Weekly Artisan; 1910-10-22

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 22. 1910 The" EFF and EFF" LINE Our Line is Extensive 10 all its branches covenng furniture for the AS IT CONTAINS MANY HOLIDAY NOVEL TIES, IS ESPECIALLY STRONG FOR FALL TRADE. DEALERS MAY OBTAIN SOME OF THESE GOODS FOR THIS SEASON'S SALE DINING ROOM, LIBRARY, CHAMBER, HALL and PARLOR. If the matter is given immediate attention. ROCKFORD FRAME andFIXTURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MICHIGAN ENGRAVING CO.GRANDRAPIDS - .. _. ._-.. - . _ __ . -- .., NEW DESIGNS IN LOUIS XVI STYLE I ----- I,,I• III I II ,• II ! I No. 1711 No. 1705·1705 I WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. I GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •.... ........--.--.-.-.. ------..-------_.-.....1 . _. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG . NOVEMBER lOth If you place the order with us now. W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I - --- - ---- ---------------------. 2 WEEKLY ARTIS-AN • •• •• • 1 I, LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY i,I ,tI ,t It I IIII ,I ,I It I I II t III I I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I I I II , I I, I I III Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING :I and CHAMBER FURNITURE. :I Catalogues to Dealers Only. II -...... . -. ----- .- .. ---------------------- --~ High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser IChairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Blrd's Eye Maple BIrch ~uartered Oak and ClrtaSSlal1 Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth Floor, East Section, MANUFACTURERS'BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Erxhihit in-charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. GRAND R/\.F H) C ---.... I,RARY 31st Year-No. 17 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 22, 1910 Issued Weekly MAKES A STRONG PLEA FOR THE NEW SOUTH Want the Tide of Emigration Turned About and the Panama Exposition Located at New Orleans. Dec1anng that the chverslOn of AmerIcan eI11IgratlOn in-to Canada back into the Umted States, and the establIsh-ment of a Natronal Board of Health were among the para-mount Issues in the platfol111 of progre.sslve natIOnalIsm, and that the fortification of the Panama Canal was absolutely es-sential to peaceful occupancy of the new tl aJe route of the world, 1\1 B Trezevant of ~ ew Orleans, presIdent of the Southern Commel clal Secretanes aSSocIatIOn, made a pro-found ImpreSSIOn 111 an address on "The New South," de-lIvered before the conventIOn of the Central AssocIatIOn of CommercIal Executl, es at J\fl1waukee, last Friday. "In five years tlme," saId Plesident Trezevant, "the Ul1Ited States has lost 350,000 of her best citizens to Canadd-resl-dents, pnnclpally, of thIS Central \;\T est, carrymg WIth them mtelhgence eApenence and money mto a foreIgn country, the lure of whIch is but ephemeral, whl1e the vast untenanted acres of the Ul1Itecl States are open to them. If they must leave at all, let them go, not to an aben north, where the W1l1ters are long an<l unproduchve, and the summer heat neal-ly as tornc1 as at the equator, but to the South, where land IS cheap, sod IS nch and can be cultIvated 12 months of the year; where the cbmate IS equable and the health is equal to If not better than m any gIven section of the U11lted States" In this latter connectIOn l\Ir Trezevant urged the estab-lIshment of a NatIOnal Board of Health "No sectlOn than the South has suffered more and deserved It less, by the totally false impreSSIOns of her health and cbmate, due to lack or informatlOn," he said "For that reason the South WIll ask for a natIOnal superVISIon of health, Just as, five years ago, it demanded and secured natIOnal control of guarant111e And what wl11 help the South WIll help every other section of the Ul110n Th,lt the South is healthy and deSIrable from an mvestment and settlement standpomt is demonstrated by the mIllions of dollars and thousands of settlers now making their way thither. LOUlsana IS a stnking example Foreign mve:otrnent capital is not taxed m that state, and today hun-dreds of thousands of dollars are being poured mto the Com-monwealth, from I1lmols, \VlsCOnS1l1, 1\1mnesota, ::\hchlgan and other sectIons, largely for the most profitable of all is-vestments- the reclamatIon of wet praIrIeS These deep and llltherto ~unused SOlIs are now prodUCIng corn-the crop of the Northwest-beanng 40 to 60 bushels to an acre on land that cost from $25 to $75 per acre Today the nine cotton-growll1g 'itates of the 'iouth al e proc1uc111g more corn than \\/lscOnsln, MIchIgan, M111nesota, South Dakota, Kansas, Colorado and Pennsyh a 111a "Those of the northwest who are sufticiently interested to know more of thIS gi eat work of reclamatIOn can find prac-hcal 111folmatI on at the forthcom111g UnIted States Land and IrngatlOn Congress, m ChIcago, November 19 to December 4" In speakmg of the fortIficatIOn of the Panama Canal, he saId the admil11stratlOn polrcy should be upheld by every loyal Amencan "A few weeks ago I 'iaw that great work for the second time, and It would fire the heart and Imagll1atlOn of an} red-blooded Amencan to obsen e the '1m, the determI-natIon, the intensely patriohc enthusiasm of the men on the Job-from hIghest to lowest It IS SIlly twaddle to say that the -cl1lted States must bUlld the Canal and then provIde no means of pre, entll1g It fallIng UltO aben or hoshle hands Not only the patriotIsm, but the cold commercial sense of the nation demands It, and that It \\ dl be done IS be} ond quest- Ion" "\'ew Orleans, he said, IS preparing for the greatest demonstl atlOn of modern Amenca m celebratlOn of the open-ll1g of the Canal "The \,r orld's Panama Exposition WIll be held at New Orleam, the logIcal point," he saId, "the city whIch not only IS nearer 111mIles, but In trade and personal affll1lty WIth the Central and South !\mencas In thIS great enterprIse the Central \Vest plays a most Important part Thll ty-four states dra111 theIr watel s mto the 1\flssisSlppl RIver, whIch flows by New Orleans into the Gulf of Mexico. When the natIon shall have reabzed that water-borne com-merce WIll eventually dominate the routIng anJ charge for freight, the huge West WIll send her manufactured products down the bIg MISSISSIppi and through the Panama Canal, and so to the vast, untouched consum1l1g markets of the Central and South Americas, and the far East At the next session of Congress the location for the Panama EXpositlOn WIll be deCIded between New Orleans and San Francisco New Orleans IS 500 mdes from the center of population. San FranCISco IS 2,500 1111lesfrom the same point There are 65,- 000.000 people wlth111 one day's travel of New Orleans There are only 6,000,000 people wlthm the same dIstance from San Francisco The New South loob to the bIg Central \Vest for support 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN p •••••• a_ . : I, III I I I ....I. " .. A Dry Kiln built of wood, brick or concrete has billions of small outlets-pores-w hose com bined area wastes the equivalent of tons of coal, in heat units, every week. Seal up these pores with ••• as •••••••••••••••.••••••••• William Pitonaf's furnIture warehouse in Dorchester, Mass., was damaged to the extent of several thousand dol-lars by fire on October 17. Fully insured. The Hartman Furniture and Carpet company's factory at 722 Meridan street, Chicago, was damaged by fire to the extent of $40,000 or $50,000 on October 14. Fully insured. J. D. \Velling's furnIture and hardware store at German-town, Ill., was destroyed by a fire that wiped out the busi-ness section of the town on October 13. None of the losses are covered by insurance. EBONOID Kiln Coating _Ii,'h RITETO' J CHICAGOMIRRORtART6wsQf , ~ 4 217 N. Clinton Street. \ \ Chicago. Ills., U.S.A, ,,~ , ~~::-::l!.r_37iii£>."""""~~ Keep the steam and acids from de-stroying your kiln buildings and save the heat units. They are dol-lars in disguise. Tell us the size of your building and we will quote you. ....-- -. __ a --'" ., ._ .. _-----------_. -..-------., II, Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. I Others 54 in. top. ,II ,I 8 Foot Duostyles III ANY FINISH I II CHICAGO DELIVERIES II Lentz Table Co. ,I NASHVILLE, MICHIGAJIv I • .. .... . -- -- a- __ ._ .-- .. ... . ........ .... I: I II.... 111 her fight for what 1" hel'" b) lIght of logic and natural selectIOn. Our mterests are mutual San Francbco IS separ-ated by 2,500 miles from the commercIal center of the UnIted States, by mount am, plam and desert land, and IS 3,400 mIles from Panama. New OJ1eans b 1,300 mIle::, from Panama and 1,000 miles from the Great Lakes San FranCISco h ::,trn mg for an advertIsmg aset of benefit to hel ::,elf alone New 01- leans is sttivmg for an mvestment that \\111 pay dlvldencls to the whole natIOn If yOU were g01l1g to Panama, would you travel 2,500 miles to San FranCISco and 3,400 mJ1es to the Isthmus, or travel 1,000 mIles to New Orleans ancl 1,300 mIles to the canal zone? The force of lOgIC IS \\ Ith i\ e\\ Orleans The whole south IS u11ltecl on us, and the Central \\'est we confidently count upon as a fnend whIch has a lIke l11terest at stake" Furniture Fires. The Wells FurnIture and Hardware company of Spoon-er, Minn., were burned out on October 12. O. J. Cox's furniture store at Foss, Okla, wa-; totally destroyed by fire October 9. Loss $2,500; msurance $1,500. Frank Johnson's furl11ture and undertakmg establIsh-ment at Beaudette, Minn., was completely destroyed by fire on October 10. Ed\vard G ;{ orton, furl11ture dealer of Hol) oke, Mass, suffered a loss of about $1,500 by fire in hIS store on October 14. Insurance, $1,000. Grand Rapids Veneer Works GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ..- WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 FURNITURE FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS Grand Rapids High School and Post office Now Ready for It. The new $300,000 high school building in Grand Rap-ids, Mich, is now so near completion that requisitions are being made for the furniture, that is, notices for delivery are being sent to the manufacturers and dealers to whom con-tracts were awarded. Nearly all of the furniture will be furnished by local parties as will be seen by the following list of contractors which shows the amount of each contract: Made by Charles Bennet~ Furniture Co • Charlotte. Mich. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH Built with double arbors, shdmg tabl. and eqUipped complete with taper pin guages carelully graduated. Th,s machm' represents the height m saw bench can-strucbon It IS designed and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write us for descriptive information. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~t.;:g:~PlDs. the goods furnished by the Klmgman company, Wegner Bros. and the \¥megar FurnIture company, local dealers, WIll be manufactUl ed outsIde of Grand Rapids. The new government bmldmg IS also ready for furniture some of which has already reached the CIty. Very little of it carries the brand "Made m Grand RapIds" Most of it comes from other cIties and was made by manufacturers who have standing contracts awarded annually by the gov-ernment, though the Macey company furnishes the book-cases and some other local dealers and manufacturers may furnish some special pieces for which the government ha~ made no annual contract. The Shaw-\Valker company of Muskegon, Mich., WIll furnish the filmg cases. The MIl-waukee Chair company has made the chairs and the desks WIll come from the Standard Desk company of Herkimer, N. Y. Some of the tables are made by Joseph Beitzel of York, Pa., and others come from manufacturers in various other cities as do the special piece'> and fixtures. Some of the manufacturers who put in bids on the furnI-ture for the government building tell of peculiar experiences, that may account for so little of it being made in Grand Rapids. For instance it was discovered t.hat the specifica-tions for the chairs fitted exactly the chairs made by the Mil-waukee company and those for the desks dec;cribed the pat-terns, finish construction, etc, of the products of the Stand-ard Desk company. Before the bids were opened It was also discovered that some of the local dealers had filed propositions to furnish goods made by some Grand Rapids manufacturers and some of the Grand Rapids manufacturers were "called" by dealers for bidding on contracts that the dealers were trying to secure. BIshop FurnIture company, $1,141; Steel Furniture company (three contracts) $3,144; American Seatmg company, $1,979; Wagemaker company, $522; \Vlllegar Furniture company, $402; Klingman Sample Furniture company, $235; Wegner Bros. $77; Hetterscheid Manufacturing company $240; Li-brary Bureau (Chicago) $175. It is probable that most of ..-.a a.a _ --_.. '-' UNION FURNITURE CO. ROCKFORD, ILL. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conftruc!bon and Finish. See our Catalolllle. Our line on permUlent exhibi. tion 3rd Floor, New MUlufac;!. \lIcr,' Buildi1\i. Gland Rapid.. ..... • .. • .. ,.... ••• • _ Jill •• • .. ._~ •• - "" ~ 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN Rockford, Ill-Rockford I" all light and el el \ bOlh 111 the fur111tl1re bl1S111eSSI" happ} Tradc b g lod \\ Ith thc factolle" There v,Ill be many nevy pattelns ot Rockfor 1 goods shol\ n 111 the J dnuary exhIbIt::, at Grand RapId" and ChIcago. The \A, est End FurnIture company are ha, mg a fine trade If I were to quotc J\ft L111d's words some one mIght be Jealous or sa} It was not so I \\ 111sImplY 'la\ that thc\ \\111 have then CAhlblt In the l111mtllle E"chan(?,'e, Grand Rapld'l, in Janudry and \\ III ha\ e thc fincst c,,1111)ltthc\ h,\\ l cver shown. The Rockford PI ame and FI"tUI c COl11pam al e hay ln1; a (?,'reat trade and plepal111c; for the finest e"hlblt In Janual\ they ha\ e ever attempted to "hol" Then e"hJ1)lts \\ l1l be 111 Grand RapId" anJ Chlca(?,'o, as usual The RockfOld ~ovelty compan}'s fadOly IS a ne\1 onc r elv\al d Cal1son, formel pI eSldent of the Rockford II amc dllC1llxturc compan\ 1', e,eCletan and mana(?,'el of thc companY 1\hl1e Otto Pier"on IS ]11 e:oldent Both of thc"c (?,'ent1emcn are thorough mechamcs, and t?,00c1 bU~lnes" men and 1\ III doubtless soon bUIld up ,1 (?,'ood lH1slnese, The\ dl c mak111-:: specIal furnlturc to ordu but hay e a hnc ot chlllnt?, l hall" to show in J anuar) The J\fechamcs IlllllltUIC company lepOlt tladc fdll alld w111 ha, e a numbcr of ne\\ pattelns to sho\\ 111 Tanual \ In ChIcago Thl" com]ldl1} m,1kes onc of thc bc"t lInc" that I~ made 111 RockfOl d The Supenol Iur111ture company \\111 p1dcc thcII til'it lme on exhIbition on thc tlrst floor of the T 111111turcr:"chal1(?,'e Grand RapIds, 111 JanUal} It \\111 COllSISt of chnm!S and h-brar) furnltlll e \\ Ith about 100 pattcI lls to "tart \\ lth \ \\ :\lann secretar} and managcI h one of the mo~t c"lJellenceel men In the \\ e"t 111the f1ll111tllle hU"IIl"" ha, Illg hdd llnpol t-ant pOSItIOn" In somc of the well knO\\l11 factolle" 111 Glaml RapId", l\Imke~on and Rockford Hc I" a fine dC~lgnel and kIlO\\ s the furmtlll c "game" from "A tu 'I," "0 the hnl el:o ~------ ....~...._ .." LOUIS HAHN DESIGNS AND DETAILS OF FURNITURE 154 Livmgston St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN CItIzens' Telephone 1702. \ hltlng Gland RapId" 111 Jannar) wl11 find In the Supenor hnc ln~t \\ hat the namc stan tIs fOI RubCl t L T 111n of the RockfOld ChaIr and Furmtllle C()1l1pam ~a\:o th111~s ale all light wIth h1111 "The hne that I~ all\ al" a htt1e better than seems necessary," WIll be stIll be tIel III Tannar) , 1911. ThIS company has made a great suc-cc,,~ III dl111n(?,'room SUItes, complete, and as for their lIbrary fUlll1tlll e It has been on the market so long, that it i" only lleeC"Q1\ to "a\ th,1t thIS pIece (11') mattel ,,,hlch one) was madc h\ thc Eockford Cab111et am1 lurmture company, and It v\ III bc "ct tIO\\ n as ,d1 light f10m log to valmsh 1£ the undertakel don't get "Yohnnv Yonson" before J dnu- ,11\ 1911 he 111a\ be depended upon to show the Rockb1 d \,ltlll11al 1111eo[ d11l111ganJ lIbrar} fur111tlllc In the Fur111turc l,ebant?,c (nand RdPlc1s 'Yohnny" wIll ha\e someth111g to ~h()\\ that \\ dl make them all "SIt up and take notice" Of l OUI~e O~eal 11all \1 III be thel e fOl the undertaker has gIven np gctt1l12, 111mfor the nCAt fifty yeal s Ih c Rock ford l'111()n lur111 ture C0111pdn) ha" near! y fin- I~hee! the nc \\ bnIld1112, \\ h1Ch I cp1aces the burned budd1l1g I h~ \ \\ III soon 1('1110\ c theIr offIces to the new building and c \ cn tlllng \\ III h~ gOIng on as If there had been no fire Of lOUI'ie I\ucll l'ca"e and hI', 'bunch" of "cllels wIll be on the Ihlr,1 t1oO! of the \falll1facturers' Ruddl11g, Grand Rapids, in r anuan 1911 \\ Ith all the g00d thl11gs 111 chning room and lIbl al \ ftlll1lture ane! the lIne" III probably be larger than ever If thc) can fine! a placc to sho" all of theIr samples I hc R IckOl cI Standal cl Ro} a1, ::'Irantel, Rockford Cab1l1d and Co-Opel atl\ e compa111es al e all plOspenng -C M -----------------_._---- . ., PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO. LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS in the world. Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Glass, Ornamental Figured Glass, Polished and Rough Plate Glass, Window Glass, WIRE GLASS, Plate Glass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beautiful than white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (]I For anything in BUilders' Glass, or anythmg m Paints, Varnishes, Brushes or Painters' Sundnes, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of whIch is gIven below :HEWYOBE-Hudson _d Vandam St•. BOSTON--U-49 Sudbury st., 1-9 .o'Wlte~ St. CKICAG0-442.452 Wabash Ave. Cl:NCI:NNATI-Broadway _d Court st •. S'1'.LO'D'IS-Co~.Tenth and Spruce st •. JlilII:NNEAPOLIB-500-516S. Third St. DETBOI'r-53-59 Larned st., E. GBABD BAPIDS, 1lII0H-39-41 N. Dlvl.loJl St. PI'rTQV:aGH-101-103 Wood st. MILWAl1EEE. W'IS.-4911-494Jlarket St. BOCHJ!lS':l'JIB,N.Y.-WUd8B1l'dg., Main II; E:II:cha..n. 81; •• BALo:rDIO:aE-810·111-14W. Pratt st. .----_._--------_._--------- CLEVELABD-1430-1434 West Th1zd .... OlllAHA-ll01-1107 Bowa~d St. ST. PAVL--459-461 Jackson St. ATLA:N'1'A,GA.-30-32-34 S. P17o~ St. SAVA:NNAH,GA.-74S-749 Wheaton st. :KANSAS0I'1"Y -Plfth _d Wyandotte St•. BmlllDrGHAllI, ALA.-llnd Ave. and S9th st. BlTPPALO,N. Y.-872-74-76-78 Pea1'1St. BBOOKLYl!f-Third Ave. and Dea~ st. PJULADELPmA-Pitc&1rn Bldll'.. Arch _d 11th DAVE:NPOBT-410-416 Scott St. OKLAHOMACITY, OXLA., 210-212W. First st . s.... ••• WI •• I ......•• _ ........ ..-...- __ ..~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 ____ .. ~ ._.~ .......ri_._ .... .____' ,.-...l.r.. . ----~ .. -.-"' ....----.-~~•---.~• =<- • People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lIes In poor eqUip-ment A lIttle foresight In the begInmng would have saved them dollars--a lIttle more money 10- vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" eqUIpment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools slight their output by putting m poor matenals-emploYIngpoor workmen-simply to be able to make a lIttle more profit. 'OlIver" tools are bUilt along machIne tool hnes-careful-accurate-durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to mvestigate thoroughly before placmg their order. Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase somethmg-they go ahead-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured OUf catalogs - set them thmkmg-saved them money. -, --- - II QUALITYMACHINES-I ISN'T IT TOO BAD - f IIII I I• III I I I ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No. 61 Surfacer. "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES SAW BENCHES SWING CUT-OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS ViSES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-----------_._----_ •. ---------_._---- ..I. lot National Bank Bldg , Chicago, Ill. No. 50 Church St. New York City. 1125 West Temple St, Los Angeles, CaI. PaCific Bldlf, Seattle, Wash. ~-----------------------------_. __ . After the Lumber Trust. News reports from \\ ash1t1gton state that speCIal agent'; of the Department of Justice ha\ e been mve'3tlgat111g com-plamts agamst an alleged lumber trust From time to tune representatIOns hay e been made to the Department of Justice that such a combmatlOn eXisted and that vanou,; trade asso-elations and organizahons engaged 111 manufactUlll1g and market1l1g lumber were afflhated WIth the comh1l1atlOn It Vva" stated at the attorney general's offIce that repO! ts had already been reCel\ ed from agent,; who had 1m e,;tlgated 111 l\f1l1ne'apohs and St Paul and rn Clllcago, St Loms and Kansas City Charges have heen made by dealer" and buIlders that the pnce of lumber 1'3 fixed hy agreement and has been ad, anced 111 the same way untll It 1<;far ahove the sum neces,;ary to yield a reasonable profit DiviSIOn,; of terntory, ellm1l1ahon of compehtlOn and blackhst1l1g are among the illegal acts charged agall1';t the alleged combinatIOn No announcement was made of any prospectn e legal actlOn agaimt the combi-natlOn Finding Homes in Canada. Homestead entne,; 111 Canada for the six months ending Jul) 31, 1910, show an 1I1crea,;e of 11,852 over the SImIlar penod of 1909, the entnes numbenng 33,416, accordll1g to a con,;ular report For July alone there were 4,260 entnes, of whIch 1,248 were made by CanadIans reshhng 111 Canada. 58 by Canadalans return1l1g !rom the eI11ted States, 9559 by Ul11ted States CItIzen'), and Vvlth the exceptlOn of 34 entnes the whole remall1der Vvere made by per')on" from the Bntlsh Isles and northern European countnes. 111 which the govern-ment is carrying on immlgratlOn work Of the entries from the Ul11ted States over one-half wele maue by persons coming from North Dakota and M111nesota. Patents were Issued 111 July, 1910, for 248,223 acres of land, as agall1st 186,013 for the correspondll1g month of 1909 American Furniture in Uruauay. Consul Fredenc Vv'. Godll1g, Montevideo, reports that great quanh'hes of American furnIture are imported intto Uruguay anJ find a ready sale Included are offIce, school, and household furl11ture, all made from Vv ood except office safes The representative of one Amencan firm, after a stay of four weeks recently, sold about $20,000 worth, almost all bell1g for household use. Metal furnIture has not been Il1tro-duced here as yet, but were an actIve repl esentatlve to work thiS terntory, especIally as the new government butldings Will SOOI1 require furl11shing, there IS no question that metal arh-cles would be appreciated ,vlth resultant good sales Such a trade can not be bUilt up through catalogues or correspond-ence, but must he accomphshed by the efforts of tramed salesmen, famIlIal WIth LatIn charactenstlcs and tastes "'-- ,II IIt II I~--_._-_._--------------------- 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN continuing under the present rate basis or adjustments higher than the combinations of the intermediate rates or fares, provided that in so doing the d1scrimination against intermediate point,; is not made greater than that in exist-ence on August 17, 1910, except when a longer hne or route reduces rates or fares to the more distant point for the pur- LONG AND SHORT HAUL ORDER The New Low Will Go Into Effect on February 17. 1911. ~he Interstate Commerce Commission has fixed the ef-fective date at February 17, 1911, and ordered that untt1 that date, all rates that were on file August 17, 1910 shall remam in force. However, carriers are authorized to make appli-cation for permission to install new rates, a'isessing- a higher rate for a short than for a long haul The law recognizes exceptional circumstance" undel which a carrier may impose a lower rate to a more dIstant point than to an intermediate pomt, notably where at the more distant point there is water competitlOn It 1'; expected that applications under the new long and <;hort haul clause will be made to the Commission from the southeast. <;outh-west and the Pacific coast, and from carners m offic1al claSSI-fication territory The Comm1;"sion illustrates cond1tions un-der which application will be entertained. For example, through rates from central freight association territory to the southeast made in combination on the Ohio river cros<;ings' If the roads north of the river do not charge le<;s for a lon~er distance haul to the river and the roads south of the river do charge more for a shorter haul, the application should be made on behalf of the roads south of the nver The order of the Commission is in part as follows' "That until February 17, 1911, earners may file wIth the Commission in manner and form as pre<;cnbed by la\'. and by the Commission's regulatlOns such changes m rates and fares as would occur in the ordinary course of their bus mess, A MISSION LIBRARY ( Designed by Otto A Jiranek, Grand Rapids, MICh.) pose of meeting by a direct haul reduction of rates or fares by the short line. "The Commission doee; not hereby approve any rates or fares that may be filed under th1s permission, all such rates and fares bemg subject to complaint, investigation and cor-rection, 1£ they confhct with any other provisions of the act." UPHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN Dressers Chiffoniers Dressins;!Tables Suites Wardrobes Sideboards Buffets Etc. Made in Oak, Bird's.Eye Maple, Mahoeany, etc., and All Popular Finislles No. 2228 Toilet Table. No. 2240 Toilet Table SEND FOR OUR COMPLETE CATALOGUE WEEKLY ARTISAN .-..-..--_._------- "-----_._---------~----------...... III II II ,, IIII III I II I IIII ,,,I ,• I~II A Page of Illustrations from the Fall Catalogue of the Posselius Bros. Furniture Manufacturing Co••Detroit. Mich. Buffet No.4 China Clo ..et No.4 Serving Table '0. 1 Dininl1 Chair No.4 Dininl1 Table No. 600.C Arm Chair No. 3l'Z 9 ....I 10 hl111 undel a mOl e sImple lI1dust11al I eglme Thls chang ed 1 elatIOn has brought wIth lt a se110US problem of social ad- ]ustment demanchng solutlOn. The ll! ~ent practical slde of t111';problem lS shown 111the 1I1creas1l1g annual number of fatal dnd non-fatal acudents ~II L r. I-Ioftman about two yedrS al.?,oestlmated that thele \\ el e from 18000 to 20,000 fdtal, and from 700,000 to 800,000 non-fatal 111dustllal aCCldents 111 the Umted States every yedr, and that a maJonty of the victIms wele supportmg famlhes AJthough Amel ican workmen are admlttedly care-less and reckless, yet a gl eat many of these accldents were undoubted 1) caused by the "hanrds of the trade" Upon tIllS p0111t, statlstlcs 111the Umted States are not satisfactory, but flom officlal German statlstlcs we mlght reasonably as-cnbe from 40 to 50 per centum of 1l1dustnal accidents to trade nsks Furtherm01 e, m many cases where neghgence can be laId at the door of the 111jured employee, such negh-l2, ence IS due often to the condItione, of modern industry that enJ01l1 speed and. dehcate mampulatlOn, and necessitate an assumptlOn of nsks Thl s f11gh tful toll, pald to model n mdustry, confronts us \\ Ith a plactlcal plOblem rather than a theory; and, It is the plOblem that our State legIslatures are endeavoring to solve T t h \\ ho 111 the last analysls, shall bear the burden of this 1I1duOltllal dama~e") Cel tamly not the 1I1]ured employe or his 1dmlly when thel e IS no neglte,enLe. 01 shght neghgence, on IllS part Certa1l1ly not the employel when free of negligence except the small burden that he should bear as a member of society. If not the employee and the employer, then should not the burden of necessIty he put upon that part of 111dus-tllal sOClety purchas111i; the commodIty 111\\ hich the damage occurred ") Hut ho\\ shall the 111udence of the burden be transmitted flom those ,\ ho hrst suffered the ::.hock tJ the consuming pubhl ~ f11(' anSI\ el to thIS questlOn wJ1l no doubt shortly be suppoOled to 1 est 111any number of exper111F'ntal laws that \\ ill be f01sted upon the pubhc b) the state In'~lSJature Many of these ld\\ s WIll he madequate Othel s II Jll be wCHched 111 the legal balancc and be found lon'-,tltutlOnllh v,antmg Stl11 other \\ ill appeal too strongly to ultel101 '-,oudhstlC motn es. In the COll!se nf tune, a 111:;htlaw emboch ll1 ) d lis-ht pI HJc'I',le \1111 be e\ oh ed I.\ e feal, hov\ e\ el, that 111 the meallI111'" law" WIll be pa~~ed that \\111 nOl be Jn~t to employels a'1cl 'JJ 11 legl~laLurs \\111 be too legaldfnl uf confiscat01y eXpedlCJltS nH;t'rl h) men \\ ho hold ,otes 111 0\ erv, helm111~ Ihl11l1)cl s-1\1 lud'l Tlulletll1 rldehb l~ Ca-,nalty C0l1l\)dnV WEEKLY ARTISAN ~II-------------------~FREEDMAN-C()NVERTIBiE DIV AN BED-~l! A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Success. I FuU Size Bed in Divan Space. t I SIMPLEST IN ACTION. II LEAST SPACE. ! STRONGEST BUILT. : I IIII I I,,I ! COMPENSATION AND LIABILITY Many State Commissions Trying to Solve a Complicated Problem. The enactment b) the last '\ ew York Legl sla tm e ot th e "'orkmen\ Compen-,atlOn la\\ and a mOle stlme;ent rm-ployers' Llablhty law, 1'-, 1I1dlcatl\ e of a \\ ldespread 1110\ e-ment all 0\ er thls country In thIS movement, \\ e ha, e been antlclpated by most of the LUl opean mdustllal Lountlle" 111 practically all of whlch accldents al e dealt WIth on the' (om pensation" basis. In England. Germany, Austl1a, and m twenty-one other foreign countnes, 111c1udll1e;all the lead1111:; mdustnal natlOns except SWltzerland, all 111dustnal aCCldent~ are dealt wlth WIthout regard to who v\ as at fault, except when WIlful or gross neghgence is proved against the, II tlm SWItzerland, too, shows a tendency now to fall 111tOhne The movement in this countr}, while heretofore lae;gm far beh111d that 111European indust11al count11es 111pomt ot Vlew of time and stringency, glVes eYldent promlse no\\ ot gOlllg forward by leaps and bounds, and probably some\\ hat lrrespectlye of the ments or dements of the call' l' La' t year (1909) when the maJonty of the State leglo,latUl e-, \\ el e in session, the Execut1\'e CommIttee ot the Boald 01 Ca-,udl-ty and Surety U nder\\ nters mde'\.ed 574 bJ1ls e" tend111e; mOl e or less the hablhty of employers f01 aCCIdents to thelr em-ployees. Many of these bIlls had as theu' ChIef object the ehmination of certa111 common law defences, such as the "fellow servant" "contnbut01Y neghgence" and 'assnmp-t10n of risk" rules; whlle other bJ1ls 111creased the ma'\.lmum amount of recoverable damages. Thls year, although an "off year" 111so far as the number of legislatures 111 seSSlOn IS concerned. ne\ ertheless showed It-, relatn e ploportlOn of laws of thlS class Furthelmore. 111 adoltlOn to thc lllll" actualh 111t1UdUlld, a number of State legl-,latures ale lon~lde11ng thloU~h cum mlSS1On", the subject of workmen's compensdtlOn, \\ 111le m other states the app01l1tment of such commlS-,lOns IS be1l1g senously conSIdered I.V01kmen's compensatIOn cummh-slOns ale now at work 1ll II111101 S, Minnesota, I.VIscons111, Massachusetts, New Jersey ,and I.Vash111gton The reasons f01, and we may say the Justice of, thIS movement al e ObVlOUS The 111Cl eas1l1g complexlty of mod ern industry , the glOwth ot new Ll11dhlghly developed tl ades, the 1I1creasmgly complex adaptatlOn of steam and electllL powel-all place the employee 111an entuely dlftelent lela-tlon to IllS employ el and to thc pubhc than that occupIed bl Supercedes aU other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Upholstered Furniture Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO . Ao- ._._._._._ ••~__._._._. ~ ... .. .._.~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 By E. Levy. Representative. ChIcago, Oct 20-At the plant of the Zangerle and Petel "on company, parlor frame manufacturers, LoUls Zan-gerle reports they are almost ready wIth their new lme whIch they WIll have ready and on theIr showroom floor early m Kovember. "We are gettmg ready somewhat earher than usual this season," says Mr. Zangerle, "as we find our trade are makmg ready earher for theIr customers and when they come m they hke to see the full hne dIsplayed. We feel that we have many thmg" of unusual ment thIS season and that our customers wl1l reahze the fact" Your COl respondent notmg the absence of Joseph 7 ang-erle and mqUlnng the cause learned regretfully that Illness is the reason for his not being at his usual place, but it is ex-pected and hoped his mdispositlOn is only temporary. At the "1411" ExhibItion building, Lyman Lathrop, re-ports that trade between seasons is steady and on the m-crease. Judging from the number of buyers that have regis-tered, and the large number of others with whom they are now in correspondence, several manufacturers from out of town, who have never exhIbited in Chicago will engage space for the next exhibition season. August Heuer, Jr., for a number of years WIth A. S. Klem company, jobber" and wholesalers of furniture and kindred hnes, has severed his connection with that house and and is now with the Starck Piano company of this city Mr. Heuer is the eldest son of August Heuer who was prominent-ly connected '''' ith the f111mtu1 c tt ade a" a wholesaler of cabi-net hardware in this city f01 upwards of twenty-five) ears, and It was in his father's establishment that young Mr. Heuer gamed hlS knowledge of the kmdred lines that led him to associate hlmself with such a house as the 1\. S. Klein company. As the addltlOn which the CommerClal Furmture com-pany are erectlllg nears completion they have made arrange-ments for the settmg of the machmes and have let the con-tract for the blow piping and dust collecting system to the Cyclone Blow Plpe company, who dld the work on the ongl-nal bUlldmg, when it was el ected by the old firm of Ehman & Son, manufacturel S of mantels, who 1emoved from thl" Clty some years ago The work done for the Ehman's having proved so effecttv e and "attsfactory m pomt of effiC1CnC), \ir Strenge, who had the matter of letting out this contract declded to have the same company do the work this time. S F Moore, western representative of the Children's Vehlcle CorporatlOn of Templeton, Mass, has just returned flam an extended trip we"t and southwest, where he "topped at the pnnclpal Clttes m the mterests of his company, whlCh manufactures the "Teddy" and "Palace Car" go-carts Mr Moore was much elated ove1 the business he had done, hav-mg made th1" tnp a reCOld breaker m point of sales He repo1t" that in the southetn states th10ugh whlch he traveled there had been a splendld cotton crop, and that there was every eVldence of a pl ospel ous year for the planters and consequently of that "Whole terlltOlY. The eVidence of the fine crop of cotton hal vested IS already shown m the bnsi-ness he dld "Our house is not going to show in any of the exhlbltton bUlldmgs," sald Mr. Moore, "and although we 11d' e a lea'lc on the space v,here we exhlbited, we prefer to "how our good" where we would be enttrely untrammeled by any out"lde mfluence and in Oul new quarters on the second floor of 1323 J\I1chlgan avenue, wl1H.h ad]oms the exhibition bUlldmg, \\ e ha' e ample room and all com emences to meet the trade Weal e fittmg up desk room for those \\ ho wish to avall themselves of our hospitahty." S. C. Moss, supenntendent of the Marshall Ventllated Mattress company's plant at Kenosha, vVis, dled on October 9, after a brief illness of pneumoma, at the age of 51. Mr. Moss was a brother of Co1. L. 1\1ass, president of the Mar-shall Venttlated Mattress company, whose office is located at 1411 Mlchigan avenue, Chicago. The remains were con-veyed to Los Angeles, Cal, for bunal Mr. Moss was a publtc spinted man, who had made many friends in Kenosha where he made hls home, and there were many proofs of the high esteem in which he was held, in the many tributes at IllS funeral. He is succeeded at the factory by E. Herman. Respondmg to mquiries as to the state of trade John P. Fowler, the well known mattress manufacturer reports busi-ness good. He says they are bu"ier now than for many months past Mr Fowler's mam busmess in the production of box springs and halr mattresses, though they sell a gene-ral hne of bedding. The thoroughly reliable line he has made for years has brought to him a trade that is of the very best. J. VV. Green of the Green Manufacturing company, par-lor frame manufacturers of thlS city and J. P. Jaeger of the Mobl1e Club house, on the North Shore, had a narrow es-cape from drownmg while out fishing in Lake Michigan, last week. Their salling boat "Allie" capsized and precipi-tated them in the water when almost two miles from shore. Mr. Jaeger, bemg a splendid swimmer caught hold of his companion with one hand whlle he grabbed on to the up-turned boat with the other, and succeeded in getting Mr. Green in a posItIon to release hiS one arm,. He managed to reach the shore with hi" friend. Henceforth "Joe" says he is gomg to walk and let "J aeg" paddle his own canoe. Serious-ly, Mr. Green feels deeply the great debt of gratitude he owes hlS fnend who so 'ahantly and herOically saved him from a watery grave. Among the furniture buye1" who have viSited Chicago "how room th1" week are 'V. V McKmstry, Delavan, Ill.; C. E Nash, Forth ·Worth, Tex ; L A Wilson, El Reno, Okla. The Old Reliable Climax Filing Clamp. This is the splendid filmg clamp that is recommended for use m ~harpenmg and filmg the celebrated nickel steel bandsaw blades manufactured and sold only by Frank W. Swett & Son, 1716 West Adams street, Chicago. I t is 24 inches long, weighs 50 pounds, and is sold at $9.00. The catalogue of this firm shows a number of other tools for the use of those who have bandsaws in operation, and will be cheerfully mailed to anyone requiring equipment of this character. on you, weanng a go~ n of identically the same pIece is enough to dnve you to a second hand shop. "I hate havmg my thmgs COpIed Of course that color makes her look lIke a lemon, though It'S very becoming to mahogan), but all the same my plea'-,ure's spOIled I'd about ao, soon have my lInen cover on," and she tapped a delIcately can ed foot m vexatIOn The portIeres hung m long lImp lInes There was a dIsconsolate droop m evelY fold, a lax, what's the use of anythmg qualIty "But Just thmk of u" I" they walled "Gwendolen stood m the mIddle of the room and gazed upon u'-, WIth an absent dlr Then an IJea seemed to grow m her empty head She came o,lowly toward us WIth a gleammg, greedy hok in her eyes, grasped a fold, felt the beautIful texture, threw the end of one curtam gracefully 0\ el her shoulders and re-garded herself m the mIrror " IBm I' saId she, 'I thmk you'll do very well In fact, ) ou're e:Aactl} the "ame stuff that was used for that corkmg e\ e11lng cloak at Blossom's I need one the ~orst way and goodness knows how I'll get It otherWIse I can Just say I've sent the portIeres to the cleaner's and noboJy'll know the dIfference, or el..,e that I've taken them down to make more space m the rooms' So good-by, fnend::,," saId the lurtams, "we go to meet oUr doom I" "~Iercy I That's not half so bad a fate as 11l111e,"saId the \ ery be"t '>ofa cushIOn a cOmbl11atlO11 of blocade, embrOld- 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN FASHION MAKES FURNITURE MOURN Various Pieces Tell Tales About Gwendolen's "New" Clothes and Her Callers. \IV hy the atmo,>phere should hay e been CjUlvenng "WIth dIscontent it was hard to say The r00m was empt} that IS to say there were no human beIngs WIth theIr stnv111gs and emulatIOns In It It was nIcely furnIshed WIth rugs, chaIrs I >! Ii, f~ .....-....-v .. 'f~ "It WIll Do For an Evenmg Cloak • and sofa upho1stued WIth green ddma"k ,,11k, lurtdln" at the "ame "tuff, a table dnd the u'oUal odd" and end" On the wall a pIece of tapestry hung, represent111g the return of 'Ulysses or Caesar lonqUt1mg the Bntons or any other sub- Ject you lIke ~hllh lequlres the dIsplay of lalge muscled men, dressed 111 fancy armor Everyth111g WdS as It should be, apparently, even to the sofa cushIOns, footstool and lamp Yet SIghs stIrred the depths of the cushIOns, muttenng and complam111gs crept from every nook and corner The httle sofa 111 partIcular was very sulky She ~ as usually very amIable, not to say suupenng, and the rea 'ion for thIS was that she wa" placed dIrectly opposIte a long mlrrOl and 'ihe found hel I eflectlOn a plea:'>1I1g thmg to look at But today all was changed She huddled helself togethel, tuck-ed her feet under her and sulked comfortably regardless of looks "It's a shame," she pouted "\IV hen you've gone to the very best upholsterer and paId an outrageou,; pnce for the finest dama"k sIlk of a partIcular shade of green, to have a woman lIke that Mrs Johnson come m and SIt right down Off the Same Piece ery, velvet, gold lace and cord "vVhat do you think Gwen-dolen mtenJs to make of me? A bag I" WIth withering con-tempt "A Jumpmg Jack of a bag' "In future you can lmagme me dancmg this way and that, bobbing up and down, WIth a ballet dancer's smIrk on WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 my face lll(hng the breakIng heart withIn, not to mention the powder puffs, handkerchief" and such trash. 'I the proud-e" t ~ofa cushlOn of them all, that nobody ever dared to lay head" on because I wa" too handsome and expensive and much too scratchy-that'" what I'm comIng to "~he, G\\endolen, said, '\11 I'll have to do 1" to IIp one "Ide take out the pillow, put In a "atIn hnIng, draw up the .~~_~ 11!11~_"' 111111!~ •••••• _ cord and I'll hay e a" good a bag as anyone It never was much good as a "ofa cushlOn ' " ""'- funny tlung happened here) e"terday," said the lamp, "and ~elve" her nght too ?\obody knew It but the bonbon box and me lITI" MIAer and hel daughter came to call. Queer stone" are told about 'em, ) au know, cheatmg at, bndge and that "art of th1l1g \ \' ell, ::\Irs ::\I1xer sat With her She Cut .he Backs Off the Chairs elbow on the table stretched out and her daugther sat beside he1 The rest of the folk" were talkIng loud and she said very low to her daugther' "'That'" a gOlgeous met under the bonbon box. 'Twould make an adorable crown for a theatre hat. It's the only use for It Gwendolen always has so much truck around Too baJ she doesn't get nd of some of It. The room would look so much better With these fussy things Iemoved ' "And I gIVe you my word," said the lamp solemnly, "by that time the mat was gone and I never saw It go, and the bonbon box said she felt It and that was all she could "a) " "Help' Help' We're afra1d we'll burst our inner cover- Ings and bleed to death I" Th1S cry came from two chairs wh1ch usually stood With their backs agall1st the wall "Oh' Excuse us," they went on "vVe never should have men-tlOned 1t, because It's very embarrassmg, but we're so fright- "BEAVER," "GINDERElLA," "DOCKASH" STOVE HEADQUARTERS "THE LINES THAT SELL" NoteIMPERIAL BEAVER-one ofmany. Best, They Stand the Test:' THIS is the 1M PE RIAL B EA VER. It is the finest cooking range made anywhere in the world. We think so, and so will you when you see its advantages: Study the above picture. The glass oven door is guarantud not to break. No heat lost when you look at your baking. This range holds lts heat longest, saves 25% in fuel, and has unusual hot water capacity. It is the best-looking range built-and wears as well as it looks. Send for samples and see it-but we warn you that no other kind wil ever satisty you again, if you do' w. D. SAGER, 330-342 No.WaterSt.,CHICAGO ened. Won't the footstool please run and telephone for the upholsterer? "Gwendolen's been and cut the brocade silk off our backs to make a hat, one back for the crown and one for the bnm, and as we always stood w1th our backs h1dden she sa1d we would look just as well as we did before But she d1dn't know how 1t would hurt, and the danger I Hurry, Footstool, please !" "Don't bother me' What do I care what becomes of you ?" morosely answered the footstool. "I'm going to be a muff She said that 1f I was trimmed lav1shly with strips off the wolfs kin rug, which never would be m1ssed, my shabbi-nes" wouldn't show I don't know, but it seems to me that to be turned Into a muff i" a pretty poor reward for a life-tnne'" service to the family" The tapestry representIng either the return of Ulysses or an event in the hfe of "orne other anC1ent hero, had up to th1S hung on the wall in d1gmfied "l1ence Now, 1t might be seen that the b1g muscled warnors were d1squieted. Their large eyes rolled round the room "Oh, Jup1ter' they cried loudly. "\A1hat do you suppose she'" going to make of us? Don't you think we're too large and heavy and too-too chOlce to be made mto clothes?" Goodness, no I" giggled the httle sofa mahciously. "She's going to make an opera cloak of you. She sa1d you were en-t1rely out of keeping wllth the other decoratlOns of the room and she had been thmkmg for some time of takmg you down before the moth~ got m you "-N ew York Sun. 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN ._----._----------_.- .-------------- ---"1 A. PETERSEN & CO., CHiCAGO BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of oFFICE DESKS Our attention to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the Petersen Desk its Leadership. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. ~---------------~------ II• II II•• •••• I ••IIII '".. - - . MANUFACTURERS OF THE "II• I IIIIII• I• I• ._---------~I IN THE COUNTRY. Current Comment on Postal Bonks. Christian Science MOllltor, Boston-A meetmg of the trustees of the postal sa vmgs bank system vvIII be held m Washmgton soon, and the date of the openmg of the fir" t mstltutlOns wIll then be determmed The postma<.,ter-genel-aI, the attorney -general and the "eCletary of the tIeasury constitute the board, so that It IS perfectly competent wlthm itself to take care of such questIOns of operatIOn, finance and law as may come up for consIderatIOn Congress faJled to make adequate provision for the estabhshment of the banks It has been found that the appropnatlOn of 575,000 to meet the cost of installatIOn is insufficIent Yet It IS understood that the secretaly of the treasUly WIll not hesItate to make necessary advances Even so, the mauguration of the sys-tem will be gradual, especially m the large cIties \\ hel e numerous preliminary detaIls must be attended to At present It IS eApected that at lea"t one blanch of the bank wJlI be estabhshed m a cIty of the t1llrd 01 fourth class in every state by the 1st of December ~n exception, hoV\- ever, may be made in the case of vVashin~ton, D. C, wlllch wJlI have a branch that wJlI stand as a model fOl those to be put mto commISSIOn m all the other large cIties All that IS really necessary to the expedItIOus ~enel al estabhshment of the system IS the perfectIOn of plans under whIch the banks of the different classes may be opel ated 1\ half dozen smoothly runnmg branches would soon open the way for hundreds of mstallatlOns The government IS mm-mg slowly m thiS matter at present, but only because It IS feelmg ItS way New YOlk Amelican-It IS announced that the post-ma'iter- general is makmg an dng ements for the openin~ of postal savmgs banks m -:\1anhattan and Blooklyn by the £lIst of November The country ha'i 'iet ItS heart upon the postal banks It l'i detel mmed to ha\ e as many of them as convenience may requll e, and to ha\ e them admmlstel ed m a spirit of the utmost confidence and hberahty St. LoUIS Globe Democrat-Epochal IS m no sense too big a word for the po"tal 'iavmgs bank system about to be introduced m the wealthIest of natIOns and the one m which labor IS best paid Prm idence (R I) Journal--Banks generally al e qUIte ready to 'ierve as trustees of the postal deposlt'i on the government's tellnc, It 1'-0 furthel appal ent that they can exercise no matenal mfluence to hampel the suece"" of the new institutIOn except by maglllh lll~ then mvn mducements to depositors Pittsburg (Pa) Sun-The comm",c,lOn mvestlgatmg the po-,tdl say mg" bank plOblem states that when the instltutlOll is in full runnmg order there WIll be fully 10,000,000 pass boob to be made up semi-annually, tJl1S It wJlI take flOm 80,000 to 100,000 ledgers to keep accounts straIght and that thl s work WIll requll e a fQrce of not less than 4,000 clerks. Portland (Ore) Oregonian-The National City Bank of X eV\ t ork comments favorably on the new project of postal sa\ mg '-0 banks ThiS IS the largest banking mstitution in the country and enJoys a certam prestige from being the institu-tion particularly favored by the Rockefeller interests. Hence Its opmlOns upon postal banks or any other financial subject naturally recen e wide attention ChIcago Post-A decidedly encouragmg opinion upon the postal 'iavmgs banks IS advanced m a circular of the KatlOnal CIty Bank of New York. The largest national bankmg institutIOn m the country states frankly ItS behef that the new deposital ies wJlI draw mto circulation large sums of hoarded money and aId the gm ernment in the flota-tIOn of Panama and other bonds. ChIcago RecOld Herald-The bankers were human m theIr apprehenSIOn and cnticism, and they are human in dC-ceptmg the postal deposltanes now that the law IS here, in dlscm enng value and advantage in them, and in co-operat-mg to make them successful from every pomt of view. Manchester (N H) Ulllon-Something may doubtless be set down to cunoslty and the desire for new things, but the present indications are that m many sections of the countrv the people actually wanted postal savmgs banks, and kne\\ why they wanted them Lowell (Mass) Couner-CltI7en-The new banks are by man) conSIdered as a trammg school fOl thnft, and It IS be-heved that when they ale well estabhshed m sectlOn'i V\here regular sa \ mgs banks do not eXIst they WIll lead to the organ17atlOn of the latter ~---------------------_._..._-_-------_.~ WOOD FORMING CUTTERS As only the edge outlines of the Cutter comes Into contact wIth the lumber, there ISno friction or burn- Ing of the mouldmgs when made with the Shimer Reversible or One- Way Cutters. These Cutters are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete, inexpensive and time-savIng tools. We supply special Cutters of any shape desired and of any size to SUlt your machine spindles. Let us have your speCifications. For odd work not found m our catalogue send a wood sample or draWIng. I II I•• ~ II I •I•• II• I •••• II Sldmg, Doors, Sash, etc. •'"--_ ..... --_._--_._--- SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, Milton, Penn. Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling, WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITYof Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that It counts for or agamst your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant adveltisement of your relIabIlIty, Our tables resist wear-qualIty IS bUIlt m, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our deSigns so attractive, Our new catalog, showmg some of the handsomest Colomal and Flanders dmers ever bUilt, is III press, Yau will Just naturally want these top-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. Danger in the "Just as Good!' J\ly fllend "at ruefully on hI" choppmg block a" I entered to ha\ e a httle chd.t v\;lth hIm "Sa)," hc saId, "sec that axe" 1'\,0 clay,,' u"e and nm\ c,ht.'s bun~ed up" " Yes," I "aId, "centm~ a stOl} " 'what abou1 Ie" 'Ju"t tIll"," he leplled "I boul5ht that a"e on H's I ecommendatlOn I ,\ent 111 to buy a Three-Star axe-had "een them ad\ crtlsed-ancl felt they were exactly what I \\ anted He dIdn't can} them, thotH;h, so I allowed hIm to talk me mto takJn~ thIS dashed thmg It's the last th1l1g he'll "ell me llght away ,Vhy, do you know, that man IS nothing but a 'Just as good?' 'i\Tell, he IS ="Tomatter wha1 you \\ant }OU can't get It Alv,a)s he ha" "omething just as good or bettel f\ ow, J shouldn't mmd that so much, but so far my expellence \\lth the 'Ju"t as good' kllld has been far flam flattellllg I bought a -- ra70r because he dIdn't have a That was no good Then I bought a palr of -- shears because he dIdn't ha\ e -- and those wer( no good But a" I saId hefOle, J am throtH;h WIth huu He's not cla",,) cnough fm me BeSIde .., at the end, J got to be kind of a"hamed of m) self to thmk that I dIdn't possess manhood enough to "tick up for \\ hat I wanted, and hereafte1 I mtend to be free If an) man ha"n't got \\ hat I want J "hall thlow frIend"h1p to the wmds and buy whele I can get It" "(rood for you," I saId to 111m, pattl11g hIm on the back , 1'hat's the way to talk" 1 \\ ciS thlllkmlS of the good money [ had "pent to educatc people to bIn ce1 tam thm~s-only to ha\ L the \\ hole th111lSknocked III the head b) these 'Just as good' fello\\ s For e\ el v haJ dware and othel I etaller, the les'ion 1'\ thel e There may be "ub ..tltntlOfl \\ 11lch is leglt111late, hut a" d I ule It takc" a l11u;ht\ keen e) ed manufacturcI, assl"ted ]n thc mo"t PO\\ el flll of mICIO"C(lj'e" to he able to see a case that IS lcg1t1mate \1'30, It 1'0 a good "afe bet that If substi-tutm~ retallel s wel e m the place" of the manufacturer", that the) too, \\Quld scc thm~" m a dIfferent lIght Hr)we\ el, tn leave the manufacturer or selhng agent out of the questlOn, let ll~ see "hat "ubst1tutmg does for the I etal1er It IS, 111the fil st place a fdct that nme out of ten men \\ ho sub"tltute 10\\ er tlte1r standal d of manhood m the clomg \\'a) dcm n decp m then heal ts these men know that the) are stealmg-know that they Me 10bhmlS a national advertiser of hI" le£;ltlmate Icsnlh- and kmm that the) dIe rnbbmlS a lUCdl competltOl of a ",11e Yon need not take my w::Jrd for th1'i Ju ..t talk It o,el '\ltll othe1s-Just vvatch a substitutor. Y Ull \\ III then soon become com mced that the act of substi-tutIOn lowers the standard of manhood, Secondly, substituted artlclcs, even If as good, seldom if e\ er gl\ c the satisfactIOn that would be gIven by the article requested Th1" 1" becan ..e the ad\ ert1sm~ had already con- \ meed thc plo"pect that he wanted that particular thmg-and always e\ e1, he \\111 "mentally" compare hIS purchase WIth what he mtended to pnrchase-with the purchase usual- 1) f;ettmg the WOl"t of It FurthermOl e, should a defect appear, the retaIler IS doomed to a knocker. That purchaser WIll tell every frIend of the faIlure of the substituted article-to the sorrow of the one subtltuting I know a retailer-a hardvv are man-who never substi-tutes You eIther get what you ask for-or you are told where you can get it-tf he knows This gentleman never thinks of offering somethmg else in place of what is request-ed As a re"ult, he IS today much happier. His heart tells hIm that he is dOlng the rIght thmg-and he finds that suffi-uent Better stIll, hIS competitOls have learned of this man-ly make-up of his-and are fallmg mto l111e Only lately he told me of competitors vvho had sent him some excellent pamt orders-b) makmg no eftort to sell when a brand, for \\ hich he had the excltlS1\ e al5ency, was 1equested This "eems to md1cate that substitutIOn can work two ways- "omethmg of \'. hlch substltutor'i secm Ignorant As to which IS the better way-there can be no doubt. I ,,17e the thmg up thIS way Tpe man \'I;ho substitutes lob" another Ot hIS due InCIdentally, he edlk ltes the other to lob hl1-~ wLen condItions are reversed Result-neither ['IO[ltS f,r Ph la 'y-whtle both feel a wholesJme contempt fc r theyn ,el' \" l,ecause of their m1C1uitles '"'IS for the third pal ty, vvhethcI dd1 audcd 01 not, he IS bound to feel more or Ie"" "SOtC ,. 'Conv111ce a man agam"t hIS vvJ1l, He Icmams of the same opmlOn sttll" J\nd alway ", vvhen a man bllVS a 'iubstltuted al t1cle, he has been convmced alSalll"t hIS wtll He may tDt sa) as 11111 C h at the tIme-that would be expectltl.:; toe) nlUCh of ill man nature-but he wlll feel It and know It. \V;lell a~alJl III the market, whether deslrous of buyinlS trad" mal hd l;ooc1'o or not, you WIll find hIm C11Lllmspect 111 ap]Jro;;d'1ll2 ) ou The confidence \\ h1ch he should feel in YO'l \o, II: j,p lach.lllg, and WIthout thIS confidcnce llls purchases '101'1 ) ~u WIll nevel plove sat1'ofactor), unttl, in the end, yOll WIll not ..ee huu agalll for many a long day Yes-It vvIII pay yOU to bear III mllld the mall on the Lhopplllg block -The AmerIcan Salesman led to expect something In the way of preferment for their actIvIty In polItIcal campaigns men change theIr opInIOnS "uddenly wIthout apparent reason and sometImes the reason appears after election It I'; to be hoped that the "promlnent "luppers" are not plaYlng polItics 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUI!IL.,1SHfI[DI!:VERY SATURDAY .Y THI! MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 eo PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES $200 PER Ye:AR. SINGLE COPIES SCENTS. PW8LICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOI'ITH DIVISION ST, G"ANO RA~I05. MICH, A S. WHITE, MANAGING EDITO" Enlered as second class maller, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapId" MIchIgan under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVO:E LEVY A successful manufacturer knoVin b) many readers of the ArtIsan never passes through the "everal depal tments of his shops at a moderate pace, whIle the men employed are at work. He IS convinced that If he ,\ ould inCIte the men to step In ely he must walk C{Ulckly h1111"el£ \ man of the wnter's acqualntance lIved upon a farm located 111Southern MichIgan, dunng hIS youth The old farmer tried to teach his grandson the many detaIl" of work all a farm. and one day took him out into a field for the purpose of teach111g hll11 ho\'" to drive a yoke of oxen draVi111g d plm' The old farmer placed hIS plow into posItion for lay111g out a 'land" and throVi ing the whip to the boy told hUll to dr1\ e the oxen 111 a straight line toward a tree on the OpposIte side of the field. The boy had WIltnessed the skill of the navigators of the inland seas 111 dlrect111g the mo\ em0nt" of the great steamers and sallIng vessE'ls through the narro'A ancl crooked branches of the Ch1icago rIver, and fitt111g them 111to "paces along the docks where there seemed to be but a fe" lllches of leoeway, and imagined that piloting a team of oxen to a given point was but play for a chIld Eo\" e, er, the CIr-cuitous route descnbed by the plm' and the remarks uttered by grandfather while the oxen" ere In motlon COnY111ceJ the boy that there was "somethIng to It ' aftel all \\ hen the end of the "land" had been reached and It \\ as deSIred by grandfather that a change in the route of travel be made, the boy attempted to execute hIS orders. "Haw Buck, Ha'" BrIght, he commanded, hut the oxen faIled to obey The command was unaval1lngly repeated and then the old man exploded "Y ou cussed fool, don't you know the oxen WIll not move \\ hile you stand stIll? \'\ hen you want the oxen to "haw," you must say "haw" and then "haw" yourself. The lesson was not lost on the boy \Vhtle he ne, er ac-quired great ab11lty as a dnver of oxen he recogl11zed the ,alue of "haw111g" hImself, when he deSIred to accomplIsh a task WIth the assistance of others The same motive impels the manufacturer referred to, to move through hIS factory faster than a walk The motIve of the "prom111ent sh1ppel ,;" "ho are re-ported as hav111g wntten to memhers of the Interstate Com-merce Commiss1On expressmg the opil11on that the proposed advances 111 ratlroad freIght rates are Justified hy "existing conditions" is not clear Thel e I" a mystery about it that IS much hke a SuspIClOn The1e ale celtaml) glotmds for a Susplc10n that the gentlemen who ha\ e suddenly been con-verted to the raIlroad'" side of the contI 0\ er:o) have been CUrl ent reports of 1atlroad earnmg'o and expense" do not llldlldte that an) ad\ ance 111 f1eilSht rates is urgently neces- "an \10" t of the I oad~ report la1 ge 111creases 111 ~ross re-ceIpt" and many of them substantial mcrea"es in net profit" dunng the year covel ed by their reports and nothing has occun eel In the pa,;t three months that should be expected to cut dol' n thel1 busine"" or increase theIr expen"es F\.))O"ltlO11" of home made good" are growing m popu-anty In Dctrmt 103,000 people attended such an exposition, 1I11lch ,HI" open ten day,; Successful expo"itions of the "ame cha1 acter ha\ e been held th1" year in St Louis, Kansas Clh and Cln eldnc1 SOJourner" seemed to take as much in-tere'ot 111 the shows a" the reSIdents of the places ment10ned \ man named ShaV\ opened a small stock of furl11ture in thc httle town of Alto, 1\1lch, the other day WIth a concert gl\ en b) a bras,; hand of tllll ty men from Grand Rapids. Shaw 111u"t hay c made a rather noisy impression on the co 111 I11U l11t) '1 he date when the proposed advances 111ral1road freights h to take effect has been postponed for a third t1111e, to l~ebruan 1 1911 Begms to look as if it might as well be po-,tponed 111defi111telyor "sine die" There isn't much chOIce between an elm and a quartel cd oak bedstead when the SIde ralls permIt a woven wire mat-tress to fall to the floor, between them :\1anufacturers of mIrrors report that the condItion of the furnitu1 e trade IS reflected by the plates they sell There 1" a 11\ely demand for mIrrors at present The "alesman who trains himself for the higher positions 111 the mercantIle world, is ready to embrace opportunities for acl.. ancement \\ hen presented, Frequc·ntly outsIder,; are brought into manufacturing in- 'oltutlOn" to occupy places the insiders had faIled to prepare themseh es to fill The man who marnes because he falls over the furniture 111 hIS room" at 111ght, will also fall over the fur111ture after he marrIes "\' ery few men can be placed on a pedestal without get-ting dizzy and fallIng off "-Ex \\'hy not try a Jard1111ere. stand? Grand Rapids Views for New York Windows. !\. pr0111ment retaIler of New York has requesteJ the Shgh Furmture company to supply h1111WIth se" eral large vIews of Grand RapIds He deSIres to place the same in hIS show w111do",s The card" ,,-111 be lettered "Grand Rap- 1(\:0 the Home of Good Furl11ture" A consIderable part of the factm y dIstrict, on the east SIde of Grand RIver IS covered by the VIews taken WEEKLY ARTISAN Get Lateat Bulletin, 288MA. AMERICAN BLO')JER CoMPANY ---DETROIT.I"tICH ----- U S. A. Own Your Own Electric Light Plant "ABC" Vertical Enclose!d Self-Oiling Engines Save 215% Direct-connected to any good make of dynamo. Can be run safely anywhere a steam line can be carried. No Noise. No Vibration. Economy. Efficiency "ABC" Engines require only one~half of the "ABC" Engines is the very high-the usual amount of steam. est attainable. Consume only one-fifththe usual amount Friction loss less than 4%. of oil. Will run constantly at higher speeds The wear is so slight that adjustments than any other reciprocating engine. are required only once in six to nine months. Lubrication of "ABC" Engines is ample at any speed and is not distributed under pressure. Oil is separated from water, cooled and filtered at every circuit. Automatic internal lubrication by a pump and gravity flow. Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business-operating three large plants devoted exclusively to the manufacture of Fan System apparatus and the allied lines. A Scheme That Failed. Several years ago two brothers who had been en-gaged In the furnIture busIness perfected a new and useful devIce In machinery, and not findIng the capItal needed at home to erect a plant and manufacture theIr specialty, they made a tour of the eastern states and finally gamed the con-fidence and found the money needed to float the enterpnse The placing of any new tlung on the market and the crea-tIon of a demand for the same requires time, and whIle good progress had been made in the sales department, In the language of the plams the bUSIness had not proven "a howl- Ing success" Several months ago, whIle one of the brothers "as travelmg through the far west engaged in solIciting ord-ers, and the other lay ill m a hospItal, one of the directors, whose mmd was filleJ WIth speculatIve Il1tent, called on the stockholders and presented a scheme for oustIllg the brothers from the management It was finally determIned to hold a meetmg of the stockholders and If the affaIrs of 1he corpor-atIOn should be found to be as represented by the schemmg dIrector, to petition the court to appomt a receiver. One of the stockholders, whose conSCIence could not approve what seemed to be an underhand proceedIllg, took a tram to an adJOll11ng town where he dIspatched a message to the offiClal m the west, warnmg him of the nature of the movement and suggestIng that he return Immechately A few days later the stockholders met to conSIder the affaIrs of the company and whIle the schemIllg director was engaged 111 making a statement of hb VIews of the business the official who had been recalled from the far west entered the room unan-nounced In the dIScussion that followed It "at, proven that the corporatIOn was sound financIally and only needed a httle patience on the part of creditors and the loyal support An "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Engine, direct-con-nected to dynamo. making an ideal Outfit for Isolated Electric Light Plants. Mailed poatpaid at your requeat. 17 of the management The offICIal had brought home from the west orders amountll1g to upwards of $50,000 and Il1 addItIon many good sales had been effected through the malls A commIttee was appoInted to confer WIth credItors, who III the end granted extensions, and the capital stock of the company was matenally mcreased by cat,h payments for the 'lame by both credItor" and stockholdel s. The former young furl11ture makers of Grand RapId" stIll remall1 in control of the business. Another "Business Builder." The Adam's & Eltll1g company ChIcago, have sent out, to Jabbers and dealers 111 theIr products. another of theIr "Business Builders," which surpa~ses any of its predeces~oI s in beauty, style, contents and general make-up It has 24 pages about llx16 inches, all filled WIth catchy IllustratIOn" of the Ad-el-ite speclalttes and comments on theIr ments and uses. It Will surely buIld busll1ess for the enterpnsll1g, ener-getIc company and reflects great credIt on the artIstIC taste and abIlIty of F A Farrar, theIr advertISll1g ma.c':lger To satisfy should be the polIcy of e\ ery merchant ~-----------------------_.----------- II•••t •II• I 21 N. Market St .. ~--------------------------- A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE aROOVINa SA WS DADO SAWS II ,I CitiZens' Phone 1239 I __G_ra_nd_R_ap_Id._, M_ic-h.l I "" Palmer's Patent Cluin! Clamps II lI,III IIIf III IIIIIf ,Ifi j J I I IIIII 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION' Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every parllcular Best proPosition on the market FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfrs of band saw blades and tools 1717 1719 W Adams SI Chicago Had a ""Feel" for Old Wood. ] he death of Pat! ILk c"tu en" I emU\ e" a mdll 1111 J lId ,1111111ea.,tU11lC[tJeplace 1111\e\', \ 01 k 111 t11e m1l1d-, (\r ]1"l" per,',one., 111tel ee.,tf'(l 111old f1ll11lture l hel e al e otl" I 1<1£;t, ot old fUr11ltllle m New YOlk, but ",ome ot the collecton le-s; arded Ste\en~ a~ "the last wOld' a~ to It~ authentlcli\ \Yhel1 he had ')po~el1 they \\ el e satl"fied \~ one of them expressed It, He had a scent f01 old wood-not old ,l ented wood" He also had a "feel" fOl It and touched It dS thow:.ll tak111g It~ pule.,c He wa~ declal ecl to knO\\ ab~oluteh a'ul accurately the dIffelence hetv\ een anuent tool 111d'k" an,l then 11111tatlOne.,done by modern toole., \11 111Jtelate III~h man wIth a hlOgue so nch tl1dt It enclealcd 111111 to hl~ flJend" he had made hnTIe.,elf an expel1. not only by mtent practIcal 'itudles but later by 1I1dust! JOU ~ readms;, v,hO'ie \ al ue 1\ cr.., enhanced by that ')ort of memory \dllch enable" hlm to an-swer a seekel fOJ a I efel ence 'ChIppendale book pas;e 47 ' or whate\ el It mu:;ht be He came to ~ el\ YOlk from Hal I ford, Conn. Slr Cas pal Pl1l don Clal ke, d11ectOl of the J\Ietropol;1 a 11 Museum of Art, had a \ ely mterestmg eJo..pelJence \\ Ith ,r, Ste, en'i, whILh hae., nel er been told It I~ \ 101at1l1~ no COlJT1 dence to ~ay that the e"pelJence \\ a'i lu~t a'o 1l1telestm£; I) ]\fl Ste\ en'i, ae., SIr PUI don \\ III I ellfv, fot \\ htle they ap-ploached edch uthe1 a~ oppone!lt~ !lot to e.,a\ anta£;onle.,t-, they had a good natllled tlme to~ethel ~mong ",orne antique fm nltul e purchae.,ed fOJ the illetI I) po1Jtan 1\Iuseum from the TIffan\ ~tlldlo'i \\ae., dn Elt7abethan I efecto!} table, one 'If t!we.,e \\ lth the kl1lfe mad, e.,111 It e.,11O\\- me; hcm the\ uscd to cut theIr meat 11~ht on the tahle n those happ} clay'i rhl'i pIece "lr Pl11don leJected e.,a}111g that \\hlle he admued It c;reatll he had e.,l1lh douhte., d" t 1 the £:enumene"e., that he could not dj)j)IO\ e It-, dcceptance h, the mu~eum It had come {IOl11 the fhomas 1\ C lad"e colltltlol1 hut the] Iffa11y people felt that Sl1 Pm don e.,attItude II a" e.,ome-thmg of d 1efleltlOn on them 1he table \\ ae., bl0l1£:ht hack cmd 11r l'ranue., of the ~tnclFl" "cnt fOJ c"te\ en" \\ ho \\ ae., emplo\ ed there and Ste\ en" e"dl11l1led It CI en talon£: "ome of It apal t 'Thele'll he no tlouble about plo\m~ Ite., s;enl1l11cnese., to c..11 Pmdun saId Pat, fetch 111111 dOv\n hele' Sll Purdon came down and Pat e.,ho\\ ed 111m the unml') takable acl7e mdl k'), the wr011ght pm" PIO\ ed that thc 1101 k couldn't be done m that \\ ay tocla Y b, an} tool'i 111Ihe and that the table had ne, el befol e been taken dpart, that It could not ha\ e been and I etawed the e\ Idence'i of old \\ 01kman shIp VI h1eh It e"hll)Jted He e'itablIshecl Ite., genuwene~s to the satIsfactIOn of SIr Pmdon who deda1ed all hIS daub±:" re~oh ed Thc tahle, WIth It'i fOJ m on wll1ch the eatel" lle.,ed to e.,lt, h nO\\ 111 the mll~eum heCallo,e PatrIck Ste\ en" knel\ hI" o;;ubJect .,.----_._---_. ---- ----- -~---- _. -- ---., It III I II If I III I III IIIII II II I I Ij I• II I,I• I II ,, II III , •III ..- - The above cut IS taken dIrect from a photograph, and shows the range of one SIze only, our No.1, 24-inch Clamp. We make SIXother SIzes, takmg In stock up to 60 Inches wide and 2 Inches thICk. Ours IS the most practIcal method of clampIng glued stock in use at the present tIme, Hundreds of factones have adopted our way the past year and hundreds more WIll in the future. Let us show you. Let us send you the names of nearly 100 factones (only a fractIon of our list) who have or-dered and reordered many tImes. Proof pOSItIveour way IS the best. A post card WIll brIng It, catalog inclUded. Don't delay, but write today. I II ____________ -0\ A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. ..-------~-----------~----------_." I I I , I I t , I , I I t j I I I I I I I t I I I , I I I I I , I I I t I I t I I I I • I • I I I • I I I I I I t I I I •I II t • j , I I I t t I I I I I I I I t I I t I I I I I II THE ARE BREAD AND I PROfIT WINNERS I I / I I I t I I I I I ! I ~-- . ~ FOREIGN REPRESE:N'l'ATIVES: The PrOJectIle Co., London, England; Schuchardt & Schutte, Berlin, Ger-many; Alfred H. Schutte, Cologne, ParIS, Brussels, LIege, MIlan, TUrIn, Barcelona and Buboa. "ELI" FOLDING BEDS No Stock complete WIthout the Ell Beds In Mantel and Upright. ELI D. MILLER & CO. EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Wnte for cuts and pnces ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVANSVILLE, ----------------------------------- The <;tud, and other as~eb of the Lottman Furmtul e company, bankrupt of r-rou<;ton, Te'C. hay e been "old to the CnlOn XatlO11d! Bank of that ut) fOJ 60 cent" on the dollar The mannta( tnre ot dock ca"e" ha" long been an 1111- j)mtant lIldu'ih \ 111 (,land RapId" \\ It!11n the pa<.,t yeal the mdnufacture of the "\\ ork,," n"ed m the cluck':> hdS heen ddded The ColonIa! Furl11ture com pan) and the \V P Dymond compan} furnIture manufacturel'i of Stl athroy, Ont .. have heen consolIdated undel the name of the Dymond Colonial company, Ltd The banks of the Twm Clhe<;, St Paul and :\fmneapoh", have f01med an emelgenC} currency aSSOCIatIOn, makmg ten snch aSSOClahons no", 01~anl/ed undel the prOVISIOn') of the Aldnch-Vreeland law The Al t Metal Comtruction company of Jamestown. NY, ha'3 been awalded the contract f01 supplymg $74,000 \\ 01th of metal fUl11lltll e and fixtures for the new city hall m )Jew Bedford. Mas<; The l\!fIchaels Fur11ltUl e company of ChIcago, have set-tled their financIal ddtlCultles by paymg 108 creditors 30 cents on the dollar TheIl ')tock wa<; sold to the Hartman Furniture and Calpet company Marshall FIeld & Co. of ChIcago, I eport that the fall movement of merchanch'ie IS much heavier than had been antIcIpated Many country melchants, anrving m ChIcago daIl yare bUY1l1g freeIv to reple11l'ih depleted stocks The Collier FurnitUl e company of Cordele. Ga. who closed theIr sto! e recently. have reon;-anized and I esumed busine'i<; ].)J Colhel sold hIS mterest to hl<; pal tners and expect" to open a new furnIture 'itore at Reynolds, Ga. Erne"t Senske, Maunce Taubel, J L Valentine, J L Schnaei~ and H Mollmer, have been named as a commIttee to complete plan'3 for orga11lzmg the NatIOnal A<;soclatlOn of Upholstel'i, that wa<; recently maugUlated m Clllcago Fredenck VV Khpper, f01 0\ er 30 yeal" "enlOl member of the firm of Khpper & \Veb'3ter, furnltnre manufactul ers of BaltllllOJe, l\Id. dIed on October 15. aged 78 year" He wa<; a Gel man cabll1etmaker when he came to \menca m 1859 0", ll1g to the IemO\ a1 of "e\ era1 of the '3tockholderc from the CIty, the HenlY Klernel FurnIture company, deal-er<;. of ~ ew \lhdny, Ind hay e filed notlle of dl"solutlOn and \\ III q\llt bu<;me~<; They mal be succeeded hv a ne", firm 01 company L L Summel" &. Co, ChIcago archItects. have been a \\ al ded the contract for de"lgnmg, fUl nl"hmg plans and ~peC1ficatlOn" and '3upenntendll1g constI uctlOn of the $600,- 000 plant to be erelted at \'.'mona. :Yfmn bv the Oxford Lmen company of ?'JOI th BlOokfield ~Ias<; . The plant and all other a'3<;ets of the bankrupt Mar"h field ('VI'3) BeddIng company were bId In at the receiver's "ale by C H Stuck act111g a" agent for the GnlOn Mortgage Loan company of Eau ClaIre It 1<;e"pelted that the com-pany \v III be I e-orga11lzed and I esume busmess The FurllltUle and Calpet Trad~" a"'iO,iatlOn of San Franu:'>co, whIch 111cludes both dedlel sand manufactUl er<;, hay e dellled the demand of theIr Ulllon employe" for an 111- crea"e In wages and a Saturday half holIdav The uphol- "terer", who hay e been on strIke fOJ "ome tIme. hay e been notIfied that unles" they retuln to \\Olk before next Monday men WIll be brou~ht flom the ea"t to take the11 placces. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS rheodore Hunt 1'0 a new undel taker 111RIchmond, Ind 'The rhl1t (~1Jch) \\vn111l.2;and l'ull1ltUle compdny have QOl1e out of bU"l11e"" J 1 (,Iant ha'i purcha"ed () L John<"on'" turtllture '-to! e at \ust111. '\l111n Iogdn K ]'dlll"h "uccced 1lelrVl11dn (( \\ dtel':>, ftlllll-tUI e dealer" of \lto, Tex I, \ Folsom. fUl11lttll e dealer. at SP11lt Lake, Io\'. a, ha<; "old out to A L FaIT T T E\\111£.; ha" ]1urchdsed the letall hlll1ltUle bU'3111eSS of T Ov &. ITaite, Lan"111g lVI1ch The \Va:Ahaw (N C) Furllltt11 e company, dealel s, hay e 111corporated Capital stock $6,000 The Brigman Ftll111ture company, dealers, hay e mo\ ed flam FItzgerald, Ga, to Eagle, Ala O'3car Barnes. ftllniture dealel. is no\\ sole owner of the FUr11ltUlc E:Achange of Atlanta, Ga The K111g FUl11ltUl e compan}, dealel s. of Saginaw, Mlch hay e I11corpOJated. CapItal 'itock. $10,000 \V A Alexander, fur11ltUl e dealer and undel taker of Bonnel 's Ferry, Ida, ha<; sold out to Moore & Co D S \;\Thlttemore, furnIture dealer and undertaker of GillOn. ~ Y, ha<; sold out to A J & A L. Ohver. Buhr & Voght. '" ho opened a furnIture store at Gretna, Man. recently hay e '301d their stock and qUlt business The Elhs FurUltUl e LOmpany of 609 Center street, Little Rock, A.rk, hay e filed a \ oluntar) petitIOn in bankruptcy The \Yed FurnIture C0111pan} of Mode'3to, Cal, are en-largl11e, theIr 'itOI e and wdl add a carpet and rug department J H Koelsch & Son of vVest i\lh'3, Vlis, wdl quit the 'ihoe bus111e'i'3 and cony ert theIr store into an undertaking e<;tabh'ihment F T Ca'itle who"e furnltnre 'itore 111 Camden, N. Y , was burned 1 ccentl], wdl bUlld on a new locatIOn and resume bus111e'3s 111January 2\10111:0Cohen. MOIn'3 Kompel and MOJn" Berger have 111c01pOlated the NatIOnal l3edd111f; company of ChIcago (apltal '3tock, $2,500 \ petItIOn 111bankruptcy ha'i been filed a£;d111st the Ed- \\ al d Ihllg company, manufacturel s of mattre<;'3es, caskets, etc of O'ihkosh, \VIS DanfOl d & H111dman, fUl11lture dealer<; of LIttman. O. vvho were leported as g0111g ont of bn'i111e<;'i have made al-langemenh to cont111ue 'I atk111<; 13j()ther'i. fUllllture dealel'i of South Manclle,,- tel. Conn, celebl ated the thlrty-'ilxth anl1lVerSal y of the found111g of theIr bU<;111ess, la<;t week The Lpholstcl el ,,' U n10n of BO'iton, Mas'3, I epOl t a "cal uty of men 111theIr trade m all New England CItIes and are a<;k111gfor a shght increa'ie 111wage<; SealS, Roebuck & Co have declared the u"ual qualteJI) dl\ Idend of 134 pel cent on the common stock, payable No- \ ember 15 to "tock of rec,J1d October 31 \Y. F Dick111son ha" sold hIs fur11ltlll e and 1111dertakmg bus111ess at E"eter, ?\ eb . to \V. n Grant and It> 100k111l?," fOJ a de'ilrable locatIOn f01 a new furl1lture 'itore Thomp'3on & Mahlemdn funllturc dealel" of New Mal-tms\ l11e, \V "a, '" ho wel e burned out recently, vnll I ebUlld and resume bus111ess befol e the end of the yeal WILL BE RULED BY THE COMMISSION Suprem.e Court Again Refuses to Interfere With Orders That Reduce Railroad Freight Rates. ~ fe,'. } ears ago rarlroad managers and theIr legal ad \ Isers generall} scouted the Idea that the Inter-state Com-merce Comml')slOners had authonty to fix or reduce freu{ht rates Indeecl m')st of them contended that the gO\ ernment had no power to create such a comml')SlOn or to Interfere wIth the management and operatIon of ral1roacl') 111 am II a, declanng that an appeal to the Supreme Court of the l111te(1 States would 'ourely re')ult 111 a deCISIOn ahohsillng the com-mISSIOn Such an op1l11On or contentIOn wa') enterta1l1ecl not only by men closely connected ''.Ith the raIlroad 1l1terests hut by many other') up to la:-,t ~Iay, v, hen the Suplemc lOUI t affil med the action at the Comml'o')lOn 111 01del1l1c; a recluLllOn of rates In the -:'I11ssourJ RIver cases ancl the Dem er case the latter hav111g grown out of the a~ltatlOn am] persIstent actIOn of the In epresslble Mr K1I1uel of Dem el By the deCISIOn, rendered on \lay 31, the 5upreme court dId not speClfically uphold the constltutlOnaht} of the C(Jm-misslOn, but dId so 1I1dlrectl} by affinmng Its aLllOn The railroad men were not satIsfied, however Some of them stIli honed to secure a modlficatlOn ')f the decI"lOn at least and WIth that plll po:-,e 111 ,iew thev filed a petitIOn fOl a Ie heanng of the case Last Monda} the Supreme COUrt dellled theIr petItion and the last hope of abohsh1l1g or curtaIlng the power of the Interstate Commerce CommlsslOn appears to have been wiped out Apparently convinced that the CommISSIOn, '" lth POI'. er to "interfere with the management rules and operatIon of ral1roads" in many ways, has "come to stav' the raIlroad men, many of whom, partlculally the edItors of finanCIal and commercial papers, wel e gn en to ndlCul1l1g and I C\ 111l1lSthe CommIssion and ItS membCl:-" hay e chan~ed then tactIcs They now tI eat the commlSSlOnel S qlllte I espectfull, declal1l1~ that they ",ill act honestly and tleat the lal1road-, faith 111 the matter of fixing rates The follow1l1g from a '\ e", York paper shows a radIcal change from sentiments that '" ere expressed by raIlroad organs before the vahchty of the Com-miSSIOn's ruhngs were afhrmed by the Supreme court "Behef that the Interstate Commerce CommiSSIOn 11111 grant at least most of the increases in freIght rates now re-quested by the raIlroads, when that body rendel'o Ih final deciSIOn on their apphcatlOniS next February, IS becommg more general 111 "V,T all street ThIS idea had ,,0 neadv ap-proached a conVIction 111many quarters of the finanCIal dlS-tnct yesterday that It ofhet almost completely the new') that the United States Supreme Court had c!el11ed the motion for a reheanng of the "o-called "MISSOUri Rn er I ate ca'ocs,' mvolv1l1g rates between the ::YIlsslsslPPI and \II"soun fl\ ers, whIch hac! been deCIded 111 favor of the commlS')lon and aga1l1st the Rock I')land and Burl1l1gton roads at the last term of the court It was learned 111the street that counsel for the roads 111 these cases were not optllTIlStlC about the Supreme Court grant1l1g theIr petItIOn for a reheanng al-though three members of the court had dIssented flOm the maJonty op111lOn, upholdmg the Inter"tate Commerce Com-mISSIOn's order makIng radIcal reductIOn" 111 rate') ,'. hen thl,) deCISIOn \'Vas handed down on May 31 Con')equently the roads were not greatly ')urpn"ed or dl')app01nted 'vhen they hearJ that thIS petltlon for a reheanng of the case had been denied "There IS no doubt that most of the leadIng bankmg lntere"t'o arc help11lg along the upward m'>vement (m stocks) becau"e they are lea')onably certam that the Interstate Com-melce CommI"slOn v\lll grant a fall advance 111 raIlroad rates and that the Xm ember electIOns W111re')ult morc favorably to finanCIal and corporate Interests than was expected two or thl ee II eek" ago Consequentl), It IS ul1Cler')tood that the 101\ el " that he," \'I ho ale credlteJ WIth mspmng the upturn In LIttle Steel and other active -issues, beheve that sooner than ha') been predIcted thel e \'VIII be a marked rev IVaI In the Iron and steel mdustnes and hetter condItIOns m the indus- Lllal II arId generally" fhe quoted paragraph" are from a paper that a fe'" \, eeks ago, hke many others, was declanng that a Je111al of the petltlOn m the rate ca')e'), would surely be followed by de-cl11le') on the stock exchange ancl work great harm to finanCIal and commerCIal mterests That the edItors really beheved theIr own prec!JctlOm IS mdlc.ated by the way they treated the ellspatch anll>lounclllg the dC11lal \;V \thout exception they pubhshed It lllcon"plcuously, glVl11g merely the fact in a few hnes under a 'omall head, eVIdently feanng that to gIve It the promlI1ence that It de')ened mIght upset or, lather, down'oet the "tock market New Lines Added. The cause of the largely l11creasecl busl11ess transacted dunng theIr last bus111e')s year as explallled by Sears, Roe-buck &.. Co \'. a<, the addItion of new hnes of merchandIse '\ n lll1pOl tan t fea tlll e of theIr new busllles" I') the supplying of al chltectural deSIgns and the supplyll1g lof matenals for the el ec tlnn of thousands of house'), throughout the Ul11on, TheIr sale:-, for n111e months endmg September 30 amounted to S4) 000 000 as com pal ed WIth $34,000,000 for the same penod la~t } ear ---------------_._----------.~ I,II - ~ ~_.- IIII ,III ~--- B. WALTER & CO. ~~ T ABLE SLIDES Exclusively WABASH INDIANA WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ------_._---- -- ----------_._---- ~-----------_._._._.__ ._---_._------------ I III III II III I II III II II• I• I I I •I• I •II I fob Grand Rap,ds I '- STAR ~II I III , •,I I I,II ,IIII ,I I I III IIII • •• _ _ -AI CASTER CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, making the best cup on the market CellulOId IS a great tmprovement over bases made of other materIal When It ISnecessary to move a pIece supported by cups WIth cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per-fectly smooth CellulOId does not sweat and by the use of these cups tables are never marred. These cups are finished In Golden Oak and WhIte Maple, fintshed lIght If you wtll try a 8amplt ordtr of thtst goods you w,ll dutrt to handle them tn quanttttts PRICES: SIze 2~ Inches. ,$5.50 per hundred. Size ZU Inches 4.50 per hundred. TRT.A S.AMPLE ORDER WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 To the Test! Put Us larity of your pet product. \\ hat you need is a stain specialist. \Vrite Marietta. Making special stains to fit special con-ditions has been our special forte for) ear!>. We are more than manufacturers, we are originators. Much of our pain t is "custom made," all of our stains are "mixed wIth brains." A furniture maker gets a new idea-a "hunch." Designs a new line. It looks good to him. It is good--distinctive--out of the ordinary. PROBLEM: What shaH the finish be? What particular color and tone will dove-tail with that particular design? Steady, now; you've got a real gordian knot to un-tie. Upon your success depends the popu- Address Desk NO.3. Marietta Paint &. Color Co. Marietta, Ohio. "Kicks and Carrots:' A e;omewhat nm el propo'oltlOn ha'o been e;ubmltted to cer-tam of the trafflc club., of the country by A.rthur Hale, chalf-man of the committee on relatlO1h between rallroads of tIe American RaIlway A.s"oclatlOn '\e; e;et forth by )'Ir Hale It prOVides for compene;atlOns, to he paid by the raIlroads, to shippers for handhng freight cal S m less than the time al-lovved un del the excltlllg demurrage rule The leeway novv given con"lgnOi s or con"lgnee Ie; t01 tv-eight hOlll e;, after which $1 per eLl) 1'0 charged fOi each cla) tl1dt the car I" de tamed Some mtele"tlllg stathtlcs are set forth III support of tIllS plOpoSltlon for example, It IS stated that the raIlroad", by dlllt of Imprm ed management and qUlcker e;en Ice ; ~ sWltChUlg and hanclllllg cars, ha\ e lllereased the a\ erage ,~------------------------------------------- II I I II IIII I I I II I• III II I II .. The Good Old Reliable Work Bench -1 II II I• I II• I THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. For Many Years Made ExclUSively by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworking factones Send for Catalogue ..- ... . ..... ---------- - . -... . - .~ dally mm ement of a cal flOm t\" 0 to five mlle">, and that the "h Ippel" are co-opel atmg m loadl1lg and dlsehal gmg prompt- I), to alle\ late the fear of a senous car ~hortage at thiS season Furthermore, It IS salcl, that the mcrease of one mlle dally In the average movement of each car vvouLI mean 111 the long I un an earnml.; capacity of the freight eqtl1pment equal 10 the purcha<;e of several mIll10n dollars' worth of new cars Commentl1lg on J\Ir Hale's .,uggest1On, the Commercial f1l11es of Chicago say" "The day of car shortages and the InCIdental clnnoyance and delay to shipper and carner alike nllght he at an end If the consignor and consignee used the "ame dispatch that IS now to SJ great an extent bemg exer- CIsed by th e rallroads "The suggee;t1On of a reward fOi well-dOlng~we can think of no better term-has been only tentative thus far IN e a walt with great mterest the act1On, favorable or other- Wise, that may be taken by the earners, anJ the ba"ls on which It IS to be worked out "It IS an old saymg "There are two ways of making a donkey go-kIcks and carrots" ]\II Hale IS eVidently an advocate of the latter, and from IllS Wide knowledge of the sltuat10n of car movement and shcrtages, hiS md'll "ement ot such a plan ought, of Itself, to carry great weight With the roads " II II I~ • . -4 22 ~------------------------_._------ --------------------_._._---_. _._--- WEEKLY ARTISAN No. 550 Price $8.75 Palmer Manufa(furin~ ======(om~anJ====== 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, DETROIT, MICH. --~, f,I J I,, ,I IIIII I '---. -- -.~----_-.- -----_.~------------.,..---... -------_--. ----_._------_._. --_._----- New- Furniture Dealers. T E Dv,yer IS a new furmture dealer at \"Ictor, Col o F Lund has opened a new furmture store at ::\lllan ::\1mn '1he ] unla ta F111mture company are new dealer", at ::\1If flm, 1'a The Beaumont Flll nlture company are new dealer"> at Beaumont, TeA l' 1\1 ::"e\ el dnce of ::\lontpeItel, has opened a ne\\ fUlll1 ture store at PI Ol tOI, " t The Rockland lurmture compan} hd\ e opened a ne\\ "tm e m Rockland, 11ass Jo;-,eph Goldsl111th ha;-, opened a ne\\ furmtul e ">tOIe dt 206 \Valnut street, Halllsburg, Fa C. H Grantham has 01 del ed ">tock f01 a ncv\ 1111nltme ,,>tore that he wIll open at LIlly" Ga Mahan 8.- Kettellng \\ III enga~ e m the f111mttll e and undertakmg bu"me"" at DeKalb. 111, openml; m Nm embel 11 \\ tn DeLong of Fleet\\ ood, Pa, ha'" rented a hl1lldlll~ III whICh he WIll open a ne\\ "tack of ftll111tul e at \lb111tu>" Pa. The Calql1ltt 1 l1I111tl1e1 company, 111COplOI atee! al e new dealel'" at Calqllltt, (,a fo"eph \1 <;,hlllglel T I CL etb ,me! I' A Ld""ettel dl c thc "tockholdel "> The Ideal HOlhe FUlm"hml; cumpanv 11d\e openee! a neV\ StOl e at 154 Eleventh street, PhIladelphia, Mandel Bro-thers of Allentown, Pa, are saId to be interested in the ven-ture The Trenton Furmshmg company of \\ hICh H. A. Doug-las IS presIdent and G. S. Vvoodruff ">ecretary and treasurer, are new dealel s m furlllture and furlllshmgs, for reSIdences, hotels, office b111ldmgs, steamshIp,,>, banks, churches, club hou"e" etc at 242 Bellevue avenue, Trenton, \J J, They \\ III be pleased to recen e catalogues, photographs, pnce It:"t-., etc, ft am manufacturel s, Will Cut Phillippine Timber. Dem er, Col papers state that a cablegram receIved by the ofucer-, of the N egros-PhllItppme Lumber company, an-nounce", the begmnmg of operatIOns of then lumbel plant at CadIZ, Phllltpp111e Island">, The company IS composed of Dem el and Lo~ Angeles men and ha"> concessIOn" from the I'hllItpP111e gm ernment embracmg 50 square mIles of ttmber land \\ Ith a £;0\ ernment valuatIOn of $22,000,000, accordmg to the offIcel" of the company Damel D } lIt" of Denver IS \ lLe presIdent of the com-pan\ says the nnanunl; of the cntne proJect, mc1udmg the con"tluctlOn of a lalItoad mto the forests, has practIcally heen completed L llmatchable harga111~' al e made to ordcl 30 000 Sheldon Steel Racll. f Vises Sold on approval and an uncon dltlonal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We sohclt pnvllege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue ~-------_._-_.-- -------,----------------------------~-------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS New Factories. The Cat C) Chatr company ha" been 111corpOlated to es-tabhsh a ncy\ factol v at Keene, '.; Tl Capital "tock, $28- OCO The Hayye:O\llle \rt l:<Ul11ltl11e (ompany, mCOlp01ated, have eqabh"hed a ne\y factol\ and ..,talted bnsUle"s at 1Tawe,,\ !lIe, K) The FII~ld lone Refn~elat01 company, incorpOlated, WIth capItal stock llmlted to $100,000, yvl1l estabhsh a fac- 101y at Plell e, S Dak '\ ~11 Da\enpOlt of Boston IS trylllg to Olga11lze a com-pany 10 establish a funl1tl1re factory at Ehzabeth, N C He plopo,;es to 'mannfactm e hIgh grade fllrnltUl e to ship to northern cliles," Thoma" \V Tloy and assoCIates propo,;e to mve"t $300,- 000 If othcl I eSldent-., of ;'viacon Ca, Will take 9;200,OODWOIth of stock 111the company to estabhsh a factory and manufac-ture high gl ade fur11ltm e 111that city The Osage \iV elch School Desk and Fur11lture company, capitalized at $75,000 \V III e,;tablish a factory at Osage CIty, Okla 1\1 Chapltn, 1. S Ross, D, S \Yelch, F, V. LaBonnti and 0 \Y Glb"on al e the 111corporatlllg stockholdel s Aftel considellllg llldncements offel ed by several cIties the ChIttenden-Eastman company of Burlll1gton, Iowa, hay e deCided to estabh"h a new mattress factory and fUlnltl1re J obbll1g hou se 111Kansas CIty, 110 to he I eady for bnsllless on JannalY 1, 1911 F A and J R Dennett, J l\L Bostwick, \Y, H. Thom-men and E J Barrett, hay e 111COpIorated the LakeSIde Craft Shops, to estabh:oh a new factory and manufacture jardl!llere "tands, no\ eltIes, etc, at Sheboygan, \VIS Capital stock, all subscllbed, $50,000 They haye started V\ark on theIr hul1d-ms; s Personals. R J rI homa", "eLl etarv at the \ Valt- Fullel Cabmet company of POI tsmlUth, 0, y\ as 111 Gland RapIds last l\Ion-clay and Tnesda} T ohn C PI Ice, a \ etci an fur11ltUl e salesman, for many }eal" \"Ith ~[atthevvs Blathers of 1\111V\ankee, \\ IS, has en-tel cd the sel \ llC of C :0JIS') & Sons of the "ame cIty. Charles F ~agel, fOJ fifteen} ears manager for the Steele JUl11ltUl e company of ralrbm}, N J, has reSIgned to take No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT ...-------_. - - --_._------------ ---------~ , I , I I I II III II ,,j II,I I I1 Ij If jt I III on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and ! most economical polishes, and have proved it by their I being the Standard polishes for 25 years of use in the I furniture manufacturing trade. I: Get our prices and send for sample before placing I your next order. I I GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. I I COMPANY, I I 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. I 1 _ •.• __• __.• __ . _.1 POLISHES Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish a positIOn WIth a fUl11lture and cal pet house of Jersey Clty 1\It and Mr". R D Bron"on of Los Angeles, Cal, wele m Grand RapIds last :.\1onday and Tuesday. Mr. Bronson \\ as buymg office de"ks and fi,tUl es for the Paclfic Pm chas-mg company Al thur Ullman, fOl tOUlteen years associated V\lth New-man &. Ullman, £111 nlture dealers of Feolla, 111, has accepted the pOSItion of manager for the Rubel FUI Dlture and Carpet company of Omaha, Nehl. "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN $2~ SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. E.ach Net We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cone All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. SMITH &, DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis They Never Ha\ e a Relaps~. Into a ~enelal "tOle of a town m Alkan"a.., thele lecent-ly came a darky complammg that a ham whIch he hac! pur-chased thel e '" as not good. "The ham IS all nght, Zeph," mSl~ted the storekeeper "No, it am't, bo~~,' InSIsted the negro "Dat ham''3 'ihore bad I" "How can that be," con-tmued the ..,torekeeper, "when It was cured only la'3t week" 1he darky 'icratched hIS head reflectt\ ely, and fl1ull} sug- ~e'ited "Den maybe It'" had a relap'ie " That IS Ju:ot the tl0uble WIth some busme"s men-they ftequently have a relap'ie. They WIll make a good thmg, and work up a fall' demand for It, and then commence to cheapen It, thmkmg It wIll go throue,h WIthout bemg noticed ]Jut the re'iult Is-whether It IS a ham, or pIece of fUll11ture, or furl11ture tnmmmg'3, the relap'3e WIll 'iurely come to the SUI-face and expo'ie It<;elf Fortunately for the fur111ture manu-factuIel, there 1" one hou'ie-The \Vaddell :'fanufactullng company 01 Cral d Ra]lch. ~l e ldrge..,t manufacturer" of IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and GUIDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. Write for NO·KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent allplled for. samples and prices 465 N. Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich. fllll11tt1l e wood ornament~ m the wodd--whose work ne\ er ha'3 a relap"e Says Railroads Wa~te Money. -\ttOl ney LoUIS Brandt! '3, who gamed fame as counsel fOl lrla\ IS m the Ballmger ll1ve"ttgatlOn and IS now m Wash-mgton a~ representatIve of the eastern shIppers In theIr plea betore the Intelstate Commerce CommlsslOn against the latl-ficatlon of the plopo'ied raIlroad rates increase", m'31sts that the COSt of carrymg on tranSiportatlon b by no means at Ih mO'it economIcal pomt He declares that the raIlroads of the country are far behmd the wholesalers, manufacturels, Job-bers and other branches of business, falling to apply the same methods of economy and elimmatlOn of waste that these concerns apply Promment shl,pper'3 say, mstead of ralsmg the old rates the rarlroads ought to flower them They contend that the commISSIon ought not only to refuse sanction to any further advance except m '3ome few cases where the advance IS made lor the purpose of equahzmg rates on dIfferent clas'3e'i of g-ooJ", but that 1t also ought to do what It can to cut the rate~ prevIously eXIstIng NTHEEWT.Z.."....tnd.1PAlU.OR. ~.a:BED7' Need not be moved from the wall. Always ready with beddmg in place. So .impl., 80 eas,.~a child can operate It. Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO. Erie 8< Sedgwick NEW YORK. Norman 8< Monitor. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 .... - .-.-.-.-.-.- ..4.-.-.-. _T . .. _. . ... pi ••• ,.. V"., WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN LL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined. White Enamel Lined. aI-Glass Lined. You can increase your Refrigerat Sales by putting In a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, [1~S~~·u~~M:~U~SK:;E:G~OoNr, MICH, New York Office, 369 Broadway, L. E. MOOD, Manager . _.-_ ... ----- .....t ••• w ••••••••••••••• .... "I balance up my forces with middle aged and elderly men who want to be assured of a steady and sure income. These men are certain to stay by me; because I can depend on them I keep them as long as they care to stay. It's a constant train, train, drill, drill, for my men. If I learn of a new method or wrinkle through a business maga-zine or a traveling salesman, I suggest it to the men who ought to use it. They try it, and if it works-as it usually does-we incorporate it into our general plan. "I urge each man to make a specialty of something; to study it until he's an authority-then I have an 'information interchange,' as we call it. Each man posts the others on his hobby, so T have salesmen who can buy and buyers who can sell, and every man a specialist at that. "Lastly, I try to pass my men on to better jobs if I be-lieve it to be for their good Se~eral traveling men who call on me got their start right here; they were too good for me to keep. "By these methods I have gotten together an efficient force, one in which there are no jealousies, and everyone loyal to a man."-A. L. Bain in the American Salesman. Hiring and Handling of Employes. In one of the smaller towns within a radius of a hundred miles of Chicago, is a merchant whose sales force works like clockwork. In fact he has one of the most perfect mechan-isms for making retail sales that it has been my pleasure to observe. Last week I visited the town and found things running as smoothly as ever. So I questioned him on the matter of hiring and handling his help. I submit, without change or comment, what he said. "There are two things to study in getting a good work-ing force around you. The first is hiring, the second, train-ing. "I look a long way ahead for my raw material. I visit high schools and the busines" colleges one or twice a year. If I see a boy who is bright, has just the right measure of self confidence and is 'gnappy' and alert, I get in touch with him. I make some plausible excuse to get an interview with him. Once I talk with him I can tell to a reasonable cer-tainty whether he will ever make a satisfactory helper. I try to pick a young man who is working his way through school, though these boys are liable to be transient. That's the way I got my best department head, though, by picking up a young man working his way through a business college. "In my trips through the country I notice these farmers' sons who incline toward trade rather than to staying on the farm or going to school. One of the best hardware salesmen I ever knew, I picked up when he was about twenty-one years old, working on a farm. The name of the Century Furniture company of James-town, N. Y., has been changed to Peerless Furniture com-pany, without change in management or ownership. Merchants who demand faIr treatment of the manufac-turer" concede fair treatment to customers as a rule. Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Dinina Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSE rs and TABLES Library Furniture - Library Desks, Library Tables, Library Bookcases, Combination Book-cases, Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WREK.L~ ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers. Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. ,I II I f If IIIII II I f I •II ,, III II Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes. in imitalion golden oak. plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds. Buffets. Hall Trees. China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak. Chamber Suites. Odd Dressers. Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak. imita.lion mahogany, and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor. Library. Dining and Dressing Tables. ,I THE METAL FURNITURE CO. I,II ,I Made by Tbe Karges Furmture Co Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. La ..... as.... ••• •• • •. an .• ?Wi ••••••••••• Tn •• • .. WEEKLY ARTISAN I , Made by Bosse FurOlture Compauy. Made b; World ~ urtlllure Compall; ~ .... • •••••••••• _ •••••• _ ••••••••••• t I _ • . .. __ ••• __ •• • .. tr Made by Bockstege Furniture Co NY.! -4 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Retail Furniture Association ~Iinnesota Dealers' OFFICERS-President, J R Taylor, Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce l're"dent D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer B A Sch..eneberger, Perham, M'nn ,Secretary W L. Grapp JanesvIlle MInn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE -Cnalrman, Geo KleIn, Mankato, Mmn" 0 SImons, Glencoe, MInn, W. L Harns, Mtnneapolls Mlnn 1 C DaTuelson, Cannon Falls. BULLETIN No. 171. HIGH GRADE ST. LOUIS CUPBOARDS St. Louis probably has the greatest reputation for kItchen cupboard'S m the world. \Ve believe that probably every furniture dealer has had more or les" trouble WIth 'Sorne of the hne'S that are made m St LOUIS Knowing thL the buying committee has tried out this line and we can n 0\\ "ay that thIs IS the be"t hne at cupboards made m St. Louis and are so constructed and finIshed that It Will not take yOU a day 01 so to set them up and make them present able as is the case WIth some of the hnes If} ou al e ,1tall "keptlcal tl y the hne in a few "ample orders which will soon demonstrate to you the great' alues and 1emembel that by buymg thlough our organlLatlOn you Will get better prices, which as an mdlvldual you cannot hope to get unle"" you could use a volume of se,elal cals There is an extr discount of 5 per cent for anyone vvho can ordel the<;e goods through our as"ouatlOn m soltd car lots These are well put up cupboards, finIshed m am of the "ty les gn en undel neath each cupboard m thi" bulletin ly read on and note the style" and prIce" ~l\ en undel eat h cut We furnish these cut" to yOlt \\lth tvpe tfJ! 40c apIece Kind-I I SOFT WOOD S'UALL SAl<E SOFT WOOD SJ)I'iLL SAFE-Golden Finish Fac ~o 7 05% WIre Front and Panel Ends "lth Bach Calving A 10 Fac No 7 05 WIre Flont and Panel Ends \\lthout Back CarvIng A FF Fac No 7 06", WIre Front and Bull s EH :ends "Ith Back Carvmg K TA Fac No 7 (16 WIre Front and Bull s Eye Ends \' Ith out Back Carving A IK Fl1>c. No.7 .33 'h Perforated Front and Panel Ends "Ith Back Carvmg " 10 Fac No 7 33 Perforated Flout and Panel Ends \"lth out Back CalvIng :\.FF Fac No 7~24% Perforated Flont and Perforated Ends WIth Back Carvmg K TA Fac No 7-24 Perforated Front and Perforated Ends WIthout Back Canmg A IK a feet 3 Inches wide 4 feet 7 mches hIgh Weight about 70 pounds Screws furmshed Shipped K D only Fac No 7 01'h Panel Front and Panel Ends WIth Back Caning A 10 Fac No 7 01 Panel Flont and Panel Ends, \\'Ithout Back Can mg A FF Fac No 7 -:1412 Panel] lont dnd Perforated Ends v,lth Back Cat vlng A 10 Fac ~o 7 04 Panel rront ann. PertOlated Ends WIth-out Back Car"\lUg A FF rac "1\0 7-0'j~ Panel }rout and TIn Ends With Back Canmg A 1K rac '{o 7-03 Panel ~ ront and TIn Ends '" lthout Back Carvmg A 1K rac No 7-07'2 Panel Front and Bull s Eye Ends, with Back Carvmg K TA Fac }OO 7-07 Panel Front and Bull s Eye Ends, WIth· out Back Can 'ng A lK Z feet 3 lllches ",Ide, 4 feet 7 mches hIgh WeIght about 70 pounds SClews furmshed. Shipped K D only 30 BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in acid and oiL in acid and oil. in acid and oil. WEEKLY ARTISAN .-...--_._-~~-------_._------ ----_._-_._-- -----_.----_._._--~.~----._------.. FOUR NEW CHICAGO-NEW YORK TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg· ular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People Everything In Pamt SpecIalties and Wood FIU1shmgmaterIals. t.... -_.- .. ._----------.._----- ________________________ -4 Buildings That Will Need Furniture. RESIDENCES-\tlanta, Ga -Juclge \\1 H FIsh, 925 S Ponce De Leon avenue, $11,000, ).1r:o Denson, 215 c\ugler avenue, $3,000, J F Hawthorne 20 Arnold :otreet, $2,750, :11ISSV GIlmer, 17 :\11' echamc street $3,800 CJncmnatI, 0 -Lawrence Poland, Readll1g lOad Cal th-age pIke, $7,000; Fled Bassett, Guv and :1k:-1lllan ~treeh, $4,500, Amos Stueve, \Yarsaw ancl Seton avenues $4500 E Berz, Olenv, ay aI>C! Kuhlman avenues ,$3,000: A~1Da' IT Haught, 928 Decoursey avenue, $2,500 Columbus, 0 -D D Tod GIlman, 1823 Franklm Pal k, south, $4,900, :\1rs Della Shater 48 South Pnnceton avenue, $3,000, LOUIS SaI1e, 609 S-Juth ThIrd street, $2500, E R Juhan, 1463 .:\'eI! avenue, $2,500 ChIcago III -C H Carbon. 1243 Corneha avenue, $4,- 500, A :\1athe\i\ s, 2530 Carmen avenuee, $4,000, :-lrs :-Iarv H Shores, 10435 Calhoun a\ enue, $2,500, Bernard Hlggll1'o, 1860 S Lawndale avenue, $4,500, Gu';ta\ e Gnsch, 165 \V 22d St, $4,000, GLen?, 1207 \\ e"t 71st "treet $10,000, \\ Jl-ham H TIodenn, 1935 \\ eq lOht street, $3000, Charle" KantwItz, 4236 NOlth Robey ~tIe(t, $8,200, S E Thomason, 10451 South Seeley a\ enue $5, SOO, Dr J Fo~ter, 10434 South Seeley avenue, $6,900, FI ank Stelmark. 1136 Clea" er avenue, $3,500; Mrs S HallIe, 6107 Vernon a\Cnue, $6,800, F I-I Hardy, 5422 Evanst-Jn avenue, $8,000 Denver, Col-A :\1 Andrews, Tenne"see and South Cor-ona streets, $3,000, D n Blakeley, Juhan street and Twent\- fourth avenue, $2,500, Paul \\ achier, Steele and SIxteenth streets, $5,000, G \V SmIth, 1127 South Logall street, $2- 500, Ira Thomas 614 South Ogden a\cllue $3,000 IndIanapolIs, Ind - \\ IIlIam ~1organ, SuperIor and ::-,t Clair streets, $4,600, Mrs SIdney Kerr, 5824 lJ111\ er:Olty FIllers that fIll. Stams that satisfy. street, $3,200, Hel'bert Hunt, Bancroft and New York streets, $2,500, W. \V SmIth, Senate and ThIrty-first streets, $2,- 800, F H Baumhofer Ilhnois and Thirty-first streets, $5,000 f J B Browder, London and Twenty-eighth streets, $3,000, Harry E. Vv atson, 2728 Talbott street, $3,000. :11I!waukee, WIS -Alfred Schweller, North and Thirty-fourth streets, $3,500, Joseph Guschel, Twenty-seventh and \\"nght streets, $4,500, J C Campbell, 772 Stowell avenue, $4,000, Joseph PohekIewIcz, 778 L1l1coln avenue, $5,000, T E Brennan, Summit avenue and BelleVIew 'itreet, $10,000, Paul Platz, Island avenue and Ring street, $2,700 il1mneapohs, Mmn -Rose A Donahue, 3201 West Thlrty-fourth street, $2,800, John Fager, 3900 BlaIsdell avenue, $2,- 500, S B Appleton, 3533 Pillsbury avenue, $7,500; Raymonu Bndgeman, 3920 Bloommgton avenue, $3,000; R. T. Lee, 4445 Beard a\Cnue, $3,100, Olaf Nelson, 3820 FIfth avenue, $2,600, Harry L N McCOIg, 3909 Lyndale avenue, $3,000 Portland, Ore -H C Prudhomme, Upper drive and Isa-bella stI eet, $S,OOO, C H Leadbetter, East Forty-sixth and SIskiyou street,;, $5,000; lVI1:osA S Asher, 3036 Stanton street, $3,500, T S Sutherland, Glenn avenue and Stephens street, $2,500 Los Angeles, Cal - J W Kutz, 114 East Tenth street, $2,500, C W Osterhout, GeorgIa and \Vashmgton streets, $3,000, E L Pehtfils, 1415 :Y1"anhattan place, $7,000; C. C Lypp<;, 3997 \Voocllawn avenue, $4,820, MISS M. A Keith, 792 Hawthorne street, Holl) wood, $4,500; L. W Pierson, 428 West Thirteenth street, $3,800, MISS M K1l1g, 1582 West Forty-eIghth street, $4,000. Long Beach, Cal-Robert Leach, 1327 Appleton street, $3,500, Elwood Knox, State street and Perris road, $4,000; M A McClam, 336 East Nmth street, $3,000 31 ~ KnoxvIlle, Tenn.-Frank Barker, Hill avenUe and Wal nut street, $5,000, H :.vI Plerce,,,"3l30 Y ~le avenue, $2,500; H L Chaullier 186 Anderson a'~Plle,J $2500. Houston Tex -:'viiss L S Koehler, 208 Capitol avenue, $4,000, Mrs A Frei, 118 McKmley avenue, $2,500. Ene, Pa -H J Mead, Eleventh and Sasafras street'), $5,500, Bernard Vert, EIghth street and Pennsylvama avenue. $3,800, John 1'\ Anders, Twenty-fifth and \\ allace ')treets $2,500 Omaha, "'\eb -Henry Bar"ton, 1311 South EIghth ,>treet, $2.825 J \Y Co1\" ell, Forty-fifth and \IIaIm "treet'>, $3.500, GeOlge \\ Lovler, 2122 Pmkney avenue, $2,500, ".\1r" Harry Wood \'v ard, 4807 Dodge street, $2,500 [\ ew I1dven, Conn -Ernest Yo"s, Parmalee avenue and Porter streets, $5,000 LOlllwtlle, Ky -D L Vanculin, 227 East 5t Catherine ,>treet, $5,000; l\Irs Edna R Clarke, 1907 ThIrd street, $3,500, }\Irs K }\T Hambly, 658 Lmcoln CaUl t, $2,850, Henry Pelle, 1643 Beechwood a, enue, $2.850, S C Sheppard, Congres'> and Nmth stl eet,>, $2,500 Oakland, Cal -".\ladV\ me Bronson, Santa Clara a\ enue, and Pearl '>treet, $4000 , James E Hall Clinton avenue and Grand street, $(1,000, A C Sy kes, College avenUe and Flfty-n111th street. $3,000 II E Landekin, Sixty-seconJ and Colby ;,treet,>, $2,500 Schenectddy, "'\ Y - Toseph If offman, Stl atford load, $3,- 800 Roanoke, Va-}\Irs R E Booth, l\Ielrose, $2,500, A B Coleman, \1'ells avenue and Henry street, $2,500 Tacoma, \\ ash -M !\ Lee, 513 South SIxty-first street, $2,500, Albert Tozer, 3118 North Twenty-ninth street. $3,- 000, H Lundgean, 1516 South FIfth street, $2,500. VVa')hl11gton, D C -Mrs, 5 T O'Kle, 1225 Connecticut avenue, Northwest, $5,000, 13 T v\'ooJward, 2800 Pennsvl-vama avenue, northwest, $4,000 - \Vtlmll1gton, Del -Harry S Lynch, Broome and Fourth ,>treet,>, $3000, Charles A SeVIlle, Broome and Fourth streets $3 000, Charles Forwood, Boule, ard and N ll1eteenth street ..: $4,000 ' Syracuse, N Y -C G BIllmgton 105 Kyle avenue, $3- 800, O'>car Rothe, 1110 Park street, $4,000, Charles Schrubbs 324 East Colun '>treet, $3,000, Tames Eagan, 1417 vVest Onondaga street, $4,000, Robert F Gdllivan 614 Park avenue $4,900, GeOl ge \IV Snavhn, 225 Furman ,>treet, $5,000 ' Buffalo, ~ Y -Frank MIchalski, 829 Glenwood avenue, $3,000. Harnngton FIterl, 452 Glenwood avenue, $2,500; Julia S, ReIman, 171 Beard street, $3,400, J01111 Zen tIer. 112 Box street, $3,400, S B Newton, 82 ".\IIddlesex street $6,000 Utlca, N Y -1\1 E Knowles, 120 MIller street $3,500 ~ orfolk, Va -".\1rs E H Goldring, 27 ThIrty-fifth street $2,800 MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS-L E Stanhope, 184 La Salle street, ChIcago has awarded the contract for erect-mg a house of worshIp for the EIghth Church of Chnst, SCIentIst, on MIchIgan avenue and Forty-fourth street, to cost $125,000 A hIgh school bU11dtng to cost $100,000 IS to be erected at Ban ey, III Ludlllgton, Mlch , has appropnated $52,000 for the erectIon of a high school building. Fred Bar-man and Lester L Robmson are buIlding a $40,000 theatre at 800 South Bloach"ay, Los Angeles, Cal J F Ware is bUIld- Ing a $20,000 theatre at 5001 :V10neta street, Los Angeles, Cal Parkland Mas011lc lodge, No 658, of LouiSVIlle, Ky., are bUIldl11g a hall to cost $15,000 The Austrain-American as-sociatIOn are budding a $25,000 hall, with aUdItorium, at But-ler and FIfty-seventh streeb, PIttsburg, Pa . -_._- ..-._._._---~-_.-.~..~-~ ~_....._----- ...- II II II I,I I,I II , Ij I I, I ,II, I Be careful of the dealer who tells you he can furnish cutters "as good or better than MorrisWood & Sons." He is imposing upon both you and our reputation. If you would have cutters which do the most perfect work. at the least expense, that wear out on the jointer and not on the emery wheel, which save their first cost in a few weeks. in the saving of time, required to grind and adjust sectional cutters, write u. right now for further information. We have made solid steel cutters for lhirty-six years. Is that worth anything to you? A trial order i. our most convincing argu-ment. Write now before you forget it. I! • •• _ ••••••• ..t MORRIS WOOD & SONS 5108 W. Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. -------_ .... -_._._._-..~, I ~_... , II• ,I•• I,IIIj I Here is a Rocker that's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN. WIS. ~_ No. ga. i - --------------------~ 32 •• • WEEKLY ARTISAN Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED. First class cutter capable of cutting mahogany and fancy woods In a first cla&l factory. Address Cutter. care Weekly Artisan. 10.22 WANTED. Cabinet foreman in chair factory. State experience Must gh e refer-ence. Address D. A. Roo care Weekly Artisan. 10 22-29 11-5 PATENT FOR SALE. Invalid's bed. "ery reasonable. Copy of patent furnished on appli-cation to M. Ungar, 407 Mutual Life Bldg. Buffalo, N. Y 10-U WANTED Manufacturers' agent to sell our NO-TUFT mallresses In Michigan Also one to sell them In OhIO. Can turn OVer established trade to fIght men. Address Mamtowoc Maltress Co. Mamtowoc, WIS. 10 15-22-29 WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelin/!: salesman to carry a line of Reed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf • New York Markets. New York, Oct. 21-The price of turpentine has ranged from 77~ to 80 cents thl'> week. Today it IS firm at 790 cents here and 77~ at Savannah. An increase in the demand from jobbers as noted, but the volume of trade IS much be-low normal. Linseed oIl is firm at last weeks' quotatIOns. That sup-plies are low at primary western points is indIcated by the fact that city and western raw are held at the same figures- 97 cents. Car load lots are rarely mentioned in the reported transactions, most or the orders from retaIl dealers are for five barrels or less and the prices on such lots are a cent higher than card rates which stand at $1.00 for single boiled and $1.01 for double boiled. The trade in shellac and varnish gums is exceedingly dull. Prices on shellac have not changed since the middle of August and the range on varnish gums, during the same period has been very narrow. The goatskin trade is remarkably quiet, the principal feature being a lack of competition. However all receipts are promptly absorbed and there has been no decline in prices during the week. Mexican frontiers are quoted at 33 @ 34 cents; Monterey, Tampicos, etc, 43; San Luis, Zacatecas, etc., 44 @ 45; Vera Cruz, 47 @ 48. Buenos Ayres, 38 @ 39; Paytas, 42; Haytiens, 45; Curacaos, 50 Brazils, 63 @ 66. A further increase in the demand for burlaps is noted but the "official" quotations remam at 335 for eight-ounce and 4.40 for 107i-ounce Calcutta goods. The former figures are well maintained in all transactions while the latter are frequently shaded. The hardwood lumber business is still unsatisfactory to producers and dealers and to consumers also. The latter contend that prices are still too high whIle the producers insist that they are too low and must advance soon. Cordage is firm and quite active at last week's quota-tions. .. Be MaRterof Time• N ever allow yourself to say "I ain't got time," not be~ cause it's ungrammatical, but because it shows you're not a master of time . The thing to do is to make TIME. Get right onto the job assigned to you with both feet. Don't putter. Don't weigh the "ifs" and "ands" till they're a ton. Tackle them when they're in the ounce scale. Saymg you "have no time" puts you m third class, and third-class fellows aren't called upon in emergency cases. You have time That's the way to talk and carrying that principle out WIll make a man of you. III III II I•III IIIIIIIIII • Index to Advertisements. Adams & Elttng Company 30 Alaska Refrigerator Company 25 American Blower Company 17 Barnes, \Y F & John, Company Cover Bockstecreb Furniture Companv _ 26 Bosse FurnIture Company 26 Bus:. ~Iachme VI/orks Cover Chicago Mirror and Art Glas'> Company 4 Chrl,>tensen. C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Freedman Brothers & Co. 10 Globe Furlllture Company 26 Grand Rapids Brass Company Cover Grand Rapids Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester Company .. Cover Grand Rapids Electrotype Company 7 Grand Rapids V eneer Works 4 l-fahn, LOUIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. . . . 6 Holcomb, A. L. & Co. 17 Ideal Stampmg and Tool Company. . . .. .. 24 Karges Furniture Company 26 Kimball Bros. Company 21 Kmde1 Parlor Bed Company 24 Lentz Table Company 4 Light, George W., Manufacturing Company. 23 Luce-Redmond Chair Company 2 Luce Furlllture Company 2 )'lanetta Paint and Color Company 21 )'1etal Furlllture Company 26 l\1tchlgan Engrav mg Company Cover MIller, Eli D., & Co. 18 Oltver Machinery Company 7 Palmer, A. E. & Sons ..........................•. 18 Palmer Manufacturing Company 22 Peterson, A. & Co................................. 14 Pittsburg Plate Glass Company ,.. 6 Posseltus Bros Furniture Manufacturing Company. . . . 9 Richmond Chair Company 23 Rockford Chair and Furniture Company 25 Rockford Frame and Fixture Company Cover Sager, W. D. 13 Sheldon, E. H., & Co. 22 ShImer, Samuel J , & Sons 15 Smith & DaVIS Manufacturing Company... .. 24 Spratt, George, & Co. 31 Star Caster Cup Company 20 Stow & DavI,> Furlllture Company. . . . . . . . . . . • . . .• ••• 15 Swett, Frank VV., & Sons 18 Tannewltz Works................................. 5 L;nlOn Furniture Company (Rockford) 5 Upham Manufacturing Company 8 \Valter, B., & Co. 20 \Vood, Morns & Sons ..................•........• 31 World Furniture Company ..........•.......•...... 26 White Printing Company ......••.••........•.••.. 1 • ... ._----~--------- _._._.---------- .- _ ~ Buss Tilting Table Saw Bench furnished with or without Borin!! Attachment. Weil!ht Net, 1200 Ibs. Carries Saws up to 18 incites in diameter. Self-oiling bearings for countershaft and loose pulley.-tight and loose pulleys 9~ and lOin. diam.•-drive pulley 20 in. diam., 6 in. face. Pat e n t e d device for locking the table. Made so that the J)orinl! attachment may be added later without any machine work or expense whatever to user. The 'Buss Machine WarKs, Manufacturers of Latest Improved Wood.Working Machlner}'. ===================- Holland and Grand Rapids, Mich., -U-. S.A. _ ...._- .. ..- ....._-- ----------- -----_._--------------- - .'" Cabinet Makers I In these days of close competition, need the best pOSSible eqUIpment, and thiS they can have in BARNES' HAND AND ROOT POWER MACHINERY Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4 The strongest most powerful, and III every way the best machme of Its kl11d ever made for npping cross-cuttIng bonng and grOOVIng Send for Our New Catalogue. w. F. & JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rock.ford. Illinois ....'"I "-.------~_._._---------- - --~~~--. GRA~rD RAP -P- U.B..L.I.C.L...!.BIt~h OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM -----._------------_._------------------------ - - - .- -- - ... Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anl THE LATEST dev2ce for handhnf; shavings and dust from all wood-working machines. Our nineteen yerzrs experience in this class of work has brought it nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It is no experiment, but a demonstrated scientific fact, as we have several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automattc Furnace Feed System, as shozvn t1t thIs cut. i~ tll,e most perfect worhng dro2ce of anythi;1{! in this line. W'ite for our prices for equipmrnts. WE MAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOl: j EX-PEKSE TO OUR CUSTC~~IERS. EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CUI.en. Phone 1282 8el1. Malo 1804 I _ ....

Date Created:

1910-10-22T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Collection:

31:17

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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