Weekly Artisan; 1909-10-02

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GHAND RAPIDS, MICH., OCTOBER 2,1909 ,. --------_. -_.-~--_. -----_.-------- ~~THE BETTER MAKE ,, WE HAVE OVER 400 PIECES IN OUR LINE BEDROOM and DINING ROOM FURNITURE SUITES TO MATCH ..... .. ., ..... •• • •• .,... It . .. .. ... .:::.::::..:: .. FACTORY AND !oALE<iHOOM 37 CANAL STREET CATALOGUE!o ON HEAVY PLATE I'APER TO DEALER!'> NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. ~---------------------------------------_._._.-------- ._------ ~II I I III I j f,I I,I I • ARTHUR S WHITE, PresIdent ALVAH BROWN, VIce PresIdent HARRY C WHITE, Sec'y Treas - < ........ III ,. I" .. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN - Veneer Presses, dIfferent 1s and sizes (Patented) Veneer Presses Glue Spreaders Glue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. These Specialties are used all Over the World Power Feed Glue SpreadlOg Machine. Smgle. Double and ComblOabon. (Patented) (S,zes 12 10. to 84 10 wide.) 26 1 C' f ) ~ t/) C ( t~ ( .. .._ - _-~,II ~ Hand Feed Glueing Machine (Patent pendmll.) Many styles and sizes. Wood· Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS No 20 Glue Heater. CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. .... __ a .. No 6 Glue Heater. ~-------_a_. __ .-. _----_.-._.__._..__.. . _.._.------------------_. I I'------- .. ~ - .. -----_ _ _----------------------------~ MARIETTA I FUMED OAK ACID STAIN •••••••••• _- •••••••••• - ••••• _- ----- .. a ••••• _ ... WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT ~------------------- -- -------4f I I I 10nls lbabn " I DESIGNS AND DETAILS I OF FURNITURE To the finisher who has been using the fuming chamber to produce his fumed oak our Fumed Oak Acid Stain is a revelation. This stain is in no wayan experiment but practical working stain, producing a more uniform color, and giving to different grades of oak the same shade. It is a strong, penetrat .. ing stain, going into the wood and yet it can be used without injury to the hands. This is not a substitute for fuming. The stain actually fumes and is permanent, but it fumes in obtained on red as well as a different manner ~~-saving white oak. The most con~ the cost of a fuming cham~ vincing evidence of the per ~ ber and the time required feet working qualities of this in fuming by the old pro~ stain will be manifest in a cess. Unlike the Fuming single trial. Write us for a process good results can be sample. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO" Marietta, O. THE MARIETTA PAINT & COLOR CO., Marietta, O. r"·i3." WALTER·&·CO~· . ~~~~~~~~-~ Manufacturen ot TABLE SLIDES Exclusively , II " __ a- _ ••• , •• a_a •••••••• _ •• ~ r :e~~·~j~h:::;~~.:=·L-t::~~·_:I~jl ~~ II' CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. , I,' for U1G" GRADE PUNCHES and DIES I ,' I ..- ----- ••••• _. -----. - - -_. .• . _... ... ..__ .__a_. _._. ..... 154 LlVmg!>ton St. GRAND RAPIDS, I\fICHIGAlIo CItizens' felephone 1702. F - 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I I II II•• II• I IIIII III I •I I I I III I III II II, III .- . ---., SLIGH'S SELECT STYLES SELL AND SATISFY III II ! III I j I,I II II II II IIII IIIII I I I _ ----- -_. __ .__ -------------------- -~._..---------' Many New Features Added for the Fall Season Everything for the Bedroom [ MedIUm and FlOe QualIty J Office and Salesroom corner Prescoll and Buchanan Streets, Grand RapId., Mlch WRITE FOR CATALOGUE SLIGH FURNITURE CO. Grand Rapids, Mich. .---------- _------- -- . SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ $2~ E.ach Net E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. 'J SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis The season for banquets will soon be here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand sure to come. A.. _ • WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Large New Line of DINING and OFFICE TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW &. DRVIS FUKNITUK~ GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ... ---- .. City Salesroom. 4th floor. Blodgett Bldg. ----------'I --_._._------- r-·----·------·--------·-------------·-· --_-.-------.---- _ .._... . ~ I I I j I I I I I I I I I I I I I I : I ! I II IIII I ,..--. -_.-._- iI No. 57 Flat Arm Racker ... - ..- ._------ ----------_._--- ~-----------------------------1 RICHMOND CHAIR CO. RICHMOND INDIANA r-------------·-----·----- -.-.------.------ --------- ----------------------- II PITTSBURGH LARGEST IIIII!I Richmond Tablet Arm Chair DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. No. 100 -------------- _....---._._..-------------------- - - ..-_._- _. -. ~I PLATE GLASS COMPANY .JOBBERS AND MANUFAOTURERS 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. fJl For anything in BUIlders' Glass. or anythIng in PaInts, Varnishes, Brushes or PaInters' Sundries, address any of our branch warehouses, a list of which is given below' NEW YOltX-Hudson and Vandam Sts. CLEVELAND-1430-1434 West Th1l'd St. BOSTON-41-49 SUdbury st., 1-9 Bowker St. OMAHA-1101-1107 Howard St. CHICAG0-442-452 Wabash Ave. ST. PAUL--459-461 Jackson st. CINCINNATI-Broadway and Court Sts. ATLANTA, GA.-30-32-34 S. PryOI' st. ST. LOUIS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce Sts. SAVANNAH, GA.-745-749 Wheaton St. MINNEAPOLI5-500-516 S. Third St. XANSAS CITY-Pifth and Wyandotte sts. DETltOIT-53-59 Larned St., E. BIltMINGHAM, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29th St. GltAND ltAPIDS, MICH-39-41 N. Division St. Bl1PPALO, N. Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. PITTSBUBGH-10l-103 Wood St. BltOOXLYN-635-637 Pulton St. MILWAUXEE, WIS.--492-494 Market st. PHILADELPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., Arch and 11th St.. ltOCHESTElt,N.Y.-Wilder Bldg., Main & Exchange Sts. DAVENPOBT--410-416 Scott St. BALTIMOltE-310-12-14 W. Pratt St. OXLAHOMA CITY, OXLA., 210-212 W. FIrst St. as _._. _ ••• sa_ ••••• ._-----------_._-----------_._----- - ---.. _. _ .. . -.---' ••• - - - -1 p 4 • WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ •• __ ••• __ a ••••••••• __ ••• _ ••••••• __ ._ •• • •••••• a •••••• -.-_ •• _._._ •• ---.-1 10 THE LUCE LINE I, ! III,I! III , .1 SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. oLUCE FURNITURE COMPANY Many New Patterns III Dining Room and Bedroom Furniture for the Fall Season. ~-------- ...._-------------- .._-------------------------------------------------- .... - ... ~ .._._---_ .... --- ....•......•..•. _-- .... I • • •• 10'. •••••• • .-.., II LUCE~REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF HIGH GRADE OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch, Blfd' ••eye Maple, Qyartered Oak and Clrcasslan Walnut You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor, East Section, Manufacturers' BUlldmg,North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ~ •••• ••• _a_ •••• _._. wa __ • -~ , I 2RAN['\ RA.?IDS YJ) (~~T L \ , 30th Year-No. 14 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• OCTOBER 2.1909 Issued Weekly BRIEF HISTORY OF SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY Built Up FroIll a SIllall Beginning Until It Has BecoIlle One of the Largest and Most Prosperous Furniture Making Institutions in the Country. The first bmldmg that attracts the eye of a w1de-awake stranger commg mto Grand RapIJ" over the Grand RapIds & Ind1ana, the MIchIgan Central or the Pere Marquette raIlroad from the south, east or west, 1Sthe Shgh furmtUl e factory, wh1ch parallels the tracks and Buc:hanan street, for a d1stance of 462 feet, The bmldmg 1S four-stones hIgh and extendmg across the front 1S a sIgn readmg "Everythmg for the Bed Room" in letters so large th~t they dre eas1ly d10tmgUlshed day or mght The only Sunday newspaper publtshed m Grand Rap1ds, m 1tS edItIon of September 26, had a well wntten sketch of the orgamz-at10n and of the growth of the Shgh Furn1ture Co~pany, wInch 1Shere reproduced wIth some provokmg errOl s, made by pnnte' ') or proofreaders, corrected The factory w1th the long frontage on Buchanan streef and the raIlroad, If exammed closely, w111be seen to be in sev'n ,e" t1Om. Where the walls of the chfferent sect10ns come tr gether IS eaSIly traced. ThIS conotruct1On was not the result of design nor of aCCIdent. It anres from the c1rcumstances, under which the factory was bmIt Each sect10n marks an epoch ,.1 the com-pany's career. an expanSIon m ItS capaC:lty A.nd wl'en tile entIre Buchanan street frontage had been filled the com')811y n.pancled westward Two adchtlOns ""lth a total frontage of 1 ,1 teee have been bUllt on the west and last week ground was hro(..ell for the thIrd addItIon, ""lth a frontage on Prescott street 01 lie! fr'el The new bmldmg IS to be 96 2x132 6 feet, four stones hIgh and \'11th a hIgh basement It 1Sto be of bnck, m111constructIon, spnnkler eqUlP1.wd and steam heated It WIll be used for ware- 110use purposes and It IS expel ted to be cO'''l])l,>tc<1before the J11,ldmg season doses A sIdmg fr0111 the P~r-e ::\IarL'uette WIll be b111Jt1ll from the south to the \vJ r~ llt)lJ~e doo-, ')1 ItIJg., ft 0111 t'L (, R & I aheady bOlder the J.IOp, It\ on the ca<;;talld no,th / . 11 L basement of 'l,p new om (11'lg ""111be n' exira depth to f,1\ C , h gh cell'llg and thIS WI] hi 11\, c1 up fO! thf' u~e cf the (,Illll,,\(c lhere wlll1:Je lavato"lO \\1"(f'''' '50 nL] ca,1 \\a,h Ul/' elt ,1 l' ," and t01 et roo,nS In '1{J1]' "111be a ;c!11l h 100111 \\hef'e those who br111g theIr d111nelS may eat and tea and coffee WIll be ~ervcd There WIll be a reachng room and a smok111g room where the r80n hour may be spent 111 comfort Charles R Sligh has long contemplated makl11g these provls1Ons for the employes, but never before had room In recent months the company has l'een acqumng the pro-perty adjacent to the factory and now c V"1S the entJre block descnbed by Buchanan and Prescott street!', GrandVIlle aven'le and the G R & 1. sldmg except two small lots, for whIch nego-tJatlOns are now under way The old dwelhng houses on the property are bel11g removed. The land WIll be used for lumber yard and storage purposes. As mdicated by the many sections which compose the fac-tory's Buchanan street front, the Shgh Furmture Company is a development. It had a begl11mng that was small, even in the days when most of the factories were small The story of ItS growth IS a romance in mdustry Challes R Shgh at 15 year~ old worked for three months as a clerk m the offices of County Clerk P. R L PIerce, Just long enough to find out that he dlel not hke 1t He had an ambItIon to learn a trade and for four years worked as a tl11smith in the employ of WIlder D Foster. He graduated to the store and clerked for five years The prospects for advancement were not allunng In 1874 be became a travelmg salesman for Berkey & Gay. He was one of the first to penetrate the wl1ds of Texas then the frontIer He made h1S tnps by stage coach before the railroads were bUIlt, and the first Texas orders for Grand RapIds furmture rewarded his enterpnse After SlX year ... on the road Mr Shgh determmed to go into busl11ess for hanseH. The Shgh Furl11ture Company, capital~7ed at $100,000 was orgal11zed, fihng 1tS papers February 27, '80 The mcorporators were L E Hawkms, A B \Vatson, George Kendall, EdWl11 F Uhl, J FrederIck Baars, George D. Conger, \Vllham WIlson, George 0 PeIrce, 'vV P. Sharp and J\Irs Shgh. The company orgal11ZatlOn was PreSIdent, L E Hawkms; vice preSIdent, Charles R Shgh, treasUl er, George C Peirce, secre-tary, George D Conger, d1rectors, the officers and A. B Watson and Edwm F UhI. The cash actually paId in at the begmning was $18,500 ThIS was enough to buy a SIte, elect a three-story 50xl00 frame factory bUlldmg and eqUlp It The SIte was pur-chased of the G R & I, and was 165x275 feet, frontl11g on Buchanan street It cost $600 At that tune, 30 years ago, there were no factones m what b now a busy mdustrIal quarter. and real estate was cheap Four years later when the Shgh Com-pany wanted more room the lot of the same Slze adJoming the ongl11al slte on the south wa~ purchd~ed at a cost of $3,000 The ongmal factory SIte IS shown by the dotted ll11es 111the lower rIght hand corner of the map of the property now owned by the company, occupymg the entIre block to GrandVIlle avenue. The shaded hnes far down m the corner represents the ong111al fac-tory The sohel hnes descnbe the present plant The SIte. factory and eqUIpment absorbed all the $] 8,500 ongmally palel m, and when the factory was ready to start the 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN total of $'29,- He had gone stockholders contributed $10,500 more, makmg a 000. Mr. Shgh did not subscllbe the second time hiS limit m the first mstance The factory began operatlOns May 8, 1880, with a force of about 30 men with W P Sharp, a former foreman m the Berkey & Gay factory and a stockholder III the new enterpnse, as super-mtendent A cheap line of walnut bureaus wa" produced The first shipment was to Keenan & J ahn, now Keenan, J ahn & Co , of DetrOlt, and the firm IS still one of the most valued customers of the Sligh company. The new company prospered from the begmmng The first year showed a profit of $4,500 The second year the capaClt} of the factory was mcreased by an addition 36x60 Another addl-o Lumbe,. ~l1ed '---------' \:l,..~.. ,) t-- I II I, r\ --·---- .r. \ 1 \ 1 \ , \ , \ I \ , \ 1 \ ' • I \ I \ I \ , \ . \ I \ I \ \ \ I \ I \ I \1 Dry KIln 5hed T"'mmlftg P,,-ck.!nq and. Wareroom Wareroom ,---._-- ... _----- Bl./CHANAN STREET Map of the 811ghFurniture Company's property bounded by Buchanan street on the east, Prescott street on the south. Grandvllle avenue on the west and the railroad on the north. The dotted llnes in lower rlght corner show orlgmal slte With the onginal factory. The shaded ware-house represents new bUlldlng Just started. hon was b11llt, three stones, frame, m 1882, and further enlarge-ments were made every second year thereafter up to 1892, and then there was a ten year penod of time markl11g The pa11lc of '93 hit the furmture llldustry hard The SlIgh suffered \\ Ith the rest With the return of good times expansIOn wa~ agal11 111 order and '02, '03 and '04 brought forth additIOns to the plant In 'OJ the paChl11g room and ware house was blllit Kow comes the 96 2x132 6 addition Before the cataclsym of '93 the old frame bm1dl11gs had been rebmlt 111 bnck, and they were made umform1y four stories high The only capital actually paid III by the stockholders was the origlllal subscnptlOn of $18,500 and the addition of $10,500 for work111g capital, a total of $29,000 The additIOns and real e"tate held and blllldmgs were paid for out of the profib \Vhen the company was four years old it paid Its first cash dIVidend The company IS no\\ capltahzed at $100,000 and this mcrease repre-sents earmngs dlstnbuted III stock diVidends m additIOn to the cash disbursements From cheap walnut bureaus the company enlarged Its 1me until It manufactured "Everythmg for the Bed Room" With the years It Improved the qualIty of Ib products and now manu-factures high grade medIUm pnced goods m mahogany, Clrcas-sian walnut, bird's-eye maple and oak nIr Shgh IS credited With bemg the "discoverer" of clrcasslan walnut for furmture He saw a plano case m ClrcaSSlan and brought out a bed room sUite III that wood It caught the fancy of the trade and today ClrcaSSlan IS second only to mahogany 111populanty, and It IS higher III pnce ':\[r Shgh has been connected With the company from the begllln111g and still directs ItS destimes John D Case has been "ecretary S111ce1888 James A. Droste began as office boy 111 1899. was advanced to bookkeeper and IS now treasurer Norman McClave has been vice preSident S111ce1906 George F Keck has represented the company m the middle west for more than 22 years The other salesmen are \Valdo M Ball, Arthur F. SWItz, Damel G Blum, George T W nght and Harry M Story DaVId S ~ckley, supenntendent of the factory began With the company as a bench hand 16 years ago, won promotions through several foreman0hlps to the supenntendency SIX years ago Twenty of the men III the factory have been WIth the com-pany for 25 years T,vo men are on the pay roll today who were members of the onglllal force, and se\ eral of the men began as apprentices 111the factory and have never worked elsewhere The company IS now employ111g about 400 hands and WIth the completIOn of the new bU1ldmg the number \\ 111be increased The company's bus111ess last spnng and thiS fall has been the best 111Its hIstory and It IS thIS condition With the excellent pros-pects for the .future that makes this last expan010n necessary •••••••••••••• 4 _ ~- . ..._ ..-.. . ...., II I IIII I Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fme labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS 1508-1510 W. L.AKE ST., CHICACO,IL.L.. ... .... ....• WEEKLY .. __ ~ • • .4. .. III "When m doubt where to buy the best BIrds-eye Maple goods, Hitch Your Wagon to a Michigan Star" IlII,,, III IIII IIII _.44 . ~ and get results. Would a pnce of $12.00 for this No. 601 Dresser IOterest you) Do not buy unlll you know the pnce. Ask us for how much less than $12 we sell It, and 10- cldentally ask for a catalog. Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND, MICH. • . • '4_~ 4~ I III IIIIIII II III I ..------ f IIIt I III III I,, III III II ,,, I,, I II II II ,IIIIIII ,I I!I .. ....-- ARTISAN 7 New Trading Stamps • The tradmg stamp fad IS generally supposed to have had 1ts day and to have retIred wIth other "has been;:;" but If the adver-t1sement, herewIth reproduced from a ChIcago paper, IS truthful somethmg "equally as good" must be In general use 111that c1ty It wIll be noticed that the stamps mentIOned m thIS "ad" al e not called "tradmg stamps" They al e "F1sh's" stamps, but the :>cheme 111wh1ch they are used 1S practICally the same as that whIch was qUIte popular a few year, ago and they must be qUlte popular 1ll ChIcago If they are used by 5,000 merchants m that C1ty If the promoter u of the i'>cheme would stop now the 5,000 merchants m1ght find 1t to the1r advantage to cont111ue the use g ~S l@,h~i}1.et' FREE for 1Fish Stamp BOOK If you want to make e"ery dollar count, ThlS CabInet 15 made from thoroughly trade where you can reCClve Fish sStamps. seasoned hardwood, win not spltt or )ou must eat,and sleep and live ThIS. Hack It has an unvarmshed, smooth, of necessIty, costs money In the spend~ close~gralned, whIte top The le~s and inl1 of money, the art of where to ~pend It sides are finIshed with the very best high lS the knowled~e great men show in qualIty varnIsh ThIS Cabmet wIll make building fortunes your kltchen more attractive, and the What IS true of the great fortune bulld~ work easier It contains flour bin, ca~ ers 1$ hkewlse tfue of those 2,000,000 pacIty about 50 pounds, larg,e center human bemgs who hve in Chicago In drawu and bread and meat board It thIS Ilreat elt) there are over 5,000 stores IS handsomely trImmed With brasshandles whIch handle' FIsh's Stamps These and good casters A hlgh~grade kitchen merchants sen as low If not lower than adomment and a household necessity other merchants They deal in every ThlSISJust oneaf hundreds of things thmg you need They dre located FIsh's Stamps bt'tng, free to you Furnl-on the North, South and ,",est ture and housefittings of all kinds SIdes and for many mdes around for the home In every department Chica~o open to your selection Save these stamps They are worth dollars to you. One httle book full of the stamps w,lI make you the oWner of the Kitchen Cabinet shown above . Each. Full, Book of liisl\s stamps is wort!:'\, $,."5.50- On every" haseyou make askfor Fish"~Stamp's given F&EE at Over 6000 stores of the stamps, but If they cont111ue push111g the1r bus111ess until all the dealers gIve "free" stamps w1th every purchase there w1ll be no profit 1111t for an} body except the man who sells the stamps L1ke the old scheme 1t 1Sdoubtful that any merchant 1Sreally benefitted by US1l1gF1sh's stamps It reqUlred several years for merchant'" to learn that the aId trad111g stamps were a u:>eless 1tem of expense-a mmance 111fact-but they finally reached that conclUSIOn, qUlte unammously, and 1t does not seem that they "honld need to learn the lesson aga111 Judgl11g from the 1llustrahon the premIUms offered w1th the latter day ;:;tamps are not so valuable a" some of those used e1ght or ten years ago The "kitchen cabmet" looks like a cheap k1tchen table that should be produced for about $1 30. It 1S probable, however, that It appeals to those '" ho are unable to afford anyth111g better and therem lies the only ment in the tracl111g stamp 1dea-1t enables some people to obtam needed furnIture who thmk they can not get 1t any other way Somebody must pay for the stamp" and for the premlUms and usually 1t 1S the people who rece1ve them The dealer who does not charge the expense to hIS customers must pay 1t hlm"elf and he has httle chance to get h1S money back through 111creaJe m hIS trade when hIS competitors are play111g the same game . 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN THE NEW YORK MARKET offers to you, the Furniture Manufacturer, the largest consuming population on this continent. Over six million in the metropolitan district and five million addItional within six hours ride by rail. Total, eleven million of the largest wage earners and the most lIberal spenders on earth. An opportunity to exhibit in this great market now open to all in the magnificent and enormous new home of the New York Furniture Exchange containing 1,380,000 square feet of floor space and ready for occupancy December 1, 1909. The most accessible location in New York for both resident and visiting buyers. Lexington Avenue to Depew Place, 46th to 48th Streets. Part of the new Grand Central Station group of splendid modern business buildings. The plan of extension so long contemplated by the New York Furniture Exchange will now realized and a showing adequate to the New York Market WIll be made. This addItional strength coupled with the drawing powers of the carpet, upholstery and other hnes working In harmony WIll beyond question double the attendance of buyers. This is the time to secure a favorable location as a larger amount of space has already been contracted for than was available in the present buildmg. MAKE LEASES NOW Remember first come, first served. Address, Chas. E. Spratt, Secretary, NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE Lexington Avenue and 43d Street, NEW YORK. WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 PRICE "RIGHT" -- PROMPT SHIPMENTS LET US SEND YOU FURTHER RED GUM SUITE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CHAS. BENNETT FURNITURE COMPANY CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN CHAMBER SUITES DRESSERS CHIFFONIERS GONE --DAFFY" ON EUCALYPTUS. A Woman's Observations on the Tree That is to "Solve the Tixnber Problem." The article on the eucalyptus as a tImber tree, republIshed from the Sunset Magazme by the 'Weekly ArtIsan laut Saturday aroused consIderable mterest among the fUfmture manufacturers of Grand RapIds, but none Df them IS suffiuently mformed as to the ment~ of the wood to express a po.,ltIve 0plmon on the CalI-forma "olutlon of the timber problem :i\Imt Df them have read more 01 less about the wood but, so far a~ known, none of them has tm d It, and most of them are mclmed to thmk that the CalIfor11lans WIll be dlsappomted lt1 theIr e'CpectatIOm Mrs Frances VI Spearman, secretary and bookkeeper for John B BeckWIth, of the firm of 1. ptegrove & BeckWIth, dealers m mahogany and veneers, seems to have gIVen more attentIOn to the CalIfDrma project than any of the furnIture manufactm ers of Grand RapIds :!VIr., Spearman ~pent July and Augwt WIth her father and other relatIves and fnend~ m CalI forma and after readmg the artIcle in the Artisan she saId "The people 111 Southern Cahforma seem to have gone 'daffy' over the eucalyptus trees They have planted thousands, ye~ mIllIOns, of them and they reallv belIeve that they have found a solutIOn fDr the tImber problem It IS easy enough to raIse the trees T hey grow very rapIdly, and seem to do best when stand-mg clme together-I don't knoVv how many may be raIsed on an acre "I understand there are more than 130 vanetIes of the euca-lypts, but the kmd on whl~h the CalIforman., have bl11lt such great expectatIon', IS a natIVe of AustralIa, where It IS known as red gum Another vanety m K ew Zealand IS called blue gum. It IS a peculIar tree It sheds Its bark mstead of its leaves It IS cla:osed as an evergreen and of course It drops ItS leaves also, but It seems to be sheddmg ItS bark all the tIme The bark comes off m strips, and the ends hangmg down gIve the trunk a shaggy appearance The leaves take on a reddIsh color Just before they fall. "The trees m groves grow tall and slIm WIthout large lImbs but when they have room they spread out There IS a bIg Dne, WIth three or four large branches m my father's yard and I studIed It ql11te closely. The wood IS qUIte soft when green, but Vvhen seasoned It IS hard and very strong I saw samples m a store window. It takes a beautIful fimsh but I do not thmk It has gram or figure enough to become popular as a furmture wood It certamly would not satIsfy the current 'furmture taste' whIch demands crotched or figured woods "The leaves of the eucalypts have an aromatic, pungent taste and they are used qUIte extensIvely for medICInal purposes. They are belIeved to be a remedy for malanal dlseases-a sort of substitute for cmchona or qumme " A man may be all nght 111 hIS way, but he wants It to be in hi, own way ...----------_. ---- --------------------- I -- .., I II I~------. -------_._------._----.-.-.-..-.._~ 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN .. --.. -. .... --------.of Wood Bar Clamp Fixtures Per Set SOc. ~----------------------------------------------------- OVER 15,000 OF OUR Price $2.80 to $4.00 STEEl RACK VISES IN USE •IIII II• I "' 25 doz Clamp Fixtures bought by one mill last year. We ShIp on approval to rated firms and guarantee our goods uncondl tlOuall}. Write for list of Stee/Bar Clamps, Vises Bench Stops de E. ". SHELDON &. CO. 283 Madison St. Chicago. KEIL.ANW AY UPHOLSTERING CO. ------------_._------ --_.-------_.--_._._-----------_ ...... The Latest Addition to the Furniture Industries of Grand Rapids-Chairs That Fit. The KeI1- ~nway Company, heretofore mentIOned 111 the Weekly Artlsan, IS the latest addItIOn to the manufacturers of upholstered furmture m Grand Rapld~, whIch makes ten 111all m thIs lme, and makmg thIs C1t), "Ith the SIngle e"\.ceptlOn at Chicago, the leader 111out put of upholstered iurmtUl e 111 the west, If not 111the \\ hole countf) ThIs company IS compmed of O~car ~ Kell and In lng 1 Anway, both practlcal upholsterers of mam ) eal S e,penence They are located at 18 Huron sheet JII 1-el1 ,\as one of the charter members of the JIueller &. Slack Companv and \\ as supenntendent of theIr upholstel111g department He resIgned hIS pOSItIOn III ~Ia, last, \\Ith the 111tentlOn of locat.l11g 111\\ ash-mgton, but faIled to find fa, orable conclItlOn~ for 111, J me of busllless, and returned to Grand RapId, and a~-oclated 11l11..1el't wIth .i\Ir Am\ay The Compan) fincL all conchtlOn, ia\olable for theIr hne of goods It IS thelI mtentlon to help keep up the I eputatlOn of Grand RapId, "\\ here Cluahty pre, aIls ' The ongmals of the accompam mg cuts \\ el e gotten out 111 the spnng of 1l)07 'The, \\ ere made tG fit a per~on d- a gdr-ment," ~a"s :\Ir Kell ~fter numerou altelatlOn, the lu,hlon~ 111the backs \\ ere finall) pronounced pertect -l1'lt (lItficult\ \\ as expenenced later 111 fittlllg e,ceptlOnall) tall 01 shOl t per"on" and after much expenment.lIlg ::'\0 117 \\ Ith au'olIan cushIOn~ \\ as evolved, WIth which we have a chalr or rocker that b) the SImple addItIon of the aUXIlIary cushIon \\ III fit an} person per tectly ThiS rocker Without the auxllIan cushIOn \\ as fir,t put on the market In July, 1907 and sInce then someth1l1g hke 1 ~,OOhave been shIpped from Grand RapIds, and havmg the first and on-glllal of these rockers In our possessIOn and 111 constant use \\ e have been able by personal obsel vatlon to find the \\ edk spots, and Improve on them and ::'\0 11/ IS the rocker \\ Ith t.he weak spot~ left out "One of these rockers "houlcl be In even home for the u~e of the convale<;cmg mvalId If for no other rea~on -\. chaIr or rocker that \\ III fit am per"on from a chIld to the tallest pel son 1" "tlreh a th1l1g to be desned \\ e are makIng thIS rocker \\ lth 01 \\ Ithout the aUAllIary cu"hlOn and the pnce IS WIthIn the reach of all Havl11g been repeatedly asked to quote th13 111 ImItatIOn leather and haVIng secured a very good grade we No 117-FltS a Child. can now put thIS deSIrable rocker \\ Ithl11 the reach of those who cannot afford a ge lUIne leather article "The accompanYing cuts WIll be pJt on a dIsplay card and an} dealer ma) ha\ e one for the ask1l1g It IS needless to say that thIS dlspla, card \\ III be copynghted " ------------_. --_._----------~., • II BARTON'S GARNET PAPER I "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you wlll then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car BUIlders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANuFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. ..---- .. ...-- .- .•. ______ ~. ._._._._. • • .-4 II ~III WEEKLY ARTISAN ....-.-------------. . ..- ._. ---- ----------- -----------_._--- _.-_._--~ III II•II II I IIII I IIII I II I i ..• .......,,4'. "". ., ..... ~ . ••• .. • 4' • . iI IIII II II I iII :.~:::::: ::.. :. =... :.:: .. : .... KEIL & ANWAY'S No. 117. FIts a Young Lady. KEIL & ANWAY'S No. 117. Same ChaIr FIts a SIx-Foot Man ....--_._-_._._------_._-_._._----- ... .. - - - _.. .. ------ _. ------------------"" 11 ...- ..I 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN ----------------------------- ._~----~~--~~--~~---~_._-_._.~---~---., •..•• l!:: •• : "•. sa: ............. .. .. .. ..... e..••... ......... .. .."' .... .... .... "....... .. .. s._ s-.. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. sa" .. .. '.,: .. : : s : ss.:: . .... .. .. .. .. f' .). No. 160. HeIght 5 ti 6 111 Illdth 4 tt 6 111 Length 6 tt 2 III IIahogan} "coco No. 175. HeIght, 52 In l'vldth, 4 ft 6 In Leng th, 6 ft 2 111 illahogan} $3100 ........ ::..:~~.::.:.:..:::~:; No. 160~. Heusht 5 ft 6 111 T ength \VElth 4 ft 6 111 6 ft 2 111 \1 \hog ,n} $5800 No. 175~. HeIght 52 111 \Vldth, 4 ft 6 111 Length, 6 ft 2 111 IIahogany $30 00 More of Those Fall Idea., Sent Out to the Trade by The Warren Table Works, Warren, Pa. ~-- - -- -- _ ...--- ..-. ----------_._-----_. --------_.- . •• .. .. .... .. .. _--4 WEEKLY ARTISAN The FILI~ER that FILLS. N " -==<, -- -- { ~~~~jii!!!!!::- ..... ~!t---:::::Jl 1" IT -'" /' ---- ......--- 11111 - II" ... :;:- ;;:: ~ ~- tt .. f'·" I 13 FILLER The L. They They water Mac. E. Fillers are noted tor their Uniformity. work properly, packing well under the pad. dry hard over night They will not Shrink as we use a floated Silex WE CAN MATCH ANYTHING. Th8 Lawr8nc8-McFadd8n Company PHILADELPHIA, PA. ========-==-==-= ------------ Milwaukee News. MIlwaukee, VVb, Sept 29 -The \VI"consm }urmture Com-pany, manufacturers of \iVlsconsm dnd regular pedestal, parlor lIbrary and kItchen K D tables have orders enough booked ahead to keep them runnmg up to June 1 , the trade bemg largely on theIr pedestal extensIOn tables The company IS busy completmg a number of addItIOns to theIr plant wl11ch Includes a budd-mg 100x150 three stones whIch wIll be used as a machInery and veneenng department A new bOIler house 40x60 and a car-loadmg bUlldmg 20xJO three floors are also gOIng up Another story IS also bemg added to theIr warehouse whIch IS 65x150. The company has a large trade on the Paufic Coast and the central states, also Canada On Octobel 1 the D A Klpp Company who have sold out recently to the Klel Furmture Company of Kle1, VVIS, wJ11retIre from busmess B A Klpp who has been 111 the furnIture trade f01 thIrty years '" 111 retlfe from actIve bUSIness l1fe, but WIll retam an mterest 111the new company The Kle1 company have pur-chased adchtlOnal vacant property adJo111111gthe Klpp plant, whIch IS 270x'363 feet m sIze The KJpp plant covers ground 3:J5x350 A new bUlldll1g IS to be bmIt y"hlch wdl be 270x75 feet and four stones The mam bUlldmg of the Klpp plant IS 220x175 feet The new bwldll1g IS to be ready for spnng busI-ness The MIlwaukee Metal Ded Company are prepanng to buIld several notable addltJ.on, to their plant, to be completed December lOne addItIOn to be uued as a stock room and enamelll1g department WIll afford 50,000 square feet, WIll be 75x ,jOO feet, three stolles, dnother "tructUl e 50xlOO two stones wIll have a floor space of 10,000 square feet and w:ll be used fo; stonng raw matenals and a~ a oll1dmg department The com-pany IS dlso to bUlld a new powel house whIch WIll gIve them 250 horse powel and YY III mcrease theIr capacIty to 650 non beds dally and 100 brass beds per day 1he company IS now at work on theu ne\\ catalog ue of whIch 6000 \\ 111 be sent out December 1 It WIll be a very extenSIVe and elaborate affair Sales Manager Putnam states the company has been domg a very satIsfactory volume of busmess smce January 1. Carpet Wools Are Higher. Eastern reports state that carpet wools are m better demand WIth frequent transactlOns at top market pnces. The volume of busmess passmg 10 restncted, OWll1g to short supplIes and rather poor selectIOns \\ hlch sellers have to offer Manufacturers of carpets have finally awakened to the fact that pnces al e not only advanc111g, but that supplIes are deCIdedly hmlted For months past Importers and dealers 111carpet wools have been warmng buyers that such would be the case, and trymg to mduce them to place orders at an earl} date. Manufacturers who were well posted on the enormous in-crease m Imports thIS }ear as compared WIth last, refused to be-lIeve that supplIes would be shOl t. They contmued to hold off the market, WIth the expectatIon of lower pnces These same manufacturers are m the market at the present tIme, and are paymg stIff advances for the wools needed, and WIll conSIder themselves lucky If they are able to secure suffiCIent supphes to meet theIr reqUlrements. The demand for fimshed goods has been very heavy smce the season opened last May In spIte of the fact that manufac-turers ",ere faIrly well supphed WIth rdW materIal, large quantItIes have been used 111meet111g reqUlrements. Few mIlls have SllP-phes all hand at present, suffiCIent to last any length of tIme and are com111g 111tOthe market to cover theIr reqUlrements for the new stason, whIch open~ eady 111November The theory that love makes the world go round may account for th(' fact that so many gIrlS are gIddy. • 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN -------_. ----_._-------_.---._-_._---------~---_.-..... --... --_._-------._._._.----..-..-.-.._ .-~ This Group for i51 Solid Oak; French Plates; Any Finish Desired Wardrobe Dresser Combination Dresser Commode Dresser Chiffonier - - - - - Bed $18.00 6.50 400 8.75 775 6.00 fiNISHES-Colden Oak. Closs. Dull Colden. Early EngllSh, Weathered or Fumed F. O. B. Manistee. Manistee Mfg, CO. MANISTEE, MICH. "-------------_.--~ -------------- _. _._._._-_.__.-------_._.-._--_._--- ....".. SOLUTION OF TIMBER PROBLEM. Eucalyptus. a Tree Imported From Australia. May Save America From the Threatened Hardwood Fan"line. (BY WILLIC\:,I RO:-.n'E BLC\CKBL-R:;\) :'1uch haJ been v.ntten concermng the exhaustIOn of our r;atlOn ~ endowment-Its tImber The necessIty of economy 111 the use of tImber and the consel' atlOn of our to rests cannot be tbo strongly 111 ged ~ tImber fam111eIS nnmment The pnce ot hardwood has doubled In the past ten ) ears and naturally \\ 111 1l1crease m greater ratIO untIl It becomes prohIbItIve rrom statIstIcs compl1ed by our natlOnal forestry bureau 1t 10, ">hO\,n that our forests conta111 perhaps a twenty ) ear ,,>upph of all k111ds of timber-about tlllrt) mIllIon acres per ) ear are nO\\ bemg cut-but of hardwood there IS scarceh a fitteen \ edr supply In the Southwest 1S seen a ray ot hope d \\ elcome rehet from the doleful chorus of eVIl prophecy CalI forma has thous-ands of acre:, of fertIle valle) s upon whIch It 1S posvlble to pro-duce, In ft om seven to ten) ears, larger forests ot harch\ ood than could be grown m our more ngorou:, clImates m a hundred years About fifty years ago a specIes of rapId growmg hardwood wa~ 111troduced 111to CalI forma from Au"tralIa, bel11g knO\\ n dS eucalyptus ThIS tree ha:, long been known to be valuable for Its medlc111al and heal111g propertIes, but 1tS \\ orth 11 the comme1- clal world has been known but a comparatIvely :,hort t1me \Vlth- 111the past two yeaL 1t has been :ouccessfully demonstrated by om government agncultural department and by the natIOnal and Cah-forma state forestry bureaus that th1s tnnber can be used tor an\ purpose for wh1ch hard woocb are used \\ h1le 1t ranks as th'e fastest grow111g tImber 111 the v.orld, ) et 1t L denser stlOnger and tougher than oak, ash or hIckory I or all pe1lpose~ reqmnng a wood of great :,trength and densIty, hIgh fimsh, proof aga1l1st rot and decay and the mroads of paraSItes and 111secL, the encalyptus WIll "atlsfactorlly replace cedar, pl11e and cypress for poles and pIltng, oak, hIckory, maple and ash 111the manufactone"l , mahog any, rose wood, walnut and other wood" for the finest cabl11et and furmture use The substItute WIll, 111most 111"tance~, prove more des1rable than the wood 1t replace~ To qnote from some of our best authontles, GIfford P111chot Forester, 111CIrcular 59 Issued by the government agncultural department, says. Eucal) ptu:, may be successfully grown m Cahforl11a. ::'everal speCIes have been planted 111FlOrida and along the Gulf Loast Here, however, occaslOnal frosts have k1lled or severely 111J ured the trees Blue gum (eucalyptus globulus) the one most largely planted IS cne of the largest and most 1apld grov. mg trees 111the world Seedlmg stands w1ll average a he1ght growth ot fifty feet 111SIX) ears and over one hundred feet 111ten yeal s-mcltvldual trees have 1eached a he1ght of one hundred twenty-B.ve feet and a dIameter of thlrty-0Ix mches m mne years Blue gum h pI actlcall) Immune from dlsease,:-growmg trees are not at-tacked b) lll~ect enemle" ' State lore:, ter Lull of Caltforl11a, says "Late reports from all 0\ er the state "hO\\ that eucalyptu~ globulus IS yleldl11g an a, erage profit, on poor land, of over $200 per acre per year from tIme of plantlllg-thI" for cordwood, raIlway tIes and poles It cut tor lumber, vehIcle stock, cab1l1et work, etc, the profitt. \\ ouldln\ e been double In Caltforma, trees, under right condI-Hom, ten ) ears from plant1l1g, are worth $15 per tree, on an el\ el age Comp1latlOn by the Cahforl11a state board shows that vIA hunch ed and seven eucal) ptus globulus trees on Bady plantatIOn at ~anta c\nna, Caltformd, the same be111g e1ght years old con-tamed 113,+37 board feet of lumber, ,,",orth 8,080. ThIS IS con- SIdered as apploxlmatel) the proper amount of tree", per acre \n estImate recently made of a plantatlOn near Petaluma, Cal, sho\\ s the present \\ orth of a SIxteen ) ear old grove to be 0\ er $1 < 000 per acre 1he :\Ielbourne (c\u '-traltd) c\ge say s ., 'L a proof of the dUJable qualtt) ot eucal) ptus glob'..1lu~ uJec1 for Jettys, "ome of the pIle" \\ ere ltfted and they were found to be as sound as when ongmall) clrn en f01ty-SlX ) ears "mce. Tests of the same wood locH e shO\, n that a pIece two feet long dnel 5x3 111chesbulk stood a pre,:,ure ot thIrteen tons before It fractnred. 1he Lo"> \ngeles EXa11l111ersays -1\0 l11dustry 111Caltfor-ma has a bnghter future than the growmg of eucalyptns trees IS It an) wonder v.hen an acre of them \\;111 yIeld 111seven years a ClOp \\ 01th $+ 300? ThIS IS theIr value on a baSIS of commer- Clal de, elopment " In order to full) grasp ItS value from a commercIal stand- P0111tthe fact must be constantly kept 111mind that the eucalyptus reproduce, it om the stump, or root growth, after be111gcut down, e, en mOl e rapIdly than m the first 111stance and th1S reproduction \\ 111 cont111ue ll1defimtel) The large \\ estern raIlway corporatIOns, as well as the lumber compames and other consumers of lumber and rough tImber are WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ...------- - - - - - - - - - ----------- ----------~------- -- -------------------- _._------------ --_._- ------~ II III SENf FOR A FINISHED PANEL OF GI GRSSIR rr- lilt OI SIRI The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO Weare the only firm preparIng a stain of this character, which is used on gum wood, preserving t:he natural beauty of the grain and producing the tone of the genuine Circassian Walnut in splendid imitation, Send for a sample No. 2765 and full directions. ._----_._-----_._------- III ~--------------~--_._-- piantmg large groves but the demand IS so enormous and m-creasmg so rapIdly that a nsmg market for hardwood may be de-pended upon for years to come Eucalyptus \\1111, 111 a great measure, solve the all Important problem of lumber ~uppl) A v\ ood so remarkable, an mdustry at such certamty and magmtude, demancb the mo~t careful con-sIderatlon of every Amencan cItIzen Sa) s 1\1 D vVelsh m "Barrel and BOA," 1\Iarch, 1909 "The growmg of these trees IS confined practlcally to the state of CalI-forma as they cannot be grown In a clImate where the temperature IS lower at any tlme than 20 degrees FahrenheIt Yet If every avaIlable acre m CalIforma were to be planted to eucalyptus the c\.mencan demand could not begm to be supphed. "A partlal lIst of the artlcles manufactured from eucalyptus \\ III serve to mdlcate the Immense Importance commercIally of thIS wonderful tree, whIch has come to us through the tWIlIght of tIme-fuel, cross tIes, telegraph poles, pI1mg, masts, ShIp buI1d-mg, staves and headmg for bal reIs, agncultural Implements, \Vdgons, automobIles, msulator pms, bndge tImbers, pulley blocks belt wheels, bowlmg alley s, bIlharcl tables, staIrway, floormg mtenor finishmgs, raIlroad cars, sheathmg, veneer~, hlghc1ass furmture, panelmg, dIshes, baseball bats, tool handles, carnages, dOOls, plano cases and vIOlms. "Capltahsts and shrewd mvestors as well as raIlroad com-pames and lumbermen are wakmg up to the opportumtles pre-sented for maklllg vast profits from commercial plantatIOns of these weIrd \ustralIan exotIcs, and thIS year, whIch marks only the begmllmg of the rush toward hard"ood gro\\l mg, WIll see over 25,000 acres planted m eucalyptI "It I~ a sIgmficdllt fact that the Santa fe raIlway IS plantmg out 3,000,000 of these tree~, and that the Harnman hnes are thIS ) ear gomg mto It almo;:,t as extensIVel). \V Ith the supply of \Vood for cross tIes and telephone poles nearly exhausted these ---------------~------- .... Uo .. compames found It necessary to raIse theIr own supplIes or go out of busme"s, tles now costmg as hIgh as 85 cents each and poles from $3 to $10. The eucalyptus of certam vanetles lasts longer 111 the ground than oak, and for plIes they are replacing every-thmg else, lastmg for half a century under water. "There IS a small grove of eucalyptus wlthm sIght of my bungalow that was planted about ten years ago There were eIghteen of them cut down four yeal s ago From the stumps of these eIghteen trees I counted seventy-three rampant new shoots that I am told grow 30 per cent fastel than the anginal seedlIng,. These shoots measure from four to mne 1l1ches 1ll dlametel and from thIrty to SIxty-five feet tall. "If you should ask me why thIS remarkable tree should grow so fast] \\I auld answer that there IS noth1l1g to prevent ItS grow- 1l1g The Cahforma clImate IS perfectly adapted to ItS rapId growth There are no pests of an) name or k111d to interfere WIth ItS growth They grow summer and wmter, day and mght You can t kIll them WIth a club or WIth an axe, for, If you cut one down, from three to SIX more WIll grow from the stumps It grows so fast It has no time to shed ItS leaves, whIch remalll on all the: ear alound. It begins to shed ItS bark after three years so as to gIve It more room to expand They are WIthout excep-tIOn the bUSIest laborers out of doors, groW1l1g straIght as an arrow, free of black knots and streaks and all defects of every kmd or nature" Makes a Line That Sells. \iV D Sager, manufacturer of stoves and ranges, 330-342 N \iV'ater street, ChIcago, ha~ an advertIsement 111 thIS issue that dealers should not fall to read ~lr Sager 1:0 one of the best and most fl'lIable manufactuers 111 the field he covers The "Medal Docka<h '--Base Burner-for hard coal IS a stove build to last a lIfetnne and a lme that sells Send for catalogue = 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2. 00 PER YEAR.. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS PIJBLICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NORTH DIVISION ST, GRAND RAP DS, MICH A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second class matter July '5, 1909 at the post office at Grand RapIds l\lIclllgan under the act of 'Jarch 3 18i9 LOW GRADE PRICES ARE TOO LOW. An official of the \atlo 1al Furmture \IanLlfaLtuleb \'so ClatIon, well 111formed 111regard to the conchtlOn ot the turmture trade, stated to the r\rtban this VI' eek, that pnces tor low gl ade chamber furl11tUl e are cheaper at present than pre\ a1led t\\ 0 ) ear" ago He accounted for this un"at1sfactor) condltlOn by the sale of large quantItIes of furmture \\ Ithw the P3.st SIXt) da) ~ for pnces that repre~ent mel el) the labor cost of productlOn "r\ consldel able number of manufacturers, out~lde of the natlOnal 01 gamzatlOn, mostly located 111the southern states \\ ere ~o hardl) pressed for money as to be compelled to unload at am pnce, he said "A prom111ent manu factUl111g corporatlOn l(lcated 111 North Carol111a consigned thell e,urplu" e,tock am()Unt111~to S30 000 to an auctlOneer 111 Ch1cago recentl) to be "old tor \\ hat It would bnng Thel e b no rea "on f01 speculatIOn a~ to the condi-tIOn of that compan) 1here ha" been a lalger movcment of goods dunng the cunent month than at an) penod of the pa"t year, but It 1S doubtful If there I, an) praht \\ orth mentlOl11ng reahzed by the manu factUl ers In view ot the above statement It ~eems that tnel e b ~tlll a great deal of work at hand for the ~ atlonal I url11ture :\Ial1l1- faLturers' AssouatlOn 1n re\ olutlOnal) tll11e~ Ben) aml1l Frank- 1m addressmg hUl1self to the patnoh ot that era declared \\ e must hang together or we shall hang ~epal atel) The tmth ot the statement apphe~ to the tL11l11tLe11tl ade I t the manufacturer~ fall to co-operate 111sUotal1111g pnces the\ \\ III tad m busl11ess Retal1ers do not applove of the cuttmg ot pnce" to make sales Stabdlty IS a" essentlal m theIr bl ancl1 of the busl11ess as 111that of the manufacturers Travel111g salesmen compla111 blttCrl\ of the lad" of hotel accommodat1011S and the mhmanagement ot the ~ame 111Cleveland, OhIo One enterpns111g landlord has engaged a laches' blass band to play 111the gnll loom from 10 to 1:2 0 dock at 111ght, for the purpose of attractmg people h om the ~treeb to bu) a fe\\ dnnks Imag111e the mental con(lItlOn of the tlred commercial traveler, aftel pUtt111g m a strenuous day and retlnng to catrh a few fretful hours of ~leep preparator} to takmg an early tram out of town, to be awakened by the blare of a cornet, the grunts of the tuba, the Clash of C)mbals and the roar of drums soon after makmg entry mto the land of dl eams 1he manager of such a hotel would not check the whlstltng bell bo) s, porters and mght c1erb and the smg111g chamber maIds and r01stenng gl1esb that make the average hotel a pandemol1lum The success of that mutual mSurance compam orga1117ed and managed by Pennsylval1la melchants mentIOned on another page, IS eVidently due largely to hght losses An average loss of less than $9,000 per year on 8,238 pohcles covenng nsks aggre-gatmg over $l1,OOO,OGO IS certaml) low The report receIved by the r\rtl~an does not state \\hetner It has ever been necessary to dra\\ on the note reserves but It IS probable that such actlOn "d" necessary m 1906, \\ hen the losses reached a total of $18,125 \nother sucl1 a loss, even now, would \\Ipe out the company's la~h re~ources and necessitate a,~essments However, the re- "erve IS large enough to meet such an annual loss for ten years ur more, and as there IS no probablhty of such a cont1l1gency dn~mg the mSU1ance must be considered safe. .\Ianutacturers are not cuttmg gum lumber WIth a great deal of confidence, owmg to the fact that the retaders seem to be un-able to sell It as readdy as had been antICIpated An expenenced t1ave1111g salesman, after vbltmg all the pnnclpal cltles between P1ttsburg and Denver, stated that the moderate sale was on ac-count of the name "gum" The name suggests at once both a soft and a bnttle thmg, qualttles that should have no place m the manufacture of fUrl1ltlll e If the trade had been educated to call lhe \\ ood b\ It:, proper name, Tupelo, not satm walnut, gum or other I111slead111gdeslgnatlOn~, furmture made of thIS wood might have \\ on last111g favor m the estlmatlOn of the people. r\ mercantile assoCIatIOn 111 the state of vVashmgton, 111 annual conventIOn recently "resoh ed" that "all manufacturers who malket theIr goods under propnetary brands or trade marks be urged to estabhsh and ma111ta111by contract m11111uumretat! pnces for whIch such goods shall be sold to the consumer." [he assoCIatIOn belteves that the adoptlon of such a poltcy would bc tor the be~t 111tere"b of manufacturers, retaIlers and consumers 1he ~upreme court of Xebraska has upheld an act of the leglSlcl!ure makIng a flat cut of 25 per cent m the rates charged b, expl ess compal11es for service performed 111that state The ca0e \\ III be appealed 111the supreme court of the Umted Statae~ ,,0 othel ~tatb that have been expected to adopt the Nebraska la\\ \\ III probabl) \\ alt awhJ1e-years, perhaps r\n addItIOn to the Hollenden hotel, 111Cleveland, 0, near- In~ completIOn WIll conta111 two hundred rooms The ovvner WIll funmh the rooms m harmony With the heavy two and three mch ~tuff furmshed by the Phoemx Furmture Company twenty years ago The old stuff, stamed to ll111tate cherry, ha;, stood the oer- \ Ice so well that the owner Will use more of the same style La"t \\ edne,da) Grand RapIds entertamed the dlstmgl1lshed T apane~e gentlemen who are makmg a tour of the country A \ ear hence \\ e ma) hear ot 'Grand Rap1ds furmture made in Japan" Bird s-e\ e maple IS growmg ~trongly 111favor WIth consum-el" \Vhere the art of preserv111g the color has been acqmred no \\ ood IS comparable to the beautlful bIrd's-eye \ consIderable call I" notIced for fmmture made of pnma \CI a \ \ hlle thIS wood IS ql1lte attractIve It IS not so generally a(h111recl as blrd\-eye maple The mablltty to ~upply the goods reqmred by customers cl1\Crts much valuable trade from the legltlmate dealer to the mall-order merchant Eepol ts from the great Iron centers, PIttsburg and Cleveland, do not mcllcate much activIty 111the furmture trade. The stocks on hand are large - ~~-------------------------~---------., WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 GUESTS FROM THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN Furniture Manufacturers Assist in Entertaining the Party of Distinguished Japanese Gentlem.en Who Are Making a Tour of America. I, urmture men took a promment part m the entertamment of the dlstmgmshed J apane"e gentlemen who are makmg a tour of the country and who vI~lted Grand Rapids last vVednesday The Visitors we1e mVlted to 111spect some of the furmture fac-tone~ and gladly accepted the mVltatlOn They were taken to the Impenal company's factory where they became so mtensel) mterested m the dry kilns, the machme room" and the fimshmg department:> that It was necessary to send messengers to pull ~ome of them out They also vIsited the showroom at the Ber-key & Gay factory, and two of them accompamed by Herbert :\Ioore of the Spokane CWash) Chamber of Commerce and George C, Whitworth, treasurer of the Berkey & Gay company, spent several haUl ~ m~pect111g the factory, studymg the method~ and operatlOns from lumber yard to salesroom Baron Nalbu Kanda, who uses good Enghsh was the pnn- Clpal speakel for the VIsitors at the banquet given them at the Pantlmd m the eve11lng ~fter mentlOmng the fact that he was one of those who ~elcomed Ambassador O'Bnen upon his arn-val m Japan and was glad to meet the ambau"ador among his fnend.s m his home clt), the Baron expressed his sentiments on furmtUl e as follows "On the first page of the I11terestmg pamphlet pre~ented to the party now enJoymg the hospltahty of this' Furmture City' of Amenca, I see the followl11g "tatement .. 'The fur11lture of the ages 1.0 a book, on the pages of which are mdehbly engraved not anI) the prevallmg architecture of the people that have occupied the ~tage of the theatre of the world'.s tannly dunng the vanous penod" of the drama of human eXist-ence, but In the different scenes of the pIa) marked by the nse and fall of natlOns and kl11gdomu, change~ that made hlstorv, are fal th full y portrayed.' "VYhen I read th1.o and my thoughts went back acros" the contment and across the broad Pacific to our t) plcal J apane:,e home.s, without tables and chairs, \\ lthout fireplace.s, without chandehers and all the other paraphernaha, I asked myself, are we, like the nomads of the plan};" a people who have played no part 0,1 the stage of the world'" lllstory? ~o, on the contrary, true a:, the "tatement of thiS httle pamphlet may be, the character and SP11lt of the Japanese people, symbohzed by the cherry blo,,- soms fragrant Ul the mor11lng sun, I, faithfully portrayed m the very architecture and furmture, such as there 1S, of our home", m the big outside walls and fences which at once protect our home.., from the feet of mtrudel s and guard their .sacred pre-uncts from prYUlg eyes; 111 the simple shdmg partltlOns without locks and keys, to be thrown open to welcome the mormng sun, m the pillar.s and cellmgs of fine gramed cedar, without a coat of pamt or var11l"h, 111 the pure white rush tataml which yields under the tread of your shoeless feet and fill.., your room with an odor of the new mown hay In all these characten"tlc features of OU1homes do we not read the history of a people who have de-veloped from hut dwellers dnd simple tillers of the 5011, through over 2,000 year'i of that peaceful natural progress which dls-tl11g111" hesman from the lower order of creatlOn? ' Roger \V Butterfield, president of the Grand Rapid" Chair Company, as a representative of the turmture men alluded to the fnendly relatlOns that have prevailed between Amenca and Japan He welcomed the vmtor'i not only ac a mark of fnendshlp but as an opportumty for better acquamtancG He referred to Japan's splenchd conduct of her war and her vlctones and then 111 deference to the VISitors de..,lre for mformatlOn he spoke of Grand Rapids and ItS great mdustry "The CIty IS only 75 years old," he said "ThiS would be only a short paragrapn 11 the hl'itory of aile of your CO,l1muUltles, but It IS a pal t of the history of the northwest thlOugh whkh you have been travehng The fir.ot settlers here found the nver With It:> rapids and thIS fdct detenmned that Grand Rapids should be all Il1dustndl Clt) For many ) ea r'i the chief mrlustry was the manufacture and shIpment of lumber ThiS has cea"ed to be a local II1dvstry but commen~lI1g W1thm the last 50 yedrs there ha" grm\ n up SIde b) Side w1th the lumber mdustry, and survlv-mg It, another 111du"try partakmg ot ItS general nature, but dif-ferent from It, for as the lumber 1'1clustry had to do w1th the man-ufacture of the res1l10us woods, tne turmture bus111es" had to do With the manufactUl e of the magmficent cabmet wooels, wluch a fe\\ year~ ag 0 ~ ere abundant In th1'i v1c1mty The commence-ment of tIns mdustry wa" small fhe product was Simple, al-most to crudene"s, but from the tllne of ItS commencement untIl the present time, through the overcom111g of many obstacleu, es-pecially dunng the early part of It<; h1story, 1t ha" steadll) and cont111uously advanced 111 tne qualIty and value of the good" manu-factured, and 111Its mfluence a" a factor 1,1 the development of thiS commumty. "The local advantages wh1ch were ~o Important 111deter-nnmng the work the Clt) should do, and by which It should be bt1l1t up, have long pdssed away The water power which was 111- adequate, at an) rate, for a bus1l1e'is of the magmtude of the present ha" faded away w1th the vamshL1g of the forest, and the motive PO\\ er for our factones 1S ftunhhed by coal hauled from a dl;,tance Tne oak and mahogany which constitute our pnnci pal and most eApenslve matenals are hauled, the former from the outhern stdtes and the latter from Central '\menca and /\.fnca The amount of matenal for our 111du'itry wh1ch IS produced l11 our 0\\ n ~tate I;, very small vVlth thiS vamshmg of our cheap power and chedp matenal, we have ceased to manufacture the cheaper quahty of goods" 2\Ir Butterfield spoke at length of the manner 111which the Clty\ prem1er mdustr) has been blUlt up, m the face of the fiercest competition, v\Ithout the aId of special advantages, such as pro-tective pdtents and tanffs and exceptIOnal sh1ppmg facI!Jtles, and declared that the greate~t protectIOn enjoyed by Grand Rapids manufacturers lS to be found 111the words ";Vlade m Grand Rapids" stamped on her ware" In clos1l1g h1.o address J\1r Butterfield, speakmg chrectly to the VISitors, saId "\\ e, represent1l1g our fello\\ Cltlzen ~ m thiS great common-wealth, congratuldte you tomght on \\hat you have accomp!Jshed l11 the attamment of your gl eat Ideal'i Ive gIve you our be"t Wishes for their ultimate and complete accomphshment ' J\Ir flutterfield' 'i adelre"s was applauded anel the J apane"e cxpres~ed their appreciatIOn of the ,entlll1ent.., by hft111g their gla"se, to him. "\mong the men mtere'ited 111 the furmture factones who helped to enterta1l1 the V1u1tors and attended tne banquet \\ ere LeWIS H \Ylthey, Den ~ Hanchett, E K Pntchett, 0 H L \Ner11lcke, John l\Iowat, DaVid E ChI, Charles R S!Jgh, Robert \\ Irw1I1, \V D Bishop, A ::, Goodman, Robert ~hanahan Willard Barnhart, John Wlc1cl!comb, H S Jordan, \\ K Wll- !Jams and r VV Tobey PremIUm glVll1g 111 any form, was condemned by the mer-chants aSSOCIatIOnof \V dsh1l1gton, at the late conventlOn Dlgmty, elegance and refinement 15 expressed m furmture correctly deSigned and substantially constructed 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN WE ALWAYS HAVE IT READY TO SHIP Figured Red Gum Veneer CLEAR, FACE STOCK IN GOOD SIZES. Walter Clark Veneer Company 535 Mich. Trust Building GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. RAILROAD FREIGHT ESTIl\fATES. Cabbage. Onions and Potatoe~ Are Heavier Than Lumber in Pounds per Acre. Lumber 1~ OIK ot t1<e C;11d {relght com1110d1tle~ plOduced by land It~ weIght per acre ~urpa""e" corn barle), oab, \\ heat and rye, ~a)" one at the latest bullet1l1" bsued b\ the ::\atlOnal Department of Agnclllture I e\\ people are a \\ are ot the cal e used by raIlroad" m keep111g taL at the pI OduCt1\ene'" ot land along theIr lmes from the standpOInt ot the amount of freIght produced b} vallous ClOpS The heaVIer the crops pel acre the more b 1smess for the raIlroads "or al ethel e man} people who tI1mk of lumber as a crop, and one ot the 1110StImp01 tant crops at that, \\ h1ch contllbute" a large shal e at the tre1gnt blhl ness of ral1roads 1he quantlt) of frelgnt produced b) a crop depends up all ~011, reglOll and kmd of crop Ral1roads figlll e It tram that pomt of V1e\\ TheIr plOfit depends upon tonnage <\nelcla"s, and they want to knO\\ what uop pa\ s the cal ner be"t "lam a\ er-ages m many 10cahtle0 are nece~"ar) to reach I ehable re, ult, Care IS necessal y, too, 111apply 111gto one regIon the fif;LHC" 00- tamed 111 another IndIana, IlhnOls and h.entuck) are the center of a vast product1\ e regIOn, and average" tl1ere po"se'" a" much value as th00e of an) other pal t of the countr) but ot com se they cannot be apphed ever) \\ here -\n acre b CIechted \\ Ith yIelds as follows Cabbage ;!1,000 pounds per acre 0111on" 19,930 pound" per aCle Potatoe" -t ,(,0,0 pounds per acre Lumbe1 lOOO pound" per aClc Hay , . .2,~10 paunch per aue Corn 1 ~.2'3 pounds per <lCIe Barley .. 1.~1q pounds ptr acre Oats K/-,() pounc!:' pel aue Tobacco 8~, I" pound~ p:::r acre Rye 8!8 pounds per dcre Wheat ~9.2 pJ11l1d~ per acre As the 1Ist sho\\ s, the thl ee heaVIest freIght produc111g crops <ire cabbage, Ol11on~a'1el potatoes Lumber I, iourth Lp to the present tIme tImber has been cut almost exclUSIvely f1am \\ lId lanel, WIthout much regard to the aC1e, gone over But the tlme IS COl11!ngwhen the yIeld of wood per acre WIll be calculated a, carefully as the yIeld of corn, and as much thought \\ 111be gIven It, though not as much work fIo\\ much \\ ooel gro\\, on an acre 111a year? Some of the abu"eel, p10duC111g only a 1Ittle bm nt, wa"hed and nel5lecterl lanrl~ are It ha~ been estnnated that the t) p1cal hal cl\\ ood reglOns of f ennessee, where fire 1s kept out, are grow- 1l1g about 'l,COO pounds of wood yeady per acre Gooel stands at \ oung p1l1e~ In other parts of the country are probably dOll1g as \\ ell Dr better But thIS IS not the hm1t, for foresters ~ay \\ oodland can do much better under forestry methods. Good tImber 1111htbe selected, the poor cut out, Ju"t as the farmer plants the best kll1do of corn and rejects the poor In E1lrope where the) Ial.,e (rop~ of t1ee, they get, under favorable condItIons, <in annual g 10\\ th ot h,:500 pounds to 6,500 pound" of wood p~r acre fhls count 1) can do at least as well The freIght can 1ers, however, seldom tran"port the whole \\ o0d g ro\\ th The \\ aste IS left 111 the woods or at the mill lhh h much 01 httle, clependmg upon what IS made of the wood hetm e the tl <\n~p01tatlOn company gets It It b apparent hO\\ C\ el) that afte1 declllctmg tor \\aste, the growth of an acre at tImbel tllrl11she, more freH;ht than an acre of anv one at the agllcultural crop, exccpt ubbage, 01110ns and pota~des. The quant1t\ ot am one at tde"e th1 ee c01111l10chtlesthat w1l1 go to the ma1ket IS 11l11lteclb\ demand, but the demand for lumber IS nllt d111111~1h11l1~ \11 that the torests and planted lots can supph \\ 111 go to the market \ \ ooclland, II 1der ca1e, )lelcl~ ) early ClOp as regularly <h \\ heat field~ The marketable tImber only IS C1)t at regular 1l1tu \ ai, dncl ne\\ gro\\ th IS ah\a)s comll1g on A" a freIght producer a tImber t1act may be depeneled upon as surelv as a potato field In tact, It 1S 011rer, for land 111 farm crops' wears out unless constantl) fertlhzed, but tImberland fertlhzes Itself \\ Ith ItS leaves and becomes ncher. It will yIeld unduTIll11shecl crop' fore, er Tree~ glO\\ on rough la'1d whel e agnculture cannot prohta-hh be cal ned on, and the freIght and other returns from such leglOn~ ale la1geh clear gam smce such land \\ould otherWIse ue procluung !lttle or 110thmg Hotel Notes. \ J \ anderbllt ,,111 erect a twent) star) hotel on Fourth avenue, Thut) -thud and ThIrty-fourth streeh, Ke\>, York. It \\ 111cost $~,300,000 -\ hotel to cost $.300,000 WIll be erected on the sIte of the \ven hou'e, at },It Clemen", },I1ch It will be 1eady for occu-jJdI1C\ 111 June, 1910 The ,tee! fra111ework of the St Pallim the erectlOn of WhICh ~e,e1al nlll!loll dollars \\ 111 be mve"ted, at St Paul, ;\lmn, I, plactlcall) c0111pleted and \>,ork upon the walls IS 111 progres., The bmlel111g \\ 111 be twelve stone::, hIgh above a basement dnd ~uh basement and \\ III contam 330 room, It WIll be ready tor 0CCllpallc\ carl) 111 the comll1g ) ear Costly furl11shmgs \\ 111be 111Stalled WEEKLY ARTISAN ..-------------------------_._. --------------_._----------_._----------------_.---- 19 .-_. -------...,I II IIII III IIIII SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with fiat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ....... _ ... Chicago"s Industdal School Experiment. The Chicago Tnbune, the other day pubhshed an ed1tonal on a subJ ect that b of great L1tere"t J.nd Importance , not only to mechanics who expect their son" to follow their own or some other trade, but abo to manufaLtm ers and other employers of skilled labor-the m1x1l1g of academ1c and 1I1dustnal educatlOn. Ch1cago lS to wIL1ess an mterest111g e'<penment m educatlOn, ray s the Tnbune If 1t 1S successful 1t may have much influence 111 shap111g publIc 0P11110nregardmg the cour"es of study m the schools The Idea 1S tn the a1r everywhere that the boy and glrl ale too w1dely separated tn the schoolroom from the avocatlOns wh1ch they Will follow when ..,chool da) '" are ovel The demand 1Sbecom1ng 1I1"lstent that marked changes be made 111 the subjects taught and the methods used There 1" no dlsput1l1g the ObV10lb fJ.ct that the schools have followed old time model.." the needs of the relatlvel) few be1l1g the 1deal rather than those of the over- \\ helm1l1g maJonty There are thousands of pUp1}..,who never get beyond the gl ammar school Stern necessity pu"hes them out 111tOthe world of worh. The lack of educat10n proves a conbtant hancltcap. pre-yent111g the1r advance m the occupJ.tlon they enter In most cases what they have learned has had only 1I1d1reo::b:teanng upon the future tOll Lead1l1g men of Ch1cago have been consldenng the subject With care The) know that It IS be1l1g studied all over the country It 1S a th111g of v 1tal mterest to natIOnal wel-tare It 1Sa problem that must be solved The expenment to be tned here c1ullng the next few month" 1Sone that Will b~ watched \\ Ith close attentlOn The Barragut school, located m dn mdu"tllal sectIOn of the uty, 1S to have t\\ 0 groups of forty boy s For a penoel of two \\ eeks twenty of these w1ll work 111 larg e estabhshmenb wluch h'we promised co-operatIOn The other twenty" III stay 111 the schoolroom, "tud) 1I1g mecha111cal and free hand dra \\ mg, com-l I--- .-- - .I. merc1al geograph), Engh"h and other subJeo:::ts deemed parti-cularly adapted to their speCial needs \Vhen the fortmght end.., the first group Will elevote a Saturday to show111g the second group how to pick up the thread" 111 the factor) On .:\Ionda, the groups w1ll change places, the factory twenty entenng th'e 5choolroom, the schoolroom twenty entenng the factory It w1ll be an expenment. It may or may not "ucceed But It IS nght mIme WIth current thought, and If It 1S succe sfnl It may open the way for great thmgs for Ch1cago boys of tech111cal turn of m1l1d and may mark the begmnmg of a 1evolutIOn m pubbc school tra1l1mg here. The hearty l11terest of captall1s of 111- dustry makes the hope of success stJong The Chicago expenment Will be \\ atched With much 1 1terest by member~ of the Grand Rapids board of educatlOn, among whom are two or three promll1ent manufacturers The Grand Rap1ds board has been con~ldenng the plan that IS to be tned out m Ch1cago, but there has been some OpposltlOn, but If the Chicago expenment proves successful there IS bttle doubt that the socalled . mneel sy5tem" Will soon be adopted m Grand Rapids and man) other Cltles I STANDARD I COLORS -- ...- ------- -- -- -- ----------~ i ~- .- ..- - UNIFORM Adopted by the Grand Rapids Furniture Association are produced With our: Golden Oak Oil Stain No. 1909, Filler No. 736. Early English Oil Stain No. 55, Filler No. 36. Weathered Oak Oil Stain No. 1910. Mahogany Stain Powder, No.9, Filler No. 14. I Fumed Oak (W) Stain No. 46. I... _ ...-_ ..---_. GRAND RAPIDS WOOD FINISHING 5559 Ellsworth Ave GRA"'D RAPIDS, MICH CO. I ..-- " 20 SUCCESSFUL MUTUAL INSURANCE. ---_. II ---------- ----- WEEKLY ARTISAN ROCKFORD, ILL --~III I II III IIIII ! III --~ UNION FURNITURE CO. China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead m Style, ConstructIOn and Fmlsh See our Catalogue Our lme on permanent exhibi-tIon 7th Floor, New Manufact. urers' BUlldmg, Grand Rapids. ----------._--------- ....._-- Manufadurers of Embolled and Turned Mould lngs, Emboas-ed and Spmdle CarvIng., and Automatic Turnings. We also manu fadure a large hne of Embo •• ed Ornaments for Couch Work SEND FOR C CATALOCUE. 1256-1258 W. Fifteenth St., CHICAGO, ILL. -'_----_ ..- ..----- ----------------~I _.- _ .. ----.---- .. _ •• - _n" - -". --1 I II I I_. -_._- -......•I Spiral Grooved and Bevel Pointed DOWEL PINS Note how the glue in the Spiral Groove forms Thread like a Screw Bevel Pointed, easy to drive Straight 50 will not spilt the frames Prices and dIscounts on application STEPHENSON MFG. CO., SOUTH BEND, IND. [~_-.__ __ _-- __ . Morton ...._ ..._ .... --... House ( American Plan) Rates $2.50 and Up. Hotel Pantlind I (E=.- PJ..,) Rat •• $1.00 and Up, I I GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I !I The Noon Dmner Served at the Pantlmd for 50c IS THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. J. BOYD PANTLlND, Prop. Pennsylvania Retailers Run It at One-Half the Rates Charged by Old Line Companies. 1 he RetaIl :\lerc:hanb '\ssoclatlOn of Penl1sylva11la OVV ns controb and operates the Retdllers \lutual Ftre Insurance Com-pany, vv hleh 1~ shown to have been deCIdedly succes~f111 though Its rates are only 30 per cent of those eAaded by the old lme 01 board compames The concl1tlOn of the company and Its ,uecess IS shown by the report of the secretary, A. M Howes, of l~ne ~ub1111ttedat the thIrteenth annual com entlOn of the Retall-el s \s~oclatlOn held at PottSVIlle recently, m whIch he says The Retaller- :\ll1tl1al FIre Insl1rance Company of Penn- '" h ama \\ as chal tered :\ray 27, H103, dnd bsued Its first poltcy 111June On '\ugust 1, 1909, 8,238 pohCles had been Issued for 1l1"Ulcl11Ceamount1l1g to $11,160,191.48 The co~t of thiS m- Sl1raw:e at standard old 1111erate::. would have been $143,031 72 111 premlUIl'S-an average ot $12 99 pel thou'and :\1embers of the ClJmp<tny have seHed to ,\UgLlst 1, ]909 $67,180 61111 premlUms, or cl6 per cent at ,tandal d rates The average savmg has been Sb 02 per thousand The dverage cost has been $6 97 per thou~- and '-,111lethe company \\ as estabhshed the fil e losses paId have eH;glegated $t, 1G8 09 The fire loss has been 29 per cent of the standard cost On '\ugust 1 ] 9ml the company had the follmv 111g re-oUlces Cash 111 tl ea sur} Certlficdtes of depOSIt 111 ;\ at 1 Banks I" ur111tIll c D~le from agentc; $ 2,335 31 7,00000 31800 76489 La."h re"oUl ce~ Pru111um note 1 e,erve 111 f01ce In"llrdnce In force $ 10,618 20 318,63963 '2,7d6,99250 'S1l1ce our la"t annual IepO!t to the convention, 1,694 pohCles hd\c been \\lltten t01 ~2 2'39 ::'86, WIth a sav111g 111companson 1\ nh ctandal d rates ut $2-tclc38 3() 111 premlUm~ Many of our merchanh elle say 1l1g more than their annual dues to theIr local a, ~uctatlOn 111thIS \\ ay , The company take, ns!-.s only 011 St01es and stocks located In fire protected dlstnd~ and eaeh poltey, 111 ca",e It becomes necessary to lev y a,sesc;ment::" IS hable for fifteen tnnes the amount of the premium he has paId The fire losses by years are Ieported as follow~ \: eelr enchne, Dee 31 190 ) (G months) $ 917 26 \: eal end1l1g De~ 11, 190-1 11103 "\ ear cnd1l1g Del 11 1(0) J,RG594 \: eal end1l1g Del n 190b 18,12347 'l edr entllllg Dee 11, liJ07 8,32G 0.1 \: ear endll1g Dec 31, 190'\ 9,,393 20 Thl~ yeal to \ug 1 2,511 96 ---- Total for ') year, $+,1,30809 Using Grand Rapids Dry Kilns. J KU10sha \VI~, .'->ept ;!()- The Kenosha Cllb Company have reccnth 1l1~talled t\\ 0 dty kl1n~ constructed by the Grand RapId" "eneel \\ orb \vIth a dally capaClty of ] 2,000 feet Treasurer L T Hannah state" hI s company has been rllnn1l1g full tIme smle the first of tlm year The Kenosha Cnb Company have alaI ge and glO\\ 1l1g trade vv hlch comes from all ,ectlOns of the l111tecl State and dleo f10m :\Ie>"I':o Cuba and the Hawallan Island" WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 Must Refund Unearned Dividends. MagIstrate J ~1 Smedes of CIncInnatI rendered an Impor-tant deClsIOn the other day whIch, whIle dI~POSIng of some 15 ca~e~ wIll also be used a~ a precedent In more than a score of other sImIlar SUltS before other magIstrates. The decIsion ~ as upon an actIOn brought by ~ttorne) \~'. J3 :.\lente, trustee In bankrnptcy of the Hartwell Company, aga111st the stockholder:, of that company The concern filed a deed of assIgnment 111the Insolvency Court In June, 1908, and was after-ward forced Into bankrtiptcy Tru ~tee 1\1ente found asset~ amount111g to about $16,000 and e~tlmated the habllItIes at nearl) $100,000 He dbo dI~covered that dIvIdends had been paId to the stockholdeI:" although there were no net earn111gs to wal rant ~uch pal ments, none of the chvldend~ hav111g been paId out of actual net earn111gs, he charged Therefore he filed Slllt aga111st J ame \ Green and 1-1others 1\ hIle other smts were filed In other CaUlts aga111st the rest of the stockholdeI:' 1\ ho had receIved dl\ Idench, ~eekmg to recover the amount paId to them l\laglstrate Smedes deCIded the te t case holdl11g that the company had no nght to pal' c1IvHlend~ except out of net earnmgs and the bank! uptC) tru"tee Judgment agaIn"t all of the defend-ants tor the amount so relll\! I'd by them ~\s the deCISIOn hmged upon a que~tIon of fact and the eVI-dence showed plaml) thdt the d1Vldends "ere not earned the de-fendant~ have nothmg to geun by appeal except to delay payment of the Judgements WIth Increa~ed CO"t~ Busy Factories at Sheboygan. Sheboygan, \Vl~, Sept 29-The \orthern FurnIture Com-pany have been hav111g S111'2eJ ulv the lal gest volume of btb111ess 111theIr hIstory PreSIdent G Huette "tate~ hIS company 'have found It (hfficult to keep up IV Ith theIr ordel s The trade has been excellent ~111lethe first of the ) ear, but SInce July It ha~ exceeded ever) th111g for a hke penod 111 former ) ear" Recentl) the '\ 01thun 1urmture lumpan) ~ent out ten thousand catalogues The Phoemx ChaIr Com pan) have anothel of 5hebo) gan' s btl<;1est fact011es 1he) have been runmng a full force on full tnne ever sInce January, 1907 The company IS plannmg to bmld an adclItlOn to theIr plant next spnnl:; whIch IS to be used a~ a dry hou~e G A Hahn "tate~ they have recently sent out between fifteen and h\ enty thousand 1909-1910 catalogues The Sheboygan '\ ovelt) Compan), manufacturers of laches desks, bookcases and cab1l1et~ relentl) maIled at one tIme ),000 of theIr fall catalogues The cdtalogue IS very handsomely and convemently gotten up and shows that d lanse number of new patterns ha\ e been added to the departments of chl11<l closet ~ and buffet~, thelcby affonhng a ldrge as~ortment for the trade .'::>ecretar)-Trea:,urer '\ F PIper states the company ~ trade 1~ comlclerably dhead of the v olume of last) ear and up to thIS tIme nearl) equal to that of 1<)07. The company ha" a large general trade and also eXIJort~ conslClerablj to ::\lexlco. New Refrigerator Factory. 1 he Traverse CIty (.!'IIlch) Refngerdtor :'IIanufactunng Company, Just orgamzed WIth $100,000 cdIJltal sto-::k \\111 engage In the rnanufacture of ref11gerator~ on d large scale :.\1 :3- Sanders IS preSIdent, R Floyd ClInch, VIce preSIdent, J aIm R Santo, secretary and Samuel Garland, treasurer It takes a good bluffer to keep the other fellow from finr1m~ out that we are afraid to fight Tell a lazy man to hump himself and he will immediately get his back up about it. fii~"~~"lLiNDEl~i< I Indianapolis Illinois and New York Sts. I 6 Blocks from UnIOn Depot 2 Blocks from Interurban "tatIOn 250 Rooms All OutSIde, WIth FIre Escape J elephone lU hvery l{oom European Plan Rates, 75c to $Z 00 Per D"y Dlnl1lg Room m ConnectlO11 bpeCldI Kates to Famlhes and Permanent Gue~ts Ladles rravelIng Alone WIll Fmd ThIS a Very DeSIrable Stoppmg Place. GEO.R. BENTON Lessee and Manager I ~ _ ..-------------------- . . ~I ~_-_- __ ••• -- •• r _ .....-... I FOX SAW DADO HEADS SMOOTHEST GROOVES FASTEST CUT LEAST POWER LONGEST LIFE Also Machine Knive.r, Mite.. Machines, Etc. GREATEST RANGE QUICKEST ADJUSTMENT LEAST TROUBLE PERFECT SAFETY We'll gladiy tell you all about it. PERMANENT ECONOMY FOX MACHINE. CO. 185 N. F..ont St..eet, G..and Rapids, Mich ... _ ' •• a ••••• _ •••••• a._ •• ", r" .H"O"FFMAN--~:V~E.N~Rj,~i~-l I I I HARDWOOD LUMBER II I ~~~r~~: ~A:T~~{V~E~NGE~ER:~S I ~__ ....---. a ..... ...... ~-~~-- I ....--------------_._.--_._-------------------~ These saws are Made from No. 1 Steel and we war-rant every blade. We also carry a full stock of Bev-eled Back Scroll Saws, any length and gauge. Write ns for Price List and dIscount 31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICft. ~------------.._ ..-.~-~._ ....__ ....._~I 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN r-..~ah~:;----- ..._. ._---- ------------ -----------------------_.---_. I Circassian Walnut •I, Quartered Oak Walnut I Curly Maple I Bird's Eye Maple I Basswood I Ash I: Elm : Birch : Maple : Poplar : Gum I Oak I~-----------_._------~---_._--- -------. Foreign and Dorn estic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. --------. --- ....--.------ -4 ~fust Not Used Small Checks. By askmg the attorney-general for an op1111Onas to Its ~cope and a~ to who 15 charged wIth the cluty of Ieport111g 'lOlatIOn~ Charles D Norton, actIng secletar) of the trea~un has called attentlOn to a provI~lOn 111the pen tl code, as amended and ap proved m Apnl last whIch forb1cls the u~e of chect~ tor amounts lese than a dollar Thlo, provNon seems to have been pa~sed b) congress wIthout dIScu,-s10n and there IS m) ster) m regard to the purpose, and doubt as to congress hav111g authonty to fix the m111Imum amount for WhICh a chech may be dra \\ n and used Congre~s may have authonty to make such a rule f01 natlOna1 bants, but 1t would seem the aITount of a check dra\\ n on a ~tate or pn" ate bank should be a matter to he determ111ed onh b\ the slgner, the payee and the payer and It 10 chfficult to uncler,tanc1 why the draw111g or acceptance of a check for less than a clollal should be cons1dered a cnme There IS chfference 111opmlon a" tlo the purpose and effect of the 1a\\ Some contend that 1t \\ ,IS mtended to st1mu1ate the use of postage stamps and money orders or to mcrease the CIrculatIOn of fractIOnal sIh el coms \\ hl1e others th111kthat It may have been allned at the 111allorder homes The law IS to take effect January 1, Fl1 0 Favors Built-in-Furniture. One of the charms of the mtenors of some moder n houses 1S the amount of fur11lture that IS bUIlt Into them sa, s a \\ [lter for the Boston Amencan The seats, closets a'1d book s11ehe~ that are now mcludec1 111the fixtures more than half soh e the problem of furl11sh1l1g. Furl11ture that IS b111ltto fit the place IS usuall) more decora-tIve and more comfortable than cletached pieces could be 111 the Sd111eplace Space IS also sa" ed by thIS means, and a tone 15 gwen for the rest of the fittmg 111the house. A.. house "ith a Lerta111quantIty of b1111tm furruture never has that bare unhved- In 100h that S0111ehomes have Even before the final furl11shmg 1S added the elements of ho~pltalrty are present and make them-seh es tcIt 111the deep \\ llldo\\ seats or the cozy 111g1enook ThI~ I~ true e, en as regards the kItchens In some recently bwIt bl1Ck houees are two lal ge cl'Jsets ,me! '-111k a convel11ent shelf b) the range and a dresser wIth shelves abo, e and cupboards beneath In stone houses there are c10seh 111the pantr), 111cludmg a cold clooet neAt to the burlt- 111 ref 1 Igerator, and 111 the kItchen 1tself are t\\ 0 sets of cupboards a 'Ink and a 10m; \\ ooden counter What to Buy and Where. 1 he Henn S Holden \ eneer Company, Leonard Bculdlng, 'ILlrket ~treet (;rancl Raplcb has un hand ready tor plOmpt e!e- In en a car load of first clas:, bIrd s-e) e maple veneers, 100,000 feet at selected CIrca s~Ian \\ alnut, a cholee lot of crotched C1r- CeL- Id'l Lll ~e and '-mall and iO,OOO feet of chOIce mahogany \ eneer e fhe \\ alter Uarh \ eneer Company, 335 ~.rlchIgan Trust fl'1tldmg. Granel Rdplds, has 100,000 feet of figmeel reel gum \ eneer~ ctnctl) face stock all crated and ready to ship Hooel & II nght, veneers and panels, DIg RapIds, ~1ICh, ha\ e on hand ready for prompt ~hlp111ent about 2:50,COO feet of bIrd s e) e maple veneers, cut smooth and dned \\ hlte ALo 500,COO feet ot 1-2~ plaIn maple and Lnrch backmg, WIele and of good lem;ths SEND FOR CATALOGUE. WEEKLY ARTISAN r --~--------~--_.._-----._----------------------_._-----~ 23 LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF II IIIII II I III~-_._-- Gum Oak, Poplar Veneers. The Albro Veneer Co. CINCINNATI. O. ._--~~~----------._---_._---- III !.. sketch outnght the clever mechamsm of the running gear "If I should say that III Bnttany I found 70 valletles of sabots, It would seem a traveler's tale, but I have them to show as an eVIdence of good faith III wooden shoes The metal tables one sees at Compelgne, round forms, wIth compact httle chaIrs, all over:o,hadowed by gay parasols of green and white stnpped Illlen, :;hould be used on the lawns of our country houses-at any rate I ,hall hrlllg a model WIth me, for the effect b so cltfferent from that of the clumsv affaIr one sees at home." The fellow" ho biOI's hIS aVo, n horn should be careful not to come out at the httle end of It It is better for love to laugh at locksmiths t}>an to CC;1 over '"pilled milk Circassian, Mahogany, and Established IB3B. Artistic Basketry in France. \ representatlve of an Amencan furmture house who has been III Europe looking for qualllt pIeces and noveltIes says "In France one see basketry, as apphec.l to furniture of wtl-low, take 011 almost the attnbutes of art At Contrexeville I sketched a qualllt sun chaIr of cunous weave, hned, cushIOned and curtallled WIth bnlltant turkey red chll1tz, at Dleppe a most pecuhar chaIse lounge of bamboo and malacca cane seemed good enough to reproduce 111 \\ 1110Wfor a b 1l1galow chaIr, on the way through N"ormandy, the dall1ty bIrd cages hang1l1~ at the doon, the plant and flower boxes of \\ IlIow, not to forget the pIctures que baby baskeb-these thll1gs kept m} penol bll'3) and my head full of projects to do someth1l1g of the same sort 111 \mencan "lllow \\ hen I got bdck home At Trouvll1e the most dehghtful chaIr, set upon a perfect wheeled frame, tempted me beyond re- SIstance, and I bought outnght for replOductlon, as I could not CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the first cost of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar invested than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Wllllake a saw up to 20' dlamekr Arbor belt IS 6' wlde Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Work. and General Offices at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Ohver Ma<hmerl' Co, Hudson Terminal, 50 Chu«h St, New York, Ohver Machmery Co , Fmll Nallonal Bsnk Budding, Chicago, Ill, Ol,ver Machinery Co , Paclfic BUlldma, Seatde, Wash, Ohver Maclunery Co ,201-203 Deansgate, Manchester, Eng Save Labor It Tempers " Cost "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36 Inches. Made With or WithOut motor dnve Me tal lable 36"x 30" Will take IB" under the gUlde- bits 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the other way Car-fies a saw up to 1%" Wide Outside beanng to lower wheel shaft when not motor dnven Welghs IBOO Ibs when ready to ship 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue --~_._---~.~ • I Palmer's Patent Clulntr Clamps I I ~ .- -_ ... IIIII III I!IIII I!• II IIII The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and shows the range of one size only, our No 1, 24-1DCh Clamp. We mal<e SIX other sizes taking in stock up to 60 iuches "'de and 2 inches thick Ours IS the most practICal method of clamping glued stock in use at the present time Hundreds of factories 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 factories (only a fraction of our list) who ha"le ordered and reordered many tImes. Proof poslthe our way is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included Don't delay, but write today. A. E. PALMER & SONS, Owosso, MICH. Foreign Representatives: The Projectile Co, London, Eng-land; Schuchardt & Schutte, BerlIn, Germany; Alfred H Schutte, Cologne, Paris, Brussels, Liege, Milan, TurIn, Barcelona, and Bilboa. ..--_.--~._---_._~- Grand Rapids, Michigan I• IIII• II I•III II III•• II III IIII• III I IIII I,I II IIII .. ~_._._-_.~------------_._~-._---~_. ,IIII If ••f,IIIII II I Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT 8 CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. III• II..-. No. 592. .--. ! _ ....-. . .... ~ MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS. L D Martm succeed,; L C Lacey 111 the undertalong busI-ness at Delta, Cal The Malvel n Chair COnlp'lny of J\Ialvern, Ark, has been adjudged bankrupt vValker & Klnther have succeeded Walker & Kmg, furmture dealers. at Cottage Grove, Ore fhe RhocJe,;- Flltch-Colhn~ Fllrmture Company IS erecttng a $l'3,000 wal ehouse at Jacksonville, Fla The 'Cmted ~tates Chan Company, manufacturers, Corry, Pa, has been placed 111 the hands of a receiver. The Redlands } url11tm e and Carpet Company succeeds the H W. Goodnch }urmture House of Redlands, Cal The Standard Furmture \\ ork,; of Shlppen~burg, Pa, ha" e been 111corporated Capital stock, all paid tn, $25,000 The Old Hickory Chall Company of lIartmsvllle, Ind, have 111CeIased their capital ,;tock fr.om $50,000 to $75,000 The Weeks Hosk111'; Company, dealers 111 office furmture, etc, at 354 Broadway, N. Y, has been declared bankrupt. Vaughan Brothers of i\lltance, OhIO, have bought C Kuegel s furl1lture store at Columblana, OhIO, and Will 111crea,;e the stock The Hecquar Chatr and Furl11ture Company of Kansas City, Mo, have 111creased their capital stock from $50,000 to $55,000 The Red LIOn Furmture Company of Red LIOn, Pa, are now runmng their factory 12 hours per day-three hours over time. Thomas Evans of the firm of Evans Bros , furmture dealer", Champaign, Ill, has sold hiS mtere~t 111the bus1l1ess to hiS brother Pnce Evans Lams Schneder, unclel taker of St rrancls, \VIS, has filed a voluntal y petitIOn m bankrup'c} He report" hiS as~eb at $1,- i:H-l, habl1lt1es, $3,383 W S Kemble, E L Then ell, N L Bucknell and F H ~angu1l1et have 1l1corporated the Kemble rurmture Company of Dallas, Tex, capltaltzed at $] 0,000 Fred Remsmlth, furmture dealer of Emaus, Pa, b teanng down hiS store bUlld1l1g and Will el ect a two-story and basement bnck bUlldmg, 22xlOO on the same site Stocker & Pnce, furl1lture dedler~ of St Loms, Mo, ,,111 mvc~t $30,000 111 a new three story bUlld1l1~ at 1926-:30 f't ankhn avenue They paid $25,e'00 for the site. The vVmnebago Furl1lture Company of Fond du Lac, \\ I, , has started the bUlldmg of a large warehouse to take the place of one that was burned several months ago. Edward T Houghton, for many year" a member of the firm of Houghton & Fraser, furl11ture manufacturers of SprL1gfield, Macs , died on Sept 2J, aged 61 years The Dolson-Horn Furl11ture and Carpet Compnay of Galves-ton, Tex, has been 111corporated by D Dolson, vV C Horn and Ben Dolson, Sr Capital ctock, all paid m, $20,000 The Constantl11e :l\Ianufactunng Company, go-carts and to} 0, of Madison, \\ b, have Increased their capital stock from $10,- roo to $50,000, fOI the purpose of enlargl11l:; the plant Algot J E Lar"on of the illetal Furmture Company of Jamectown, NY, and MISS Elm 1\1 Carbtrom, Vvere marned at the home of the bnde's sister 111that city on Septemb-cr 22 J E Roantlec ha~ sold hiS stach amounting to $5,000,111 the Cortland Cabmet Company, Canestota, ~ Y, to \'\TIlllam H Gunlocke of the Gcllliocke Chall C01rpany, \Va} land, N Y Horace E McKmster m the furl11ture and hvery bmmess at \V111che5ter, Va, has made an assignment Asseb, $15,000, habllttles, $13,000 of \\ 11lch $10,COO, due to W111chester ba111{.,I~ secured. Robert J Montgomery of i'JashVille, Tenn, formerly of the J\Iontgomery Fllrl11ture ane! l\fanufactullng Company ane! later ~ale" manager for the Standard Fllrmtllre Company which ab::orb-ed the Montgomery compan}, died September 18, aged 37 y.ears Phlhp Quayle, who started 111thp retail furl11ture busmess at Marquette, MICh, about a year ago, Will close out and qwt haVing accepted a posltlOn as head chel11lst at the Newberry Iron fUlnace. The Automatic Cradle Company of ::,tevens Pomt, VVh, are bwldmg an adchtton to their plant The bwldmg Will be three stOlles ;JGx5lJ and Will be used for the manufacturmg of mllkmg machmes Hall & Bruhn, hardWdre and furl11ture merchants at vVtl-bur, Wa~h , have chssolved par;nershlp, Mr Hall takmg over Mr Bruhn's mterest '1 he name of the new firm IS the Hall Hardware Company G I Sellers, preSident of the G I Sellers & Son~ Company, manufacturers of kitchen cabmets, Elwood, Ind, died on Sept-ember 19, aged 53 years The bu"mess Will be contmuecI by hiS Widow and sons The Lucore Plano Company of Los Angeles, Cal , have pur-chased a large mterest m the Salyer-Baumeister Plano Company and VvIII hereafter carryon the manufactunng and wholesale bu~mess m adchtlOn to their retail trade Indlanapohs pap ~I s report that the anticipated shortage in car" IS beglnnmg to be felt 1'1 that state-that the roads are un-able to supply the cars now needed by the furl11ture factones at Evans" tlle, Shelbyville, Indlanapolls and RushVille Jame., R Crews, furl11ture dealer of Fairfield, Ill, and MISS Lulu Fetters were married on August 12, up 111the Wilds of WIS-consm 1\1r. Crews returned home soon after the wedd111g but hiS fnends did not know that he had been ''Fettered'' for hfe until hiS bnde returned from her vacatIOn on September 25 H G :'IcKenzle of the Doe & Bill Furl11ture Company, Oklahoma Clty, Okla , gave the pollce a pomter that resulted In the arrest of a burglar named Alexander Robertson The re-porters transposed the names and next mornmg not only the local papers but others 111 wbtern CItIes had Mr McKenZie m ]all The conti act for metal furl11ture for the new court house 111Cleveland, OhiO, has been awarded to the Art Metal Comp:l11y of J ame~town, NY, though It I'; claimed the bid of the Van Dorn Iron Company of Clevela'1d was $18,000 lower than that of the J ame'itown bldders The furl11tme Will cost about $118,000 Veneer Business is Good. T ,1e \ Valter Clark" eneer Company reports a fine trade In all k111d~of veneers, espeCially 111quartered oak, blrd'J-eye maple and I ed gum l\Ir. Clark says the furmture and plano trade IS 111- proving nght along and all mdlcatlOns pomt to a long contmued era d prospenty. I have on hand for Immediate shipment the following brand new machines which I will sell at reduced prices 4-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I;i' to 18 inch centers. 3-Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore from I to 12 inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' lathes. I-Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' Lathe. ---ADDRESS-- -- J. C. DeBRUYN, 130 Page St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ~--------------- .._ .._-------~ I 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN WEEKLY ARTISAN HOOD & WRIGHT BIG RAPIDS, I MICHIGAN I I I I..------_._._.~._._.---- _. - - --------------------_. ------------------~I 27 Since our enlargement we have the largest and best equipped Veneer and Panel plant in North-ern Michigan. We are prepared to fill orders promptly for all kinds of veneers in native woods, and especially in birdseye maple and figured birch . We are also makers of panels, mIrror backs, drawer bottoms, etc., and are prepared to ship in car lots or open freight as desired . "Getting Back to the Soil_" That lVIr Redmond of the Luce-Redmond ChaIr Company, BIg RapIds, JVIIch, who~e farmmg a.ld gardenl11g proclIvItIes were recently mentIOned 111 the \Veekl) Al tban, l.o not the only fur- Made by Oharles Bennett Furmture 00 , Charlotte, MlCh mture man ",ho lIkes to "get back to the sOlI," IS shown by the followl11g from the 1\lmneapoh s Tnbune of recent date "Back to the land for ml11e,' says Ii'rank D Rubel, of the Rubel FurnIture Company "I am the fnend of the farmer and y\ant to get 1tl touch wIth that bu~1tle~~ m) self " Then 1\11' Rubel held up a cIustel uf the finest "beefsteak" tomatoes one ever laId eyes all The) y"ere gro\" n 111 hIs gal-den patch and the quartet weIghed four pound~ 1\11' Rubel IS a busy man, } et he finds ample tIme to raIse garden truck on hIs lot surround1l1g hIs home at 2428 Portland avenue He set out about three dozen tomato plants thIS sprIng and they are now all n are than eIght feet hIgh, clImbl11g skyward on trellIs work There are many more clusters of the lm-::lOus vegetable that come wIthl11 tlIe four-pound-mark Beans, cab-bages, heads the sIze of a young banel, potatIes of championshIp calIber, and many other garden "egetables have been cultIvated by Mr Rubel. Rut he I vcr) proud of hIS tomatoe, They grew lIke the proverbIal VIne 111 "Jack-1I1-the-Beamtalk" story and there dre more of them than the amateur gardener's fdmlly can use "Late to bed, early to rIse, \york the garden and solIloql11se," 15>thIS amateur farmer's motto "You see I was born on a farm down In ChIcago," sa)" Rubel, 'and I have alwayu wa lted to 'get back to the land' I have a 50-foot lot and 200 feet deep I have It all under cultIvatIOn I lea\ e the office as early as I Cdn and hustle home I work the garden untIl almost too dark to see, then I am ready for supper "See these hands-thIs good color?" asked the merchant, "gol, that IS what one gets when they do garden work Some-tl1ncs when It IS bnght and moon lIght I go out and brush off the pototo bugs. You see, I Just can t keep away from that garden I get up at sunnse and VI' ork untIl breakfast-tIme I have 5>uch an appetIte that the cook has to work overtIme the mght before getting the pantry filled for me 111 the mornmg When a man IS not feelIng well, that chromc feelLlg m the stomach when nothmg agrees Wltll hIm, If he were to try 'gettmg back to the land' he would be much better off I have tIled It a,lcl got good results" Another Inquiry-Who Will Answer? \Veekly ArtIsan, Grand Rdpld0, l\Ilch, Gentlemen -Can) ou furmsh me the name of manufacturers who make damty SIde and corner chaIrs and settees for glldl11g, 111 the whIte, not K D ~ If you ca,l an early reply WIll be appre- CIated. Yours truly, Walter 1\1 Engel, :331 QU1l1'::y~treet. Borough of Brooklyn, N Y Sept. 28, 1909 ~_._~-----------_ ... -_. --. --- ._--~ I "THE LINE THAT SELLS" STOVE OF THE HOUR BUILT TO LAST A LIFETIME "MEDAL DOCKASH" For Hard Coal -Base Burner. An entirely new production POSitively the most attractive pattern ever offered In the Dockash Imp Many new features In ornamentatlon as well as In construction Fire pot and grate eaSily re-moved through front mica door Dockash grate or duplex grate and shakmg nng Douhle healer Large flues and ash pan NJckeJ tnmmmgs an hook on and consIst of • swmg cover, dome or Jacket. name panel, and foot ralls ReHectm$l Jacket or base Base add legs. damper handle. hmge pm hps. knobs and turnkeys InSIde Diameter of Fire Pol Pnce. No. 138 13Inches .$28 50 "148 14" 30.50 "158 15" 32.50 "168 16" 34.50 2% 10 days, 60 days net; f. o. b Chicago. I II '-----------_. --~__._._._..-_._---- _._._--_._---_.~ W 0 SAGER 483·497 No Water SI. I I , CHICACO, ILL. T~LEPHoN£. RANDOLPH 1372 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN .......-..- -- ..-..- . ---_. -- . - ---_.~----_._.~.~_--.--~._._- _... ... . ...- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog is ready for all Retail Furmture Dealers. It wIll help sell the lIne that of Its kInd has no superior. It contains 88 pages IllustratIng 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabinets, 11 Disc Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Folding Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND No. 679 .- - . Rushing Times at Rockford. The furmture factones of Rockford Ill, ale leportce! a~ haVIng the bUSIest fall season they have had ~111ce1906 The out-put of ~everal of them for the mo.lths of Septembel, October and Kovember WIll be larger tha.l In any prevIous year Every factory In that furmture mak111g center IS saId to be rushed to full capacIty at present and some of the plants are rtm-mng over time In order to meet the demand fOl Rockford good- As a result of the present rush the pay rolls for September WIll be much larger than for August when they aggregated some-th111g over $150,000, whIch was larger than for any month S111ce 1907 The Frame & hxture Company has been ,,0rkIng Ib ,hlp-pl11g room overtIme to get the goods out on tIme ~t the Rock-ford ChaIr Company's plant a portion of the force ha~ been workmg twelve hours each day, or untIl 7 10 each mght The practIce of overtime IS as a genel al Hllng, frm' ned on b, the heads of plants and IS alwa}" aVOIded "here It can pos Ibl) be done A few years ago It was commO.1 practIce to run the pla'1ts overtIme several hours each day, but the heads of factOrIes fonne! ~-.-.-_-._....~- ~-_- _. -.---..-------_._._. __._._ ~.._~- .-~-- A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE QROOVINQ SA WS Co up to 5-16 thICk. ---- Repalrlng···Se.tlsfe.ctlon guaranteed. CItizens' Phone 1239 II7 N. Market St.. Grand Rapids. Mlch I~.-_-.---~----.--~---_-.-_._--------.- . .~..__..~.-._..__~. . lI .. ~ No. 354 It "as not plOfitable and now overtime IS not resorted to until ab-solntel} necessary. The men represent111g the Rockford factOrIes on the road are findIng con(1ItlOns e'(cellent and say that the fall rush WIll con-tInue "ell up to the holIday season Just What the People Want. Charlotte, ~Ilch, Sept ;;0- The two furnIture compames In thIS CIty are d0111g finely The Charles Bennett Furmturc Company has brought out beds, dressers and commodes 111 pla1l1 oak, that are Just \\ hat the buyers have been 100k1l1g for, and are buy mg ThIS company has also a fOll! pIece chamber sUIte WIth chOIce of tv\ 0 dresser", 1.1 satl11 walnut, that IS very attractIve 1hIs sUIte IS Illustrated 111 theIr advertIsement 111 thIS week's -\rtIsan The whole five pIeces may be had for $32 30, whIch seems lIke plck111g up money 111 the street Trade here IS good and grO\' I11g better every da} The Charlotte ).Ianufactunng Company, makers of parlor and lIbrary tables, are lIav1l1g a fine trade TlIey WIll add no new patterns before January, as the trade IS bUYl11gtheIr pre'3ent ll11e 111 such quantItIes that there IS no nece%lty of bnngl11g out new patterns before that tIme ~---~__.. ._-------- ---- -------~---.~ II I I!IIIII IIII III We Manufacture the Largest LlDe of II III III •I . -- ... In the U nJled States, SUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-ers and all publIc resorts We also manufacture Brass Tnmmed I r 0 n Beds, SprIng Beds, Cots and CrIbs In a large varIety II III J.~-----_._-_.. Send for Catalogue and Prices to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND. OHIO ------_._._._-------' WEEKLY ARTISAN New Furniture Dealers, J. L Taylor has opened a new furmture store at Rlchards, Colo. N K. Larry has opened a furmture store at Kootenai, Idaho The Weaver Furnlture Company are new dealers m Lynch-burg, Va W. A. Orm has opened a new ~tock of planos, etc, at Monrovla, CaL J B Laughhn has estabhsed a new furmture store at Mt Vernon, Wash A R Heymg has opened d new furmture store at Fort Madlson, Iowa The Whltehurst Furmture Company have opened a new store at N orfo1k, Va. John R. Clark lS gomg mto the ftumture and undertakll1g busmess at Auburn, Ind Patnck A Cannon has opened a new furnmture store on Hlgh street, Chnton, -:\laso lrank Ebel from ranbau1t, Mum, wlll open a new furm-tm e store at Lldgerwood, N Dak The Pnnce I, urmture and Carpd Company of Rochester, wlll open a branch store at Batavla, K Y Luer Bro" have added a hne of furmture and household good~ to thelr hardware store m Chewelah, vVash Krohm & Koepsell, furmture dealers and undertakers of Theresa, VV1S, wlll open a branch estabhshment at Mayv111e, W1S New Buildings in the Far West. Resldences-W F Young, Los Angeles, Cal, $25,000, Mary E Evarts, Pa:oadena, Cal , $6,500, R L Edwards, Salt Lake Clty, Utah, bungalow, $6,800, Mrs A E lVIar"h, San Diego, Cal, $7,COO, Mrs J A Thopmson, Long Beach, Ca1, $6,000, C Q Stanton, Lo" Angeles, $30,000, \V Whlte, Beaumont, Ca1, $6,- OCO,J B Chaffey, Whlttler, Ca1, bungalow, $45,000; Mrs J ean-nette Baruch, Los Angelev, $20,000, Mrs T Fuller, Los Angeles, $11,000 Pubhc Bm1dmgs-Blds for the constructlOn of the ~Iontana capltol are to be opened 011 November 10 Holtv1lle, Cal, ha~ voted $65,000 m bonds for a hlgh school bmlchng, Flllmore ,Cal , has voted bonds to bUlld the "large~t and most modern hlgh school bm1dll1g m Yentura erunt} ,. Korn Clty, Ca1, is to have a new theatre bmlt by Parra & Gregg, at a cost of $35,000 ~Iontebello, Cal , has adopted p1<l11sfor a hlgh ~choo1 bm1dmg to cost $30,000. Hotels-The dlfectors of the St FranCls Hotel Company of Lo~ Ange1e", Ca1, have deClded to expend $400,OCO m the erec-hon of a four story adc!ltlOn to the hotel bm1dll1g Arnold Bros are bUl1dmg a twenty-reom hotel at V,1ncouver, Wash New Factories. All the stock has been subscnbed 111 the company that 15 to estabhsh a chair factory at Bndgeport, Ala., and orders for machll1ery will be placed as soon as the promoters can select a manager from a hst of half a dozen or more apphcants for the poslhon The Arkansa" Coffin Company has been mcorporated to es-tabhsh a factory at Fort Sm1th. Cap1tal stock, $25,000 of whlCh about $12,000 has been subscnbed C H Buttenwender, W. H Thompson, R F Reefy, E H. R1ce and R. H Sprague have 1l1c:orporated the Dodd Manufac-tunng Company, capltahzed at $300,000, to manufacture carpet s", eepers at Elyna, OhlO W J Osborne, W T Buker and other" have mcorporated the Lester Mattress and Manufactunng Company, cap1tahzed at $10,000 to estabbh a factory at Lester, V1. Va. 29 Furnitul'e Fires. Cowan & Steplany, furn1ture dealers at Greenv1lle, Mbs., lost the1r entIre stock by fire on Sept. 20 Loss, $2,800, insur-ance, $2,000. C L. Ford's mattress factory at Paris, Tex, was destroyed by fire on Septembe r18, for the thlfd hme 111 ten years. Loss about, $5,000 Ko msurance. F1re m the stock house of the Wa1te Cha1r Company at Baldwmv1lle, near Gardner, Mass, last week, cau"ed a loss of about $10,000 Fully msurecl. The plant of the McDougall K1tchen Furmture Company, I11(hanapoli~, wa~ totally destroyed by fire on Sept 24 Loss, e"hmated ,1t $123,rOO to $140,000, Insurance, $87,750. Otto Truhon, a watchman has confesved that he "tarted the blaze m the drY1ng room He 1~ behevecl to be msane Detroit Factories Suffer Heavy Losses. The Palmer and PlOneer manufactunng compames of Detro1t suffered a heavy los~ by fire last \Vednesday mght The com-pame" occupy the same bUlldmg, the Palmer company maklllg table~ and the PlOneer company reed furmture, baby carnages, etc The Palmer company 1S the heav1est loser, Pres1dent Wd-ham J Streng eshmatmg the loss at $80,000 to $100,000 mall1ly 0'1 stock and machmery J\Ir Streng 1S sec:retary-treasurer of the PlOneer company and sald the lo~" to that company would be $50,000 or $6C,OOO The loss 1S not fully covered by 1l1surance, but the damaged bmldl11g and the machmery wlll be repa1red or replaced and the compamb wlll rev.1me b.1smess as soon PO~Sl-ble. Will Be Opened Today. The Buetner Furmture and Carpet Company of St Louis, Mo, have sent out elaborate mVltatlOns for the openmg of the1r magl11ficent new store whlch takes place today-October 2. 1he souvel11r carnes a half-tone plcture of the1r new eight-stor} bmldl11g at the corner of Washmgton avenue and Seventh street, and V1ews from four of the fur11lshed "how room~ m the "House BeautIfu,l" located on the th1rd floor wh1ch 1" devoted entIrely to d1splays of furn1ture, rug~, beds. drapeneo, etc. ar-ranged 111 rooms completely fur11lshed. New York Markets. New York, Oct I-Turpentll1e 1S up agam, be1l1g quoted dt Gl,%@62 cents here and 59@59,% at Savannah, w1th slow trade at both pOlnts The trade 111 vanmh gLIms lS st111checked by the h1gh price of turpentme Pnce~ are firm at last week's figures A stronger demand for 11nseecl 011 1S noted and conceS~lOns from card pnces are cllfficult to secure except on large orders Wh1Ch are not numerous QuotatlOns are stIll based on 57 cents for Western raw v,1th a cent added success1ve1y for Clty raw, "1l1gle b011ed and double bOlled There 1S a good demand for shellac m small lots, wIth Mtle d01l1g 111 round lots or futures. T N m cases 1S quoted at 15@ 15,%, bnght orange grades, 18@19 and fine orange at 20@21 cents D1amond I, 25@26. Bleached, f~esh, 17 cents K1ln dned, 21@22. Cordage is firm, OW1l1gto al11tc1pated advances 111 Jute and hemp, but quotatlons have not been changed thb week. Sheet Z1l1Cis in fal[ demand at 7 50 per 100 pounds f. 0 b Peru, Ill., with 8 per cent dIscount. Goat sk1l1s are held firmly at last ,veeks' figures Recelpts are 11ght, though fully equal to the demand The demand for the lower grades of hardwood lumber reported as increasmg at southern and we "tern points, has caused a shght advance m pnces on all all grades 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN AMERICAN BWWlR COMPANY "SIROCCO" ANY EFFICIENT GENERATOR dIrect connected to an "A B C" SELF OILING ENGINE will electric light your plant, run fans, etc, and if you are now buying current, will pay you in savmg 25% PER ANNUM TRADf MARK ( WrIte for proof of above.) ThIS planl running In IQUITOS, PERU 'ABC" SELF OILING ENGINES are generating thousands of kilo-watts all over the world, and each engine is paying for itself every year in savings of fuel and oil. (Exhaust Steam is Available for Heating and Drying) WE DIRECT CONNECT TO ANY GENERATOR WE WILL GLADLY QUOTE YOU, WITHOUT OBLIGATING YOU TO BUY GENERAL OFFICES, DETROIT, MICH. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURC ATLANTA CHICACO ST. LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE ~_._--~._---_._--------._-_._-----_.~-_--.---------_.-._._._._._----- .._._. -_ .._-- ._----~ I THE LYON FURNITURE AGENCY I I CREDITS AND COLLECTONS New York I ROBERT P LYON C eneral Manager Grand Rapids Philadelphia Iloston Cincinnati Chicago 5t Lours Jamestown High POint FURNITURE, CARPET, UPHOLSTERY, UNDERTAKING, PICTURE FRAME, MIRROR, VENEER, WOOD, CABINET HARDWARE AND HOUSE FURNISHINC TRADES. THE SPECIAL CREDIT BUREAU OF THE Capital Credit and Pay Ratings Cleating House of Trade Experience The Most Rehable Credit Reports RAPID COLLECT.IO.N.S.....- .I II IMPROVED METHODS WE: ALSO RE:PORiTHE PRINCIPAL DAY GOODS DEPARTMENT AND GENERAL STORES. ~-----------~~~--~---------- ~--_.- II III ----~-------_ ..---- GRAND RAPIDS OFFICE 412-413 HOUSEMAN BUILDING C C NEVERS Michigan Manager ----~-----_.-- -- ---------- ._---~~----_._---------_._--------_._.-------., OFFICES: CINCINNATI--Second Nallonal Bank Building. NEW YORK--346 Broadway, BOSTON--18 Tremont St. CHICAGO--14 51. and Wabash Ave. GRAND RAPIDS--Houseman Bldg. JAMESTOWN. N. Y.--Chadakoln Bldg. HIGH POINT, N. C.--Stanton·Welch Block. The most satIsfactory and up-to-date Credit Service covering the FURNITURE, CARPET, COFFIN and ALLIED LINES. I I --_.-._--_ ...I. The most accurate and reliable Reference Book Published. Originators of the "Tracer and Clearing House System'" CollecizonService Unsurpassed-Send for Book of Red Drafts. I.-_._---~----------------------~~._------ WEEKLY ARTISAN 31 r-THE""" BIG' 'wl-iITE---sHopUj I I IIL____ _. ••• _ _ • __ • _ • . •• _.. ••• •• • • .. • _ •• __ • . ....I I , I I We Furnish Every Article of Printing i Needed by Business Men. lI I i I I ru" TI-i"E--sIG--"WHITE 'SHOP'--1 II I..---------------------_._- - _. -- ------. - 108, 110, and 112 North Division Street, WHITE PRINTING COMPANY Grand Rapids, Mich. ... . ----...---_. _. -- .. 32 WEEKLY Three Stores Combined. A letter to the \Yeekly -\rtlsan from Pueblo, Cola, glve'i further particulars of the mergIng of proml11ent I11teresb 111that CIty, heretofore mentIOned \ new orgal11ZatlOn, the Calk! 1S-WhIte Drothers' FurnIture Company, has taken over the busll1e"" dnd all the merchandIse of the \\ hlte Dros 1< url11ture Comp:ll1\ and the C Vv Dal11els Home Ft1ll11"hll1g Company and the furnIture and stove "tack of the Cre ws- Begg'i Compan\ Tor the new company Claren 'e \Vhlte WIll buy the harch\ are \ E Jcnn111g" WIll have charge of the cat pet and rug depat tment and N VV Calk111'i wtll look after the fur111ture end at the lms111e" .. --- ....-------------_.-- --------, I I Advertisements. III I Miscellaneous WANTED. Travelirg Sales:nan fer !lImo s ard Middle Western states to sell Folamg Carnages en c::>rnmlSSlOn. Liberal proposItion to nght party. Address Rockfo~d FoldIng Carnage Co., Rockford, Ill. Oct. 2-9-16-23. WANTED. FIrst class spIndle carvmg machme operator on heavy claw feet and heads. State wages expected. Address 3-B care Weekly Artisan Sept. 25 WANTED LINES One who is a thoroughly experienced and practIcal furm-ture man seeks to represent as salesman on commission a good furmture and a good chair factory. Prefer central states. Halle been supenntendent, draftsman, also sales-man last fifteen years. Best references gIven. For further mformation address "W" care of Weekly ArtIsan. Sept. 18-25 Oct. 2 COMPETENT BOSS FINISHER WANTED. Man who can get out productIon and do It right. Send references, state experience and lowest salary m first letter Address "Mlsco," care Weekly Artisan. 9 18-25 FOR SALE. Up-to~date Chair Factory, cheap; a rare opportunity, 10 acres of valuable land on which plant IS erected. Full eqUIpment of machmery, 150 horse power Corliss engme, matenal m process, plant ready for operatIOn. LeXIngton IS the only town in North Carolma haVIng two trunk lme railroads. Ed. L. Greene, Receiver, Lexmgton, North Car-olma. Sept. 11-18-25 Oct. 2. ----------- ---- - - WANTED-POSITION. In progressi1le furnture factory, makmg case goods, beds er tables by a competent superintendent having ten years' ex-penence. Tl:orougnly familiar With all branches. Address "W" No.2. care Weekly ArtIEan. 9 4-11-18-25 WANTED. Comm:sslOn mC'''''fer Mlssoun ard K:ms:ls rep:ese. mg file furmture factones. Splendid mixed carload llr es. Acdrecs, Ballman-Cummmgs Furmture Co npany, Fort Srnlth, Arkar-sas. At:g 7, '09 WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Colu'TIbus, MISSISSIPPi,unli'!1lt-ed supply of red and white oak, red and ~ap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labcr, fine factory SlIe, un-excelled shippmg faclhtie::. and low freight ra es to gocd mar-ket. MIght take some stock m well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Buildmg, Erie, Pa. WANTED A good cabinet maker; one who can detaIl and make c1othl-g cabInets. Address B. S., care Michigan Artisan 6-10-2t BARGAIN! <:0 H. P. direct current motcr, la est make and In first class running condltIon. Grand Rapids Blow PIpe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Raplcs, MIch. 8 21tf ~----------------------------------------- . ARTISAN jL ! 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO 'lADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThiS ltttle machwe has done more to perfect the draw~r work of furut ture manufacturers than au}thmg else ltl the furnIture trade For fifteen ye-ars It has made perfect fitttng vermm proof dovetailed stock a pOSSI blhty fhIS has been accompltshed at reduced cost, as the machine cuts dove-taIls In gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It s what others see about your bUSiness rather than what jOll ~ay about It, that counts III the cash dra\vet It s the thnll of enthu'ilasm and the true nng of truth )Oll feel and hear back of the cold t)pethat makes you buy the thmgadvertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHICAN Represented by Schucharl & Schuue at Berlm. VIenna. Stockholm and Sl Pelersburll Repr .. ented by Alfred H Schulte at Colollne, Brussels. Lelle. Pans. Muan and Buboa Represented 10 Great Bullan and [r.land by the Ohver Maclunery Co • F S Thompson, Mllr , 201-203 Deansll_te, MancheSter. Eniliand. INDEX TO ADVEHTISEMENTS. Adams & Eltmg Company Albro Veneer Company Amencan Blower Company Barlow Bros Barnes, W. F. & John Co. Barton, H. K. & Son Company Bennett, Chas Funllture Company Boynton & Co Buss Machine Works DeBruyn, J. C. Dcdd3, Alexander Edge, Frank & Co Foy Machme Company FranCIS, Chas. E. Company Furniture Commercial Agency Grand Rapids Braas Company Grard Rapids B'OW Pipe and Dust Art"' tel' Company Grand Rapids Electrotype Company Grand Rapids Kand Screw COIUJ;.all:Y Grand RapIds Wood Fmlshln.:r ~~,)"'11I'~)lY Kahn, LOUIS Koffman Bros. CompanY Kood & Wright Kolcomb, A L & Co Kolden Veneer Co Kotel Lmden Rotel Pantlind Kauffman, B. ManUfacturIng CO.. ~.t:ll....J Lawr3nce-McFadd£'n Company Luce Furniture Companv Luce-Redmcnd ChatI' Co Lyon Furniture Agency . Manistee Manufacturmg Camp' 'ty Manetta Pamt & Color Company Michlgan Engravmg Company MichIgan Star Furn. Company Mcrton Kouse Nelson-Matt ..r Furniture Company New York Furniture Exchange OJ Iver Mach,nery Company Palmer, A E & Sons Fittsburg-h Flate Gla,s Company Richmond Chair Company Rcyal Chair Company Sa"er, W. D Sheboygan Chair Co Sheldon, E. K. & Compa ly Sligh Furniture Company Smith & Davls Manufactunng Compan r Spratt, Geo. & Co Steph£n£on Manufacturmg Company Stow & Davls Furniture Ccmpa.lY Udell, The, Works UnIOn Furniture Company (Rockfcrd) Walter, B. & Co Walter Clark Veneer Company Ward, O. A Whlte PrmtIng' Company MiscellaneC"'- Wocd, Mc::::'_~ & _0 ~ 15 23 30 32 Cover 10 9 20 Cover 9 31 21 21 1 30 19 Cover 9 24 19 1 21 27 28 22 21 20 28 13 44 30 14 1 Cover 7 20 Cover 8 23 24 33 7 27 22 10 22 24 20 3 28 20 1 18 28 31 32 6 j j j ---------------_._---_._---_ .._- - .---- -----------------------------..., THIS IS THE MACHINE That Brimrs Letters Like the FollowinJ!1 'I II I BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER BuS8 lM.(lh~ne Wen'ks, Rolland. Mleh Ge!ltleman, We wish to compliment JO" on the worXl:ng or Jour new 14 Planer Just .1 ultalled for us This tnaehlne does he ~est. work or any plane" we have ever seeD. /Ul.4 we nre t'rank to sa; so much bett~r t"Wn we expected. th",f" our foreman. Said he sim.plJ could not. get along without it.and W4Ssure it. woUlo pay the price of itself \Y1tlu.n a year in /lork "la/ad on maehlnlls follow1tt&_ Wishing IoU dese~ved success with t11.18new pa\,tet'Il. '8 remaJ.n, You"S vel'; truly. Robbins Tabl.e Co The Buss MachIne Works are havll1g marked success WIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltIng-feed gears machIne cut-together with the steel sprIng sectional front feed roll and the late new sectional chipbreaker, make a cabInet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss MachIne Works are old manufacturers of cabInet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast WIth the tImes WIth mach1l1es of great effiCIency Woodworkers of all kInds will not make a mistake by wrItmg dIrect or to theIr nearest sellIng representatIve regarding any point on up-to-date cabinet planers. These are the days when the lIve woodworker wants to cut the expense of sanding. HOLLAND, MICH. BUSS MACHINE WORKS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ~.- - --~------- - - • - • -----.------- --- __ -...1 ~--------------------------------------_._.---------------- ------------------ Cabinet Makers In these days of close competitIOn, need the best possible eqUipment, and thiS they can have m BARNES' HAND AND POOT PO\NER MACHINERY Our New Hand and Foot Power Circular Saw No.4. I re str{)nge~t Il ost powertu] and m every way the best Send for Our New Catalogue. machl1 e of It-, kIll i c\ er lD'lde for nppmg ClOSScuttmg bonl g and gtOO\lIlg w. F. & JOHN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby Street. Rockford, UliMois I----~I I~ "----_._-------~-----_._._._._._._--------_._~_. . " :'RAN[\ R~~?ID 'TH Y 1 .n l 'IT , ,f I '4 ) ~-------------------------------------------._.--._.----------_ _---------- II ---------., Qran~Da~i~sDlow Pi~e an~Dust Arrester (om~anJ THE LATEST devzce for halldltng shavwgs and dust from all wood-workmg machmes Our nzneteen years expenence m thzs class of work has brought zt nearer perfection than any other system on the market today. It zs no expenment, but a demonstrated scienttfic fact, as we have several hun-dred of these systems in use, and not a poor one among them. Our Automatzc Furnace Feed System, as shown in thzs cut, is the most perfect working devzce of anything in this lzne. Write for our prices for equipments. WE J\IAKE PLANS AND DO ALL DETAIL WORK WITHOUT EX-PENSE TO OUR CUSTOMERS EXHAUST FANS AND PRES-SURE BLOWERS ALWAYS IN STOCK. Office and Factory: 208-210 Canal Street GR.AND R.APIDS, MICH. CltllreDe PhoDe 1282 8ell. M..ID 1804 OUR AUTOMATIC FURNACE FEED SYSTEM I ----------------------------------~

Date Created:

1909-10-02T00:00:00Z

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Collection:

30:14

Subject Topic:

Periodicals and Furniture Industry

Language:

English

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