Weekly Artisan; 1910-04-02

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and ;;ZAND RAPIDb rUllLIC LI~~AT C{ GRAND RAPIDS. MICH••APRIL 2. 1910 NELSON -MATTER FURNITURE co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ... . .... , :'. :. :'.: :'..::. BED- R00 .~. .i.~..'.:.a'i'i.a..;~J).rN...~'.iN'.:.G.' .~. l.lOMO ~c~~~t.W.BSUi1:ES..:···:·, : in ~Iahogany. Circassian Walnnt and Oak. If you have not one in your store, a simple request ,""'illbring yOu our ma~ni:tict"ntnew-Catalogue of 12x16 inch page groups, show-iull suites to match. With it, even the most IUoderaie sized furniture store can show the best and ne,vest furniture satisfactor:ily. ( \ \ - ....,. L ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN • fiuCE---FURNITURE COMPANY ~I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ! ,I II I I I , ,I ,, , I : I I I ,I II I ,I " I I ~ I I , II ,I , I I # I !II I Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ---------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------~ Luce..Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, 1\1ICH. Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth Floor, East Section, MANUFACTURERS'BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites 111 Dark and TUlia i'oJa!zor:any Bird J Ey Maplt Blrdl !i!.utlrtertd Oak and ell Ctlfflan If"alnut • C~RAND RAPIDS 26~ PUBLIC L;j~\~~~,j 6 ~ 7 '1))C,l/1 30th Yeai -No. 40 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. APRIL 1910 Issued Weekly FAIR ADJUSTMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES Written for the April Number of Anl«:"ricanIndustri«:"sby President Kirby of the National Association of Manufacturers. The EIghth "DeclaratIon of LahOl Principles' adopted by the NatIOnal AssocIatIon of Manufacturers reads as follows "The National AssoclatlOn of Manufactul ers cllsapproves db~olutely of stllkes and lockouts, and favors an eqmtable adjustment of all clrfferences between employel" and em-ployes by any amlcable method that wlll pI eserve the rIghts of both parties" It should be noted here ihat, 111 t11le, declalai'l1n the ",ltlonal AssociatIOn of ManuLlcturers disapproves equally of o,tllkes and lockouts, favormg only "an e [tlltable adJuc,tPlent of all chfferences between employers and employes by any amIcable method that wlll preserve the rIghis of both pariies " Could any faIrer plOposition be offered? A lockout is held by many employers to be theIr mhereni r1ght mHIer om laws and unJel ihe terms of the NatlOnal ConstitutIOn For example, an employer is called upon by a union c01nmltiee and lS mfolmed by that committee that unless he complies wIth ceriam demands of the union, hIS workmen wlll be called out on strIke, say, wlthm twenty-four hours The employer, bemg fully conversant wlth his own business affaIrs, for cause e,uffiClent unto himself, is unwillmg to submlt to the terms demanded by the unlOn, and, wlth full knoV\ leclge of the dis-asiJ ou s 1 esults to hlS bu smess in the de~tructlOn of property and assault" on ihe substituted non-union workmen, 111elther the case of a stnke or a lockout, refuses the demands and elects to dlscharge hIS men, tellmg them to report that even-mg fOJ ihelr pay He chscharges them WIthout fm ther parley because the terms thus sum manly demanded al e such, in his Judgement, as to neces~ltate a sevel ance of b11~mess reI a t10ns "",ith them; and this is what lS commonly called a "lockout" It would probably e'Chaust the legal abllity of several Phlladelphia lawyers to explain what IS wrong or criminal in the exerCIse of such a pnvllege on the part of an employer It can therefore hardly be presumed that under such circum-stances, when the employer is placed in a position whel e he must choose between rtwo evils, lockouts, so-called, are dlS-approved of, nor that the disapproval of stnkes and lockouts applles to any and all circumstances m connectlOn therewlth Ordmary common sense and common Justice would of them-selves construe the declaratIOn to apply only to cases in which in presenting demands, from one side to the other, an opportulllty is glven to adjust the same by means other than a stllke or a lockout, wlth ihen inevitable destructive in-flnences, and "that WIll preserve the nghts of both parties" By way of comparison, let us pictm e a condition where a combinat1On of business men adopts the tactics of the labor unions and seeks, by union methods, to compel buyers of ihelr products to accept terms of the sellers thus peremptorily and arbitranly presented to them \Vhat manner of mortal would he be that would attempt to JustIfy such conditlOns? An employer with one or two assistan1s, or hired men, clischalges them WIth impulllty and the legahty of his action lS never quesiioned even by the man, or men so summarily paid off and dismissed. Lalge bodles of employes working in ihe same plant, however, whlle possibly 01iginally conscious of the legahiy and justice of such a rule, are in 1ime indoctri-nated by lahor leaders and othel plofessional agitators with 1he notion tl1at they, bemg the makers and bullders accordmg to the trades union theory of indu"i~ Iahsm, are entitled to all they can get from the employe 1 , by whatever proce'3s, with-out any reference to traditional rIghts or to the profits, losses or balances of the business There is in these days a l2, '-owmg perlllc10Us popular idea that as an employer prospers m hb busmess, he becomes in-creasingly responsible morally, as well as finanCIally, for con-dlt10ns affeci111g the plOspellty and mterests of his employes And by the same token, the employes are proportionately ex-empted from theil proper share of mOlal accountability. The dangerous fallacy of thls doctrIne oughi to be readIly seen by the stllctly conSCIentious and intellIgent employe The mOl e he feels impl essed WIth hIS 0\\ n responslbillty, both as em-ploye and as the molder of hIS own destiny, the more valuable hlS serVlce becomes and the hIgher his wages. The ideal industrial condltlOn IS that m whIch the workel's falthful and efficient servIce demands an increase, and it is this that dispenses WIth the expenslV e and superfluous inter-meddling of walklllg delegates and union agitators. The attItude of the NatIOnal Association of Manufacturers 1;;; that the courts and the pubhc cannot afford to discrimi-nate against the employels merely on the score that they hold the balance of financial power or responSIbility. Even if this theory were correct, there remains the fact that those least reSl)Omible rlepenc1 fOI ~ubslstence upon the others-'the employers The only question that remains, 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN therefore, IS one of moral responslbdlty, the solutlOn of whIch the employmg class would be only too glad to submit to the sense of JustIce of enhghtened reasoners m all CIVI-hzed natlOns, were It not that the} dre confronted b} certaIn other llnportant conslderatlOns Is the sense of Jushce-even among mtellu?;ent men-wholly free from pI eJudlCe, free from fedr, free from the popu-lar craze of selfish mtll est? I think not, and thIs, If true, compeL:, the employ (:'1 s to look after their 0\\ n affair" WIth about the ::,dme sohCltude dS they \\ ould feel compelled to if the forces of civlhzed SOCIety \\ el e umtedly arrayed agalllst Made by Palmer Manufacturmg Co, Detroit, MlCh them They are thth forced to act in defen'ie ot theIr mtel-est for the reasons llltlmated, namely pubhc preJtHhce agam">t capItal, fear of the umon boycott, and the um\ er"al desIre to serve personal end'i at whate\ er 'iacnfice of pnnclple and at whatever con"lderdtlOn pi ombmg to serve the pubhc good And right here comes m the declaratlOn of the d""OCI-atlOn to favor "any amIcable method that \\ III pre"L[\ e the nghts of both partIes" This seems to mdlcat( the plan of arbltratlon But what kmd of arbltratlOn-voluntary or compulsory? As to arbltratlOn \\ hethel \ oluntary or compulsory, I wdl venture to say that both are predIcated on the alleged msufficiency of eXlstmg legal pi 0\ ISlOns and precedents [n his admIrable message to the councd" of Phdadelphla, Hon John Edgar Reyburn, Mayor of that CIty, recently met the stramed sltuatlOn, that IS to say, the threatened genel dl strike, and said in substance that the only logIcal and lawful arbltratlOn m the case of stnke troubles \\ a" that \\ hlch mIght result from voluntary and mutual conceS"lOn" on the part of both partIe" m dispute Beyond thIS, he declal ed, the courts must be appealed to in caseS of gnevances that may justify or demand htlgatlOn Any other fOlm of com-pulsory arbItratIOn IS simply an Impudent usurpatlOn of the functlOn of the courts. Twenty-odd years ago the Hon James Bryce, then a member of the Enghsh Farhament and now the BritIsh ~- I . - ." DO YOU WANT I the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-LAR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our II IIII ,tI III II 1 GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. OAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 Lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. . .... ..~ \111 ba ..,::,ador at \\T a 'ihington, published a remarkable work Lalled "The \mencan Common\\ ealth," m whIch the three branche", the executn e, the leglslatlve and the JudiCIary, \\ ere e:x.plamed \\ Ith great clearness and abIlity The work ha'i for a "core of } ear.., been a popular textbook m our publIc ..,cllOols and colleges I t defines the functlOns of the three branches in a way to show that the JudIcial branch IS, after dll, the ldst appeal when It comes to determmmg the validIty dnd con5tltutlOnahty of statute or common law Young Americans, or Amencan workmen, who have been tamted \\ Ith the fdllacles of Soclahsm or the pernlClOtb ex-ample::, of Samuel GU111pers and John MItchell in defymg uur luurb wOltld do well to make a study of thIs excellent \\ orh. The gl eat Enghsh c0111lmoner shows in its Illumi-nat1l1g pdge" the unprecedented WIsdom of the American ::,\"tern The Mayor of Phdadelphla deserves great credIt for recogmz1l1g the courts as the only logical final appeal in all case" that may seem to require compulsory arbitration. Any othe! appeal, unless to the popular ballot, amounts to an do,sault upon the mtegnty of our "ystem. In any matter in \\ hlLh dJffe! ence" bet\\ een employers and employes cannot be "ettled anllcably by the parhes mvolved, eIther by conference or \ oluntar} arbitration, there is but one of two other courses to take, namely Either to declare negotiations off or to go to la\\ And It IS a pretty "ure concluslOn that the party that knows Itself to be m the wrong WIll keep out of the courts unles" forced to appear before that tnbunal The party that hnO\\.., Ibelf to be 111 the nght is equally sure to rest its case and to declare that It has nothmg to be adjudicated It IS proper to say here that when an employer is as- ~aded b} a stnke or a boycott, and IS asked to submit to WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dininu Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-LIbrary Desks,LIbrary Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire lme will be on exhibitionm July on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. arbItratIOn, and then declares that he has nothlDg to arbi-trate, his refusal may be based on facts relatIng to the case in dispute, or It may be partly influenced by hIS knowledge of the weakness of human nature and the consequent un-certainty of results in such cases, depending as they usually do, on intimidation, polItical or SOCIal, or mistaken and mi~- placed sympathy Too often the public interest in such arb"i-trations is not deemed by one or both parties to be an im-portant factor in the matter, whereas the public is usually the factor chiefly concerned And it is thIS impressIve truth that I desire to drive into the consciousness of all AmerIcan citizens We can only preserve the InstructIOns of the fathers of the republic by adherIng faIthfully to theIr Idea" and to the integnty of the courts The NatIOnal Association of Manufacturers asks for no judicial or SOCIal decisIOn that is not founded on the funda-mental principles of justIce and equity under our laws, but it will contInue to demand the enforcement of law and the adequate protection of all cltinns In theIr rights as inter-preted by the courts and guaranteed by the Constitution Lumbermen Blame Congress. The twenty-first annual conventIOn of the North Caro-lina Pine associatIOn which controls the lumber output of the CarolInas, GeorgIa, VIrgInia and Maryland, was held at Norfolk, Va, last week. In hIS annual address the presl- (lent, E C Fo"burgh of Norfolk saId "I thInk we will all agree that the Indications for an Increased demand and stronger prices whIch looked so promiSIng In October last have not been reabzed to any material extent ThIS, I thInk, can be attributed in no small degree to the contInued agIta-tIOn at Washington which has been keep111g the raJ1roads and other large bus111ess interests in a condItIOn of uncer-tainty as to the future Excepting steel, iron and coal no other Industry In this country IS ,,0 largely dependent upon Made by Waddell Manufactunng Co, Grand RapIds, Mich. the raIlroads for ItS prosperIty as IS the lumber bUSIness PrIor to the 1907 panIC, tlhe raJ111oad" of thIS country were the consumers of from 25 to 30 per cent of all the lumber produced In the Ulllted States Since that L1 chasers have been bmlted to theIr absolute requIrements" E C Fosburgh was re-elected preSIdent of the associ-atIOn thIS afternoon, and R H Morns and ,V B Roper were I e-elected secretary and treasurel, re"pectIvely --------------------., MANUFACTURED BY Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a smalllot; make tests;you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories,Sash and Door Mills, RailroadCompanies,Car Buildersand others will consult their own interestsby using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnishedin rollsor reams. I ----_._----_._---------------,--------------------------~ [ . . -;:;i-iE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ,---------------------------~ -/- -- 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------------------~._--------------------._---~----- ------------.. I II I I! III I ---~I NO OTHER SANDER I] No. 171 Patented Sand Belt Ma.chlne can possibly do the variety of work that is being accomplished on our machine. Our No. 171 Sander is positively superior to all other methods on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings. Ask for Catalog "E" WYSONO &- MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. h-.. . .. ._.~ _ CO~fPARATIV}~ EXPORT PRICJ~S Highe1' on }?arm Products ana Raw ~lateriaIs aud Lower on ~Iauufactured ~\.rticIe",. Cotton at practIcalh I~c a pOl1nd C0rn at 70c a hushel wheat at $109 a bushel, Lacon and laICI at 12c a pound ,111d hay at over $20 a ton, ale the pllce" \\ hlch f01 elgn conntllC'o arc now Wtll111g to pa,. Vv lth frellSh~ added fOl the farm plll ducts of the U111teJ States The C'CpOlt pl1ce tahle ut the Bureau of StatJ~tlcs, Depal tmrnt of C011lJ11UCC' and T ahnl shm\ s that the a, el af;e p11ce pC'l pound at coLtr 11C',-1Jll]ter! 111 Fehruary 1910 was 147c pet POUllel all 1 111 Ta'w1.1' 1-1- 'Ic aga111st 91/oc pel pound 111the c01e~ponchl1~ l11n'l1l1, at l1,t year, wheat ~1 09 reI bushel 1111 CL111a" FJ10 ,nc\ ';1 or:, In January, aga111st ~1 00 pel bushel 111 Talll1an h,t 'lII C'I11 70c pel bl1shel111 FehILtall 1910 ;"1(1 6')c pl1 bl1,hc.1 In T,"lU dry 1910, ag8111st 66Sc pC! bu"hcl111 1,111l1,1, 1 of 18~t ,ell the avelage expOl t pllce of corn 111 'IJay 1909 Jl1\ 111 1 Cl 11 788c per bushel, Tune, 774c, Jul} and i\us;l1st O\CI 7;, f'lour exports 1111ebluall J910 ,lI el a~ cJ ';; n pC! ha 1d aQ,a111st$489 1111eblual v at the ]'1 ecedl11~ Hal ha 1 S.?Oh( I pel ton, 111 Febluan 1910, a~aln'L S1/7] 111 I llll1 \11 ]) I I hops, 2S6c pel pound 111 Fe1J'llal\ 1910 a~a111'L I1/c ]ill pound 111 Febluary 1901) ha, ln~ t'Hl'- 11101e than doubler! 'n the mean time, bacon, 12c pel p01111(1 aga111,t 108c pel pound 111 the cUlleSpon(lm~ 1110nth )a..,t ,eal la1 d l:?c pel pound, agamst 99c pel poun,l 111 the COli e,pol' 1111':;month last yeal, canned beef 114c aga1l1~t J02c m 1 e1J,ull1 lJOq 11l~JJed pork 10 8e, a(,;all'st 86, 111 lebruary of last year, oleo 'lJ!, 11 3c pel pound in Febl ualy 1910, aga1l1st 10 4c per pound l1l 1 ehl uar} of la st vear, butter, 262c pel pound m F ebrual y 1'110 agal11st 241c per pound 111 Febf1lalY 1909, cotton seed )1) c,t1\.e 1 Sc per pound in February 1910, against 13c per 1) l'n1 1111 ['eJ)]U31\ 1909 flax seeel $220 pel bushel tn Feblu- 11I 1910, aga1l1st Sl 43 111 February 1909 Salted and fresh 1 (ef ale sltg-htly less than in FebrualY of last yeal, the J IJ 111 Cl 73c per pound, against 8c a yea 1 earlter, the latter Wc a~allbt 104c 111 February 1909 Y\ hlle these pI ices quoted by the Bureau of Stattstics 1 (' acc01d1l1g to cl statement whIch stands at the head of the t,ll)le "The maltet value of the goods at the time of exporta- 1]on' and tlHl~ nece~sal1ly do not 1I1dlcate the prtce at whIch the goods ale beins; sold by the exportels or bought hy the plOspectn e 1I11POI tel s in the country of conslg-n1l1ent, It may lIe presumed that they are not beinlS exported at a figure be- Inw that II hl,h could be obtained for the merchandIse at the jJort of e'Cpol tatlOn, and that the co"t to the Importer in the count!, to II l11ch the) al c can SIgned IS at lea st the curr"nt 111a 1 tet (II holesale) pI Ice hel e quoted plus the cost of trans- ]IIJ! tatlOn to hIS pal t Cl1llOush the prtces of manufacttlles "how 111 the same 1 1110d 111 many cases a deeltne, and 111 other cases a less ad- ,ance than tho"e of breadstuffs Pig Hon e}..ports, which 111 T'e bl uan 909, II el e quoted at S1808 pel ton, were 111 Febru-al, 1910. but $164-1- pel ton, stl uctural 11 on and steel, whIch n Febl ualY 1909 II a" quoted at $5617, was in February ] 110 quoted at S4908 pel ton, wIre naIls 111 Februaly 1909, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. , WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY You can always get IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT 1~20" R. C. PLAIN OAK 1~8", 1~20", 1~24" and 1~28" R. C. BIRCH 1~16", 1~20", 1~24", and 1~28" POPLAR 1~20", 1~24" and 3~16" GUM Direct from our Grand Rapids Warehouses. We solicit your trade. were quoted at 22c per pound, and m FebrualY 1910, at 21c pel pound, copper l11gots m FebrualY 1909, were 139c per pound, and 111 February 1910, 13 1e- per pOi111d lllum1llatm~ 011m FebrualY 1919, 67c pel gallon, 111} ebruary 1910, 6c prr gallon; palaffin, 111 rebrualY 1909, 49c per pound, and 111 February 1910, 4c per pound, lumbel (boards, deals anJ planks) 111March 1909, $223.5 per thousand square feet, and 111February 1910, $21 77 In cotton goods t'he pnces are, of course, higher 1111" ebruary 1910 than 111February 1909, since raw cotton has advanced more than 50 per cent 111the mean time, the export pnce of unbleached cotton cloth hav111g been in February 1910, 74c per yard, aga111st 57c per yard in February 1909, and bleached cloths, 75c pel yal d 111 Febru-ary 1909 \\ h11e sole leather, wire "teel, b11lets, rOS111,turpen- ~1l1e, prmt1l1g paper, starch and plug tobacco also ~~ow Im;her export pnces m February 1910 than in February 1.909 ------ ... - ..--------..,I !fousel ! r-- .. --- ... Morton ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. !fotel Pan tJin d (European Plan) Rates $1.00 and Up. I• II The Noon Dmner Served at the Pantlmd for 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. I J. BOYD PANTLIND, P,op. ------------- ..- - . _ ..~ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. What the Pullman Company Say. The Pullman company of ChIcago, IS probably the larg-est maker of cars 111 the \\ orId ThIS company manufac-tmer" about everythmg m the way of lO11mg stock, from a stJ eet car to the finest sleepcrs, parim cars, d111ing cars, frelght cal s, flat cars, 111fact every k111d of a car WIth the possIble exceptlOn of pressed steel cars N ow one of the most 1l1'portant features of car const! uctlOn IS dry lumber, and 110 manufacturer of cars IS more partIculal than the Pull-man company Several years ago the Pullman company de-cided to test the Grand Rapids Veneer \Vorks process, and after clol11g so they wrote the letter appended herewith It IS needle"s to say that a better testmomal would be dIfficult to write: The Pullman Car Company. Office of the General Manager ChIcago, February 3rd, 1908 '\ 1es:,r" J B SmIth & Sons Strachan & ,!If elhngton A\ e:o, Toronto Gentlemen Your lettel oj Jam1ar} 30th ha" been referred to me, cl11d I beg to c,ay 111reply that "ome httle time ago we re-modeled one of OUI dry kIln" aCLordmg to the plans of the G1 and RapIds Vencer \\ orks, and latel on remodelled seven addItional bIn The \\ 01k pl! fOlmcd by the remodelled kilns is all that the patentee" claIm fm It, and we have no heSItancy in say-mg that the results obtamed are far beyond our expectations \\ e find that all 111kds of lumber can be dned better in one-half the time taken by other bIns WIth which we are familiar, Yours very truly, RICHMOND DEAN. WEEKLY ARTISAN -~---~---------~ These Specialties are used all I Over the World Power Feed Glu. Spreadinlr Machine. SIDgle, Doubl. and Combination. (Patented) (Size. 12 In. to 84 in wide.) 8 Veneer Pre..... different kind. and .iz.. (Patelted) Veneer Presses 61up Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc" Etc, Ne 20 Glue H.ater. Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent penmng.) Many .ty lea and .izea. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies No.6 Glue H.ater. ~--_.-._._--- ~ ..l NEW YORK TRADE CONDITIONS Volum.e of Business is Gradually Increasing in Nearly All Lines. Ne\\ YOlk, viaIch 31-Tlade 1-- gradualh 111Cleas111g111 volume and manufactm el sand \\ holesaler-- m neall) all lllles are domg a good bmllless CollectIOns ale a lIttle ~lm\ hut the ordel s seem to be up to the a\ erage of fO!mer ) eal-- The retallel s do not appeal to be stockmg np hea\ lh 'r he\ are bUyIng mOle often hut not lalge btlls at one tIme The retaIlers are domg a fairh actIve hm111e--s cone!JtlollS ,11 e gradually Imp I ovmg and thIS yeal' s busmes-- \\ III pI e"ellt d good showing on the \\ hole The Kamelman compan) manu factm el ~ of offi~e tn1 III ture at 89 Center stI eet al e arranglllg an e\:tenslOn of t1111(: WIth credItors an de\:pect to pay liahlhtIe-- In full Charles Eflos, fur11ltm e dealer of 1600 -:\Iadl--on a\ enue has been chscharged from hank! uptcy Salah BIrnbaum. 3975 Tl11ld a\emle 1'" m fill,I11l1tl trouble owmg $6,373 and havmr; assets --cheduleel at S1 °72 The :vIerchants' and -:\Ianufactl11 el s· E",han~e ha\ e been conductmg then office \\ 01 k In Herhel t Omperthwalt's office on the fifth f1001 of the Gl anel Centl al Palace htuldmc; Fred Goll & Co \\ ho \\ ere m the hanels of recelver" have been Ie-OJ galllLeel anel mCOlpOl ateel \\ Ith a capItal of $5,000, George E Flo"t IS pre"ldent The Brooklyn furmtm e a\1el Carpet men ha\ e ()\ gan- 1Led a hO\\ Img lea~ue Then aile) IS at '\ldhama a\ ellue and Fulton streets The G J ~Iullel com pam , cabmet makel ". of ';06 Ea--t 1\111th stIeet \\ ho ale 111bank! uptcy, are bem~ closed out by the leCel\e1, \Valte1 J Hnsch \\1 111lam Rothery Ogden, \\ ho \\ as as--I--tant manat;el of the antIque fmmtm e depal tment of J 01111\ \ dllamakcl elleel a short tIme ago G E Schloss, ples1dent of F Schlll"'-- &. Co \\ hll I'" 55 years of age, celeblatec1 hIS blrthda) WIth a receptIon recently Derby & Co, chan manufacturers, \\ III lease out then sales rooms at Canal and MulbellY stIeets and e--tabll",h heael quarters elsewhere m chalge of Flank H Hodgman E G Gyger of the St Jam~'i bmlc1mg, \\ J1l leple"ellt the RIshel factory lInes of \VlllIamsport. Pa. who ha\ e an annual capauty of $500000 \\ 01th of good'i. but he W11l stIll keep hIS old lIne of RItter chaIrs and bookcase'i. James S IrWIn who before had charge of the RI~hel hnes hel e. WIll assIst Mr Gyger Breslop & SIegel, furniture dealer'i of 448 \\~endo\ er ave-nue, the BrotH, have opened a new store at 1770 ThIrd a\entle 1he Kennedy Manufacturmg company of Rochester. N y ha~ been lllcOlplllated \\ Ith a capItal of $25.000, to make \\ al drobe I acb etc. by D Hand B H Kennedy and L H Hamman D PllltO fm1l1tm e dealel has moved flom 172 to 202 Columbu', a\ enue \ Lo\\enstem,s Sons. fm1l1ture deale!'>. have moved flom 38- to 5f<6 FIfth a\ enue LoUl'i Smehl IS a new fmnlture deale I at 72 FHSt ave-nue '\ Kappelman ha'i moved hIS fmmtme stOle from 62 llrst a\ enue, Manhattan to 799 Bload" ay, BIOOkl) n J P \\Tolf \\ ha ha'i been WIth the upholstel \ depal t-ment of Altman's 'itore, has been promoted to the p051t1011 of manag er. RICe & ChambellIn is a new fm nlt111e firm dt 58 l\Ia1n ~tleet YonkelS, N Y H ]-I HIckel son has taken up the lllle of the \thens lurmtUl e company Hem) P,lllack hel" assIgned h1~ plLture f1ame bU"111e'i'o ,It ~08 Sixth it\enue Henry Fll1rlner & Son" ha\ e been sho\\ 111£;some attI ac-tn e Ime'i at the factory on Fa'it P0111 teenth stlcet Frank A Hall exhIbIts 'iome good "e1I111'; 11l1e~"f bl as~ and 110n beds and acceSSOlle'i at 43 E,-t ~"1eteenth "beet }\1:r Rellhmann & Son::" 21 Second ,t\enue. he\e had on ell"'plav 'iome ~ood sellers and ~ome new l111e" al'io Hem \ 1<.,merson has added a Ime c f the Olmoco FUl nl tm e compan) ~ fancy mahogany furmtm e fOI hIS (bsplay here The l~l1Jtec1 Couch Manufactmers' aSSOclat10n has been '1Corporated hv Abraham Helfgott and Hyman Mllstem of T'rooklyn The Bronx Furmture Bowlmg Men's League, meets at the Cyolden Oak BO\\ lIng Club rooms at EblIng's CasIno, Tuesdays WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 r------------ -------_._-_. _._---' - I III IIII - -_. -'-----------l l1.0RTISER I That does not require material to be marked off. Makes each and every mortise accurately and perfectly. Each spindle instantly adjusted by hand wheel. Automatic Spacing Gage. Patent Automatic Stroke Patent Adjustable Chisel. THE ONLY I! I I I I I II I f I II II I I I II I~-------------------_.- ----_._---------_. --------_._--------- - ..._------~ No. 181 Multiple Mot'tlset'. Ask for Catalog I']" WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREENSBORO, N. C. brussels rugs Demand f1om the eastern states has been pnnClpally for body hI usse1s, tape"try and wIlton rugs Re-ports from Phl1ade1p111a al e more encouraging, and while de1n ene'l ,,111 be 1atel than expected, it IS hoped that the c;oods "Ill no\V be 1ecen ed m tIme to be of serVIce Considel able talk is now heard among sellmg agents, regal dl1lg the new season Opm1Ons dIffer a'o to the ljue,,- tIon of an ad\ ance In some qual ters It 13 belIeved that cel tam lInes wIll be mal ked up when the fall season opens the filst \Hek m May. Other members of the trac1e express the opmlOn that pnces wlll remam on about cun cnt levels, as they conslder that both rugs and carpets al e hIgh enough The questlOn of raw matella1 supplIes at the mIlL IS also bemg discussed, and predIctions made that many manufacturers \\ III be m the market shortly to 1eplel11sh depleted stocks Very lIttle law matena1 has been pnrcha"ed the fall of last ) ear, whIle the mills have been gnndlllg up large quantitIes. In aJdltion to request.s for carpets and rugs, Jobbers are domg a Vel) faIr business on Chma and Japan matt1l1gs Re-taIlers m all sectIons of the coun try are fillIng m theIr stocks to meet the spring and early summer demand' That stocks on hand al e not over large is shown b) the 1equests f01 plOmpt delIvelle3 of ordel s placed Pnces are vel y steady dnd owing to the SItuatIOn in the markets abroaJ, seem lIkel) to be firmly held f01 some time to come The Im))01 b of maitmgs for the first l110nth of thIS ) ear amounted to S,839,S38 sqllare } ard 'l, a 0 agamst 4,181,904 square yards for 1.he con e'lpond1l1~ month last ) ear. L1l101eul11s and floor oil-cloths ale mm lI1g oteach1v In spIte of the recent advances named CARPET AND RUG MARKETS Western Buyers Forwarding Duplicate Orders ond Southerners Want Prompt Shipments. ANew York review of the carpet and rug business say., that some duplIcate orJers on rugs are stIll COl11l11g forward from western buyers who are anxious to stIll fur-ther round-out the orders they have already placed Taken as a whole, horvvever, the market has qmeted down conSIder-ably. and 1110St sellmg a~enb are nm\ looking £01 \\ at cl to the new season. Many of the largest mIlls al e at present ,',ol,J ahead to such an extent, that they are not in a pOSItIon to accept further orders for delIvery thIS season. Every effort is be111g made at the mIll", to meet delIveries and num-erOllS urgent requests are being receIVed for prompt ship-ment of goods on order. Some complaints are be111g re-ceIved regard111g late delivenes, but as a rule manufacturers are promptly meeting the contracts they have on their books. Jobbers 111this market have 1ecelved qUlte a few addi-tIOnal orders on rugs during the past V\ eek, and the cut order carpet departments have also been busy Southern retaIl buyers ha\ e been forwal d111g reque"ts fOI quick ShIp-ments of goods, and a good demand I,', reported from man} quarters of the south The heav lest business IS bemg done m the west and mtddle vvest, ]udgmg from reports receIved as IetaIleiS appear to have al1owec1 their stocks to reach a loyv pomt before replenishIng. vVIlton, axminster and tape'l-tl y lUgS are being taken for the western trade, while south-ern buyers ale showing mterest in tapestry, WIlton and body . .., MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT MUSKEGON, MICH. ~ •••••••••••••• ._ ••• ._ we .s. •• to WEEKLY ARTISAN ~--_._-------_.__._._.__ ._---- .....-... MAnUrA(IUrtrrt~ or nlon ortADr DrrDIOrrtAIOD~ Zinc-Lined, Porcelain Lined, White Enamel Lined and OPAL-GLASS Lined. Write for our beautiful illustrated catalogue and pnces. I I~._---_._------------_._---- The Alaska Refrigerator Company ExclusIve Refngerator Manufacturers Muskegon, Michigan New York OffIce, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager Buildings That Will Need Furniturl'. Residences-George D Grant, 101 Kirby street, DetrOlt, Mich, $8,000; \\ llham B Maunce, 26-30 Van Dyke court Detroit, $6,500, R S Everett, 54 :,1arston '01.1 eet. DetlOlt $4,5500; Miss Ann Flynn, 2962 Boule\ al ct, \\ e"t, DetroIt $3,500; Wllliam Pollard, 241 Hazelwood street, DetrOIt, $3,- 000; R C Hamley, 103 Gladstone street, Detroit, $3,500. Carleton Cones, 1455 Boulevard east, DetrOIt, $4,500, K S Praigg, 291 VV reford street, Detroit, $6,000; Daniel Sul1Jnn 382 Michigan avenue, $8,500, Gott1elb \V endell, 3428 Bose-worth avenue, Chicago, Ill, $4,500 '\ Danle\. 5-1-30\\ ac,h-lngton avenue, St Louis, Mo , $27,000; Louis DerrL 5209 Old Manche"ter road, St. Louis, $4,500, H T. Taackc, 341-1-,Ic Kean street, St Louis, $12,000, Anton Kuhn. 3810 ,Iaffitt avenue, St Louis, $4,500; Mary Lionberger, 5164 \'\- e"tmore-land avenue, St Louis, $35,000; Mary Hertel. 4306 Compton avenue, St Louis, $4,000; Wllli3Jm Happel, 5200 Lanj"dO\\ ne avenue, St. Louis. $3,950; Mary R Dunlap, 4411 Al co a\ enue $3,600; Dora Robinson, Market and Union street". T acbon-ville, Fla, $3,600; Julian Prewitte, Dora and Jackson "tleeh Jacksonville, $4,000, J J. Banham, 3517 Virgi11la street Kan-sa" City, Mo, $4,500; William Huntsche, 2605 Cl1allotte street, Kansas City, $5,000; J A Fry, 5410 Main street, Kansas City, $5,000; U S G Peabody, 3612 Charlotte street, Kansas City, $5,000; Gllbert E Morton, 4331 McGee street, Kansas CIty, $10,000; Charles Tnbes, 220 COl0111Cstreet, Albany, NY, $4,000; Mary Gressel, Flrst and QuaIl streets, Albany, $6,000; Patrick Keleher, 3210 Oronge street. Albany, $3,500; Mrs Thomas Gallagher, 73 Elm street, Albany, $3,- 000; Paul C Pierce, 303 Delaware avenue, Albany, $4,000, G T. Morgan, 279 Worth street, Dallas, Tex, $15,000, Henr} Lewis, 294 Stonewall place, J\Iemphls, Ter1I1,$7,000 Kan11le E Fatout, 3005 Ruckle street, IndlanapolIs, Ind, 83 500 I Marry C Clauer, 1114 Fayette, street, Indanapolh, S3.000 Herman H Meyer, 6077 Wa"hington boulevard, IndIanapo1Js, $3,000; K. A Pence, Detroit street and Thil teenth avenue Denver, Col , $6,000; W B Struble, Washmgton and Everett street, Portland, Ore, $20,000; Sarah E. Wittaker, Arkansas and South Lincoln street, Denver, Col, $4,000, Frank J Buirgy, 808 Franklin street, Denver, $3,500, Edward Grimes. Arapahoe and Lawrence streets, Denver, $4,500, \V \\- Fleming, Chestnut and Ida streets, Winnipeg, ,,fan, $10,- 000; F. S Parlu, Dundrin avenue and Walnut street,;, \\ 111111- peg, $6,500; David Rlchard, 226 Warren avenue, Youngs-town, 0., $3,000; R. M. Field, 560 Lauderdale street, Mem-phis, Tenn, $3,750; W. F. Hardin, Cooper street and Evelyn avenue, Memphis, $3,000; R R Meyer, Mountain a\ enue, Birmingham, Ala., $5,000; Mrs G L. Cash, Fifty-first street and Fourth avenue, Woodlawn, Birmingham, $3,500, Em-mett Hutton, 2819 \IV ashington boulevard, IndianapolIs, Ind, $4400, George Conrad, 106 North Twenty-second street, Rlchmond, I nel, $3,000; Russell Mc Clelland, 215 College a\ enue, Rlchmond, $3,000, Ernest Bohlender, Liddell place and Gray terracE', Cinc111nati, 0, $9,000; Carrie R. Davis, ,," arren and Middleton avenue, Chfton, Cincinnati, $12,000, J C Bloodworth, 191 Myrtle street, Atlanta, Ga., $5,000; Dr C A Stewart, East Thu"d and Twentieth streets, Duluth, :'lmn, $9,500; E. H. Hugo, Gladstone and Forty-seventh streets, Duluth, $3,500; Mrs. Helen Dickerson, 4915 Du-port avenue, MinneapolIs, Mmn, $4,000, Remgolcl ZeglIn, 3625 Park avenue. Mmneapobs, $4,800; R J Healy, 2105 Irv-mg avenue, south, M1l1neapohs, $5,500; A. B. Owings, Bull and Lady streets, Columbia, S C, $4,000; J W. Mellen, 326 '\ orth Flrst \Vest streets, Salt Lake Clty, Utah, $6,000; Mary E Recoes, 763 Linden avenue, Salt Lake Clty, $3,500; E M. ~_._---- I ---------------_._--_.-.. Grand Rapids Crescent THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Type "B" Universal. BUIlt with double arbors, sliding table and equipped complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated. This machine represents the height in saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. WrIte us for descriptive anformatlon. II CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS ~--------O-F_G.R_AN_.D_._R.A._P-IDS, MICH. ...1 WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 ~--- N p -= ll"r lUll ?:::: ~ h" ~- =:; ·~~.~.."J ..J,I--) \'\ 1)/ I £-- ..-;~:" .... , •.. ~~I .,...~. .: :.e. .:-».:"...:.. .-.:-.... : . ". *" " • <; SILO-KOTE A PIGMENT FIRST COATER One that dries hard as bone. One that lays close. One that requires very little sandpapering. One that is made from a High Grade Gum. One that will not settle or cake hard in the bottom of your bucket. IT WILL PAY YOU TO TRY IT THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN CO., Philadelphia, Pa. Send for Sample. vVe~t, 501 Seventh East street, Salt Lake CIty, $7,500; Alfred Keller, 531 Twelfth stret, Salt Lake City, $3,500; H. E. Westervelt, 527 North Lafayete street, South Bend, Ind, $8,000; J H. Plat? Broadway and Fellows street, South Bend, $3,000, J D. Vail, 5601 ElIzabeth stret, ChIcago, $7,- -' 500; M J Frederick, 400 South Main street, Tulsa, Okla, $3,800; J. W. Syfert, 184 Carson avenue, Tulsa, $3,000; James GillespIe, 38 Nogales avenue, Tulsa, $3,000; J. F Vrana, 1415 South Fifteenth street, Omaha, Neb, $3,500; C W Erwin, 3519 Leavenworth avenue, Omaha, $3,000; F. \AI. Bender, 1803 Lathrop avenue, Omaha, $3,000; WIllIam A Vhlson, Woodland Heights, Houston, Tex., $10,000; J A Cart-wnght, Acklen and Fifteenth street, Nashville, Tenn, $5,500; J. A Daugherty, VIlla place, Nashville, $5,000, Richard West same address, $5,000, Harry Blough, Eleventh and Seabury streets, Terre Haute, Ind , $3,000; W W. Dibble, 4014 Chest-nut street, Kansas City, Mo, $5,000; W. A Spierman, 2504 Kensington avenue, Kansas City, $4,000; WIlliam Birett, 1801 Perry street, Peoria, Ill, $3,300; Mrs ElIzabeth R. McFie, 1222 West Twenty-ninth street, Los Angeles, Cal., $20,000; J. E. McIntyre, H IghWiay Square, Monw\la, Cal.. $6,000; B V. Collms, Shatto place, Los Angeles, $15,000 Miscellaneous Buildings-Dallas. Tex, ie; erectmg an ad-dition to the Negro high school at a cost of $35,000, exclu-sive of seating. J E Otis is building a four-story hotel at 1301 Michigan avenue, Chicago St. James' society of Hous-ton, Tex., is building a new church and parsonage to cost $15,000. Cobb & Culver will build a $40,000 hotel in San Diego, Cal. H D. Colson and associates are planning to build a ten-story hotel adjoining the Majestic theatre on Broadway, Los Angles, Cal., at a cost of $225,000 Hemet, Cal , is erecting a new high school building at a cost of $60,- 000 Work has Ibeen started on a $60,000 high :>chool building at Roswell, N. Mex. Tuscan, Ariz 15 to have a $50,000 theatre to be completed by September 1. Schrader & Morris will mvest $80,000 in a new hotel at Santa Monica, Ca1., The Latter Day Saints are building a concrete church at Phoenix, Ariz at a cost of $75,000 Laura C. Janes will build a sixty room hotel on Boyd street, East Los Angeles, Cal. New Furniture Dealers. J. A. Ballou WIll open a new furniture store at Roanoke, Va. Oscar Barne', & Co, have opened a large new furnIture store at 72 Nortb Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. W. J. Kestler of Fort \Vayne IS negotlatmg for a lo-cation for a new furnIture store in New Castle, Ind. H. D. GlIckman and hie; brother, H. GlIckman, are to open a new furmture store in the old Gosser buIlding at I330 Broadway, Loram, Ohio. R. S. Parker, Robert D. Hugh and Louis H. Strigel have mcorporated the CalIfornIa Furniture company, capi-talized at $5,000, to open a new furniture store at Baker City, Ore. The Empire State Furniture company capItalIzed at $20,- 000, and incorporated by Arthur W. and Charlotte Schur-berg, \VIllIam and HattIe Rice and George H. Chamberlain, are new furniture dealers at 56 and 58 Main street, Yonkers, N.Y. H. Abrahams has opened a new furniture store under the name of the Modern Furniture company at II8 Essex street, Lawrence, Mass He has had experience in the trade, havmg been a member of the Abrahams-Quinn company of Lawrence for several years. --------------------------------~-- 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN Industrial Training in the High School. "To finish hIgh ~chool at the end of a four year~' cour"e wIth not onl) a vvell balance'l educatIOn 111 the OJ dma!) branches but wIth a tlade lealnec1 so thoroughh a" to make the )oung graduatt read) and fit to tahe It up el" el c,t1IJ11~ 1:0 the new opportUl11t) tl1clt IS l)e111~ otiele 11jt·.il·:1~~.:Utlh.e progressive CItIes of Amenca, Fngland and' G·el.~dn·\·: t<i: t Ji~ bovs and gills of the school,,' sa\s II t:.>:I1J1J1t111~''lI~'fl~i T;chl11cal \\ 011c1 ,[aga/lne (CI11La~o, m:) ."?6ie :lk.~l~li~t:: effected h) an entll eh nC'v plan ot W or1- and stlFi\' , ".: : •• : "1 he 11I:;;h::,chool sll1c1ent" at rltchhurg, ~Ia~, , al e g1\ en the opbon of a C011he vvhlch prov Ides for one week ot ql1d\ and one \\Cek of vIO1k111~at a beHle, 111the actual emplul ot manufactl11cl s 111 the Cll\, altl! neltln~ the"e \\ elh~ or ~tud\ and \v 01h thlOnghont the tnll tllne ot a ,hop ,lppl ent1cc~lJ1p and a hl~h "chool C011r~e 'The mOvement \\hln hlst hU;lln vvelS almost revoln-tional), bnt It has IJeen nnde1 taken In ,chools 111 L) nn Mass, rreepolt, Ill, LlldlO\\ 'lIdS" ,Ianchestel En~land and Lelp'lc, Celmanv In ChIcago one ~L11(Jolha" taken 11p the work as ,1n e,-polment £01 the £11 "t tIme ~1\ 111~ ,chao I elncl shop vv01k 111 dlte1nate pellod" ot t\\O \1 leI,,, eetlh 1he plan va1lC" s1H;htl) 111 these chffel ent CIties, but 111e.,sentlals It IS pral tlcalh the same \ dllOns manufactlll ers 01 the ntles ha\ e optne,1 thell shop, to take 111 Ilo} , ancl :2;111"ot th<- high school unclel the 1egnLu conchtlon, 01 emplO\ ment, pay 111g them the v\al:;es 01 appl entice" and g1\ 111g them e,-- actl) thc \\ 01 k the other leal nu, of t1ade" 11ndc1tdhC 'In 11tchLllrg the plan h to hel\ e all puplb spend the D.1St yeal excluc,1\el) 111hIgh school \\01k \Hel that the manufacturers tahe the boys and gllb 111 pall:" so tl1dt b) alternat111g the\ ha \ eat all tUl1es one of the pall at 1101k Every Saturday at e1e\ en a clock the bo), v\ ho has been ,II school that \\elk, goes to the shop and lea111S all of the pal11- cula1 s on the Job on wh1ch h1S alternate has been \\ 01h1l1~ and how It has heen handlec1 so that the \'Vork md\ he taken up \V1thout delel\ the next ,fonda) mOlnll1g D\ thh method tb e nU111bel of ) oung \\ 0l1~e1c" both 111 shop and :"c11Uol I, kept constant and the \\ ork of the manutactul el" l~ nc)~ h1l1dered 01 dela\ eel b) tbe ab"ence of bov" 01 gllls JUllng the1r ",chool \\ loek Shop \\ 01k and "tU(!\ theref01 e al e carned on plactlcall) together and cach leCe1\ eo, sufficlln cont111uous attentIOn, both to fi'C the le,c,ons on the \\ 01 Lu ' m111d and to mahe 111m realIze the \ edue oj the othe1 1 he boy who works 111the shop one \\ eek and at the hIgh school the ne",t becomes gra,lnall), but certaml) av\ al e of the f"~~~~-;'~Ca~st;eri~CSup Co.'1 2 Parkwood Ave.,Grand Rapids,Mlch IIIII II III• I IIIIII _____ ~ 1I We are now puttmg out the best Caster Cups With cork bases ever offerea to the trade These are fimshed m Golden Oak and White l\laple m a ltght fimsh These goods are admIrable ior polIshed floors and iurn Iture rests Theywill not sweat or mar PRICES $4 00 per hundred 5 00 per hundred FOB errand Rap,ds SIze 2;,{mehes Sue 2X mehes .---TrV-a Sample Order ~._--------------- ---------------~ , I I I I : I : I I I I I I h!...h~,,ii o"!' of oue i :.. • p.0p~l~r· Hu~l chairs. : I. :: ~u~ ~~£r~ a·r.e.found I iri" ::rH= ".the·; leading Hotels in the country. I The line includes a I very complete assort- I ment of chaIrs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; Dllling Room fl1ll1ltl1le, Reed and Rat tan furniture, SpeCIal Urder furni-ture, etc. THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. CHICAGO A complete lIne of sam-ple. are displayed in The Ford 8 }oLnson Bmldml!, 1433-37 WabasL Ave., 10- cludml! a speCIal display of Hotel Furmture. A II fllrmture dealel s are cordzally mvtted to visit our bUtlding, III II ~- tal thIs prol:;l e% m hfr depends very largely upon the hI eadth of 11lS educatIOn In the expenment., thus far inst1- allec1 111 the va110lh place" mentIOned, boys have received the 111l,1 attention, because It IS the} \'Vho must do the larger pal t 0\ the \\ olk on plact1call) all trades and because expell-ll1Ull ~ al e 11101 e readl1y t11ed v\ 1th them than w1th the glr1<; , 1ltchburg started WIth twenty-two boys workll1g alte1- na td) 111 school and shop Expre::,slOns taken from the"e 1J )\" \\ ho have been t\\ 0 } ea1 s 111 the course, sho\\ the most 1l1ten~e llltellst 1ll the I\olk "hlch they have been domg and 1l1QUl1) j 10111teachers and nMl1ufactlll el s ahke, who have had to do \v lth thell ,\ ark ehclts hIgh prabe of the expenment and ,tatements of (l1tll e satlsf-actlOn w1th the new method \t C lllC1l111dtt "ome three hundred boys are now at work ,-11 thl~ plan and the s) stem has succeeded so well and given ~11l 11 l,-cellent I t~l1lts that the hopes for the futnre are very _._--~-------_._-_..~_._._._--~---~ I I II II I I r-- I =- I II III III IIIIIII j~_.. . No.15 FOX SAWING MACHINE WRITE 44 FOR NEW CATALOG III • FOX MACH IN E CO 18S N 'RONT STAEET, I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH ~----------------- WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 ____________________________________________________----------~---1 GLOBE VISE and TRUCK CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the pnce, $12.00 (Subject to dIscount) ThIs bench is 34 mches high, 6 feet, 3 inches long-front 15 lllches, made of thoroughly kIln-drIed hard maple strips glued together, 2% mches thIck. The balance-I 3 inches mches, IS soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. I ~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ ro"y So far a" I eports hay e been g1\ en out, from other school<;, ther expenence" hay e been equally pleasmg" ThIs alternarton of work and study carrieo the manual tl a111111gHlea and the 111dust11aI school Idea fa! ther than the) hay e ever been Jeveloped, "Ith far less expense and wIth gl eater benefit to the student and to the com11lul11ty generally than any other method yet de\ Ised Railroad Companies as Farmers. Ra1lt oad men seem to hay e ~Ieclded to make an earne'it effort to mduce people to "go back to the farms," or, at le,lst, to ",hm\; them the advantage" of farm hfe and that many farm" that hay e been abandoned may be reclal1J1ed and v\orkecl profitably The Lehigh Valley company I" a leader m the movement in the east It has not only gIven the people several object lessons as to what may be done with lands 'iO worn out that they were conSIdered worthless but are arranged to encourage SCIentific farming by the estab-hshment of an agncultural department v. ith F R Stevens, of Gene\ a, NY, as its chIef Mr Stevens who has been domg field work for the New York department of agnculture wdl begin hIS duties on next Monday ThIS V\ ork will con-sist, mainly, of address111g pubhc meetmgs for farmers whose farms are tnbutary to the road Agncultural subjects of particular interest to the locah ty wdl be chscussed The lectures al e on "The feed111g of Al11mals," "Soils, and how to Imprm e them," "How plant;, grow," "The ad\ anta~es and use of tde ctrams," "The commel cial fert1hzers and the11 uses," and kmdred subJ ects In the past year :VIr Stevens' work for the department of agnculture was devoted to as-slstmg farmers in the growth of alfalfa; 100 fields naturally unfavorable to the plant were planted m New York state and a large percentage was successful After every lecture :\Ir Stevens" dl rema111 111the locahty a;:, long as condit1Ons v\ arran t, to £;1\e instruct10n and ad\ Ice to 111d1\Idual farmer" anx10U 0 to 111crease Ploduct1On on theil fallns An 1mportant feature of th1S \YOlk \"dl be the combat- 111g of the 111sects and fungus growths wh1ch attack falm crop" He wdl be kept 111for111edof the chscove1 y of the pest and It wdl be hi", duty to give 111formation as to the best means of gettmg rid of them. The farmers always have re:;ponded readdy to this sort of co-operat1On, and local boards of trade and business as-sociations hay e been eager to place their halls at :VIr. Stevens' dIsposal The New York department of agriculture wdl co-operate and \V H Jordan, Ph D, has placed the re source", of the state expellment statlOn in Geneva at the dis-po" al of the LehIgh's new department. The chIef problem IS to reach promptly all the locdhtle" wl11ch call for Mr Ste\ ens and the company WIll put 111to commIssion an automobile WIth the Lehigh Valley colonng and lettenng Mr Stevens says: "Those who are accustomed to look upon the gl eat V\ est as the garden spot of this country sometimes fad to reahze that anything is grown nearer home As a matter of fact all of the standar~l crops-corn, oat'i, wheat, rye, buckwheat, po-tatoes, beans, cabbage, sugar beets, etc -are produced in profUSIon in the countIes through \"hlch the LehIgh runs In certain sect10ns there are large truck gardens, and near Ll1na there are plots of black dl1 t adopted to celel y, lettuce and onions \V Ithout exception thIS IS the finest fJ Ult and grape sect10n in the \\ orld Cahforl11a cannot touch It A better flay 01ed and better quallt) apple can be grow n here than anywhere else in the world." Increased tonnage In raw products V\ III not be the only result of the agricultural work The company believes that cann111£; factories. bottllng works, and other 111dustnes WIll spnng up a" the plOduct1On of fruIt and grapes increase'i along the 1111eof the road P8ltent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO ChlCal'(O 111 Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bOll}? ht of you a lIttle over a year ago are glV1n~ excellent serVIce V\; e are well satIsfied With them and shall be pleased to remember you whenever we want anythmg addltIoualm thiS hne Yoms trnly SIOUXCIty, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO ~ ---..••........... ------------------- ...••••... 30.000 Sheldon Steel Rack Vises Sold on approval and an nncon dltIonal money back gUdrantee ........ ., SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We SOltCIt pnvIlege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON C:J CO. I 328 N. May St .. Chicago. .I....... ...._... plant. and \\ Ith other nnpro\ ements and eqUlpment that will make the plant most efficient for theIr requirements and up-to- ddte in ever) \\ ay The ne\\ bUlldmg IS fully agam as lal ge as the one they \\ ill "acate 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN More Chicago Paragraphs. ChIcago, April I-The business of the Cham Couch company, 2419 \iV est FOUl teenth street, ChIcago, has been placed m the hands of a receiver, Flank R McKe) ha\ m~ been appointed by the United States distl ict COUlt Late m Febl uary a creditors' meetmg '" as held when an exten~JOn of credit was asked for. It was then decIded to appomt a trustee and continue the business to dete1l11lne Jf It could be plofi-tably handled, Mr Chain remammg m d1d1 ge \ftCI ,( fe\\ weeks a receiver was asked f01 and appomted In the mean-tIme Mr. Rhinehart of the compan) \\ Ithel!ew from the con-cern. Offers of a complOmlse \\ el e made bef01e the I e-ceiver was appointer, but not bemg ..,atlsfact01V to he Clech-tors who ",ere pushmg the11 claIms the matte I fell thlOugh New Factories. 1he Kroehlers \\ ho al e the owners of the Blllghamton, (~ 1 ) Lounge company, al e plannmg to erect a new fac-tOI\ m UllLago J S \fcClelland, Leo Klem and Charles Isaacs have m-l'n1! lJlatcd the U11lted Cocoa Mattl11g company to manufac-tlll e matt111g etc. 111ChlLago Cdpltal stock. $2.500 Robel t D GI egg George Erzinger and Al chlbald Kalser- DINING ROOM IN FLANDERS By Otto A Jlranek, Grand RapIds, Mlch It \\as the deSIre of l\Ir Cham to effect a settlement and LdlJ-tmue the busmess and effort" \\ ere made to 111tel est oUblde capital, but these negotiations fell through, and at thIs wntl11g It is not yet kno\\ n If the bus111ess\\ 111be do..,ecl out 01 final settlement made-and the busmess contmuecl undel Ie-01ga11l-zatJOn. It was estabhshecl about five ) eal s ago b) \\ \ Chain. Ketcham & RothschIld, mcorp01 ated manutdctl11 el ~ 01 upholstered furmture occupying a fact01 y at 220-226 \ \ est Superior stl eet for five years are gomg to mO\ e ::\fa) I to the five story building at 208-230 SIgel stl eet TIm h the b1111dingoccupied by the W. F Covvan company bef01e the11 removal to their new factory It IS bemg remodeled and renovated with new lighting, heatmg, "entJlatmg and PO\\ el man ha\ e mcOlpOlated the Kalsel man Shade Roller company capltahzed at $20,000, to estabbsh a factory in Chicago The Old Dom11110nTable \\lork.., of Norfolk, Va, has been mCOlporatecl \\lth a capItal stock of $25,000, by \V. A Hall, preSIdent. E Rhodes. vIce-pI eSlclent and R A. Hall, secI etary The company w1l1erect a tv\ 0 story bnck bu1lding on pI opel t) located m Port Norfolk and w1l1make a specialty of oak pedestal tables J I \h 01 d, Bryant S. Keefer and Fred \iV eston of Tall \ to\\ n. Conn ; John Biles of New York and George DaclenhdLh of Xe\\ ark, N J, ha\ e incorporated the Eagle company, to manufacture carpet sweepers, washing machines and other houshold utens1ls at Newal k Capital stock, $1,- jOOOOO of whlCh $500,000 is to be preferred. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 Minnesota Dealers' Retail Furniture Association OFFICERS-PresIdent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn , Vice President, D R Thompson Rockford, Mmn , Treasurer, B. A Schoeneberger, Perham, MlIln , Secretary, W L. Grapp, JaneSVille Mmn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-Chairman, Geo Klem, Mankato, Mllln., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mllln, W L Harris, Mmneapohs, Mmn 1 C. Dantelson Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 105. SOID«>body Has Been Hit Hard. Four cliffelent trade papers have seen fit to Clltlclse the poltcy of our bUyIng committee. My experience tells me Ithat unless some one was hIt hard this would not have come to pass - It rem111ds us of a Iemark we heard the other cla"\, "The only thing that makes a fellow have rheumatism, cI) s-pepsia, headache, nose-bleed, red hair or any other sIckness IS that someth111g i'i wrong wIth his nervous 'iystem" This IS the only way in which we can account for the attacks whIch certa111trade papels have made on our method1of co-opelatlve buymg 'vVe WIll take it for granted that their nervous sys-tem is somewhat shatterecl and say as little about the matter as we consistently can. However, we cannot let it pass en-tirely without comment Vife would like to but some of then statements al e too glanng to pass over entirely. \Ve, who patlOniLe thIS co-operative buying know that theIr stdtemenh are ridiculous ancl uttedy without foundation We cannot understand ho\\ anyone has the nel\ e to aSSllme the role of dictator before they have taken the trouble to 111fOlmthemselves as to the facts. Therefore, we can anI) have a feel111gof sympathy toward them As I unclel'itand It, the poltcles of the tJ ade papers are such as would help association WOl k along instead of trying to fill the mmds of the indifferent dealer with suspicion which only results in mak-mg It harder to accomplish effective associaton work \Ve do not for one moment assume that our association is faultles'i but we do know that we did follow the suggestions of the gospel preached in the-tJ acle journals for the first few years of our association's existence and yet we did not accomplish the purpose for which our association was formed, namely, over-coming the catalogue evil Of the tons and tons of literature wntten on this subject, where is the community that has suc-ceeded as we have, in ovelcoming this evil? It does seem to us that the judgement of the 225 members which au! associ-ation is composed of and who are in daily touch, in a bus111ess \\ ay, with this evil, is worth more than ye editor of the Review and its echoes who perhaps in a whole year, do not make a single sale, come in contact with customers etc. If these papers published the articles referred to \\ Ith an idea of helping us, \\ e must say that they showed the tact and col1Sldelation of a pig out foraging Because of their lack of knowledge concernmg the true conchtions surrounding the small merchant, together with their peculiar views is what is keeping theil subscription lists where they are This discussion show'i that some of our friends in the trade paper circles have not discovered what the average small dealer wants If they would worry less about the wrong poltcles of our assocIation and a little more about what the small dealers want to know, their success would be greater In the finer analysis, of this whole subject, it would prove that the trade paper~ should have been busying them-selves exposing the fraud of the mai lorder houses and kin-dred eVIls long ago instead of leaving it for one little assocI-atIOn Our motto has always been, "If you can't push, pull; if you can't pull, please get out of the wa)." Thus we find ~......._--------- that after we have ~olved the problem that effects us, in au! own way, a certain trade paper seemed to have got a grouch on because our methods of helping ourselves happened to hIt a few manufacturers from whom it was getting its support- Not only that, but when the long-suffering dealers chd finally get together and succeeded in working out their own salvation this paper was unusually "Johnny on the spot" if thil1~s chd not go their way to tear to pieces that which we had found. as practical furniture dealers, was for our benefit. If we were to take advantage of their rashness, \\ e could very easily sum what few points they made in their rathel lengthy production and show how ridiculous each charge is But as we are endeavoring to handle these things along prac-tical lines, feel that the situation does not warrant it If yoU! presiding officer was asked for an opinion, concerning tl11s, I \\ould say that instead of shm\ ing resentment, I \\lould ex-tend to them our most sincere sympathy for their lack of good business judgement. Yours very truly, J. R TAYLOR, PIe" Association Advertising Helps \Ve are presenting you a series of advertising U111tS111 tlm \veek's department which are not eaSily gotten hold of bv the average small dealer as they are a class of goods of wl11ch advertising umts are very seldom made. To make thiS ad\ antage sink deep into your mind, ask yourself this ques-tion "Suposing, you wanted to advertise rugs, where would ) au get your cuts?" If you had them made purposely for your work, they would co~t you from $3 50 to $4 00 each If you wanted to adver-t1se pillows, draperies or mattresses, where would you get the cut,,? vVe hold that an advertisement without illustra-tions loses 80 per cent of its value These are the questIOns that the advertising committee have asked themselves It \\ as sometimes weeks and weeks before we could get our cuts and by that time what little ambition we had along ac1- \ ertising lines was taken out of us because of the expense of thsee cuts. Having gone thru this experience 111 our store~, we have collected such units as we might have between us and have prepared these cut~ for our members Now If you take a notion to advertise, giving the number of those you want and they will be sent to you in a \\ eeks' tIme and at the nominal cost of only 40C, if the description is attached and 25c without. \Ve urge the use of the standard U11ltsize because the average small printing office will not set up this size type without extra compensation. If you will use these units, you WIll save the cost of the original cut in newspaper space the first issue you run them, so \\ e hope our members will make good use of these opportunities Yours truly, The Advertsing Committee. (Continued on Page 18) 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN "'UBLISH~D EVI!RY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PEP't YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHEFt COUNTAIES $200 PER YEAR SINGLE COI'=IIES 5 CENTS PUBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOIHH DIVISION ST GRAND RAP OS MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITO" Ent2r~d as second class matter Jul} 1, 1909 at the post office at Grcl.nd Raplde;; \f l hl./;;1.fl under the act of 'Vlarch 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY The repo11 of the c1epa11111en1 at C0111l11Uce a1lCl lal) I puhltshec1 on anothel 1'a£;e £;l\111g the CUllelH C,prllt PIIlC, of \ ariOl1~ farm andmanutactl1lcd products a~ compalerl II nh the figures of a \ eal ago, ~ho\\" a 1'ecuhal conchtlOn of lftalJ' It ~holls that ".hlle e'1'Olt pllce" on neatly a1l1a1111 pI0c!U('t, ,He h]ghel nOlI than ,1 \ eat ,1~O the lJ11L('" lIt 11l111l1Jllt111((1 al tIeles are 10\\ e] 11l neal h all ll1~tal1ces rhh 111al ,lel U11 for the fact that II 111le the "C0~t of h\ 111i?;' h cOlhtanth 111 crea~ing \\ a~es al e not ae1l anced 1\ hen manufactul u, hT\ e to pay mote fot IIhat tl 1hem h 1,1111l1ct1Ulal and all ,hlL.,cc1 to acccpt Ie"" 101 lhtl1 hllhbul pi oc1\1(. (, thc \ ,Ill n I 1J l' pected to lahe thc \\a~e" ot thcII Cll1pll1\c, llll\'l\(1 111 figUle" ]cfenecl to appll onll \111(n thc CI)llll1loc11"ll' alc ,olel for eApOl t and thel C111 IS mOl e (food rOl tlHlue;ln rIll l11,tall( C !be I CpOlt ,hO\\ s thdt helcon dnel lal cI ,lIC hel11£; "c>Ic1f I c"' j)(ll! at ll"" th,m th( \\holl",dc pllce, pud 1)\ Ih h( \\11 hu\ f()J cloll1c"tlc UJl1"Ull1ptlOn ('1)l1lpell\" 11 \\ lth U11!(111 quotatJolh shO\\ s ,dso that the C']JOlt pll( l, (It jJt[, II (Ill st1l1ctural ]rCJn and steel, lU111hel and "C\ ual othe1 C 111111 dltles ale he111g "old for e,pOl1 dt pllCC''- 10\\u Ulan tln'-c pahl In elol11e~tJc con"umel s Such ronchllon, (!.llncl no' I n1l the II age\\ 01kel S hut then elllpln e, aI" LahOl Ul110ns \\ hethel 111b anspc)) tatlOn 01 Il1dl11llaetnl ine; 111dustnes should reahLe and ca1 efulh cono:tde1 the dangel~ and usual le~ult" of ra"h ,tnkes and othel lahm t10ubles E, en IIl1en thc\ ha\ e ~erJ(JlIS e;J1l\ ancc" It I" he,t for all concerned to str1\ e fOl ,e1tlelllent 1)\ ccntU111C0- eUl1 a] bltratlOn than to take cllam e" J1l Zl h ttel ,'I \1~ ~ Jc \\ h eh ma} change II hat proml ses to be a pI °"lJe 1OtIS ,eal 11 tl 1 ,eason of d1sapPo111tl11cnt and ch"a"tC'l The pem el anc1 111 fluence of orga1l1zed lahar must he ad.noll led£;ed and 1\ dl he 1cspeltcd II hen 1hed fan I} and fOl the good ot all Cool he t,lec1ness on the 1lcl1t OT hoth ul1plO\ u" and c111]11()c\s I' 1)l1l of thc 1l10"t suecc""ful mC,l1h of pre\ Cllt111e;llouhll ,l1ldlll the ,,( Ull1Jlellt of ldh01 ehs]Jute" \uthu "11le 111 "uch «(J1ltc~"h can hopc to gd111 a11\ c1esilelh1c thln~ 1)\ a~e;IC"'1\ c "tuh-hOI n 01 hull-headed ac bon "L\ merchant to do bU"111e"s plopellv, ought 10 IdLe a SOlt of cour~e 111 hdnk111g , sa\ ~ a Chtca£;o finanuel Ii It \\ el e practJcahle It \' auld bc a (!.ooc! th111<:; \. me1chanl ec1n- (ates a cle1k to knOll e;ooeh ,In 1 to be el .:;ood "dc,man hut he forg eb the pelcen ta~ e plOp'hltl011 Clltll el \ '\ 1l1elll,hould be a fall master of he;me" hetOle he attempt> 10 c1 hUSl11e" for hl111~elf He must fig-u, e It all out-]u"t hO\\ lllnch hI' £;ood~ co"t 111111, his rent, hh 1111e, hh IIg-ht'i, all hi~ other Plttl eApense" dlld then ayelag-e ]t and decide what per-llnL1...: e of the cost IllS good" must pav-each one of them 1 helt 1" the II a) an up-to date and moJern merchant does nO\\ ac1a\" lormerly a man "01 t of bunched ]t together and £;ne""ee! ,d 1t and pnt his charge" dbont a" h1gh a", he could r hat h not modeln merchandISIng l{el1lruac1 companie~ \\ ho are plomotll1g the "back to (]le farm' mO\ e111ent mnst go slow else the\ may he accused of tl1~ai?;l11g in busines;; not authonzec1 by their charters If the, ~ucceed 111 cau~ing any great mcrea"e m agncultural ]11oc]nct" and lm\e1 prices the farmer~ w]ll denounce them t)l 11 eat111£; unlust competitIon The consumer"" however, \\ III \\ bh thc111 ulll11111ted SUCleS" II a~te ]S an cnemy of plOc;res" \Vhen you 'iee waste it I" lIght to be angry, but It ]S 11101e l1g-ht to take steps to l hcck ,111dpI e\ ellt it Cut out waste Cut It out in your store, 1\1 I 'Ul tactOl I, 111the C]t) ~O\ ernment, in the ~treet clean- 1I1e; 111 thp kitchen and 111 the forests It 1, a fal~e and toolt,h pllde that b proud of \\ a~tc ::c, uth111g 1~ so near to ]0" \\]thout gam as \\aste Some peculiar efforts are resorted to at times to prevent lctectlon of inab]hty to conduct the affairs 111 which one is 111~a£;ed The proper WdY to succeed 111busines~ is to know It m e\ ery detad Be sure of your g] ound and ~ucces", ]s sme to follow \ happy-go-lucky busine~s plan has a shaky, un qfe founeLl tlon rhele 1" all\a\s l()Om fOl Implmement III 1l1akm~ things ,,0 ,ll ound at IOU1 place of busmess You can pu~h some II tl( Ie" II hlch II 111 create a demand for others, thus follow- Il£; up the (ltftelcnt l111e", e\erything in vour store can bc n,tde t) be 111demand that 1", prm Ided It ]S at all salable J he (!.ooe! o]d tll11es ha\ e gone 1h1112;-'are not as they n,ec! to be 1h111~~ ha, e changed, and the \\ ays of doing t111ng, ha\ e changed, too L\ new 01der hac, come in, for lletttl 01 for II orse but it has come The good old times have t..,ne hut the ~ood ne\\ t]1l1es ha\ e C0111e The II he merchant \\ III ne\ el ne~lect an opportull1ty to {Jut 111 a good II 01 d for gooe! roads Easy tran-,portatlOn lcluhtJes ale a1110l1g the most tffiClent aIds to tJade whether tUrJlhhcd b\ lad, lIate1 or wagon [()ad" It \ au make a promIse keep It, e, en though you lose I1lOne\ h\]t Keep111C; ploml"es bUllds ) OU1 1 eputatlOn and al ~o 111ake~ yOU mOl e careful what promIses} au make C reelt t h a 11lce th111g to hale but ]t i" ri~ky to work it ( ) Ih full capaclt} Wants Catalogues and Price I~ists. I 1 "\ echod01l1, Lena, \Vis, is about ] edcly to open up ,1 lUlnlture stOle at that place and \\ould hke to hale the nan u facturel" of fUl111tnre and beddmg mad their catalogue" dnd pnle h~h to hl111 1\11 Nechodo111 has been m the furll1- lure htb111ess hefOl e and he is a practical fU11l1ture maker '" me ,edl- a~o he hUllt up a furl11tm e factory at Lena whIch lId, de~t1O\ee!ln file Apn130, 1906, and the loss was very h' a\ \ In ,lLCot1l1t ot the small 111"urance carl1ed and he could n(lt ]J1111clup untIl nOlI He hac, put n1' a one story bmldmg )() " 70 m \\ hlch he 111tend s to ~tart m the fur11lture business \V E E K L Y ART I SAN 17 New Weaves in Rugs and Carpets. The onental has long been con.,idered the acme of ele-gance anJ luxl11y and durahJ1lty 111 a rug for the well-dp-jlo1l1tecl home, wIth the result that one see::, them of e\ el) qualIty in home::, vvhere they are not 111 hal nlOny wIth the other fur111'ihIn~'" Decorator." v\ hen consulted, always ad- \'I'ie aga1l1st an Onental Iug that IS not of the fil "t qualIty and often find that the dome..,t1c vvca\ e., are hetter adapted to the genel al tone of the house than the 011ental, at am pnce They ma1l1ta111 that a fifty or sIxty dollar dOme.,tlc lug l'i better from e\ ery P01l1t of \ lew than a hundred dollar Onental 1hI'" fact should be well consIdered hefore 111- \ est1l1g 111 flool CO\enngs that are expected to be u",ed for sevelal years at least !\mong the 'itaple lInes the \Vllton, the Axm1l1ster and Hru::''iel'i have -,eemed to lead 111populal fa VOl for some tnne There IS an lllfi111te vanety of deSIgns 111these lUgS, vvhlch 111clude the Onental patterns, floral ancl conventlOnal de-,lgns, and two-tone stnpe or horder effects The Smyrna rug for a mode::,t floor COyenng I" unexcelled 111 durabIlIty and at-tractn e COl0l1l1gs and cleslgn" 'I hIS may he founel 111 f101 al or Onental patterns, 'i17e 9 x 12 for $2850 It l'i a heavy, seamless, tufte,J rug, and the fact that it l'i reversIble com-mend'i it to the thnfty Ingrain art squares are especIally desirable for bedrooms and come 111 many soft colonngs at $9 for a 9 x 12 sIze There are many styles of hand woven I ugs on the market, whIch are knovvn vanou..,ly a'i colonial, ra£; or fluff rug'i 1hese had then bIrth 111 the ra~ carpets of our ~rand-father,." whose stnped gayne'iS was WO\ en on pnmltl\ e looms frum .,craps of nbbon, calIco, old dre..,.., good", etc The fact that It IS very ddncult, in weav1l1g th e..,e lug ". to obta1l1 tensIOn 111 I egard to the thlck-ne.,.., of the fahnc, whIch valle.., greatly account:-, for thplr cont1l1u1l1g to be hand woven ThIS permIts of a variety of patte I ns and of rugs be1l1g woven to order 111 the color", that may be deSIred !\t first consIdered appropriate for the bathroom only, theIr populanty has 1I1crea..,ed untIl they are much used for bedroom rugs Corporation Tax Comes Slowly. Th e corporation tax law, accord1l1g to return,., made pu b- IIc at the office of the commlSSlOner of 1I1ternal revenue la,.,t l\,Ionday, brought into the government 111 January and Febru-ary only $77,416 The total internal revenue receIpts for the month of February were $19,440,190, an Increase of $1,835,- C2CJ0\ el February, 1909 The recelpt'i from spmts 111 Febru-ary wel e $11,259,643, an 1I1crease of $1,257,065 ove rthe cor-respond1l1g month last year ChaIrman Ta vvney of the house commIttee on applo-pnatlOn.., and other leaclers 111 the lower branch of Congress are not .,atlsfied WIth the form of the $50,000 appropriatlOn 1I1serted by the senate 111 the legl,.,latlve appropriatlOn bJ11 to carry out the terms of the publICIty feature of the corporatlOn tax law As 1I1serted by Senator Hale, tlhls provislOn per-mlt'i of publICIty at the dlscretlOn of the PreSIdent It IS 1I1tendd 111 the house to inSIst upon a prOVIsion which wJ11 make mandatory the publICIty feature WIth respect to the retl11n" of corporatIOns who'ie "tock IS lIsted on any exchange and to lea\ e the que",tlOn of publICIty 111 the ca,.,e of -,mallcl corpOlatlOns whose stock I'" not lI"tecl at the dl,.,cretlon of the PI eSldent OUR FUMED OAK FLANDERS AND EARLY ENGLISH STAINS have unmistakably hit the Bull's Eye of public demand. We have proved that our aim was true. We have again justified our policy of forever fingering the public pulse. Mr. Furniture Manufacturer, are YOU taking advantage of this policy? You WILL, if you see sample panels of these beautiful finishes. FLANDERS OAK FUMED OAK ACID STAIN EARLY ENGLISH As its name denotes, a repro-duction of the Flanders penod, finished in a deep nut brown shade, giving a soft, velvety dull effect. It IS a wmner with the An acid stam of proved practicability. Gives a correct, uni-form and permanent color Without the use of a fummg chamber· Should be used whether you have a fummg chamber or not. Ap-phed to the fumed product .t adds tone and nchness, enhancmg ItS beauty as well as ItS commerCial value. Manufacturers now usmg it are one vOIce m its praise. Correct in color, durable, praCll-cal. Has won the approval of the leadmg furmlure men by sheer ment. A sample panel IS yours for the asking. women. NOTE: To facilitate prompt reply address Desk No.3. MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta,Ohio. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURTHER ADVERTISING HELPS GIVEN BY THE ASSOClATION CARPET SIZED RUGS (Contl11uecl FI0111 Page 15) TAPESTRY BRUSSELLS RUGS l'o 510-These hIgh grade, t-arefu'l made and good wearing velvet Rug~ Hordl or oriental de~lgns or Dledalh)11 ce'"lter~ are made for most any rOom, es-pecIally for parlor The appearance of the Rugs are luxurIant The effrct~ harmonIze Can be had in any dan-dard SIze or color Pnces are the 10\\- est, they will slut your l)ocket book a f4 "eft as your~elf Come and JD<o,pect our brge line, you will find just the \)T'" you "'lrt fnr your parlor HANDSOME RUGS OF ALL SORTS I ~ "'\0 50S-Handsome rapestry and vel ,0t rugs Our tapestry Brussells rug~ al C lnade from the best worsted yarp \\ lth '"l stIff firm back Our beauhful orIental df'blgns are especIally adapted to dInIng rooms Our rugs cannot be equalled In de<;Ign and colonng at the prIce 'Ve have them from the seam-leso;: to the three seamed ones It IS ha~ It) find the equc: 1 of the artIstIc dEsigns and pertect blendIng of colole 111 these rugs '0 :J09-(Jlrf"dt 'dlUf"!!t In Tapf" t v Hru"'MoeIl!'!l Rug., The;) ar~ e"-cell ..n..t "t'arlng Rug!!l {'urefully madf' of IJp~ t qUdlth fiure The3 {'orne In flora] a'ld orJf"ntal desIgns, "Ith any color effe<t deli'ued and "Ith fine medallIon centel'" J he..,e make an e~('eedlngl~ neat ",lthng room or parlor rug Th ...se rugs \ hl n du ...tpd t', erv on<-e In a "htle luake thelu look ~10l\l;f''' a" If llf" er '\,alked on. "lurh mdke~ thf"m dura hi... The' lliO'lt~ h (mn~ In K- ~ "- 10-6 dnd ()-l~ ft, d'l that 1... tll(' onh an ~Ize needNI THESE H4NDSOME DURABLE RU~ N 0 5 0 7 These hand I C;Ollle dUlablf> rugs are of all SIzes and varIeties We h~ethe re- I ver8Ibie rugs In brIght col ors and two df'Slgns Our I \ elvet rugs gIve a rIch and bE aut! ful effect to any roo III They com e In all color \\ Ith combl n a t Ion s to match any draperIes or fur n It u re Our wool Smyrna rugs ale vely sUltabl(' for bE>droomo;: The Japanese rugs arE' surf' to rneet WIth the appro"al of all who buy b foot $6 GO, b-foot 1\>" .Z5, 10 foot $850 DOUBLE BACK OAK ROCKl.R THIS SOUD OAK ROCKER F31 No /404 -- ThiS ro eke r IS madf' of selectf'd c;ohd qu <il tered oak "eI) hi g h 1" polished It has a loll sha ped seat and stre t('he5 all around bottom It has a h I g h b a c k WIth a wId (' h e a d rest 1\ oto the five spmdles unuel f'aGh arm J hIS IS a "erv neat and attractn e chall not onlv that but It IS a ,Pr\ comfort able chalf which IS a most Important considelatlOn "hen bUYIng a rocker F 3 1 '0 102 Th S solId oa1( Iockf'r 1" gotten up In one of the most PXclusive "'it y les !\. ot€' thE' beaut! full} shap Pel Lack \' hiCh IS daintIly carved by hand also the 5tl et c her s aIound the bottom "hieh hold It fi rm l)- togethel and a 1 s 0 thE' StTE't (hPI 1..111([(I t 11 alln ThI'" chaIr i8 SUIt It Ii f)J })'l.lli 1 in 1116 room or lIbran· It ha<., tll "-l,ldle "'edt "hI('h is pleas Ing to th t-"" '1.8 \\ ell as comfortablr '\ott tll "'IX spIuI.-lles undel the arm fhlS 1b c:l \ ('1" artistIc rocker for yOUI pallo} ThIS unit IS furnIshed WIth 40 cents F31 No 7454-'3ohd oak MInnesota Trau",fer glo<o;s If pohshed deSCrIptIOn fob '11200 235 ["31 '0 1) batl{ and oal( PIIC( rhIO:: UnIt fUlnl",hed '\Ith deSCrIptIOn for 40 cents o;:ohd oak quartered seat polIshed golden $t 00 THIS BEAUTIFUL CHAIR PH ,0 ] 7 4 ThIS boa utI rul (' h aIr IS n1 a d e of se Ie c tf' d qu artl? ff'd oak <;01 ld has a I a r g e loamy and co n fortablr r'1l1 shap eel seat The spIn diE'S at the b:lck and un del the arms add greatl)' to the a p p e arance of th 1 111 I Thlb IS a good sub stantl:::l1 J (rl ....I \\ hleh 1'<: deSIgned tOI parlor lIhl'l.' 01 11\ lng loom use and 1'" thp b '-t nlecl1um pllcect locker ",e ha, e off rC'(1 \ ou !Ol sonle tlnle so get One Tim Larlle, Comfortal.le, H,gh Ba. k Rocker r 3 1 N a 9 3 8 2 T hIs 1 ar g e c a ill for ti able hI g h b a c k roc ker IS mad e of c:;;ohd oak IS hlghl) POlISh ed It has the' T 0 1 1 shaped sf'at- "" h Ich 1 8 80 popu 1 a r Note the ele" en spiudleo;: In the back and fh e under the al m also the HI tchers around the bottom \\ hICh add gre'ltlv to the durabIlIty ot the chan 1hI plaIn fiCh charr cannot fall it please the Illost fastIdIOUS and IS lust the rockel J ou want for your hVlng room Th,s Handsome Up. to-Date Rocker F 3 N 0 1334 '1 hIS hand-som e up to d ate rocker IS made of sol- Id qu ... arter-ed oak which takes a "ery hI g h polIsh Note the broad s 1a t s 11 the oack and under the at In0;: rhlS chaIT IS gotten up In a plaIn nch style WhICh cannot fall to appeal to people of re-fined tasteo who desll e somethIng arhs tH"' Has a roll shappd seat good SIzed :rocker and you 11 lIke, It better after you have tried It PI ICe at oUr Store ---~ --~-----------' F31 No 1334 solld oak quartered back and seat polIshed golden O'lk $350 This unIt t'urnlshe-d WIth descriptIOn fOl 40 cents F31, No 9382 solld oak polished finished quartered oak bent seat $3 25 ThiS unIt furl1l"l,hed "lth deSCrIption tOl 40 centCl F31 1'.0 1'04 solId oak hand p<Jl Ished prIce $~ 5C 1-0 9 - OR Steel, colldPstble G~·\'art, fl)lds "tth ODe motioD By throwmg tlie !Jandl' down, the entlre cart collapses pnd can be east If cdrrled. Body of tnlltatlOn leather, reclLum" bdCk movable daoh ba' k and seat padded Note that the 1U !Dch wheel has 16 .pokes 25·64, rubber ttres, subilaultal sprIll"S under ~be seat Nwkle I Idled arm-rest, mekle-pJated rat! around d "h, lllckle bub caps, cart IS htteo wltb hI qke Rood adjustable aDd note how neatly t' collapses Prl'"e a t f~("tory PItre at ~ orf' '1 hIS cut furnished to our members for '"50 Thl q unl t furnIshed to our mem-bcr~ fOI 400 ThIS baby carr lage furnIshed to OUI Inpm bet b '%; Ihch tIre ~~ 95 % Inch tIre $3.15 This Drop Leaf, Square Top BreaHast Table F'O::3 No 001 ThIS drop leaf squal top breakfast table comes In ImItatIOn oak gloss finIsh The legs on WIth bolt constructIOn. These tables con1.e In t,\ 0 SIzeS ThIS table Ie. a large room) tdble tor a small room as the leaveb can he put do\\ n and the table shoven out of the '\ ay when not In use These tables (:=tnalso be usetl about the housp for va I ~~o~~l:~rtieOs~~~nWhe~r~elarge table 18 out I II --~~-~ Thl~ cut furnIshed to our membeIs fOI 2')c ThI<:;unIt furnished to our mem bel g for 40c ThIS table fUInIshed to our members for FOB Mllln T F 36 x 42 $165 F 0 D Mllln T F 42 x 44 lj,195 ELASTIC COTTON FELT MATTRESSES II II I I rhesE- ela"ltIc cotton felt mattless s l1e\ (r requIre remakIng ~rhe onlJ. ren 0\ atlOll they ever requIre IS an OCC;:L';;;lOl1 al aIrIng In the hot sunshIne The" are made fl0m cotton of superIOr qual Ity "\\Ith ~xceptlonally long, tough fibres of gu'at strength It IS carefully In spected and tested and absolutely PUIf' It will not mat down or become: hard or bunch up as the tuftIng IS accurate The tufts are of the same dIstance apart and of the same tensIOn Don t compal € thIS mattress WIth the cheap kind but come and let us show you how good a mattress ,,,e sell YOUfor only Thls cut furnIshed to our members for 25c ThI~ unIt fur nlshed to our mem bers for 40c WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 These Popolor BabT Carriages F9 No 124 The,;;;eFrench ran body cal rlages are alwa) s popu~ lar year aftf'r year T hpy are extreluelv neat beIng closely wo \ en and finIshed W l t h embos sedIm I ta'tlOn can e bottom Th e y are uphol s t e red In fig u red I P P \V It h plush hea d rest The mercPrlzed sattf n pal abol IS fInIshed WIth flounced ruffle and puffIng The' automobIle gear IS enam eled and strIped and the 16 inch rub ber tired steel wheels are enameled to match gf ar They hd-ve nIckeled hub lap,,; patpnt wheel fasteners and foot bake PrIce THIS LOW-PRICED BABY CARRIAGE F9 No G94 lhc bodY of these low PIICf'd baby caliIagt;>S lS made of reed and woo d ~lhe) gne re markably goo d sen'lee for the p r ICe They are Ii t ted WIt h enamel allstC'el g G a J " n d lubber tIred \\-hcels The v also ha" t;>patent \\ heel fastener and foot brake These carnages are upholstel ed III plaIn denIm WIth sllesla {"scaloppd edge parasol rhe wheels alP 16 Inches \\ Jth nIckel hub CcLpS Thpy al f' fin Ibhei WIth ImItatIon cane bottom Pnce ThlS cut furnIshed to our members for 25c ThlS unl t furnlshed to our mem ber star 40c '1 hIS baby cal nage furnIshed to our membel s for $394. ThIS cut furnIshrd to our members fOl 2tlc Thle:; unit furnished to Our mem bers for 40c ThIS bab3- carnage- furnIshLd to our members fOl $6.38 ------------- THIS LEATHER COUCH THIS MASSIVE, HIGH GRADE CHAIR r 10 No 21 1hIS ma~bIV(, hIgh grade chaIr IS nlade (J f 1 a r g L liaky quar qual t ered oak In the golden finish dll hI g h I y polIshed It II::>made of extra heavy stock thru out The back IS ex-tra hlgh and shapf.-d su as to make 11 VelY comfortable It IS up h )lo;;;:tf'redIn No 1 or No 2 leathel The full spring seat IS extra largt ThIS chaIr IS Just the thIng for pallor lIbrary or llvlng room A few prcCf'b lIke thI<:: make a vLry attractIve look- Ing loom Prices: F30 No 06 Thle: maSSl\ e leathel ('ouch IS made In thp Cha,,;e No 1 01 No 2 leathf'f but \\-e \\Quld lecommend ~ettlng the blSt QualIty ThIS lOU(h has the guarantf'ed sprrng construction \, hlCh IS open to aIr and ventrlatlOn and can bl Pleaned at WIll The frame IS made of large ftaky quartered oak In thE' golden finIsh Altogether It IS got ten up 111 a plaIn nch style WhICh can-not fall to appeal to people ot refinf'd ta<o::te 1rj one Prlce !\o Leather ~o Leather 'ihiS unIt 1unll~hed to our membc>rs for 40c ThIS cut furnIshed to our meru bers for 25c '1hIS couph furnu;,hed to our members fOl Chase leather $900 No 2 leather H450. No 1 leather, $19.50 Tlll<::urut furnIshed to our members for 40c ~rhlS cut furnIshed to our members tor 2tlc ThIS chan furnIshed to our members for No 1 Leathel $6.50. No 2 Leather *~75 THESE SOFT. DOWNY PILLOWS HANDSOME TAPESTRY PORTIERES No 07J lhese hand some tapes trv portleres ale three Vends long and can be had In \"Idths rangIng from 'U Inches to 4~ Inches 'The'se have b en selected WIth g 1 eat car e from the lal6"€st and ITost relIablE' rnanuf a ctur PIS The va r lety COvers styles and \-alues to meet the reqUIrements of any hOll1E' ~rhere IS alwa~ s In every home a place for one or more pans of these curtajns and they add \ e1y much to the deeOIatn e appearance Prices fronl ~o 501 Our assortment of pIllow are fl11f'dWIth down In e goose and duc.-k tea.thel s These feather<:. are cleaned hy a SCIentIfic pro('es~ WhIch remo\ es a,l ImpulIties so that we guarantee these teathel s to be clean sweet and PUrl All feathers cleaned by thIS process re tam then natural Duoyancy and are not bllttle nor lifeless The coverIngs ma) be had ID all gradE'E of tIckIng from the InE'xpensn € stnped to the art tICkIng P1Ieee: lang\:., from ThIS cut furnIshed to OUI" members for 25c ThI<: unlt furnIshed to our mem bels for 40e ~----------------------------- 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN TRUCK TALKS 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. Grand Rapids Hand 61B North Front St. NEW RAILROAD RATJ<: BILI~ Expected to Assure Competition Between Rail and Water Routes. Congressman To\\ nsend of \llChl~dn \\]w hd" had lhal ge of the new ralltoac1 rate bIll, genera11) kno\\n d" the Tait hIll because it has been appro\ ed b) the pre"Ident and hI", cabI-net, makes the fo110'Al11g explanatIOn of Ih plm ISIOn" as they stand with the amendments that ha, e been appIO\ ed b, the commIttee on l11terstate and foreIgn com111elce "Under eXlstl11g laY'. the Inter"tate Commerce C0111mhc,lOn has authonty to estabhsh a through Ioute vvhel e none exists But If one Ioute should e"bt the commh'iIOn has no power to establIc,h another, hO\, ever de--llable --uch othel might be "In the bIll shortl) to be Ieported out ot the l11teI--tate and foreign commerce C011111tt1e1e of the hou --e. It 1'- proposed to prevent the ownership of a road 01 ~tock in a road whIch c0111pete" with another road or wIth a water lme But we go further, 111 the one b) provldmg that the commission ma) estahlIsh, after heanng on motIOn or complamt, any number of through route, b) IaII 01 water and we prohIbIt a raIl lme from 0\\ 11111£lJ; l ha \ Ing an mtel est in a competing vva ter lIne, or v Ice, el c,a "These provISIons al e made neCec,-oal) b) the Panama Canal SItuation lYe dlcln't "ant the ralh oads to bm up the boat lmes whIch vve hope v, III be e"tablhhed to competc for transcontinental commel ce "The time may come Y'.hen \\ e \\ 111ha, e to fil" a 1111111- mum rate for the ralh oads m ordel to pI e\ ent such dl sa" trous competition as ,vouLI destro\ an eXI"t1l1g boat 1111e and dIscourage those who would establtc,h lInes \\ hen OUI Screw Co., Grand Rapids, Miich. 11\ U a nel othel \\ atenv a ys are better developed But the l lmmIttcl, at th\,- tIme, clId not feel hke saymg to any com-lllOll call1CI that It loulel not reeluce Its late" as low as It ele--n c,! Reprec,entatn e J R Knrmland of Cahfor111a, a member ,) the l11tel state and foreIgn commerce comml1 tee, Wlho has mtroeluceel "e, eral amendments to the measure "SectIOn 12 of the bIll as origma11y intPOduced, plOvlde6 that no raIlroad corporatIOn whIch was a common carrier "hould hel eafter acqtll~e any 111terest of whatsoever k111d m the capItal stock of an) raIlroad or purchase or 1ea:oe any raJ1lOad which "1', as duectly and substantiall y competItIVe \\ Ith that of such first named corporation My amendments deld "ater cal nel s to the inhibitIOn In other words, no I al1Joael can hereatter acquire any Interest 111 the capItal "tock ot am \\ dter carner's corporation or purchase or lease am \\ ater lme \\ hllh IS dIrectly ancl substantially competI-t1\ e \\ lih a raJ1road "The amendments go still further and plovlde that no \\ atcr carner shall acqmrc, directly or indirectly, any intere:ot In a cO\l1pet1l1g rdJ1road corporation , Due 111no :omall measure to the public sentiment arou"ed b, the natIOnal rI\ er" and harbors congress, whose vanous can, entIOnc, hay e attendeJ as a delegate, the government IS enten11g upon a polIcy of expend1l1g annually between $30,- 000000 and $-!-O,OOO,OOO for the development of the water- \\ a,,, at the lountr) If we would lll"Ule to the people the compe11t1On 111rate" \\ hICh It 1:0 expected SUcl1 vast govern-mental e"penc!Iturec, wJ11 be 111strumental 111 bunging about, It h of tremendous Importance that we enact the laws to meet the sItuatIOn rOl e'\.amp!e, \\ Ith the completIon of the Panama Canal, --------------------- - - WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 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 nothmg but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machmes flood-mg the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "OLIVER" No 16. Band Saw 36 Inches Made with or WIthout motor dnve Met a I lsble 36/1x 30/1 W,ll take 18" under the gUIde Illt. 45 degree. one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-fIes a saw up to I% II wide OutsIde beanng to lower wheel .halt when not motor dnven WeIgh. IBOO lb. when ready 10 .h,p "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 WJll lake a saw up 10 20' d,ameter Arbor belt IS 6' wIde Send for Catalog "B" for dala on 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 Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Ohver Machmery Co .• Hud.on Termmal. 50 Church 51, New York Ohver Machmery Co. FlfSl Nallonal Bank BUlldmg. ChIcago. Ill. OlIver Machmery Co • PaCIfic BUlldmv. Seattle, Wa.h • Ohver Machmery Co • 201-203 Dean.gate. Manche.ter. Env " TIme the people of my state and other PacIfic Coast states should be pnvIleged to enJOY the facIlIties "WhIch that great water-way wIll afforJ, but If "wc allow the raIllOads to purchase, control or lease competll1g watel lllles but little benefit wIll accrue to the shIpper SImilar condItIOns are confrontlllg other localItte~ My amendment, I feel satisfied, will meet the reqUIrements" Judson C Clements, acting chairman of the Intelstate Commerce CommIssIOn 111 absence of ChaIrman Knapp saId the commI'-,SIOn had gIven the amcndments outlmed above their unqualIfied approval, the very neceSSItIes of the SItuatIOn makmg theIr enactment mto law ImperatIve He said' "It has been Llemonstrated that water lmes have been closed completely or controlled by raIlroads and no longer m competItIOn in the matter of rates This condItion of affaIrs should not be permitted to eXIst "The polIcy of the law, from the beginnmg has been to leave water transportatIOn, free from control by the government, but wlth the completIOn of the Panama Canal a new condItIOn conflOnts us, and m order to encourage the bUlIJmg up uf trdn'-,contmental commerce, It has been deemed e;,sentIal to amend what has come to be called the 'Adl111111;,tratlOn BIll,' by prolubltmg raIlroads from oWllmg or controllmg water hnes to the end that lates may not be interfered with" Traffic and Building Operations. The national department of commerce and labor Ieports that the volume of February bUlldmg operations in 105 CItIes of the country, as mea"ured by the value of building permIts " Tempers " Cort granted by mumclpal authorittes, $46,923,668, was about 18 per cent below the con csponclmg 1909 volume, the lloss affectmg, mamly, the larger eastern CItIes as New York, PhIla-delpl1la, and PIttsburg The February total shows, however, "orne gam over the total reported for the preceding month The general improvement 111the traffic situation of the country IS indIcated by the 111creased number of cars handled by thIrty-one car-serVIce aSSOCIatIOns and demurrage bureaus, the February figures, 2,331,36-1- cars, comparmg favorably WIth corresponding FebI uary, 1909 and 1908, figures of 1,952,100 and 1,710,392 cars The total number of cars handled dunng the first two months of the year, 4,730,678 cars, was 20 per cent and 35 per cent larger than for the con esponJmg penod m 1909 and two years ago ~------------------------------------ . II BOYNTON &, CO Manufadure ... 01 EmboOled and Turned Mould-inll" Embo ... ed and Spindle Carving., and Automatic Turnin ••• We also manu- I.dure a la11/eLne 01 Emboued Ornament. for Couch Work. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, Ill. . _ ...-., It•t • I,I ,• ,I II•• IIII .-... MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS vVIlham Gipson, furmture dealer of Tlenton. ::\10 has opened a blanch store at Galt, same state. The John C Lees company of \Vaco, Tex. have changed theIr name to the Texas Coffin company The Hood- \Vhlttle Furniture company of Bessemer, "\la has been mcorpoarted CapItal stock, $25,000. The LOUIsvIlle (Ky.) PIllow company have 111creasec1 their capital stock from $100,000 to $r50,000. The Anderson & Egbert Furniture company of Green Lake, Wis, are succeeded by Egbert & Kreuger The Atherton-B)alCl lUl11lture compam of l1,n eJ11111 has opened a bl anch :-,tore m Xe\\ but) pOlt. :,la s-, J B HamIlton, furniture dealer of \Vetonka, S Dak. has traded his stock and store to Louis Blear for a farm The cradle factory, owned by E C Page at Clmton X H., which was bUtnedlast "eek \\111 be plomptl) lebUllt The MIller Table company of West Farmmgton. Oh1O have decreased their capItal stock from $50,000 to $43.000 The SchmIdt Beddmg company, manufacturers and deal-ers 111bed:-, and beddmgs have been mcOlpo rated CapItal stock, $r8,000. The stock of the Bel bhll e I'urmtut e compam. b'l11k-rupt, of PIttsfield. ~las:-,. has been sold at auctIon to "loses Rosenthal for $4,6 r 5. vValter Clark the \\ ell-knO\\n GIand RapIds ,eneel dealer has gone to Ne\\ 1'01 k to 1m estlgate the conclIt1Ons and prospects of the trade. R H. Chase. manufactUt er of desks and tables of "d "h-ua, N. H., lost all of the fingers one one of hIS hands lecenth \\ hde operatmg a buzz planer. The West End I'UlnltUle compam, dealelo, dt 92--1-\\ e"t Mal kham street, LIttle Rock. \1 k. 1M\ e added an uphol-stering department to thell store Herbert J Hal \\ ood. £01 man) ) eal s lc1entlfied \\ 1dl manufactunng of chaIr seats dIed dt hh home 111LIttleton Mass, last SatUt cIa), ag ed 56 ) eal s The NatIOnal Manufacturing and Sales company, of Marion, Tnd, manufactm ers of carpet S\\eepers has been m-corporated. Capital stock, $300,000. Bertram Trema111e. furmtul e dealer of ~ orth A.ttleboro. Mass, has filed a ,oluntary petitIon 111bankruptcy LIa-bilities, $r2,336, assets, scheduled at $5. T 25 The Tedstrom Furmture compan), P111e Bluff. ~l k . have purchased the stock of the U11l0n I'Ut mtUt e company of the same town and will move into the lattel's bUtlu111g The Wolvenne Brass \VOlks, Gland Raplc1s ale ac1c1111g one story to the tUh111gdepartment and t\\ 0 stolles to the stock and shlppmg departments at a total cost of about $5,000 L. Schwartz & Co., manufacturers of tables, formedy of 67 Montgomery street, New York, have filed a voluntal y petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $3,39r; assets, estimated at $928. BoBston manufacturers, including some of the furni-ture makers are considering favorably a proposition to stamp all their products with "Made in Boston" or "Mande in New England." A. M and S M. Biggs, furniture dealel s of DUlang 0 Col , have mcorporated theIr bus111essunclel the name of the BIggs Furniture company CapItal stock, $r 5,000, "Ith $10,000 subscnbed and paid 111. The Lee Bros F111111turecompany of r 179 Mam street, Blldgeport, Conn, \\ III move 111the near future to 1379 on the :-,ame street where they WIll occupy a large bmldmg that they purchased about h\ 0 yeal s ag o. o P Dabney, furniture dealer of Hood River, Ore., finds that hIS business has so increased that he has found it necessal y to rent the Hood RIVer opera house and will re-model It into one of the most commodious store buildings in the state outslcIe of Portland. The COlI y (Pa) Metal Furniture company, has pur-chased the lot flont1l1g on the railroad tracks, formerly oc-cupIed b) the \\ llson Sucker Rod factory, and also another lot j01l11l1git on whIch they will erect a large factory building. J 01111M Dean, head of the John M. Dean company of Prm ldence, R I. and also of the Household Furniture com-pam of that Clt). IS the Republican candidate for the first ma) olaf Cramton. R I, which was rrecently incorporated as a Clt, Leo F Farrenkopf, president of the Central Furniture companv, St LoUIS, Mo, died on March 22. Twenty-five yeal s ag 0 he was a varnisher in the employ of the company of "hlch he became treasurer and of late years president and general manager. Petitions 111 bankruptcy have been filed by creditors agamst Schem & \Vlener, furniture dealers of 1531 Third avenue, Xe\\ YOlk. "ho had faded m an effort to settle their indebtedness at 35 cents on the dollar. Their liabihties cue lepOltecl at ~I2,000 E R Kno, of the Knox Furniture company, Danville, III , has cltsposecl of his holdings in that company preparatory to lea'1l1g the Clt). The Knox stock has been taken over by J G DUllb of the J. G Burns Furniture company, \Vest :, [adhon stt eet, Ch icag o. :,lo"es G Rosenbel g for ten years at the head of the BUlll11gton (V t) Fm11lture company, has sold 111Sinterest 111 the bU"1l1essto hl~ pal tner. Richard E. \Varner, who owns fUlnltm e ~tOle~ in New Bedford, South Boston and Green-field. :\la~s. Patel son, N. J., and Manchester, N. H. Mr. Rosenberg has gone to Rockland, Me, where he is inter-ested in a new theatre The \Vaelelell Manufacturing company of Grand Rapids have made a large shipment of their products, wood orna-ments. cal V1l1gs. etc. to Buenos Ayres, Argentine, eluring the past "eek The) al e also having a large trade WIth Gel man, and other EUIopean countries and in order to meet the demands of their grov\ 1l1g business have found it neces-o, al) to add a new dl y kiln to their plant. Flank McCurclte, superintendent of the American Blower Company's Detroit Plants since about 1894, has resigned, hIS resignation taking effect March 31st After a short pleasure trip, he will take the general superintendency of the Clarage Foundry and Manufacturing company of Kalamazoo. Mr McCurdie was one of the oldest employes of the Ameri-can Blower company, having entered their employ in r883. Furniture in Russia's Floating Exposition Ed\\ard H Ozmun, American consul-general at Con-stantmople, describing the floating exposition, heretofore men-tlOned in the \Veekly Artisan has this to say of the furniture exhIbIt as seen \\ hen the exposition vi~it!ed the Turkish! capItal' The vessel was here at a most propitious time, during WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 the Turkish Bairram holidays, whIch COIncide with ou New Year. \\ hen busIness and banks were closed One day the exposItIon \\ as said to have been vlsted by 25,000 persons. !\s an e'Cposltion alone the venture was a great success, and the shIp prolonged ItS scheduled stay twice to meet the wishes of the public. Commercially the result even surpassed expec-tatIOns RelIable InformatIOn gives the amount of orders booked at over $600,000, and a further $r ,5°0,000 in course of negotiations. As an advertisement of Russion wares gen-elally, and as a means of forming connections and introduc- Ing goods hitherto unknown, there can be no doubt of its usefulness As a single instance, Russian furniture is unkno\vn on t111S market The exposition had a particularly good show- Ing of plaIn, SImple furniture, some which for artistic style and elegance was a surprIse to the natives of this country and many foreign residents. On the third day of the exposI-tion several of these exhibits bore placards with names of local firms appOInted agents In regard to this line of goods particularly, an dthere \\ ere many others of which the same could be saId, if the object had only been to sell the exhIbits there would not have been the shghte'it difficulty in dOIng so It may be that on returnIng after visiting other Turkish ports the ves'iel will agam visit Constantinople when, if the goods e'Chiblted are for sale ,there wIll be lIttle difficulty in disposing of them. Of course this is an eventuality \\ hlch has no doubt been taken into acount by the exhIbitors and wIll partly cover their outlay. A few of the products not mentioned in the Russian ex-position, and whIch might be included as suitable to these markets, are here given: All kinds of tools and labor-saving appliances, furniturre to be shipped knocked down, chaIrs, desks, tables, doors and frames, sashes, window frames, iron and brass bedsteads. It is stated that similar German and Italian expositions are in contemplation and the consul-general thinks it might be well for the American government or manufacturers to "get into the game" New Tapestries A new tapestry has appeared which is made in Scotland and is called Helena tapestry This sells for from $3 to $4 50 a yard. It is a mixture of silk and mercerized cotton, and cotton, and comes in attractive two-toned English designs. The surface has an agreeable raised and crinkled appearance. Rajah cloth and Danish cloth in ivory tint are durable an deftectIve for Inner bedroom curtains. For a handsomely furnished room the heavy Shikii silk, which sells for $r 80 a yard, makes sash curtains that will last for years If 111 white or ivory. Side hangings may be of this silk also, in any of the gorgeous shades it may be obtained in. A drapery stuff, called decorator's voile, which resembles the French voIle in dress goods, is greatly used because of its delicate colorings and the gracefulness with which it can be draped. It sometimes has a border of a Persian band and sometimes is finished with a band of old-fashioned cross-stItch done over canvas, with the canvas threads drawn out after the design is finished Old-style moreen, which has the appearance of old dam-ask, may be had 111 double width at 75 cents a yard. This is attractive in a dIning-room, but as it is rather stiff the lower hem should be weighted. East Rochester, N. Y., 6-4-09. Denton & Waterbury, Whitesboro, N. Y. Gentlemen: Replying to your favor of the 2d inst, regarding the Grand Rapids Veneer Works' kiln, would say that we have found their kilns to be very satisfactory, and have no hesitation in saying that every claim that they make for their kilns have been substantiated. We are producing, eaSIly,double the quantity of lumber from our kIlns in the same length of time as we did formerly under the Morton System, and we think that the lumber is in better shape for use than under the Morton Process. We are at the present time testing the capacity of the kilns, running them daytimes only, and feel that their claims regarding this will also be substantiated. We should be very glad to allow you to examine these kilns any time you care to come to our plant. Yours very truly, FOSTER.ARMSTRONG CO. Robt. H. Waud, 2nd Vice Pres. • 0 U . :c (J 'aDi ..~..r:... ~ ,s.. 0~ .....lIJ (J Q • ~ ci ~ ~ 0 =' <So '0 ~ ~ •e 'C') 4S 0 :t ~ ~ C') Z ... '-> s.. -~ 4) 0 .... - ~ e I-I) ~ ~ ..... - 4S D-4 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN ...--~--~-- II III I I I IIII II IIII t III It I I I I,--- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------~ III IIIt I IIII I\ I II t I III II III t II --------~--------- -~~--------~-------~ Novelties Offered by I<'urniture Dealers. SImplIcIty of effect IS the one essential thmg tOJ deLo rations thIS sea son but man} no\ eltles al e otterec1 1n tll e up-to-date fur11lture dealels Just as the 01,1 "t\ Ie dIlI"t u"eel to put every detaIl mto hIs pIcture e\ en to the -)llmtel" 111 the floor, and has been succeeded b} the modern "chool t1nt suggests thmgs rather than depIcts them, ~o the ch ape lIe" demandecl today tend tcm a1d plamne"s e,cept iOI thC11 ecl~c" and borders. Both single and double patterns ale gO( d "t\ Ie, but If one is u"mg the lattel the custom of adchng the Dutch \ a-lance and SIde CUItam IS gettmg to be mal e and 111111 c the vogue, and the lesult IS delIghtfully altl"tIc \\ llh the double draperies valances are I egarded a" old iashlOned, though m good taste, If the pattern of CUItam be pLun net from the lower border to the top, m \\ hlch case an uppel border adds greatly to the effect If the body of the CUItdm IS deSigned or broken WIth m_ertlOn" ho\\ C\ et. the \ aLl11ce adds nothmg anc! "hould not be u"ed In addItIon to the \\hlte CUItams, a fe\\ llthel" a1 e bung used extensIvely, espeCIally ecru, and one elt the \ el \ Lltl"t things IS the new mulberry shade. a colol thdt h "0 "llit alHI lovely that It is con"ldered the cholce"t tl11ng pO""lhle WI a damty room whose color "cheme \\ 111permll ot ll" the Green portIeres aJ every much m c1emdnd no\V, dnd to go WIth these CUItams and portIeres are many nO\ elttes m \\ edl paper. For the bedroom, floral and nO\ el paper IS a gla\ shade with whIch goes a cameo bOldel An mno\ elttun tlMt will please Immensely IS V\all paper, dccompam mg \\ l11ch 1" the chintz to match, whIch IS to be used for chall CO\l1mg-and drapenes } or the stuely and lIbrary sIlkalme CUItam" 111 COlUI' a1 e vel y pretty, and c1ealer" recommend 101 the \\ all d I affia weave whIch IS a replIca of the \\ 0\ en "traw Tapestl} ancl leather screens add much to the beaut} oi the room" Chmt7e" are more popular than e\ el and are to be llclCl m many new and stnkmg deSigns as well as better colors than ever before The deSIgns are tho,e of the aIel 1'dhle} shawl" and the colors dre exceeclmgly delIcaie The} al e ot washable colors, whIch adds ~reatly to theIr populant}, and the designs covel all that IS best in the pellOds of LOUIS XI\T and XV. In the matter of selectmg drapelles fOJ the den" hhlal\ and dining room many seek after the u11lhual anJ tor tho,e F. Parthier 1034- Grand Avenue CHICAGO Mmufacturer of Willow Furniture SEND FOR CATALOGUE \\ ho a1 e mclmed to thl" "art of decOl atlOn some of the new lope and paper drapelles and curtams are well worth seekmg ()Ul J apane"e deSIgns make very stnking decorations for ,U1\ ot the rooms mentIOned, and all the large stores carry l.n mfil11te \ al1et} of these th11lgs One of the neV\est JJeas IS the paper curtam, whIch takes the place of the bead portIeres that are so ulllversally to be tound m the up-to-date den At first glance they suggest the bead l urtam and also remmu one of the shell affairs, but are m I eaht} unlIke eIther and come m deltghtful color combma-' tIons DecOlatn e and useful t111ngs 111leather and glass have an 111creas111g demand every year and thIS durable matenal I" CLllh makll1g ItS appearance 111new and attractlVe forms '-oJ1leth1l1g tl1dt 5t LOUIS offels that wdl attract the men is d 11H~h1Jallset of cut glass and "dver made up of glass-bot-tomed tra\, glasses and decanters, and a humIdor for cigars on the \ acuum pnnclple The leather goods are almost hmltless and compnse ullmtle"" nO\ eltles, 1l1cludmg tIe, coat and trouser hangers o! I ed mOl occo and plg"k111, wall calendars of all colors, to-bacco pouches and pIpe ca"e" CIgarette and pIpe cases are "hO\\ n 111a ±tractl\ e deSIgns A wardlObe trunk, made 111 duck or leather, fitted 111- "Ide \\ Ith hampel and drawers and so deSIgned that It is kept lIght ,lCle up, IS shown Travehng tOIlet cases are featured, ntted up \\ 1th httle comforts and luxunes, and hand bag", tie elml ,,1111t case, 111all h1l1d" of leather offer much that I" de- "11 able Swt cases al e lIghter and better than ever, and if one ehance, to gro\\ facetlOus and I emark that suit cases and tla\ eltng bags are not a part of the home beautiful let them be lem111ded that faC11Jty in travelIng is apt to bring one home l"ster than when JourneYll1g IS a burden. But for the home itself the leather good" for gentlemen and laches are qUIte the fad, and burnt leather haIr bnbhes ancl 111InOr backs, tog ethel WIth handkerchIef and tIe cases make \ ery attractn e tOIlet articles, to "ay nothing of the at-tI dCtl\ e "e\\ 1I1l.; outfits 111 leather that match so nicely the "moklllg sets that are features of so many attractIve and comfortable dens \t la,t there has ben deVIsed a most senSIble receptacle 1m that Unl.;d111h, 111COn\enient, dust-collecting but altogether de'"-Ilahle necesslt\ to all grades of housekeeping, the chafing dish '1 he chafin~ (hsh stand has some to stay and now doilies tor the"e '"-tand" are UI 01 der and are to be found in the best shop" \\ E E K L Y A R r I 5 A N Philadp}phia Brevitips Ph1ladelphla, 1\larch 30- The \\ h01e"ale cha1r Jealer~ here ha\ e heen achancmg pllCes lecently and they expect to go furthel In that l1l1e Pl esent pnces, the\ declare al e not h1gh enough, consJ(1ellng the l11ueasec1 cost of matellal dm 111 ~ the pa si yea1 S ::,r Robmson 1~ a new furmtul e dealer on l\farkei 'Oileei, near Fifth Blll t B10S, catalogue "ho\\ s some of Jdcohr:l11 and Colonldl Mahogany vel y p':lpulaJ Em bed 100m stutes The new sho\\ 100m of the Lll1coln Furl1lture company \\ 111 hale on dIsplay a sample of every plece of furl1ltu1e t]ley make, \\ hlch wa" 1mposslb]e before, on account of hek of "pace J C Van Matel of Easton, Pa, who faIled, has d,,"cb \\ 01tl" $i,2-+~, and hab1hiles of $15,394 1he Rehahle Upholstenng company lS a new fillJ1 111 busl11esc;at 1317 Mal ket stl eet James A H utchmson has succeeded W11ham S \ they \\ho d1ed, as tleaSUler of the Van Sciver company of Cam den N J He has been with the firm for eIght veal s The Colomal Bed compan\ of Allentown, Pa, al e dams; \\ ell \\ ith thelr lme of beds 111 mahogany, golden 08k 1m ds'- eye maple and Cllcasslan walnut The head an 1 foot boald, ale assembled with ll1vls1ble steel lOds G Vl, \Vatkms, general dea1el of SClcll1ton 1'a, ha" put 111 a lme of hlf;h lSlade fUlnitme The J\Tetal Art companv, manufadulels '1f hlass he"s at 263'3 N01th Bodll1e street, ha\ e as"lgned to Clarence T Buckman of 1006 Franklm Bank huilchlP Hobert R Snl,th 1" ples1dent .T G Yeager, vice prewtent '\ Ll11coln Tvs('n tJeasure1, ~ \V Shaw, seCletalY The hclbll1tles ale $16- 000, asset" $3,000 i\ D Jones, \\ Ith Strawbridge & Cloth'el RO\ SmIth \\ 1th Glmbel Rl os, George Brockway \\ ith J 0hn \1';mamake1 and \1 thm Block and GeOlge Fel ns, ha\ e been 100kmg up stock at Grand Rapids, recentlv Kessler Schwartz, son of Chades Schwartz, has t;one on a "outhel t1 tllP for his father's Ime of padOl an 1 hbl al \ ft1l11lillre John Knoell, ha(l a $1,000 file 111 hiS fUlnltule factorY at Hancock and Jefferson streets It rlId not mtel rupt h1S bus] ness 111uch J\ 1Jlton L Snellenbl11g, son of Nathan Snellenbl11g, ched Jecently, ag-ed onl} 32 years He \\ias a me111be1of the firm of Snellenbmg BlOs and left an e~tate of $100 000 Vel} dtb actlVe lmes The latter style I~ Furniture Fires. J \\ RJchheck's furllltUle stOle 111 Fmdla\, OhlO \\as bUlned on March 25 Y\Jth a loss of $S,~oo, Jldlt,a]!I l11sured The Impenal rUIDltme compcll1Y of Steltewdle '~ ( lost about $5000 b} the burt1l11g of unfi11l~hc(l .tock 111 then factOlY on Match 24 Fully 111sured The plant of the Southern Hore"hoe ::'Jall companv at Decatm, '\ld, \\ as destl 0\ ed by fiJe on -:\1arch 24 The buJ1d- 111g\\ dO,fOlmer]y used as a furmture factory and fll1l11tll1e \ alued at about $4,000, \\ l11ch had been left 111storage \\ a" bmnecl No insll1ance Ed\\ard Landngall';, £urlllture stOle at Ravenna, Neb, \\ as completely destroyed by fil e recently Bo} s of ihat to\\ n, for several years, have made a practlce of startll1g fit es to bother the firemen whIle the latter were enjoymg their annual ball and the burnmg of :\1t LanrlI tgan' s store, \\ hlCh \' as only pal tially 1I1smed IS supposed to have been t1'e 1esult of then practrcal Jokes H1S loss \\ as $6,000 ~------------------------ ---------------------~ LEXINGTON HOTEL 500 Rooms. Michigan Boulevard and 22nd Street. EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE. New Cafes. New Grill Room. Offices and Rooms Redecorated. Absolutely Fire Proof. "YOU WILL LIKE THE LEXINGTON." I J E MONTROSE} , I CHARLES McHUGH Proprietors, Also operating Hotel Montrose, Cedar Rapids, la.; Rock Island House, Ro<:kIsland, III '------~--_._- ---------~-----~- HORACE WIGGINS, Aaslstant Milr. ~ -- ---- - -_1 , III III I• I III II TUE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS aRE 8READ AND PROfIT WINNERS No Stock complele Without the Ell Beds m Manlt:! and Upright I ELI D. MILLER &, CO. I I f I I I'------------------- --_._---~._._------- EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE. 2S 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN ... II I I Telephone, Lmcoln 796 1534-1544 Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East lnto Green wood Terrace Or, Clybourn Avenue car wIth transfer on South port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West The ••Ad" "W" rite .. in Fiction. I\t lao.t the gl eat \me11can 1l1~t1tUtJ()'1 tlH clClII 11t( 1 has found h1s 1\ ay 111tOf1ctlOn He bccome" thl hlro ut d story in the I\p111 number of II \}IPTO,\ 5 11\C~\71\r The story 1S called « '\ '\ umbel TI\ 0 1Zl'-on and It, author, Hanis Melton I lon, pa}s thIS tllbute to the \outh-ful countl y genius \\ ho, becau<;e of hb ahlhn t) 1\ lite c!tcc t!ve "copy" became pro~pel Olh al1,l famous "Alexande1 Simpson had ::;0ne to ChlCd2,) I hu l hc soon hecame "AlecK" fle1112, qll1eK II ]tterl --l1P 1 ( 1 I I 1 plenty of dvnamlc gumptIOn \\lth a fund of mal\el()l1" \\(JHI" hke unto a cascade of ellet1011cllles, thc"a'l1U"t- dml enchn pedias, plus the enthu<;la<;m of an 1m entol he \\ cnt 111t the adve1iising bustness and \\101e aels rIhe men I' h) '1)(1](1 a hundred thousand to fi\ e hUl1fl! ed thou sand d llll __ 1 \ La1 telling you, 111 an 111c1ehb1e fa"hlo11 that \ on ll,tlh l (1111 t pursue happmess on tIll" planet u,lle"s IOU eat t1ll1l CldCku' wear the1r Shll ts, and leap alon2, on then hI cl11d ot 111hhl r heels are, aftel all poets The fdet that the\ (,\11 --pen,l fi\ L hundred thousand dolla1 c; \\ auld --eem to dcm t111-- "t,lt c 111ent, hut the} 1 eall} an~ dl camels ,111d doc! -- \n<1 thll1 ma111 tools a1 e WOlds "Alexande1 fdlrh c111pped 1\ Ith 1\ 01(1~ e\ (I \ t11l1l hL wrote a sentence 1t h1t hke the hamme1 of 'thl11::;um]Jo]J Ire "poke m slogans, for the slogans --lugg-ecl Hb pen \1 cl' ;l- 'iwift and Jeadly as a billy club He u~e(l the~e httle knob])\ knurly, Anglo-Saxon pllla,e'i that jamme 1 \ '1' fi~t Jl1t' your pocket, J e1ked out Y0ul mane}, 'ilan'll1pcl 1t on the COUll ter, and made you bark hoarsely f01 1\ hate\ e1 k111d 01 g-ood" he was wnting about As a factor 111 the \111enuw g-ame uj 'sell-' em-someth1l1g' he was dl'itinctly 1\ 01 th \\ hIll' "He sm1tllled busIly \\ lth 'ads' at t1111t} fO!h ,1~h ~-~~---~~--" I II IIII I .., I•I IIIII I III I I• II II •, II IIII• I sow KNIFE AND TOOL MANUFACTURERS ~---------_._--. ._-------------------~------~ We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade. Our sOLIn STEEL MOULDING GUHERS are the Best in the World. SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITEO AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd" CHICAGO. ,e\ lnt} -il\ ( ,1011ars a week He made IllS poet1cal faculty practIcal rl h,\t 1S, he wlOte poems WhiCh the t\\o-hundred pound beef -packel, C01n-COJl1e1el, and tractlon-freebooter 1\ ('uld de\ am hunglll} \\here they would have sh1ed at ~e111ed Ime'i thdt 1h} me H1" 'Sunk 111 the st!eam of 111j11ad Ldre'i,' 'You dance to a tune neve1-endmg d1stracting,' was --eJ7ed upon by fourteen m1lhonalfe" who bolted the m1xed 1l\ctaph01 dlld e1ected cl hospl tal £OJ Cl1]lplcd Chlhh en }-I1S "Good mornmg, Good Year- "\rt } au here Fm the p\llpose or mere \\ 1l1111n-s<md wh1n111nlSand t11l1l1gthe e1ghteen 'iCOJe day" ?" and '-0 on, £01 1111rt1 111,es, was pnnted m gl1t lette1 sand \ 11Lulated broadcast all Januar} 1, to be framed and placed h} pOl1delOU", lIch gtntlemen upon ponde10u'i desks bes1de the do It nOI\' legend H1S fhght on 'the consecutlVe ex(cu-tn e' \\ d" plllltul 111 booklet form d11el d1stnbuted to office bo}~. \\ ho took 1t home to the11 fathers , \1Lck ::-'lmp,,011 ~l,lduallv came mto h1'i own A 13o"to11 t(lI u t1--e1 \\ ho \\ 01 L t1 OUS('l~ and called hImself a ll11anCler, ]l1 ,\leeJ \lec1, a" the 'only l1P-poet m Amenca' In twelve --hart m011tl]S \leck" a ... g-ett1ng five thousand a year He u ok to \\ lltll1~ dd1ly creed'i f01 a newspaper <;ynd1cate, in \\ hlch he cdlltd the attentlOn of pachyderm bu"mes51 p1rates t) the potent Llct that once dead they could never, never Lome back and that theref01 e they ought to be mC1c1£L1lto 1\ Hlu\\ s, 01phan" the Y \1 C .\, anJ the SalvatlOn Army lIe told ba"hf111 } oung 10\ ers how to stlangle hold the1r way 1, the obleLt u1 thell hea1t s deslle In cascadmg prose, Illth metapho1" H1dk1l1g head on C0111,,1011Severy 111ch of the --------------------------------~---~ ------------, IIII Pitcairn Varnish Company Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" C. 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No. 70 ~----- ---------------- way, he comforted 'iOHm\ 1l1g mother", chsappomted clerk" about to C0111111lt sl1lclcIe, 1111l11lg I dn t,> \\ ho had been u'1able to finJ l{old in the streeb "He qUlt kYllelle and \\ ent m fOJ the CapItal LettcI Con-talk Jn ten mOl e short month'i he vvas g ettmg ten thousand a yeal HI'i dynamo was whtr1ml{ and "plttmg at a ttemendou'i number of revolution" per second ChIcago became too small for hIm He bUl'it mto New YOlk and "tarted an acll ertlsml{ agency ()f hIS mvn The first year he made thIrty thou'ianJ dGllar" ' EMERGENCY LAW IS IGNOR~ED The Financial Roof Does Not Need Repairing in Fair Weather. Really, the !\ldnch-Vreeland emergency cl1lrency law is opelatmg ltl 'iome ways Just about as ItS projectors and advo-cdtes prechcted that It Vi ould when It was under consIder-atIOn m Congre,,'i, says an eastern financIal authority It came mto bemg chIefly m response to a widespread popular demand for some remedl,d currency legIslatIOn followmg the so-called "pa11le" of 190;, ItS pa"sage quieted that clamor, and m all probability almost any sort of a new currency law not posItively VICIOUSIn ItS provIsIOns would have satisfied the demand anJ have helped to restore bU3mess confidence Furthelmore, It wa', very generally conceded by the promoters of thIS compr::)Jl11se bIll followmg the joint-com-l111ttee conferences that the chances were that the law would never have to be resorted to-that It was a sort of "anchor to w11ldvvard," a s0111ethmg leady at hand for the when needeJ to a vel t a threatened money stl mgency The law is now al-most tVi0 year" old, and so far no occasIOn fOI ItS fmploy- 111ent ha'i an"en, no emergency reqtllnng "emergency cur- 1ency" ha'i eventuated But "uppo'ie one should--v\ hat then? The natIOnal banks ate absolutel} m a 'itate of unple-parednes'i for takmg advantage of the law They have not proVIded the machmery necessary for thIS The ShacklefOl d resolutIOn mtroduced m the house of representative'i last week called for mformatlOn alon£; thIS Ime becau'ie of reports that emergency cunency IS now In cIrculatIOn on secunty other than the kmd authorized by the The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money law Replymg to thIS inqUIry actmg-Secreal y-of-the- Treas-ury Norton informs the house that only one national-bankmg aSSOCIatIOn has been orga11lzed under the terms of the Aldnch- Vreeland emergency-currency act and not a dollar of emer-gency 'Currency has gone into circulation under the authonty of that law. He says fUl ther that emelgency bank note'i m blank Vi ere pnnted shortly after the pas3age of the act and al e avaIlable for CIrculation to the extent of $1,185,232,608 But no bank v,ant'i, none needs them-a Yery 'iatlsfactOly Slttt-atlOll, of cour"e But If any bank were to need them tomor-lm\ or neAt Vi eek or ne"t month, It could not get them un-less It happenecl to belong to that one grottp or as"oclatlOn of the banks Olga11l7Cd under the act The most notIceable and "lg11lficant tlung foIIowmg the enactment was the apdthy of the natIOnal banks in thIS matter of olga11l7ml{ assocl-atJons for reddmes" to put out eAtra cilculatlOn m Cd'ie of need That apathy, It appears, has nevel been dISSIpated 1'10ere are 111 the lough about ten thousand natIOnal banks, and thIS enactment was not m general popular WIth them or wholly satisfactory to them But thIS does not suffi- CIently explain why they stanJ aloof from the orgal11zatlon of emergency-currency associations Chicago Paragraphs. Chicago, March 31-The F Dockius Leathel company manufacturers of chaIr seats and embossed leathers, ""Ill re-move the fil st of t\pnl from the11 old quarters at the corner of OhIO and Orleans streets, whele they have heen for over four year'i, to the four "t01y and hd'iement bUllcltn[; at the southv\ est cornel of ChIcago avenue and Sangamon ::>tn:et, occupying all but the upper floo! of that structure lVIr Whltmg, we'iteln repre~entatlv e of the H P, S1111th Machme company has Just retnrned ft om a most successful tllP fOI his house and 1 epOl ts I ecen t sale" of then san cler" to a number of ft1l11lture factolle'i among whom are the ,Volver-me Manufactullng com pan} and the Kelsey-Herbert com-oan} of DebOlt, The Gland RapIds Refllgerator company, Stickley Bro'i, Michil{an Chall company, ,"T111 A Derkey JUr111ture compdny and the "!\Tebon-Matter Furl11tUlc com-pan} of Grand RapIds and se\ eral other furniture manufac-tunng concerns 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN WAGES Pennsylvania Railway Company and United States Steel Corporation Take Important Action. H el e is the ~ot t of ne" s that g 1\ e" people confidence 1n both pI esent and futUl e bus111ess eondltlOn~ :Cally 111the pre-sent \;yeek officIals of the Pennsyh a111a Ralh\ a\ compam an-nounced an 111crease of SIX per cent 111the \\ ag e'i of all em-ployes of the gl eat cot pOl atlon \\ ho al e no\\ 1eeel\ 1l1~ les'i than $300 pel month the ot del to take effect on \pll1 1 The actIOn of the Penns) h a111a compan). be111g \ oluntal \ fOlms a pleas111g contI ast to the polte)' of some other 1allt oad com-pa111es whose net eal nmgs are knO\\ n to be equal 01 ahove those of the Pennwlva111a The order appltes to pI actlcall) the entne "01k111g force of the s)stem. fot cmnpalatl\eh fe\\ of the employes get more than $300 a month thl<; comes, too followmg a prevIous ,oluntal) mcrea <;e of 10 per cent m the \\ age scale back m 1907 A man. for mstance, \\ ho was gettmg $IOO a month 111 1906 has been ch a\\ mg $110 a month smce then and, beginnmg ,'>Jth tomol ro\\ \\ Jll I e-ceJ'> e $T 166o a month, 111other words, the pa' of the Penn-syh al1Ja Rallt oan's \\ orkin!:; fot ce-about one hunch en and seventy-fi'>e thousann men on the Imes both ea "t and \\ e'it of PlttsbUlgh-has been voluntanly lalsed by the compam near-ly T7 per cent wlthm a pelloel of three' ear'i It l'i e"\.t1emeh doubtful If a ltke ad, ance m \\ ages l;as been mdele 1)\ an~ of the larger railroad system'i or 111dustrial companle'i of th~ count Iy with111 the same time The action of the Penns) h anla compam "hO\\ -, that the load IS prospering anel that the managers h,l\ e confielence 111 the future el"e the order \\ oukl not have been l"sueel \ oltm-tanly The action l'i 'ilgmficant and of llnpOI tance tn em-ployel small lmes It shO\\ s the tenclenc, of cm lent concll-tions Evel y ach ance 111\\ ages of this SOlt estahh"he<; a ne\\ hIgh Ie' el of pay and that whene' er am 1 eael1u-,t1llent be comes necessary 111the futm e It \\ 111ha' e to proceed flom the latest hIgh basis and not from that ba'il'i \\hlch \\d<; con<;Hlelerl as presenting a faIr 1ate of \\ ages t\\ 0 thl ee fi\ e 01 -,I"\. years ago, 'iO that If the ttme \\ el e to come for a cut-dO\\ n the men ought to accept it in the 'iame -,pll1t m \\ hlCh the company nO\\ makes the advance The tenclenc\ of 1allt oad freIght anel passenger rates IS elrm m\ al el that of rallt oael 1,\ ages UP\\ ard-and \\ here the hU'ime"" l'i mtel <;tdte the Federal commiSSIOn sees to It that the 1ate<; ne, el g-et lIn- .. -------------------------~----------- 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, MICHIGA/\ rea<;onabl) hIgh, \\ hlle State commISSIOns do the same thmg for lncal can ler sY'items, no commission checks the upward men ement of rallroael \\ age~-'io the railroad employe has thel em a rh'it111ct aeh antage m the bmmess And m the case nJ d If)Jl1pan) lIke the Pennsvlvania that pursues the wIse polK\ of \oluntallly lai'img \\ages \\hene'er conchtlons justi-h It the employe's arh antage l'i even more marked Tbat the Penns) Ivanla company's example WIll be fol- 10\\ e,1 b\ othel rallt oaels and corpol ations i'i expected In-deed It I" alt ead, announced that the U111ted State'i Steel ( 01 ])01 atlon the Steel Tl mt, has decided to announce a h1~hel ~cale of \\ dg-e" 111 <;ome plants or 111 some department'i of all j hell plant'> rlO'l1 the general offices It was stated that the tficel'i dllel elJItecto1'i cons1nel ed a general advance deSIrable. lmt ha\ e not \ et detel mmed on elthel the extent or the amount I)f the ach ance It \\ as thought lIkely that the company would 10110\\ the 'iame pollC) as that pursued m 1902, when, instead of a general advance at one tune. wage'i were advanced h\ rlegl ees 111 one lTI111after another Only. the coming ac1- \ ances. If they are marle. \\ III not be so radical In 1902 a 10 per cent mcrease \\ a'i awarded to more than JOOOOO men The Steel Cot poratlOn. whIch l'i the biggest c~rporation m the \\ orlcL has more employe'i than any other Also It ha'i the biggest payroll The ave1 a~e number of men employed h, It la<;t vear was J95,500. but bus mess was much better at the end of the year than at the beginn111g, and on Dec. 31 there ,\ ere on the payrolls 223,377 employes The aggregate clis-hursed 111\\ ages last year was $151,663.394 -\n mCl ease of 6 per cent. such as that declared by the Penns) Ival1la. \\ ould mean an added expense of $9,000,000 a year to the Steel Trust according to the amount dIsbursed Jl1 \, ages last year The Pennsylvania's increase adds over S)() 000.000 to ItS CA.pense'i It has not been determined, how- C\CI to 1l1ClCa'ie \\ages 111 the same way as dId the Pennsyl- \,ll1la 01 to as gleat a ratIo The Little Tyrant. \\ e all kno\\ hUl1 He IS usuallv a hard wot ker Hav- 111~ "made good" \\ ork111g under sOl;1eone else, he is put 111 chal ge of a small depal tment Then the czar microbes m IllS blood get busy He has a malignant memory If any employe 111 hIS department dale'i go over him to a 'iuperior. thIS offense is Inevel fOlgotten and It IS never forgIven The men and -----------------------------------------------~ h---.--------------------------------------------------------------- __________________________ -4 WEEKLY ARTISAN SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE , UPHAM MANUFACTURING CO. MARSHFIELD, WIS. Dressers Chiffoniers Dressing Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's-Eye Maple, Mahogany, etc., and All Popular Finishes COMPLETE No. 2228 Toilet Table. women under h1m wh1sper and look "ideways They flatter and fawn upon hIm He has an msatIable thir:-,t for more authonty He does not realIze the government that 1S founded upon force must hve by f01ce The strongest management 111any bus111ess 1S that based upon good w1ll and free trade m ideas It 1SJust as great a m1stake to over-manage as 1t is to under-manage The petty tyrant never evolves mto b1gger thmgs In budding a Chinese "'all around h1s department he at the same time bUllds it around h1mself. The man who insists upon bounds and lim1tations keeps himself in at the same time he 1S keeping the other fellow out I want no fences around my lawn No one knO\\s whe1e my neIghlJor's lawn "tal ts and my own lawn ends. All my . ne1ghbor's lawns are mme and all my lawns are his. My yard runs into other yards, and these into still othe1 s, and so on into eternity. The manufacturer of this country today is building a tariff wall Poor foo1l He does not understand he is wal-ling him"elf in as well as walling the other fellow out JUSt watch what w111happen The story wil be told m the next generation.-The great Umted States a hermIt nation' Let's do our part to blow clown the Walls of Jencho Let's do it by blowing the horns of ridicule Sic semper tyrannis!- The G1m1et Notes From Newark, N. J. Newa1k, N J, March 30- J J. McKdlop, who was buyer and manager for the upholstery department of W V Snyder & Co, of this citv. has now gone w1th the Siegel- Cooper company of New York The estate of Amos H Van Horn will construct at the Court House a $25.000 statue of Lmco1n, a $25,000 statue No. 2240 Toilet Table of GeOlge \Vashington in \Vashington Park and a Solcl1er'" and sailor's memorial in Mi1Jtary Park Mr Van Horn was at the head of the Amos H. Van Horn Co, who were suc-ceeded by the Cowperthwait & Van Horn company. o J Peterson of Burlington, N. J wants to estabhsh a cha1r factory here. P De1by & Co, making chairs at Jersey CJty, have a new warehouse 91 x 200 feet in SIze, five stones m he1ght WIth a large space, 90 x 100 feet, for the shippmg depart-ment on the first floo

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