Weekly Artisan; 1909-12-25

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GnA~TJ~ RAPIDS GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 25.1909 Will show our usual quota of 4~", new goods at our factory salesroom. T~e Largest Manufacturers of ChamE.er Fumiture , ." Exclusively in the World. '.~"' ;~ .... ._-----_. _._._._._._-----..., NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. co. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Maho~any. Circassian Walnut and Oak_ If you. have not one in your store, a simple request will brin.: you. our magnificent new Fall Cataloliue of 12x16 inch pa~e groups, show'" iug suites to match.. With it, even the m.ost D1oderat~ sized furniture store can sho",,""the best and newest furniture satisfactorily .. -... .,.... .. . ... , WEEKLY ARTISAN Our Line Ready Saturday, January 1st, 1910 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY (Take Taylor St. Car North to Travis Ave.) we are Floor Space 175,000 Sq. Ft. :i9inntors . nol .......-llnlors Organized 1872. Grand Rapids Chair Company GRAND RAPIDS ESTABLISHED 1872. High Grade Goods at Medium Prices ____ ~~~-A COMPLELTIENEOF'====== SIDEBOARDS BUFFETS SERVING TABLES CHINA CLOSETS MUSIC CABINETS BOOKCASES LIBRARY TABLES HALL RACKS HALL SEATS CEDAR LINED CHESTS HALL GLASSES HALL TABLES DEN CABINETS HOUSE DESKS 1 I " 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN :Il~rk~y& (Bay furnitur~ (tompany C3ranb 1Rapibs, micbigan Bnnounce the opemng of thetr ahow rooma for mapectlon bl? the trabe for <torrect reproNlcttOna of Jl)eriob jfurmture for the <thamber, JDmmg lRoom anb 1Ltbrarl? mclubing the famoua anb popular ~~Jflan~ers" 1fne originateb anb brought out bl? them in 3anuarl?t 1909. 1~ acrea of tloor apace for aamplea, 7500 aquare feet for Hjflanbeta" alone. WEEKLY ARTISAN 3 Royal FurnitureCompany Grand Rapids, Michigan DINING LIBRARY BEDROOM SUITES HALL CLOCKS In "Colonial" Style NEW ADAPTATIONS JANUARY 3, 1910 Ready for Inspection Shown at Factory Salesroom. I 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN p-- •••• - - ---- ._-_._-_.-._._._~--_ ••-.~._.-._. _••_.-- _.-- _.-------------------------------- ....- __ - - _ , 81II II III I II II II I\I T"E LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bed-room FurnIture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. LUCE fURNITURE COMPANY Catalogue UpOJJ rtquest I...--. I ..._. . . ... ----------------- ------------ -----------------------------~ THE COLONIAL BED COMPANY ALLENTOWN. PA. VARIOUS STYLES IN OAK MAHOGANY IMT. MAHOGANY BIRD'S EYE MAPLE CIRCASSIAN WALNUT BEAUTY STRENGTH DURABILITY SANITARY "HEAD AND FOOT POSTS ARE AS!'>EMBLED WITH STEEL RODS TO IN!'>URE DURABILITY AND STRENGTH" BRASS MOUNTED ON EXHIBIT IN THE YEAGER FURNITIJRE COMPANY SPACE 4th Floor LEONARD FURNITURE EXHIBITION BUILDING, GRAND RAPIDS. ... GRANO RAPIDS 30th Year-No. 26 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 25.1909 Issued Weekly GROWTH AND EXTENT OF VENEER INDUSTRY Some Surprises Furnished by the Statements and Statistics Compiled in the Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor. For the first time the statistical bureau of the national department of commerce and labor is able to pubhsh com-palatlve leports showmg the extent and growth of the veneer mdustry of the country. Before 1907 httle effort was made to obtam defimte reports as to the amount of tImber used for veneer" About all that was reported was the value of the output, number of mdls, number of employes, amount of capltalnT\ e"ted, etc , the veneer making busmess bemg treated melel} a" a blanch of the lumber mdustry Kow the govern-ment goes mto detads and IS able to show, the amount of each kind of timber consumed, WIth the cost of the domestic and Imported woods and the showmg will undoubtedly furmsh sur-pn~ es for many readers even among those who conSIder them-selves well posted on the veneer business Many will be sur-pnsed at the number of vanetles of wood used for veneers and nead} all wIll be surpnsed to learn that red gum furnishes the matenal for more veneers than any other kind of wood-more than a thIrd of the whole product. The growth of the mdustl} wdl not be surplising when the mcreasing scarcity of timber IS considered The current report is rather late It IS for the year 1908, issued m the last month of 1909, but as It ,'Ill be of especIal interest to men engaged in the furni-ture bu-smess It is repnnted m full, with the omIssion of a lanse number of tabulated statements showing the amounts pro-duced from vanous kinds of wood, with the dIfference in cost of production m various states and the quahties of each stand-ard thIckness: The growth of the veneer indstury dunng 1908 was rapid, as it had been during the precedmg few years. Returns for the yea I 1908 were receIved flOm 402 establishments in oper-ation m 34 states as compared with 370 estabhshments in 30 state" m 1907. The development of thi& industry follows logIcally the growing scarcity and mcreasing cost of timber, as a result of which, economy in the use of wood is being practiced m numerous ways, one way being the substitution of thm lumber for thick Formerly veneers were manu-factured from the cabinet woods exclUSIvely, and their use confined to the covering of inferior woods VVhlle this class of veneer" still forms an Important part of the total product of the llldustry, by far the larger and more rapidly mcreasmg pal t 1" made up of veneers manufactured from infenor hard- "oods and a few of the conifers, and utdlzed as material in the manufacture of 'bUIlt up" lumber, packmg boxes, crates, barrels, etc. Veneers are prepared by three processes- rotary cutting, sawing, and shcmg. The first-named process is much the more extensively used, espeCIally m the case of the cheaper woods, whde sawmg and sliCIng are the methods generally employed in manufactUring veneers from the more expensive cabinet woods. In the case of blrd's eye maple and curly birch, however, the pecuhar figure in the gram is best shown in tangential section, and rotary cuttmg IS the process usually employed. The substantial mcreases recorded for 1908 as compared WIth 1907, not only m the quantity and the cost of timber consumed, but also in the wider range m the species of wood used, are shown m Table. Domestic: Red gum .. 119,485 102,932 Sugar pme 942 (1) Yellow pme.. 42,342 32,450 Tamarack 551 (1) Cottonwood . 33,904 33,174 vVestern pll1e 423 (1) Maple ..... . 27,886 28,175 Hemlock 349 233 Yellow Poplar 22,898 28,764 Douglas hr 333 90 White oak. 20,700 23,872 MagnolIa 315 90 BIrch .... , . 17,769 18,079 \Vhlte pll1e 232 (1) Tupelo ... 16,442 15,097 Buckeye 225 118 Elm ., 12,714 12,t15 Balsam hI 200 (1) Basswood 11,609 13,561 HIckory 192 100 Beech 8,515 4,367 Cypless 153 (1) Spruce 5,413 6,OtO Cedar 104 (1) Sycamore 5,279 3,554 Larch 101 (1) Walnut. ., 5,176 3,952 Holly 60 (1) Red oak 4,449 4,629 Cherry 54 20 Ash 2,490 2,818 All other 81 1,729 Chestnut 1,138 400 Imported: Mahogany 11,487 6,722 Beech 300 (1) Spamsh cedar 6,558 3,922 Cus'n walnut 170 (1) Maple .. 1,000 (1) Satmwood 3 (1) Buch . 500 (1) All other 1,000 Total 382,542 348,523 (1) Not reported separately. The quantity of timber consumed in the manufacture of veneers during 1908 exceeded the quantity so consumed during the preceding year by 34,019,000 feet, log scale, or 98 per cent Increases are shown for both the domestic and the imported woods. The relative mcrease was much greater for the Imported than for the domestic woods, the rates being 71 9 per cent and 76 per cent, respectively. Of the 23 domestic woods reported separately in both 1908 and 1907, all but 8 showed increases in quantIty, the 1l1creases ranging from 1 ,. quantity of wood consumed durmg 1906 in the production of \ eneer", their cost formed only 707 per cent of the total cost ot the cut of all woods fOi that year The average cost per thousand feet, log scale, for all woods utilized in veneer manufacture mcreased from $1847 m 1907 to $2063 m 1908, the gam bel11g $2 16, or 11 7 per cent ThiS I11crease, how-e, er, was due entirely to the fact that the proportion of the hlgh-pnced Imported woods 111 the total quantity used was larger m the latter than 111 the former year, and the average cost per thousand of these woods advanced from $103 38 in 1907 to $11567 111 1908 Of the Imported woods, Spamsh ecdar had the la 1 gest 1l1crease m average cost per thousand feet, the average advancmg from $7244 to $121 52 WhlIe mCIeases occurred 111 the average cost per thousand feet m the ca"e of 9 domestic woods, the average for all domestic woods decreased from $1553 to $1538 Among the woods for whIch Important changes m pnce were reported were whIte oak, WIth an mcrease from $35 56 per thousand feet to $4744, and sycamore, with an I11crease from $9.96 to $1344. On the other hand, the average cost of walnut decreased from $7039 to $6053 and that of magnolia from $15.46 to $831 Smaller actual decreases occurred in the case of 11 othel domestic woods. In 1904 plant" manufactunng veneers were reported from anI) 20 states, and the mdustry was, in the main, confined to '\ orth Centl al states, namely, IUmois, IndIana, MIchigan, and \'\ Isconsm In 1908 plants were reported from 34 states, and the 4 mentIOned, though still important in the mdustry, had ceased to monopolIze 1t The extent to which the in-dustry IS becommg to be distnbuted IS mdicated by the fact that m 1908 the 4 leadmg states in the produtcion of veneers \Vere Flonda, IIlmois, Indiana, and Tennessee. NaturaU) the mdustry is, in general, confined to sections where sl11table timber abounds, and the kind of timber most used m each state depends, in a measure, upon the prevailing speCie" there Thus red gum is the principal timber used in ~rkansa", IIlmOls, Kentucky, Missoun, Tennessee, and Texas II here thIS wood IS plentiful; yellow pine is the material pnnclpally used m Flonda and Georgia; maple in Michigan, :-Jew York, and Pennsylvallla; birch in Vermont and Wis-consm, and oak in Indiana Sevel al of the states, noticeably Indiana, Michigan, New York, and OhIO, reported a wide range of woods used in the manufacture of veneers ThiS is largely due, especially in the case of Kew York, to the utilIzatIOn of timber from other "tate., and of Imported woods In former reports upon the veneer industry, statiStics of the quantity In square or superficial measure of veneer produced hay e been pre:oented. The attempt to give such WEEKLY ARTISAN 08 per cent for elm to 270 per cent for Douglas fir Com-pansons for llldlvidual speCIes of the Imported \\ oods con-sumed can be made only for mahogan.' and Spa11lsh ceddl as these were the only kmds shown "eparatel) In both.' edP, The consumptlOn of mahogany vvas 709 per cent greater In 1908 than 1907, and the mcrease In the quantity of Spanish cedar used was 672 per cent The largest actual mcrease" III the consumptlOn of dom-estic woods occurred for red gum, yellow pine, beech, ") ca-more, tupelo, and walnut, whlIe the largest actual decreases are shown for yelloV\ poplar, white oak, and bassV\ ood The quantity and cost of matenal used m the manufac ture of veneers m 1908 al e shol' n, h.' kinds of wood, In Tahle 2. 1Iatellal Used Averag-e QuantIty cost (per (thousand thou'idnd KInd of Wood feet, log Cost feet, log scale) scale) Domestic Red gum 119,485 1,253,411 1049 YeIlow pll1e 42,342 314,008 742 Cottonwood 33,904 464,608 1370 Maple 27,886 413,811 1484 YeIlow poplar 22,898 472,533 2064 "Vlllte oak 20,700 982018 4744 Birch 17,769 255036 1435 Tupelo 16442 150,759 917 Elm 12,714 205,602 1617 Basswood 11 609 233,983 2016 Beech 8,515 119,763 1406 Spruce 5,413 74,477 ]376 Sycamore 5,279 70944 1344 Walnut 5,176 313,291 to 53 Red oak 4,449 127,354 28 63 Ash 2,490 47,729 1917 Chestnut 1,138 14,182 1246 Sugar pll1e 942 17,898 1900 Tamarack 551 4,410 800 Western pme 423 8,037 1900 Hemlock 349 4,148 11 89 Douglas fir 333 5192 1559 Magnolta 315 2,618 831 WhIte pIne 232 3709 1599 Buckeye. 225 2250 10 00 Balsam fir 200 2000 1000 HIckory 192 1,920 10 00 Cypres" 153 1,522 9 95 Cedal 104 1,059 10 18 Larch 101 1,414 1400 Holly 60 3,600 6000 Cherry 94 1,219 2257 All other 81 1,472 1817 Imported Mahogany 11,487 1,478,364 12870 Spamsh ceddr 6,558 796,940 12152 Maple 1,000 14,000 1400 BIrch 500 7,000 1400 Beech 300 3,600 1200 Clrcasstan walnut 170 15,250 8971 SatInwood 3 300 10000 Total. . 382,542 $7,891,431 $:2063 While domestic woods supplied 948 per cent of the total ,...----~----------~---------~------_._------~._-----------~ II III "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER 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 will 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, fumished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY ... H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. - _- . - - . • _.- •••••••• aa .. WEEKLY ARTISAN .-- .....-----------_._-_._---- ----- .- ---- ~ In GRAND RAPIDS Only, January, 1910. OLD SPACE, Furniture Exhibition Bldg., Fourth Floor. The UDELL Line MANY NEW ONES in Library Bookcases, Medicine Cabinets, Ladies' Desks, Commodes, Sheet Music Cabinets, Folding Tables, Piano Player Roll Cabinets. A Lme whIch IS well worth gomg to see A LIne that you should have a complete catalog of [he fact that you have not our catalog can only be recu6.ed by wntmg for your copy to day. 7 mformatJon was abandoned 1n the case of the present re-port, howe, er, because 1t was found that accurate records covenng th1s pOlnt were not kept by all estabhshments Stat-lSiJCSas to the th1ckness of the venee1 s manufactured and the amount of matenal used 111 the productlOn of veneers of each th1ckness are generally kept, and from these data the square measure of the stock produced may be estJmated The num-ber of squa1 e feet of veneers Y1elded by a glVen amount of tJmber depends upon the th1ckness of the ,eneers and the amount of waste The latter vanes w1dely, and depends upon the quahty of the matenal and the method of manu facture If the percentage of waste 1S known, the amount of THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND veneers produced per thousand feet of t1mber may be approxi-mated by deductmg the waste and multiplying the remamder by the number of thicknesses of veneers per inch, The amount of tJmber used for veneers one-eighth and three-sixteenth inch in thickness formed 371 per cent of the total amount reported for tIllS process, In general, the sawed or shced veneert> are thinner than the rotary-cut veneers 1h1001S shaY'.n by the fact that m the case of the last-named process the largest amount of matenal used in making any one th1cknet>s was for the 3-16 mch stock, whlle for the other two processes the greatest amount was used for 1-20 inch stock .... TIE A STRING ON YOUR FINGER if necessary to remember and see the STEBBINS-WIL"ELM LINE Library Tables and Desks to match Also Tables for Office, Parlor, Bedroom, Den. Sewing Cabinets, Tabourettes. "ALL FURNITURE All in LATEST, POPULAR STYLES. New Catalogue Feb. 1st. Salesroom, GRAND RAPIDS only, first floor, Manufacturers' Bldg. John Shank } John Shelton III charge. STURGIS, MICHIGAN. No 518. Quartered Whlie Oak, Mahogany. ( 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN MUCH BETTER THAN LAST YEAR On an Average Business Conditions in New York Compare Well With 1907. New York, Dec 22-The Chnstmas 1etaIl tI ade hat:>been very good tIllS year and there IS not much cau"e to complalll as to the vvhole year The year has been much better as a whole than last year and IS nearly up to 1907 \\ Ith some figures It IS ahead of that yeal Better grades of goods arc being called for now than last year and the volume ot bus111ess as a whole is very satIsfactory There IS more dIscnminatlOn as to taste and a more general re,;ume of the former bette1 condItion of affairs The vvholesalers have been d0111ga very active trade thIS fall. The retailers 111the cIty have not been stock111g up heavIly but are buying continuously and keep up stock failly well The collectlOns have been improving some Thele have been and are projected nov, a great many publIc bmldlllg plans Many mIllIons have gone mto schools, pollce and fir e statIOns, hospitals and other cIty institutlOns Thel e have been many theatres, hotels, office bmldingt:>, chur ches pIn ate schools, etc, bmlt Here they run mto mIlllons and nothll1g IS thought of it. The bmldmg pellTIlts granted for thIS year are probably the bIggest ever known The CIty. publIc and pnvate projects that are planned now will probably cost a total of $500,000,000 The furmture manufactunng trade IS very bnght All al e busy and gettmg m shape for an ll1creased trade expected next year At the present tIme all the factories are \\ orkmg steadIly, with full fGlce, ,;ome \\ 01 long 0\ ertlme '1 he ne\\ year designs have been gotten out and all mdlcatton" pomt to an actIve demand Period furniture IS stIll keepmg up WIth a strong sale Colonial deSIgns are sellIng well. Dutch, LoUls XIV, Hallan, onental, JV[eXIcan and CIude affaIrs even used among "ome of the less ciVIlIzed natIOns are all hay mg theIr adhel ents ~n-tIques of all kinds are reported as sellmg to an act1\ e demand, although there IS more need than ever to be partIcular as to knowmg the history of the alticle as there are so many spur-lOUSones around. ReproductIOns are also popular as they ar e less costly and serve the purpose for many people Just as vvell ZUCChi & Co , of 519 \Y 30th stl eet, make a speCIal feature of manufactunng specIal ordel vvork m antIques all old st:: Ie stuff and have booked more orders Sll1ce October fil st than they dId for all the 1 est of the year put together Some changes and Improvements WIll be made latel to the factor) The old firm was dissolved a short tIme ago and was reorgan- Ized, WIth Robert Campbell as president and treasurer. He took the place of Fred McDonald, who retned from the firm, Peter Zucchi is vIce president. The New York Couch Bed Company of 538 \V 30th street, are making couch beds, of steel frames and report busll1ess as qUIet TheIr entire output IS taken by the l\1anhattan Bedding Company, 541 \V. 23rd street Spring's Sons, 118 E 28th street, are doing an actIve business in antique furniture. The Shaw Furniture Company of East Cambndge and Boston, Mass, are sellmg their local trade through C Nelson Smith of 10 E 33rd street Mr. Smith recently got a good order m fittmg out the new Bessert Hotel of Brooklyn and some specIal furmture for the Hotel Astor of Manhattan John H H uhoff of 10 E 33rd street repor 1.'3affans as busy at his facto! y for the makmg of decoratIve fur mtUl e The J. W Hughes Company, 110 E 23rd street, handllng physician's and hospItal fUImtm e only, do a large blhmess m that lme. They handle a great deal of the AllIson Furmture ... ..~ THE Hindel KIND THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn- Ing cushions Is so Simple and easy a child can operate ,t. Has roomy wardrobe box under seat Comprises three articles for the price of one, Is filled w,th felted cotton mattress. Has LUXUriOUs Turkish Springs. Is always ready WIth bed-ding In proper place Is absolutely safe-cannot close aCCidentally. Saves rent by saving space KI~T~~~ BP~OC~~~C;~S~yI CHICAGO NEW YORK TORONTO ._-~--------------- I -- . . . ...... Co tables and challs and have taken up a new line of Roentgen Ra:: photo machmes, whIch mcludes chaIrs, tables, etc A gl eat deal ot therr ~ales are of stock made m Indlanapolis and Gland RapIds The /\ntlql1e FUll1lture Exchange, of 13 W. 28th street, P A ShIne and F T Canary, are handlIng the biggest line of all. furl1ltUl e m "\ ew York and their vaned line chang-es contml1ally, all of whIch IS sold at dIfferent prices according to the hIstory of the artIcle The Grand RapIds FurnIture Exchange, 154 W. 34th street, managed by George Snyder, repol ts d111ing room furn-rture as runnmg more to the Old EnglIsh type, lIke the Jaco-bean penod Mahogany holds ItS populanty in dining and beel loom furllltnre and the tendency of the factories mak111g beelloom hUlllture is to confine themselves to the pen ods. The demand IS better all alOund for furniture All the factor- Ies makmg the better class of goods ai e busy and a general advance of good" is due of 10 per cent The trade needs It and It b con~rdered necessary, owing to the advanced cost of mallutactUll11g The L'lllted -:\Iattre'3s ]\Ianufactunng Company, of 278 Bank street, X e\\ ark, N J. ha\ e moved to 78 Academy street, In a buIldIng owned by Bramen Brothers They now ha\ e lal ger quarters and are better able to fill 01 del s promptly. A g enel al lme of box spnngs IS also made The large consump-tIon of cotton has advanced the pnce for those goods; ticking 13 up, excelSIOr IS lllghel and scarce. Their output is all pI actIcally sold ahead Henry Gutman, of 125 IV 24th street, wholesale furniture, IS d0111g a hea'v y busmes'3, occuple'3 the entIre bUlldmg and two lofts 111the next buildmg He IS also buymg the frames for parlor furniture and does the upholstering himself Schwartz & Co, who got 1111.0financial trouble, having an office at 62 Centre street, and factory at 177 Prince street, have reorgal1lzed and moved their factory to 101 Richardson street, Broohly 11 They made a '3ettlement of 35 cents on the dollar anel al e now mcOl porated, keeping the store at 61 Centre street, l\Ianhattan The Lusiness is in the same hands as before Barney Hefhn IS manager They make a general lme of office furl1lture Schwart7 Bro" , who were in the firm of Schwartz & Co, have started a factory of thelr own, makurg office furnIture and have taken the old factory of Schwartz & Co, at 177 Pnnce street. \ H Kotteman, wholesale furl1ltnre. 15 W 24th street, carnes a brg lIne of the make of two New York factorie'3 One is that of John MIller & Co, who make Old Engb'3h ~ettees, chairs, tables, Engli'3h and ItalIan sets of which they have had 'iome g'ood we"tern orders for and who also Import a large lme of penod ';tuff of cane and embroidery. The other WEEKLY ARTISAN 9 firm 1S K1han Bras who make a fine lme of mahogany, case good", dmmg, bed room and hbrary furl11ture, many small pIeces of tea and mess table", etc In ')ea')on they carry a ]Jlg hne for the decorative furl11ture trade, old mnrors, scenes, candle"tlcks, coat of al m '), etc, but at present the stock 1S Iowa') It now the off sea')on Thl" firm have taken up a new lme 111 makll1g can ed wood lamp'), fil11shed In gold, whIch the} will probably exh1b1t at Berkey & Gay's show the com1ng } ear Emil FJffercOln of 126 E 28th ')treet, I') fixll1g up hb ')tore VI' hlch pre')ents a better appearance, fOl the antIque furniture lme and penod "tuff The ColumbIa Bra"s Bed Refinl')hmg Company IS a firm "\, 0 } eal ') old, but e\ en many 111 the furl11ture trade are not aware of theIr eXIstence The} refinish brass work for manu-facturers or retaIl trade, second hand stuff IS made hke new and do the work for most of the department store') The hotels £iet out theIr old stuff whIch they were ready to throwaway and get It back m fil "t class cond1tlOn i\n} thmg that ha" been through a fire or 1S good for the Junk ')tore they want 1:rban, Daber & LJ rban make gl1t furl11ture, abo regilding for the trade on \\ 24th ')treet The} w111 take up a 1ll1e of new ')ample p1eces that \\ 111be made about one half of then 1ll1e Then busll1e')s 1S growll1g R C; Paolantol11o, 139 \\ 24th "treet, has not been 111 bu')mess long, makll1g art furl11tUl e, muff111g "tand ", card tables tea tables, also dining and hed room fur111tUl e of chffe1ent pellod" Later the hhlary furmture lme vnll be takcn up It 1" clll marquetry \\ork dnd ')ohd mahogany They do th~ finest WOlk, get gU( d pllces, .,ell to the hIghest cla"" trade and all the1r work h mlalCl, m all deSIgn" that pre"ent a 111(1"tbeautltul effect The \Varner DaHnport Bed Company, 121 VY 24th stleet make a speCIalty of a couch bed, whIch IS advertlsed a l500d deal C i\ v\ arneI', the old foldmg bed man, head') the firm The bed 1S demon.,trated at 38 VV, 34th street, m the wmdow and has been a succes') \Y \V Kmg of 121 \\ 24th "treet, makes only 111gh glade bed'), mattn.s"e", pl11o\\s, couches, cu')hlOn work d1Van'3, settees to order, etc Busmess is reported as back to normal condI-tIOn Em11 E!Syedl has bought out hIS partner's mterest m the \\ & E Beddmg Company, 150 E 23rd street, handhn!S bed" and bedchng, wl101esale and retaIl They are qt1lte busy and the bUS111e'3Swl11 he run a" befOl e, under the same name, l\Iark \\ 01£ late of the \V & E Bedchng Company, 150 E, 23rd street, WIll go 111tOthe hed and beddmg business on hb own account The BUIlding 1'1ades Employe1 s' Assoc1atlOn ha\ e opened a permanent Exh1b1tlOn In the Bt1llde1 s Exchange, 30 \\ 33rd street, m charge James J Cono There lS pretty nearly e, ery-th111g there fO! a hou"e 111slde and out, but fur111ture Th1" would be a good place for some hnes \Iahogany lumber h '3elllng well Pnces al e h1gh and \\ 111probably go h1gher, ?\ 0 1 common red oak "alee; ha, e heen hea, y It u-,ed to "-ell under the ~ ° 1 whIte oak Now the red sell<; the be"t Stocke; a1 e not ,ery large and pnce; are firm The 1ed oak I') h11n!Smg more than the whIte Lumber of all kll1c1" of hardvvoods, h strong 111 \ alue and the demancl has lmprm cd dunng the la'll fOUl 111onth" A" the lumber gete; "Cd1cer, the pnce goes up and demand 1S srong-er- S \Vhen a ~ooc1 man goe" to tht wall he takes httle cousol-atlOn from the fact that a good pIcture does the same th1l1g ._------ ----------- ---_._._-----_._._._~----_._.. _ ...-~ •I• II I • ~_ - _---- -------- l I Ii I II Th6 MftNISTEG MftNUFft5TURING 50 MANISTEE, MICH_ NtW THINGS I• I III II• I I I I•I II I..------ .- .. ..-_._._._-----_. __._._--_. _._._._._-~._----_._-------------------------- ..t. DInIno Room Furnitur6 We can mterestyou If you WIll call at 1319 Michigan Ave., 6th floor, where our full lme IS showntheyearround, WB ArB Making A LOT Of In Colonial and Mission BtldrOOm and No. 355. Top 22x42. Glass 24x30. Our new supplement is now ready to mail. Let us have your inquiries. No, 157. Top 20x33. Glass 14x24. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN Luce..Redmond Chair Co., Ltd. BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dark and Tuna lVIahogany Dining Chairs Bird's Eye Maple Odd Rockers and Chairs IN Birch Desk and Dresser Chairs Quartered Oak Slipper Rockers and Colonial Parlor Suites Circassian Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUilDING, North Ionia Street GRANO RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,]. EDGAR FOSTER. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Re-;ldences~R A Pierce, "\lanon and Twelfth streeb, Dem el. Col , $7,000, C H. Barton 1 Clal endon ::,treet Buffalo ;\ Y. $5,500, Lalohne How"er, 6-+1 \\ l1ham street.' Buffalo: $4,200, Belle D ~andel::', 229 Stann street, Buffalo. $3,600, Lucy C Sully, 880 Tonawanda sheet, Buffalo, $3,400, Johan-na \\ eiland, 112 \Voodwarcl avenue, we'lt, Buffalo, $3,550, Richard Van Dusen. 59 Manchester street, Buffalo. $3.250, Ottlla \Ve1l1helmer, 70 Landon ...treet. Buffalo, $3,4')5, Charle" H Dold. 112 Humboldt <,treet, Buffalo, $3.-+00, Charles J\I Heald, 177 Bidwell Park, Buffalo, ~4,500. G H Poppenberg, 200 Depew sU eet, Buffalo, $12,000, \ \ 1l1111fred A (Tardnel, 144 Se\Cnth ..,Ueet, Buffalo, $5,500 ::\letL ~ ::\Illler, 1400 \n-herst 'ltreet, Buffalo, $7.300, Augusta D '\dam-;, 1731 Cha::,e avenue. Chicago, $4,500 "1 ::\1 Hernman, 4911 Fourteenth <.,treet. X \\ \\ ash111gton, DC, $6,000 A. A FI anke, 1\evv berry houle\ aid and Fredenck a\ enue, ::\lllwaukee, \VIS, $5,500, J \V. \Vade, 1045 FlItt111g avenue \\ Ichlta Kans $3,000, Charles J Harth, 920 Castlewood' terrace, Chicago: $8,000; T F Spalb, York load and Spalks street, PhIladel-phIa, Pa, $32.000, H E Frye, 7 \\ Illald ...treet. Bmghamton, '\ Y. $3,750, S A Reed, 2408 \\ est 24th 'ltreet, ::\Imneapohs, "\1111n, $5,000, Dl. "\Ia7 TO\ver<" 4825 Y111cent a\Cnue, J\I1l1ne-apohs, $3,250, J G Barth, HamIlton and Ea'lt 17th street, Cleveland, 0 , 16,500, S Beckel, 2495 East 29th 'ltreet, Cleve-land, $5.000 S Freeman, \\' estel n avenue and La'lt 104th ~treet, Cle\Cland, $6,750 L E Cheek, 73 E '\orthwood a\e nue, Columbm, O. $4,500, Dolhe A 131 ewer, Fourth and SummIt :"tleet.." Columbu:", $5,000, E \\ Hal' 111gton. Sn ..th and Forsythe 'ltreets, Columbus, $4,500. LeVI JO\, 1500 L;nlOll avenue. \1empll'l, Tenn. $10,000. R Overbey, 271 South Bel- Vlclore sheet, Memplll';, $5 SOO, F P Rohlll'lOn, 3854 \Vash-l11g'ton bottle' ard Incl!anapoh'l. Int! ,$4,800 C L. Hamilton, Central avenue and 24th street, Indianapolis, $3.500; Nathan Helper, 137 DIVISion street, DetrOIt, MICh, $3,500; H. F See'ltedt, 212 Alkmson street, DetlOlt, $3,150; Charles Gaus'l, 135 High street, DetrOIt, 7,500, C M. Parfker, 172 Palkel "treet, Detroit, $12,500, C II Crawford, 350 FIfth street, Detroit, $6,600, :\Irs T Klmp, 1318 FOUl teenth street, De-trOIt. $4,200, :\1 J Kennedy, 654 Gleenwood avenue, DetrOIt, $3,500, DaVId Ram-.ay, Canton and ~gnes streets, DetrOit, $4,000, If Krollk, Rowena and John R streets, Detroit. $10,- 000, Dr J r :\1cGelgh, 102 \\ mdsor stteet, DetrOit, $20,000, J J. Gler, 1472 Second 'ltreet, DetrOit, $10,500; ::vIr:, S. J Rukllch, 401 :\1edbury street, DetrOIt, $4,000, H F O'Byrne, 463 Cathenne :,treet, Salt Lake Clt) , Utah, $3,300, A S Blan-ton. 1~36 \ l11ton place, .:\1emphlS, Tenn , $7,500; A Y Allen, 1410 Goodbar avenue :\1emphi'l. $5.500, :\1rs. Odl1e Lam-hert, Belmont dnd Clay "tl eet'l, "lanchester, =" H, $4,000, G II Fuehllllg. 328 Stratford street, Houston, Tex , $4,000, John \\ Bullock, Pen'lacola, I'la. $3.000, ?\an11le ::\loffitt, 65 Haw-tho, ne street. I ndlanapahs, J nd , $4,800, :\1r'l Sarah H Kmght 200 Summit avenue. :\1mneapohs, )'1111n, $20,000, An1l1e E Schnelderlochnel, Pearl and Coral streets, Pittsburg. Pa, $6,000. \Y H \\ alkel 45th and Pllle streets. Phl1adelphla, Fa, $25,000. Ida \1 Church hIlL Baker and East Kennedy streets, Sy I acuse, =" Y, $S,OOO, \1 Lissner, West Adams Palk, La'l Angele'l, Cal $40.000, Dr H B Ellis Ocean Vie", Cal , $10,000, ::\1rs Lucy \\'alker" A.rdmore and Fourth street:" Lo'l A.nge1es. Cal, $9.000 The furmture man wlshmg to '1:'lt '\ ew York. With Ih attractIOns, It-. g'1eat hotel" It,; many theatt e'>, Will be dOIng "ell hy 111111'3clIff he fixe ... hiS date" '30 that he can get there hetween Tanuary 17 and FeblUar) ~ Then the 38th semi-annual \ew Yor1( CXpo'>ltlOn wlll be open GROBHISER .. CABINETMAKERS COMPANIES LIBRARY SEE OUR NEW AUTO~STYLE SELF~CENTERING DEVICE FOR NON~DIVIDING PILLAR TABLES. THE LATEST IMPROVEMENT. SHOWN EXCLUSIVELY IN GRAND RAPIDS BY US. WE USE TYDEN DUO-STYLE LOCKS. 2d Floor Manufacturers' Building,GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I DINING ROOM and II MATCHED II 1\ II II SUITES In Q!artered Oak, Plain and Crotch Mahogany and Circassian Walnut EXTENSION, LIBRARY, DIRECTORS' and OFFICE TABLES BOOKCASES and LADIES' DESKS 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN --~---~---~ I MR. FURNITURE DEALER: -------- • ------------- ._. ••• - ••••••••••• • ••• a.a _ If you are interested in a GOOD LINE OF DAVENPORT BEDS DON'T FAIL TO SEE OUR EXHIBITS in Janual"Y at 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO, 6th Floor, or 37 to 41 North Capitol Ave., INDIANAPOLIS, IND. III IIIIIIIIIIIIII II I I THOS. MADDEN, SON & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. I ------------------------~ New Line of Madden's Excello Davenport Beds with Loose Mattress New Line of Automatic Davenport Beds Make application for Catalogue No. 28. ~--------------_.- . 6iEYES OF THE STORE'S SOUL" Studies in Beauty and Harmony Produced by High.Priced Window Experts. "Thc w111dovv;' "a} 'i one of the best knO\\ n dCC01atm '"' 1D one of the best known '\ e\\ York departmcnt St01 e", 'I', thl eye of the store's sOn1 He had been speakll1lS of the ad, ance of th1;, 'ipeClal form of al t vVhlCh reache" It'i 7eJ11th 111the hoh-da) "ea'ion and he fnrlll"hed somc "Ulp11"Ul£; tad" and h~IllC'-, 111regard to 1t 1-11" sugge"tlOn<, and Il1formatJOn ma, be el httle late for tim, hohda} "ea~on but the) WIll be good fOI no ..t "ea~on and mO'it of them are good for an} t1me ot the) ear 'Absolnte1) no expense 1" 'ipared to make the shop \\ In dow attractIve," he contmue'i "The professlOnal c!ecorat01 who has charge of the bus1l1ess for one of the"e bIg estabhsh- Ulents has a salarv ""hlch tanges ftom $10,000 to $15000 a } eelt and a corp'i of he!pe1 'i-"ometll11e" ten 'iOmetlme" lv\ el1t\ mcn fhs al tlStlC faculty 1S of a pecuhal kmc1 tl a1l1ed c"\. pel tly 1il tIll ~ 'iole dlrectJOn "Just at present the w1l1dow decOlatlOn" ale nCeiteJ alli! more o.pen'il\ ell "1111ple than el er before Y\ e e!on t "elk any longel to allure the eye of the pas'ielb, v\lth a com;lomel-at JOn of matenal'i ane! fur111sh111g" wh1ch 1epre"ent lal ge out la) ~ 1ather we e!o It hy a chOIce 'ielectlo11 1ll \\ hIch el el I object WIll hlene! 111 the mo~aJC to f01m a ha 1110111of u,lor and f01 ill "Th1'i 1S becau"e the gellc1al mtelltgence I" hlghe1 thdn ever before Lbten to the' ema1 k'i of the "hoppu" ane! 1011 1\111 dl'iCmer th1'i \\omen are mOle ClltlC:d cilld thel keep the vvmdoV\ decnl at or" 1m", gue""lng \' hat they \\ 111 ltke and why "Color h the Important th1l1g \t the Cl111"t1l1a~ '-,ea"on natm all) vve e111plo\ ma""e'i of ~caJ1et fOI fa "h JOn ha" to bow to trdditlOn, ane! the red bel ne" of the holly the floatmg "trtal11el'i of led, do 110t oftend the moo,t ta~t1dJOus ta"te Hut genel dlh spedk1l1g It may he "au! that the softer tmts, the pa~tt! "hade" and no\ el comhmatwns of color~ wh1ch aI e plOclucee! In fab11cs b} d} es and m1xtUle" of d) es dh'iolutel} l1nknoV\n a feV\ years ago, arc necec,c,ar, to meet the modern demands Th1" l'i the led"on the p01l1.,eita has been the cho'-,en Ch n stma" floV\e1 of thl" WInter , LI el \ ) ldr the head decOlator at th1" e"tabhc,hUlent, and thc 'ia111C1nle l'i follem ed lJ1 l thel "to C~ of 1mportanLL £;oe" abroad perhap, on a I aCdtJOn ~o te1mee! but m redItty on that l1nccasmg "eal ch fOI new ldea" V\hlch l11dkc~ A111ellca the market fOJ the v\ hole V\odd He uo,nally come'S hack m a dl'iappomted mood, fOJ there 1" no c10'lbt that there l'i no othe1 C1t} lJ1 the \OV orld where thIS art 1'i "'0 'itudIee! anel brought to such perfectIOn a" ng-ht here 1D ltLtle old '\ ew \ 01k 'Take 'les petttes bouhque'-, of Pd 1\ fOJ example, thc aIcacles of nruc,'iel'i whe e only one "ort of me1chanc1lsc I" 'Sold eWe! \ on get \\ oDele1fnl e"ample" ot \\ 1l1clo\\ al t, but Ol, the othu hand the cltsappoll1tment of \mellcan shoppe1" whtn thev £11,t \ l"tt the department ..,tore'i of Pall". \\ hlch hal c a \\ orl'l \\ Ide reputatton, h extt emc rhe1 e the) e!o not sel an} such a' ttsttc example.., of V\me!m"J decoratmg a'i the} al e fam-lltar WIth on BlOadl\a} and 11fth al etHIc. and t!lPre ]' dUf1ng the toun"t sea"011 a chelllh of V\a1Itng \mencan" Olee'i 'You don t mean to tell me thh 1'-, the Bon ,larche', 01 Gallene" Lafa\ ette d, the lase may be Ul1t'i1de of the"e hlg places ale cheap "tdll'S j)lec111pt1l1g the 'iJc1e\\dlk space, heaped vvlth ban; am 'i of the C' ude<,t sort" lJm 1l1g 11or:Ol ShoV\ \\ eek the co"t of the wmdovv decor-atIOn" 111 the e'-,tahlt"hment \. here tbh mforrnatlOn was £;lven t leichul $1,000 0] $7000 an outlai rtpre'ienttd b} all SOtts cine! ]'l11d, (t fiXIng''' dppn pn<lte to the OCCa'ilOn the hangmg". the rJbb()n~ and the flowcr'i, whIch la'it \\ere 1l1uclentalh leal, not arufiClal and \\ el e ~eneivecl \I hen theIr freshne"s faded J WEEKLY ARTISA~ 13 There are fifty-two wmdows 111thIs store under the deco- Iator':,> care and the "pace to be hlled beh111d many of them approAlmates that of lalge rooms One bIg corner mean~ hU111shmg" ovel forty feet "quare, and a:'> the demand for nm elty mean" a change eve 1y vveek In the dIsplay It is ea"y to belIeve that the decoratOl earns hIS ~alary "A $10,000 v\ mdow, whIch VI as one of the hIgh mark" reached," he goe<, on, "dI"played a weddmg breakfast table on V\hlch be"Ides real fnut and flovvers a complete serVIce of solId ,,11vel and cut glass \'Va" exhIbIted The vely latest VI llnkles 1111egard to composItIOn were studIed, and the care les" arr'lllQ,ement VlhlCh mIght ha\e passed five years ago. \\hen the pnnclpal motne was melely to show gomb. v\a" 1 eplclced by dn en-,emble whIch drew a gasp of admIratIOn flom 1llne out of evelY ten women among those who know and tho"e who want to know, of the latter there IS an ever mCI easmg number. "\t the wedd111g b' eakfa"t bpoken of a notIceable lack wa<, the once famou<, wax figure ;\ot <'0 \ ery long ago a decorator V\ould not have thou~ht It possIble to get together an effectIve w111doVl wIthout at lea<,t one \\ aA figure to <,hm\ off a co<,tnme, to "It at d table and gIve the human touch The wax figure ha<, followed the \vooden IndIan of the CllSar "tore and decolator" con'3IdeI It:'> use old fa"hlOned 111 the extl eme 'The lIghtmg of the \\ mdow 1::' very ul1purtant, and the ~ood" exhIbIted now have, In accordance wIth the latest m- "urance regulatIOns to be fireplOofed 1'hl" IS done by a COlll-paratIvely new devIce by whIch the flmd I:'>spnnkled over e\ elytillng as It ..,tand<, complete, mstead of the older and more lahonOlh method of fireproofi111g each artIcle "eparateh he-to e It 1'3put mto the WIndows "\\ e do not a<, yet consIder the aeroplane a po"sIbIlIty as a VI 111dovv decol at !On The shops that exhibIt aeroplane<' to the cunous usually prefer to place them 111<,ome other part of the e"t,lblI..,hment They are uncouth and cumber"ome, but V\ e "m cl\ belIeve that It WIll not be very long before the win-dmv~ V\ 111 be filled WIth an attractIve dIsplay of aeroplane nece-,,,alle<,, Just as they have been for :'>C\eral years now vvlth auto \\ are.., [here 1" a $5.000 aeroplane on exhIbItIOn m thh estabhshment no\\, but we ha\ e preferred to keep the wmdow::, fOl mOle artI"tIc "ares "II e u"ually fiA the automobl1e wl11dow to attrdct the mdn'" e) e, and he 1" "u"ceptIble generally to fine furnbhlng", to tIa\ elmg geal of all kl11d" and to nove1tle" that sugge"t comfol t, handsome <,moklng set<" wal m house Jacket<,. hook-ca" e<, filled WIth warm colored binchng", and sportIng pala phernalIa" The decorator then takes a few moments fl0m hIS wOlk of hallll0Jl171l1g background" of \ eh ets and sl1k" to ,how "orne o± tbe completed w111dow<, One of these VI 111dow" chs-play" d complete fU1111"hmg "cheme for the hbraly, WIth \ )llu1tal lUgS ,mcl warm n1dhogany tur111tm e thdt catches the ll~ht ft om cle\ ell) concealed bulbs and t eturn'O the 1eflectlon of bedutIful n1d' klllg" A nO\ elt) 1<,,111 exhlhltIOll of hook-h1l1d1l1g mdtellal<, "0 that \ ou mdV oHlel )OUI favonte duthor'O bound 111the color thdt hdrm011l7e" WIth the ltbrary £1lr111"h-l11RS There IS no fem111111etouch \ ISlble here The deep chaIr" are leather, the table IS broad and long, the bookcases are ea"y to open and 111"pect and the llgbttng 1'0admIrably adapt-ed to the use of the room One of the most dttl dctn e of the exhIbIt" IS the next \\ llldoV\ whlLh I:'>filled \'-'Ith a thou'iand and one articles for the fem,nl11e tcnlet table, bru<'hes and comb boxes and tr,lys 111to! t01"e "hell l11lald WIth (lull <'11\er or gold These are ex-ll1bltecl on a '-'eh et floc l111g and the background of the "ame Ultl amanne t111t IS 111the ::,hape of embrOIdered SCIeens fitted 111tOthe w111dow fl ame so that the unpl eS<'IOn IS of a huge bOA The decorator e:,tImate~ the value of the dIsplay at $5,000 One wmdow has a ~etting of Empll e furmtUl e, cheval ~ldsses, small dtvan", tmy ~pmdle legged table<' holding bronze figures which 111turn clasp clu<,ters of sIlk covered lamps The background of ca1-d111al red \ eloms 1'0dlaped generou<,ly and the fittmgs of the 100m complete mIght supply the needs of a duche"<' seem111gly But Its ::,ole use IS to "hoVl 100 lace handkerchIefs, each In a box-duchesse, cluny, P0111t cl'espnt and othel filmy makes, forming a bewIldenng cobweb of beaut) La<,t FOll! th of July a background of dellCdte 1ed crepe, freshly Imported from the Japan looms, brought Out the beaut) of clcJ1ssonne Jars. m blue and \\ hlte, and durmg the tnp of the !\mencan battleshIps around the world another popular display consIsted of photographs of the festlvtties at Yokohama 111 honor of the Amencans "IVe get no Ideas 111the East, that we can u"e In arthtlc w111dow treatment, for the professton tS practIcally unknown there," says thl" decorator "The Onental merchant ha" hI", llttle bazaar or hI:'>small sellmg place 111a bIg e~tabh"hment You are not m\tted there by any out-,Ide allmement, In fact Ju"t as "oon a"he ha" ani th111g to sell he apparently IS un- WIllIng to sell It and welcome" yoUl departul e V\ithout It \YIth cheerfulne<''' If not actual mIrth "H e "hows ) ou a:'> a general Iule one at tIcle at a tIme, and IM"te bemg- con ,ldered VI eakmlllded you can take an hour Ol two to make up your mmd, but untIl you do make It up you WIll <,ee nothlllg ebe The Ch111ese at e e<,peclally cal eles" dbout making sale"" the Jdpanese beIng mote WIde awake" The decorator take" up several artIcles 111the w111dow dC"lgned to show the latest Onental noveltIes to OCCldentdl eyes. A pecuhal thmg about the '\ ew Yorkel IS the fact that he must hay e hIS Imported \Yare<, "1\menca11lzed," he says "Art for at t'" <'ake he app oves of a:'> a sentIment, but when It comes to pay mg out hI,., money he Vlants to be sure that he 1<,gettmg -,ometh111g Llseful a<, well a::, beautIful, and m con-sequence many of our mo",t exqmslte guods are changed het e to meet thl" demand 'For 111"tance, the huge ]al s that to the Oriental need no excu::,e for be111g are turned mto lamps for the Amencan tJ ade, and the lantern~ of the mo"t exqul:,>tte workmanshIp must have the paper replaced by glass, bIts of Ivory must be attached to pms for hats. and laugh bIt" of brocade that a Japanese would place somewhere 111v lew and SIt before 111 lapt attentIOn must be turned Into opera bag" or pin cll:'>hlons Acros" the w111dov\ of a small anttque shop an 111terestmg collectIOn 1<' (h~played Hel e al e stt ange pharmacy Jars rescued from the obl1\ IOn of the <'lxteenth and seventeenth century ll1d111g places and recallIng the tIme when each chenl1"t In Ital) and Spa111 had hl'3 pal ttcular shape, SIze and mal K111g for the porcelal11 1eceptacle" In whIch he l\ept hIS dl ug" and herbs :\Iany of th e"e are extremely beauttful, man) nH'1ely CUlIOUS Alrpac1y fa"tldIOllS "hopper" are find-mg 111them pos",lblhtte" fOl jar'3 and for perfume holders In thI" same collectIOn are l)1t<, of alabaster, copIes of old Etruscan dlshe<, and vases Pamted furnIture-the latest fad-m1ltatmg the fashion prevalent 111the reIgn" of LOUIS XV and XVI h another nm eIty exhIbIted and there 1'3 a charm111g collectIOn of the fashIOnable 'pa111ers fleun,,', the flowered baskets, that are now shm\ n Ul e\ ery pO"<'lble matenal, as pendanh, brooches, embrOldel ed on handkercl1lef::', a<, Uletal receptacles for the tOIlet table, 111gold and "Ilver noveltle". 1111)1ts of embroidelY and m receptacles for bonbons fOI the table , 14 by WEEKLY ART1SAN No. 173-4 COMBINED SAND BELT MACHINE. REDUCE YOUR SANDING COSTS Eliminating Hand Sanding This Combination Sand Belt Machine has proven the greatest labor saving tool ever designed for furniture or chair factories. It is capable of sanding with the grain flat surfaces and all irregular shapes. It will produce a finish equal to the best hand sanding and several timts as fast. Two and three men can work on this machine at the same time, thus enabling you to producea maximum amount of work at a minimum cost. Ask for CATALOG "E" WYSONG & MILES CO., Cedar Sf. and Sou. H. H., GREENSBORO, N. C. CORPORATION TAX TROUBI..E. S Disagreement Among GoveI'nmt>ntOfficials ~fay Lead to Radical Changes in the Illstrnctiom .. PIn ate advICe" hom \\ ashl11gtoIl <.,tate that <I .,enUlh chitel enee of opmIOIl ha" all<.,en among officer" ot the gm eln 111ent charged wIth the re"ponslbllIt) of admI111<.,tenn~ the corporatIOIl taA lav\, \\ hlch md) lead to the "lth-c!Ia\\ al ot the cOlnes of m"truLtWt1S and le~ulatlon" --eIlt out b) the <.,ecIetary of the iIea'Sury, and theIr 1110chhcatIOn to meet the ObjectIOns ral'Sed by :,ome of the ahlest la\\) ers m the admml-stratlOn and 111 Congre:,'S IncIdentally thel e IS some ClltlCI'S111 becau:,e the legal OpInIOn:, of men who would Oldmallh be cOt1--ulted on --uch m.1tters ,vere not a"ked befOle the legulatIOn" ,\ele sent ont to the country \s It IS, 'Some of the ahle<.,t la\\, el 'S 11l the acll11l111'Stratlon and m CongTe% take the, le\\ that the regu-latIOns 111 the present fOlln are unlav\ ful The prmClpal objectIon to the pruHed It~uldtlOn" appht __ to paragraph 3, article II, to paragl.lph 4, al tlcle II, and to paragraph 5 of the same artIcle, all ou page" 8 and 9 of the pnnted 111structlOn" Pal tIcular obj ectlOn IS made to an e"'{- plana tory note at the top of page 0 whIch relates to pdl agl aph 5 It is saId that the In"tructIOn" therem gIven to COlPOl-ations in the mattel of mak111l:; theIr I etul n" al e (hrecth 111 conflIct WIth the opimon s e"'{ple""ed In \ttOlll e\ Genel al \\ icker"ham in hI" lettel to the \mellcdn ,1""OUalJon of dL-countants. Complaint is made also that the tl easury department ha:, taken the view that returns of l11come should be based on the ledger statements of corporatIOn Instead of upon the cash book showing. It is learned that as the regulations were hI "t dl afted they pro\lded that 1eturm should be based on ca"h hooks lJ1stead of upon the ledger showlng-s, but Secre-tal, II ac \ eagh changed tllls after d conterence WIth many jJ1Ol111J1entdccounidnt'> ",ho pOInted out to hU11 that return" ha"ed upon cd"h book entnes would be ab"olutely unre!Jabl<> tOl purpose" of t.1AatlOn and V\ ork a gleat ll1justlce to the taApayers. PI eparatwns are ah eady belllg made to attack the con- "tltutlOnalIty of the law 111 the cOUlt:, It vvlll not be by 11111111ctwn,a:, It h held that the proper v'lay 111 whIch to te"t the 1I1atter WIll be payment of the tax under protest and a sUlt III the court" to recover the money paId as bemg 11n lawfully exacted Attorneys who are now engaged in 1I1Vestl-gat1l1g the matter belIe\ e there 1S no doubt that thev WIll be able to e"tabhsh the 1ll1COn"tltutIOna!Jt) of the law Improvements in Sanding Machinery. " ne\\ "anel belt machll1e has I ecently appeared on the market. bell1g manufactured by the Wysong & MIles com-pan) of Green"boro, K C The constructIon of thIS machIne 1" "lIghtly clIffel ent from the other machllle" bell1g manu-factured by tll1S well known concern and contain" Improve-men±:-. that make It extremely valuable on certall1 classes of work The above concern are now manufactunng a very exten ,,1\ e lll1e of "and belt machllles and al e universally dcknmvledlSed as the leadel" III thIS dass of machmery as \\ ell d~ speCIal mOl ti Slllg machmel y for fUIl1lture and chal1 \\ ark It 1:' understood that Cll culars descnbing the new sander WIll be ready for di stributlOn abont the first of Janu-arv and further informatIOn III regard to these machines can be had by addreSSIng- the \iVysong & Miles company, Cedar street and Southern Railway., Greensboro, N. C. POSSELIUS BROS. FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO. DETROIT, MICH. Just a few of our new patterns of DINING EXTENSION TABLES The entire line will be on exhibition on the second floor of the MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION BUILDING, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO In charge of F. A. Kuney, ]. O. Kemp, H. ]. Armstrong. Our new catalogue will be ready for mailing by Jan. 1, 1910. 16 WEEKLY L\RTISAN ~UBI..1SHe:D EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY ---- -- -- .- ---- SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $200 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBLICATION 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 MIchIgan under the act of March 3 1879 Many tIavehng salesmen dread the \Ietropohtan dlstnct. espec1ally X ew York, and w1th good I eason They declare that 1n no CIty 111 ~menca IS It so chfficult to get at a 1)11'er, or any othel bU..,l11ess man for that mattel a" It IS III '\ e\\ York \Vhen a salesman send", III hI" card to a \ e\\ \ 01 k buyer, whethel It be 111 the l111e of lace", carpets shoe" fur111tUle or what not, It usually comes out ma1ked \v1th the day, hour and mmute fi"ed for a heanng, "hlch ma\ be wlthl11 a few hour"" the ne"t day, or the next \\ eek II hen the mmute arnves the salesman m1ht be there on the tIck 01 he lose", hIS chance fOl an Inten Ie" The ",ale",man Celll not walk I11tOthe office of the prop11etor or the buyer of the house. unannounced, as he may do 111 the western cIties He mu"t call at the time fixed by ple\IOUS alfangement and hIS time h frequently hmlted to a fnv ml11utes \\ 111ch can not be prolonged unless he I" able to engage the bm el " attentwn 111 such a way as to show hIm that the mtel ests ot the hou"e demand an extensIOn of the dlloted time ::'uch at lea",t, al e the condItions 1epO! teel by men who speak from expenene e "It reqmres more perseverance (cheek I", a better "ord) to sell goods 111 '\J e\v York, than m any CIty m ~menca' saId a furl11tm e salesman who has WOlked the CIty fOl \ ear:::. and hIS statement \vas I eadJly endorsed by othe1 s \\ ho had bcen "through the mJll" \vhat b called the )Jew York "rush' 1'0 ~1ven as the reasen for theIr I ed tape methods ~'" IS generally known ~ e\V \ ork busllless men hay e short office or bUSllle"s hours They ~et down at 9 or 10 aDd qUIt at 4 or ; o'clock, and they work halCl \\hJle they are at 1t Thel1 lmyel s and other as"1stants hay e longer hours, hO\\ e\ er, and there seems to be no good rea",on why they should he constantly 111 the' lush' ()f course, a buyer for a '\J ell York house 111 any ll11e 1" constantly beSIeged by tla\ ehng salesmen but the I ed tape method.." pI eClseness and I ush can not be necessary at all times and they al e certal111v not good fOl the house Very few men can do good w01k under hH;h ple"sure and It IS plObable that many a f\ew York merchant could "a\ e mone\ hy fUl nl"hl11~ hI" huyel WIth as"I"tanh enough to gn e each tray dlD~ sale,mall the attentIOn that he and hI'" lme deserves Ju11l1s TIernste1l1 \Vas arrested In COy1l1gton, Ky, last \\ eek on the charge of "lOltenn~" Bernstem \\ a" enga~ed m collectmg money for a ClllCl11natl fur111tule hou"e on \\hat IS kno\Vn as the' clllb plan' anel the object ot the anest whIch wa, made bv a patrolman b\ 0 der of the chlet ot pohce, was to hleak lip what the pohce autholltles conSIdered a lottery scheme :\t Bernste1l1's tnal It \\as "hov\n that over 1000 women V\ere pavmg the CI11C111natl concern 2; cents each WIth the expectatIOn of drawl11g a pIece of furJ1l ture as a pnze 'j 0 escape plOsecut1On undel the antI-lottery law the managers of the conceln admItted that no actual drawlllg vvas made-that one name wa" selected each weel( and tIll'" "wlllne1 ' wa" g1ven ten dollars worth of fllr11lture From thIS It appear" the swmdler", were collect1l1g $250 each \\ eek and glV 1l1g $10 In I eturn Bernste1l1 \Vas fined the ll1111t for "lOltellng" and hIS employers paId It does not "eem pOSSIble that such a "cheme could be \VOlked 111 all 111telhgent commu111ty, but It was successful 111 CO\ IllgtOll and the "harper" are 1l0t hkely to be pU111shed unless some ot thel1 dupes char~e them WIth obtainmg money under false pI t tel1'>e.., \\ hllh they are not hkely to do because the amount lMld by each 1'0 small and most 0 f them \VJll not "ant to expose then gulh hJllty '\ ow Insurance Comm1ss1Oner Bal ry IS askmg the fire Illsmance compa11les to answer a lot of pertl11ent que..,tlOns 'III Barr's quene" are not so nume' 011'>nor so searchIng as those propounded hy the mSUlance authontles of IndIana hut they are framed for the ,ame purpose, to obtam mforma-ttem as to the l11ana~ement and conc1ltlOn of the compa111es ]nsUlanle COl11ml""IOners ~enerally th111k that the COl11palllCS lM\ te 0 much Ulmml'-,"lOn to a~ents and that It would be hetter fOl both companIes and pohcy-holdel'" If there were les" C0l11petlt10n They al"o th1l1k that com1111S:01Onsshould be of a u111for111I ate and propose to find out why they take "0 \\ Ide a range, 1S to 25 per cent of the pre111IUms The methods of the \Ilchlgan and IndIana commISSIOners wJll probably be adopted 111 other ",tates and may result 111good to all concelned At any rate the movement IS hkely to gIVe the pohey-holder and others some 1I1formatlOn as to detads of the file msurance hus111ess, of \\h1(h they have very httle at present I hl lentlal l'a"sen~el \""ouatlcn ha" refused to aboh"h I eduled I ate" fOl lOI1\ ent!on" etl. dUllng 1C)10 ThIS actIOn I'-, expectee! to compel the western road" to rev oke thel, dechlOn to cut out all "peClal pa",senger rates on January 1 1'0 hay e have speCIal rate" to '\e\V York dunng the fur11ltme e"pchltlOn or to any con\ entlOn, wIllIe full rates prevaJl 111 the "est V\ould not be advantageou", to Grand RapIds 01 ChIcago nOl to the western raIlroads Local ;\Ianufacturers \VJll 1111Co\ er on ] anuetry 1, more ne\\ sty Ie" than 111 an\ "1I1ter "eason of the past lUl111tUl e makel '0, huyer", and sellel s sOJounng 111 Grand Raplcb 111 T anuarv "Ill he surpll",ed and pleased WIth the ne\\ ~dllloom of the J\IOIton House, "~\ tiling of beauty IS a JOy fore\ er ' 1'lopnetor l'antlll1d has It 111 the ne\V depart-ment uf hI'-, hotel \101 e 11e\\ stuff" "Jll be exhd)lted m Gland RapId, dUlmg the commg month than In any mldw111ter season of the pa"t The eIe\ en manufactufln~ houses prodUCIng l1p- 110lstel ed fl1fllltUl e m (rrand RaDld", u111te m makmg the lalge'ot shov\ of mec1lum and fine fur111ture for the parlor the hbl al v, the dl111n~ room ane! the den e\ er assembled at any e"posltlOn The past \veek has been a notably busy one in the" are- 1 (Jom" and e),.pOSItIOn buJldln~.., of Grand RapIds Hundreds of men are I ecen 111~, nnpac1(ll1g and dell' enn~ "am pIes of out-of town l1l1es Ca..,e V\ork WIth handles of wood I'-, stJll ~rowmg 111 favo, V\Ith the retaJl trade WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Michigan Chair Company Grand Rapids, Michigan January January N N I I N N E E T T E E E E N N TEN TEN Michigan's Foremost Chair Factory. On the opening day (January 1st, 191 0), we will be ready to welcome the Trade Buyers to our warerooms. Extra facilities have been added during the past six months, in order that we may be enabled to give even better service than ever to our customers all over the land. We will show in this season's offerings many sensibly attrac-tive pieces, and in view of the vastly improved business condi-tions everywhere, suggest the early consideration of our patrons. Representative Salesmen: South W. R. PENNY West CHAS. B. PARMENTER ROBT G CALDER H. M. STORY East CHAS. H. COX ROBT. E WALTON Michigan Chair Company 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411 Michigan Ave" Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building1 Evansville. II II II IIII I IIIIII I I •t I• I I I III I II I THE KARGES FURNITURE co. Manufacturers of Chamber SUItes,Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, Odd Dressers, Chlfforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen CabInets, K D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, In Imitation golden oak, plaIn oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upnght FoldIng Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, Chma Closets, CombInation Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards m plaIn oak, ImitatIon quartered oak, and solId quartered oak, Chamber SUItes,Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers In ImitatIon quartered oak, Imitation mahogany, and Imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the' Supenor" LIne of Parlor, Library, DmIng and Dressmg Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cnbs, Wire Springs and Cots. Made by The Karges Furmture Co Evansville is the great mixed car loading center of the United States, made so by the Big Six Association. I II •I III II •I •II I I I II I IIIIII IIIIIII I I I IIII I I II I II II II IIII II II It• -. WEEKLY ARTI~AN 19 ,I II I I II ,I ,I ,I ,I II I I II II ,I I I III I II I I I I,II , IIII I I,I I III II II i,,I, I I,II I• II I I I,III IIII Ih_.-----------.------------- . -..4 Iviade b\ Bosse FUrtlltule Compal1\ Mqde by Globe FurnIture Compau) Made hy Bock,tege Furl1lture Co. Made hy Bockstege FurnIture Co. II, III I•I II II I f I I I I II II I •,I ,,I,,,I •III II , II , III II IIII I IIII , • 20 ~Iinnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFB ICFRS-Presldent LoUISJ Buenger New Dim VIce PresIdent C Dalllelson Cannon Falls Treasurer, o A 0 Moen, Peterson Secretar} W L Grapp JanesvIlle LXECUTIVE COM'\!! [TEE -D F RIchardson Northfield Geo Klme, Mankato, W L Harns Mmneapolls, o SImon' Glencoe M L KlIne St Peter GOOD THINGS FOR THE WINTER CO~VE~TIO~S. BULLETIN No. 64. No,\ that the hmry dnd llbh of tllC UJlI,tmlo -, 1'011 I~ 0\ 11 \\ C 'i\ I,h to I elTl1nd OUI ll1ell1het, oi om Ull1\, nt1()11 l 1hi U11\ K 111119 V\ care pldl1l1111g to makc 1111S con\ ent10n Ol1e to be 1cmemhc1 ed You cannot offord to miss It Some ot the nlo~t pi ommcnt wen 111 the state are to speak and Y0U \\Ill he'l sugglst10ns \lll1eh 11h III money to you Governor E a EbC1 hardt has k111dly consentld to t,lk md also W L Earns of the J'\e\\ I'ngldnd Fm111tUlc "tOle Ilmnl apolb Prof Sheldon 'i\ hom you ha\ e all he'l d ot It \ ou 11 e 11Jt personally acqua1l1ted wlth hlm, wlll fa,OI us 'i\ 1th Ol1e ot IllS "pi'" talks I am ~ure thdt all of you have heard 01 r,all 'Ol1H 01 hh practtcal busl11es'31Jke talks If by chanee somc ot yOU h,n e not don't miss thiS opportu111ty of hCdnng 111m \Ve hd\ e mentIOned hel e Ju~t a few of thc good th111g'3 to gn e vou In Idea of \\ Int \\ 1 h lV 1 111store fm yOU I et us see lf \, C Lan not all be thel e md makc thiS by far the best C011\entlOn \1 c 11'1\e yet hcld '0 tl1 1t \\ 1 e 1n ,ll go home bllmmmg 0\ CI \\Ith cnthusIasm f()1 om blh1l1c" lnd plum full of good pI acttcdl suggestlOn~ THE MAIL ORDER EVIL. By W..L. Grapp of .l.anesville, Minn. An Address before the Nahonal Furniture Dealers"Association. Close contdct WIth assocldtlOn 'i\ork hd'3 plobably madc 111 'U 'i\ hat associatIOn work means to om future, and dS I e,peet to nnkc the fur11lture busmes~ my hte's \\ O1k, I ha\ e tl lV ekd hundlecb ot nl1les to be hel e so I can do 'i\ hdt hc, 'i\ Ith111mv PO\\ el to ,h<:tpc tIll dest111y of our futurc, behev111g that IS <:ts111uch 01 11101 e Impo tdl1t than any othel detail connected 'i\ Ith my bus111e,s -\nd so T \\ ,mt to bnng whate\ el 111,ptratlOn I1Imnesota c,n gn e to make thc I csults ThiS LUt IS used to repl esent , dre"sel 40 mLhe'3 Wide anel 21 mLhcs dLCp, ,el pentme ft ont ot Cluartered oak, golden llnbh, cdrved orn,lments and claw feet, mtrror 20 x 24 111ches, handles dnd 10ek'3 of cast blass fhe mdtl order pnce for tll1S plcce rangc' from $1075 at an Indiana factory to $1585 dt pomts 111 Montand and Pd cdic coast states The iI eIght bemg <!dded to the factory pnce of thiS meet111g so forLlble that It Will radl,lte '" Ith lllLl Cl"mg fOIce to evelY part of thIS great Idnd of oms Here we dlC, dn lllterest of treillendous SIZC, i,ho', ',(lSICgltC wealth IS counted by the Imlhons, and yet a close anah 0);, Ii III tcll you that OUI bU0111eS'3does not beglll to be as pi o,perOlb a" most bus111esses elrc, and If you are 111\ ery close touch", nh the m lJonti of '3mall de,ders, ,ts I ha\ c been you \\ ould hel\ e tound that not tllleL out of ten are dS successful ,IS theIr nnestment \\ould ilaIrant 1.1m sure \, e all lecoglllze th It the small elealels <:tIeIn lhe III ge mdJollty, and If the l11dJonty In any tlade 01 profe'3'310n dlL 110t h succesoful a" they should be, thc whole IS bound to ouffer NOW, then, If thiS IS true, "nd I fcel It IS, should It not mdke u, Sit up ,md thlllk, iihy ,tre conditIOns '30? \Nhat IS thc mattu) A.nd \\ hdt has blought us to 'i\ hcre we no", hnd om '3eh CS? And IS thel e no remedy? Old II,.be Lmcolll, 11111IStimes as dltOI ney, ah\ ,1VSJJIc,ente<! hiS case'3 With '3uLh enel getlL splnt ,md 0\ CIdl ew the jJ1Ctu1L 11l argument of hi, oldL ot the caSL, to lnake hl'3 JUIOIS sec dS he dId dnd so I am SUIe you WIll bCdl 'i\ Ith me a tew moments If I enL1rgc 1 httle upon the detalb of the condition" In which we find our,eh e, and thercby thc bettfl be dble to ii ork out such pohclc~ as \\ tll correct these conditions Tcn ycal s ago Then the funllture busllleos was runmng along III ItS natural channeb, out'31de of local c1Jsturbauces Ccllbed b) dealcls of thc same tOiil1 not understandlllg each other as they nO\\ do Thanks to the aSSOCiatIOn w01k for that ~ow, then, t01 the last ten yedr'3 the cost of furmtme hI, "rdelu d Iy, but steadily becn on the mcrea,e 'i\hlch ho\\e\ er, IS only thl natural re-.,ult of '3hortage 111I a\\ mdternl, ctc , and 'i\ e ha\ e no qual re 1 With natural condItIOns But, on the other hand, the retatl pnLe of furmtUle, I cale not wherc you !So, IS on the dechn~ Thcn agd1l1, modern busmess methods are demand1l1g POhCleS of accommoddtlOns th l! ii 11 c Ilot thou"hl 01 t(1l \ ell' a'(o or demanded by thc pubhc dl ( I \\ lllch h 1'3 1l1CI'd'ld the lO-t ot dOIng blbme" Add to thcsL ( ll(htll11h, \\lnLh agd11l ilL Ollly thc lesult'3 of n,ltuldl conc1Jtlon'3 1\Jth lO,t of flom 20 to 30 jJlf Lent to thc e\(,r lllClc,lslng pIlle of the II tIde Itself, dnel then you redhLe that m spIte of the'3e natl1lal re,ult" thc let ,tl Lost of tUI nltl11 c IS wherc It \1d~ tCIl yLdl S ago, and If a httle hIgher, not dt all mIme WIth thc condltlOI\S Just mentIOned Illd \\ hy Defore I ,tatc my I Lason why, Ict me caution you not to Jump 10 conelu,lOns, because nearly all the gleat eVIls that dffect mankmd lhuallY ha, e become so common to us that we did not sec them as \\ e ,hould and wl-jcn I tell you thdt the >srett mall order houses th It hal e sprung 111tOglgdntlc concerns wlthm the Id"t ten yc,trs are olle of the gl eatest f,lctors that l1<!sLdused It all, I Imagine that somc II tll '3a) Oh no you 11'1\e mh'3ed m) mark thIS tl111e" But let Ue, ,ce I It us '3tuch the lluestlOn dS Ib Imp01 tdnce denldnds \"- hat \1 11 e the bIg m,\11 ordel hOlblS ten ye,lr'3 ago as compared '" Ith t d 1I md bet01 e I go fm the I ask yourself h"" any I etall bustness 1 CllL not \\hele )oulook '(ro",n to the extcnt that these concerns h 1\ L m thc s,nne penod ot time -".nd when you I edllze that the'oe l ()IlLernS ollly tcn years dgO \\ cre dots on the map of busmess, as compared to 'i\ hat they al e tocl.ty, It certalllly ought to make 1b ,top 19,1ll 'Ild th111k, why) I \\ 111tell you why ThIS gl eat !SH;anttc octopus whose arms tlllough the medlllm of Its catalogs, reach flom J'vIa111eto Cahf01111a lll<! flam tbe Lakes to the Gulf, dud find theIr 'i\ay llltO yours mme lll<! othel dl,tlers' comm1l111ty And after they !Set there, 'i\ hat do thu do the) elthel Clcdte a cOl1chtlOn that gets the buslnes, of that Ullnmu111ty or establtsh a U11I\ersal pnce upon thc commochtles \\ Ithm then covel And I am sure that there IS not a man wlthlil the sOllnd of my vOice "ho does not know that the buslllbS of to dav ThIS cut sho'i\ S the aL-tlnl dll11en~IOIlS of the Ten ,e\ cnty five dresser h lold blooded and th,lt sentll11ent and good fcllowshlp count fOI bm !Ittll Jt the pI lee you dsk fm your mel clnndlsc h not as 1o" dS I 11l clhtomer c In gct It elsewhere 'Lnfortlln"tely, wc rcplesent ,1 11lle that IS recelvlllg the brunt of tll the Clln11111gschemes that the human 1111ndC,l11contnve, and thus \\ L hnd fl1l111turL h the lal ge'3t Itcm 111,my scheme or prCllllllm !1st lUll m 1\ IHck up, l11d \\hy) BeLausc tile a\erage C01bUITler does 110t kno\1 the I e I \ aluL of ,\11 artIcle of flll111tUlL, and ld,t, but not le,lst, bee llhe some t11r11ltule manufactlllcr 111hiS eaf;el11ess for temporaly busme" uthu make" or puts a pncc lIjJon some Items of f111111tUl~ undel the u"lIal mal kct puce If It 'i\ erc not nnder tIle markct pllce, ,uLh Items 1ll f111111t11recOllld not be u'3ed ,IS thcy now ,ll e In vallOUS 'lhunc, I h tv, com( all the \\ ,y fJ om M111nc,ota, crnel "ant to SdY With tll the emplla'h I Clll thlt clery time ,1 manllfad111Ll allo"s or 111 lL" III II tlclc to he sold undcI the pnce he gets lrom I11Sreguldr II lell, hL IS drtv rng 1110thCI naIl Into the cofhn of (ltfficultles that ,UI lOUlld el er} fur111ture de,der of today 1f he dId no! nuke It po"lble f01 themal1 ordelhouse.premlllmconcLlns.soapclubs.to IHlllllel liS dealel S as unmerCIfully as they do, thcre would be no ()lC,\SlOn for the dealer 111turn to seck for '3omethmg to beat these "ame, I, It ,\ny "onder that the dedler turn'3 nght alOlllld and IS jJoullclln'( thc m,nllfdcturcrs fOJ a stl11 bctter pllLe 'i\ htch hc must h l\ l t) be It thc'e gImes' It IS only the Ildtur,l1 Ic,ult of such procedurc lIJd \\ h 1t h thc result, a completc llng of cha,mg fOl pn~c qrnlIt) often forgotten which WdS started by the manubctllrer, \1ho onglnally mdde the first pncc on the dl tIde under thc nnrket price ,111el,vho through the genclal d\e11lle of trdde makes a CIrcle th,lt comcs lIght bdLk to 111m Th 1t wOllld not be '30 bad, were It not for the eleplOl able fact that not one 111 tbe "hole Circle thdt thiS al tide has tI d, eled, hom the m,ll1ufacturer to the consumer has \ WEEKLY ARTISAN 21 made any money on \t Then \\hy on eatth ale some of our mann-faLlurcI s ~o shortsIghted? Bccause there IS no denymg thdt If th" ,;mall dealers, \\ ho are In the maj011ty, are not p10spcrous, how 1\1 turn em a manufactUl er expect pro~pcnty NOVl, I want to say 1n ,dl cand1dncs" and I realrze the CllttCbl11 that I may bc subjccted to, that lf the mall older houses and kmdred schemeo d1r1not get the pnce whIch lS from 20 to 30 pel cent below what the avcrage small dealer gets, t1nt they 1\1 turn could not m,ke the lovv pnce that they quote \t thIS pomt I am SIne that I WIll hear the algument that any firm 01 concern wh1ch can use a quanttt:; and wh1ch docs not nuke the manufacturer go to the trouble and ex-pense hc usually must to get t111Sbusmess, 1S cntttled to the Oav1t1g theleof and 1f thb actlOn on the part of the manufacturer only af fected thc tVl0 1t1 transactlOn th1S would bc true but let us ~ce T ,m told by those who seem to know th It the mati ordel houses take only about 20 pel cent of the output of OUl fact01les, so I ask you, Brothcl Dealel s, lS 1t fan to the ot1wr 80 per cent f01 these md1lU bctureJs to Cle,te the eondltlOn they do bv makmg these conee, slons wh1ch pull doVln ,l11d make 1t harder for everyone of the 80 pel ccnt to make a fau profit on then n1\ estment I say No and 'J0 a thousand tImes and dny manufactUl er VIho w1ll reelly SIt down ,nd study thIS (juestlOn as I have studleJ 1t ft om the small let nler's pomt of VleVl, vvlll have hb eyes opel1Pd as never before Human nature WaS tbe same ten yeab ,lgO as lt lS today tnen \\ hy chd not present conchtlOns Cleep mto our busmess hfe of ten :;ears dgO? I VI111tell yOU wh:; \Ve 1nd no medmm at that tlmc v\hereby there was a Ul11form eompetttn e pnce placer] upon ahno,t L\ cry eommodlty a'3 1'3 done tod Iy, through the meJmm of tbe m \11 order house catalo,; and 1, there any other factor 111eX1'3tence today tInt 'iO systemattcally un ers and go eo mto tbe homes of ,llmost e\ el:; h, m1et 1t1 tbe grand Umted Statc'i of Ouls' I SdY no The mag 17111e~of oUl count Iy c 111 e'-t lblrsh ,I unn ersal pI Ice upon d fcVl commochttes but they cannot nor ne\ cr wlll est.lbhsh the u111vers'll pI Ice on as many al tIclcs dS .11e found 1n thc COyers ot the mall 01JCl catalo", and vvhen :;ou reah7e tlldt thIS glgantlc catalog- lS place I mto thc homes they tl11ally land ,It a cost of not morc than t\vlce 01 threc t11ne" the cost ot pubh"hmg OUl l11;;h class magaLlnco Is It any \Vonder t11,[t the bu,lncss \\orld wlll have to "'It up md t lkc notJce" of the ablht:; at the man VIho thought out th1S adVdn m ty pe 'h It does \\ hen you use the cuts Any member hay mg dl~- covered any pdl tICUl.ll thmg m reference to th1S catalog evll propo sltlOn \\ho wdnts the ,lSS1stance of the secretdry's office 111 plepaxmg h15 mattel for pubhcatlOll c.m send lt to u, ,l11dwe w111see tbat It IS rcvlsed and put mto legal shape vVe would suggest thdt befOle 111elt-tel s of thiS kmd .11e pubhshed th"t they be submltted to thls office be-fore Sdme are pubhshed \Ve hay e re Isons for tll1s request and \Ve know you WIll comply w1th 1t v.. hen thmgs are brought about lSrddualJy we become used to them ThIS lS why VIe pad no attenUon to the busmeos method' employed by the mall order house i\ grcat many honest, straight forward peoplc who could not be tempteJ to do anythIng dishonest or deccptlV e havc becn glV111gtheIr patronage to firm .. who send out ~ttJaetn e dth ertJs111g matter 1hcse S'lme people would shun thesc films dS tilCY would m 1I1fectJOus d1se,lsc If the:; knew some of then busmess methods Peoplc who are straH~ht themsch cs do not look for dcceptlOn 111 othcr~ It IS for the benefit of these people that tbls artJcle IS \\ ntten v.. e VIant to call your attentlOn to .1 pohcy adopted by one of the mall ordcr bouses to scll lb goods They have bcen 0\ erdrawmg theIr p1ctures 1n thetr catalog for so long and It has beep done so gradually thdt we hardly notIced 1t untIl now If you ha\ e stuJled the mall order honse catalogs very much you WIll notIce that thcy make a great p01nt of the fact that they do exactly as they StY Bnt thcrc lS proof, 1f there eve wa<; proof that they are overdraw1ng thetr pictures We Vlant to ask OUI readeb lf It I~ ,I Y mrre of a cnme to dc-cen e m p1lnt than In plctnres? Vie .111knoVl that Uncle Sam II fuses thc use of the md11 to adverttsels who gnc f.l\llty descnptlOn" If on" of our merchants <;hou1d decclV c you 111thIS way, what would :;ou th111k of him? v..'ould yOU C\er it u,t hlm ag,lln 0 \V chI d1y th111k you would md you could no! be cxpected to It the m nl ordel housc loes thls 111onc hne why not 1n all Il11c"0 We 100kt'd 11ptb1S mattel and found that any f\11111turestorc 111thlS clty wll1 make yOU a'i good a pnce on tnrmt\11 e as the mall wder hon~e after you havc added the flelght fhen too 1f you buy h'l111ture ,t hon'e yon Cdn see It before yoU buy, havc no trouble We Wish All Our Members and Friends ~,.,.~ A MERRY CHRISTMAS ,., and ~.~ a HAPPY., PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR t 19C' And <;0 [ blmg- to yOU the thought tlnt M111ncsota vvlnts to ledVC, and that 1s-thl11k, THT'\ K, keep on th111k111gabout thc con dltlOn .. that hay e developcd around our blhll1"S, bccause I tcll you brothers, 1f we arc g0111gto stay m thl' game, we h,lve got to H11nk, ,md th111k hard J wtll "dm1t thdt assoClatlOns have done wondcr ful VIolk, yet do not forset thdt the cunnmg bus11less mmds that con trlVed ,l11d VIere able to c !fry out what the mml order house" hay c done arc J11mds to be reckoned w1th, and tl1clt m each st,llSe of our de\ c1opmcnt, dS abuscs tnd troubles are corrected, you WIll [md that there "III always be born a new thought, Idca, 01 scheme to beat lt And tb1S lS the last thought I want to 1edve you Bectuse I ha\ e he'lrel so J11,l11ytJmes 111 thc last half year that tbc Cdtd10g cvtl lS dbout wh1ppcd, ,md that lt lS not affectmg dealcrs hcrc and there nut let mc tell you there WdS ne\ er a tnne whcn we needed to put c\elY shouldcl to the \Vheel of as,ouatlOn \\ork ,IS It the pre"cnt tnnc 'JO\\ then 1f thl" l\atlOna1 i\ssOClatlOn medns anvtnmg, It means thdt lt ougbt to be the fountdm head of a1] th, t IS good ft 1 0\11 condItIOn and do not fOlget for onc moment that the good tbat VIIII come from lt w111only be m accordance to the support It gets emd that lt cannot posslbly make Its chIldren, the stdte a,socldtlOns em:; sit anger th,111the parent ltself 1<; So I plead WIth cvcrv th111kmg man m the fur111ture blbmess to be loyal to the 'JatlOna1 gIve 1t 'llch SUPPOlt as your finanCIal means \VIII permlt and do not foraet tbat e, ery man m evelY busmes, owes that busmes'3 a portIOn of h1S t1J11C111shapmg and mouldm" the conelttlOns that sun ound th, t bUSI-ness and that If VIe are neglectful of thesc dutlcs that no ope hut ol11sches wl11 SUffCI the conoequences So let us put more tlought 111tOour blbme'iS, thmg<; busmess men ought to th1l1k dnJ as our v1tal mtcrests demand, and If you WIll do thIS, and do lt With the vim ,wd snap tInt lS characte1lstc of thc i\mencan people, there can only be one resnlt and that vvlll be advancement Smce pubhshmg the first artJcle on expo"urc of mall order housc methods of lbmg bogus pIctures we ha\ e rcpeatcdly been asked to pi epare something that could be used b) our members 111 their lo-cal neV',spapers and in complymg WIth thl<; request, \\ e have pI epared tbe followln" arUcle as a g111de [ell our membcrs who wlsh to use thl<; matenal We W111also fUll11sh you the two httle cub whIch go \Vlth thb for 40 cents each We would not adv1se usmg th1S artJcle unless you use thc two cuts as it does not convey such a true plcture 1ll sctt1llg It up, run 110 11sks of IHc,lk,lgc ,md do not have to Wdlt for months before yOU "ct lt Thcl e arc so m,lI1y 0, enh dwn plCtU' cs of .111londs w1uch "e h 1\ e not "pacc to show Th1s however "how, that It 1'3 very edSy to makc nIce lookmg DlctUles and thc v have learned that art to per - fcctlOn 1t 1'3 110t s,lie to trust to the1r pIctures The elc"cnpt1Ons may be all ng1Jt but you hay e the pIcture 1ll m111dso when you get your "oods you ,Ire cltsapP0111ted becdu ..e they are not .111the p1cture promIsed Now when your honce dealer can gIVe you the oame de~lgns but bcttcr m ,dc wby can you not favor yourself and hIm mste Id of glv mg your busmLss to peoplc who 'lle ..trangers to you, who VIlli glvc yOU no ..ccommodatlOn" cl11el'.V11Ocalc for noth111g but youl m011Cy? Wc knoVl that you \\ould not "cnd YO\l1m011CYaVlay u11less V(u le,llly thought th It you cOUlei do better than:; ou can at home If 'ou Cdn, we do not hI ulle you for busmcss nowadays IS a colcl-blooeleel 1)1 OpO'lt1011 Fnendshlp has no part m It If the pl1ce lS not nght We do thmk, however, tInt both you ,wd the melchdnts al~ bemg Imposed upon whcn anythmg IS clone by thc catalo" hou~e to make thel1 gooels appeal to bc what they clrc not vVe have no mtercst 1n pubilshmg thiS other th,ln that every good CltlLen has m promotm,; thc mtelests of hls commUJ1Jty vVe hope that you WIll read th1S carefully and let It Sl11k deep Into your ml11d Then bnng the p1cture of the artlclc yoU are fig-u11n,4on buv 111" to your home dc,l1er a11d gIve h1m a chance to p01nt 01 t to y~l, what the red1 artIcle 1S by orcnvl11g you the Sdme thl11g 01 somct1'mg 'ilmllar 'J OVIthat we have brought thIS matter to your attcnt1011 we leave It to your own judgment vvhethel or not, lt is to your best mterC'3t to trdde w1th your home me1 chant A FEW VELVET RUGS. The buvmg ,ommlttee has bought SC\enty five cheap velvet rugs tnd fifty seamless veh ct rugs In order to protect themselves agamst the advance of SO cent, each MembelS who are I11terested 111 rugs for spnng deltvery, send theIr wants to the '3ecretary Fl1st come, first scrved unitl the cluantltv lS used up, at the oU p ~ce These rugs are the same as the n'a11 order houses use and are not u,ually 111 the market 7 22 LARGEST "QUALITY" LINE of ------------ .. III ,,I I I,I,I,,I I IIII~II II ,IIII -'" WEEKLY ARTISAN ,,,,- -------~-- --------- IIt IIIt I I If •,III,I, •I I,,, ,,,II ~- -------------- CHAIR COMPANY REMINISCENCES Mr. Foote Recalls Some of His Experiences ""ith the Late C. C. Comstock. Hang111g 111 the t!ea"urel " ofhee ut the (Tlel1ld R,tjJ1e!, chaIr company may be "een an llhhtlatHlll 0+ the j)lant ,I" It appeal ed 111 the yeal 1880 when F I-:I {oote undertook the management of the bU:0111e'iS The office "a" located on the ~luund flOOl of a "ll1,dl hou5e, v,hlle the 'ieco11d ilUOI \ o11talned the "ho\\ 1()( 11h WIth tl11rty 01 f01 h "alllple" oj \ hCdp chdl1" \t th\ "(lL1th end of the factO! I a "all mdl 11,1" lO\dtul ,111e! thL bLdttttlUl garden, no,\ a fe,l!ttle oj the ple1l1t"e, 111 the "n\111llLl \\,1" flIILd \\lth log, 111 e\11 olel 110n d,le] IH\llchll~ \11d11\tLl\ lltl u] "toLk lId" "toled Ihe plant ha" been Lil~Lh ]11(I\,]"ul 111 "1/( ])\ the ereeltoll oj 11CII ht\llchn~" upon thL "11\" oj ,hc 11ldl lIId the nun CLlc1 "tlnLlUlC" tn lCCClll IC,ll" ,me! thc (Ie! ,dil\L hll1lchllg I" no longet u"ec1 tll the t ,llh,lLll\l1l ut the U1l11P,ll11 " bU"llle"5 J\ll roote entu((1 UP(l1l the ch"ch,ll~e or 111" dntlc" ,I" "eueLl1\ alld111<\nd~U 111 '-,cptLl11hu 1~8() ,\\](1 ,It thL \]0"\ 1>1 hI" hht ,eal lL]HJl tu] to pIL"te]e11t ( ( (011l"tl Lk t1ll j(lU11 elu dnd llld1l1 "uppu t of the lllc1u"tI \ elWIn!:?, hh llic th It t)1\ ",tIe" m,\(le ,l1lW\lJ1teel to ~8l,000 dnd tllctt thc Ul11lpdnl h'ld "u"tdtneel d 10"" oj 9)1::;000 'If), CIl1l1"!oek dte] not dPJK,\\ tll he ell:oturbeel 111 the le,!'t but \1 hUl \11 1 I)(Jte "\\l~'.;c"tcd th It 'l11othu cIa"" of ~uod" be sub tltntcel fOl (hC,lp ch,1l1' \11 lum"toek lelll,llkul tlMt It hdd dhl dl" b\Lil hh ]l(dl( I t look fOJ hI" monel II hu ( he lo"t It '1ft I ()OtL (hel 111)1 ,lp plOY e of the teled and 11111cII' "u!..,~c,tul ih,tt 011e uj tl ) Lha11'.;e" 111u"t be JJldc]C- ,1 \ hdn~e 111 ihL hllC 01 111 tIll 111111- agelllcni Ife \\1)\11clno' Lll1ltI11UC h1" cj+01h to ",lIC thc 11 pelL\ \\lth thc old 11l1e 01 (hcdjl chall" th\ pI "j(\1 \1 111L') uncILl d11 d'.;](l111cnt II U te hl".ee] 1n thc \\ ("tc 11 ( hclll cl"" 11 cltIon "I et\ "1110Kl, II (olll"tmK lClll,II kee] dlld J1clllClIll~ IJ I 1 oote a eOl n eoh PlpL 'lllel Lobdeu) and hll1l1'.; Ol1e hll ht111"dl ll1atdle'i \\ U e anp1lul and the IOOlll I'd" hl1ed \\ Ith "l11okc 1\ hen ahout ill "etUte ,111l111p, ILlnt 1llclttLl \lJ (0111c,lCKK llHlnl'.;ul thc h,I1)Jl of ]lull!!,'.', I t~Ol ou"h ,tt the hont lo( 1,c, oj hall on 111" hLad ,ll1<1 "]lllcll!1l1c; 1'1" h1J~l1' dp,ll t ,IC, 11 h( Iloull! "edttLl the h,lll" ]lullul oul 1)111 thl !lofl1 II C II ClI( through the jlUf01111d\1Le 1h1ee tl111e5 ,ltlcl thten "tla1~htLl\lll~ up, 1emarked DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. 1I I J CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES DOUBLE CANE LEATHER MISSION CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY. J don teal e 1\ ha t c!unges ,ou 111ake I 'ihall ne\ er offel anothet "uggestlon In regal d to the operatIOn of the plant Do \\hat yOU \\Ish WIth It' \11 Foote, left to hl'i 0\\ 11 del Ices a11d 1esources, changed the l1l1e to a, en prohtab1e entelpl\'ie On an ocea"lOn \\ hen \1 r B ootc \\ a'i "penel1l1g a few hoUl'i III Chlca£;Cl the hoUl d edded In all lone tI avelers came upon 11l1n-the dlllnel hour. To dllle alone IS almost as unpleasant a'i not to c!1l1e dl all He c!eclded to ha, e company and put-tIllg a phone 1I1to the he called for George C1Ingman of the lobe) 1urmtUl e C0111paln "I a111 III trouble auc! would 1Ike tf! h,1I \ \ ('U Ul111e to the \une'C d" "oon as pos'ilhle "':\11 ( l1J1'.;lll,ll1 "ul1l111oueel hI" \\Ife to the phone dllc1 statIng that 11\" 111LlHl {oote 11,1" 1Jl trouble ,mu that he 111U5t go to hI', 1""l"t,l\1(L "tateel he \loulc! not come home to dIllllel \t t)H \1J\1L ". III [oulJd \Tl roote "lttl1J~ edlml} 111 hI" loom "11 "k111c., cltlcI IC,Hl1J1~ ,1 11e\\ "llc\]lU \ \ h<\t " th\ Il1dttCl 1oote, , ( 1Ill~llUll hut 11ecll) teuCjullul '\oth1J1~ I II<1ni yOU to ]om 111\' at cI1J111el You kno\\ It 1" <111aldul c\.pellence to eat alone" 'II LII r'l1 be- ~~-" III (hllQlll,il1 ll111dltlul to cdl hUl \It" L1Illgl11dn ha" 11, \\ lot ~11 LlI \I t 1 (Ole l()\ I ohhlll~ ltu ol hu hu"b'l11cl'" ]lIC "111\l II hLll hc II d" 111l)"i lILulul ~ ~ c__ ._________ _~ I! ~~Kcl~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~x~'{vk~~g I SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES I II~ I I• I • -6 Write for Catalogue : E. P. ROWE CARVING WORKS, A~f&AN. r---------------1 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-i~~"~"~L ~"~~M~'~~i~"~:~'E"O"~l "~"~~~~~~ SHOWN IN GRAND RAPIDS No matter where you are located we want you to carefully inspect our exhibit of bedding this season when you visit the market. It will pay you to do so. THE FURNITURE CITY BE.DDING LINE Mattresses, Springs, Box Springs, Pillows Hot Blast Feather COlIlpany I II I I JANUARY EXHIBIT, THIRD FLOOR NORTH ! I FURNITURE EXCHANGE i ~-----------_._._ _-.-.-_._- ..- _-- .. _-_._._----- . ---.- - - .._ -------~ ~.-.-.- ••• -.- ••••••••••••• _ •••••••••••••••••••••• a.a ••••• ._-_._--- _._._----- ...--., lOVER 100 EXCl:USIVE DESIGNS I i m I Brass and Iron I•II II II ,f II I I IIIIIfI II II III I II I OHIO IRON & BRASS BED CO., WIll be shown on the Third Floor of the I III I II , DO NOT FAIL II II ,I III IIII III , Furniture Exchange GRAND RAPIDS During January to examme the "OHIO" LOCK RAIL A revefSlble, non-breakable absolutely ngld raIl. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS EATON, OHIO ~-- -_ ..._ .._------- .-.- .--------_._- _._- ----.-._---_ - - - .. I • WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 Miscellaneous Notes and News. VI. S "Vels~ of Struble, Iowa, has sold lll~ furniture store to E. H. Alberts Fred Peck, fur11lture dealer of VVIIIow Lake, S Dak, ha:=, ~old out to Petel S. Frolech. The chair factory at ?-Jew London, Conn, shut down on December 18, for three weeks. J. D Haymaker succeed:=, E. E. "Vest m the retall funll-ture business at Corvallis, Ole. Odin Johnson has bought the retall furl11ture bus111ess of C I Jewell in Fort Dodge, Iowa. N J DIalS succeeds the Moon-Blals Furniture company 111 the retall trade at Eugene, Ore F. S. Gray ha~ purchased the retail business of the Smith FUrl11tlll e company of Cre,ton, N ebr F VV. Campbell, furl11tnre dealer of QU111Cy,"Vash , ha~ ad-ded a stock of hal dVIIare to hlS line of business. The Marietta (Ohio) Chalr company announces an mcre Ise of ten per cent in wages to take effect JanualY 1. The Clescent Glas~ and J\rirror company of ~ew Orlena~, La, have incorporated wlth capital stock limited to $20,000 The Enterpnse Fnrl11ture J\lanufactunng company of Cin-cinnati, Ohio, has been incorporated Capltal stock, $25,000 A. C Waller is now sale proplletor of the furniture manu-facturing business of the Brande1- \Valler company of Dubuque Iowa. The stock of the Belair Furniture company at Belalr, Wash, ha~ been sold to baac Benecch & Sons, house furnishers of Bal-timore. The J. E W1ll Furnitme company of Bloomington, Ill, ha, moved mto a handsome ne\'.! four story building at 510-12 North J\Iain street. The fUlniture and undertaking busine~s of W1lson & Dills, Bunceton, 1\10, has been dl~solved S \V. W11~on contmues the business. Bichop & Stephcn~on, furniture dealer~ of Mlllelal Pomt, W1S, have di:osolved thelr partnersh1p. Mr. Stephenson con-tinues the business. The Hanover (Pa) Furmture company which was placed in the hands of a recelVer recently, has suspended opel atlons for an indefinite period. The plant of the Perry (01 e.) Veneer company, 1ecently burned, \\ill be rebmlt at Perry, the company havmfi dec11l1ed in-ducements to move to Bandon. \Vells & Cottett, furl11ture dealel s of ]=< anbault, M1l1n, have filed a voluntary petitiOn in bankruptcy They schedule their habihtles at $1,728; assets, $730. J. A Helling, of Madeha, M1l1n, has sold his furniture store SHELTON & SNYDER FURNITURE CO. WIll Show their Complete Line of DINING ROOM and LIBRARY FURNITURE On the first floor of the Manufacturers' I Building, G ran d Rap ids, M i c h . In charge of John Shelton, East. Chas. G. White, Central. I J. R. Shelton, West. to J J\1. ~-IOlleY and II S :"Joonan VdlO Will do bus mess unde1 the firm ame of Holle) &- 1\oonan The )lgelow Carpet ilIanufactunng Company of New York, has declared a ~emi-annual dlvl(lenll of 3 pel cent and an extra dlV1dend of 2 per cent payable J an 1 The Shav\-\Valker company of ::\Iuskegon, M1ch, manu-facit, l ed of office furmtm e and fi1<..tures, have mcreased their capltal stock from $230,000 to $27:1,000 E. E Plough, fOlmerly a furl11ture dealer at Wllbur, has opened :It hardware and nnplement store at \Venatchee, \Vash, and may add a fur11lture department later 1'11 Calro (Ill.) Fur11lture company who have stores at Ca1ro, fanon and Hernn, Ill, hay e gone mto the hands of a receive Llab1htles, $28,000, as~ets, $12,500 E 1'. Rodger:o &- Son, fm11ltme dealers of Santa Ba1 bar a, Cal., "'111 open a dry goods store near the fmnitme store The son, c\ len Rodgers, Will manage the dry goods busine"s. 1'1e Spooner (1\1mn) FLllniture and Haldware company, a pal tnershlp, has been d1ssolved and the busmess IS being closed out J. Albert Peterson, one of the pal tnel s, owns an mterest 111 a Hlfll1ture store at Ya\\ ter, l\fmn T~le Brown &- J\IcCalley company of \\ mchendon, Conn, manu acturers of \yood seat chd1rs, have moved into their new factor wh1ch 15 1un11lng overtnue-until 9 o'clock-four night" in th week. he name of the Q X L Furmture & Carpet company of Salt ake City, Utah, has been changed to the Q X. L Store:=, p At Soren~on contmues as presldent of the company and S P A1m trong 1S secretary 1\1. Sattel whIte has sold, to John Martm, hIS interest in the ~rm of Satterwh1te & Martm, fl1rnitme dealers, of Brady, Tex I, and the busl11e"s WIll be continued under the name of Mar-tl11 *rothers. The old factory of the National Table company of Marietta, o , !Wh1Ch,0\\ mg to finanClal difficulties, ha'3 been idle for some tlmt IS expectecl to be utlh7ed soon by cap1talbts \V ho are org~l11z1l1g for that purpose. !I The Anderson Cha1f company, who:=,e plant at Newca,tle, ~'IB, was burned early m the fall, and who were reported as hatmg deCIded to move to Haltfax or to the States, WIll rebUlld the plant at Newcastle, the town authonties havmg made the nefessary financ1al arrangements \Vl1ltam Marcusse, a member of the firm of Kelley, Extrom &fCO' fU1111ture manufacturers of Grand Rapld~, has asked that th busl11bs of the concern be placed 111 the hands of a receiver. TIe actiOn 1S due to a chc;agreement among the partners, J\Ir 1\tarcLlsse cla1mmg that the condition of the business wa" mis-rjpresented to hIm '" hen he became a partner last September. I 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... a._ ••• _ •• _. __ ••• a •• '" II ,III ,III ,• III , ~-----_-.... I ...-----------_._------~--_._----- -- - - _ .. - _. .. .. - ... The Proof of the Chair is the Use of It There are higher pnced Chairs on the market, but NONE BETTER. Our full lme on exhibition on the first floor Nor t h Ha IfF urmture ExhlbitlOn BUlldmg. In chargeof H J. RINGOLD, E B SPENCER, COL J. N MURRAY KEIL and ANWAY COMPANY A. • _ ••••• • FURNITURE TRADE IN VENEZUEI ..A Consul Manning Thinks the Sale of the Arum'i· can Product Can Be Largely Increased. Isaac A Manmng, AmerIcan consul at LaGual\ a, eJ\.- pres~es the OpInlOll that furnIture manufacturers of the U111- ted States could easily double up the sale of theu' product:::, 111 Venezuela by shghtly modifyIng some of their pattern~ and giVIng a httle more attentIon to packIng, etc Repl:: lng to an InqUIry from a manufacturer" hose plant IS located 111 a southern state :\51' ::'IIannIng say". There has been but slIght lmpOl tatlOn of fur111tm e dur- Ing recent years Into Vene/uela OWIng to the un"atbiact01:: economic condItion", the values for 1908 haVIng been as follovvs' Country wooden I Iron WIllo\\ I "are -----------------I-~ --~~-- Umted "tates Germany Other countnes $ 4 3591 "83 q 1,8 I 10030 1343 1110 1088 193 ),0 --~~----- Total, .. $11 477 I $1 619 ,) 8 h It WIll be noted that Gelmany leads 111 amount In each of the thl ee classes of thee,e lmpOl tatlOn". Of the \\ ooden furmture from Gel many the prIncipal Items are m1ltation VIenna chaIrS and lockel s; of iron furl11tm e, beds, cheap enameled Iron washstands, garden chaIrs, and canteen tables ~ one of these articles are pal ticularly attractive in appeal ance nor lasting In quahty, yet In default of more attlactl\ e articles of equal utIhty and cheapness they seem to ha, e a demand The di"comfort and instablhty of the AU'ituan locker and hght straight chaIr are so palpable that It seems a sdle might easIly be estabh"hed for our AmerIcan chall s In thell ~tead bUllt for comfort, well balanced, shang, and artI'itlc 111 ap-pearance But, of course, one th111g must be talen cOlbtantly mto consIderatIOn, and that is cost of ~oods laId down 111 Venezuela One th111g that mIlttates aga111st cheapness m the \men-can furmture 1" Its weIght, and also, usuall) (and thIS of lbelf IS almost fatal to the effort to overcome the competItIOn), the excessive weIght of the packmg, on whIch not only freIght but duty mu",t be paId Thus our lur111ture manufacturer'i must compete with a tlade "hlch supplies a lme of reasonabl:: neat 100k111g goods 111challs, round black frames, cane seab, whIch can be retaIled m this cnuntr) by the 'iet, conSI ~tmg of a sofa, two rockers, two armchaIrs, and a d07en .,tralght Chdll" for $60 These al e "hIpped 111the flat, baled 111bUllap, and are sold ,,0 If set up before dehvery an extra chalge of $S IS made on the set P. M. ELLISS, anJ A, ery cheap, poorly finl",hed, straIght chaIr IS made in the countI y, there bemg three estabhshments In Caracas, none of V\hlch IS V\ell eqUIpped for the WOlk. These can be bought for from $2 to $3 50 each They are not attractIve and 111no wIse compare \\ lth the cheap maple or beech wood chaIrs made 111the L111ted States and retaIled thel e for one-thIrd the money In v'lcler challs the German product aha sells for less than the l\mel1can product, aga111 hecause of savlDg In pack-mg, and, perhaps, m the generally mferIor quahty of the lioods Thl" IS no doubt the most attractive class of goods fOI use m the tlnplcs, beIng more sa111tary, cooler, and stand-m~ the clImatic condItIons better than any other furniture, except metallIc It IS mal e easlly cleaned and not so apt to harbor borers and other pe",ttferous msects The UnIted 5tates has the lead in office and house furni-ture of the better grades, a ...the conve111ences of the AmerIcan product and ItS fi111sh appeal to the man wantIng a handy and e,ood-Ioohl11 ~ office, etc Sale of these al hcles could be greatly enhanced, ho\\ e, el, If 111 some manner the cost of duty and ft eIght could be lowel eel In office desb and furniture of that character, If the goods could be shIpped lD bales, knocked do\\ n, cost of lmpOl tatlOn would be greatly reduced, a mlmi-mum freight rate could be demanded and advantage taken of reduced custom., chalges The deSIre for thIS sort of furl1l-ture IS sure to groV\, but Its hecommg a demand must of course be dependent on the cost of the artIcles as compared to the \\ auld be purchaser's financIal abilIty Some new pI essed-steel fur111ture supplIed the AmerIcan legatIon at Caracae, and thiS consulate has attracted much attentIon and thIS fur11ltwe Ie, lIkely to plm e very popular for u~e 111 the tIOPICe" If expellence prm es It ftee from OXIdation, onL of the e,ledtee,t menace'> to metallIc wale 111 the,e countrIes 1 here hone dll ectlOn m which lfon or steel office fur111ture pi a, es ,el y e,dtl~factory, and that IS the aVOIdance of the ~\\ ellIne, and shunkmg of dl a,\ ers V\ Ith the cham;es of weather \\ hlLh IS ...0 C'lmmon in \\ ooden fl1r111tule also the d01l1~ away vvlth the the of glue, ,\ hlch often melts undel the heat here, mak1l1~ wooden furniture m which glue IS the usual tyIng matellal lIable to fall to pieces at any tIme II hele It IS pos- SIble to use them, scre\\s and holts take the place of glue for the tropics. or" here glue must be used, manufacturers should be careful tl1dt It h prepared to stand the mOl"t heat of these Ult1l1tIles 1he dUh on fur111tnre coming mto Venezuela is levIed on the e,ro ......\\ eIght, 1I1cluchnG; the pack1l1!S, and IS as follows, the boln al e'luahng $0193 and the kilo 22 pounds; Iron fur111tUle, 02S holn ar plus SS per cent surcharge per kilo; furl1lture of Iron and wood, or of ('ammon wood, of wicker, WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 The Blue Print and Catalogue Binder the furniture Manufacturers and Dealers "ave Been looking for SOME OF T"E SATISFIED USERS: Berkey & Gay Furniture Co., Grand Rapids. Century Furmture Co., Grand Raplds. Imperial Furniture Co . Grand Raplds. Royal Furniture Co, Grand Rapids. Phoenix Furmture Co., Grand Rapids. Mich. John D Raab Chair Co" Grand Rapids, Mich. Grand Rapids Book Case Co, Hastings. Wolverine Mfg Co, Detroit. The Sikes Co, Philadelphia, Pa. Sheets are "eld as In Bound Book. THE PROUDfiT LOOSE LEAf CO., 8 and 10 Lyon St., Grand Rapids, Mich. of straw, rattan, or rush, 075 bohvar plus 55 per cent sur-charge per kIlo, furmture of fine wood, such as pahsander, mahogany, rosewood, walnut, or oak, such as may be uphol-stered, and of common wood If glIded, 1 50 bohvars plus 55 per cent SUlcharge per kIlo The sale of office furmture and apphances '3hould be greatly extended m Venezuela, but demonstration of the use of Ulany new WrInkles m tll1S hne I~ necessary to its fullest development DUrIng the pa"t year the number of type-vv nters m use has been greatly extended III this d1stnct, prmci-pally through the actIVIty of an Amencan agent He is also taklllg "orne lllterest III showmg the merchant and business man some of the benefits of better office eqUlpment, whIch should naturally lllclude typewnter desks One man, how-ever, can not do It all m an extended territory hke Venezuela. It is thus an open field, and should have greater attention from manufacturer" of furmture and appliances than they have gIven It Dodged Jury Service. The travelmg representatIve of a promlllent Jobbing house located in ChIcago, spent apart of last week In Grand RapIds and VIClllity, not danng to return to hIS home He IS a well paId man-$4,500 per annum-wIth a hberal allowance for expenses After hIS departure on hIS tnp he had learned that Jury serVIce OCCUpylllgfrom SIXweeks to two months awaIted hIm, and hIS purpose in remallllllg out of ChIcago was to escape the performance of thIS duty Should he return to hIS home an officer would "naIl h1111,"to report to the court in whIch he had been drawn to serve WhIle beY'.a1hng hIS hard luck" a wise guy," remarked "Y ou Cdn go home tonIght If you care to, and stay over Sunday No papers WIll be sen ed upon you if you leave the state of Ilhnois before midmght on Sunday, beSIdes, you can spend Chnstmas and New Year's day's and the Sundays followmg m ChIcago WIth perfect safety If you pass over the border hne mto Inchana or \Vi"consin before the clock stnkes 12 on Sunday mghts" The travelmg man hurnedly prepared for a trip to his home and it was learned latter that he spent a most enjoyable day with hIS famIly ,V ill Show New Designs. The Metalhc Foldlllg Bed company, 21st and Jefferson streets, ChIcago. WIll show a number of new deSIgns m Janu-aryat 1411 MIchigan avenue, fifth floor, R C Repenmng WIll be in charge of the display as usual The companv's new catalogue is now bemg printed and will be ready for ma1lmg the latter part of January. Binder l.ock.ed as it appears in use AN ANTIDOTE fOR RING BINDER EVILS. Great Collector of Old Furniture. Mrs Russell Sage has presented to the Metropol1tan Mus-eum of Art the Important collectIOn of early American ftum-ture that she acqUlred at a cost of $100,000 from Eugene Bolles of Boston, a lawyer, who assembled It In a quarter of a century of pamstakmg research The trustees of the museum say that at thIS tIme no gIft could be of greater use to the museum, for speCIal stress IS being laId upon the work of the depart-ment of decoratIve art, to whIch the collectIOn WIll be added Although Mrs Sage, In making the presentatIOn referred to only 400 pIeces of furmture, there are ornaments, such as clocks, andIrons, candlestIcks, warmmg pans, fire tools and vanous utenSIls, whIch make a total of 650 pieces. The objects are class1fieda s colonial furmture, but as a matter of fact, some of them were made In England, France and Holland and were brought over here by the settlers of New England There may also be seen oak furniture of the Jacobean age and walnut and cane productions when the Spamsh influence predommated The so-called tranSItion pIeces are of fascmatlllg interest, as from them was finally developed the work of such masters of the cabinet-maker's art as ChIppendale, Sheraton and Hepplewh1te, which are also found III this collectIOn. There IS no other collection of such Importance as this m the country The one approaching It most nearly IS the Pen-dleton collection, now owned by the CIty of Providence, which IS installed in a GeorgIan house espeCIally designed for It. It IS composed entirely of Chippendale pIeces Why Mahogany is Scarce. Edward W TIckel, representmg a Liverpiol mahogany firm or company who was III Grand RapIds early thIS week gave the same reasons for the scarCIty and higher prices of mahogany that were gIven by others in the \Veekly Artisan recently -:Vir Tickel said "Mahogany prIces are hIgher than a year ago because the supply IS short" ThIS country IS so large a consumer of mahogany that ItS demand affects the world's market The pall1C of 1907 senously cut into the demand for mahogany and the LIVerpool market became glutted and prices dropped When the mahogany producers could not sell theIr logs at a profit they called m theIr men from Afnca, and productIOn was greatly reduced. The business reVIval thIS fall has been so sudden and on so large a scale that it has caught the market WIth a short supply and it will take some tIme to adjust condItIOns There is an almost unl1m1ted supply of mahogany in the South Afncan forests-enough to last for generatIOns-but the demand for it is steadIly increasmg not only for furniture but for mterior finish r I 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN rThe'H~~~i~-H---o'-t~e-l--l'~r~oT~~i''~b~~A~~~~'I I C~~~~~~~I~~~T I Old English, MI.· I, I sian, and, Amencan Plan, $250 per ColonIal Cafes D d d I •' ay an upwar s. I European Plan, $1 00 per I : : Day and upwards Table d Hate Dmner • I Hal and Cold Runmng Water I m all Rooms. I 530 to 8 pm, dally at I , 30 cents • : Rooms wIth Bath extra. : I :' A High Grade Cafe. I : • Reataurant and Buffet m connectlon • '1 I GEORGE FULWELL, I Proprietor. a.a ••••••• aM Me _ ••••• I .. EUROPEAN PLAN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 111raIlroad \\a1L11lg looms, te1m111a1s, etc Delmar G Hurd of Lov\ell, Mass, IS the promoter of the company. Furniture Fires. .\ St01ehome packed full of second-hand upholstered fur-l11turc, owned b} 'Jathan Kum1n 111Worcester, Mass., was com-pletely destro} cd b} fll e on Deceber 19 Loss,$ 1,400 ; in-sured. The plant of the EmpIre Furl11ture company, Rockford, III , was damaged to the extent of $2,500 on December 18. But for the actlOn of the spnnk1er system, it IS said, the plant would have been completely destroyed. The Melton FUll11ture company of Thomasville, Ga., suf-fered a 10:os of $7,000 by fire that destroyed theIr store. Jn- Sllrance, $J,500. The fire i" belIe\ ed to have been of incendI-ar} oI1gin. The company does not own the bUIld111g. Rnnmng hot and cold water, tel e p h 0 n e, clothes closet electnc lIght steam heat, etc In each room Immaculate llIed de tached and p r 1 vat e baths. ArllstlC and perfect1) appOInted BIllIard Hall Loungmg Den Buber Shop, Etc SerVIce a la Carte 6 a rn to 11 p rn Uave We Met Yet If Not--LET'S. SPENCER TABLE CO. MARION, IND. Extension and library Tables KENT FURNITURE CO. LENOIR, N. C. Dressers and Chiffoniers TIDIOUTE FURN. MFG. CO. TIDIOUTE, PA. Dressers and Chiffoniers TELL CITY FURN. CO. TELL CITY, IND. Bed Room Suites C. H. HARTSHORN, GARDNER, MASS. Reed Chairs and Rockers WI: CARRY A COM pun SAMPll: liNt: Of TNI: GOODS MADE BY TNI: WEll KNOWN fACTORll:S ON OUR flOOR All YEAR ROUND ?• RATES: $1.00 to $2.00 PER DAY Take south bound Wealthy. Scribner car from UnIon or Grand Trunk stations. Five Main car lines reach the door. ~-- - ..---------------- New Factories_ Brenham, Texas, IS now assured of the fUln1tUle factory, for whIch llegotIatlOns ha, e been pendmg fOI some tIme, the board of trade ha\ 111gsucceeded 111ralsmg the bonu::, reqllll ed The Norton (VIrgi11la) Fur11lture Company have com-pleted the buIldUlgs for theIr new factory and wIll begm operatlOns as soon as the Machinery can be mstalled They expect to start WIth 120 employes The IfITIlsOll & Hanson company now operatmg a v\ood-workmg factory m Los Angeles, Ca1, announce theIr mten-tlOn to mvest $125,000 m a new plant for the manufacture of furnIture They propose to Import oak and other hard\\< ood lumber from Chma and Japan The AutomatIc TIme Table company, \\ ill establI-,h a plant 111 Nashua, 1\ H fOI the manutactUl e of calJ1neh and recent 111ventIolls known as the automatic tune table, for use El;.4 PEDESTAL EXTENSION TABLE This table is made throughout of thoroughly seasoned oak. Has a 45x45 quarter-sawed oak top and highly fmished, has a quartered moulded rim. !h~ pedestal IS fluted, 9 mches 1150 m dIameter, supported by heavy • legs with claw feet A bargain ====== at the price Price 6 foot. . . . . Each Each additional 2 foot extension $125 more. SMIT"-T"OMPSON CO., NOT INC. 1411MICHIGAN AVE., 4th Floor, CHICAGO ====== , WEEKLY ARTISAN 29 ~-------------------- ,•• , I,II III• II II I,I II I• II I•Ii I Complete Line New Designs --------_._.----- ._--.----------- --.-..-. -..., II I • SIKES CHAIRS VVestern Salesroom moved from Chicago to GRAND RAPIDS Fifth Floor Klingman Building January , I 9 I 0 -----------_. --_._._--------------------- 1• , I• III•• II! I I I~ MANUFACTURERS' BUILDING COl\fPANY Secretal-y Skinner Will Retire and Give His At-tention to the Furniture Temple Projects. The annual meetmg of the stockholders of the Manufac-turers' BUlldmg company ,';111 be held at its office on the fifteenth day of January, 1910, for the electIOn of officers and such other bus1l1ess a" may regularly come before this meet-mg Charles 0 Skmner, one of the directors, and secretary and manager, WIll not be a candIdate for re-electlon. At the time he assIsted m promoting the J\Ianufacturers' BUIlding company, he was and had been for twenty years, actively engaged In manufactunng fUllltUl e and beheves in the original pohcy of the company that It should be owned, controlled and managed by the manufacturers themselves that it is to the best In tel e::,t of both the buyer and the seller. The succe"s of the J\IanufactUlers' Duilchng company has led other mallufaLtm el s to beheve in the co-operatIVe plan of oWl11ng and controlhng then own blllld1l1g and not ha' ing- the time to spare from theIr own busmess, they have asked]\11 Skinner to assIst them in organiz111g the Grand RapIds FUll11ture Temple to be located on the corner of T011la, Lyon and Dn Ision stl eeh, on a lot SO by 170 feet The Temple to be a fireploof bl11ldmg, 12 stories high with 8,000 squal e feet of space on each flOO1 and with one repl e-sentati, e hne only, on each floor. One feature of the bUlldmg wdl be a roof garden on the top floor occupIed by the :\I1chlgan Seatmg company, manu-facturers of the Kaltex fibre furniture ()ff the mam lobby will be a check-room and a large room reserved for the exclusive use of the buyers, fitted L1p with 'lVnt1l1g tables, etc ThIS room 'v dl be in the charg~ of a stenogl apher for their use I exclUSIvely Agam. off thIs room \\ tIl be a rest1l1g or loung- 1l1~ 100111whel e no manufacturer or seller WIll be allowed to trespass, and a ~nll 100m WIll also be a p1Om111ent featUl e of the build111g. The energy of the buyer has been taxed to the utmost limit by the increased number of exhibItion buildmgs and hnes shown in the market, and the conveniences for the buyer must be con'-,Idered m all future exhIbition bUl1dmgs Heretofore the object has been to see how much money you can get out of <;0 much space Grand Rapids IS the only Clty m the U11lted States where the co-opelatlOn of the manufacturers can be successfully carried out The value of real estate m N ew York and Chicago makes these cItIes prohIbItory and the rapId advance of real estate 111Grand RapIds will make It impossible here unless actIOn is taken at once New Furniture Dealers. A H Dach;er has opened a new stock of fur11ltul e, hom,ehold goods, etc, at Nampa, Idaho \iVilliaf Lawton has opened a new ftlllllture store at Genoa Junction, \Vis J 0 Holme<; has opened a new fl1lmtUl e St01 e at Cul-loden, Ga The Mdler lUll11tUle company ha' e opened a new re-tad store at 96 Clayton stl eet, Athens, Ga The HastUlgs-Mltchell furmture Cofpany has opened a new store m Charlotte, N C They purchased the stock of ::\1ltchell & l\Tal tin and moved It to a larger bUIlding A 'I FIsher and B C McNamala have gone into part-nership and WIll open a new fur111tnre store in Brainerd, M1l1n 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS AT RIGHT PRICES C"ALLENGE REFRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND "AVEN, MIC"., LJ. S. A. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GREAT FORTUNE IN BLACK OAK Million Feet of Big Logs Well Seasoned Waiting to Be Picked Up. "Was up north duck shooting this fall," said the K ew Yorker, as he moved IllS chair a tnfle further from the table and settled back "I was wlthm fifty feet of a big fortune at least fifteen tlmes. Could have clealed up $150,000 Just f01 the trouble of pickmg It up The man I was with-fellow named Abercrombie-bully good man to go out after duck with too-pomted out the exact place to me Stopped the canoe for a minute Just at the spot where the nver starts out of the lake He swept 111spaddle up and dun n p0111tln~ out about half a mile of the reeds along the foot of the lake Sh01e and nver head "Smith," he says to me, d" I looked at the reed bank through the dull gray of eatly da\\n (he "poke \ en 10\\ for we were gettlng neal the dULk,,), Smith,' he "a} ", \\ hat" fine black oak worth m New York the"e da y~"j \ ou're 111th e lumber bu~me~" How'd yOU hke a 111Ilhon feet, ten booms of It?' "Black oak, I said 'You mean white oak c\belLromble All the black oak's gone long ago' ".t\o, ~Ir,' he says, 'the real genUlne "tuff, big logs prune quahty, best m e\ ery way, not a log les~ than eighteen mLhe~ at the tlp All black oak, e\ ery "tIck' " '''Vell,' I said, 'If} ou've a mtlhon feet of It 111 take \ au In on the deal Gue~s T could turn 0\ er a lot for $300,000 With my connectIOns There'll be culls 111It and small stuft that'll keep down the pnce I'Il dn \ y on the three hundred even money for each of us ' "i\berLromble ktnd of snllied He'd held hiS paddle m hiS hand all thl ~ tIme while he stopped the canoe before entenng the leed., to get at the nee fields behmd them He S\\ ept hiS paddle up and down agam along the stretch of reeds, 'There's a mtIhon feet of black oak m the mud there,' he said, and he dipped the paddle softly back into the water and nosed the canoe mto a narrow channel m the reeds 'It's all along here Can't be very far down It's been there for nmety years It'.., your~ if you'll only take It away I'll bet we're withm fifteen 01 twenty feet of some of It nght now,' and he shoved the paddle down into the water and blOught It up filled with black muck "l\'111ety years under water hurt It"" Not on your lIfe' \\ hy, that ImprO\ es It If anyth111g It'll practIcally keep fOl-e\ el undel \\ater It turn" hlack a" ehony, though "\\ ell, ::'11, \\ e hddn't much more than passed the ::.pot where i\bercromble had shO\ elled up the muck on hIS paddle \\ hen there wa" a Iu~h and a ~reat ..,pla"h111g and a whl"t 1m>:;of \\ ml{" \\ e r.;rdbbed up our gun" hke a shot \1\ e d come on a bunLh of dULk una\\ are and they started up on u~ I up and let 'em ha\ e both barrels Abercrombie \\ alted on me Then he took a caLk at them WIth hIS left barrel. "\\ e got fOUl brace that chp between us and then had a latthng good ilme until 7 o'clock, when we deCIded to knock off "\\' e retne\ ed the Lanoe back up the r1\ el story 01 the black oak "See thebe four or fi\ e hill.., up at the head of the lake,' he said \\T ell, those htlls are glacial depOSIts They're all rocky ground The I e~t of the land IS sandy all around the lake Along about 1800 to 1820 the pIOI"cer~ came mto thiS section last of our ducks and started the On the way Aberclomble told me the WEEKLY ARTISAN ~----_._----_.__._----------- ----------- ---_.---- \ \, I \ \ \I \ \ \---_._------------------------ _.-----~,----_._--_._-------~-----_.... and took up the land, grown up mostly in pine and cedar with quite a bit of hardwood " 'They started to clear the land,' Abercrombie continued. 'burnmg up the wood mostly to do 1t Then the first saw and gnst m111waS started away down the nver, where the ra11way is now The settlers let the "awm1ll man have h1S tImber for the askmg "'After d tune mOle settlers came in and had to take up land on the h111s,but thev were covered V\ 1th fine black oak It was a ternfic Job to do anythmg w1th the oak, 1Swas hard and heavy and green They had to clear the ground, thoulSh, and the sawm1ll man undertook to clear off the oak w1thin a year "'He brou~ht all hIS ava11ab1e men on it Dunng the vvinter the} cut the stuff and sledded it down on the Ice, makmg It mto booms, fastenmg the boom logs w1th oak w1thes " 'They hadn't half the oak off the fir"t v"inter and worked all the sumrner too, leaving the p1evlOUS win tel 's cut in the vvater Late m the fall they managed to get down the sum-mer's cut of oak to the lake and made three or four more booms of the heavy, green oak Then they sta1 ted their ten booms of oak down the lake' "\Vell, sir, Abercromb1e told me how those {ellows started too late w1th the green wood There was a big spell of cold weather when they got to the 1"1\ er head and the llver was 1ced over "The:; anchored the ten boom" of oak lIght beSIde the mouth of the nver, mtendmg to come afte1 1t m the spnng \\ hen they came up m the spnng there wasn't a "tick to be seen The heav} green wood had sunk 'The .,avv1111llowner tried to find it for years and lhdn't find a smg1e log The location 1S perfectly knovvn, but there MORTlSER COMBINED MACHINE No 3 WOOD LATHE Complete Outfit of HAND and FOOT POWER MACHINERY WHY THEY PAY THE CABINET MAKER He can save a manufacturer's profit as wen as a dealer's profit He can make more money With less capitallllvested He can hold a better and more satlstactory trade With hiS custoHmeercsan manufacture III as good style and fimsh and at as low costTahs ethleocfaalctocnahesinet maker has been forced Into only the dealer's trade and profit because of machme manufactured goods of factones An outfit of Barnes Patent Foot and Hand power Machlllery, reInstates the cabmet maker With advantages equal to hiS competitors If deSired these machines wIll be sold on trtal The purchaser can have ample time to test thetl1ln h\.;:,own shop and on the work he WIshes them to do Descrtptw, catalogue and pr.ce Itst free HAND C'IRCULAR RIP SAW hasn't been a five year penod since then that some one hasn't tried to find thdt black oak, Its there, one man fished up an oak w1the and a p1ece of the rotten plUe boom two or three years ago" "And nobod} ever found any oak?" asked S1111th's C0111- panlO"nN ot a fuut of 1t 1\ mJ1hon feet of black oak would be snapped up 1)y our furmture makel s m no time My quota-tion to I\bercromb1e was really nd1cu1ous," contmued the New Yorker, musmgl} b10wmg Clgar ':>moke "And to think that I have been w1thm fifty feet of It more than a dozen t1mes I" "No, I ha\ en't told yon Just where 1t 1", but I know and there are a few others who know, and somebody, some time WIll find a way to get those 10~<;out of the mud" -------- - ~lr. Brown Did Get the Bed. '\ Goodman, manager of the Gland Rapids Furn1ture and Rug COll1pany of 337 \\ abash a\ enue, Ch1cago, V\ as arrested 1ecent1y on a charge of obtammg money by false p1etenses HIS bond \\ as fixed at $800 H1s arrest was caused by Vmcent \V Brown who sa1d he saw a bra:::.sbed dIsplayed in the win-dow of the furn1ture store marked w1th the pnce $8 on ::-J ov 22, and that he bought the bed and took a rece1pt for hIS money, but the bed vvas not deh\ ered to 111m "I became con\ mced he never mtended to let me have that bed at that pl1ce." saId 13ro\"n "I vvent there tnne after t1me a"kmg wh} 1 dId not get my property Fma11y the manager told me I TIn er would e,et It" The matter was settled out of COUl t and the cau"e of the trouble 15 "omethmg of a mystery 1Ir Drown d1d not get the bec1- would not accept 1t after he had caused the dll est of the dealer No 4 SAW (ready for cross cuttlllg) W. f. s.. JOtlN BARNES CO. 654 Ruby St .• Rockford, lit. No. 4 SAW (ready for npptng) No :I SCROLL SAW FORMER OR MOULDER HAND TENONER No 7 SCROLL SAW 31 1\ I• \I ______ ---.;L........ r. ' 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ II IiII1I iI M~---i-s--c--e- llaneous Advertisements. ------------- -- ---- SALESMAN. New York state, outside metropohtan district, is open for a line for buffets and china closets; also cheap and medium priced dressers and chiffoniers. Address Box 162, Kenmore. N. Y. 12-18tf WANTED. A first class superintendent to take charge of manufacturing plant making bed room furniture. Give experience, refer-ence, etc. Address American Furniture Co., BatesvIlle, I-n-d.~--- -------- --~- ---- - 12-11tf WANTED. PositIOn as shipping clerk. Have had 10 years' experlenee and am thoroughly competent to take charge of any furni-tluanred, faMctiocrhy. shipping room. Address john Speyker, Jr., Zee- ----------- -- WANTED. A representative line of medIUm priced caSe work on com-mission for AtlantIc Coast states from Maine to Virginia by wel1 known experienced salesman. Address, "VIdelicet," care of 342 Sumner avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 12 11-18 SALESMAN With well established trade east of Buffalo, N. Y, to POrt-land. Me., and north of Norfolk, Va, IS open fOr line of UP-TO-DATE medium pnced dining room furnIture on commission-over 20 years' expenence. Address "OPPOI_ tunity," care of 511 West 21st street, New York City, N. Y. 12 11-18 WANTED-SALES MANAGER. A first class expenenced sales manager for a concern manu-facturing a line of woodworking machinery, located in WIS-conSin. Send references with reply. Address W. A. F. care The Weekly Artisan. 12-4tf WANTED-LINES of low and medium priced caSe goods, dining tables, etc., to sen in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland. Address "Mel," care Weekly ArtIsan ~------ 12 11 18 2j WANTED. Salesman WIth wel1 established trade with retaIl and jobbing furniture, house furnishings and hardware in Colorado, Ne-vada, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona, to handle an old and established line of Refrigerators on commission basis. Give full details as to lines carried, references, etc. Address "May" ~~~ Weekly ~rtisan. WANTED. Superintendent-To take charge of manufactunng end only of factory making LIbrary and Parlor Tables and Pedestals. Must understand an branches of the work. An expenenced, sparno.greSSIVe man. Address "MagnetIc" care Weekly ArtI-I HELP WANTED. A good furnIture man-assistant to buyer or one who has had an around expenence. A chance for man who wants to leave a smaller town and go mto a larger field. Address FurnIture Department, P. O. Box 245, Trenton, N. J. 11-20tf WANTED. For terrItory east of BUffalo, New York City, New York state and New England, one good line of furniture to sell in con-nection with my present line of dining chairs. Address A. E. W., care Weekly Artisan. 11-20 A Manufacturers' Agent domg a very successful bUSiness In Baltimore and Washington and surrounding terrItory deSIres one or two good hnes on commission. Address "SUccess," '!ieekly Arti!;~!1, 11-13tf WANTED Line of Refrigerators and Case GOods for PhiladelphIa and near-by towns by salesman who has worked the terrI-AtorrtyIsafno. r more than twenty years .. Address, "M. De ]," care WANTED-LINES FOR 1910 Experienced salesman WIth estabhshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would like to carry several lines of medium priced case goods on commISSIOn. Address "EsPI" care Weekly ArtIsan. 10-9 t f. WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping faCIlities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in wen managed company. Ad-Pdare. ss Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct CUrrent motor, latest make and in first class running condition. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-.... rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-21tf ....-.....4~ _ · .-..., First Sale of the Season. 1he filst sale for the JanLlary season in the Grand Rapid'i e.>Jllb1tlOn bl11ld111gs VI a'i made 111the 111l11ltUle Exchange by George Holhster of the Hot Blast leather company. The 01- cler, wl11ch calls for a car load of 11latlre"ses for a MIchIgan house, was booked last Wednesday, before the exll1b1t had been opened for l11SpectlOn III {I I {I !I I I,III I,II II jI II •I•I II I f ••I II I I {I I•I I fI II II f, ... New York Markets. Kew YOlk, Dee ::4 -Cont1l1ued fi1mness IS the burden of llPOlts as to the (Onc!JtlOl1of the lUl11be11l1a1kets, in all sect1()nS at the country, this \\eek IIal(h\l)od~ of all k1l1d~ hdve an up- I' arel tendenc}, 110 sIgn of weakness In pnces bemg 1eported at any pOInt Soft \\ oad'i, also, are fi1111pal tlcularly pine, spruce and cypress. Lmseed all has gone up adout fOUl cents per gallon since la~t Fnday and the cond1tlOn of the ma1ket indIcates that the hIgh level WIll bc mamtained until after the opening of the yeal, thotlgh the1 e IS a suspicion that speculation has 111uchto do with the alh ance \V p~tern raw 1° quoted at 69@70 cents today II1th a cent added for Cll1 1all, smgle bOlled and double bOIled, the figU1lS fOl thc lllghe1 £;rade bein£; 72@73 cent". CalcutLl III "} 111jlath} II lth the c!ome,t1c artJcle has advd1Fed 5 cents per £;aIlon-now quoted at 80 cents. Shellac IS ql11et without change m cluotatlOns and var111sh gl1111~are dull VI< 1th fractlOnal dechncs on the mfenor vanetJes 1 he1 e has been 11111Chtalk of lowe1 price, 111 the ~O:lt skm j) ulc but the, hdl e not matenalizecl eAccpt f"r Duenas A} IC, II h1ch al C 'ihghtly lower On thc othel hand J a1l1a1C,1~arc up dbout t\\O ccn!s, noVv selhng at C~0 cent-, Tw pcntme IS ql11et, qllOtdtJ01l5 1cl1lallllng steady dt 57@ 0130 cents here and 53@53/j at Savannah There IS a remal kably lif";ht demand for cordage but prices al e \\ ell maintained ----- Index to Adve:disements. H 11 ne... ".} &, JOhn COllll)an~ B~rion 11 II & Son Co Helke-, .\.. Gav rllMn{ure Compan, n,g "In.. Car Lo Hhng '\s~oc]atIon Bo(l .....tp~f" I unntllre Conlpanv Bo",,,,f" I uIlu1nre tompan.J ( h IHengt> Refrlgt'ldtor (omp"m~ (olomal Bed COInpanv Hel tw<u'c (h.ur ('Olllpan) Dno Siyl~ Lock A'hertIsmg Ag~n(~ fdohe· I Ullllture (Ollliluny (xl 'uHI R ll)]d~ (haIr f'ompan.} ("rollu""er (abuwtJuaker., (Olnpan]e~ .flerktlller IIotp} Hot BI t~t Teather (oIllpan.) IIot~l 'Olm 'ndw CD~trOlt) ked &., t\nwa, COJl11)unv h.a.rgf"~ I HI nIhil (' C'OJnp.lny Lu('(' 1UTrutnrp (on11)..-lJH 111( {' RednlOlH] (halr COUIllan, ,r l(1(1e-1l Tho,", '""on \.\ (0 1Iln ...tte 1r'1Jlulu turlllg" (on,pIn, ,ret'll Tllrluftn e (omp.UH 'II( )ugan ChaIr ('OI11IMll;': 'IIcbIg-an rrglal]n~ C'OJupans 1IJ"l(e-llaneou", ""f'l ...on ']aftt>r rUrIlJt lire ('(HIll) HIV O]uo Iron & RI I ...., Bed (onl1>~UH }:'o"",phu,", HI 0.., Turnlture 'Iannf l{ tnnng l>rondfit Loose I {''.If (OIJl]JUny J{o"e, E P. f'ar"Jng '\orkb Ro,) al l' urnJture COlUp.1Dy Io,helton &,. SIn del' rUrlllture COUl]}any 'lke", ChaIr (OUlpan" ~hgh Turnlture Compau.) r;;,;;nuth-Thomp80n Company '!;teblnns-" IIhehn COlnpany 1 d~l1 "orks )'nlte PI lutIng CODlpaU;} "orId FUrIlltnre COlnpullJ "ysong & l\IIles COIllpany 31 6 2 ]8-]9 18 ]8 30 4 U Cover 18 1 11 28 24 28 26 18 4 10 12 9 18 17 23 32 eovpr f'Olllpany 24 15 27 22 3 25 29 Cover 28 7 7 Cover ]8 14 .,

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