Weekly Artisan; 1910-12-24

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DRCEMRER 24.1910 Come to the Chicago Market SOMETHING SPECIAL IN FllRNITURE FOR YOUR JANUARY VISIT I fJI More than 1000 varieties of KARPEN GUARANTEED UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE will be on exhibion at our I sales rooms in January. fJI These up-to-the-minute designs are now being made up and will comprise A LARGE NUMBER OF ENTIRELY NEW PATTERNS fJI In this choice selection we are prepared to show you the largest line of high grade furniture to be found anywhere. fJI And we waut to prove to you. if you are not already convinced. that dollar for dollar in real comparison of genuine values we are prepared to meet all competition in variety of styles. elegance and correctness of patterns. material. con-struction and PRICE. ASK TO SEE THE KARPEN SPECIALS S. KARPEN & BROS. CHICAGO BOSTON NEW YORK ~------------------------------------------------------ ,I -_._------_. - ---------------~ weare iginutors . not ....l.l.a..lors Floor Space 175,000 Sq. Ft. Organized 1872 Grand Rapids Chair Co. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Established 1872 High Grade Goods at Medium Prices A COMPLETE LINE OF SIDEBOARDS MUSIC CABINETS HALL GLASSES BUFFETS BOOKCASES HALL TABLES SERVING TABLES HALL RACKS DEN CABINETS CHINA CLOSETS HALL SEATS HOUSE DESKS LIBRARY TABLES CEDAR LINED CHESTS ·I IIII II I III III I I•• II I t I,I I I .. OUR LINE READY MONDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1911 GOODS SHOWN AT FACTORY ONLY (Take Taylor St. Car North to Travis Ave.) ~--_._----- t,". • .---------------------.-.-~ •• -------.---------------. III WEEKLY ARTISAN ... - •• a 1883 1911 MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN I Michigan's Foremost Chair Company Visiting Buyers will find our line for the coming season most complete we have ever offered. Ready and at their disposal at Factory Ware .. rooms January 2nd, 1911. Representative Salesmen: SOUTH W. R. Penny WEST Chas. B. Parmenter Robt. G. Calder H. M. Story EAST Chas. H. Cox Robt. E. Walton MICHIGAN CHAIR COMPANY 1883 1911 • 1 -.. 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~-----------------------------------------------------------------_.--- ---------- ----._""-- ~I I ROYAL FURNITURE CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN DINING LIBRARY BEDROOM SUITES HALL CLOCKS IN "COLONIAL" STYLE NEW ADAPTATIONS READY FOR INSPECTION JANUARY 2, 1911 SHOWN AT FACTORY SALESROOM GRAND RAPIDS ,, ~--_......".... ..... _.. .. .- ... • WEEKLY ARTISAN If you. have Dot one in 70ur store, a si:m.plerequest will brina you our Dlaanifioent new Catalo&ue of 12x16 inch paae aroupa, show-inti •• Ue. to Ulatch. With it, eTen the mOllt IDoderate sized furniture .tore oan show the best and newest furniture •• ti.faetorily. Nelson-Matter Furniture Co. Grand Rapids! Mich. BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM FURNITURE COMPLETE SIJITEfii in Mahogany. Circassian Walnut and Oak. 3 4 WEEKLY ARTISAN ------------------- --- _____ ._.----.--..-.-.-.-.1", I I I II II ,iI , -IIII IIIIIII ,I I I III , II I, I• II ,I ,• II• I III LueE FURNITURE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. I -------------------- - ~ 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 In Dark and Tuna Mahogany Bird' J Eye Maple Birch !f!.!iarttred Oak ana ClrCflWfln Wamut Our Exhibit you will find on the fourth floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS' BUILDING, North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES,J. EDGAR FOSTER. 31st Year-No. 25 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. DECEMBER 24. 1910 I sSl.led Weekly WOULD EDUCATE FURNITURE SALESMEN Representatives of the Century Furniture Company Lecturing on "Period Styles" for the Benefit of the Retailers. On the occaSIOn of his recent sOJOUln in Boston, Mr Some" of the CentUlY FUl111ture company was invited by "Ben" Tobm, buyer fOl the fur111ture depal tment of Jordan, Marsh & Co, to address the salesmen employed by the firm In its fur111ture department. J\Ir Somes accepted and upon the day fixed for the purpose dehvel ed an address on the subject of ,. Penod Styles m Fur111ture" .:\11 Somes was unable te enter mto a le\levv of the hves of the ongmatols of the penod styles for lack of time. \Yhlle facts m regard to the birth, education, environment, traimng and opportun- Ities of the deslgnel sand CIeators of artistic furniture in the past would have been of great intel est to hiS hearers J\II Somes real17ed that the selling problem was of first imp or-ance ,\ Ith the salesmen, and hiS aim vvas to so mstl uet them that m dealmg With customers, they could discuss pellod styles inte1hgently and pomt out their mhel ent supellollty ~Il. Somes was listened to with wrapt attentIOn and when lw had concluded the management as \\ ell as the em ployes thanked hl111 fOI provldmg for them a pleasant and plOfit'lble hour Smce that date several tra\ elm~ salesmen In the employ of the company have dehvel ed addl esses to salesmen employed by retallers of furUlture and other, are pi epall11g to take the lectm e platfOlm \\ hen 1m Ited by deal-e] s 111fl1l111ture to do so J\ ranufactm el '0 are spendmg \ ast sums of money fOl the pUlpoo,e of educatm£; the pubhc on the subject of the utl1Jty and 111clLantlie \alue of fm111tme The ;,i[accy company the (;unn lm111tm e company, the lkl key &. Gay lur111tm e com- IMn). the Karpen", C A Streit, the (Tlobe-\Y CI111Ckccompanv and m<11,y others that might be mentIOned use the ma~aLlnes hbeldl1'. tllloughout the) eal, but It \\ ould seem that the time ha~ alll\ ed when the sale"men should be educatecl m order to deal mtelhgently With the educated pubhc The field IS such a Wide one and its 1111pOl tance so £;reat. that the manufact m ers would be JustJiied m makmg hberal expendi-tures III prepanng theil tra\ elmg repl escntatl\ es to take the lectul e platform when im ited to do so i\ ~reat deal of space IS given by the trade-papel s to the Illustl at !On of pellod "tyles, <lEd to the presentatIOn of facte, m legald to the11 ongm and de\ elopment, but the] e al e pnnclples m sales-man" lliD that cannot be dlscu"e,ed mtelll~ently by \\ liters 01 speaku e, who have not had the henehh nf cXpcllenc(' 111 actn;> I s;:deo,mano,hlp Tla\ elmg o,ale'>men. alC men of 111gh mental cahbre anti the deals they have and are handling, and the inCIdents of their callmg quahty them especially for ef-fectl\ e sen Ice m the field of trade lectures It is not neces-sary to name all' one, or any group of '>dlesmen, who might be called upon teJ tale up thiS new WO! k \v Ith every assur-ance of succes" \ moment's I eflectlOn ought to satisfy the thmk'n:3" manutdcturer that those of the tlavehng salesmen who would probably fall ,I" lecturers are few m number Drastic Liability Bill. The commiSSIOn CIeated by the last Legislature of Massa-chusetts to 1m estlgate the subj ect of compensatmg working-men fOl mJulles I ecelved m the com se of thell employment and to I epOl t to the next leglslatm e a plan fOl adoption, has plepaled a tentatne drdft of a bill \dl1Ch cO\ers the employers of the state, counties, cities, and tovvns and all other employ-ments, except where there are not 0\ er fi\ e employes regular-lyemployed REcmelY is allo\\ed m all ca'ies Inespectl\e of negligence, except \\ hen mJmy IS self-l11fllLted. 01 due to in-toxlcatlO11 01 hreach of statutory 1e£;ulatlOns The employer IS not hahle for Il1june" to employes of a conti actor or sub-contldct01 but he shall hay e the ri£;ht to mdem1l1t, from such contlactol or'iubcontJactor Tn ca'ie of tl1(' banktuptcy of the emplo) el the c1alm of the 1111111 ed emplo\ e shall be gi\ en pl101I1\ undeJ the acts of Con~l es" Car Surplus Rapidly Incl"Nlli\in2o \n 1l1U ea"e of about :;S pel cent Il1 thc nU111hu (f Idle hell~ht cal" on the Jal1'.\a\s of the G1l1ted c....tale'i dnd (dnada I" 1 CpOItt d 111 the fOl t111£;hth hullet1l1 of the \mellUln Ra11- \\a, \Se,oLldtJon UJ\elll1£; the 1\\0 \\eeks fJom ~m~1111Jer 23 to Decemhel 7 On the lattel date thCle \\ el C 44014 Idle cal" the lal£;ee,t l1umhcl lepolled s1l1ce Septemhel 14 and ,lhol't "n times the numbu of idle c~f'; J eported on October 26 ;,loe,t sectIOns of the countlY contllbuted to the mClease 111 the idle Itst. and practlLally all classes of eqUIpment, in-c1ud1l1\ 2,bo" cal s and coal car'i. vvere 111 less demand on De-cemher 7 than they had.. beel1 t \VO ,\ eels eal her A decrease 111 the demand £01 fJ cu:;ht cal e, 1e, ne,ual at th1s season, mVi1112, paltly to \\mtel \\edther ancljJdlth to the fact that the filst IlJ"h of the uop" to mdlket I" 0\ el The surplusage of cars no", ho\\ e\ er, 1e, dhoUl :;,000 cal" more than at thiS date last year. 6 pel ton (2240 pounds) had been regIstered. Owing to vari-ous "0 uses m CI"pccula tlOn included, priccs then receded very l()J)slduclbh, hut Iccovered a£;a111 111 \u£;ust, and ale now hl2,lH 1 thclll e\ U \\ Ith a dlffel ence of no less than £20 ($97.- n )lCI tOll 0 f OIl ovu the prlCCS ruh!1l.;"a yeal ago The"e loni nued 111..,.h PllCL'o .lIC duc to the \CI) unsatIsfactory re- ))(Jlh le)ald111~ the nc\\ crops 111the L11lted States and Ar-gcn; 1 3 and If these I eports pI 0\ C tlue prices WIll certainly 2,0 stIll hl~hcl, dnd 111such case l111seed 011 111England and el 'oCI I ell IS not lIkel) to rule helm\< $19:; per ton during ne"t \ f31 "Tu1 n111~ to 1 elIable newspapel statIstics for October, 1910 It .lppeal s that the rulIn~ pllce fOl l111seed in London J anL,"S fJ om £4:; ;S to £45 15s ($22021 to $22264) per ton, I,llll( n the lOll e'opond111g week ot 1909 the price varied from ±)O '( £30 ;s ($140 to $14721) per ton." Con,ul (:renelal John H Snodgra~s of Moscow, RUSSIa, say, FLAX AND LINSEED OIL ABROAD WEEKLY ARTISAN ._----------- .. FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED I A Revoluhon 10 Parlor Bed Construction. An ImmedIate Success. Full S,ze Bed in Divan Space. Consular Reports Show Why Current Pri('t's Art' Higher Than Usual. \...t11rent lonsulal 1epol ts shm, th.lt 111gh pI ILL~ (tJ fl,I" and 1111'<eedoil ale not Lonflned to the L11lted C:;tatl~ but are due to scarcIty that IS almost \\ odd \\ Ide F01 I11stdnce Consul-General Loop of London \\ lItes as 10110\\ '0 "Thf price of l111seed 011 111the Ln~lIsh mal ket ,ll (()] d ing to a prom111ent dealer, changes almost houd) \t the time of writ111g the United States 1'0 plobabh bm 1112, ,I I'el, untanked oIl from thIS malket 01 fJun Gelmany .'t db(ut $11.20 per 112 pounds, m ball els fob J ondon Ie ,,, 2' per c('nt far prompt cash. Amellcan l111~eed OIl doe., !1( 1 .It presel1t participate to any extent m the En~h"h mal ku ('tJe dealer advises that It could not have been bought hell' 1( I some months past, save at a pllce fal m e"cess of that o! English or continental oil, and adds that It \\ auld 1)e almost impossihle to make a pllce hele fm oIl tOl shIpment 110m the lJnited States Crude l111seed OIl .h sUjlplIell 11 111 the crushers here, is put up m ballels of about ;0 \muI'ltJ ",d Ions, in pipes varymg from 125 to 17) \mu l,ltJ "tll' tJ ,1lH! also in returnable steel drums of 150 to 200 -\mellldl1 ~dl Ions. I inseed oil comin~ mto thIS LountIy from the LontI nent is almost invariably sent 111barrel, but a part ot It 1, imported in steel drums Assummg- 7}i pound" to he the equivdlent of an American gallon 1 hundled\\CH;ht ~112 pound~) is the equIvalent of 15 gallons and a ton 01 2240 pounds is equivalent to 298 gallons. "The present supply of linseed oil is by no meoln,< nor-mal, and has not been dUllng the \\ hole ) eal the demand far exceeding the supply, and it IS saId that thrs ~ltuatlOn ap plies not only in the United K111gdom but to all part~ at the world. The linseed crop 111 the Ulllted States IS Just now becoming available for oil; the ne\\ crop from Argentina will not be available in the United Kinf;dom 01 111the l~lllted states until early in the year 1911, whIle the ne"l fnclldl1 crop will not be a,ailable for OIl untIl Apnl 01 ::'IIa\ 1911 "The bulk of the linseed ImpOl ted 111to Em ope 1~ pIa duced in Argentina and India; small shipments are occasion-ally m~de from Russia, and also from the UnIted C;tate~ but shipments from the latter have ~laduall) deCleased 111 \01 ume. The "hortage of linseed. hoth 111the L111ted "tdte" and Argentimt, became appal ent at thL beg-mnin~ of the (t111e11t year, c,ncl pllces he~al1 ad\ a11U1H; ,lCCU]dlll~h hoth f(]J the seed and for the 011, until 1n \plll .1 II~e 111OIl ot '-()j11( Sill "fhe RUSc,lan flax ClOp of 1910 IS medmm 111 quantity, but ,,()ml qualItv 1he bUY111g-price at present is 20 per LUlt hI~h(] than 111 1909, oLLdslOned prlnclpdlly by the Lll"l '\.j)()1 t denund and the lImIted stuck of the European nlll' DUllng -\u~ust dnd September there were few clear-dnll, of '-toe k on ,lccount of exp01 ters having succeeded in ~et~'n~ holdels to ~II e way m pllce, but in many places the full askmg prlle \\ as paid As a rule dealers have been and are L >\\ holdms; firmly to the little flax they have to sell. A pl011l111ent house leports as follows: , \ ITC elle not) et in a position to form a definite opinion as tu th" yield LOmpared with last year, taking Russia as a \\ ho· c hut \\ e al e mdll1ed to the belief that the 1910 crop \\ III ch('\\ a model ate e,-cess There has been an increase 111 the total of btbll1ess call led through 111 the consumll1g couLtrles blOlH;ht about, not h) any ~eneral buying but by sam ~ larglsh deal ancc of stocks of cel tain descriptions, chief-ly '2ter retted, pI iLes have fluctuated to a slight extent, hut the last sales 1eached the hig-hest fil.;"ures paid. There hd" 1 een a fall numbel of 11 an solctlOn s itl. tows; a good deal more \\ auld have been done If there had been a greatel ChOll e at qualIh 01 If sellers had been more amenable as I egarcl~ price. '\ few sales of new crop Slanetz flax have bee 1 me-de at pIICCC,whIch ale decidedly under the ideas of the lllal( rIh of "ll1ppels IVe ha,e not yet been able to trace anI ales of thb Ical's \\atel letted fla,-" The Boothe Pottel Furnit1tl e com pan I are new furniture ,llld ,alpet dedlu'- at 131 Bank street. XCII London, Conn . SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. The sensation of last season's furniture exhibition and the "last word" In parlor bed construc-tion. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUS TRA nONS AND PRICES Fullime show"l during January, 1st floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., ChIcago FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer- of Upholstered Furniture Factory, 717-731 Mather St., CHICAGO. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 IT'S A HANDY PLACE TO GET OAK, POPLAR, BIRCH and GUM VENEER VARIOUS THICKNESSES. ALWAYS READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: WALTER CLARK VENEER co. SOUTH IONIA AND PRESCOTT STREETS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Roughly Treated by Furniture Movers. MI" Isadore Bryan of 1937 ,Vest TaylOl street, who Sd) ':> "he was beaten and abused by men who came to hel flat lot, ke away fUlllltUl e bought from an msta11ment house, was ~tJ11 confined to hel bed ye"terday, m the care of Dl. M .l\Ieyerolltz of 572 ,Vest Twelfth street, says a ChIcago papel of l'ccember 18. ),frs JenlllC Isaacson, owner of the bUlldmg in which :\1rs. Bryan lives, and other neIghbors corroborate ;\frs DrYdn's statement that the fUlnitUle men struck and kicked hel, rendenng her unconsuou" She cal nec] hel fOUl-month" old baby m her al ms, she sa,\ s, when she" as set upon The attack was made and the flat c,tllpped of It" con-tents although, Mrs 111)dn sa) ", she tendered the $6 whICh "as in an ears, and ]\11" I c;aacson "ay s she, too, offet ed to pay the $6 and guarantee futUl e l)dyments The total bIll was $200, the Bryans say, of whIch $130 has been paId "The first I heard of the mattet ," "aId Mr. 131yan yester-day, "was when some one telephoned to me where I am em-ployed and said that my WIfe had been beaten by fUlniture men I hurrIed home and found her lmconsclOUS "I have consulted an attorney and am fSomg to mstttute pl0ceedings at once agamst the furllltnle concern The day after the $6 payment was due I "ent to the company's branch on Blue Island avenue and told them the stove one of the articles taken, "as out of I epair and that I would leave the $6 to be collected by the man who fixed the stm e "But the next thmc, the furllltm e people did wa" to hrnta11y beat my "lfe dnd e;tnp my flat of the goade; fOl \\ hlch I had paId much more tl1dn half" \n offiCIal of the fur11ltnl e lompany "ald the men sent to the Blyan flat 1\ el e \\ Ithm then lIghts undel the con-tract." Familiarity With Your Varnish. Ii Ie; an old sdymg that fanllltallty breeds contempt, and tll1S Play be true I ee;pectmg \ allllsh-some kmds But of the t, ue kmd the more one becomes acql1amted with It the more one respects It It IS not ah\ay~ \VIse to c11dnge brands once one understands a bl and m use, for thel e IS danger of los111g somethmg, whIle at the Sdl11e tn11e nothl11[?,"may bL c,amec~ II hlle CltftClent make" ()f ',ll nlsh 111tcnded fOI one pm po,:>e al e pI esumed to be made npon one fOJmula, or plac-tIC, I11\ "a sttll thel e al e fal tOI " m the (ae;e that Vv III materially dltel the ploduct as compal cd \\ Ith ,mathel bl dnd. Olle of the nlO"t ImpOl tant thm!Ss I" that \ ,lrlll"h "houlc1 have ac:e '1hIS IS costly to the' allllsh-makel as It medn::. the laymg by of capItal that IS plachcall) domg nothmg Some let the \ arlllsh Iemam in the tank longer than a com-pehtm \\111 and yet both hlande; n1d, he made aftel the samc form'lla That would make a chffet enle In the two, the ae,e Then thue is a cltffel eme ma) be In the quahty or choice of the ~UJ11used whel eb) a cheaper 01 cleal et selectIOn of a gU1l1 may ht' emplo) eel TIlle; 1l11c,-htmdkc "ome dIfference Then there 1e; the OIl nseel. and e;o on. c;ayl11[?," nothl11!S of the e;klll empl,)) ed in the makmg -IX I C111th ,Yalren, r rand .;\111dlcd Anelel son al e new fnl mtnl e dealel e; at B1111ey, Icld nudel the name of the War-len .'..nderson I'Ul111tt1IC lOmpan) inc01j)vatu1 \lith $10,000 l apltal e;tock. • WEEKLY ARTISAN Nearly all of the (xl and Rapids factor) n:lllblb vIIII be ready for inspection by the ealhe"t ]n1\ el" f01 thc \\ 111tu "de'i season of 1911 :\lost of them ale ledch today 'llHl111C uthu:o lack only fimshlllg tOllche'i \\ hiLh v\ 111hc applle,l dm1112, the coming week. So fal as ha:o been I epOi ted none of the Grand Rapids manufacturer'i have made any 1 adlcal chdnc;e" 111theIr lines, though all hdve made ne\\ pa tteln" and thel e m,\I be some surpnses fOi the buyel'i :\lam of the tactm v "how rooms have been changed. Some have been located 111ne\\ buildings and many have been enlal2,ed and ncal h ,dl have been re-decorated and le-ananc;-ed \" a II hule the eh"pla} of furnitme made in Grand Rapid" II III ])( III ,llUlul 111111the progre'is of the industi\ 111thc utv- \\111 hc Idl~L1 \)t Ill_hel quality and bettel in even sen"e than 111anI jlll\Wl1" "la" n * * * * ' Unless a blizzard OJ 'iome othel tiouble tie'i up the laII-roads during the com111g week the exhibItors 111the dOl\ n tOl\ n buildings will al'io hay e their dlspla) s 1ead\ felr 111"peUlOn at the opening of the season-a \\ eek from ne"t \londav Good'i have been arri\ ing for a month 01 1110re and al e ncm con1111Q with a rush. Some of the dl"plays are no\\ completeh ,II ranged and barring unexpected dela \ s 111 tl an ,;porta twn all will be put in read111e,;s dm ing the C0111111\2\, eek Pl ac tludh all available space will be filled and hke the 10lal dI'ipL\I" the so-called outside exhIbits \\ ill be lar2,eI 11101c atti act1\ e and better than ever. From this it I'; ev Ident that 'ill tal a'i c, hibit'3 are concerned the wlllter sale's 'iea,;on 111 the Gl and Rapids market will eclip,;e all of its pI edeces'iors * * * * The lunch r00111 for employes 1ecenth e,;tahhshed ])\ thc Sligh Furnitme compan) has proved a complete 'itllces" It is so well patronized by the workmen that the eOok1112,and serving facilities have had to be largel) inClea'ied The'iulles,; of the restaurant and the appl eClatIOn of the I ead1112,loom and card tables, manife,;ed b, the 111en led the 111anaQel'; of the company to inaugurate anothel entertain1112, featul e T dSt week the men were inYited to brinQ the11 \\ 1\ e" and e the1 members of their familie,; to the factOlY on tlldav evening when they were given a 111u,;ical and litelan entel ta111111ent that \\ a,; hic;-hly appreciated ]YI an audience of m el t\\ 0 ll\111 dred The pt02,ta111 con';l,;ted 01 ,;on2,'i \\Ith plano acc0111p,1ll-iments, violin 'iolo'i, recltation" etc ancl ,;elel tH)l1'; hI the Sligh fmnitme OIchestia which is c0111po,;ed of men el11plmed in the factory The enterta111111ent \\as ';0 thOloue;hh enimed by the WOlkmen and theil faI111he,; that It \\ 111bl follOl\ eel ])\ other" of a "ilmliar natul e cJUllllQ the \\ inte! Indeed It t'; plOhable that the social entel td11111lent 1111Qht\\ ell belome a weekly featUJ e at the Slil;-h factorY * * * * The Luce lurnitUJ e company 11dve cha1H;ed thcil pLlll" in regard to the use of the thil d ,;t01 v that \\ a" added to the hie; factory building clUJing- the pa,;t ';U111mel Thev ]lad 111tended to use the north half of it fm ,,11011 100m'i ])\1t latel decided to u,;e the entire tlm'd floor f01 factOl v pUI po,;e,; and locate the show rooms on the north end of the ,;econd flom 01 er the of-fices The 'ihow room'i occup, a ,;pace of 1;0 A 200 feet T]'ev are finished in tena cotta. with ';Cleen pal tlt1On" ha11ll1l111/Jn" with the color of the \\all" "',t the hcad of thc 'itall Ildv II ((I int; up fr0111 the office" thel e 1" ,l ] eception 100m filll"heci ill oak ,1 doak ]OOlll and aelJdcent, IS the dlll111g room, ",hele lunchuJll" II III hc "Ll \ eel dll1ln2, the sale,; seasons, and the Lltc11cn \\ hlth h eqll1pped \\lth the latest ImplOved electncal luoklJl~ app;ll atu" The "hlppm(~ department occupIes the "pdCc t01lllel1v tbed t01 "hOl\ 1 ooms on the first floor The tl1l1 d "to] v delC]" a tlllrel to the fm mer flom 'ipace, and almost ,b much to thc capautv and II lth the rearran~ement of the depal tlllcnh the LUle tactor) 1'-, one of the lan?,est, most com-moc! Ious and most cony elllent 111the cit) * * * * \\ 1I11a111'-, 1111cllateJ ha,; SIgned and rettuned hlS annudl umtlcllt WIth the \da111'i &- E1tJn~ company, to represent that lOlpOlatlOn m the "tdte,; of ::\IlChH?,an and \\ lscon';111 dunng thc com111g ,e,ll 10m teen) cars ago he entel ed the employ of the lompam and lS the olde"t 111P0111t of service of the J11dm I epl e"elltatll C'i of the company He has aIded 111de-velopme; tll( bU'ime,,'i ±1om almo,;t m ';Igmficance to mll!Ion-d'Jllal pI opm tlO1h * * * * 1 he C S Pame lompdn I have enQdged the sen lces of ff C \ll \ddm" f01mel1v \\ Ith \lal,;hall Fleld &- Co, Chl-cae; 0, to repl esent their lme 111the l111ddk AtlantIc ,;ta tes and Penn" vh allla I "}! \\ Ilham" v' III look a ftel theIr trade \\ l "t oj (hE \,,) lJl( luc1111l..the loa"t '-tdte" and L A Dowel IV III lOl Ll thc la"tl1n "tate" and \IetlOpo11tan dIStllct * * '" * ! hc 'I1Ilhl(,,111 1)l"k lOmpan\ \\ho had ,111c"hlbit down t()\\ 11 Lht v (,,11 \\ 111"lw\\ thc11 h11c 111 the factOly, corner of Cln,d and C:;1,th ,;tl eeh thh "ea"on The) occnpy what is kncl\\ n ,,~ the old Com"tolk facto!, and have recently made l1l]JI I (ment" that 11111enlal~e t1lell capdclt) conSiderably. '" * x >t The "1and RdPld,; C:;hen" Ca,;e compan) have 1ecentl) ()lJlncO "ale,; and ~toclc room,; 111ChIcag-o and Kansas City 1 h LV 1e])cJlt ,lll lJlU ca "L of en el 2') pel lcn t 111thei! bu sine,;s tell thl" ve,l! ,'" c01l1palec1 \\Ith lCJOC)dnd anticipate even ,1 lal ~el 11111ea"c llJ 1911 >I- 'I< * * \\ 111 P () nl1cn "nlc<!etl-, 1\ llhd1l1 T II al"h a,; leple 'Cl1l,lt1\ l of the Cllltnl \ 111lnit111e C01l1Pd11\ 111 the east, but Ill" tUl1tllil duc" llol llJdndC' thc J\1"ctIupohtdn di"trilt WEEKLY ARTISAN • Court Ruling Favors the Tyden Lock. EchtOl \V eekh ~I tlsan 1he sult fOI 111fnngement of the ong111dl T)den table lock pcttent ~o 073,311. whIch has been pend111g 111the Lmted States clretllt court 111ChIcago for thl ee ) eal s past, blought by I'mll T, den agam st cel tam users of the so-called Arnold Lock, and \ H.;orousl) defended on behalf of John L Amold. the patcntec and at that tllne manufacturel o± "aId lochs, VI' a" deuded on Decemhel 10, 1910, by Judgc lhll"tlan l Kohlsaat 111an O])mlOn "u"ta111- mg saId 1'yden patcnt \0 671,177, a" to all the "e,en claIm" sued on, findmlS the \1 nold Lock an mflmgment of all saId claIms, and grant111g a perpetual 111JunctlOn alSa111st the de-fendant;, 1'he opmlOn 1ende'l ed IS m part as follm'V s "Defendant claIms to opelatmg sub"tanttally under pat-ent i\0 R52,01l gl anted to J L ~1 nold, Apnl 30, 1907 In the above named cause befOl e the llrcUlt Court of ~ppeals for the SIxth C11unt, It "as held that the defendant, who was operatm:; under patent;, No 772,010 and 778,471, grantcd to J F Arnold m 1904, clId not mfnnl:;"e The deVICe now m "Ult 1" to all mtcn±:'> and purpo"es the same as that of 1')- den Thc pnnuple IS the "ame and the only dIfference con- SIstS m the substItutIOn of one well kno"" n form of level f01 another The Tyden claIms can he read upon the l\lnold de' ICe To con"tt ue Tyden ,,0 nallowly as to exclude the Arnold arrangement of elemcn t" 1" to destroy It-, ,alue en-ttrely- a resuIt whIch under the Clrcumstances m eVIdence does not commend Itself to the m111dof the court "1') den was the first to effect the complete clo'iml:;" of the pedestal "cctlOn" by thc mm cment of a Ie> e1 Thc table ~------------------------ ----- . ... !I DRY LUMBER I Like you want it- When you want it. I KNOXVILLE FURNITURE COMPANY. KnOXVille,Tenn., December I12th, 1910. Grand Rapids Veneer Company, Grand Rapids. Mich. Gentlemen Replymg to yours of Dec. 9th, Will say that we do not know of any thmg at thiS tIme that we can add to our former letter m regard to the satIsfactIOn your drymg process was glvmg us. Smce wntmg thiS letter, the wnter has been very busy at our KnOXVille plant, and unable to give our Chnton mill any attentIon. Weare expectmg very soon to have our Mr. Kelley go to the mill at Clmton and look over the kilns very thoroughly. After he does thiS he Will pOSSiblybe able to get you up a letter more m detail as to the results we are obtalmng. Yours very truly, KNOXVILLE FURNITURE COMPANY. Signed, Jas. J. Pnce, PreSident. GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS DRY KILN, I• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH • constt uLted undc1 hIS patent held the market for several ,ear" and became an extenSl\ c feature m the table market. Thl" I" pot condu"l\ e C\ 1dence of mventlOn, but It IS very persuasIve It IS chfficult to conceIVe of any vahd mventlOn however narro\, whIch would conta111 so many elements of self-constructIOn as T) den's would, were defendant s' constructIOn thereof to prevaIl The rehef prayed for IS granted " \\ lulc tlm" lefellmg to the matter of thIS deCIsion of the DUlted States urcUlt court we take occasIOn to add that the language of the opmlOn 'iecms to us to md1cate that any lock located m the pedestal at the substantIal dIstance helm" the top, and whIch 1'i all anged to be operated at the top of the pedestal fOJ dlawmg the same together at the bottom, "Ith leverage on the dra ,'Vmg 01 connectmg de" Ices, "J1l be held by thIS court to be an lll±nngement of the Tyden patent, and smce these al e feature, of sub"tanttall) all (h~ pede"tal lock" now made, It seem" that all pI udent table manutacturer'i de"ll111l; to put out dIVIded pedestals should dVOlc! the me of an) lock not made under the Tyden p'ltent<; ) Olll s ,ery truly, THE SENG COMPA.:"JY, Pel Frank J SenlS, PI e<;ldent Phonographic ~Iusic at a Funeral. l'honol:;"rapillc mmK took the place of musIc at the fnneral of \11 s Bvron \kClelland, \\ Ido" of a w!Clel) known turfman and one of the wealtllle"t women 111 the ,c.,outh, at LeXIngton KV on December ] I Shortly beforc hel death :\ rrs :\IcClelland heard a phono-gl aphll I econl o± "acred mthlc b) a qual tet at noteel smgers, and she requested that the machmc be med at her funeral It ,~as the only mUSK at the serVIce SEND FOR Manuladurm 01 Embo •• ed and Turned Mould. in .... Embo .... ed and Spindle Caryin .. , and Automatic Turnin ••• W. aIao manu-ladur. a Jars. Ln. of Emboued Omamenu for Couch Work. .....t 1725-1739 Dickson Street, CHICAGO,Ill. • - -- - - _.---------, Rockford 'Chair 8 Furniture Co. Rockford, Illinois 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN "".fixed-Prices" ~Iay Be Outlawed. Thele are sIgns m \Vashmgton that the bIll torbldmg the so-called "fixed-pnce plan" or agl eement bet\\ een manutdc-turer and retailer or between Jobber and 1etaIlel or bet\\ een manufacturer and jobber-m bnef, the pnctIce undel whIch cut-rate pnces by retailel s are made pI actIcally impossible wIll be pushed vIgorously for passage by the present Con-gress. There are not wantmg those who contend that not only the Sherman <"antI-trust" law but the common law as well make thIS unlawful~the theory bei'lg, of course, that the pursumg of such a plan whether by dlrec1 agreement or otherwise constitutes an act m 1estraint of trade and that the partIes to It constItute a "combmatlOn" as defined b\ the Sherman act. It IS extremely doubtful, howe\ er, If a Federal court would ever convIct and fine as a la\\ -breakel eIther the manufacturer who pnnt') on a can of soup lts retdil pnce and refuses to sell It to any retaIler who will not agree to stick to that price or the retailer who does not stick to it under such an arrangement. A promment Wa.shington attorney has been quoted as saymg that, although the "antI-trust" la\\ of 1890 was enacted to protect trade and C0111lnecie dga.m" re-stramts and monopolies and conspiraCIes and struck hard at them in its penaltIes, It dId not attempt to define a "trust" nor dId it make It unlawful to fix, control, mamtam 01 regulate the price of any article of trade. "If it had gone that far," he argued, "the wholesale merchant 01 mdnutacturel \\ auld never have obta1l1ed such a hold on the retailer as the Cah-forma decision has given him." That was a ruling by the ~,---------------------- ._---~ i It •IIII I I II• II". I I RITE TO tl(lHJCA60 MIRROR E.ART6LASSCQ ~ 2J7 N.Clinton street.Jl1 '\ -~Chic,ago~, Ills., U.S.A. -~~~ DINING FURNITURE BUFFETS, CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITURE DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATION and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire line will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. ~UPIeme court of the state sustaining the legahty of the "fixed pi Ice plan" The necessity for further Federal legislation of a mOle specific character is obvious. fhe Bo'\ el s bIll~so called because Duke C. Bowers, a cut-I ate retaIler of Memphis who operates thirty-two stores, had It drawn up and mtroduced in Congress~is aimed direct-ly and squarely at the "fixed-price plan"-would make it un-lawful to engage m It and proposes heavy penalties for vio-latIons of the law. It seeks protection for men who are able to conduct their business profitably without having to resort to the expedIent of combinmg with their competItors. It dIms at preventmg combinations among competitors and at pi e\ entmg the fixmg of prices by such combinations on food pi oducts and general merchandise. It proposes to create a "ltuatlOn wherem the law of supply and demand shall fix the pnce thereby permlttmg the consumer to get the benefit of it. :\1r. Bower's testimony at the last session before the house commIttee then mvestigating the "high cost of living," cold qora~e, pnces and so forth was illuminating. He showed by ;,peClfic CItatIOns that retailers all over the country are tied up \\ Ith the manufacturers and jobbers in such a way that many kInds of goods cannot be sold by them 'mless at the price fixed by the producer or his agents-his customers-and that in consequence retailers who do business by fixing their own pnces cannot purchase such goods at all. \Vhen, for instance, an optician pa} s a manufacturer thirty cent') for a pair of eye-glasses and must sell them for $3 or be barred out from handlmg" the goods-a clear profit of 900 per cent-the fact· demonstrates most forcibly that retail buyers or consumers are sorely in need of some sort of protection by law. That allowing the consuming public to take advantage of prices fixed only by the owner of the goods-that is, the retailer-can be made to pay gets a good illustration in the case of the Bowers ')tores in Memphis. Each of the thirty-t\\ 0 managers is paid a monthly salary, the owner of the busmess fixing it according to his judgment as to the man's \ alue to him; then at the end of the year the manager gets his pro rata of the profits of his store; on Thanksgiving Day, the close of the "fiscal year," the owner distributed $14,665 on this profit-sharing plan some of the checks heing, for sums m excess of $1,000. IIII• I I• IIIII .I. A dealer in St. Louis advertises an "altitudinous sale"-':- must have a mountain of stickers on his floors. WEEKLY ARTISAN r N~thi~--~t~-E~~ai"O-- ~;V~l~es' OFFERED IN THE MARKET Let us show you these and other . at.tractIve p.Ieces In our line of UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE 5.00 extra in Oak. Ruffled Front, 1.50 extra. This 3 Piece Suite PRICE No.1 Leather, 52.50 No.2 Leather, 47.50 PanPlush, 51.50 . Exhibited only at our Factory, 1113 West Washington Blvd., Chicago. Enterprise Parlor Furniture Co. MANUF ACfURERS j .. . . . .. .. ..... ..... .. .... 11 12 WEEKLY ARTISAN HIGH ART IN MANTEL BUILDING The Fireplace Now Cuts a Great Figure in the Decoration of Fashionable Homes. Thanks to the demand for handsome mantels the fil cplace has come back to ltS own 111 1\ew York. and ae cordmg to one expert lt IS only \wthm the la "t half el07en \ eal" thelt the Im-portance of the mantel III the 'ocheme oj mtenOl cIec)J atton 1M' been fully I ecogl11zed Persons who can afford It no longel al e content \\ Ith com monplace manteb m r('oms furmshed to mcltcelte a cel tam pel 1- ad \-\Then buymg a house, often \\ hen lca,m~ ,m apartment they are apt to pull out the mautel the) tll1cI and Ieplace 1t \\ ah one more dlstmct1ve, coc,tl) and expl eS'1\ e oj ll1d1\Idual LI-tc even though that taste ma) not ahv a), please the decol dtOI The other day, for Imtam e, the purchaser of eI spleneltdh carved ver) black oak mantel \\hllh \\as to be plaLedll1 eI fo' cr hall, l11s1sted that the huge fil eplaLe "hould be ltnecI \\ 1th hlome color desplte the fel vent a"cnrance" oj thc decO! ator th,lt to hL 111 harmony w1th andIrons, ..,ettmg" etL It \\ a'- 111lpo"lble tu use other than a black 11l1mg The decoratol 1'0 LOJbolm~ hllll-self wIth the reflectIOn thdt probahl) none of the \ hltrJl" to that house WIll be aware of thIS departtlle fr0111 ,ll tt-tlC con,htenL\ 111 the mantel Features whlch have helped to mCIea"e the numbel ot \\ on-detful mantels recently set up m tim, ut) ,ll e the mcrease m the number of pnvate houses \\ hlch mclude a vel) lal ge cltmng room or ltbrary or drawmg room or foyer sometImes all four and the tenclency to pay attentIOn to penoel, m jurJ1lshm~ the-e rooms Thel care Lomp,natlvel) new houses, such for l11stance as that of Senatol Ualk, buIlt \\Ith nLl11Yloom) chnnneys and whlch l11clude a halt d07en or mOl e manteb of costly construct1On rep- I e"entl11g dS many penods of house decoratIOn, Italtan and I rench Renals"ance, Eltzabethan, Tudor, l-<rancls 1, Old Eng- It,,h, Colomal and so on, made of can ed woocl, Caen stone, all SOlb of marble or ant1que ltmestone, the latter havmg a con- SplCUOU"plaLe m the 1eproductton of 111QStof the at1tlqu.es These are it 0111four to ten 01 twelve feet hl~h, accordll1g to the deSIgn ,ll1d thc 100111where It IS placed, and the cost lS an)\\hoe £10111$l,(}OO to $10000 accorcltng to the fittmgs, fac- Il1g" ancltrons and other access ones In many Il1stances the and- 1ron" are work, of art, eI few bell1g ventable ant1ques Such thll1gs cost 1110ne) ElabOl ately wrought ornamental lron lS combmed \\ lth bronze 111 some speclmen", others are of bronze, of bro117e and brac,s combmed, of brass, of metals overlald with gold Some are three feet, others five feet tall The ltnll1g of the SIX by four fireplace of an Italtan Renals- "ll1e e mantel of cal ved oak I ecently put m a } l£1h avenue Itbrary alone cost $()OO ~ ,uperb mantel costll1g $2,000 before bemg put up \\ III eelsll) Lost $ ~oon a decorator saId, before the last deteld 1'0 Lompleted 1f dntlques are mSlsted 011 Satt~fied With mot e modern moulltll1gs the total wl11 be a good deal less and the ettect prechel) as good to the average eye \t the que"tlOn, "Is one style of mantel more popular than mother: the expert explall1ed that aSIde ft am the fact that m the ver) large n1dl1tcl, used m ltVll1g rooms, spacIOus dmmg rooms and ltbranes the ldrger mtmber Il1stalled were of wood, there was no preference for an) one kmd of mantel, the selec-t10n dependmg all the st) 1e of the room or rooms, "1 here are more new houses of the Colomal style now m "e\\ York than there were half a dozell 'Years ago even, and 111 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Our New Factory is shown here. ROCKFORD SUPERIOR FURNITURE CO. Buffets, China closets and Library Cases Our full line is shown in Grand Rapids only, first floor, Furniture Exchange Building o. HALL, F. CARLSON and E. SAUNDERS in charge. Library and Dining-Room Furniture WEEKLY ARTISAN 13 For quality goods, visit the Fourth Floor of the Blodgett Building in January, and purchase our Dining Tables, fitted with the latest devices and locks. And leave your order from the largest and most comprehensive designed line of Office and Directors' Tables, Costumers, Waste Baskets, and Bank Check Tables offered for sale. And buy the Perfection Banquet Table Top, which IS in great demand at this season, and which is fully exhibited. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. rooms dIstInctIvely Colomal of course none but a Colomal mantel w1I1 do For that reason art dealers are endeavorIng to get the most beautIful speCImens of Colomal mantels extdnt not on I) to sell but to reproduce A few weeb ago I was lucky enoclgh to secure fIom a 1\orthampton, :'IIass , re~Idence a Vel) bcauiI ful example elaboratel) ornamented WIth apphed cal Vl11gs,. Compal ed, however, WIth the nme and ten foot hIgh heav) oak mantels, some examples of whIch have a ~upcrbly carved projectIng canopy the Colo11lals seem mode~t, and theIr prIce except 111the case of a genu111e antIque IS relatlvely low One of the IEnghsh mantels seen at a decorator's and ~oon to be moved to a house east of Central Park. comb111es convent SIenna mal ble and whIte mal ble, an exqUIsItely can ed twenty-inch plaque of Cal rara marble cross111g the black and yellow marble lust belo\', the shelf. whIch IS of Carrara The carv111g represents cherubs and flower garlands. A :\ew York woman who spends most of the year at her X ev. port house, has her CIty headquarters 111a large FIfth ave-nue apartment where she spends perhaps two months of the yea 1 The fur11lsh111gs of thIS department are extremely artIstIc, and 111 order to have three of the rooms absolutely harmonlOus 111 every detaIl, the occupant had three mantels mstallecl a few weeks ago whIch are reprocluctlOns of Itahan, French RenaIS-sance and LOUIS XVI styles, the first of gray Caen stone and the others of whIte marble elaborately carved \s p0111ted out b) the decorator, perhap~ the most wonder-ful feature of the stone and marble mantels more 1ecentl} de- ~Igned IS that certal11 reproductlOns made of antIque hmestone and cement are not to be told from the ong111al by an} but em expert and 111beanty ale cqnal~ of the ongmals In these, as 111the copIes of ongmal.., made of marble etnd stone of stone and of colored and whIte marble combl11ed, the color, or rather the dIscolor, IS preCIsely that of an antIque Clas~lC heads, Atheman carvlllg.., WIth the shadows and stams 111clClentalto tIme are ~een also l1l the cople~ The art of the WOlkman gIves to the nmtatIOns the ~ubdned shadmgs, the mellO\~ tone~ dssoclated only wttth mantels of venerable age, Even to the ChIPS dnd ImperfectIOns on exposed corners and edges the reproductlOns are exact In fact these Imperfections are artful!} and faithfully created after the model \ 1ecent great find from the standpoint of an art dealer \~dS a mantel stored III ~ome out of the way corner of Europe, made of I taltan marble and design, and a mass of splendid carvmg whIch m 1557 had been dbcovered m a BelgIan theatre and before that had occupIed a place of honor 111the chateau of a BelgIan nobleman ~ drawlnlS of thIS antIque was made from whIch a reproductIOn of the mantel, whIch I~ about SIX feet hIgh IS bemg constructed 1\ ~ ew York house WIll soon boa~t a 1eproductIOn of a man-tel taken from a VIennese ducal palace ThIS WIll go In the drawmg room ~t the atelIer where these remarkable repro-ductIOns are created ElIzabethan, Enghsh and French GOthICS WIth and without hooels, the latter 111~ome deSIgns ShO\',111ggra} tones only, FrancIS I fuclm and Lom.., XIV XV and XVI, mantels are 111proce~~ of b'1l1c1mg to fill the orc1ers of house 0\\ nel s 111thI-. and othel C1tIe~~ \ ere J 01 k Sun ::\IaUllCe and Emma Lazal e and DOl a Long are new fUl11ltUl e dealel c'-, 111 ChlLago, undel the name of the Co- OPCI at!\ e Home Supply II OlI:oe, ll1corp lratecl WIth $2,500 r--~-------------------_._------c-ap-Ita-l -S-tO-l k---------------------------.-.-.. I II IIII I I• COME TO THE GREATEST MARKET IN THE COUNTRY FOR UPHOLSTERED FURN1TURE and view our NEW CREATIONS in THREE PIECE SUITES, ROCKERS, CHAIRS, DIVANS, ODD PIECES, and the best line of TURKISH CHAIRS AND ROCKERS ever offered. Our recent removal to a plant where we have trippled our capacity, enables us to manufacture a larger line, and affords us faCIlitiesfor improvement WITHOUT increase of price. Shown during~January on the 4th floor, 1411 Michigan Ave., Chicago. Factory and Office, CHICAGO 2599 Archer Ave, III II I _... MAURICE TAUBER & CO., New Catalogue now in preparation. ----_.--' -- . . ------ .. .. .. . 14 .. WEEKLY ARTISAN These Specialties are used the World Over. Power Feed Glue Spreadinlr Maehine. Sinlrle. Double and CombInation. (Patented) (S,ze. 12 In. to 84 JR wIde.) Trouble With the Fan Driver. In most wood-working institutions the fan used for hand-ling shavings is one of the most difficult drn es m the plant. It must run at high speed to create suction sufficIent for taking up the shavings and the pressure for carry mg them to the collecting bin To get this pressure means high speed, and often, to get the high speed, small pulleys are used, with the result that at times it is pretty hard to keep a belt in good enough order to do its work properly when dl g'ing the fan. While but little expression has been heard on the sub-ject, it is probably safe to assume that the new patterns of fans designed with a view of permitting slower speed and yet get the same surface, strike a responsive chO!d of favor in the public mind. In fact, anything that tends to ease the ten-sion of driving should be vvelcomed in connectIon \\ ith the use of the fan. Sometimes it looks hkc one might II el1 use a larger fan with a larger pulley. This begets excess of belt travel, but one can use a light belt well balanced with high speed better than a stiff belt running over a small fan pulley even at a somewhat slower speed. Electric transmission has helped out considerably in this respect, for if there is one place that an electric drive should be more welcome than in another, it is in connection with a fan, because here is a chance to relieve d troublesome belt An electric motor is natmally inclined tow~rd high speed and is therefore the proper thing to hook up to a fan It 1" pH,b-able that the moto! has been a gI eater relief in fan dn\·ing than any other one class of work about the ayerage factory. Veneer Pre .... (Serew and Hydrauhe) Veneer Presses, Clamps, Glup Spreaders, Glue Healers, Trucks, Elc" Elc, .. ! ~ Hand Feed Gluinlr Maehine (Pa""'t pendJa•• ) Many .tyle. and .i",e •• Wood·Working Machinery and Supplies LET US KNOW YOUR WANTS N. 20 Glu. Heater CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY, Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind. LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF CLUE ROOM EQUIPMENT. No.6 Glue Heater. It may have certain weak spots or objectionable features to 0\ elcome but just the same It otters a rehef from one of the hardest belt dnves m the factory, and should be made free use of for the fan, if for anything. The use of fans and compressed air in one form and an~ other IS mcreasmg right along with every wood-working in-stitutIOn, and with all of them, last and all the time, the most dIfficult problem has been the problem of driving, be-cause of the speed involved. Som~ day we may entirely revolutIOn17e the fan busmess and get a fan construction that wIll take a slO\\, 1atJOnal belt dnve like an ordinary machine. AJready some steps have been made' in this direction, and thel e 15 scemmgly 100m for more. Anyway, in connection 1\ Ith the use of fans It IS well to bear in mind that one of the SellOt1'3problem,; IS that of driving them at proper speed con-tmuou,.,]), and s;n e proper consideration to this in installing the eqUIpment, so as to minimize the trouble of maintenance. -LotHs C Kelsey, in the Wood-Worker. MANUFACTURED BY THE 'U"':ndtlpARLOR 1 =wA...U BED f'''-::~~ ~..~~ Need not be moved .s.'J -/0 .,. ~ ~~ ~ """?4.''l.;~ from the wall <"I '" ~ .... ~~ ~~" ~ ~r"'-~f, !~ 1 Always ready With f-:"- ~~'::_\ ~"'1 beddmg in place. ~--{ ..~ 111} J So Simple, so easy, a 1 ... 't ~ 'If, Y1) child can operate It. 'L_---' ~v Has roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie & Sedgwlek ~, NEW YORK, Norman & Monitor. I,. "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp,t 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 gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Compames. Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. A1w Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnIshed in rolls or reams. H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third Ste, Philadelphia, Pae I .. d WEEKLY ARTISAN Buy the INVlNCIBLE Line of SPRING BEDS AND BE PREPARED TO FILL THE WANTS OF YOUR TRADE FOR Standard Quality Solid Comfort Honest Values Durability SEND-FOR CATALOG CONTAINING OUR LINE OF Spring Beds, Steel Folding Couches, Davenports, Cots, Cribs, Cradles, Mattresses, Couch Pads, Etc. MANUFACTURED BY HENRY SCHOMER COMPANY, 533-534 So. Canal St., CHICAGO, ILL. ~_. ----a-a-- a__a. __ J FOUR NEW TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BAR 0 NIA LOA K ST A IN in acid and oil. F LAN D E RS 0 A K S T A I N in acid and:oil S M 0 KED 0 A K S T A I N in acid and oil. EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. Send for. finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held flrst place m the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Pamters. In addltion to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually beauttful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICA.GO-NEW YORK Everythmg m Pamt SpeCialtIes and WQIOdFIU1shmg materials FIllers that hll Slams that ;,ahsfy ..------- -----~---.-..-.-- .. ...-~----------------------------~ 15 --, III I II,, II, II II, ,,I , II I,I 16 l hl \ alul of goldcn oak h11l~h \\ as 'ienously dIscussed ten \ edl, ago It \\ ae, not r apturotle;l) rlcelVed bv the buyers anJ the pI cehUH 1 \\ d'i frequentl) uttlred that It \\ auld not last h n~t1 tlUll one 01 t\\ 0 ~ea'io11'l 'J hc manufacturers of stain,,; \\ ell ljt11lk to moehf) ,md Improve the fil1l~h, and It IS 'itIlI pop-ubI I t11ned amI weathel ed oak faIled to ,upplant It and It ,eem" probable that the golden fil1l'ih \\111 be med as long as oak I' ueed 111the lon"t1ultlon of furlllture WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED e;VERY SATURDAY aY TH~ MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 eo ~ER YEAR ANYWHI!:RE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER Ye:AR. SINGLE COPII!:S SCENTS. PU.L.ICATION OP'P'ICE, 101-112 NOPlTH DIVISION ST, GPlAND RA~IDS, MICH A S WHITE, MANAGING EDITOR Entered as second cla .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand Rapid. MlchlC'an under the act of March 3, 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE, I!: LEVY When the bu} eh commenled Cl)m111~to (J 1and Ra ]Jld- thll t \ years ago the manufactUlel~ 01 lUll11t111Lehel not have dt thell command the modeln \\a1eIOOm" that all u"ed tllda\ e,,-- ples:'>l) tor the purpo,e ot cl1'ipla)111~ ~oo(b \0 lunlhl" \\ell served at mld-da} and no lal nage~ \\ el e pI U\ J(led tOl tJ1( iJ l1h portatlOn of the bu) el 'i to 01 from the Ltct1J11e, 1 he hlld, (Jt the manufactunng firm" ()J lorpOlat101b lhualIv 0\\ led ,l 1J(I-l and carnage and when neal one at thc hotl!, the O\\llel ~lllel ally stopped to learn lf there \\ ere bm el, jJ1V,tC1l1\\ 110 e e,11ed to nde There wele no telephonh In u-e anellJ1c;agemlllh \\Lle personally arranged or b) letter Occa~lOnalIv the nunULtltulll would convey two buver'i 111hiS 'imgle seat hugg\ h1111'elt 'It ting on thell lap" \t the factOl) the buy er' \\ ould be led through all department'i, m'ipectlllg a bed here 01 a 'Ideboal d there, placmg their {)1 ders 111 the meantIme There \\ d~ not much varIety m the ,t) les but there \vel e \ an 1l1g \\ lc1th, ,mc1 heIghts to be con'ilc1erec1 ~ large pel centage ot the goode, wel e ~hlpped, unfi111shed m bundles, crat111~ not hay 1112, been llltlLJ-duced to any con ~lde1able extent \ 0 ca~teb \\ ell t11111-1heel and a number of manufacturcI" shipped thell ~ood, \\ Ithout 111n rors or the marble top, that \\ ere genel allv placed on table, dressers and Sideboards IIahogal1\ lumbel CAI~ted b\ IepO!t only, but walnut WIth \mencan burl veneers and ln COmbllMtllll1 WIth whlte ash cherI) and maple \\ ele consumed eAChbl\ eIv m the cuttmg of stocK Black ash, bIrch and oak \\ ere not con sldered SUItable for use 111 the manufacture of fur111ture D\ contemplatmg the"e facts the reader \\ 111be enabled to form an ldea of the advance that ha'i been made 111 the mdustn The men who establIe;hed the fur111tllre manutactllrIn2; 111 du,try 111 Grand RapIds \\ el e m then eal Iv manhood 'hup hands The IV111chester~ \ 13 Pullman rohn \ f11111ham VhllIam George Haln and John \11'lclIcomh 11111l1''luke\ Eha,l\Iatter \\Ilhdm \ BelKev fohn IfO\\.ttt I II ]C)Jll Charles R Shgh 'vV S Fme1\, H If ~nNkn J rLCklllK Ilml-ler. Lon Hod2;e, Thoma'i D HaIght John \\ dddc 11 and other, vvhom the \\ 11tel at thh moment does not rleetll. ,en ed time 111 the 'ihop, and .tcclUlreel through cApenenle kno\\ ledge that proved 111valuable m late1 -'ea1 , IIo"t of thecl mell hay e pa "lei a\\ay, but whIle among the hvmg they tlalJ1ec1men tor thell 'u cessors, and the industn ha~ apparenth ,uRe1 eel but Iltth, through thelr lose; The factones of (Trand RapId" .tre Ua1111nc; a largc number of young men \\110 \\ III be the manager- ot the future In evel) hne of bU'lJ1ec~ men mu,t be tra111ed to take up the work of tho"e who \\ III pa'i5 a\\ a\ It the hll,mhs h to hl mall1tal11ed I (0), out t( I the mcmbel ot the "do\\ n and out club" \\ ho \\ ant::, to tell -'OU hlm to sucleed TheOrIes al en't worth mue h It they \i\i on t \\ 01 k Of course there'~ e;uch a thmg as prohUm; b} ml"take" ot the past, but ad\ Ice from a man who ha" been "Ull e""ful 1" l1"ually preferable to the hne of dope hand oc/ out b\ a man \\ hose efforts hay e alway" ended m t,lIll11l \ perpetual mventor} ,,}stem, covenng all departments of alai ge furmture manufactUrIng plant, located ut the state of IIldllgan and damaged b\ fire recently enabled the adjusters to "lule the 10"" 111 a fe\\ hour" The lanb " "ays Sy~tem mag-d7111e contamed a descnptlOn of every Item affected by the DIe I hl \ eal no\\ dl a \\ mg to a close hae; been a fairly good (me !( II the 1\11 111tUIe I11dustJ) :\lthough the opening was \1 eak tlade glacluallv gamed ~tJength and closes with a ,plenchd 1elmd f01 "ale" \l11eteen-ten WIll be long and ta\()Jabh lemembe1ed. Pullman nppel berths al e loml11g dO\Nn The movement tu compel Pullman to keep hIS nppel berths up when not in lhe \\ 111be I ene\\ ed The pubhc calls for .1n up and down "el \ Ile 111 the ~leepel s HIgh PO\\ el all lamps are not fit to use m exhlbltmg sam-ple, of tnr111tul e The glar~ of the lamps, reflected by the 111ulnp1l11t\ ot p01l-hed surtaces, u eates confUSIOn. ITam ot the OppOl tU11ltJes enjoyed by the successful tl a\ ell11g "ale"man \\ el e created by hImself. I hL ",tle'iman who I" Kno\\ n mamly for quahties of good tellcm "ll1P doe" not sell man} goods Must Control or Own. Bell1g 111tCI v1e\\ ed \\ hIle 111~ e\\ YOlk the othel day, ex- (rO\ el110r HOlh OJ Kansa" deda1ed hImself ~twngly m favol ot 2;0\ elnment lonU 01 of publIc utilIties as oppo'ied to govern-mlnt 0\\ ner,hlp He belIeves that un1c,,, ~overnment control h adoj)lul on ,l b1oMle1 ~cale than .tt present the people WIll be alou,ed to clemdlld gm el nment CJ\\ nel ,hIp but he does not be-he\ c th'lt gOYU lll11cnt 0\\ nel ~hlp hold'i d 'OlutlO11 to the COUll-t!, , gleat proh1em- I clo not hebe\ e III It belau~e It \\ 111tend to stIfle com-pctlttcm but 1 1'0 th111k that govelnment lontrol h necessan both for the protel!lOl1 of the publIc and the pre~ervatlOn ot the corporatlOn~ them-elves,' he e,ald "I beheve In corpol-atlO1h I am convmced they are d necessary part of our system, hut I am also ('onvmced the) ,hould have gOyernment "upel- \ l"lOn much dS the natIOnal bal1k~ have" GO\ el nor Hoch vI~orou~ly advocate'i publICIty of corpora- !l(nl finanlc" 'hi" he "a\ " (1" demanded 111 the interests of the publll ancl the l1ltlre,i-, of the pubhc mue;t dIv\ay~ be para-mount WEEKLY ARTISAN DAVENPORT BEDS and COUCHES V!~~~n J~teres! la!'ge ~d small ~uyer~. Don't f~il t~_see ~ur ~xE-f~~~t at 1319 M~higan_ Ave., 6th floor, CHlCAGO, ILL, January. 1910. Write for Prices and Cuts. Write for Prices and Cuts. No. 1218 EXCELLO DAVENPORT BED. Seat revolves and makes bed. Loose mattress is placed inside. Looks hke single davenport. Thos. Madden, Son & Co. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. Line shown on the top Floor of Furniture Exhibition Building, GRAND RAPIDS. D. L. CONREY FURNITURE CO. SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA Makers of THE FACTORY Makers of CHINA CLOSETS THAT MUSIC CABINETS LIBRARY CASES IS ALWAYS RECORD CABINETS COMBINATION CASES BUSY MUSIC BENCHES Try 12 samples and you The line that makes Why? will then buy many more. money for the dealer. : ~-.srrr It will pay you to send for Catalog and see the reason. 17 ..- _-- ----- ._-., I UNION FURNIR!c~!!L~O. I , I I, China Closets Ii II Buffets II I,I Bookcases, I I • ,,I ,II ,I '----_. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN ._ . . a_. •• ••. •• ••• r" GREEN MANUFACTURING CO. I Manufacturers of , PARLOR FURNITURE FRAMES OUR NEW LINE IS READY FOR INSPECTION AND WE COR-DIALLY INVITE THE TRADE TO SEE IT AT OUR FACTOR}!, 1500 NORTH HALSTED ST., CHICAGO, ILL. ============= OR SEND FOR BLUE PRINTS, ============= WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF INVENTIONS American Life Revolutionized by Labor Saving Machinery Since the Civil War. (By Frederick J. Haskin.) It would be difficult to overestimate the part which the inventor has played in the material progress of the United States, and it is equally hard to picture the full effect of his work upon the lives of the people, individually and collective-ly. The economists attnbute two-thIrds of the \\ ealth of tIllS nation to the creations of American inventive genius. It is only 60 years since manufacturing bE-gan to be one of our national activities. Since that time the value of our manufactures has inCleased more than 15 folel the \\a~c, ot the employes of the country's Llctones ha,'e been multiplied by 10; and the number of men and women finding employ-ment hac; quintupled. The inventor has made 1110<;tof tIll, possible, just as he has increased the products of the farm and of the mine. Many industries have been called into existence through the work of the inventor. One of the most pn fitable of these i'3 the use of electricity in the commercial \\ orld In less than 40 years the activities of inventors in the field of electrical application have built up an industry with a total investment of $7,000,000,000. The products and Ievenues of the electrical industries aggregate a billion dollars a year, and the 700000 people who find employment annually receive wages and salaries aggregating half a billion dollars Jnvention is the one wonder-worker which may take a\\ a) from and add to at the same time. It solves the old problem of eating cake and having it. It makes labor-saving machin-ery, at the same time adding to the demand for labor It '3l1b-tracts from labor's opportunities for profitable employ ment in one place, and, by the same process, multiplies its oppor-tunities in another place. One railroad train takes the place of a dozen stage coaches or hundreds of wagon teams; } et there is more work for horses and men in the transportation world than ever before. The day was when one man could turn out from 42 to 48 yards of shirtinlS in a week. Now, at-tending six power looms, he can produce 1,500 yards. Yet there are more men making shirting toda v than ever before A century ago it was only the well-to do who could enJO\ the luxury of a bountiful supply of clean 1:>edlmen. It took the earnings of 30 days of common labor to buy a smgle lmen bed c;heet. Today they are within the reach of even the com-paratively poor. A century ago it requil ed the earnings of from four to twelve days to buy a gridiron. Nnw, by working We lead in Style, COnftrudtOIl and F mish. See our Catalogue. Our Ime on permanent exhlbi. bon 3rd Floor, New Manufad. urers' BUlldmg, Crand Rapid.. ,,• -----.... an hour or two, one may earn enough to buy a good one. The ayerage individual in those days had a scant supply of cloth-mg He could not have frequent changes, and, consequently \\ as not physically as clean as he is today. The rise of textile machmery has changed all this, and today the very poor, may enJoy as good clothing as the moderately well-to-do did in, the early days of the republic. The very first problem that faced mortal man was that of clothing himself. Until a century or two ago the activities of half the civilized world \\ el e ehtlrely absorbed in providing raiment for civilization. Toda} only a small percentage of the people are so employed, and the others gn e no thought to the subject, except as they come 111contact with the problem at the retail counter. The statIsticians have attempted to figure out how many people It would require to produce the entire output of the Amellcan manufacturing establishments, working under con-dltlom \\ hlch obtained a century ago. They figure that at least 100,000,000 employes would be required. Five million are now so employed. According to this ratio between man-ufacturing employes and population, it would require the po-pulatlOn of the entire globe to give us 100/]00,000 workmen in our factories. Dinner Tables Affected. Even our dinner tables have been affected by the inven-tor One may find on the dinner table the products of the \\ hole world-grapes from New York, bananas from Central A.mellc<l, oranges from Florida, raiSllls from California, nuts £lom Europe, figs from Africa-most of it made possible by lInproved method'3 of transportation Not only thIS, but summer's dehcacies may be served in winter, and the winter's ~ood th111gc;kept 0\ er fOI summer. The cold storage ware-houses of the LT111tedStates a1e sa1d to conta111 $3,000,000,000 -----_._----., II III i.- . .-----.---..--.-~----,----. J Take any car west to Halsted St and transfer north on Halsted to our door Only 10 mmute. rIde from loop. Or North western" L" to Halsted St statIOn and walk sout to our door ..... .. . WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 worth of products every year, a great proportion of which are food products awaiting the demands of the American kitchen Labor was at one time bitterly opposed to the labor-saving machine. The inventor was looked upon as an enemy who would take from the laborer's children the very bread which they ate. The textile workers in the days of Kay an~ Arkwright would have destroyed every machine such men brought out. Even in our own country the dawning of the age of agricultural machinery aroused the agricultural laborer to a high pitch of indignation. He saw in it a movement to deny him a part in the harvest operations, or a chance to earn a few dollars at seed time. Sometimes his opposition took the form of sullen mutterings. Sometimes it went so far as an attempt to destroy the machine. In those days he got 50 cents a day and his board, swung a cradle all day, mauled rails or ripped new ground. Today he does not work so hard and gets from two to four times as much for his labor. Formerly his family ate old-time middling meat and cornbread, with coffee as a special Sunday treat. Today his table woul.d put to shame the rations of the mansion house of the early days. Man can scarcely turn but he finds something for which to thank the American inventor. Whenever he buys anything from a house to a pencil, he finds that the inventor has lowered its cost. Every time he steps on a street car he must pay mental tribute to the inventors who enabled him to ride so cheaply, so comfortably and so quickly. The elevator that carries him to the fifth story of the apartment house and to the tenth story of the office building has made those struc-tures possible. Even the city where he Q,"ainshis livelihood might never have been more than a village but for the rail-roads which came that way. Investigation made by Congress in 1891 led to the con-clusion that the average mechanic was then getting twice as much wage as in 1840. He is now gettin~ twice as much as he was in 1891.. It will, therefore, be seen that wages have practically quadrupled since the age of labor-saving machin-ery dawned in America. Statistician Powers of the twelfth census declared that the $25,000,000,000 of national wealth added between 1890 and 1900 represents a greater saving than all of the people of the continent were able to save from the day that Columbus landed on American "hores down to the outbreak of the civil war. He further assf'rted that it repre-sented houses, buildings, tools. machinery, clothes and means of transportation of greater value than the savings of the human race from Adam to the Declaration of Independence. Queen'May Start a Fad. Rumor says that Queen Mary is going to have a black carpet in her boudoir in Buckingham palace and if the rumor is true black drawing room" will speedily hecl,me the fashion in England. Some fifteen years ago, there was a temporary ltkl11gfor black carpets. and sma)t people fitted up rouge-et-noir salons in their houses, but the fashion quickly died out. It was found that black as a back ground for certain varieties of furniture or pictl11es onIy appealed to certain tastes. Al-though gilt furniture goes very well with a black carpet, it is next to impossible to have any light or delicate colors in the room where the floor is a dead black, and the effect in a small house is apt to be depre'3Sing especially in Lcndon. Besides a black carpet wears very badly, the slightest speck of dust or footmark sho""s. It is a carpet to look at, not to walk on -New York Sun. Costs a Lot Our Claim Less for MARIETTA SOLVENT I~For many years we have made it, used It, sold it..·with unvarying sat.. isfaction to our customers and ourselves. Marietta Sol.. vent WORKS EQUAL .. LY WELL IN OIL STAINS, PASTE FIL-LERS and VARNISH. Especially effective in oil stains containing asphaltum, gums, etc. A perfect sol.. vent for varnish, making it work freely and still retain the necessary body and dry-ing qualities. It means money to you to keep it in your finishing room. W rite for sample to desk No.3. Marietta Paint & Color Co. Marietta, Ohio. 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN By :E. Levy, Representative. '\ new lme of extensIOn table'S manu1actUl ed m Ch1ld~O wl1l I'~' C'xh1h1ted th1'S "ea'Son m the ::\[anufadul el" h1111d111"; Grand Rap1ds, 111 chal ge of Edga1 II ~lOtt It \\ 111bl (11l of the mo"t elegant dhplay" of d111111ctd; lJle" C\ u "hll\\ n dnd "tand'S ln a cla"" b) Ihelf [h" 1111l o( tdble" U 111p1hllH., abotL a dozen pattel n", 1'0manufactu1 ed b\ the r ean n 11a" "ewe, company, 2416 and 2418 Ind1ana a\ enue and h the mitIal l111e that thh company '11a" made f01 sale to the i1,\fle Realiz;ng that thele IS a demand 101 table::, "ueh a" thl \ show, from the splendId bm111e", thl} hal e e"tablhhC'd 111 theIr ye:Jrs 01 exper Ienle m 01 del 1101 k, the} detell11l1Jed to make up a hne for the tIade J he} al e lHlllt \\ Iih ,j paten ted construcilOn, are centlalh halanled and "l1JlJlI\1ted "II th It a 60 tn' h top, extended ten flet, h a" IIc;Id ,h ,l ll"ULllh litlllt tahle Vihen closed 1'he1c h d tla\ 1ll the eultll 1l~t1)]" on the ba'St, 111 whIch can be plaled ,\11 ,hbe"tlh tdhlc 111at table cloth, etc These tahles are 11ldlH1tddl1l ed fJ om the finest selected mahogany, ever} one 1eee ved the jPl' 11al "upervl'SlOn of Mr Ha"se,\ el and ihe Jllodm t fl0m the 1 ol1~h lumber to It'S fil11sh IS the acme of the cab111etmakel " (1 att All the patterns ale 111 Colomal q,le d11d the finhh I' \11 done h\ hand and the be,t that ldn be plodnled The \clalr company repOl t a lOmpetltlOn ot thcll UJ) poranon, WhlCh wa" 1 ecentl} 01 ~anl/ed Illth ,l paId up l dp1 tal of $.;,000 The \11eOlp01at01, dIe Tame" r "'-dall PIl~1 dent. J r Bwmehter vIce pI e'Sldent and '-, lIlluel nl1llllel" ter, 'Secretary The\ al e p' oceed111c; 111th all pO'''lble "peed to g2t theIr neVi quarteI'" at 1418 \\ abash al enue 1ll re"dl-ness for the cOl11mg exhIbItion sea-:on and the "JUrnlttll e Shop," a" they Vi111call It, WIll conta111 the11 l1lle of fUllllture speeidltie'S. tastefully and al ti'StIcalh all an~ed 111 then 'Shlll\ rooms or parlors so dlstnbuted as to ,hem to aell ant,lge the11 man v n velties 111hammered h1as'S etiects, uphohte1 cd nO\ el tIes, ete which they WIll hal e l~adv bl the opell111~ of the exhIbition season The Freedman COl1veltIble dl'. ,111 hed II111lh \\ ,h phl dl on the 111alket la"t 'Sea"OI1 ha" met \1 lth l11(ht ,,1 atlt\ 1l1" .sneees" It 1'Sa paIlor hed \\hlch 1'S"we to ~10\\ 1111a\I)) d' It bee'Jl11e'S bettel kno\1 nIt'S al lIOn IS ca"l 1t 1" "lmpl( 111 COll'ot1Llciwn and II hen opened m,1kee, a pel fed hed t()lll teet ----------------.---.-~-·--.---~-~-~----~1 II IIIItIiI I-----------_.~I The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. IIII I,I "- For Many Years Made Excluslvelv by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for \\'oodworkmg factories Send for Catalogue FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for sample. of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted In every partIcular Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mf", of band saw blades and tools 1717-1719 W AdamsSt. Chica08 \\ Ide L he} II III "he)\\ d 1111cof the'oe dn ,1n bed" 111 thell "paLe on the tu st ftoOl of the \[annfdcturer" ExhIbItIOn butl(ll11~ 131C) \11lhli.?,an a \ enue, (hila\; 0 dunng ranuary, \\)v 1 e It" mall\ alii anta~eo, as a pallor bed and 1tS utthty II III h, demon"trated The bed when c1o"ed shows a beauti-tul f 111 toot dn dll and chall sand lockers are made to match Il10duc111g \\ hat, to all appearances, IS a regular three pIcce ~l'lte, \ et 111addItion, a comfOl table bed. opening out tlOm ,hr 1\ all aga111c,t wh1eh It IS placed by a double move-ment \\ jrIch a chIld can manage I'he hed need" to he "een to he appreuated. e de"k hel e "hO\I n 1" fl0m the hne of \ Peterson & CfJ ..pi) \1l11fJUl "tied md I" but one of theIr many o,taple d"'1\;11' that hcl\e PIO\Cl1 pop,llar "ellel" :\11 Petersen ha" hecn th\. ul1c;111atlJI (ll mam lle\1 alld good Ideas that have been embodIed 111de"k hmld111g, and the hne they mannfac-tUll h amlll1g the he"t 111the country He IS a "de"k" man ut 111,1'1\ } car, c'CpellenCl and hlm"elf look" 0\ er every plece betol (. It leal (." the11 fae t01), 111a1<111o\;,ure that ever) detaIl WEEKLY ARTISAN OUR NEW PATTERNS Are the highest achievement of the designer and the skill of the best cabinet makers and finishers. With an equipment for the special pr9duction of EXTENSION TABLES LIBRARY RESTAURANT CAFE BAR PARLOR AND DINING CHAIRS IN CHEAP AND MEDIUM GRADES WE OFFER EXCEPTIONAL VALUES. Shown throughout the year in the Furniture Manu~ facturers Exchange, Wabash Ave. and 14th St., Chicago, in charge of Peck & Hills Furniture Co. SEND FOR OUR NEW CATALOG. NIEMANN TABLE COMPANY Factory and Office, 77th St. and Cottage Grove Ave., Chicago. ha~ been taken care of 111the most pam stakmg 111a1111el 1he, ha\ e put out a large numhel ot ne\\ desIgn" for the comm!,; ~ea"on and al e at \\ 01 k on d new catalog whIch \\ III shovv the efltne Ime :Val,ae,el'; of the estate of Henry Schome!. Canal and Harn..,on "t1eets. Chlca2,o, ha\e a,; theIr trade mark, the hgnr ~ (f . TypIcal ChlCdgO." on theIr 1m mClhle" spnng bed, dnd ha\ e made a £,1eat success of that 111gh qua11tv spllns; fhe busmes" ha" been conducted unde1 the manas;e-ment of F T Dorle) fOJ mOle than a } ear and has prospered \ ery c;atJsfactOll1y fhey are DCm prepanng a new catdlog WhICh WIll be out early 111 1911 He"lc\e~ 111anufclctunng the "Invlflclhle" 11ne of spllng bed" the) do a 10bbmg tlade m ,;teel da\ enports, cots, cnhs n on beds and tahle,;. whIch are shown 111 theIr cataloe,ue C J K mdel of the Kmdel Red company, 400 'vVe,;t Erie street. ha" returned from a tnp to the east. \\ here he has been lookmg after theIr mtel e,;t" m theIr New York and Toronto hranches They ha\ e had a very succe,;sful yea1 's busines,; and feel elated at the way the dealers all over the country have been dl"POSl11g of the Kmdel da\ enport bed. They re-cently Issl,led "ome \ e1Y good ad\ el bsmg matter WIth cuts of the Kmde1 bed. fOl dealel s who deSIre to use them i'n aIding to explOlt tll1" pal101 bed whIch IS Illustrated on a folder, and any of them WIll be ,;ent free of charge to dealers mqUl1mg for one 01 more "'\ttention I'; called to a three pIece parlul "111teoffered in thiS Issue by the Enterpnse Parlor Fnrmture company, 1113 \Vashmgton bouleval d ChIcago, \\ hich they claim is very good value as priced. The rockel here Illustrated b the11 number 58 It is man-ufactured m mahogany fimsh and oak They are offering thIS rockel m mahogany fimsh covered in number one leather at $950 and m number t\\ 0 leather at $8.50. They also 21 make It m oak at SO cents extla and have chairs to match. \\ '\ \\ hltmg, \\ estel n representatlYe of the H. B. ~l11lth :V[achme company, whose office and warerooms are at 558-60 \\ ashmgto11 bouleva1 d, has recently "old an eqUlpment of machl11ery for the new facto! y of the Khoeh1er Manufac-tUlll1g company, Bradley, Ill. Among the machines is a Smith 48 mch tnp1e drum sander, two self feeding rip saws, one sectlOnal roll surfacer and many other machines. He has also 1 ecently sold a number of machmes to the McDoug-al company, whose factones his company has eqUlpped with most of the machmes there installed. ________ J 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN ,..- . - ... -- . . ., I B. WALTER & CO. WABASH I INDIANA I WRITR FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNT S Ij TABLE SLIDES EXCLUSIVEL Y jj I ,,~. --- .. • .& IndianapolIs, Ind., Dec. 13.-This city has blossomed out almost over nrght wlth a profusIOn of Chllstmas gI eens un-known and impossIble in cities farther north, where the heavy snow fall lllcldent to the season is apt to make outdoor adornment a bedraggled ImpossIbIlIty. The favonte method of decoratlllg here is the use of southern laurel woven into verdant ropes and of thIs countless thousands of yards are used. Every busllless house down town, many m the outly-mg distncts and many pnvate houses are lIberally adorned wlth the laurel whlch Iemams green for a long tIme. VV111- dows are outlined with It, cornices are fl escoed and great festoons of It are stretched gracefully from lamp post to lamp post along the business streets. Clusters of mistletoe, red Christmas bells, crosses and stal s and wreaths of holly hang in many a window and the streets are filled wIth the chatter and mIrth of the Chnstmas shopp1l1g ero\\ d The store::, are struggling with immense crowds, the buyers are spending liberally. "There isn't as much in all this talk about high prices and the high cost of lIvmg as It would seem," saId George A. Gay president of the Pettis Dry Goods company, operating the New York store, to a representative of the Weekly Artisan today. "Goods are cheaper now than they have ever been be-fore, at least for many years back. Thel e IS of Course some advance along the line of groceries and meats, but I am\ speaking of other commodItIes partIcularly textl1es Never before have all classes of dry goods including silks and ""oolens been so cheap. By cheap, I mean good value for the money. And I can see no immediate prospect for an 111- er ea~e 1I1 pnces except possibly in cotton which is showing an upvvard tendency Just now. "vVe do not handle the cheap grades of furniture as our trade calls for medlUm to hIgh priced goods, but our prices CJnthese have not been advanced and will not be unless there should be a sharp advance among the manufacturers. Nor have we found any matenal advance in the cost of operating WafT\.;:a:'re a lIttle hIgher, it is true, but other expenses are about the same." ?\Ir. Gay was asked what he thought about concerted ac-tIOT} m splmg and fall opelllngs and he said: "Per::,onally I do not favor It. For a number of years back there has been more or less talk among the down town merchants about combming for sImultaneous openmg days, both sprmg and fall, but nothing has ever come of it though It mIght not be wIthout ItS advantages. The difficulty would be to select a date or dates which would be convenient for all and that seems to be next to impossible. A date conven- Ient for us might be too late or too early for neighboring firms or VIce versa. I really think it will be a long time be-fore anythmg of that sort materializes. "I do not approve of a co-operative delivery system with unmarked vehIcles as has been suggested." Etta S. Wilson. TURPS-NO. The Only Perfect substitute for Turpentine. Contains No Gasoline, No Benzine, No Headlight Oil. For use in reducing Varnish. For Use in CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES. TRY IT. The results speak for themselves. Barrel sent on approval. THE LAWRENCE·McFADDEN CO. PHILADELPHIA LPA. WEEKLY ARTISAN NEW EXHIBITORS IN CHICAGO " The Deimels Make Positive Announcement of Their Retirement From Business. Chicago, December 22-The statement that the Na-honal Parlor Furniture company WIll wind up their af-fairs and qUit busmess, has been confirmed by the principal proprietors, Jerome and Rudolph Deimel, ,\ ho have formally announced their mtention to retire as SO'1;1 as the business of thl'i well-known upholstenng house c.w be wound up. Orders will be taken in January at their di'iplay, 1411 Michi-gain avenue, for such parts of their hne as the stock on hand at the factory WIll work up and as this is one of the most varie1 hnes of parlor goods m th~ country buyers may se-cure a good assortment, notwithstanding the limitations set by the Deime1s for their actiVities dunng the next few months The Fourteen-Eleven bUilding has just undergone its semi-annual redecoratmg and affords a bnght and f1 esh m-teno, for the arnvmg samples for January's exhibition. The lunch room has been greatly enlarged and ~he retrenchment of Oliver Bros. & company on the sec0nd floor has made room fo'- a few new lines here as well as on some of the other floors. Following IS a complete list r,f factones whose samplf"s will be on view at "1411" which were not there last season: Crown Table and Specialty company, Argos, Ind., fancy furlllture. Banderob-Chase company. Oshkosh, Wi3., dressers, chif-foniers, etc.. Buckstaff-Edwards company, Oshkosh, Wis., chairs and ro..:k~rs. Northwood Furniture Company, Chippewa Falls, WiS, dressers and kitchen cabinets. Paoli Cabinet Co., Paoli, Ind., Exten",ion tables. -;Drague & Carleton, Keene, N. H., dot1b1e cane porch furllltnrc Wmnebago Furlllture company, Fond du Lac, Wis., of-fice desks. Hastmgs Cabinet company, #Hastings, Mich., kitchen cabinets Greemann Bros. Manufacturing company, Batesville, Ind, chamber and dmmg room suites. Tne Louis F. Greemann company, Seymour, Ind, dres-sers. Home Furniture company, Muncie, Ind, Htchen cabinets Mellon & Storm Manufacturing company, St. Louis, Mo., metal beds. 'vV. S. Milne, Cleveland, Tenn., chairs and rockers. The Billow-Lupfer company, Columbll'>. 0., mattresses and pillows. Dewey-Levi Manufacturing company, Chicago, dressers. Ft. Smith Refrigerator Works, Ft. Smith, Ark., refriger-ators. Champion Stove company, Cleveland, 0., stoves. Sturkin-Nelson Cabinet company, Logansport, Ind., kit-chen cabinets. Friends of John Clyde Murray, assistant secretary of the Fourteen-Eleven building, were much shocked recently to hear of the death of Miss Genevieve Marion McAnsh, whom he was to marry next June. This young lady was the daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Medill McAnsh, of Montclair, N. J., formerly residents of Chicago. Her death occurred in Paris, France, where she was to spend the winter completing her If your DESIGNS are right, people want the Goods. That makes PRICES right. <rlarence lR. bills DOES IT i63MadIson Avenue-CItIzens Phone 1983 GRAND RAPIDS, 1I.ICH .. musical educatiOn as a harpist. The family and friends of Miss ;V1cAnshwere wholly unprepared for the news of her :,udden death. The announcement that she had con-tracted a cold came III a letter, which was C'Ulcklyfollowed by a cablegram informmg them of its development mto pneum011la, whIch resulted in her death, Sunday, November 28. The young couple had planned to reside m ChIcago, where Miss McAnsh lived during her school yea1s, before her father went to New York to engage III the lmportmg busllless there. They had selected a home in ChIcago before she saIled for Pans last summer and "Jack" Murr.lY has been busy all fall havmg her Ideas for Its furn-ishing carned out to the letter. These circumstances in par-tIcular caused everyone, who knew these young people both m the trade and out, to feel a deep sympathy for both her parents and Mr. Murray III a grief that must seem to them almost too hard to bear. Several eastern roads have announced sharp reductions to take effect soon m fares to New York. This will be re-ceived WIth acclamation by the furniture trade-makers, salesmen and dealers. Since special rates are so difficult to obtam of late years this voluntary reduction, resulting from a rate war among the eastern roads, is bound to increase the attenrlance at the three big exhIbitions. A few dollars clip-ped loft the ticket to market often decides the" to go or not to go" Issue with many a dealer who has not yet acquired the Iegular market habit. The most notable absentee for the January season in the Chlcaso market WIll be the twin Shelbyville lines that have occupied a good part of the top floor at the Thirteen-Nineteen bUild1l1gfor several years-the Conrey-Davis company and the l.Javls-Birely company. These lines will be shown only III Gr.md Rapids this season, Tv those who pass the new Karpen building being erect-ed on JYhchlganavenue, the race for completion between this skyscraper and the new twelve-story exhibition building bems bmlt by Mr. Spratt, in New York, is interesting. Both bUildmg', were slow m gettmg above the basement and sub-basement floors, because of the peculiar difficulties in each of these undertakings. Mr. Spratt's office is diligently send-ing broadcast photographs showing the progress at regular intervals. The Karpens have not adopted the visualing plan yet, but their contractors are "sawing wood to beat the band," as Chicago residents can see every day. Before many weeks a list of to-be tenants of the new Karpen building beginning May 1, next, will be made public. Over at the new Munn building on Wabash avenue, al-most directly west of Karpen's new building, a good string of furnit.ure exhibits IS being put in order for January. These are thr- Kimball & Chappell company's and Knapp & Tubbs' hnes, F. J. Barnes' chair lines, and Ketcham & Rothschild's dIsplay of fine parlor furniture, until this month shown in the Ford & Johnson bUilding. VIsiting buyers should bear these i emovals in mind as they will "save steps," as the kit-chen calJinet man says, by getting the removals for January propedy mapped. ... N0- fium- Loose Fasteners WEEKLY ARTISAN !: I,' WAD"DELe MGraAn'd~UF~CTU~ING ~~'~-'II Rapids, Michigan All Knobs and Pulls have the I The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood in the world. Write us for Samples and Prices. Made in Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods. ~-_._._._------_.---- ---------- ------- ---_._-----------~-------._---- --- -~--='-======= System in Christmas Shopping. Storekeepers aglee that the real Lru,h of holllla, ,hopjl1l1!2, occurs m the last SlX 01 seven dal ~ ]Jeforl l hll stmZl' 1h1' week has been no exceptlOn and 111 'plte ot ,dl pI edChmg () th contrary, lS bound to be ~o fOl t\IO leason, The lank 1I](1hlc of persons who buy comparativel) 101\ pncec! gltt, u,ualh ',11 e up for the purpose and \1 alt untIl the sllrplu~ h neal h eqll d to the demand, and a Llrgc majont, of ,11Oppel' cannot Ul \\ III not make up thelr l11111c!,I\hat to bm untIl Chl1'tm,h h at their elbows. "Can't help It,'' sald a StOl e managel II ho was tel1111g of the steady 111crease 111the sIze of the hohda) shoppmg clO\\ds. "There lS no wayan earth ot prevent111l:f jam, 111the more pnp ular stores Juc,t before the hohda) s Xo wc,tem hac, 'ci. been lI1vented to keep ShOppCls from II m\ dmg Ulto cllta1n dCj)alt-ments and 111 Vanoth pOlnts 1'':1 ,onalh I thmk I leu gc pu centage of women prefer to shop 111a crOl\ c!ccI ,tOl e 1he \ hke crowds, seem to get mot e ftm out of them ThIs) ear the crowds Just before Chnstmas are hkeh tu be larzel than e, el whethes the sales are or not ' A saleswoman who wa" SUle that the m,ll1ager hall 'lzed up the sltuatIOn correctl), told of a customel \I ho h,h managed t) come through wlth fl) mg COlO1" "I knO\I thl s shoppel pel ~o1 ally, and when I noticed last I ear that she ('allIed a stllp of paper WIth three articles sometimes more, \\ ntten oppo'Ite e\ ery name on the hst, I was cunous, know111g that to zn e onE present to each of a long hne 1\ as all her pocketbook \\ oul,] stand. I asked her about 1t and thIS IS what I learned "For a week or so she stuc1Jes over the awful problem II hat to gIve to each of hel husband s relatIves and to each )± hel relatives that wlll LOme w1thll1 a certam pnce gettl11§, help often by walkmg through a shop or 100k111g m shop windows When she thmks of somethmg \\ h1ch 111lght Sl1lt Lncle Henr) or Aunt Jane or A..unt Jane's young daughtel she puts It down opposite the person':> name and "hen she has got down the h st, begins all over again, Jottmg down an altel natn e A.. tlJlrel time she goes over the hst Wlltll1g dovvn a tlllrd artIcle agall1,t each name unless she IS certall1 that one ot the t\\O thln~, al-ready listed WIll please the person who gets It "Making thIS hst takes some tlme, she sa)s and It 1S done mostly at mght, but 111 the end 1t saves her a lot of time \nel the presents always turn out ver) satlsfactonl) fm dll can cerued, wh1ch is saymg a good deal I tell he1 A..bout one \\ eek before Chnstmas, never sooner, she starts out \\ 1th hel ltst about 10 or 10 30 in the mormng-she couldn't get a\\.:1\ trDm home earlier-goes to some one store, shops till a1xJut 12 anel goes home again on account of her small chIldren In that tIme plobctbh she goes through WIth two, three or four names on her hq, ma) be 11101 e L he next da \ ,he I epe"ltc, tIllS p10gr,1l1ll1le, choosmg ma)- be a)]othu ,to! c \ eve1 m the ~al1le mormng does she ~o to 1ll0l ethan <'Jne stOl e 'tIld by the wa}, If every woman would 'tll k to tllclt ltlle It \\ onld save her tIme and strength a lot TInt \\ lthont ,t lht It \\ ouldn t be easy to do thl" ITel e I' \\ ha t the customer w1th the list does Suppos-mg d ,J1, el PlCtUle fI ame a fancy neck chain, a work basket ,Ire agall1~t one name Of COul se I don't know that these three thll1gs IIould e, er be hned up together But supposll1g they \\ el e The ~hoppel looks fil st at sIlve1 frames and finds that the as,,01 tment doe" not mclude one that pleases her at the ]Jllce ,he can attOJ d to pa) Instead of running to another store te) hunt PICttll e 11 ame, ,he ~oes to the neck cha111 department Ind choo,e, one IIIthl,l the h.gure she has apportioned to that present 01 not hndmg '1 ch,un to her hk111g, she looks at work ba,keb and pI obabh ~elcch one H,n 1l1~ settled that entry on her hc,t, she goes on to num-hel t\\ 0 or numbel ,e\ en accord111g as the artIcles opposite those numbel s al e the mOle hkel) to be found 111the store she h In C:;omestol es have better a~c,OItments of some goods than other- as most shoppel s soon find out "Last) ear the lady WIth the hst made all her purchases m th1 ee_,tares and In five days shopPl11g only m the mornmg, and the re,u1t IIa, so good tllat ,he "Ill follow the same plan thlS \ ear "I have another customel who~e plan IS absolutely ddter-ent but she says It \\ 01ke, out all nght and that she means to .,tICk to lt C:;hepnh dm\ n on a pIece of paper the names of ,dl the persom ,he I11cmc, to remember at Christmas and the amount she can d1£01d to spend on each but that IS as far as ,he ~ets WIth a list Except m a few mstances she has no Idea what she i::,gomg to bm untIl she gets m the StOIes She told me that shel de-pends for m Spll atlOn on vlSltmg the StOles \Vhen she sees a prett, tnfle she hke, she gets out her list, looks at the names, -a) ~ There, that \\ III be nIce for "0 and so and the price I~ nzht too, and buys it "Then she sClatche., that name off tlle list and waits for ,mother 111SpllatlOn 'Hel plan 1'- better than to have no list at all, but she spends double the time m e\ her shuPP111g that the other customer spends, and I don't thmk hel selections are so good eIther "\;ot one shopper 111 fifty has any list at all and many spend days 111 the shops before makmg up theIr minds about the most Important purchases." WEEKLY ARTISAN THE MOST DESIRABLE LINE OF fRAMED MIRRORS and HANGING HAT RACKS IS shown throughout the year on the 2nd Floor, 1319 Michigan Ave., CHICAGO with Foster Bros., and In our catalogue, sent to dealers on request. Many new and beaut-iful designs added this season. GALLOWAY GLASS CO. Office and factory, 406 No. Uncoln St., C"ICAGO,Ill. New Factories. The Stockwell-HalC) company, recently incorporated, are 11l1lld111£; a lan~e mdtt1 es'o factlllY at Los \ngeles, Cal james Ludden and ,Y1111am Sab111 ha\e formed a pa1tner- -,111])to e'3iah11:"h a maitre'3'3 facto1), undel the name of the Samta1Y J\Iattres'3 company at \\ 3U'3aU, \ViS, \V T D1Ck'3on, A D Rcm land, \1 D1ckson, C C Bec1- n1an dnd J '\ D1shlan hd\ e 111COplotated the Standa1 d Up-hol' 3te11ng compam to e'3tab11'3h d facto1Y 111Mansfield, Oh1O H C Jone'3, H J ,Ya~cl11cr :'IIa1tin Ihgler and T F, ::\lcCullol1~h, ha\ e 111co1pOlated the Gland Raplds Upholster- IDe; and J\Ian11factu1111C; compan\ lap1ta11Led at $10,000, to l '3t<11)11'3hd ne\\ fdctOl \ 1I1 1Iemph1'3, Tenn [he Cemal '\Ietal Bed C0111pal1\ llds heen 111unpotated to c"tab11'-,h <1ne\\ fdct01} 111\' e\\ Y01 k C1t\ -Bdl net \hap11 0 ewd ::\10111" l'01'-,l1e1 of BlOOkh nand {"Idc,] n Bendler of "N L\\ Y01 k, \\ ho hold :t)Q, 000 01 ~12 000 CdP1tdl stock a1e the 111U))pOl dtors New :Furniture Dealers. J 1 \\ ebh &- '-lon" d1C ne\\ fUrlllil11e dealels at \lpha1- cttd, Ga D ,Y, DedI ha" opened a ne\\ fl11111tme stot e at \Valker-ton, Ind \V1111a111Po'-,pe"al 1" a ne\\ fm11ltme dealer 111 ClC\e-land, Ohio \1 13 Calhoun has opened a ne\\ fUI niture and ca1 pet '-,tOle at Barl1\\ell, C; C The 'V01Lester T1 ad111l5 company are new llOuse-fu1 n- I'-,he1s 111\ Y01ccste1, Conn 1\el ,;on ~ !\nder'-,ol1 ha \ e open cd a la1 iSC fU1nitm e and cdrpet h011SCelt 1135 Mal ket strect, S,lll Franusco, Cal Hally L1Sha\\ ltz, Loms Tolen, J. JU. Mendelson, A. L. Dlet7 and -:\1. P. Goodman, have 111corp01ated the Lishawitz- Tolen compan), cap1ta11zed dt $10000, to engage in the retail fU111ltUlc bLhl11es" 111Clc\ eland Ohio. Furniture Fires. Cl1ades Joh11son's furmture store dt Ludll1gton, Mich., \\ a" burned on December 16 Loss partlally covered by in-surancc Roy Olney, tm mtl11 e dealel and undertaker of Mendon, 1\11c11, \\a" burned out on Decembel 14 Lo"s, $3,500; in- S111ancc, $2,000 1he \ppltton (\\ IS ) Chall company'" plant was burned on Dtccmbu Ie) fhc 10'-,", almo'-,t total, 1'-,e"i1mated at $25,- 000, etlld 0\\ 111<:; tu the Ide t that thc company expected to mm c m fdnUdl}, 11edl1y all of tht tll"l11anCe had been dropped. iJy carrying the ONE-PIECE PORCELtlINllNED WONrIRD CLERNRBLE WR ITE FOR CATALOGUE GRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR CQ GRAND RAPID."3. f\IICH. 25 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 COMPLETE LINES OF REfRIGERATORS CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. AT RIGHT PRICES ::'t<ND F, R 1'.EW CAT~LOGl'E A"'D LET US NAME YOU PRIel< Buildings That Will Need Furniture. Reszdettces-Atlanta, Ga - J C Rathers, 5 Gal den street $2,500; C. F. Rogers, 196 Oak "tl cct, $2,500, ~II s T D, "on, 236 Atwood stleet, $2,500, III"" L Helma, 140 Clescent a,c-nue, $4,500; D. H. ~Iean", Racmc st! eet, $3 500 1 ::\1 Bl 0" n 816 South Gordon stl eet, $4000, ::\lrs C H Dozlel, 76 Washington street, $6,500. BIGcklyn, N Y -IVlllIam IVagnel, 599 BushwICk clve-nue, $3,000; J. F. Kendall. 330 East Ei~hteenth Stl eet, ~8 000. M F Torpe}, 5S:; Pro"opelt a, CI1l1C $5,000, F 0 POlL', 34 TIffany place, $5,000, M lhenenstock, 1238 Thlrt}-cll.;bth street, $7,000, A J RadclIffe, 1934 rledford el\ U1UC, S4, ;00 Canton. Ill- [' 11 Chapman 11m St1cet ,md c.:,u (11th avenue, $3,000 ChIcago, Ill-John Splrkel, 4447 \01th l\lUltna ~tl('ct $5,500; EdwalCl E ('aIrIer, 1420 II est Se,ent\ fil~t qreet $3,000; Leon Levy, 21;9 L\ddison a\ el1lle, 9;6,800; \u~ust Dickenson, 4143 Nnt th Flftv-first avenue, $5,000; Charles Holman, 4508 West End avenue, $12000, l\lcholas II ,df, 4030 Clarendon avenue, $12,000, Leo KipkO\\ skJ 1'lot] \nrth Paulina street, $9,000; Joseph 1 Vtlna, 4317 \\ est Tackson street, $4,500; Dr. :McGlenn, 4330 IVashlllgtc1J1 houleval d $8,000. CinCInnati, O.-S D Cooper, Cltfton and 110erlIn a, e nues. $6,000; Louise Klein, Jerome and 'Vatfield a\ enl1e~ $3,000; George Haas, Knox avenlle and Beekman "otlct $2- 500; MI' L \V vValdron, Palk and }\[yrtle avenlles 9); 000 C~e\eland, 0 - \meha illurman 3236 ,Vest lourteenth street, $.\000; Charles Hearn, lOS;; Remmgton street, $2500 Anna L Taylor, 12601 Launcelot a, enue, $2. SOD rrank Hal t man, 1605 East Ninety-seventh street, $5,000, Hem) Hart man, 1107 East BOlllevard, $10,000, C \ Ta) lor, S16 Ea"t 108' h stl eeL $6,000, Dl C Dlfford, 2266 West Nlllety-eighth st! eet $3000 "-(,], mbu~ 0 - II all.;alet 0 Rockwell, 61 Sherman street, <::;2~00 D1 f'dmstun, 961 West Iltoad stIeet, $6,000; J II DlCh 1 ..,~2 ] a..,t Second dVenue, $2,500, \1' 0 Ferrell, 2300 Sulln ,\11t ,1\ enue, $2,500 l)el1\ Cl, lul-R liT. SmIth, Gaylord and Twenty-sixth Stl ee', 5;2500 J W Fletchel, South Ogden and Arizona ~U('ph S.? :;00, ITIS H. \Ihuckle, South Ogden and Kentucky "tlept'-, ~2,:;00, \ L. Woodhdm"o, Suuth YOlk and Alameda "tr ell' S;,OOO, ILLY Lehman, rOUl th dvenuc and DetI Olt stl cd" S::3,000, :Nfls T C 11lOwn, 628 Logan street, $2,500 !1l1r(Jll Illd> -C!Jadcs T Duff). [101ton street and ()akL nd d\ U1UC "'~,f)00, ~ F. Larpentel, 448 Twenty-third sUept S?600 \ B Palke, Gal field elVentle and Ellery street, $4 :;10, Tohn ~he\\ It/. Ll\lll~"ton and IIastl11gs streets, $6,- 200, 10hn VIUlI, 1403 IVabash a,enue, $8,000; Lilhe Belle Camp ')ell. Cavall) and Cadet streets, $4,000; E H Brown, 218 ::- ( t 'en street, $6,000, T J Fnt/, 174 Baldwlll street, $3,000, Tohn P Dinan, Porter street and Trumbull avenue. <:I;9,00l' Grand RapId" MICh --11r" A r Spauldmg. 244 Gld-dlllt;" e1\ fnue, $2 ;00; Toseph London, 29 Na)lm avenue, $7,- 500 I B Peck, 204 Eastern avenue, $2,500; Jacob Baker, 148 I llamas street ~2,500, S \ Swalt, 39 \fa~old street, $4,- 000 T r 1 hOl11p"on, 29 \Ve1l1l1gton place, $2,500 Tlou~ton, 1 (" - II' T 'Yllson, Cong-I e"os and York street, ~2,:;00, II llltam \ \Vllson, Fuc1id avenue, Wood-land ,fttg-ht" $4;00, ld,\ald Daltholomew. 780 CapItol ave-nue S.? ;00, C III Bocock 217 ['1 anns street. $2,500 Indlanapohs, Ind--Iv H Pfeffley 355 Bancroft ')treet, ~3,20 '. ( B Spann, 2935 IVa"ohll1l.;"tonboulevard, $4,000, Vl WEEKLY ARTISAN A. B",nda, East Mlchigan t>treet, $2,500; Edmund Itel, Isa-bella 'lnd Twenty-fifth Stl eets, $2,500. Hntc-hl11son, Kan - '\ J \Vilhams 392 Felt>t Eleventh e1\enllC, $2,500, 'IV If Cald\\ eU, 42; \\ est C::eHnth avenue $2,500 Jacksonv11le, Fla-J\I P \ndel, Cleveland sUeet and Kl11g'o load, $2,500, G F Yngent, Oak street and Kl11~'s load, $2 SOO; R. A. Kornegay, 227 Hubbard stleet, $3,000 W J Cowels, Seventh and Laura stl eets, $.3,500, T 11 Blodgett, Cedar and CarDEn a streets $12,000 L011sville, Ky - \Vllliam Klem. 518 Third stJ eet $4,000 I 0" Angeles Cal-I:d\\ 111 Dentha111, 4S49 Lockwood a\ en11e, $2,500, Charles Campbell, 1009 Los '\ngeles "tl eet $3,500, A A Hopkms, 744 rast T\\ ent) -fifth "treet, $2,500 ::\11s II D \V11ha111s, 761 Otta\\a stleet $2,100, CaIne J <::)1111t9l\05 Hal \ al d st1 eet. $3,000, C F I \ baJ Q er, 944 F1an C1SCOstleet, $2,100 L Paullahn 1841 IfontJu:Uo avenue $3,SOO \Tmneapohs, 11111n -Don~Lls \ Flske, 14 tIC,hth "tJ cd $13,onf); D H DUl)Ca, 34S3 FJC1110nt a\ cnlle, 9)2 SOO C; 1 Bakke, 2604 Clm3:';o 3\ UHle $6,300, ,Tl s lhIda l' \'n"Llf "on, 2g?? JIumboldt el\ eUllC, $2,500 011 e,ha, '\I'eb1 -0 C B1adfOld 402 South Thi1h nmt11 street, $10,000, Charles D McLaughhn, 3184 Larimore a\ e nue, $2,500; Paul Bogard, 3408 Cass avenue, $3,000 Philadelphia, Pa -Dorothea Rlllger, 894 North Slxth street, $3,000; Philip Cohen, East\\ ick avenue and Eighty-fourth street, $4,800; George F. Heath, Eighty-fourth "treet and Bre" ster avenue, $4,500; Harry Eisen, 28 "AIest Columbia avenue, $3,000 Portland, Ore,-Martin Johlbon, East Twenty-third and Sumcer streets, $2,500; D H Ryan, East Forty-sixth street and Sandy road, $2,500; T H Harnos, 891 \Vlihams avenue, $4,800; A. L Mc-Kenzal, 408 East Twenty-fourth street, $5,- 000. Sal+ Lake Clty, Utah -Frank Do} e1, 669 G Street. $2,- 500; A ugust Matson, 1098 South \Vl11dsor St1eet, $2,500; C E. Carlson, 1132 East FoUl th stJ eet, $3,000, J ol1n Coulam 60 Sc uth Eighth Fast street, $4,000 S...tn Diego, Cal- T. ::VI: Rarnhart Third and Spruce streeb, $5,000; \ M .McCorkle Thil tJeth and Redwood streeet -', $2,500, Henry Pun lel, Campus and T) leI streets, $6,500. San AntonlO, Texas -:\11'5 Pearl Coleman 111, :\Ilstletoe a\ enue, $2,800, \\ "Y Hood, 327 Tamauhpa::, '-.trect, $3,000, J\Il" \ B Caldel, 272 SKmne1 a \ cnne, $4,000 "ou1h Bend, Ind-LOllI" HlcKcy, 52 S01lll '-,treet. $6,- 399 Young"town, 0 --Kaney Thompson, 216 l\Jarwn elvenue. $2,500; J E Kanc, 422 Lexm~ton a\ enue, $3,000 Miscellaneous Building- -I~c\ P \ Flanag-an has a pel ln1t frj a $15,000 church to be bUllt on FCJ\\ler and Twent)- eighth "tJeets Omaha, Nel) A pel1111t has heen l""ued fO! the el ecl1011 of the Lhlllc11 of the \tonemcnt at 5757 Ken mOLe a\ enue, rhlcd~o eo"t $18,000 The L n10n of Amell ean Hebre\\ a"SOCla110ns al c el ectmg an ad 111 1111 stratlOn buildtnS;, hbraly, chapel, ete, on Chiton a\ enne, Cincll1nati, 0, at a cost of $200,000 \Vllham Bnrblldge l~ bl1llehm; a $100,000 hotel on Clay and Fors)th '-,tlects Jad,sol1\ lUe, Fia Contracts ha\ e be<>n a\\ al decl fell the ClectlOn of a court hc\) "e at Portland, Ore at a co"t of $22S'000 W. C. Baer & Son have opened a new furniture store in York, Neb. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH BUIlt With double arbors, shdmg table and equipped complete With taper pm guages carefully graduated. Th:s machme represents the height m saw bench con struchon It IS deSigned and bUilt to reduce the cost of sawmg stock. Write us for descriptiVe InformatIOn. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. --~_._._.--_.--- I• II I POLISHES Quality and Economy I,: Two excellent reasons for using the II Excelsior or W'orld s II I Fair Polish I I II I III II I IIII on high grade furniture. We claim to sell the best and most economical polishes, and have proved it by their being the Standard polishes for 2S years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices a ld send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. I COMPANY, I 2312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. II I,. .. 27 " 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Upper Berths '~Till Cost Le~s. Dl"patche,; flam \\ a"h111"tUl1 "tdte that the nu\ Pullman ,.,leepmg car lates vVlll pl0babh ~u mtu ehee t thl()u~h JUt the U11lted States on or hefOlC TanUal\:?O Ihc Illtu~t,ltC Com-merce CommlsslOn toda\ handed elm\ n Ib I u1ll1i:; h"1l1"': the chal ges f01 uppel Pullman bel ths at 80 per cen t ol thc eh<llbe made for lowel bel ths and ha" gl\ en tent,ttl\ e appl (]I ,d to a new schedule of lates filed]y\ the Pullman company tu ~(\ 11110 effect thlOlHshout the entll CL l11tecl State" Ol1Ol lxtOl c the date named The Pullman compam ha,; accepted the COil elu ~tr J11" of the comml';';lOn 111\'vhat a1 e kl1o\\ 11d" the T uttu" ca"c, tllctt the I aies fm lonf; db tanle" on 10v\et bel th s ,,110\11(1be 1ed ue eel and that alluppet-betth" lates should be teduecc1 It 1':0 c"tl mated that the lcdultton \\ hlch melude" ,d1 ol thc 1118.11lt1l1e lalltoads of the L11lted States e,cept1l1g the \e\\ lld\ Cll I 18.r1. $5.25 EACH Quuter sa""ed veneer back and seat Height of back 26 IOche' Wld,h of "'at. 20 mches Fmls~ed Golden Oak PolISh d Sh,pped K D No. 420 Oak Rocker flat Weight. 27 rounds 'JIorw/lfaflukctun/lR co.. Grand Rapjds,Mich. tht (,1 Lelt \urthClll a11C]the \lthvdl'kee & ~t Paul, WIll effect ,l nc t I edncilOn of 11e'tlly $1 '100,000 annually 111the company's ~!(h" ll1C0l11C fhc rZoch \\ ell ),Ial1utaltullng C011lpany of ),1alvel11, Ark., h,1\ C clbpoe,ecl o! then "creen busmess at that p0111t, having "old to othel "C1 een 111telce,ts They have retamed their plant 111iact dud al e um"tdell11g a PlOpo';ltlOn to manufacture t111nlt111e j hie plant n{ !11e \me1llan ParlOi Flame company at Ph mouth \\ 1" \\ a" comp1ctely destroyed by fire on De-l unhu 13 I 0"" $18,000. m"lll anLe. $14,000 The factory, \\ hlc h h,td ]JCen m opel a tlOn onl) a fev, months WIll be re-lnlllt A, PETERSEN & COMPANY Manufacturers of the BEST MADE and LEADING LINE of Office Desks In the Country, Large number of new patterns now being added, ready January 1st, will be shown in our new catalogue. FULL LINE. RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 430 Arlllour St., CHICAGO, ILL, 111~ IS nO\\ occcupied, most of the Ime" "hown are made in CmcmnatI, but se, eral southern bl tOIles a1e 1epresented. The People's Fmmture and Ca1pet company and the U11l0n Outfittm~ company of Omaha Neb, hay e heen con- "ohdated under the latter name, and" 111mm e mto a new hll11dinc; on c,lxteenth and J acl,.son stt eet" eally m Tanuary A t the annual meetmg of the Ohio Hotel association in Dayton, Decemhe1 IS R. F. Somerv111e, seCletary of the Oh1O Lomme1 ual Travelers, delivered an add1 ess, in which he m g cd the hotel men to p10vide nine-feet sheets and in-d1\ 1dual towel" w1thout hemg 1equired to do so by state law. Representat1\ es of commercIal organizations, wholesalers and retaIlers, from Kansas C1ty. <::;tJoseph, Sioux City and other points on the :M1ssotll1 11\er, held a secret meeting at Omaha on Decemhe1 15 fm the purpose of considering ways and means to force a reduct10n m ratlroad freight rates be-b\ een lVI1SS01lnri, er points and the Atlantic coast cities CmcmnatI manufacturers are reported as having had a husy fall Most of them have had much better business than VI' as antIcipated at the close of the summer sales season, among thes ebemg the Sextro .Manufacturing company, the Modern rur11ltme company, the SchIrmer Furniture company, Phoe11lx l\lanufactunng company and Charles Kaiper's Sons The t\lgentme Mm1st1Y of Agnculture states that 13,716,- OOS aC1es have been SOVvn with flaxseed th1S season, and that ov\m~ to droughts there wIll be only an average crop of about 800,000 tons, the quantIty avaIlable for export bemg about 700,000 tons A promment Buenos Aires cereal exporting firm estimates that about 900,000 tons will be avaIlable for exp01 t. TheIr harvest comes in January. Charles M. F1isse, a Democ1at, elected to represent the EvansvIlle d1StllCt m the Ind1ana leg1slatm e, is a promment fm11ltm e manufacturer He has been the head of the World Fwmture company, recently merged 111 the Globe-World- Doose company Mr Fnsse IS brw,ht, keen, ene1getlc and capable m e\ e1y sense and hIS man) hlends e'Cpect him to make a bIg mark on the HOOSIer statutes. \ Vholesale mall 01der houses ha \ e f01med a strong as-socIation wIth Ed\\ard D Butler of Butlel Bros, Chicago, as presIdent for the purpose of opposmg" the parcels post. Their alleged mot1ve IS to prey ent the ehmmat10n of the country merchants The orgam7at1On was completed at a meetmg held m ChIcago recently. It IS called the League of Ameri-can vVholesale assoclat1Ons and IS saId to have about 300 members. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS ] Tolmes Batle, has pUll hased Fl ank Fowler's furniture 'Ot01e at F1t-.her, III F VV. Km~don has pt1llilased the undertakm~ business of F. R Blatt at Cullom, Ill. Biebel t 8-. 11lesen hay e suc-ceeded T K T·Ll!den furni-ture dealel at He1hert, Saskatcl1e\\an Easte1 n manufactm ers and ]ohbe1 s 1eport something like a revlVal m the demand fm hrass heds The Fvan svtlle, Ind, furnitl11 e fact01 ies al e nearly all 1unnm~ full tIme Wd.h a full complement of men A C Robertson, furniture deale1 of vVinnipeg, Man, is closmg out hIS stock and wtll retn e from the business. Palme1 8-. vVebel succeed Bel g eron ~ Malloy in the re-taIl fm mture and ha1 dware busmess at Rancier, 1\1mn The t\l1mgton Refllge1atol company of \rlington, Vt, have opened a New YOlk office at 7 East Forty-second street. vV G KllH;. mattress manufactt1ler of Ham11ton Ont. has made an assu;nment to l' T l\1lddleton. Llah1lities $1,600; assets, $1,100 Tile Economy Fl11mtul e company of Cle, eland, heen mcorpOl ated hy t\1fred t\ Benesch and others stock, $10,000 The Henderson hy Edwa1 d Ploe~e1 ItS full capacity. F1nest KnH"ge, Hem y Moh1 hussen and De1l1ard Schmidt have pl11chased George B Hoppel's furmtme and hardware busmess at Lagrange, Te'C. The addItIon to the plant of the vVorld-Bosse-Globe com-pany of Evans\ ille, Ind , is now occupied, 150 additional men ha\m~ heen added to the force A new hotel erected at Port \ntonio, Jamaica, furnished and owned hy Amellcans, wtll open f01 busmess about Janu-dry 20 The cost of the building V\ as $175,000 The plant of the l\1uskogee Fl11mture company at Musk-ogee, Okla , wtll be enlal ged and eql11pped \\ lth ne\\ machin- (1) m the neal futl11e T. H Dedellis the general manager. The Stemm an & Meyer Furmture company of Cmcinnati, 0, are bmldmg a five-story addItion to then factory on Y01k street. It WIll be 60 x 67 feet and of fire-proof construc-t10n The SkandIa Furnitm e company, the Ro) al Mantel com-pany and the Co-operative Furniture company of Rockford III , will show then Imes m the l\J ew Yark Furmture Exchange next month. Manufacturel s are hUSlly engaged m closing up the year's business w1th the semi-annual tak1n~ an account of stock d1rectly m hand Samples for the sprin~ season also claIm atten t10n Carl, Hall y and Oscar, retaIl furl11ture dealers of Hop- .. kms'l11e, Ky, hay e 1t1corporated the11 bl1s1l1ess l1nde1 the name of the Keach FUlmtme compan), \"lth cap1Lal stock fixed at $42,300 Fme furmture \\ as ,ery ececttvely dIsplayed in the up-holstery and rug depa1 tments of N evvcomb, Endicott & Co's. department store, DetlO1t, on the occasion of the opening of their new building. The Preston Furniture company, dealers of Birmingham, Ala, who were burned out recently, have had their insur-ance adjusted and hay e resumed Dl1SmeSS WIth a larger and better stock than the) had before the fire. R W. FIske, manager of the Ohio Valley Furniture ExhIbition, Cincinnati, reports that a11 space in the big build- 0, has Capital (Ky) Desk company's factory, managed of E\an-,vllle, Ind, is now 1unning to II'yOBll i%tn1e7yCYgarnitilre~ f!/Oll willezyoy.Pe11ing the Line 0/ GRAND RRPIDS FrIN CY FURNITURE C~ -GE-T--THE CRTHLOGUE GRRND RlWlDS,MICH. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---_._----------------_.-- . I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where theIr prohts are gOIng when the trouble usually hes In poor eqUIp-ment. A little foresIght In the begInnIng would have saved them dollar,--a httle more money In-vested at the start in "OUVER" "QUALITY" eqUIpment Some manufacturers of wood workIng tools shght theIr output by puttIng m poor matenals-emploYIng poor workmen-sImply to be able to make a httle more proht. "Ohver" tools are bUll, along machIne toollmes-careful-accurate -durable-safe. Some purchasers fall to InvestIgate thoroughly before plaCIng their order Some unscrupulous salesman tells them to purchase somethIng-they go ahead-hnd out too lak they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thmkmg-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No. 61 Surfacer A Sample of Good Salesmanship. Old fashIOned metal or glass handle~ are belL bttle n~ed 111 tnmmmg f Ull11ture " prom1l1en! 111annfactm cr \\ d~ caught wlth several hundl cd dl essel s on hand when the wood l~llob came so suddenly and so generally mto use and could not dIspOse of the same. They encumbered the floors of the wareroom and were a source of expense and annoyance Upon the occasion of a VISIt of one of the salesmen to the factory the proprietor spoke of the unsaleable dressers and asked the salesman to make a speCIal effort to move them. A few weeks later the salesman learned of an order that would be placed by the budder of a hotel located 111 another state and re-solved to visit hIm. Arnv1I1g 111 the cIty of the hotel bUIlder he called upon a local dealer and learned that he had not at-tempted to secure the order. "Let's go and see the man. I think we can sell h1m," the trave1111g agent remarked. The hotel budder had receIved sample cases from a number of manufacturers and hJ.d abom deCIded to place an order, but would consider what tht ne"" arnvdl had to offer. The ments of the speCIal lot of cases were dIscussed and a pllce named that sounded good, but the hotel bUIlder dId not feel dIsposed to consIder cases that were proVIded WIth brass ball handles 111- sitead of wood knobs Then the travelmg salesman played his trump card. "For ordinary use," he explained, "wood knobs on drawers are desirable, but for hotel purposes the brass ball IS superior. The drawers of hotel furniture are used much more than the drawers of case work 111 the pnvate home. TranSIent guests are not always careful Now I'll show you how eaSIly the wood knobs will break." The young man possesses a sb ong arm and a very power-ful grip, it is well to explain. Going to one of the sample cases submitted by a competitor of the job, he took hold of one of the OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES " I III III II I,I!•!I CO., :.1 "" W~>T om,l. $C, to. A.," ••, <:'1. I PaCIfic Btd .... Seattle. Wash , II -~ "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT. OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYLINDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES- 1&tNatIonal Bank Bldg. ChIcago. tu No 50 Church St. New York CIty. \\ood hnobs, clushed It, \\ rung H from the case and threw It on the floor r he hotd budc1u \\ a" conVInced ,ll1d bought the case, WIth the brass handles 1he \ oung salesman remarked later that luckIly the knob was cut out of rotten wood, else he mIght not have taken the order. The local agent "came across" for the usual commission M. Bromberg is a new furniture dealer at Roseville, Cal. ~------------ -- 4 _ ,1 ,,•I II1I ,II I II1I II I~----------._-------------- We Manufacture tlJe Larl!ett LlDe of Folding Chairs In the Umted States, sUItable for Sun day Schools, Halls, Steam-crs and all pub1Jc resorts We also manufacture Brass TrImmed I r 0 n Beds, Sprmg Beds, Cots and CrIbs m a large varIety Send for Catalogue and P,.tces to KAUffMAN MfG. CO. ASHLAND, OHIO I.. WEEKLY ARTISAN '1 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG m JANU1ARY 15th If you place the order with us by December 27th W"ITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICU. I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRApE. I 32 • WEEKLY ARTISAN ,...-------------_. ------rl-.---. -- ..lilL.ifilli .... '" lil • .., I Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED POSITION As supenntendent of furlllture factory, by man now em-ployed Large expenence m case work Address "A B," care MIchIgan Artisan. 12 24tf COMMISSION SALESMEN WANTED For MIchIgan, Oh1O, IndIana, I1lmOls and all western tern-tory. Parlor and LIbrary Tables, Bedroom Furmture, Dm mg ChaIrs and KItchen Cabmets HIgh grade lmes at nght pnces. Address R & M , care Weekly Artisan 12-23 4t WANTED Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mall. Our course of instruction is just the thing for superintendents. foremen and factory men who wish to increase their knowledge and salary. Grand Rapids School of Designing. Dept. L.• Grand Rapids, Mich. Arthur Kirkpatrick, Instructor and Designer. 4-9 e.o w. tf WANTED CombmatlOn salesman, manager and estImator for bank fix-tures and cabmet work plant m Mmneapohs. State expen-ence, salary and reference Address M. A. T., care Weekly ArtIsan Co. 12 17-24-31 FOR SALE We ha"e a fully equIpped Boat Factory situated in the heart of the lake regIOn of Wlsconsm and SUItable for the manu-facture of large pleasure crafts. Also SUItable for any hght manufactunng busmess. Good shlppmg faclhtIes and well lo-cated. Will sell cheap Here IS your chance If you mean busmess, address for full partIculars the Rhmelander Boat Company, Rhmelander, WIS 12 17-24-31 1-7 WANTED. Supermtendent m furmture factory wants pOSItIon, mIddle aged man of vaned expenence, good mechamc, draftsman and machine man. Conversant WIth all kmds of cabmet work Address "Craftsman," care Weekly ArtIsan. 12-10tf WANTED. A No. 1 men to handle strong and complete lme of spring beds as SIde lme, for Iowa, Wlsconsm, IllinOIS, MIchigan, Ohio. Must have acquamtance WIth furmture trade. Ad-dress "Spring Beds," care Weekly ArtIsan 12-10tf WANTED. CommercIal salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and hnes car-ried. Address "Map", care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Travelinl?; salesman to carry a lme of Reed Rockers and Chairs in IndIana and Illmois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near", care Weekly Arttsan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishin2; best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York states and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michi2;an town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. • New York Markets. New York, Dec 23-Dullness IS expected in the hard-wood lumber trade at the close of the year and the current month has been no e'\.ceptIon to the rule. The dispositIOn on the part of buyers to hold off untIl after the holidays is even more apparent than usual. vVhIle some reports from the south and west mdlcate a shght llTlprOvement m the demand, It is evident that there \\ 111be no general mcrease m activity until about the middle of January or perhaps latel At pre,,- ent "waiting for the new year" describes the condition of the trade thoughout the country. Linseed oIl is still a matter of much mterest The in-terest, however, is not of the kmd that makes business It IS of the inactive kind that simply induces men to \\ atch the market. Business IS of small volume, ~ith the buyers \\ altmg for lower pnces. The card 1ates, based on 93 @ 94 cents for both city and western raw have not been changed thIS week, but crushers are known to have shaded theIr figures a cent or more without increasing their sales. "I••I• II ••I European plan-$100 I and more Every modern I comfort and eqUIpment. : ThIS hoslelry has created I a new standard III Grand RapIds It has been aptly II called "the somewhat dIfferent holel .. II.. 11;rr ktmrr :Afaximum Comfort at :Arinimum 1L;ntrl 1L;rrktmrr GRAND RAPIDS. MICH Co s t Old EnglIsh. Colomal, and MISSIOnDeSIgnrestaur-ants. CUIsme and serVIce of marked excellence Moderate prices,-- everything rrght. You can pay double our rates for your accommodahons, but you can't get anythmg belter. 11;ntrl Convement to Umon Stahon, shops, theatres, furmture bUlldmgs. etc. mam car hnes to all parts of the CItypass our door TUlpentme has been steady throul',hout the week the only change m pI ICes bemg an advance of half a cent on Tuesday Today's quotatIOns are 79 cent:" here and 7S}4 @ 76 at Savannah Thele is a steady demand WIth a faIr vol-ume o± lmc,l11ess at these pnces "heILl( and vaIl11sh gums are dull at fmmel quotatIOns, lIttle mtel e~t bel11g malllfested m elthel commodIty QuotatIOns 011 uJldalSe are higher The demand from COlbUl1lCl~ IS !I~ht and trade m the johhmg lme IS dull India tllme \0" -1-V to 6, IS qnoted at 8 @; 80 cenb, !IiSht, 9; hlle \ ° 18 11 @ lly B C twme, No 18, 1S0 @ 16 Jute \\ 1appm~ t\\ mes, 2 to 6 ply, 9;10 @ 10 cents Enrlap,,; al e eaSIer WIth a shght dec1me m pllces on 70- ounce ~ood,,; \\ hleh al e now ,,;old at 360. EIght-ounce goods al e stIll held at 37; and lO)/,-ounce at 47; The volnme of bn,,;mec;::, I~ !I~ht thou~h an mcrease in the number of in- Cjl1111esIS 1epol ted . "heet /mc tm \\ h1(h 10\\ Cl pnces have heen predIcted is ~tlll film at S77; pel cnt fob PCln Ill, \'Ith 8 per cent (!I,,((mnt Index to Advertisements. -\l11n c; L~ J Ii y to> Comp'lJl\ D 11it n II H &. c:,on ( H1PdJl' Bo\ niol1 cl( Co (e-ntw\ 1Ulnltule C'Olnpan-\ (hlC<.le,O 1\111101 nl ~ll Gl'1.<::c;(omp'l.rn C'llllSUanSPl1 ( C01110\ D L ulmtUJe (o-rrDanv EniflpJl<;P PallOl tUJl tne C'om.p"Ll1J Fr'll1Cl <; Char Ies 1'..... Campau\ FreeDman Brothll <; (ompanJ Galloway Glas~ C01npan-\ Grand RapIds Brass Company Gr'lnrl RapIds Chall Compan\ Gland RapIds Fanc\ FUlllltule Com.p'll1} 01 eon l\.Ianufactunng (ODI)) Illy C'1 CLn{lTIaplds Refl1g 1'ltOl (ompal1\ GI and RapId.:;;: veneer "\\ 01 ks HIlls Clarence R Hotel lIerklDleI TInpel13,1 rurnltUI e Compan\ Karpen S 8.., Bras L'l" 1enC'p VI:cF'1c1den Compdn-s Lucp rurnlturc Company LuC'c HenT'10nc1 ChaIr ('or:rp in \ \{ac1uen Thomas Clan ~ ( ) "\!'11lf'tta PaInt a 1( (010 C'01npa 1\ ,T II \ 01 1tianufaC't 11111 (oDlpan "\[lchl~an Ch'lll (oDlp<.ln\ "\1 clllg' 1I1 r::n~l 1\ 11..., (ompanv "\11">('lIqneous '.,pISOll l\I.lttel J< UJ mtul ( (o111pany '.,lemann T'1ble ('amp r\ '.,orthpl11 rUlll1tul (Offill"\ l' te ~Pll \ <-'L Co r 1 I J 1 (h'll ll1 I I u mtule C'omp'll1\ T'o 1 fm 1 ....,IPCllOl r1..l! ItUIP ({) llpau, Po 0:11 Ch'll ()111p un Po a.l T Ulnltulc (Olupar" ....c.1.. 011(>1 Henly ('0111pdn\ ...t.o..\.\ 'L Da\ s "f.Ulwtll (OlllPl11\ ~~ it ~lank ~ & Son Tauber "\1aullcP <-'L ('0 ~l1lOn rUl111tUT( (ompan\ (Rockfold) Waddell Manufactul1ng Company Walter B & Co Walter Clark Veneer Company ........ 1 1, 20 13 18 24 22 7 15 .. 14 9 8 10 20 17 11 14 6 25 Cover Cover 29 18 2') 9 23 32 28 Cover 4 4 17 19 28 1 (lover 32, "1 COVPl 28 10 12 o2 ----------- No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN , . ..I ,8e-ecia/ists fQ tneJi'urniture TPade. ; MICHIGAN E,NGeAVING CO.GRAND RAPIDS. ,.... , - ,... t ---_._--- -- ------,--------------_._----------- ,I• SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS I BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY I• MEDIUM PRICES !•f •III I II I• I II• I pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. The North- I,,,III,i I I I II during the past" year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at II Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, I,I• ,, II!I II I,fI •III If you want to make money in the furniture business, buy quality, brain labor-durable fin-ish, artistic designs, prompt (expert) shipments. Cheap imitations at a few cents lower price never ern motto- "WE SELL ONLY QUICK SELLERS" means expert workmanship, no more cost to you, and two or three dollars more from your cus-tomer, with a quick sale. OUR NEW DESIGNER SOME STRIKING NOVELTIES that every furniture buyer will want to see. Half our new catalogue to be issued in January, will show new designs. These new offerings will only emphasize and develop to a sensational point the fresh and popular styles shown last summer-such as our white enamel bed with cane head and foot boards, our bpautiful colonial bed in imitation mahogany on gum, to which the retail trade has taken very readily_ Our forthcoming designs are SIMPLE, CLASSIC, ATTRACTIVELY NEW, we shall show finishes never before offered in medium grades of furniture-in short, we shall give you BRAINS FOR YOUR MONEY, and make the NORTHERN the LEADING BEDROOM FURNITURE HOUSE as for years it has been head and shoulders above all competitors on dining room suites_ I III II i ~--------------~---------------------------------~_._.-----------------------------------------~ NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN

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1910-12-24T00:00:00Z

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