S rlg]d and at the bame t]m£ as llght as a "ood frame It IS \ ermm proof Only tIle verv be~t matenal ]6 ubed and the workmanshIp ]6 of very sup enOl quallty It JS ":lure to gIve satl..,tdctlon Cut Without type 25c Cut With type 40c Price at ~prmg to our members, fob ChIcago $:MEP Pnce ot sprmg to our members fob :M '1' or wIth a 60c freIght allow-ance $:MaT Cut wIthout type 25c Cut WIth type 40c Price of cot to our members, fob M '1' or wIth a 60c freight allow-ance $M RT PrICe of c

Date Created:

1910-09-10T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Collection:

30:63

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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