Weekly Artisan; 1910-06-04

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC LID1L1HY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.': JUNE 4. 1910 NELSON-MATTER FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. If yon have not one in your store, a simple request will bring you our IDa4nificent new Cataloliue of 12x16 inch page Ih"ouPtI. show-in4 suites to IDateh. With it, even the IDost IDoderate sized furniture store can show the best and newest furniture satisfactorily. WEEKLY ARTISAN 1 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------- --..-- ..... .-.-..,I LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY iI GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. :I,I ,IIII , I, ,I• I, I• ,I II Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ....-- -- - --- ------_. -----_.-_.---------- -----_..__ ._._. ------------- .. luce-Redmond Chair Co.,ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites t11 Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Mapll Birch !Zullrtered Oak IZnd ClrCaJJllZn Walnut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 30th Year-No. 49 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• JUNE 4. 1910 Issued WeeklT SUGGESTIONS ON STORE ILLUMINATION Some Important Facts About the Nature of Light and How to Use It to the Best Advantage. (By M. W. Pitner.) b!' " ~ Every merchant should, and can, have a practical knowl- swings considerably beyond the point at which it will ulti-edge of the fundamental principles of tile art of store lllumllla- ~mately stop; then back and forth over the point, requiring tlOn With such a knowledge, he can eas.Jj' gt:t frOID 50 to 200 Iseveral seconds of bme to locate and stop at the proper place per cent better efficiency out of his pr~sent monthly expendl- where the muscles WIll be balanced. Therefore, a varying or ture for light; besides, he mety be able to use considerably flickenng hght, or turning the eyes from one part of the store more or less light to great advantage. Therefore, It is the to another where the illummation vanes too much, is sure to purpose of thIs article to supply the basIs of thIS knowledge fatIgue these important muscles which operate the iris, until in a plain and comprehensIve manner jthey cannot longer do theIr duty, after whIch the retina (the In the first place, we must understand how the human eye ,;sensltlve part) will be unprotected and subject to irreparable uses hght before we can possIbly understand the quantIty, the ~damage by only moderately bright light. kmd or the manner of supplying the eye wIth light to the best The power of the retma and Iris to recuperate after misuse advantage and without damagmg or Impamng the usefulness or temporary damage IS wonderful; but, by no means, without of the eye. limltatlOn Consequently, tf we would preserve the usefulness The human eye IS a very wonderful organ To some ex- of our eyes, we should formulate and follow certain general tent, It IS slml!ar to a camera, but it would be a great mIstake rules governmg our store l11umlllatlOn, which I wl!l now to regard It as belllg too much hke a camera outlme. If I see a ball I see It because some of the hght which falls Light and heat are one and the same thing, except that upon, or stnkes the ball reflects or bounces off of It straight hght is only certain degrees of heat Heat IS a kind of energy toward the pupil of my eye and passes through the lenses, allJ Lhat we may descnbe as vlbratlOns. The rate of these vibra-falls upon the retma of my eyes, formmg a picture, or image, tlOns can be one, or any number, up to many tnllions per of the ball thereon, which IS transmitted to the brain by the :oecond, and all these different rates of Vibrations are heat But optic nerve. t a 1111 the retina of the eye IS only senslbve to those vibratlOns hav- If there was a white spot on the ball, that spot would re-i~ mg a rate between 435,000,000,000 and 764,000,000,000 per flect more hght than the other parts. and if there was a black ::,econd, therefore, only this hmlted portion of all heat vibra-spot on the ball, that spot would reflect less light. Therefore, hons IS hght And all vlbratlOns below and above these rates a true picture, or Image, of any object we see can be reflected are heat, but not light; whl!e those between are both heat and upon the retma of our eyes only when the object IS properly light ThIS answers a question that has been asked a milhon l!luminated. I" times: The iris of our eyes (the colored part around the pupil) ,~ "Is it possible to have light without heat?" automatically adjusts Itself and varies the size of the pupIl, '11 It IS not. But we can have heat without hght. Light is which governs, '" Ithin certalll lImItatlOns, the amount of light heat; but heat is not necessarily hght. Light, then, is viSIble admItted through the pupl!; but It can only adjust Itself to a ladiant energy; heat is just radIant energy. limIted extent; ie, the area of the pupl! cannot decrease more Different colors of hght are simply drfferent rates of vlbra-than to about one-eIghth of ItS largest area, and should not be tlOns Red is the slowest, or about 455,000,000,000, orange . called upon to do even thIS much (that IS, we should never about 580,000,000,000, and violet about 750,000,000,000 vlbra-suddenly subject our eyes to a great change in the intensity bons per second. of light, either up or down, nor should we ever permit ltght WhIte hght is a composite of many colors, or dIfferent above a certain intensity to come withm our field of vision). rates of vibrations. The fundamental law WIth respect to It must be remembered that the Iris is controlled by two color IS as follows. "Every opaque object assumes a hue due sets of very active httle muscles-one to increase, the other to to the sum of the colors which it reflects." ThIS bnngs us face decrease, the size of the pupil-and when adjusting itself to to face WIth another question: a brighter or dImmer hght (WhICh IS within its limIt of accom- Can light be colored by passing it through a colored glass? modation). to which the eye has been suddenly exposed, It cannot. A red glass simply permits the red, or slower vibra- WEEKLY ARTISAN NO OTHER SANDE-R No. 171 Palen led Sand Bell Mi\chl"e. makes it possible to dispense with hand sanding. Our No. 171 Sander produces a finish on flat surfaces, irregular shapes and mouldings that would be spoiled by hand retouching. Ask for Catalog tiE" ~...W. Y._S. _O. N.G.. « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. -R-.--R_.,. G-R-~EE-N_S.B_O~RO-,--N-.-C-.--I_ ... hon", to pass thlotH;h, and :"top:" Ol filtel ~ out elll the othu" and transforms them Into heat (a led globe 0'1 a 1u:;ht \\111 get very much hottel than a clear globe) A black handkerchIef and a \\ hlte one laId sIde b\ "Ide on snow 111 the sunshine, wdl Illustlate tIm, POl11t 1he \\ hlte handkerchief \vlll reflect mo"t of the \ Ibl atlon" a\\ en \\ hIle the black one \\ III iIansfol m them I11tOheelt and melt the "1 ••1\\ As befole stated, \\ hat \\ e call '\ hlte lIg-ht h a LOmlJl1lcl tion of many colOleel rel)" If \\e put a led glohe on a \\111te mantle !tght, the I eel la) '0 al e the anI) one" that \\ 111c<J111e Made by Maulstee Mauufactunug Co , Maulstee, MlCh through, and if only red ray:" are !tbel ated 111 a loom, e\ el)- thl11g WIll look red, because there are no blue, gl een, ) ello\\ 01 violet rays to be reflected by blue, g I een, yellow or v 101et col-ored objects A led 01 ) ellow globe \\ Oltlel look bettel alOl1lld a 16 candle-poV\ er electnc Incandescent lamp than alounel eln arc, because the I11czndescent plOduces largel) 1eel and \ e110\\ rays. Likewise, a purple, blue or '1Olet globe \\ auld look be-t-ter on an arc Therefore, a cream COlOIed 100m can be lIghted better With incandescents; and a blue 01 \ 10let tl11ted room by electric arcs. We could not expect to pi opelly dlstlng l11sh red, OleU1ge, yellow and other warm tl11ts by an electnc arc, nOl blue, pur-pIe \ lolet and othel colel tl11ts by I11cande'3cents But with I11canele"cent mantles 'ouch a'o al e made e::.peclally for store use. both the \\ al U1 and cold tl111'>al e clI'otl11gl11shed with ease The ne\\ tungsten electllc lamps of at least 250 candle-po" el produce by all mean" the best electnc light from the "tandp01l1t of cCllol, hut they should not be used except 111 "eml tr elll"pell ent globes. \\ hlch reduce the 1I1tnnsic brightnes'o to about t\\ a candle-pov, er per square I11ch LIght' and Il\um1l1atton' are by no means the same LIght IS ,l Cdu:"e " ll1um1l1at1On, an "effect" \\ e can hay e an abundance of lIght WIthout having good Illum1l1atlon, 111 fact, too much lIght can be the cause of pOOl Illuml11atlon But such 1I1stances almost never eXIst 111 actual pi al tlce Almost an) merchant can Improve hiS IIlum1l1ation an I dt the same tIme lbe less !tght, but 111 almost evelY 111- qance he could l1npro, e It much more and greatly to hIS ad- \ antage b\ U"111~consIderably mal e !tght, and US111gIt more :"clentlfcall) Latel} \\ e hay e lead much of "sClenhfic tlll1m1l1at1On" But ha \ e \\ e :"een much of It? J n fact, what IS "sClentdlc store Illl1111Inatton: Is It the mo"t u111form IlIum111at1On? I mdg1l1e a loom ten feet '3qual e, with a ten-foot ced1l1g, ,\ Ith all the \\ ,dl" ced1l1g and floor made of opal (mdk colored) -slas" and dn ab'oolutely u111folm quantity of ltght com1l1g through the enille :"urface-ihat ,\ould be ,ely, very umfolm t1hlmilldtlOn tor an object neal the centn of the room 1mag1l1e the :"ame room V\ lth dead black walls, cell111g and floor \Vlth an open eleLinc arc 111the centel of the celltng-that \Vould be the, el} opposIte of umform IlluminatIOn The"e h\ 0 horllble e;::amples bong extremes, the proper solutIon mu"t be 'oome\\ here beb\ een them, ,\ hlch I" actuall} the ca "e ( C111101 m 111uml11eltlon 1S u"eful for readl11g and \Vnt111g but not 101 ob"en 1I1g obJect,,) 1mal:;111e the same room, \\ lth ,ery Itght cream-colm ed \\ all-.. 'llld celhng \\lth the 01 dlllalY "iOl e floor, and ten ne,v 100-\VaU tung"Hn 1I1cdndescent ldmps (preferably 1,000-watt LImp) all In''lde of a IGund opale"cent globe twelve 1I1ches in dIameter, With at least 38S squdfe l11ches of ItS surface emlt-t1l1g aI-out 770 actual candle-povvel of hght, or about two cdndle-po\V er it am each square l11ch In the first Instance, \'\ e had Widely and umfol mly dlS-tilbuted lllum1l1atlOn, 111 the second, we had the very OpposIte, and 111 the thll d. \Ve had a complomlse betvv een the first and "econd \Vhlch gl \ es us far bettel 1esults Thel efore, let us 1I1ql1lre 11110 the fundamental reasons for the great ddterence Cnfol tunatelv, there IS no practical standal d \Vlth V\hlch the mel chant can mea'3UI e hIS hght Thel efore, to fix ::.ome k1l1d of a '3tandard 111 am m1l1d, we may COn'lldel that one of the best 16 canelle-po\\ er carbon filament lamps, burned unde1 the proper \ oltage, actually gn e~ 16 candle-power of Itght m WEEKLY ARTISAN a honzontal dll ection and at nght angles to the loop in the filament The standard U111tof hght 111 the U111ted States is a stand-ard spermaceti candle, weighing 1,200 grams, burnmg at the rate of 120 glams per hour Just at this pomt, permit me to depal t from the mam subject for a moment Not many} ears ago, we had very few sanitary laws To-day we have many In the future we ",Ill have more And, vvhllc I realize that some of our samtary la",s are not what thfy should be, on the whole, they are good. \iVhat would be the health record of our Clty If everyone could do as he pleased? You would have pIg pens, chicken houses, stables, flIes, mud puddles, awl alllnnds of disease germs right at your door, and the health of all CitIzens would be hazarded In other "'ords, I believe m mdlvldual nghts and personal liberty, but \\ hen It affects the health or safety of the community, I do not belIeve m It Now, comes a statement that mayor may not surpnse you. The wnter believes that our samtary laws should, m a meas-ure, gm ern the lllummatlOn of stores, cars, streets and all places open to the publlc, and the sooner steps are taken 111 thiS dlrectlOn, the better \Ye have no nght to InVite people Into our St01 es and per-manently mJUle their eyes, especlaIly the eye" of our em-ployes, and the writer would suggest that the first law should 11l111the mtlmslc bnllIancy and steadiness of lamps to be per-mitted Ko lamp should radiate more than about two candle-power of lIght from any square Inch of ItS radlatmg surface, because any useful source of lIght wlthm our field of VlSlOn, the in-trinsic bnllIancy of which is greater than two candle-power per square mch, wdl tend to injure our eyes The Ideal lIlummant, or lighting fixture, should, m the oplmon of the wnter, come wlthm the followmg speCifications First No squal e lllch of the radlatmg surface of the globe should emit more than t\'\o candle-power of hght You could look straight at thl::' light Without mJunng your e} es Second The lIght should be so steady and free from flicker or \ anatlOn that no change could be seen Third The color of the hght should be nearly like sun-lIght, but slightly \ arylllg to\\ ard the", armer tInts FOUl th E\ ery source (globe) should emit no less than 3S0 actual mean sphencal candle-power of lIght Fifth No t\'\ a sources (fiAture::.) should be closer to-gether than from 15 to 25 feet, dependmg upon the height of ceIllllg, color of walls and other CIrcumstances Sixth No SOUlce (globe) should be clo,.,er to the ceIlmg than about two feet Lights at or too close to the cedmg and too close together tencl toward dl'itnbutlOn that is entIrely too u111f01m, as herell1befOl e 111ustrated Seventh The ge-neral eftectIve dlumll1atIon throughout the room should be about one candle-power for each square foot of floor ::.pace ThiS IS a matter that can vary somewhat on account of height of cel1111g,color and nature of walls, ce11- mgs and othel thlllgS Eighth There should be no dark cornets nor spaces to come wlthlll the field of VISion, and the entIre room should be generaIly 11lumlllated Ninth No light" should be at 01 near a counter or desk, such as smaIl office or desk llghts, With gl een shades Tenth. No part of the cedmg, waIls or decorations should be glossy, and all glo::.sy or shmy artIcles should be placed as far as possible from the hghts I I I 1 _ .-- - ------ _.~ DO YOU WANT I the PRETTIEST, BEST and MOST POPU-L- AR LEATHER FOR FURNITURE. ANY COLOR. WILL NOT CRACK. If so buy our GOAT and SHEEP SKINS Write for sample pads of colors. DAHM & KIEFER TANNING CO. TANNERIES CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. CHICACO, ILL. 204 lake Street, CHICAGO, ILL. a..- •••• as • _ we • _. • Be aM • B. Be. _ ... • 0 U :C (J 'OOi ..C..r:... ~ ,... 0~ "o"fII= • to! III ct:J • 0 ,~ flit d Co ~ II as S 0 ~ ~ Z Q) C") 0 "" c:> "" - ~ Q .... ~ $.t e I.I.). c:> ~ --e ... "' ~ 5 I 1-- 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN "'- - -------,------,-------------------- - --.. These Specialties are used all I Over the World Hand Feed Glneine Machine (alenl V.neer Pre ••••. dlfferenl kin~. and .i,.e. (.Ie.led) :pendmR.) Many .tyle. and .i,.e •. Veneer Presses 61up Spreaders 61ue Heaters Trucks, Etc., Etc. Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies Power Feed GIn. SJlr.adlD. Machin., Sin.le. Double and Comb•• ation. (alented) (Si,.e. 12 ia. to 14 •• Wide.) LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS Ne 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind, No.6 GIll. Heater. by congress as the sIte of the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1913 EmbellIsh your 1et'ter as yOU please, but make San FranCISco bu1lSe out a" your unqualified choice Thank you. Yours sincerely, D N. & E WALTER & CO San FranCISco, May 25, 1910 W. J. Calder. :"The :Early Bird." Etc. San FranCISco wanb the Panama PacIfic E"posltlon to be held five years hence, and means to get It, Judging from the following letter, Wlltten by a gentleman" ho has many friends in the "furnIture world," especially m Grand RapId". where he has been known for many years' Decoying Bargain Hunters. \ "ell dressed woman stood before a shop window on Thoadwa' the other day, says a New York paper. She gazed 111tently at the dIsplay WIthin-so intently in fact that other 1\ omen notIced her and stopped to see for themselves what the attractIOn '" as A httle group had gathered, when sudden-ly the first '" oman tm neel anel hurried mto the store with the aIr of a "oman \\ ho has made up her mmd The others fol- 10\"ed fulh LOI1\ 111cedthat It was a time for special dispatch 111barga111 buy mg ~\ ne" \\ a \ of dra'" mg customers," said an onlooker to a trlend "If, cm "atch long enough you will see the original bar~a1l1 huntel reappear anel resume her post at the window, reach tOl the neAt bunch of women who are willmg to be --hln" n '" hat to buy." Editor W ee1dy ArtIsan, Grand Rapid". Mlch -San FI an-cisco is the logICal cIty m whIch to hold the Panama PacIfic Exposition vVe wIll ha \ e to persuade congre"s to that effect and we want your help If we get the faIr It will mean a tremendous "e--tern travel \Vhoever tra, els \\ est stays longer on the route than If travelmg In any other dIrectIon. eats more meals. sleep" more nights, spends more tIme a\\ ay from home San Fran-cisco must therefore have more fair accommodations than an eastern or more central CIty would need, to take care of as many people so far from home Whl1e here visitors w111see the rest of Cahfor11la The other PaCIfic cItIes wIll also require more than usual accom-modatlOns Visitors ,,,,Ill sleep in many dIfferent beds dUring the tnp That means a worlel of furniture, much more than would be reqUIred m any other part of America ThIS is what you can do for U", and If :'ou "Ill do It quick and hard It wIll count Wnte a letter to your congressman and senators 'itatlllg that you are strongly m favor of San FranCISCO bemg chosen Ready to Open June 10. The reht1l1(hn~ of the FurnIture Exchange in Grand Rap- HI" 11c1"~O fdl plugre""el that ~[anager 0 B Rowlette ~tate'O that It \\111 be Iead) to open on June 10 ~ - -_ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------~ MOON DESK COMPANY DESKS OF MERIT MUSKEGON, MICH. ~---------------------_.__._._.--_._._-'-------_. ------------,_._--,---- . ........ .. WEEKLY ARTISAN , SENSIBLE REVIV AL IN BEDSTEADS. Fashionable Fads Discarded for Comfort and Old Style Designs. Althea Harwm, m BeautIful Homes, St Lams -The every-swlngmg pendulum has moved back and real, actual beds are once more In sty Ie These are beds made of wood, with springs and p1llo" s that do not feel the need of a d1S-guise A few years ago there ~ as a positJve revulsion agaInst the lnOffenS1ve ,and comfortable bed, as If mankind wa3 ashamed of the fact that hIs body and mmd could not !Set along wIthout sleep To be sure we Jld creep off into some dark, umnvltmg- corner and snatch the repose we could not eillmnate from our dally program, hut we ~ el e almost con-vll1ced that It ~ a" a thing no longer In style among "the best famIlIes" and lest we lo",e caste, we carefully concealed the artJcle of fnrmture that betrayed our weakness There are some matter of fact IndIVIduals who InSIst that the foljIng bed, in Its endless vanety of fo,ms, was the outgrowth of the apartment house, that it came into being because of the need to economize :;pace The dIfficulty of thIS argument is to account for the fact that women with spacious homes and an abundance of bedrooms sent hand- "ome wooden beds scurrYll1g to the second-hand clealers and substituted enormou" foldll1g beJs at a cost of from $40 to $100 each Thl" wa" actually done In the homes of the wealthy, because the "concealed bed" was the proper thmg anJ the bed that was nothll1g but a bed was out of style One woman, who mu"t follow the fad at any cost, re-tained the other pIeces of furmture belonging to her bird's-eye maple and golden oak SUIte" and matched them as nearly as pos"ible in foldmg beds that cost her, for four beds, ex-actly $245 The four comfortable and ratIOnal beds that be-longed In those fOUl rooms were sold at $1 each, and the dealer assured her that he was :;howing hel a great favor to take them off her hands v\ IthIn six years she sold her foldmg bed.., to a storage house for $15 each and substJtutd a heavy brass bed Recently :;he has dIscovered that the old models are ~n favor and once more she IS entirely out of date. Fortunately hel hu..,hancl IS nch enough to humor her in her fanCIes, but he ha.., 13sued an ultJmatum that, thIS time, she is to select furmture that will not be ndlculous before It has be-gun to show wear The bedroom gymnastJcs have "got on his nerve",," hence the protest The housekeeper, who would be nght up to the minute in her furmshlngs, must have no more brass or VerlllS Mar-tIn bed" and as for the pretty clean lookIng whIte enamel bed, it IS suggestive of the hospItal or the maId.., room! N a really self-respecting woman of means would tolerate one In her house And thus the fad mOve" on In endless waves Fortunately most women have too much genuIne sense to heed the movments of these style-bIllows They select such fttrl1lshmgs a" they can afford to 1 uv and are gUIded in large measure by fitness and good taste It is an axiom that the thmgs that were never wholly m style are never wholly out of style The ultra-stylIsh creatIOn, of whatever kmd, is the one that has been carried beyond the lIm1t of sense and taste and IS, m ItS very nature, a mon"troslty, pleaSIng for a time hecause it ~ears the stamp of fashion N ow that the Ideas in bedroom furmshll1g have under-gone a rather radIcal change, it 1S Just as well for the family who must buy beds to buy them in accordance WIth the pre- 5ent vogue, tak111g care not to select the fadcbsh l)ieces that wIll be hIdeous when they cease to be styhsh The bed must be of wood If it is expensive, it may be a real work of art m ItS plam "urfaces, the natural markings of the wood "upplymg the sale decoratIOn Clrcassian walnut is now at the height of populanty and there IS httle danger that thIS wonderful wood from the northern slopes of the Caucasus '" 111ever lose its favor, provldmg It IS made along pleasing and really artlstJc lines In color and markmgs It IS marveI-ou" ly beautIful In pnce it outruns even mahogany and for thIS reason it is not often used m the makmg of highly fad-dI<; h furmture-unless the prevaIlmg plain style prove ulti-mately to have been only another of the fads The early EnglIsh and French Ideals seem to vie WIth each other 111pI esent-day populanty v\ e see bedroom furm-ture of the penods of the three Lotus's and 111Ehzabethan, Jacobean and GothIC style" displayed WIth that of the thor-oughly modern crafbman pattern" that ongmated almost sim~ ultaneously 111 France, Germany, England and Amenca There is a wealth of designs to choose from and there is not a foldmg bed nOl a metal bed In the showroom All the beds are of wood and they wear no mask They are built for comfort primarly; for the comfort of tired humamty that has ceased to be ashamed of the fact that It needs sleep In one of the newer houses are two rooms that show the extremes in bedroom Ideals One is an enormous room for which the furnishings were made to order All are of Mexi-can mahogany and the mantel in one corner IS of mahogany to match There is a Lotlls XIV feelmg to the apartment, and the polished hardwood floor 15 covered WIth an Otlental rug in delIcate color" This IS a guest room, conventIOnal to the last degree In marked contrast Is the apartment furnIshed accordmg to the ideal" of the daughter of the household, who had been 111 Germany studymg musIc and had absorbed the German 1dea of house decoratIOn Her room serves the double purpose of sleeping room and boudoir and the bed is of white enameled wood to harmomze with the woodwork and the other furnishings. The chairs are low and square, fil1lshed with thin cushions attached by modest ribbon bows of Persian blue The bed cover is of the same material as the cushion covers and stands wlthll1 a white enameled recess screened with heavy hangings of the same tone of blue The floor covenng is a hand-tufted German rug in PerSIan blue with a touch of wh1te and subdued green, and the same color scheme finds an echo in the wall paper The paintings are not suspended from the p1cture molding but are set in the walls as an important part of the decoration It is essentially a "girl's room," reflecting the tastes of a thoroughly artistIc gIrl, even to the built-in wnting desk at the head of the bed The idea, carried out as we find it here is only for the very wealthy, and yet there are suggestions in that lovely room that m1ght find place in the furl1lsh111g of a much less ex-penSIve apartment The old-fa"hioned double hed is among the faddish devel-opments of the late style 111the overornamented patterns of LOUIS XV and also 111the more senSIble plkm dull mahogany The best feature of thIS new mode IS thet1intrOduction of the smgle bed to general favor A "bed for t 0" is as bad as an overcoat for two, and 1f th1S "tyle-wave a hieves nothing else than the creatlOn of a demand for tW111be~s instead of double beds, it will not have been 111vain I I It is one th111g to marry for love and/! qUlte another thing to carry out the scheme The decay of poetry may be due to the fact that so much of It IS rotten s WEEKLY ARTISAN ,.. ... --_ -------_ .. __ .----------- ._-~----~----~------ .._-_.... --.., ACCURACY, DURABILITY, ECONOMY Three' most important requisites in case construction. We absolutely guarantee our method of construction to be stronger and less expensive than all others. Let us tell you about it. No. 181 Multiple Squa ..e Chisel Mortl..... WYSONO « MILES CO., Cedar St. and Sou. R. R., OREBNSBORO, N. C. .. -_ . ......._------ ... New Factories. Thompson Bro~, ha\ e e"tablhhed el ne\\ llpl]()l~teIl11t: tac-tory at L111col11,III James \i\'eller, Jr SOil of eX-majOI \\ eller, ha" e~tab-lIshed a '3hade and '3hade roller factory on La\\ 1em e ~trelt Yonkers, N Y Harns ::\1 K1I1g. '3Upel\ 1~lIlg 111"pectO! at grJ\ UllmCl1t naval stores, IS trY111g to 111teIe~t capItalbt" 111c"t,lhh~hin~ a furl11ture factory 111Sa\annah or at Dubhn. Ga E E Neale, \\ ::\1 Brown and \Y T 1111le\, ha \ e 111 corporated the HollIday Lumber a11d lur111ture compam capitahzed at $20,000, and to engage 111 the manufactlnel ot furniture at Hou"tol1, Tex John D and :\Iaggle [3 \\ nght"man and I'UgL11l Ben nett have 111corporated the Ozark \Iattre".., and ::\Ian utactm- 111gcompany, capltahzed at $6,000 and wlll e"tabh..,h d tactnf\ at Springfield, Mo G H Smith, J P \\ hlte and J C Lambk111. ha\ C 111 corporated the i\mencan Couch Roll ::\fanutaLtunng LUIIl-pany, capitaltzed at $2,000 to manufacture the Smith patent pneumatIc couch roll at MarseIlles, 111 Eugene Andrew~. R A vI, heelel and others ha \ e 111cor-porated the HIgh Pomt ('\ C) Casket compam to manu facture and deal 111coffin.." ca'3ket.., and tm nltm e 1 hL11 LapI-tal stock IS fixed at $10,000 to $50,000 and thL \ \\ III hegl11 the erection of a new plant wlth $1-1-,000 pald 1J] To Guard the Door Bells. The common counell of Lynchhurg, Va. I" con"'Idcnn~ an ord111ance whlch would protect hou'3ekeepers trom the nUlv ance of answenng the door~be11 for the swarm ot a~enh and sohCltors who cont111ually 111fest the town In l111e \\ Ith thl~ movement 15 the agltatton for putt111g lnto the po..,tal regu-latlOns an order pruhlblt111g the plac111g of rhstnbuted ach <:'1- tlS111g matter 111pnvate mad boxe~ Both of these regulatlOn.., would rebeve housewlves of a gleat deal of annoy ance, but the Vlrg1111a problem IS especla11y worth} of attent101I The intrusion of the advertJ~111g matenal b In a qUIet way, tak111g the tJme of the housekeeper", only \\ hen the\ wish to grant It The calhng of the SOltCltor b (JUlte another matter He may call at the mo~t 111com el1leut hour 11c met\ take an unfalr amount of the ))lOSpectl\ e Lu~tOl1lCI\ tlml He may even be 111sult111g111hI'" methods, \\ Ith pos;'lbl} no remedy available for the housewlfe In most cases the canvasser h a Jlrect competItor of the merchants who, for every good reason, are de"en 111gof fir~t consideratlOn in the bUY111gof supphe" The cam asser.., onh payment to the town l~ probably for one day\ hotel bdl. Ash for Catalog "J" \\ hlle the l1Ienhant contllbute" 111C\ ery posslble way Many 11lerLhanh helIe\ e that the Vlrg-ll1la people are on the right tI dlk ell1d hope that an 01 dll1ance wl11 be worked out whIch ma} "el \ e a.., an example for many other COl11l11Ul1ltIes Death of John Hillenbrand. 10hn Hl11enhlanl, the \\ealtlllest, and one of the m03t 11lghh re"peLted. plOgle%IVe and enteIpn'3lDg cItlzens of nate", dIe, Ind (hed on ;\Iay 27, aged 67 year" He was a nat!\ e Indlal11an ha\111g been born 111RIpley County in 1843 I ul tIm t\ -h\ e \ ear.., he wa'3 closely lclentIfied WIth the bUSI-l1e~" ll1tere-h at the CIty of BatesvIlle and lald out two aJ-dltlOn" to the t(1\\ n He \\ as ll1ten~ely loyal to his Clty and ne\ er taded to d\ all hHn~elf of evelY opportul11ty to further lt~ ll1tel e~t and to promote the wt>lfare of ltS people \\ lth hh ~Lm" and son-ln-law, !\Ir Romweber, ~1r Hll-enbrand L01lducted '3ucccssful bu.,l11ess affaIrS and gave eru-plo\ ment to hundreds of people under the firm names of \mencan Furniture company. Bate"vl11e Casket company, Electnc Llght company, BatesvIlle '''Tater vVorks and the Hl11enbrancl company He \va.., closely ldentIfied wlth the Fll..,t I~);" atlOnal Bank and had an 111terest in the Harry . ~cl1\\ ler com pan} and the Krome ::\11l1Jng company \Il HIllenbIand" death wa" due to heart clisease from \\ 111lh he had "uffered for "everal months English Syndicate Will Cut Veneers. 1 he board of tra~le of Schenectady, )Jew YOlk, state that the Uoughel "yndlcate ot London, backed entIrely by En~h..,h capItal, ha" ohta111ed a large tract of land on the \lbany TnrnpIke, about three nules flam that city, and WIll U il1l1l1enlC \\ ork at onle on the erectlOn of ltS fir"t plant ln the L nlted State~ The tactory \\ 111 be glven over to the md11utactUle of hardwood \ eneers, whIch are reqUIred ex-tenslV el} br ma1lufactl1nng bohb111s for u~e 111 cotton anJ \\ oolen 1111115and aho fm 1l1tenor fil1lshe., of houses and for fine furnlture Gun stock" and tool handles are also to be made 1 he ~\ ndlcate \\ hlLh \\ 111 111vest at lea"t $50,000 111 "'-lhenedad\, nu\\ 0\\ 11.., 1111111en ,e tracts of lanel in South \l1lCllld etlHl \In.ll), and no\\ opelate'3 e,everal lanse Lic-tUlle.., 111 (deat HlltdllJ Furniture Fire8. fo"eph \Iuench 10'3t about $1 GOO by the burnl11g of furl1l-ll1le "t01ed 111a barn ln the rear of hIe, fllll11tl1le store, 1200 l,Clle~~ee ~tleet. Buttalo, \ Y. on vray 26 :0io l11;,urance WEEKLY ARTISAN .. - ••• ••• •• • ••• •• __ •• T. • _ • • • • •• _ ••••• I You cannot find better Quarter Sawed Oak Veneer than we could furnish you right now. Write us. WALTER CLARK VENEER GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. COMPANY '-._---~~._-----------~ ..-- _. _._. ---._~~---..__---- ------ ._-------- - -. --.- ---._--. -- --- -- .--~ New York Notes. NEW YORK, June 2.-The stock of F. Mohr & Co. ha5 been closed out and all of the creditors have been paid. The Cambridge Trading company settled the final details and have also ended their existence. Mr. Mohr does not know what he will do and none of his head men have connected with a position as yet. The Metropolitan Museum of Arts has obtained, through the generosity of Mrs. Russell Sage, the famous collectIOn of furniture and the allied arts, brought together during the past twenty-five years by H. Eugene Bolles, a lawyer of Boston The collection covers a period extendll1g from the earllest set-tlement of New England to the first part of the nineteenth century. Pierce Deamer of 1252 Park avenue, Max Bischoff of 31 Allen street, of New York, and George W. Watson of 103 Lynch street, Brooklyn, have Illcorporated here the B FItch Manufacturing company, to manufacture and deal in bed,>, mattresses, furniture, etc , wIth a capItal of $2,000. Samuel J. GoldsmIth, for the creditors, has taken charge of the furniture store of Snyder & RIdgway, 152 West Thirty-fourth street. It is said the creditors will receive over fifty cents on the dollar. The firm of Isaac Lewis & Sons have been incorporated 11ere, to manufacture and deal in mirrors, plate glass, etc, by Frank J. Stephens, 1327 Stebbins avenue; \VIlliam Pfeiffer, 609 East 182nd street, of the Bronx, and Jacob Echardt, Jr., 82 Greenwood avenue, Brooklyn. Frederick Loeser & Co , a large department store of Brook-lyn, have bought the entire stock of the Grand Rapids Furni-ture Exchange, of 156 West Thirty-foUl th street, New York Louis Lewinthan, Della Lewlllthan, of 740 SIxth street, and Robert Isaacs. 923 Third avenue, have incorporated the New York Parlor Suite company, to manufacture and deal in couches, parlor SUItes and Turkish chairs, wIth a capital of $3,000 Drama for Salespeople. An interesting httle drama entitled "The Floorman's Nightmare," dealing wIth th~ business life of the salespeople employed in the GImbel Store, PhIladelphia, was recently pro-duced III the bIg audltonum on the seventh floor of the store before a large and appreciative audIence composed entirely of Gimbel employes The play was composed by one of the superintendents and the assistant buyer of the basement dress goods department acted as stage manager The buyer of men's furnishings acted as musIcal director. The cast was made up of twenty-five employes from various departments of the store. The sketch was dIvided into three scenes, each being a reproduction of certain parts of the big store. Only employes of the store were permitted to attend and about one thousand were present to WItness the little play. The purpose of the entertall1ment was to suggest im-provements among the salespeople, to show how mistakes are made and how they may be corrected, and to illustrate the faults of the employes and explain in an instructive way how they may be remedIed. Intertwined throughout the verses, songs and dialogues were Just enough humor and fun to give the affair the right sort of amusement. It was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and besides being the source of much pleasure to both performers and witnesses it acted as a valuable lesson in teaching the employes always to perform their duties in their most proficient manner and to bear in mllld such essen-tial factors as courtesy, politeness and wl1llllgnes'> to supply the wants of customers. "'-. aT ••••• __ aT •• ------ .... -._- ...._.~ "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, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa . ...... . 9 .- .~ .. 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN .- III ·1 I I t,I I,,I , II Ii._. - -------------F~-Pa~~~hr"·1i 1034 Grand Avenue I CHICAGO II IIII II I II II I . . ---------_. _._.-----------------~-------_ ... ----_.. .-_...--.--....-.. --.. -._. ._--_._-- WII.L.. TRY TO LESSEN FIRE LOSSES. National Board of Underwriters Appropriates Money for That Purpose. The National Board of Fire UndenHlters at Its 44th an-nual meeting in New York last ,'leek, appropnated $78,500 for the work of preventing fires and improvll1g buddll1g ClllbtruC-tion in the vanous cities and towns of the U mted Stdte~ dllnng the coming 12 months. Of this amount $70,000 1:-. to go for the work of the fire prevention committee and $8,500 f01 the services of an expert on buildll1g constructIOn and the free distribution of a new editIOn of the board's model bmldll1g code. The executive committee reported that Ira H \Voolson, adjunct professor of clvl1 engineellng at Columbia U11lVerslt\ had been engaged as an expert on bmldlllg matenals to appedl before municipal authorities in various parts of the countJ) where reVised building codes are under conSideratIOn and ad-vocate the adoption of the NatIOnal Board's standard code J Montgomery Hare, the retlnng preSident, 1ll hiS annual address complallled that the pubhc and the legislature do not under:stand the pnnclples which "must gUlde us If \ve are to give undoubted protection III all and every conditIOn that dnses whether It be the number of every day losses we must expect or in the sweeplllg conflagration." "To lessen the number of fires and to prey cnt slveeplllg conflagrations, the public of the Umted State:-. through their state and mUnIcipal government, should enact la \-\s ,'Ihlch \\-111 be effective, and the underwriters should aid them III thiS by their practical expenence," said Mr Hare "There is no other way than thIS to meet the SituatIOn, and yet what is being done? Laws are pas:-.ed to gOHrn our business that cnpple it without any benefit to the msured Laws are framed by those who have some pohtlcal, levenge-ful or financial purpose in view, and are passed by a body of men who have given them no conSideratIOn, and who from the technical character of our busllless ha\ e not the knowledge which can be acqUIred only through long tramlllg Whl1e many of the officials appointed by the states to superVIse us are upright men, and thell purpose is good, III many cases they are without experience and issue under authonty given them edicts which entail enormous expense and accomplish in the end nothing. "The feeling on the part of the legislatures, voicing, we must suppose, the views of the people of our commonwealths, is that insurance men represent corporatIOns, and anything bearing that name is to be treated as an enemy of the country There will come, I hope soon, a recognitIOn of the fact that commonwealths cannot attain commercial prosperity without Manufacturer or Willo,v Furniture SEND FOR CATALOGUE finanCIal means, and that the aggregatIOn of these financIal means in the fOIm of corporate capItal IS not a danger to the state, but a help, and should be encouraged rather than har-ac,:-. ed "Am legIslative act which tends to harass business un-fanly, results III greater cost to the customer, therefore, I plead for greater 111telhgence on such subjects before laws are pass-ed \-\hlch deal \-\Ith them There IS no monopoly or trust III our bllsll1e:-.<; Probably one-half of our members Ignore the rates \-\111chare pubhshed as gUldes to the busllless Why they do so IS because from their point of view they can sell some partlcuial kllld of insurance at less than theIr competi-tors- whether this Judgment be correct must be determll1ed by result" RIsks taken by fire 111surance compames are always based on a claIm, and therefore, life rates are on the definite baSIS the duratIOn of Me and accrued interest Thel e has been no eff01t on the part of legislatures to name rate" fm hfe lllSUIdnce In our bUSllless the contract is on a temporary baSIS, and statc control of rates may be tried, and if nothing I" accomph"hed. 110 harm can be done except to capital. "There I" 110 more reason for the state to name rates for 1l1surance than to name prices for merchandise to be sold." The membership of the National Board is now 124 the largest S111ce1901 when the companies represented were 129. Officers" ere elected for the ensuing year as follows: A \V Damon, president, ~pringfie1d Fire and Marine, president, George W Babb, United States Manager, Northern of London, vice-president; Charles G. Smith, secretary, Ger-man- American Insurance company, secretary; Marshall S Dnggs, preSIdent, Williams burgh City Fire Insurance com-pan), treasurer ...-----------_._--_._- ------------., I •I I,I III II Doetsch & Bauer Co. Telephone, Lmcoln 796 1534-1544Greenwood Terrace CHICAGO Manufacturers of Parlor Furniture Frames TO Reach OUR FACTORY Take Clybourn Avenue car to Ashland Avenue and walk three blocks North to Greenwood Terrace, then turn East lnte Green-wood Terrace Or, Clybeurn Avenue car Wlth transfer on South-port Avenue car, thence over Southport Avenue to Greenwood Terrace and walk West. .. . . .. WEEKLY ARTISAliJ 11 THE L. Mac E. VARNISHES BLUE RIBBON RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISH, QUAKER CITY COACH VARNISH-CABINET FLOWING VARNISH, WHITE MAPLE RUBBING and POLISHING VARNISHES; WHITE MAPLE GLOSS VARNISHES-WHITE REED FLOWING VARNISHES, FLA T ALL VARNISH and ALL DULL FINISH-lAP ANS. Etc. DIPPING VARNISHES NOTE-Our many years of practical experience with the Furmture, Piano and kindred lines of manufacture enable us to know Just the kind and quality of varmshes demanded. Also the fact that our strong corps of salesmen have an already established trade with this class of customers through visltmg them wIth fillers and stams, makes it possible for us to sell varnishes without additional ex-pense to us, which advantage we are dIsposed to give to our customers in quality. Send us aTrial Order. THE LAWRENCE-McFADDEN COMPANY Philadelphia =----------------------,------------,- Tact as a Lever in Trade. Pullmg for new trade ever and always is part of the hve retaIler's daily work, But he must never overlook tlhe oft-proven truth that "a bird III hand 13 worth two III the bush." The customer he has must be so handled as to remam of the fold, smce the busmess grows not by a change of faces, but by added ones. Wherefore, the wise are very careful to make old customers feel "cumfy" m their deallngs and prompt to correct any unlookeJ for cause of complamt whIch m spite of every precautIOn may now and agaltl crop up If the mlsunclerstandmg be due to the customer's error or Ignorance, the store, by tactful courtesy and patience, can smooth It out and the dally WIdening pollcy of "money's worth or money back" usually holds the customer':;; confi-dence and wms back promptly her good-will But that doesn't cover a case where the store is the "guilty" one. Sometimes the wrong package reaches Mrs. Jones, who has bought something wanted for that evemng, and the mistake cannot, of coune, well be rectified the same day If the error is found out by the purchaser only after the store doors are locked. Suppose next mornmg she rings up the concern on the telephone and states her disappointment? Will the clerk who answers know how to proceed? You know it would be unfair to ask her to bring back the article sent in error and wait at your exchange desk for recti-fication of your blunder. Besides, her store of patience as an innocent victim would poorly meet the many questIOns of a clerk who needed all the explanatIons, and who might finally refer her to another "authority" to repeat the, now to her' I sIckenmg details That way you might deservedly lose for your store a good friend and valued customer. Hence provide against ~uch possibIlIties by promptly facmg your task, which is to "enJ at once for the package and Issue a credit for the amount Mrs Jones paid or had charged to her If, for any reason, however, you cannot "end fOJ the goods, write a courteous letter requestmg tlhe return of the goods (with the note to the WrIter-or to someone mformed of all of the details-so that the good lady's receptlOn will lUvolve as little delay or "red tape" as pOSSIble Of course, in a case where the error IS of such nature that an in vestl-gatIon IS required before rectIfication can be made, be sure to give your customer every benefit of a doubt, save her every annoyance possible and give the qUIckest declslOn WIth full explanatlOn as soon as may be ThI:;; sort of tlhmg lS too Important for junior clerks. There's a customer at stake, and always remember it's one perhaps WOIth two you have "yet to get." i I - .__ .~ II III We are Special Tool Manufacturers for the Wood Working Trade, Our SOLID STEEl MOULDING CUTTERS are the Best in the World. SPECIAL ORDERS SOLICITED AND GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY WOOD WORKERS TOOL COMPANY, 542 Jackson Blvd" CHICAGO. .. .. . . ...S.A.W_, .KNIF.E AND TOOL MANU_F.A.CT.U.R.ERS. ---_._-~.. 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN - --- -- ...------_._._.~~_._--~-._-_._~~---_._~-------_-~._,-------., Pitcairn V~~~~~~Com pany I Reliable Varnishes of Uniform Quality Our Motto: "NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT HOW GOOD" c. B. Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't. Ao. _ _. • ••• LATEST STYLE OF PUBLICITY MAN. Highly Paid Experts 'Vho Go About Digging Up New. Useful Ideas. A pubhClty man 1Il ClllCdgO ha" <IJob thdt IJd}" bJlll SlOO a week TIe spends his tlme 111gett1l1g <l!tlde" ,llld par,lgl,lph" mto the tl ade papers on ways to store J1 on and steel bal" dnd sheets so as to get the greatest weight mto the least space A Chicago steel merchant emplo} s him and thmks he b ~et-ting his services cheap The more steel the city trade C,lll ..,tore convelllently the more the steel melchant hgures It \\I!llnl} There IS a cancel n 111the \Vest \\ hose bus111ess IS remod-el111g old locomotives and old machmery generall) One at the desks In the office has at It a young man who flequenth disappears for ham sand even da} s at a tlme \\ hen he re-turns he attacks the key s of a t) pe\\ nter funousl} The ",Ll-anes of the salesmen of the compan} are small beSide hI" ThiS young man has the knack of \\ ntmg attrdctl\ e articles on the value and uses of rebutlt second hand mach111- ery, partlcularly locomotlves Trade papers all over the coun-try print them These articles gIVe practlcalmformatlOn, '3ug-gestions and mgenlOus shop k111ks that hundl eds of people re,ld with interest and remember The) do mOl e to mcrea"e the "ales of that concern than the efforts of man} salesmen Another firm manufactmes several millton dollars v,orth of machine tools every year It pays a man close to $10,000 a year Simply to wandel about the bIg shops, pIck up ne\\ Idea.., and posslblhtles for the use at the mach111e.., and \\ nte about them entertammgly In hI" hunt for ne\\ \\ ays of employ 1l1g them to greater advantage he also goes to plants that use the tools made by hiS firm ThIS man's artlcles al e m demand by the trade press He mentlon" the name of the mach111e mer as well as the manufacturer and both get a reputatIOn 101 progressiveness Then hiS own concern makes dozens of "ales of machine tools to houses that Jump 111and take advantage of what the others have found out In companson With these pubhClty men of the 111dustnal world who give a new Impetus to their employers' bUS111es" and fresh outlets for their goods the common or gal den \ dllet\ of pubhclty men, the spectacular pless agents, figure small The men \\ho are the new practlcal eAponents of the al t at boom111g manufacture just where It wdl do the most good and of creat111g new markets are the real th111g of pubhclty toddY They have permanent places 111 their compames '[ he pubhc they have to reach IS relatively small It can be con- V111cedonly by hard facts Therefore the artlcles must be ac-curate as well as 111terest111g The pubhcity man of the industnal \\ arid usually has no easy task, however He cannot "it down and \\ alt for ne\\ s to Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J. come He does not make It, but he mmt dig It out, adapt It dnd bm1t It up untIl It becomes of defilllte value to the product he IS pUSh111g Then he must wl1te thlllgs that practical men III the bU"111e"" \\111 want to lead because they have never 1-.nO\\n the facts before 1\J 01eaveI', the 111dustrial publtclty man mlbt h.eep con"tdntl) ~ettl11g hold of new Ideas He doe" tIll" by bemg cont111ually on the go and VI"ltl11g e\ elY\\ here TIllS new form of publtClt) man must hay e the capaCIty of makll1g fnends and be111g enterta111111g He gets noth1l1g unle"" he IS d welcome guest 111plant after plant qmte unconnected \\ Ith hiS own He mu..,t be hane! 111glm e With the eng111eers and e'Cperi-menter" 111the big corpOlatlOn" tllclt die constantly trYll1g to leduce cost ut1lt7e waste and re\olutlonl/e or adapt method" Made by Johnson Chair Co • ChICago, Ill. The"e people must tell h1111 things Heanng of countle"" changes and de\ elopment", he must at once recoglllze and \\ lIte about tho"e that can be adapted to push hIS own good" ThiS "01t of pubhClty man cannot exaggerate or COlOl H1'i field IS the pla111 tluth, With every tech111cal cletall pos- :olble One th111g he has to learn lS nevel to make a mistake 111 techl11cal detatls and never to gloss ovel what he doesn't kno\\ The sCientific expert 111 the m.echa11lcal world has an un-holy JO} 111 expos111g flaws he may find 111 al tlcles 111the tech-mcal pless If a star) lS not practical 111 the highest deglee from an eng1l1eer1l1g P01l1t of view some eng1l1eer IS SUIe to get on the lob He wntes a letter of cnilcism and l1dleule; he calls down the trade paper, both III pnnt and 111 gossIp around WEEKLY ARTISAN the trade One young man who embarked 111thl» l111e wIth flattenng pro,;pecb and the largest salar) he had e\ er receIved found this out to hIs cost ThIs young apo,;tle of 111du,;tnal publIClt} wlote a btor) that wa,; a beautJfu1 pIece of WOlk IV hen looked at through laymen's eyes It had the ment of beIng fasc111at111g re'ld111g, the style was easy and pleas111g, the descnptlOns were graphIc and well put He got 1t 111to three or four bIg trade Journals It redounded so much to the CledIt of the company that the presIdent came out of his ,;hell and, walk111g out of hIs own office 111tO Mr SmIth'", broke the C01poratlOn'» record» by tap-ping the open pag e of the blgg est and best trade paper V\ Ith hIs ::;lasse» Just where the largest cut had been placed and "aY111g enth uSlastIcall y "F111e' Fine I" Before that da) \\ a" over, howel er, there were trouble call" 111those office,; One or two satIncal telephone messages had come 111 The pre'31dent had been buttonholed on the "treet, Rolnnson, the "eeretary, and Fdv\ ard,;, the head of the sales department, hael heard one or two th111g" at theIr club There wa,; a message, none too pleasant, from the edItor of the trade paper \iVhat had happened was that flaws had been dlscO\ ereel 111 the artIcle-flaws that, except In the trade, V\ ould hay e passed unnotIced, but com111g under the eyes of men traIned SCIen- Ufically and practically were glaring and ridIculous '\n emI-nent eng111eer made a tenstnke for hllTIself by a pungent lIttle commu111catlOn 111a trade paper a week later about It, and for the next month or so the president of the compan} hardly dared show himself in the Mach111ery Club Very few of the publIcity men of the 111dustrial V\ orld would fad 111thIs fashlOn They are too carefully picked for that and have the essentIal of ,;cientIfic accuracy too thoroughly ground 111tOthem A man who spend,; hi" days viSItIng up to date factones and heann~ about and ,;eeing new ,;hop kinks gets to be as sure footed as the most practical eng111eer when It comes to descriptions A company that turns out locomotIve,; by the hunnred pay» Its publICIty man $10,000 a year SometImes a smaller house can get a new man who IS capable and promis111g for a,; low as $3,000, but that I'; about the m1111mum The job is too Important to take chances on a cheap mall A bus111ess could I expenment WIth ala", pnced salesman, sending him over a ter-ntory that looked rocky and unprofitable; but if the publICIty man doesn't do what he might or makes a mistake it IS likely to ('o,;t money \iVhat a crackajack, hIgh quality publICIty man of re- ,ources can do IS unlimited His IS a rov111g comml'3sion He 110t only keeps 111touch with the plant that pays him but he is lrOl1lld and about everywhere, as no one else has a chance a be He gets into scores of other plants and sees new nethods; he learns all the short cuts that are going; he is ully up on the latest feature of tech111cal lIterature, and at 'lubs, com entlO11s and in hIs dady He he i" 111touch with the )lgge'3t, cleverest men The publicity man of the industnal wodd seldom fads to levelop practically, and no OCCaSlOn'3he ol1g111ates Up in ~onnectIcut a bIg automobde plant was 111the habit of testing d1 ItS 111ach111esjU'3t before they went out by elevat111g them ligh in the air and revolving the wheels at hIgh speed It took lot of power and was a large expense 111the aggregate, but t had to be done The publICIty man stopped and watched a test one day Ie had seen It a hundred times before and there was nothing lovel to hIm In the process, but ever) th111g 111tere'3ted that oung man He chewed on hIS CIgar for a moment, pulled lawn his fancy waIstcoat and looked thoughtfully down at the 13 Toronto, ant., Nov. 15, 1907. Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: Weare pleased to inform you that we are well satisfied with your patented dry kiln process. Your expert will tell you that our two dry kilns, having only been installed about four years were to our knowledge dOIng the very best work known to the Canadian piano trade so that, as you are aware we at first received your claim and proposItion with considerable indifference and skepticism. However, it is a pleasure to Inform you that though the results from the former kilns were admirable yet we find your process an improvement and we, therefore, feel that we have been repaid for the outlay in its installation, as in the matter of the drYIng quality, and time occupied in the process, your kiln is fully up to your guarantee. We are, gentlemen, Yours very truly, GOURLAY, WINTER & LEEMING. crease» in hIS trousers-he V\ as Just about to take a train 111tO New York. "Say, Sam," he saId to the superintendent, "that's bad bus1l1ess of ours \Ve're 10smg lots of power, and power costs money. Hml Sam, why can't we hitch on some of those bor111g maCh111e'3 and use all that power that's g0111g to waste? Hey?" ThE' supellntendent squ111ted down the room and stood 111 deep thought a moment. "By jocks, Harry, we can I" he shouted back Nobody about the place had thought of that before The 111dustria1 publICIty man makes his greatest successe'3 on the shop kinks A shop kink IS a better and quicker way of doing a certain job WIth a machIne, or It shows how the ma-chine can be used to perform some new function that will save bUyIng a new deVIce ='Jot long ago a big Ohio plant engaged a man who was known to the dIrectorate as an improver H IS compensation was fixed at 50 per cent of the savIng he could make yearly in operat111g expenses without increasing the cost of the plant By some simple readjustment in gear1l1g he saved the use of SIX mach1l1es and cut down the operat1l1g force of one room from l11ne men to five. The publICIty man of the firm that made the machines spread the news of the achievement broad-ca »t, greatly to his firm's advantage. Such radical changes are not frequent, but minor devices of labor saving and profit en- 1arg111g occur all the time -N ew York Sun. iiBird's Eye" in Michigan. "Birds Eye" Walker and wife, of Chicago, spent last Sat-urday and Sunday with hIS brother, L. C. Walker, president of the Shaw-Walker company, at Muskegon, Mich "Birds Eye" of course 1S only a l11ckname, Mr. Walker having been dubbed that by hIS fellow kl11ghts of the grip, because he sells l))rds eye maple veneer and talks of little else. 14 Might not convince But compare a note the similarity you without evidence. wagon to our truck, of construction fea- WEEKLY AR1ISAN TRUCK TALKS tures- No box bearings; nothing to easily break or get out of order; extra large center wheels, revolving on taper turned axles; wide treads; special first-class cast-ings. Grand Rapids Trucks are first, last and all the time the safest in construction, and positively the best. No. 15 Catalog Shows Them. Grand Rapids Hand 618 North Front St. Screw Co., Grand Rapids, M.ich. PECULIAR BUSINESS METHODS. Odd Devices for Computing and Keeping Accounts . Used by Pioneer Settlers. "When I first saV\ a timber contractor coolly calculating the value of a winter's cut by the time It took hie:;loge:;t.Qpase:; a certain point in a swlft "tream; "hen after thl", I sa\\ a Saskatchewan fal mer a~ calmly estimate and sell some thou-sands of bmhels of gram by the foot mstead of hu<;hel, and a coal mine superintendent 'keep hooks' m the <;nO\\." says a writel in the Bookkeeper, "I thought to myself 'Vel ily the busmess methods of man hath no end' "Last year I came upon what po<;slbly stands \\ lthout a palallel in 'business' logic and computation It \\as on the Wanipagow River A tie conti actor. "ho<;e gang numbered nearly thirty men, was at the time float111g hiS \\ mter's 'cut' down to market "His sole computatlOn wa<; 111the time It took the floating ties to pass through a certain deep and S\\ 1ft part of the stream He triumphantly expla111ed the \\ hole <;\stem to me that after-noon after the 'cut' had gone down "'I figgered it out qu~te a few) ear<; ago,' he said 'I hit upon the idea of find111gout how many tIes that stream would carry past a given place at a gl\ en tIme, at a certam height of water and without jams. So I chained back ten thousand be'" and let 'em slide " 'They passed that point in just one hour three mmute<; Then I ch~ined back another ten thousand and let them "hde They made it in an hour and seventeen mmutes T got a 1 average by dividing by two, which gave an hour and ten min-ntes for every ten thousand "'The run wac:; steady for five hours and forty minutes to-day, which means that 48,571 ties went down. They've got to come up to that count down below, because I know there ain't less If there are any more the company can have 'em I'm satisfied What's the use of hiring men to count \\ hen the river'll do It for you?' j "And thIS in a \'I,ay was the same sort of system employee by the Red Deer farmer who for three years past has sold hi wheat by the foot. This man, Albert Schmidt, has an 80 acre farm near Red Deer, and he harvests 400 acres of whea each,} ear Like nearly all grain growers 111the pi airie country Mr Schmidt threshes his wheat into a great pile, where i remains untl1 earned to the elevators The long grain pipe twenty feet m length, forms a huge funnel shaped mound 0 -, ---------------------------------- I I It I IIt II IIIIt I I••• I Grand Rapids Caster Cup Co. 2 Park wood Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now puttIng out the best Caster Cups WIth cork bases ever offeree to the trade. These are limshed In Goldeu Oak and WhIte Maple In a light fimsh These goods are admIrable ior pohshed fioors and iurn- Iture rests Theywill not sweat or mar. PRICES: SIze 2)( Inches •• $4 00 per hundred SIze 2~ mrhes 5 00 per hundred 7'r1/ a Sampl. Order FOB Grand Rap'a.. ... d * • f J * WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 ...--------~---~---------- II~._._._._--_._----~ GLOB~ VISE' a~d 1 TRUCK CO. I II I II II II1 GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Don't you want the BEST bench that was ever offered for the price, $12.00 (Subject to discount) This bench is 34 inches high. 6 feet, 3 inches long-front I5 inches; made of thoroughly kiln-dried hard maple strips glued together, 2% inches thick. The balance- J 3 Inches is soft wood. Can ship on receipt of order. •• P- -------------------------------------_._. __.--- .. wheat, and four years ago in having this grai.n measured Mr Schmidt measured the diameter of the mound He found that this diameter was 22 feet and that the pIle con tamed 600 bushels of wheat He tried the expenment agam and found that his next mound of the same size can tamed 609 bushels The proof was convll1cing enough for him, and to-day his 800 acres are threshed into 22 foot mounds and the wheat IS sold by the mound instead of by the bushel HIS method IS simply to put a check on the elevatol estimate without undue labor or expense to himself 'I figure,' he says. 'that I save a cent a bushel, or about $150 a year' "Some Canadians opened up a coal mll1e near Moose JdW where settlers would come and 10ad their own V\ inter fuel at a cost of from $1 to $2 a ton It was early winter and when I happened to visit the place, my approach being greeted by a fierce yell from the supenntendent, V\ ho bl andlshed a stick and shouted· " 'What the devil are you dOll1g? Are you stone blind-o' "I looked around and discovered that I was literally walk- II1g through hiS books SlI1ce morning-and this was at .3 o'clock m the afternoon-he had been keeping a reC01d In the '3nO\, of outgomg '3lelghs and wagons of coal About twenty farmers were drawll1g that day WIth his stick he had wntten the mitIals of each in a clean spot 111 the snow and wIth that same stick has registered the number of tons they had taken away. "I had spaded one-half of hiS 'books,' and it was an ham before he became at all affable I was 'ltdl more astonished when I entered the supenntendent's little board office The walls were black wIth pencd marks, figmes and names A fire would have burned down hiS 'books' of two years past" Nine years ago Frank Cahill went up into the Goose Lake country and settled on a homestead, his only pos'lessions belll~ a yoke of oxen, a wagon and $9 in cash, besICles a plough To-day he is worth a million "One day Cahill yoked up hiS oxen and set out fOi Sdska-toon, thirty miles away, to purchase '3upphes with hiS $9 Alfiving in Saskatoon he saw a chance and, like an Amencan, he didn't let It pass He !Sa, e over his oxen and wagon for a 'oIXmonths optIOn on twenty aC1es of land just outside of the town, and tl1l" he dl\ Ided IIlto a hundred lots "Then he went amon~ the surround1l1g settlel sand ron-v1l1ced them that the day was not far distant when Saskatoon was to be the greatest railroad and commerCial centI c VI est of Winmpeg HIS propositIOn seemed like giving the lots away He would go to a man with two or three hundred acre" of grain and say to him " 'I'll make you ove1 the deed to one of these lots or more If m return for each lot you give me the product of ~wo a("f('~ of your gram crop for three years' I "What was two acres out of two hundred or more? Noth-ing, t~ought the farmers, and they jumped at this easy way of speculat1l1g in Saskatoon real estate. The result was aston-ishing The one hundred lots were sold, and in return Cahill had sown, reaped and harvested 200 acres of wheat land for three years, absolutely without cost to himself "The deal netted him 16,000 bushels of wheat, or about $14,000. He paId $100 an acre for the land, so he cleaned up a profit of $12,000, and before others discovered what a boom he had given to the town real estate he had secured other options on about four hundred acres of the most deSirable property And the farmers did not lose, for CahIll's predic-tion was a truc one, and to-day Saskatoon has nllle lincs of "teel leading into and from it, thirty wholesale houses and a populatlOn of 10,000 Cahill Ie; a millional1 e and the big real estate man of the town" ~_._--_._----------_._.----_._-- ,IIII CHICAGO -~ I IIII I III II II II If I•II I, I• ~....................... THE FORD & JOHNSON CO. This is one of our popular Hotel chairs. Our chairs are found in all the leading Hotels in the country. The line includes a very complete assort-ment of chairs, rock-ers and settees of all grades; D1l1ing Room f\1 rl1ltnre, Reed and Rat tan furniture. Special Order furll1 ture, etc. A complete I.oe of sam-ple. are displayed .n Tbe Ford fJ }obnoon BOIld.nl!, 1433.37 Wabaob Ave., 1ft-c1ud. nl! a opecial d.splay of Hotel Furniture. All jurmture dealers are cordwlly mvtted to visit our building. Ao.. _ >llI • •_ ....... .... __ ....._._ .. _._. I!' OM +.... _ ..... . ..... .., I!"" 2 16 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~U.I-I.HEO .VERY SATURDAY .V THI: MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY • U.SCPlIP'T10N $1 eo P'ERYEAR ANYWHEPlE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $200 P'ERYEAR. SINGLE COP'I£' SCENTS. PU.LIC ....TION OFFICE, 108-112 NOI'lTH DIVISION ST. GR ....NO R...."'los. MICH. .... 5 WHITE MANAGING EDITOIO Entered as lecond class matter, July 5. 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapids, Michigan under the act of March 3 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E LEVY. Before the ela of large sample exhlbltlOn room~ "hlch II ere opened by the manufacturers of Grand Rapid" and the elect10n of mammoth expositlOn bUllchng" for the accom1110c1at!on of out-of-Grand Rapids 111anufacturer~, lme~ 1\ ere placed In lofts, storerooms, basements and attiCS, or 1\ herel er ;,pace could be obtained John A Fhck occupied a small r00111 on the third floor of a pamt and wall pdper 'itore "lth the lme ot the l <1\lor Chair company The 'iamples \\ ere 'itacked and hut h ttle 100m remained for te;,tmg and exam111ailon The :-lu"-hegon \ alley Furmture company "hawed their 1111eIn the btll1ard room of the LiVingston hotel Col M urra} 's first nhlblt filled a ~mall store on Mom oe street Other exhl bits" el e made 111the (oJ1- Knott bUlldmg, the Godfrel hmldmg dnd 111mam InC011\emcnt places Buyel s were not attracted b} such e,ll1blt~ and the enterpnse of the exhlbltols "as umel\arded \\ hen the filst of the bmldmg" erected espeClall} fOl e,hlbltlOn purposes" a'i opened With el ery foot of space filled the I alue of colleetll e exhibits was mamfested Bu} ers "ould dllide their tune" Ith the attractions of such a bmldmg and the bIg local lme" but would not spare the tune necessary to look 01 er a small out-of- Grand Rapids 1111eexhibited ;,mgly In 'iome maccesslble part of the city The btuld1l1g of the Pythlan and MasonIc Temple~ the Waters, Manufacturers' and Shepard bmldi ng s furm shed the space demanded by ~rowmg local and out-of-Grand Raplcj-., manufacturers for mak1l1g collectll e exhIbits Dunng thc period antedatmg the erect10n of the expOSItion butld1l1gs a line of chamber 'imtes was exhibited m a store on Canal street But one sale, of a smgle chamber smte, "a'i made c\ lme of tables, produced by a young, struggl1n~ corporatIon, hut nOlI a glant in 1tS l1l1e of manufacture, e:>Jnb1ted 111 the Godtrc\ building, attracted the attention of a few bu} ers, hut not a s111gle table was sold SucCeedlnl.; attempt'i to II In the falol of the market buyers failed and then the a'itute managel con-cluded that his line was not right ForthWith he emplo\ ed a first class Gl and Rapids designer, 1111ested a portl} roll of money m 1mproved machinery, reorga1117ed hIs" orkl11g force and put the business on sohd £;round c\ phenomenal ~ro" th followed, and now the busmess of the corpOl ation amounts to ~500,OOOor more annually A manufacturer of C;t Loms "ho determ111ed to place hiS lme nl.;ht under the e\ es of the bm er,,-, hired the btll1ard hall of the Morton home The tables were removed and the 'iamples 111'itallec1 As 111ne-tenths of the buyers made the Morton hou'ie their stoppmg place that year, the hne attracted attention, but did not 'iell on account of the • lack of merit The St LOUls1an fatled to attribute hi'S failure to the proper cause and" ithdrew from the markets He has made httle prol.;1 ess smce A manufacturer operatmg a plant m Jamesto"W n, NY, exhibIted hiS lme in Grand Rapids three } ears before he a\\ oke to the fact that h1S Ime was a weak one 111 el el \ partlcular He emplo} ed a competent designel, re- 01g al11zed 111""01 kmg force and moder111Leel his constructIOn and fi111Shand took the place tl1dt nghtfully belonged to h1m In the front hne of manufacturel'i There are les'ion;, to be learned h} el er} market exhib1tor, and the fact that but few manufacturer'S of fml11ture fall to learn ;,ome of them is cred- 1table to the mtelhgence and the enterprise that prevails m the indu'itry . The 'io-c,tlled "pcrmls"lve employers' hablhty b11l" whIch II a'" I Igorou"-h oppo..,ed by manufacturers' associatlOns and 1)\ "ieam and electnc railroad compames, was passed by the \ e\\ York leg1;,lature, has been Signed by Governor Hughes notll lthstandmg numerous protests, and 1S now a law of the state The prol1s1On", of the law are pecuhar and from the ~}nop~IS gn en by the newspapers, they seem so compli-cateJ that 1t II III reqUlre court decisions to determine just hO\l thel II 111 II ark out compenat1On for injunes as pro-llded for under a plan to be agreed to by employes and em-plm ers The permISSive or '> oluntary compensation scheme 1'" to he hI ought 111tOoperatlOn by the consent of the employ-er ane! dm of hl"- employ e'i, which consent must be filed in the counh clel k's office After the filmg of ..,uch consent the em-plol ell.., I ehel cd from hablht} under uhe employers' hablhty 1<11101 1908 an,! hecome:, m place the1 eof hable for all mjunes to "-ueh consentl11f; employes and for the compensatlOn pro- 11deel for h, the ne\\ lall and the employes' slg111ng such al.;l eement'i al e barred from nght;, accorded them under the old la\l The manufacturel" based the1r 0pp0;,ltlOn on the Idea that the lall 1~ crude and 1ts prOV1'ilOnS so comphcated that It \1111 snreh lead to expenS1ve htIgatlOn and on the dalll1 that the older la w. "h1ch has prm eel qmte satisfactory to both emplm elS and emplm es IS good enough The work- 11ll.; ut the' pe1ml'S'in e' 1dea 111 Ne\\ York 1'1111be watched II Ith I11tere~t b} cmployer" mother "tates In d1scussmg the present and ever to be popular arts and CIafts 'it} les m furmture, a well mformed deSIgner claimed that the cred1t for 1tS ongm IS due to \V11ham Morns The ongmal l\lorns chair I:' purely an arts and crafts des1gn, "lth a hmged back anel rod to support the same as special features :-lr Morns carned h1S art mto several fields of productlOn. The Dutch first used colored woods 111the construction of fnrl11ture ornamented With marquetene The Itahans and rrench u ~eel metal,,- and shells before wood" as introduced by the Dutch Although but Mtle used marquetene, when prop-erly apphed, \\ dl alII dYS have admllers Sample.., for the nlldsumme1 eXpOS1110n from the factones of out-of-to" n mdnufacturers 1'1111be reccived 111 Grand Rapid'" from da\ to da\ dunng the next three weeks The Hotel Ottawa, the summer home of many dealers 1n dlld m<lnufaLturt'I'i of furniture, located on Lake Michigan, thtrh -£1\ e mllJt1te'" nde from Grand Rapids, will be open for the 1eceptlOn of guests early in the midsummer season Man} Ime'i II dl be exhlb1ted m the furniture exposition to\\ ns for the first tIme this season The exposition plan for selling furmture and kmdred goods IS growing in popularity. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 f • • c •••• __ • __ a ••• -- ............. ._ ....-_ ...... --- a •••••• --------- ... Lentz Big Six No. 694, 48 in. top. No. 687, 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES I Lentz Table Co. I NASHVILLE, MICHIGAfIt .. ... .--- --- ......- ----_. -""• Career of Charles E. Fredericks. Charles E Fredericks, whose death was noted la"t week, was president of the Los Angeles Furniture company, La" Angeles, and the Jos Fredericks & Co, San Francisco He died at 3 '30 o'clock Tuesday morning, May 24, 111the Pasadena hospital, followll1g an operatIOn for appendIcItis a week pre-vious He was taken suddenly ill, for the first time In his hfe, came associated with \Vilham Mache in the MacKle- Fredencks Fur1l1ture company Later he wa" connected vvIth the PacIfic Purchasll1g company. At the tllne of hIS death he was presi-dent of the Los Angeles Furniture company. Mr Fl edencks 1'\ as a member of the Yerba-Buena parlor of the Natn e Sons of San Franc15co, and an actIve member of the Los Angeles Athletic club The Furniture Leather Center. NE\\ ARK, ~ J, June 2 -There 1.., a fall amount of furlllture and other slml1ar hne5 made hel e, and In the 1111eof natural leather thIs 15 the lal gest market In the world It 15 not known Ju"t "hat the productIOn of furlllture leather IS The output IS very large and as the years go by there IS no decrease, but an 111crease IS supposed to be the result, although the figure" are kept qmet There IS more mysticism and secretIveness about thIS bu..,iness than most any other 1ll1e that IS put before the pubhc The processes are all secret dnd no outsIder IS allowed to get a ghmpse of what 15 g0111g on 111s1de There IS also consIderable artifiClal leather made here and It also finds a ready sale among the fur1l1ture manu-facturers who make a cheaper llne of goods In the hne of var1l1"h a great portIOn of what IS made 111thIS country, is pro-duced III thIS Clt) Newark stands about tenth III the amount of manufactured goods, among the CItIes of the country, tak-ing all hnes 111 conslderatlOn There are few Cltles in the L-111ted State.., that have as \ aned a 1111eof manufactured goods as thIS CIty turns out Kantor's Furlllture store has been moved from \Vest Klll-ncy and Pnnce "treets to 229 West Kl11ney street The R)er Manufactunng company has been 1l1corporated at P dssalC, vvIth a capItal of $700,000, to manufacture uphols-tery goods, tape"tnes, etc Max Flusser, furlllture dealer, IS mOvlllg his stock from 156 Spnngfield avenue to temporary quarters at 13 Broome street Later a large budding w111be erected to take Cdre of hIS growlng busllless A Czesnolmcz has moved his furlllture store from 121 to 128 Ferry street New York promoters, whose name" are not known, have bought the property at vVashlngton street and Malden Lane, and will erect a large audltonum and mUSIChall, to cost $150,- 000 It WIll have all the club features and w111be the largest building of this character yet built here Charles E. Fredericks. when an operation which was considered the only possIble way of saving his hfe, was performed. Officers and members of the Pasadena Board of Trade, of whIch Mr Fredericks was an active member, attended the funeral. Burial was in the new Calvary cemetery, Los Angeles Mr Fredericks is surVIved by a widow and three chl1- dren He also leaves a brother and sister in San Francisco, A R Fredericks and Mrs Ada Lichtenberg He was 47 years old, having been born in Sacramento, August 9, 1863. He re-ceIved his education and business training in San FrancIsco \Vhile there he was president of the Joseph Fredencks & Co About six years ago he moved to Los Angeles S111cethat time he has lived in Pasadena. Upon his arrival there he be- t. WEEKLY AkT1SAN iII III• -------~_.._._._-~---_._----~ II II III I IIII I IIItI II II ..... ~------ WE MAKE REFRIGERATORS IN ALL SIZES AND STYLES Zinc Lined Porcelain Lined. White Enamel Lmed. Opal-Glass Lmed You can increase your Refrigerator Sales by putting 10 a line of the "Alaskas." Write for our handsome catalogue and price lists. THE ALASKA REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, Excl~~~eu~~;~~M:U;:S~KoErGON, MICH. New York Ofhee, 369 Broadway, L E Moon, Manager ~,----_._-----------------~------------------------------------'------ PRICE COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS. They Cut Both Ways aud Are Dangerous Thin2s to Play With. Gimbel BrothelS, ~Illwaukee, 111", rCClnth madl tht foIIoWlllg announcemcnt 111 the "ecIlt011dl ~CJl1dlt ot thlll advertisement "To be classed as a mere barga111 ~t()Je hn't G1mhd ~ ambItion IVe're bmld1l1g on a filmu and more lnd1111l1~ foundation Facts 111 Ot11 ach C'tlS1l1g dnd the truth an 1 nothing but the tl uth dl e the pI t11Clple<, tlut unclel hl the Gimbel publICIty" In this advertl~ement, wh1ch "d~ fOl the Satul day tl,Hle, a remarkable fact stood out, the entne ahsence of compara-tive prices-no "worth $4 at $269' The next dd} thIs ecll-torial appeare;:1: "This edltonal IS prepdreel £Ol the e1 e~ ot (\ el1 "oman t11 li\h"cons111, and evel v man, too fOJ that matter In tl11:3 age of mlsrepresenta t10n and newspaper e,,",lg-gel a tlOn, the merchant who is content to tell but the ~1mple tl uth about the goods he sells must eventually 1eap hath the ~()lc1en 0pll11On and loyal patronage of think111~ people C1mbc1 " are taking a stand 111 thiS matter slm1'h heC,lU 'C 1\ e ;11 ( unwJ1ling to have our ach ertlsements cla~"ecl \\ Ith the e,,"a~ gerated 'ads' such as fill e\ e1Y dady newspapel lYe 1\ ,l11t you to feel confident when you see 'p11ce' 1'nnted 111a Gun bel advertlsement that tInt p11ce 1S the 10\\ e"t that can bc offered for meI chdncllse of equdl1 alue and quaht1 Ii\ e \\ d1lt your confidence to such a deg1ee that we need not "a) 'S-t; ~u1t~ tor $27 ~O e\ en though 1t be the absolute truth We \\ dnt 'Smt" $27 50 at GImbel's" to Impress you ll1 a greater measure than the former statement Absolute honesty m Glmhel's advel tlsmg h our chIef alm." ~1l11tlar 'eclttonah" ha\ e noY\, been a promment feature of GImbel Brothers' (Milwaukee) "ads" for nearly two n1()nth~ and hay e c eated conSIderable talk among advert is- 1l1~ men and managers of large departmetn stores. .:'IIdm mell hants have learned by expenence that price lOmpclnq n I" a t\\o-edged sword and dangerous to play \\ lth and the tIme 15 not far away when exaggerated values -\\ hlch otten al e ba"ed only upon the "enthUSIasm" of the 1))1\ e'-\\ 111 not be found m advel t1sements of stores which cl,1l111 to be more than mere dumping-grounds for seconds and rejected merchandise. Tluth, afte1 all, appeals to the majority of people, and the "te\) e \\ hleh ha~ the courage not only to forbid anythmg ~d \ 01 Ill£?; of exa~1Sel atlon m Its adveI tisements, but to make the stdtement 111pubhc as GImbel Brothers did, is establish- Jn~ ltself III the confidence of the people III 1ts trading tern-till 1 \nc1 th1S mean" that '31.1cha store wtll be first in the 1111,1c1~ ot tho-,e \\ ho put quahty before p11ce Vmton M I)a~e dch ertl"lll~ 1l.1anager of GlIubcI BlOthers Milwaukee ~t( J e. 11lake~ tIll" statement , r 01 ~e\ C1 al 1 eal" the publIc has been victllnized and Impo"ed upon bv pCl 51"tent exa~gel ation of values TIllS c,,"d~gerat10n IS lal gel} the 1e~ult of the sharp competition that e"l~t" bet\\ (en the vanous retad melcantJ1e houses in l,lLh nt\ :each "tOle tnes ItS best to claIm the cllstinctlOn ut unclel "dl111g all othel <', eIther by offenng lower prices 01 SEND FOR CATALOGUE. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 CHOICE TOOLS FOR FURNITURE MAKERS If you do not know the "Oliver" wood working tools, you had better give us your address and have us tell you all about them. We make nothing but Quality tools, the firSt coSt of which is considerable, but which will make more profit for each dollar inveSted than any of the cheap machines flood-ing the country. Oliver Tools Save Labor "OLIVER" No. 16. Band Saw 36lnchea. Made wllh or WIthout motor dove Metal 'able 36"x 30" Wdl lak. 18" under Ih e gUIde-bill 45 degrees one way and 7 degrees the olher way Car. nes a law up to 131i Wide. Ouwde beann"g to lower wheel .halt when not motor dnven WeigN '800 lb. when ready 10 shiP "Oliver" New Variety Saw Table No. 11 Will take a saw up 10 20' diameter Arbor belt IS 6' Wide Send for Catalog "B" for data on Hand Jointers, Saw Tables, Wood Lathes, Sanders, Tenoners, Mortisers, Trimmers, Grinders, Work Benches, Vises, Clamps, Glue Heaters, etc., etc. OLIVER MACHINERY CO. Worka and General Officea at 1 to 51 Clancy St. GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• U. S. A BRANCH OFFICES-Oher Machmery Co. Hudson Termmal. 50 Church St. New York. Oliver Maclunery Co. Fmll Nallonal Bank BUlldmg. Clucago. III • Oliver Macllmery Co • Pacific Budding. Seattle. Wasll • Oliver Maclunery Co .201·203 Deanagale. Manchesler. Eng by giving more "value" to the artIcles offel cd for sale Eqch store has lts corps of buyers, and each buyer lS kept on h1gh tension continually The firm, the sales manager, the mer-chandlse man and the advertIslllg manager, all take their turn at him and, of course, hold hlS competItors' advertising before hlS eyes continually. Naturally enough, he wants to make his offers put all competitlOn m the shade, and he "stretches" his "values" and "worth 0' beyond all 1eason To put it plainly, he exaggelates and distorts the facts, and the ad, ertising man, for the same identical reasons, lets him go 'just so far' "Several years of this pl actice has rathu seared the huy-er's conSClence, and he thinks, "Oh' well vve have to he to get the people coming" But the time has arnved when the woman of average intelhgence lmmedldtely dlscounts every comparative-value announcement she reads. Consequently, the merchant", ho really has a bona-fide offerll1g to make-one fhat IS really extraordll1ary-must couch hlS announce-ment in distorted langua~e to meet competitiOn, and thereby unwl11111gly contribute his share to the exaggeratIOn game "After careful consideratJOn, Glmbel Brothel s, deCldetl to eliminate com pal ative price" from theIr a,h ertismg, and for some time past, every lme of copy has been stnctly cen-sored by both the adv ertisll1!S dellartment and the sale" manager "It was feareJ, at the stal t, that the StOll would sutlel somewhat, but, instead of falling behind, the sales have in-creased and show a sub:otantial inCI ease as compared wlth 1909 Notwithstandll1g the fact that Apnl, 1909, recorded the greatest month's sales in the histOl) of the store, our \pnl, 1910, busl11ess 'Show'S a lal ge incl ease-and not a com-parative value was used dunng the entlre month. u Time ~~ Tempers " Cost "OUl aIm IS to estabhsh an absolute confidence in the minds of the public, WhlCh shall be long-hved and vital Surely there's no better way to do it than by telling the truth and nothmg but the truth, and by givll1g the pubhc the greatest posslble value for the1r money This, we are sure, our pubhc appreClates, and the force of our efforts will be reflected effectively 111the ll1111ds of the pubhc, who reason out for themseh es that the merchant who is constantly giving th111gs below then re<1l value is certainly humbugging them" Will Press the F'resident. Western shippers propose to put pressure on President Taft and Attorney General Wicken,ham to institute proceed-ings under the Sherman act against a score or more of carriers traversing Iowa, Minnesota, N ebl aska, Kansas and other middle western states These trunk lines on May 1 gave notice that on June 1 they would increase freight rates and filed new tariffs accordingly Some of the increases amount to 30 per cent. All these road'S entel ed thelr increases 111one book, to which they SUbscllbec1 their name'S The Supreme Court 111the trans-Mls'Sissippi freight bu-reau case sevel al years a~o declded that railroads which en-tered into these traffic agreements violated the Sherman act The calflelS then slightly chauged their method of arriving at agreements as to rates Their representatIves held informal conferences and reached about the same conclusions as under the old system, but do not provide penalties for a carrier which does not live up to the agleement Members of the commission still contend that these traffic agreement" are unlawful. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN -~ ---------~~._------------ --- -_._-----._._---_._._-----------~---------.., Pittsburg Plate _.-._- .._------ -., Glass Co:rnpany LARGEST .JOBBERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF GLASS IN THE WORLD Mirrors, Bent Glass, Leaded Art Blass, Ornamental Figured Blass, Polished and Rough Plate 6lass, Window Blass \NIRE GLASS Plate Blass for Shelves, Desks and Table Tops, Carrara Glass more beaulifulthan white marble. CENERAL DISTRIBUTORS OF PATTON'S SUN PROOF PAINTS AND OF PITCAIRN ACED VARNISHES. (j For anythIng in BUilders' Glass, or anythIng In PaInts, VarnIshes, Brushes or PaInters' Sundries, address any 9f our branch warehouses, a Itst of whIch ISglVen belo\\ JlBW YOBE-Hudson anet Vandam sts. BOSTOJl--U-49 Sudbury St., 1-9 .owker St. Cli[lCAG0-442-4S2 Waballh Ave. cnrCIJlJlA'l'I-Broadway and Court Sts. S'1'.LOmS-Cor. Tenth and Spruce Stll. ll/IDII'JlBAPOLI8-S00-S16S. Third St. DBTBOIT-53-S9 Larned St., B. GBAl'IDBAPIDS, llDCll-39-41 •. Division St. PITTSBUBGH-IOI-I03 Wood St. MILWAUEBB, WIS.-492-494 Market St. BOCHBS'l'BB,•. Y_WUder Bldg.•• ain lIIIBxchange St•. BALTIKOBB-310-12-14 W. Pratt St. Smith Brings a Good Report. Royal B SmIth, manager of the furl1lture depaltl11lnt of Gunbe1 Brother~, Phlladelpllla ~tore, ~pent the pa~t \, eek III Grand RapIds l\[r ~111lth ';tate(1 that the bU~111e~"l l11dltIon~ III the eastern states had been ml~lepre"ented 111the market" of the west; that the spnng "ea~on had not heel1 nearh "0 bad a,; many had ,;uppo~('d Gl1llhd TIlotheh had 10"1. nil trade on account of the stllke of the "tI eel. lal lonductor" and motori~t" In fact an 111Clea"e of "ale" m el the lorre,;pond- Illg penod of last) eal ,,,a,, reported 1n e, el' elepartment the gl eate'it "as from the fUlnlture "ectlOn The sales of furnIture dunng the last busincs" } ear of the firm I ecently concluded, ",howed an 111CI ease of $7, SOO-not alaI ge amount but a sattsfactory re'iult \l' hen the hcal condltlon'i for hU"I-nes'i 111Phlade1phla are con:Olelered The f1001 ,;pace de' oted to the sale of fur11lture 111the GImbel estahlt~hment mea'iure" 151,000 ,;quale feet 1\1. the firm\ ,,,areholhe, located 111the neIghborhood of the stot e fifty-one men al e empl l' erJ 111re-celv111g and prepanng gooch fm delt, el' The fil rn \' III open a ~tore 111New Y 01 k on Septem hel I:; TIm el" are no\\ m Europe selectmg good'i for the ne\\ "tore IIr SmIth ha,; been very successful 111 the management of ftl1111ture department,; S111ce he left the road se, eral y eal ~ ago He has been WIth GI111bei Brother" a long ttme and I" esteeme \ very hIghly m the trade High Grade Coal Cheapest. Dunng a dl"cu"'ilon of the best means to he adopted to] "uppres~mg the 'imoke nUl'-ance before a commIttee of the board of trade of GI an J RapId" on June 1, II 11ham \1 Iddl comb, preSIdent of the IYldcltco111h FurllltUl e company statecl that a,; the result of man) expenments he had lealnecl that the use of high grade smoke1es,; coal 111 the 01)elatlOn of the company'" factory h more econOl1l1cal than the cheape"t 10\\ grade bltummou s coal Se, eral others had ohta111e 1 the same result ::vIr Townsend of the Grand RapIds Chall com-pany preferred to u,;e 10\\ grade coal on account of It" cheapnes') The neces'ilty for hur11lng the sha, m~,;, dust and cuttIngs collected 111a wood \'-':::Jrk111gplant \\ a" I eferred to and several of the speakel s ,;ta ted that the fuel a1l1oun 1.- to SIXt)-';IX per cent of the quantIty consumed \ hea', hlack smoke accompal1les the combustIOn of thIS matellal, and thIS could not be elim111ated from the atmosphel e of the cIty CLBVBLAl'ID-143G-1434 West Thi~ St. OKAHA-llOl-l107 Howard St. ST. PAl1L--459-461 Jackson St. ATLA1!I'TA, GA_30-32-34 S. Pryor st. SAVA1II'JlAHG,A.-74S-749 Wheaton St. XAJlSAS CI'l'Y-P1fth and Wyandotte Sts. BIBIID'GHAX, ALA.-2nd Ave. and 29t11St. Bl1PPALO, 11. Y.-372-74-76-78 Pearl St. BBOOXLYJl-Third Ave. and Dean St. PHtt.ADBLPHIA-Pitcairn Bldg., A:rch and 11th DAYB1!I'POB'1'-410-416Scott St. OEL.ABOllrlACITY, OELA., :nO-l1l2W. Pirst St. st.. II~ \\ Ithout c1J"111g elO\, n tht factone'i Mr l,vlddlcomb also ~tated that 111 the \\ IddlL01l1h plant hand stoker'- are employed H l (!tel not th111k It \\ he to subject "team bodel'; to the cold cllatt" supplted 11\ eel tam mechal1lcal stokers A proper autrJ!1wtlc elu~t colICCt111gS} "tem I" a neccsslty, but hand "tok- 111g\\ III pl0LJl1g the hfe of steam hOller", European Furniture Inferior in Quality. 1n an al tIde entitled ' [he Co'-t of Ln mg 111 Europe" pub!t"hld 111thc ~atul cia' Evenll1g Po"t, of l\Iay 28, Robert Shackleton, the authOI dhcu sse'i EUI "pean furl11ture as fol- 10v,s "I'tl1opean furl11tUle I" no longer as"oClated WIth "trelH;th and stal))!tt, The cheaper l.;lade" ale made of un- -ea"oned \\ ooch, "Ith much glue and go to pIece,; WIthout that \mellcan home heat that the Englt~hman loves to cntt-ll" e though" In he deems hImself capable of doing so IS a m,,,tery as he kno\\" llothmg by expellence of even ploperly heate 1 hou"e" In "mtel tlllle Y\ hat IS termed mah:::Jgany I, otten. a~ 111 \mlnla cheap \\ ood ,;-.amed The very cheape",t beelroom or hltchen (hall CO'it,; 60 to 70 cents and pnces mount I apldh and hIgh Cheaply made table,;, bureaus, bedroom "t1ltc~ e"ecrable 111 deSIgn, are com111:::Jn an,i at no hetter pnce" than our own department store') There IS the good and the beelUtlful also to be had, but the pnces are fully as l1H;h as 111 I\menca BI ass beds, 111one of the Pans shops, (,),,1. ~4000 f01 the narro\\est pattern, thence upwalcl A l11ecltum "Ized !fan hed, v\ Ith hra"" knobs, may he had for $14 Shipments Nearly Normal. \\ l1ltam \\ 1c1c1ll01l1h,plesldent of the VVlddlcomb 1 urni- [Ule companY, Graud RapId", reported on June 2 a notIceable cledll1e In 01clel ~ fOI ftlll1lture, clt11111gthe pa,;t month The lOmpany "sales "ere 'iO hea,y 111January and February, how-e, er thelt the' olumc of goods "hIpped to date IS about normal If r \\ lelch(omh ell1tJupate~ renewed actn Ity with the open-mg of the fall sea",on of trade "He Isn't Fussy About It."' 'lenatr)J rlt anc1el.;el of C onnectlcnt l'i a collector uf colon- Ial tur11l1UIC hut he hn 1. fn'i'i' about it," comments the Sat\1lela\ E, (11111g Post 'He IS nevel so happy as when one at hI" guests break", a rare aiel chaIr-except when one of hIS guests doesn't' MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS The KIlgore Furlllture company of Ensley, Ala, are bUlldmg a new store George \V Bent of Cambndge, "'lass, ha, secured a patent on a foldmg bed Phlhp Handlowsky has sold the nub furlllture store, at Sllpenor, Wis, to Henry Lnrye Sahsbllry Brothel s al e bu11d1l1g a three story addItion to theIr furnIture factory m Montpeher, Vt The SImmons Manufactur1l1g company of Kenosha, vVis , WIll open a branch office m Seattle, Wash J M DIxon, furniture dealer of Rich Hill, 110, has sold out to Charles Scov11le, late of Tnbune, Kan. The Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) F'urlllture companjy, are c10smg out theIr stock and will go out of business Charles W 11dy IS reported to have sold his furniture and general store at Hemingford, Neb, to I and E Rockey Hjalmar Launla of Worcester, Mass, has been granted a patent on a called wue mattress of hIS own invention Burt E Cullman has been appOlnted receIver for the Dnnklrk Fur111ture company, manufactUl er" of Ithaca, N Y The Rodgers-\Vade Fur111ture companv of Pans, Tex, have increased their capItal stock from $150,000 to $300,000 J V Dormmy, mayor and fur111ture dealer of TIfton, Ga, ha'> Just completed and IS now ocupymg a new brick bul1d-mg The Davis-Kaiser company, housefurnishers, of \Valla \Valla, Wash, have 1l1creased theIr capItal stock from $50,- 000 to $150,000 The Thomas \Valker Furmture company, dealers, of Savannah, Ga, has been incOl porated CapItal '>tock, all paId up, $41,000 J 0 Mathews ha" purchaseJ the nndel takmg busine% of the I\mety-Slx FurnIture and Ilardware company of Greenwood, S C Charles F Stemhaus, fur11lture Jeale1 and unde1 taker of T1oy, III , has filed a voluntary pet1tion in bankruptcy Lia-b111t1es, $11,794, assets, $4,412 Arthur B \\'heeler and Sila" G Small have pUlcha"ed the stock, busmess and good w1ll of the Tremaine Furniture company of North AttebOlo, Ma'>s The Hor111ng Cabmet company of MIlwaukee, \Vis, has been incorporatd by Charles A HOfl1mg, F L Klein and Hugo J Frost CapItal stock, $10,000 R1chard Mahnke wlll repre'>ent the Connersville (Ind) FUl111ture company in Ea ,>t.ern territory-Buffalo to Roston and south to \Vashmgton-next season John A Cunn111gham, fur111ture dealer, of J acksonv11le Fla, is enlarging hIS ,>tore by the erectIOn of a th1 ee StOly additIOn, with plate glass sho"" window'> The retaIl furnIture busmess of E Desse1ich, Denver, Col, has been incorporated by Charles and E Dcssench and F E Buckmgham CapItal stock, $45,000 The Hayworth Roll and Panel company of ITIgh Point, N C, are bUlldUlg a large addItIon to their plant wh1ch will be eqUlpped WIth veneer cuttIng mach1l1ery The Kelly & Hartford Undertakmg company of Denver, Cjl, has been incorporated by Frank Kelly, L C H artforc1 and F E Wl1hams CapItal stock, $50,000 The Hood-Wheeler Fm11lture company of Birmingham, i\la, have paId $36,500 fOI a fifty-foot lot, ad]oin1l1g theil store, on wlllch they WIll el ect a la1 ge buIldmg In the near future The firm of Butter & 1\1cMIllan, furmture dealers .Jf Sparta, \VIS, has been dIssolved Charles E McMillan hav-mg purchased the mterest of his partner, V\ill continue the bllsme,s The Assahet Furmtllre company ""ho have been closing out theIr stock at Maynard, Mass, for several weeks, have sold the remainder to the \if oller FurnIture company of Cam-bndge, Mass H I Greenburg has sold hIs mterest in the Gatslick T'urlllture company of North Adams, Mas,>, and will go to Oklahoma where he expects to find a desirable location for a furniture store The Rockford (Ill) Desk company have adopted plans for two three-story additIOns to their factory One of the new bUlldl11gs w111 be 32 x 128 and the other 112 x 114 feet In !:;lOund dimenSIOns The Behrem ::vIcMIllen Fur111ture company, who have been doing bU'>l11ess as a firm, have I11corporated under the same name \Y J Behrens and E P McMIllen are the I11corporators CapItal stock, $25,000 A petItion 111 bankruptcy has been filed against Robert H ReId, furnitnrc tlealer of TarrytoV\-n, N Y He is alle!:;ed t) have tran"fen ed property worth $20,000 to preferred credi-tors LIabihties $28,000, assets, $15,000 The petItIOn 111 bankruptcy agal11"t Snyder & RIdgeway, furnIture dealers, of 152 vVest ThIrty-fourth street, New York, has been dismi"sed All the assets have been turned over to a commIttee of credltol s who state that they are suffi-cient to pay about fifty cents on the do!!ar E R LIttle has purchased the I11terest of W E Beard in the Broussard-Beard undertaking establishment in Hous-ton, Tex The busmes" WI!! be contl11ued under the name of the Broussard-LIttle -cndertaking company New Furniture Dealers. l\f J Koford has opened a new fur111ture store at Tron-daile, \Vash F Weinberg & Son ale new fl1lnitnre dealer'> in Eliza-beth, N J -15 S-7 First street George Fennell & Co , have opened a new fl1l niture store at 2209 Third avenue, Harlem, New York H. J Southern and G R Busbee have organized the Bu,,- bee-Southern FurnIture company, capitalized at $10,000, and wIll open a new store 111 GreenvIlle, S C Charles P Lahey and Earle P Mal tin, former employes of the Bolt TIros Furniture company, have opened a new fnr111ture ,>tore at 918 East Douglas avenue, \V ichita, Kan T'rank Godfrey, untIl recently manager of a general st0re at \Vaipala, S Dak, has sold his interest to his partner" and IS preparing to engage 111the retail fUl niture bu"ine"s 111 the same town John \V Ford, who has been manager for the A%abet FurnIture company, ,,,,ho are closmg out their stock of furni-ture at Ma}narJ, Mass, wi!! open a large fU1111ture store m Seattle, ·Wash, about the middle of July VV D McAllIster, E M Proctor and R L Parrish, have IIlcorporated the CO'111gton Furniture and Hardware com-pany, WIth capItal ",tock fixed at $25,000 to $50,000, for the purpose of engagl11g 111the retaIl business in Covl11gton, Ky Mr Proctor WI!! be the general manager Jacob and Leopold Klel11, L vValker and H G Runnels, have incorpOlated the Klel11 Bros & Heiman company, lImi-ted, capitalIzed at $50,000 to deal 111 furniture, carpets, etc, in New Orleans, La They WI!! begin bU'3l11ess as soon as $40,- 000 of the stock has been "ubscnbed and paid in No. 9~Porch Chair No lO-Porch Rocker I arge size. Oak Seat Green or Mb<.,101l FlIlIsh. L'Hge SIze Oak Selt Green or \11%1011FinISh WeIght, 20 pounds WeIght 21)0 pounds No l1-Porch Settee Scat 40 mches long 17% mches deep Oak Seat Green or MIssIOn finIsh WeIght 32 pounds WEEKLY ARTISAN RICHMOND CHAIR COMPANY, RICHMOND, INDIANA Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Residences-Kate G Dayton 175 Crescent street, Buttalo. N. Y, $4,000; Alfred E Falke, 2070 Mam street, Buftalo, $4,500; Peter Taylor, 125 vVmspear street, Buffalo, $3,500, Fred Kasper, 124 Massachusetts avenue, Buttalo, $4,000 Ed-ward Theabald, 181 Beard street, Buffalo, $3,280; S A Clarke, 52 Altruna street, Buffalo, $3,500; George DeW em, 185 Rorher street, Buffalo, $3,500; Miss J B Rosenfranz, 402 vVoodburn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa, $4,000; John vVhltehead, Fan and ,Vest Liberty avenue, PittsbUl g, $4,500; Henry R M111er,376 '" en-zel avenue, Pittsburg, $4,800; Mrs Mabel Anderson, 180 Ken-wood street, Pittsburg, $4,000; Chlist Nohr, 678 Northumbel-land street, Pittsburg, $7,500; Mrs T H Hartley. 442 Soh\ a\ street, Pittsburg, $13,500; John Bornbenger, 6427 ,Voodla\\n avenue, Chicago, $4,000; Mrs FrancIs Kaiser, 11731 Parnell avenue, Chicago, $5,000; Willtam Landow, 1513 Jackson PaI1~ boulevard, Chicago, $16,000; Vif A Nicholson, 4503 Oaken-wald avenue, Chicago, $30,000; James Kyson, 6510 EIlts a\C-nue, Chicago, $5,000; Patrick Truly, 4240 "Vest Congl e-,-, street, Chicago, $4,250, Alnander McInnes, 664-1-Oakley a\ e nue, Chicago, $4,800, Mrs E D Schlrra, 1401 011\ e d\ cnllt Chicago, $20,000, Mrs Rose Fmk, 6118 V111cennc-,a\ enue, Ull cago, $10,000, M E Nelson, 1312 East Ftfty-toUlth stlect Chicago, $18,000; Mrs H Rassow, Seventeenth and I-hdle\ streets, Milwaukee, WIS, $4,500, Ameha Emen". FJtteenth street and Cold Spllng avenue, :'111waukee, $3900, :'1dtthc\\ Solchenbach, Wright street and Memecke a\ enue, :'111\\aukee. $3,500; Mrs. H. White, 1061 N111eteenth street, .1\111a\\ukce, $3,500; Dr. H. H. M Lyl, Eighty-fifth street and Pal k avenue, New York, N. Y., $7,500; A S. WeISS, Flush111g, 1\ Y, $10,- 000; Bernard Voyer, Bayside drive, Rockaway Beach, NY. $9,000; Robert Norton, Far Rockaway, N. Y, $10,000; R McL. Jackson, 145 Broadway, New York, $7,500; Mary H Hardenberg, Bayside drive, Rockaway Beach, N. Y., $4,500, John Long, 4564 West Papin street, St Louis, Mo, $4,500. Phin Kimball, 5200 McPherson avenue, St LoUIS, $12,500. Charles Nash, 3508 Juanita street, St Louis, $6,000; W W McKee, 5055 Cote Bnlliante, St. Louis, $4,000; Edward Mal-linckrodt, 1007 Olive street, St. Louis, $4,000; Mrs M Ma-honey, 1419 North Twenty-fourth street, St Louis, $3,000; Mary Schurck, 4216 Flora boulevard, St Louis, $5,000; Louis Kern, 3744 Virginia avenue, St. Louis, $3,500; F P. Herold, 34 Golden avenue, South Bend, Ind., $4,500; E. C. Pfeiffer, 715 MOss avenue, Peoria, Ill., $6,800; Angus Ward, 202 Cooper stleet, Peona, S4,100, R W. Schwing, 416 Jackson street, S3750 Charle" II Thompson, 1049 MIchIgan avenue, Evan- "ton. 1l1, $10,000; R E. McRae, 2525 Park place, Evanston, S-1-500, .\rthur B SmIth, 2324 Hartzell street, Evanston, $5,- 200; Dr. VV. H. Howell, Sixth avenue and Ninth street, Al-toona, Pa, $8,000; W. A. Sloo, 1300 Buchanan street, Topeka, Kan, $4,000; Mrs. Alice Bartell, 1536 Harrison street, To-peka, $3,750; I W. Feltx, 1197 Fillmore street, Topeka, $3,500; D R. Porter, 5111 Sunset drive, Kansas City, Mo., $10,000; II F McElroy, 3435 Wyandotte street, Kansas CIty, $6,000; ._--_.--------_._---- -- BUilt With double arbors. sliding table and equipped complete With taper pm guages carefuIly graduated. ThiS machme represents the height m saw bench con-struction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost of sawing stock. WrIte uS for descriptive information. CRESCENT MACHINE WORKS OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. "-----------_ ..__._. -----_ ..... WEEKLY ARTISAN Mr" I N Barrick, 3404 Bellefontaine avenue, Kansas City, $4,000, Mrs T. C Horn, Ea'lt FIfteenth and Brane street'l, Portland, Ore, $4,500; Mrs II R Webstel, Royal and Im-penal 'ltreets. POltland, $4,500; R M Gray, "Vasco and East SIxteenth streets, Portland, $9,500, H S Slocum, 321 Emma 'ltreet, Syracuse, NY, $5,000; Edwal d L SeIter, 330 NOIth Beech street, Syracuse, $5,000; Dr E J \Vynkoop, 401 James "treet, Syracuse, $4,000; James L Coon, 114 East Borden "treet, Syracuse, $0,000, C P H Koxon, 309 Maryland ave-nue, Syracuse, $5,000; J F. Warren, 133 Central a\ enue, \Vichlta, Kan, $4,000, Anna F Dyer, 1118 North Lawrence avenue, vVichlta, $4,000; S H Smith, 2016 V1l110n stleet. Omaha, Neb, $5,500; E H Caley, 1514 Spencer 'ltreet, Omaha, $3,000, A. Wlsha, 3413 North Twentieth 'ltreet, Omaha, $3,000, Mrs Ida Mahin, 4215 Parker street, Omaha, $3,000, \V H Proudfit, 1801 South Pepper street, Lincoln, Neb, $3,500; E W. Brown, 1973 Harwood street, Omaha, $3,000; Harry Kon-nerman, Linden avenue and Sixth street, Cov1l1gton,Ky, $4,- 000; Henry Rowditsch, Washington boulevard and Thirty-thIrd street, IndIanapolis, Ind, $8,000; Joseph Hinchman, 4324 East Washington street, Indianapolis, $3,500; H. A. Teasdel, 263 Tenth East street, Salt Lake City, Utah, $6,000; Mrs T~sy W Grace, 270 Thirteenth East street, Salt Lake City, $7,500; R D Stark, 1132 Laird avenue, Salt Lake City, $4,000, Mrs Carrie M. Southern, 1498 Ninth East ~t1eet, Salt Lake City, $3,500; Charles A. Nelson, 334 Nmth East street, Salt Lake City, $3,000; M E Lipman, 925 FlrSt avenue, Salt Lake City, $6,000; J. R Walker, 175 M street, Salt Lake City, $3,000;John Walker, 212 Bagley street, Houston, Tex, $3,500, Miss Anne E Yucum, 406 Dennis avenue, Houston, Tex, $3,000; J P Ward, San Antonio, Tex, $5,000, T W Walsh, 416 East Macon street, San Antonio, Tex, $3,500; Dr. C H I Clark, 550 LaClede avenue, Youngstown, 0, $5,000; N. S Hall, 383 Lora avenue, Youngstown, $4,500; Grove \Vilson, 218 Ri~by avenue, Young'ltown, 0, $3,000; Frank J Nolan, Bayand and South Ogden streets, Denver, Colo , $4,000; E A Brower, 526 Stuart street, Denver, $3,000; Mrs Hattie Bayles, 2020 West Thirty-first 'ltreet, Denver, $3,000; John A Rush, Emerson and Twelfth 'Streets, Denver, $10,000; Dr J T J ar-rett, 737 Emmett street, Norfolk, Va, $4,000; Wilham Fear-hng, North and Chestnut street'S, Norfolk, $3,000; C0l111ne SImpson, 5214 U11lVersity boulevard, Seattle, \Vash1l1gton, $12,000; J n McG1l1nes,4710 U11lversity boulevard, Seattle, $4,500; W H Roger'l, 4337-9 Fourteenth avenue, north-ea'St, Seattle, $10,500; W A Copeland, 1120 Howell street, Seattle, $4,000; J H Schumacher, Frankfort avenue and Fdlm01e street, Philadelphia, Pa, $10,000; A A Smith, South Gaylord and Dakota streets, Denver, Colo, $4,000; L J Wooclhaus, South York and Dakota streets, Denver, $4,500; J A Rhodes, 840 Bryan street, Dallas, Tex, $4,500; C. R T) ler, Ro"e Elll, Sioux City, la, $10,000; Louis Miller, 1101 East Randolph street, Enid, Okla , $3,000; C H Myers, 1013West P1l1estreet, Enid, $3,000; Dr. Lukens, 504 South Buchanan street, E11ld, $3,000; J. 0 Anderson, 606 Buford street, Mobde, Ala, $4,800 Miscellaneous-Jacob Rollings, 182 Eleventh avenue, New York, is building a five-story hotel to cost $85,000 The Church of St Ambrose is erecting a school bUlld1l1gto cost $80,000 on West Fifty-fourth street, New York The First Italian Presby-terian Church of Pittsburg, Pa, 1'Serect111ga church at a co"t of $25,000 The Winnebago Presbyterian Society of St Louis, Mo, ale budding a church to cost $25,000 M. E Foxton is building a $50,000 four-story hotel at Seventh and Taylor streets, Portland, Ore The Council of JeWlsh Women are erecting a $60,000 school building on Second and Woods streets, Portland, Ore Archbishop Ryan is bUllding a church Mission at Sixty-fifth and Callowhill streets, Philade1J;>hia,Pa., at a cost of $27,000. rII I I I The Eff and Eff Line Buffet 871 T-he -L-in-e-T-h-a-t -E-v_er.y.._bo_d.y... Buys Seasonable Furniture for the Dining Room. Music Room, Parlor, Boudoir, Dressing Room, Hall and Bath Room. Chma aosel 866 FuIl line shown in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Grand Rapids, also in Chicago and New York. Send for our New Catalogue No. 38. Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. Rockford Illinois .. . ....._-_. . ..., I I II 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN Wood Ih.r Clamp Fixture. Per Set SOc. ~-------------~---~-_.-_._-----------_._._.-.,._-----------_.-._._._._-----~----~--------- Patent Malleable Clamp Fixture. E H SHELDON & CO , Chicago, Ill. Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the 25 dozen Clamp FIxtures whIch we bought of you a httle over a year ago are giVing excellent servIce 'Ve are well satIsfied With them and shall be pleased to remember you wheuever we want anythmg addItIOnal m this hne Yours truly SIOUXCity, Iowa CURTIS SASH & DOOR Co 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack t Vises Sold on approval and an uncon-ditIOnal money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL BAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Indestructible. We solicit prIVIlege of sending samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON C:J CO. I 328 N. May St•• Chicago. i .... _-_ -_ - -~ Americans Copy English Carpet Designs. "Shrewdest of all American manufacturers are thos(c en-gaged m the carpet llldustry," said M 'V,T ChadWIck. at the Shoreham, Washlllgton, D. C, recently "It IS a known fact m Great Bntam among those engaged m the maklllg of carpets that the Amencan makers pa' '1"lt'-o annually to our shores and copy e, er} de'ilgn and ne\> method of weaving the fabncs that looks good to them \s a le"ult the output of carpet by Engllsh manufacturer;, b grdduall} dWllldlmg ,Vlth the greatel numbers of people the demand f01 the Bntlsh product 1<", of course. kept up "ome'\ hdt but If It were not fOI thIS, the English manufacturer \\ ould "oon awaken to the fact that he must do somethll1g to stem the tHle and protect IllS trade flom you enterpnsll1g Amencans "Of course, your Southern States gro\\ the best cotton III the world vVe ha' e cotton country, too. Il1 Australla, but AustralIan cotton IS not} et the equal of the '\mencan product I have just VISIted that countr}, and find that the cotton crop thel e will be greater thIs} eal than e\ er The demand for the extra output IS saId to be caused by the better grade of cotton gradually belllg mtroduced by the planters of the countr} "AustralIa l'i In a pl0sperol];, condltlOn flom one end ot the country to the othel The people are lo} al Bnthh 'iubJcct'-o and J am sure \\ 111recelVe Kmg George \\ 1th fa \ or "About the onl} thmg In the country that makes It dlfter from the other parts of the clvlltzed world IS that Ih pulttlC" are controlled by the labor party" Domestic Commerce in April. CommercIal mo, ement<; wlthm the Ul11terl State., dllf1ll~ the month of Apnl, as repol ted to the TIm eau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, l11dlcate d rather unsettled condltlOn of trade vVhtle the lumhel mO\ ement ,\\ as faIrly heavy, in response to the large requirements of the bmldl11g trades, the movements of bituminous coal and coke t showed a check III the upward trend, owing partly to the curtal1ment of Hon production and the partial cessation of operations m the central mining regions pending the settle-ment of labor dIsputes The cotton, wool, and live-stock mo\ ements dunng the month were also light. The grain mO\ ement, on the other hand, notwlthstandmg the slight ex-port demand, proved fairly heavy. As a result the general traffic sltuatlOn, as measured by the number of surplus cars as well as the total number of cars handled, shows a less fa\ arable pIcture than for the earlier months of the year. The ,olume of budd111g operatlOns during the month measured by the values of permits granted by municipal authontles at 109 CItIes m various parts of the country, $93,- 60-1-,514, shov\s a gain of 43 per cent over the total for the precedmg month and of 73 per cent over April, 1909, although some of the largest cltles, such as Chicago, Philadelphia, Bos-ton, and San Francisco, show smaller activities in that field than a } ear ago Represented by E. H. Foote. Becau'ie of reasons deemed sufficient by the tariff board, no\\ 111seSSlOn at Washmgton, 0 H. L. Wernicke and Willard Barnhart \\ ere excused from attendmg the sessions of the boal d upon their own request E H. Foote, secretary and treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair company, responded to the summons, and if the prices prevaIling in the cost of furni-ture have aftected in a measure the cost of living Mr. Foote 1<;able to supply the details He has been engaged in the busi-nes" of manufactunng and selling furniture over forty years and knows the business from the stump in the woods to the drawing room Rockford Chair and Furniture Co. ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS Dining Room Furniture BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES Library Furniture-Library Desks.Library Tables. Library Bookcases. Combination Book. cases,Etc. Our entire line will be on exhibitionin July on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapid., Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 MISSION FINISHED PORCH FURNITURE GROWS IN PUBLIC FAVOR Also grows the demand for those popular effects, WEATHER-ED OAK, MISSION BROWNS, MOSS GREENS, DULL BLACKS, SOFT REDS, etc. Effects not difficult to produce for mere display; or for ordinary in-door use. But don't forget the WEATHER. This new Porch Furniture is for OUT-door use; and ordinary stains are not adapted to outdoor wear. AURORA PORCH STAINS are specially made to meet the new need. They combine the transparent beauty of high grade stain with the weather-resisting qualities of first class paint. Practical. Can be used either with brush or dipping tank. To facilitate prompt attention, address Desk NO.3. MARIETTA PAINT AND COLOR CO. MARIETTA, OHIO Rural Parcels Post. The so-called Bennett bIll now pendmg m congress, tl-purpose of whIch IS to establish a local parcels post on r Jeltvery routes pr0Vlde'i that all mall matter collecteCl --' dehvered wlthm the dIfferent rural routes of the United States In hereby determmed to be m one class whIle remam-mg wlthm the termml of the route of ongm, wIth rates door to door, between the dIfferent house;., anJ places of buslnes'i and the post-office 01 post-offices on the routes, as follows' On parcels up to I-24th of a cubIc foot, or 1 x 6 x 12 in m dlmen"lOns, and up to 1 pound m weIght, 1 cent On larger parcels up to Y; a cubIc foot, or 6 x 12 x 12 in m dllTIenslOns, and up to 11 pound~ m weIght, 5 cents On larger parcels up to 1 cubIc foot, 6 x 12 x 24 m 111 dImenSIOns, and up to 25 pounds in weIght, 10 cents :t\a parcel shall be over SIX feet in length, and III no case shall a carrier be obltged to tramport a bad over five hundred pounds The purpose of thIS measure IS to permIt farmel sand local merchant;., to readIly effect an Illterchange of small par-cels for the promotIOn of local com enlence, wlthont extenJ-mg such service beyond the Itt111tSof the local TOnte of ong1l1 The eXlstmg machmery of the rural free dellY ery "en Ice wIll be by thIS meam mnch more fnlly and effectn ely e111plo}cd than at present The compensatIOn of the carners from the charges on parcels wIll be so 111crcascd d" to per1111t of a more effectIve "en Ice Tn all PIObdblltty the return wIll be suffi- CIent to render the sen Ice largely self-"u"taln111g, 111place of beIng operated at a heavy los" as at present 5ecretary ::\1cad and a commIttee repre"entmg the :\1er-chants' assocIatIOn of '\ ew York, went to V\' ashmgton re-cently and appearecl befol e the hon",e coml111ttee on post-offices and P0'it road"" urgmg approval of the Bennett bIll, but in presentmg theIr arguments in favor of thIS measure, they wel e careful to Impres" upon the congressIOnal committee that The Merchants' ASSOCIatIOn of New York has been and is now strangle} opposed to a general parcels post for the transmIssion of parcels at low and uniform rate;., through0ut the entire country .:vIost of the mercanttle Olgal11LatlOns m other cItIes who have taken actIOn on the subject, have approved the Bennett bIll, but a few of them are Opp'S1l1g It on the ground that Its adoptIOn would leacl to the e"tabltshment of a general parcels post Buyers in Grand Rapids. Among the buyers of furl11ture who spent a few days in Grand RapIds thIS week were C E Scholle of ChIcago, Royal B SmIth of PhIladelphIa, VV 1\1 Elcholz, Thomas A. John-son and J B Terrance of 1\1uscogee, Oklahoma f--... ... ... .... .--_. - .. ._._._._._-_.~ ~ ~ CHICAGO and GRAND RAPIDS $2,00 One Way. $3.75 Round Trip. LEAVE CHICACO - - 7:45 P. M. LEAVE CRAND RAPIDS 8:15 P. M. (InterurbanRy \ All state rooms are outside and have runUlng water, electnc f lights and call bel1s. f For berth reservations cal1 on or address R. C. DaVIS, G. p. A , docks foot of Michigan Ave, ChH..ago, or P Robbms, G. A., 91 Monroe St, Grand Rapids • I ~.- •••• ----------------------- we ••• we ••• _~ BEST BOAT SERVICE BETWEEN 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-PreSIdent J R Ta}lor, Lake Benton Minn, VIce PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Minn , Treasurer B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mlnn , Secretary, W L Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mlno EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman Geo Klein, Mankato, Minn , 0 Simons, Glencoe, MmD, W. L Harns f\.hnneapohs, MlOn ,C DanIelson, Cannon Falls BULLETIN No. 146. FEDERATED COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATIONS The Conference Held at Minneapolis a Complete Snccess--Important Action on Varions Matters. As pursuant to the cal1 I~suecl b) the :\I1nne"ota Commcr cial Federation, a conference v. a'-oheld at :\ll11neapolI.., :\ll11n in the ordmary of the Nlcol1et Hotel, :\la) 19 and 20, \\ Ith the following representatives present A E Barker, .:vImneapolIs, .:vImnesota Retail ] e\\ eler'i' association Emil Geist, St Paul, Mmnesota Retail J e\\ eler,; a""OCla-tion W L. Grapp, Janesville, .:vImne~ota RetaIl Fur1l1ture Dealers' assoClatlOn. M. Anderson, Atwater, Mmnesota Retail lurlllture Dealers' assoclatlOn F A Kleuert, Mmneapoh '-0, :YIl11nesota Druggh t" a ""n ciation Stewart Gamble :\l111neapolI,;, Mmnesota DruggI,;t" d""O ciation. C J Dunpr), Long Prame, :\lmne"ota J mplement Dealers' assoclatlOn Chas W Lyman, Northfield, Mmnesota Implement Dealers' associatIOn C 1\1 Johnson, Rush CIty, ;,l111nesota Implement Dealer" associatIOn C I Buxton, Secretary, O\\attonna, :\lmne,;ota Implemcnt Dealers' assoClatIOn C A Caby, Pnnceton ::YIl11ne'3ota RetaIl Hard\\ are Dealers' associatIOn J H Smith, M111neapoh~. M111nesota RetaIl lIard\\ are Dealers' associatlOn C P Cain, St Paul, ~Il11ne..,ota Retail Grocer'-o and Gen-eral Merchants' as,;oclatlon J J Ryan, St Paul, Retail Grocers and General :\1er-chants' association John W Lux, St Paul, M111nesota Retail Grocer'i and General Merchants' as'-oOClatIOn W H Davle'3, Mmneapoh~, Funeral Directors' a"'-oocla-tion C E Wright, St Paul, HardVvare Trade G. D Mekeel, MmneapolIs, Twm Clt) CommercIal Bulle-tin E SPIke, Ml11neapolIs. Twin City Commelclal Bullet111 E H Hems, Renville, Ml11nesota Retail Implement Dealers' association It was the purpose of the conference to bnng about such solIdificatlOn of the retaIl trade for betterment and defeme as shall make Its influence felt before the state legIslature a'i Im-portant as that of the raIlroads, whole'ialers. manufacturer" agncultunsts or ,;tate mstItutIOns The'ie 1llterest'i ah\ a\.., have received a respectful heanng when propO'il11g a ne\\ la\\. or opposing the pa'ismg of a pendmg measure \\ hl1e the retaIl trade interests, collectively strong, through lack of cohe"lOn have heretofore had little effect upon legIslatIOn, although bill'-o affectmg them, senously have frequentl) been mtroduced The meeting was called to order by A E Barker \ lce-pre'ildent, as President, D H Evan'i of Tracy, Mmn, could not be WIth us on account of sickness In:\1 r Barker's open-ing address, he pointed out the possIbIlIties of the federation He laId particular ~tre'-os upon the Ulllty of action and the neces- "11\ for pubhClt) concermng the thmgs that are helpful for the ..,mall merchant's bU~111e.SSneeds He enumerated a number of trade e\ il~ that are besett111g every dealer H.e showed by \ anou'i Illustration,; how easily the'ie evIls could be overcome, If the busme'3s mterest'3 of the state were ulllted m demand111g the correctIOn of these evils l\Ir Barker saId that any session of the legislature can enact la\\ s that v. ill make or break certam interests and whIle the pnnClpal object of this AssoClatIOn IS to see that proper la\\ 'i are enacted, pO'islbly ItS greatest function WIll be to see thdt dl-ad\ l'3ed proposed legl'3latlon IS headed off He said: (rentlemen do \ ou realIze the tremendous and far reaching bus111e",; \\ Ithm the borders of this state that has more capital 1ll\ e'ited or \\ hose mterests come closer to the public, than our re"pectl\ e busmesse'-o, because we, in the aggregate, supply them WIth every nece"~Ity and comfort of life? Is there any "tate orgamzatIOn that has a larger personalIty locked withm It "All of these fact'3 ought to make us realize as they never ha\ e before, that these mterests these conditions and these people makm~ up the~e aSSOCIations have a right to demand at the hands of our legislature, the best and most just laws that It IS \\ Ithm their power to give But let me warn you that un-less \\ e make our \\ ants knoVvn, WIth the mfluence that we can exercise that \\ e are not ~omg to get what we are entitled to and Vvh) should we? Aren't we 'iupposed to be m posses- ..,lon of more than ord111ary 111telhgence? Don't our variou" places of busl11e,;" demand of us thought and care of details? fhese '-omal1 detaIl", hov. ever. we have not attended to in the nght manner and we are therefore paymg the penalty of our neglect. b) suffenng from the trade eVIls of every kind It is because of thI" neglect, that we were prompted to attend thIS conference 111M111neapoli'i, reahz111g that the business condI-tions cannot contmue as they now are" Mr Barker predicted that thIS conference was the begin-mng of a mOvement which would be far more reaching in its cffect upon the bus111ess 111terests of the state, than tho'ie who v. ere present realized He urged each representative present to take back to their respectn e assoClatIOns the purpose and 111tent of the orga1l17atlOn and present It to them in such a \\ a\, that they would be made to reahze the power of concen-trated actIOn J\.Ir Barker al..,o spoke very mterest111gly about the nece""lt\ of good merchandl'iing The remamder of the morll1ng Se'i'iiOn was devoted to dI'iCUSSIOm a'i hov. v. e could be'it proceed in prepanng the \ anou'i legl'ilatIve bIll" needed AFTERNOON SESSION The meeting wa'i called to order by the chaIrman at 2 00 o'clock 111 the afternoon With all members present In dis- WEEKLY ARTISAN cussing the proposed bills it was found that it was no little thmg to overcome the dIfficulties 111order to make them appltable It lead Mr Barker to say, that he wI::,hed all of the members to enter mto the splnt of the occa~lOn and he said that even though our problems are hard and seem at times to be almost unsutmountable, yet where there I::' as::,embled a body of earnest soul'S of the same mind, there is strength and mere distributing agents rather than business men. He has brought this to the attention of the different associations that he belongs to but found that on account of the lack of strength, that they could not bnng about any effectual movement to-wards its correction, but, he said that if we use the combined mfluence of this federatIOn, to bear, much could be done and that he would proml'Se for hIS associatIOn a most hearty co- A complete lllus(rabon of what IS llomg on lD a more or less destructIve way aU over tlus country There IS a reason for 11 and don' t blame the consumer This conmtlon wdl coolmUe and grow 10 proportIonunless we. the small dealers. cut out the enormous waste In geillng our merchandise which has made this cartoon possible Why not )oto an assoclabon that can show you how and supply you With the matenal necessary to heallhe mati order game to a fr.,zle? ThIS help •• WlthlOthe reach of every dealer Ifyou don't use.t, whose fault ••• t) ThlOk.t OVer power Therefore, he expressed a WIsh that every member of the as"ociatton present, should express hIS vIews upon thl::' Important subject Mr Anderson of Atwater, M111nesota, representattve of the furniture dealers, said that It was only natural that when men assembled m a conference of this natm e that each 100k111~; at the problem" that concerns hIm mo::,t, consldel them th· ones that are the most essential He, bemg a dealer of vanOel, lines, in the hardware and implement furnltm e buslne::,s, "dId that he had been made to reahze m the last SIXmonths, as he had never before, the tendency of the trust control over the merchandise that we handle and he said that unle",", small mer-chants who are a very large majority, do not get together for the purpose of looking after their mterest, we WIll soon become 5 operatIOn 111this movement, for the betterment of conditions whIch are fathered by thl" assocIatIOn C M J ohmon of Rush City, M111nesota, of the Implement Dealers' assocIatIOn, said that he hearttly agreed with Mr. .\nderson that It is hard for us to decIde what are the most Important thmg::, for thIS conference to correct and to him it seemed that the proper regulatIOn of fretght rates IS the most Important subject, whIch is now be111gconsidered by congress It has an tmportant mfluence upon the prosperity and success of us, who are sItuated a httle out of the natural source of '-,upply Mr Johnson "aId that thh ,",ubject 1'0 such a broad one and one which has "uch'a far reaching effect that it could (LUI))) the full ttme allotted to thl'i conference He 'SaId that he hoped the conference would find some time to give to this 27 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN subject and that a ""a) would be prepared for :oome hne of concentraterl act10n for the future E A Paegel of the J ev\ elC!:o' aS~OClatIon ot \lmneap,)!J ~ saId the dIscus:01On,, had been \ er) mtel e-..tmg to hIm and then as he glanced over the object of thI" federatIon It \\ a" ed~\ to see the lal ge scope of the federatIon \\ Ol k but the pI abler 1 to hnow Just v\ hlch at the many e\ 11'i "hou1el be the tn"-t to l)e corrected, \" III llE'ed ver) cal eful con ~Idel at10n h) the feell!:l t10n He saId that It \\ auld not be nec('-"~an to tell the bU-"1- ne'Os men about the nUmer011:o tl ade e\ Ib cmd the \ anou~ condItIOnS that Cleep mto plettv nearly all Ime" of uade He saId that there arc 50 mam that It \\ auld be 1heles-.. dt a con-ference at thIS natm e to e\ en dl "Ul ~~ them all Thereto! e saId ;vIr Paegel, It 1\ ill be nece""aI \ tOl thh conterence tu deCIde among 0111seh cs \\ hat t\\ a 01 thl ee e\ Il~ tlom the mu~ t ImpOl tant ones should 1'e taken up and the combmed mtel e~t and mfiuence of the confe1ence b10ught to bea1 on them a~ the begmnmg of the \\ ork f01 thIS fede1atIon" Ste\\ al t Gamble of the DI ugghh' as:oOClatIOn at ::\Jlnnea-pohs, saId that the DI UggIStS a:oSOClcltIO'l ha~ ah\ a\" malll-tallled a vel) aggle"Sl\e le~Islatl\e commIttee and thdt the al e qUIck to see the pos:OlblhtIe:o that he \\ Ithm thIS confe[- er:ce He saId that he \\ Ished to a "sm e us that they \\ "'I' tl not lose much tIme 11l becomIng affihated \\ Ith I\:, m 1ealrn rather than 111 mtent, as on the day of the conte1 ence meetln[?, l\fr Gamble saId that the dl Uggbt bu"me~:o h ""lCh thdt f,,'- some reason unkno\\ n to u-.., It has a\-' a)" been ~ubJcct to n1cln) annoymg leglslat1\ e enactments, \\ hlch a1e not mime \\lth our trade He saId that he behe\ ed that tl°L '" l ,; (',-J funct10n m tillS I" 01 k v"III be, the pI e\ entmg ill ad \ bed leg 1~- latIon He saId he behe\ ed that the men \\ ho had the to! e-sight to orga111ze a fe leI at10n ot th1:O natul e, budt \\ hel than they realrzed He \\ Ished to do ev ery thmg \\ 1thm hI" pm\ el to make thIS fedelat10n ""hat It can be, If ploperh handled The balance of the afternoon \\ as taken IIp \\ lth dI~C I~- S1On" as to ""hat \\a:o the most ImpOltant problem~ to ~ol\e Fmally conference came to the cond1hlOn tllat It \\ auld be l'c--t to only attempt to enact the tollm\ mg pI opu~ed la \\ dnrl p( ,t to champ10n mOl ethan seven 01 eIght bIlb The pII I( 1) IJ ones belllg the flaudulent acheltI:omg la\\ the peddlels la'\ and a new garmshment ld\" Thel efOl e the follov\ mg com-mIttees were appomted Resolut1On CommIttee-John \\ Lu"\. ';:;t Pall1 \111mc esota RetaIl Grocery Dealtrs' assoclabon, ~ L Dcll ker ot ::\1mneapohs, Mmne"ota RetaIl J e\\ eler,,' a:osoclatlon, 1 H Hems, RenvIlle, 1\lmnesota Tmplement Dealers assoClat1On CommIttee on Flaudlllent t\dvertIsmg-- \ :c Paee,el chaIrman, RetdIl Jewelers' assocIatIon, \1mneapoh" "te\\ clrt Gamble, RetaIl DruggI"ts' as"oClat1On, \1 \ndel ~on I U1111 ture Dealers' assouat1On, Atv\ ate 1 CommIttee on Pedlel s' BIlI- J J R) an RetdIl (,I ocel ~ a""oc1at1On, St Paul, Ste\" al t Gamble, DruggI"t Dealer-..' a~~o ClatIon, l\Imneapolr'-, \\ L ~lapp J'111l11tme Dealel~ a"~o clat10n CommIttee on the Ga1111"hee La\\ - J H SmIth, chall man IIard"" are Deale1 s' assocIatIon ::\1mneapoh ~, C 4.. C (11)\ Prmceton, Hal dV\are Dealer,,' as:oOClat1On, \ \ Lu" (Jloceb assoClatIon, St Paul, dnd J P (am Gloceh' a"-"OClat'o11 St Paul The meetIm; adJoulne 1 until J Ilda\ dt 2 0 clock 111 Oldcl to C?,l\e the commIttees tIme to prepare theIr bdh FR1DA Y AFTERNOON. The meet111g "as called to ordel bv \ :r Bdl kel a ~ chaIrman FlfSt 111order v"as the 1epol t of the commlttte on proposed btlls The report of the committee of the traudulent advertIs111g bdl ""as submItted a5 follows, and \\ as reterrtd to our Consult111g Attorney for correctIOn: "An Act to Prohibit the Fraudulent Advertising. I See I Be ,t endcted by the people of the state of M1l1ne- ~ota repre:oented In the general assembly, that any person who ~hall dd\ ertIse 111hIS OV\n name or 111the name of other per- "on ", firm 01 pI etended firm, 111 any nevvspaper, pamphlet, 01 cular, bIll-boal'l, sam emrs or other p1111ted papers whIch arc oel1\ ereel OJ dlstubuteel, whIch v\ 111mIslead or deceIve the publrc eIther 111descnpt10n or pIctures as to the qualrty and \\ 01 th of the Qood", "clres and merchdndlse or neceSSItIes of lIte ,,0 ad\ el tI "eel shall he deemed £;uIlty 0 f a mIsdemeanor I T t IS al '-0 the Intent dnel pm pose of the bIll to prevent the a'1\ el tlS111£; of an) :oUCh clrtIcles In the med1l1ms above mentIoned that al e de~rad111£; or thdt l1dve an lmmOl al 111f1U-ence u

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