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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 3. 1910 SENSATIONAL NEW OFFERINGS BIG PROFIT IN ATTRACTIVE QUALITY MEDIUM PRICES 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 pay BECAUSE THEY DON'T SELL. TheNorth-ern motto- "WE SELL -------- 9J~T_L)_:_QIIIQ~~ELLEJ~S~ 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 during the past year, has almost entirely made over our line, and we shall show at the winter exhibitions at Grand Rapids, New York and Chicago, 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 beautiful 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. NORTHERN FURNITURE CO. SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN 5 COMPLETE LINES Of REfRIGERATORS SEND FuR NEW CATALOGUE AN D LET US NAME YOU PRICE. GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. CHALLENGE REFRIGERATOR CO. Order this Bed in Vernis Mar-tin Satin Brass Finish (Color 19). No extra charge. You will be convinced of its selling qualities. SQUARE POST STEEL BEDS are very popular and should be ready sellers durinlr the Holiday Trade. Wemanufac-ture a very complete line of Metal Beds and Cribs, all steel springs, woven wire mattresses, Metal Couches and Daven-ports, Cots and Hospital Furniture. Buy beds equipped with the Standard Rev. Rail. They are strong and prevent the bed from wabbling. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. No. 984. BRASS CAPS. Stock Color-White. VernJs Martin to order. PILLARS and FILLING SQUARE TUBING PIllars 2 m. Top and Bollom Tubes J Y2 m Filling I m. Head 60 m Foot 40 10. SIzes, 3 ft 6 m. and 4 ft. 6 10. Sh'ppmg weIght 154 lb.. Iron beds will be shIpped In whIte unless otherwIse ordered. Price $15 If our No. 35 Catalogue has not been received notify us. SMITH & DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis, Mo. WEEKLY ARTISAN ... ~ .- . - .-- ..-- ---'-- .-- _._- •._- _._.---..-..-..-..-.-..-. ..--.. .-.... "THE PORTER" Jr. 5 INCH JOINTER IS THE GREATEST LITTLE BIG MACHINE ON THE MARKET. It is built with the same care, accuracy, and feat-ures that are embodied in "The Porter" Hand Join ters which are known the world over. The steel lipped ground tables which can be withdrawn from the cylinder; traversing inclines for guaging the cut; the tilting guage for beveling, mitering, etc.; and the Round Safety Cylinder are all identical features of the larger machines. When furnished upon the iron bed (shown in cut), any style of motor can be attached. The style of current, cycle or phaze is immaterial. The machine is furnished with or with-out the countershaft, or stand, just as is desired. IT IS THE IDEAL MACHINE for the cabinet room, pattern shop, manual training school or any place where small or narrow jointing or buzz planing is done. It requires but little power, small space and runs at high speed; and say-don't you know that 50% OF YOUR WORK is within the range of this machine. You ought to be inter-ested in this machine and our catalog T. will tell you all about them. C. O. PORTER MACHINERY CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. . .. - .--- . ..--- . . ~ 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN , LUCE FURNITURE COMPANY I IIIII ,II,, II , GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Manufacturers of COMPLETE lines of MEDIUM PRICED DINING and CHAMBER FURNITURE. Catalogues to Dealers Only. ,-_-.-.-.--..-.-.._._-----------_._--_._-_._. __. --- ._-_._-----~ High Grade Office Chairs Dining Chairs Odd Rockers and Chairs Desk and Dresser Chairs Slipper Rockers Colonial Parlor Suites Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd. I BIG RAPIDS, MICH. tll Dark and Tuna Mahogany Btrd's Eye Maple Btrch iZuartered Oak and CtrcasJtan Wamut Our Exhibit you will find on the Fourth Floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street GRAND RAPIDS, MICmGAN Exhibit in charge of J. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, J. EDGAR FOSTER. :J 1st Year-No. 23 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• DECEMBER 3. 1910 Issued Weekly STATUS OF THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT Lacks Much of Having Been Adopted by the Required Number of State Legislatures--- Comments on Its Merits. Promoters of the proposal to so amend the Constitution of the Umted States that income and other "direct" taxes may hereafter be Imposed by the Federal government wIthout ap-portIOnment acc01 dmg to populatIOn-as the power is now 1e-stncted- are much gIven to "countmg noses" on the progress of the movement; that is. to countillg up the State legislatures that have already rdtlfied by the reqUlslte vote the amendment submitted to them by the SIxty -first Congress at its first session It reql11re~ favorable actIOn by thIrty-five States-three-fourths of the whole number-to make this amendment part and parcel of the fundamental law; and to hear some of its advocates talk one would get the impression that the goal was already in sight, that twenty odd States had already ratIfied As a matter of fact, the department of state at Washmgton has received up to date only four notIfications of action on the amendment by State legI",]atures, Illm01~, South Carolma and Maryland have filed notIces of her reJectIOn, and Rhode Island has notified the depart-ment of her rejection of the proposal. There ale probably several mstances of ratIfication not as yet followed by notifi-cation to the state department-as in the case of Alabama, wh-ose legislature was the first one of the forty-six to take up the matter and promptly ratified the amendment by a unani-mous vote in both branches Failure to notify the department ImmellIately does not invalIdate the legislative action, but the latter counts for nothing untIl the record has been perfected. The probabilIty IS that c-onsiderably less than a dozen states have up to date accorded formal ratification to the amendment Only three legislatures were 111 session in 1\)~9 following t~e actIOn by Congress-tho:,e of Alabama. GeorgIa and ConnectI-cut; the Georgia body refused to consider a favorable re~ort from the commIttee on the resolutIOn. and that of ConnectIcut ddJourned WIthout taking action on the subject Eleven legis-latures have been in session dming 1910, but several of them eIther took no actIOn or defeated the amendment-New Y-ork among the latter-and m Kentucky the legislature so mixed up Its action that nobody can at present tell WIth certainty exactly what it was But thirty-seven State legIslatures hold seSSIons dunng 1911, and thus the Iesue bids faIr to speedIly become a hve one in all sectIOns -of the country Commenting on the struggles that are expected to take place in the legislatures, the New York Sun gives many rea-sons why the amendment should be rejected, closing with the following paragraph: "The suggestIOn that by thIS amendment a power WIll be conferred upon our ndtIOnal government "now employed by every other SO\el ign natIon in the world" IS not a :,ufficient reason for ratify ing the amendment. That the national government's power of taxation is already broad enough to meet any emer-gency is well illustrated by the powerful argument -of Alexander Hamilton, who, wedded to the doctrine that the government's power of taxation should be commensurate with it exigencies, yet accepted and defended the present ConstitutIOn as ample in this regard, although the government's power of taxation is now fettered by the apportionment rule as to direct taxes, the uni-formity rule as to duties. imposts and excises and the implied prohibitions against the imposition of Federal taxes upon State instrumentalitIes, and although it d-oes not extend at all to taxes or duties on articles exported from any state Those who ap-prove this amendment must thus be prepared to grant the government an absolute power of taxation unrestricted by any rule. F-or there is no logical or economic reason for freeing the govel nment from the apportionment rule as applied to income taxes and leaving it subject to that rule as applied to land and capitation taxes If unlimited dhcretion is dangerous in one case, it is equally dangerous in all " The New York Commercial, also is a strong opponent of the amendment, says: "This old Constitution of ours has stood the test of more than one hundred and twenty-years it has been amended only fifteen times dunng all this long period, the first ten of the amendments having been adopted and declared to be in force as long ago as 1791 or only a very short time after the ratifi-cation of the original instrument by the thirteen 01iginal States; s-o in one hundred and nineteen years it has been possible to add to or alter the provisions of our fundamental law only in five partIculars It is an extremely dangerous proceeding to essay to improve thIS instrument, no matter who may call it 'obsolete.' Let 'every other sovengn nation In the world' tax incomes in its own way The Umted States can well afford to stick to its ori-gmal plan-and its pe-ople ought to 'speak well of the bridge that has carried them safely over.' " WEEKLY ARTISAN Mission. All quartered. Upholstered in genuine leather. No. 731. ~ilfl&lffolJulaetuJiIJR Co., Grand Rapids. Nich. .by carryingthe ONE~PI[CEPORCELilIN{INED ~ONRRD CLERNRBLE WR ITE FOR CATALOGUE CRAND RAPIDS REFRIGERATOR Cg GRAND RAPIDS. MICH. 1/you %ncy Baney garllitilre4-J f!/Ou will ezyoJ/j5'(;iling the Line 0/ GRAND RRPIDS FAN CY FURNITURE C~ GETTHECJ'lTRLOGUE GRRND RtWIDS. MICH. po ••• GRAND RAPIDS UOTElS J. BOYD PANTLIND, Proprietor. MORTON HOUSE (AMERICAN PLAN) HOTEL PANTLIND (EUROPEAN PLAN) Rates: $2.50 a day and up. Rates: I, $1.00 a day and up. The Noon Dinner served at the Pantlind for 50 cents is the finest in the world. .. I. •••• • • • The Grand RapIds ChaIr company recently put into use an unusually large furl1lture van de~lgned by superintendent, John Mowatt The wagon bed measures 8:Vz x 18 feet, and is so constructed that ram falling upon the bed quickly runs through the bottom, constructed of slats, to the ground. The corners of the pIeces composing the bed are rounded, permit-ing the water to run off quickly. This is the third delivery vvagon bUIlt for the company I11 twenty-eight years. Car load orders are loaded on the tracks in the company's yard, and the wagon IS used In the freight house service. It carries when loaded a suffiCIent quantlty of goods to fill an ordmary freight car 1\11 Mowatt has mvestlgated the economIcal value of power trucks and says such conveyances are money savers m a bUS111C~Sthat roqUlres more than one team to handle the freight. !III :\Iowatt mentIOned a grocer vvho had thed three single-horse cleltvery wagon~ and ~ought to economize hIS expense by the me of a gas propelled truck. The expenment proved un-plofitable on account of the many stops that were necessary to be made 111 the servIce. POvver trucks are not economIcal when not used f01 long hauls. * * * * Chas L. Grace, who formerly sold such well known lines as the West MIchIgan of Holland and the Logansport line of cl111111g tables, and, who, for the past few years has represented the Langslow-Fowler company, between Denver and the Coast, has accepted a posltlon wIth the Marvel Manufacuring Co., in southern tern tory During the many years that Mr. Grace has sold furniture he has traveled in all sections of the country and through hIS attendance at the Grand RapIds expositIOns during many seasons he has acquired an extensive acquaintance which cannot fall to prove of value to hImself and the Marvel com-pany in the southern field The Marvel line WIll be much stronger III January than ever before and WIll consist of about 125 deSIgns 111 dming chaIrs, rolled veneer saddle seat and cobbler rockers, as well as a few MISSIOn three-piece suites conslstmg of table, chaIr and tete. The lme WIll be shown on the first floor of the Furniture Exchange as before. * * * * Among the new exhibitors in the Grand Rapids market next month will be the Beecher Falls (Vt.) Furniture company, bed room furniture; the Glengary (Mich) Upholstering com-pany; the Clemetson Desk company of Chicago and the Voc;s l\Iantel company of LouiSVIlle, Ky, who recently purchased the equipment of the C. D. WIdman company and removed it to Louisville It is understood the Voss company wiII continue a part of the C D. Widman hne, the Widman plant having been converted into an auto-body factory. Among the lines formerly exhibIted here, but not shown for several years, that will be shown this season are the Hac;tlllgs (Mich.) Cab111et company; the Warsaw (Ky.) Furniture Manufacturing company and the Bogardus-McDaniel company of Warsaw, Ky ; the L. C. & w. L Cron company, Piqua, 0, and the Huntington (Ky ) ChaIr company. . " * * * * Reporters for daily papers are carelesc; of facts when writ-ing of furniture affairs and frequently make blunders For in- 'Stance one of the Grand Rapids' papers stated, the other day, that the Sligh company had just filled the largest single order ever secured-an order for $50,000 worth of bed room furni-.. ture for the Sherman hotel in Chicago-and that the order WEEKLY ARTISAN 5 .-------.-----.~-.-----.-.-.-.-.--. __•., George W. Calder will represent the John D Raab Chair company of Grand Rapids next year on the Pacific Coast, instead of the Grand Ledge Chair company. * * * * Theodore J Haven is now in charge of the Furniture Ex-change, lookmg after the electncal and other work, directing the reception of exhibits, etc. * * * * kept the plant busy for SIX months on full time, thus indicatmg that the capacity of the Sligh factory IS about $100,000 per year. As a matter of fact the capacity of the plant is about $700,000 and only a part of It was occupied about three months m fillmg the Sherman hotel order. The Sltgh company made only the dressers and chiffoniers. The wardrobes were made by the Muskegon Valley Furmture company, while the beds and chairs were made 111other factories. * * * * Second vice-president Sims, purchasing agent Spnng, hotel manager Kelley of the Delaware & Hudson Ra1lroad company, were in the Clty last Monday accompamed by D Edwards of Edwards & Son, and h1s buyer. D. Satterlee of Syracuse, lookmg for furniture for two new hotels, one on Lake George and the other on Lake Champlain, now under constructIOn. They traveled m a private car and after mspectmg several factory show rooms here, went to Chicago * * * * The Keil-Anway company, manufacturers of upholstered furniture, report that the1r busmess for November, was 111 per cent greater than for the same month of 1909 That is a remarkable increase, and 1t is keeping up so well as to seriously interfere with their gettmg out new patterns for the January season. * * * * E. H Foote, treasurer of the Grand Rapids Chair com-pany attended the meetmg of the M1chigan Association of Manufacturers, held in Detroit, during the pa~t week He was accompanied by his wJfe, and v1sited a number of fnends re- ~ldmg in that city during the1r sojourn. * * * * The Co-Operative Furmture company of Rockford, 111., who have not exh1bited in this C1ty of late years, Will show their line with the Streit exh1b1t of Cincinnati, in the Leonard bU1lding, next month, Henry Ringold will have charge of the Rockford Co-Operative exhibit. ¥ * x * Secretary John A. Covode of the Berkey & Gay Furniture company informs the Artisan that the company will display a large line of new patterns on January 2, 1911. It is hinted in local furniture circles that th1s company will have some sur-prises in their exhibit. * * * * The Grand Rap1ds Blow Pipe and Dust Arrester company have just closed a contract for the installation of an entire new outfit of piping and furnace feeding of a large planing mill for the C. W. Kother ccompany of Detroit, Mich. * * * * It is reported that Oscar Hall, for several years with the -, -- ITET (HICAGtiltIRRORt. 217 N. Clinton Streett; ~hicago. ~IIIs.y ?~~E-~~_U.~S.A --~-----~-----~...-.-.... ----- ..._ .. . ... National Furmture company of Rockford, Ill, w1ll appear with the eochibit of the Superior Furniture company of Rockford, m the Furniture Exchange, next month. * * * * A. R. Wagenknight, representmg Marshall Field & Co., and W. T. Garrett, representing Sears, Roebuck & Co., were among the furniture buyers in the city this week. * * * * R F F111egan an Engllsh glue manufacture, VI as 111the C1ty th1S week visiting his agent, 'Walter Clark, of the \,y alter Clark Veneer company. I.. Mayor ;vrcCarthy of San Francisco has finally succeeded in effecting a settlement of the d1fferencec between the Furniture Dealer's assoc1at1CJn and the Upholste1e1s U1110n of that city, on telrms declared to be satisfactory to both sides . 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN CORPORATION STATISTICS Some Interesting Facts Divulged by Operations of the Income Tax Law. The aggregate capItal ~tock of all corporatIOns in the Untted States IS more than $,52,000,000,000, wIth a bonded and other 111debtedness of more than $31,000,000,000 The~e ll1tere~t111lS figures are conta111ed m the comml~SlOner of 111ternal I evenue'~ annual report. The stattsttcs appear 111 that part of the report devoted to the returns under the ncw corporatIOn tax law. The operatton of thIS has madc It possIble for the fedel al government for the first tIme, to obta111 accurate 111formatlOn a~ to the number of corporatIOns In thIS country and theIr financial standing. The figures presented by the commIssioner covel only the corporatIOns ,\ hlch have madc retm ns under the corpor-atIOn tax act But they can be taken tOughly as covering the entIre corporate field 111thl~ country, for there have becn only a velY few corpOlatlOn~ whIch faIled to make Icturn~ and the number exempted by law IS compalatlvely 111slgmficant The commlsslOnel's rCJlO!t sho\\ ~ that '2V2,-+OO CO!pOl atlOn~ scnt 111 returns and pelld taxes unde! the new la,v Thc exact amount of capItal stock repre~ented by these corporatIOns was $52,371,626,752, the bonded and other 111debtedness $31,383,- 952,696 and the net 111come $3,1'23 +8] ,101. TIllS shows that the 232,'190 corporatlOns-practtcally all 111the "Cmted States-in the agglegate made Just a tnfle less than 6 pel cent on the total capItal stock 111the fi~cal year ended June 30, last, whlC'h IS the period on which the commissIOner's report is based It has been known cver S111cethe corporatIOn ta'C law went on the statute books that New York state would pay a large part of this tax. The commissIOner's report shows that the EmpIre state contributed almost tWIce as much as any othel state to the total of $26,872,270 conta111ed under the cOJ1poratlOn tax law up to October 1, of the present year The tax assessed aga111st New Yonk state corporatIOns amounted to $3/172,650, 01 a httle less than one-fifth of thc total tax for the entll e country. Pennsylvama came next In the amount of total asse~sment, her figures be111g $3,356,003. The internal revenue commissIOner's report shows that New York state has almost tWIce as many corporatIOns as any other state. Returns were receIved ft om 31,132 corpOl atlOns 111that state. These corporatIOns have an aggregate capItal stock of $10,734,835,411 and a bondcd and other 111debtedness of $7,834,- 437,J73. The net 111come for the fiscal year 1910, of the 31,- 132 New York state corporations amounted to $6J6,222,192 Pennsylvama comes next to New York 111the total number of corporatIOns WIthIn her confines, 18,362 hav111g made returns to the 111ternal revenue commIssIoner. The Pen1sylvama cor- Jloratlons hdve an aggrtgdte capItal stock of $5,496,433,778; a bonded dnd other 111debtedne~~ of $2,669,1,5-1,489 The agg-re-g- ate net 111come of the Pennsylvama corporattons f.or the last fiscal yeal was $374,98J,-t28. IlhnOls I~ thIrd 111the total number of corporatIOns It has 11,908, \\Ith a total cdpltal ~tock of $3,99],058,968 and a bonded and other 111dehtedness of $3,G32,803,126 The net 111comeof the I111110lScorpordtlOns for the fiscal year 1910 was $27'1,321,933 The internal revenue commISSIOner's statement shows that 111the Umted States there are 29,812 finanCIal and commenal COIporatlOns, mc1ud111g banks, trust, surety and 111surance com-pamcs, subject to the corporation tax The I eport sho\\ s further that there arc 24,232 public ser-vIce corporations, ~uch as ratlroads, steamboat~, ferries, stage l111es,pIpe l111es,ga~ and elcctnc hght compames, transportation dnd ~torag-e compal11es and telegraph and telephone companies 111thc Ulllted Stdtes ~ubjcct to the tax The 111ttrnal I evcnue commISSIOn reports that there were 11101 t thel1l !()(),()()O COIporatlOns on the hsts whIch the internal rcv cnue lmreau had receIved from the dIfferent states. These, hO\\ ever, were found to be Imperfcct and the final reVISIOn with the corpOl atlOns that are exempt under the law brought the hst down to 262,-+90 The comml~SlOner says: 'Thele "a~ some delay on the part of the corporatIOns in n1dk111gthe I etmlh, due to the behef on the pal t of some that longl es~ V\ould take actIOn lookIng to a postponement in the colltction of the tax and thc further behef on the part of the othel s that the faIlure of the Supreme Court to pass on the Celses 111stttuted to dete1l11lne the constitutlOnahty of the tax l111ght 111some way po~tpone collectIOn The penalties collected for the fiscal year on thIS account, approxlmat111g $123,000, are thel efOl e beheved to be abnormal epon the whole the tax ha~ been collected WIth dS httle dIfficulty or fnctlOn as has been oc-ca~ lOned by the collectIOn of any 111ternal revenue tax." The commISSIOner glve~ the total receIpts of the internal revenue bureau for the la~t fiscal years as $28J,937,220 Of this total the! e was collected fro111 ord1l1ary sources $268,9917,436. dn 111crease of $22,784,717 over the prevIOUS fiscal year, and from the corporatIon tax $26,959,783 The total 111crease over the collectIOns of the pI evlOtlS fiscal year IS therefore $43,744,500 The collectIOns exceed the e~tlmates of November, 1909, by $21,- 93, ,220 1herefore It \\ III be seen thdt WIthout the corporation 1l1come tax the 111ternal 1 evenuc I ecelpts would have faIled to meet the e~ttmates. Your Continued Success Depends on the QUALITYof Your Goods- It's after a bed or chair or table leaves your store that it counts for or against your future trade. Every Stow & Davis table you sell is a constant advertisement of your reliabihty. Our tables resist wear-quality is built in, along with the style and hand rubbed finish that make our designs so attractive. Our new catalog, showing some of the handsomest Colonial and Flanders diners ever built, is in press. You Will just naturally want these top-notchers in your own store, for your best trade. Send in your name for an early copy. STOW & DAVIS FURNITURE COMPANY, PERFECTION TABLE TOPS. DINERS. Grand Rapids, Mich. OFFICE AND BANK TABLES. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 YOU CAN MAIL YOUR CATALOG JANUARY 1st If you place the order with us by December lOth WHITE PRINTING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MIC". I PRINTERS FOR THE FURNITURE TRADE. I a WEEKLY ARTISAN By E. Levy. Representative. THE WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH ChIcago, Dec 2-The N elmann Table company ellC nO\\ ll]- gaged on theIr new catalogue whIch they wIll have completed and ready to mail by the first of January It wIll show tbelr full line of tables, including dll11nR extensions, parlor, hbral} , cafe, restaurant, and saloon tables, and their recently added 11l1e...... of dinmg chaIrs, made to match their extensIOn tables ---- BUIlt wIth double arbors, shdIng table and eqUIpped complete wIth taper pin guages carefully graduated. Th:s machIne represents the height In saw bench con-strucllon. It ISdesIgned and bUIlt to reduce the cost of saWIng stock. WrIte us for descrIptIve informatlOo. THE TANNEWITZ WORKS, ~ft:.gJM:PIDS. whIch \\Ill be ~hown 111 the Furl11ture Exchange bU1ldmg, Wa-hash dvenue and ronrteenth streets, ChIcago, in charge of the Peck & I1Jll-, rnr11ltnre company. Their new catalogue will be sent to any deeder on request. John Klmmeth & Co. hdve begun to clear away the debris from theIr preml "es on VVood street, where they suffered a se-vere fire loss, SDme few weeks ago, and have in the hands of theIr architect, plans for the reconstruction of their new fac-tory, v,hlch \\ III CDon be commenced and go forward with all possIble speed They are at present occupying temporary quart-er., at 1436 and 1438 West Kmzie street The illustration here given IS one of the medIUm grade chaIrs. The Nelmanns have evel) facIlrty for producmg their goods at the very closest co t anc1 \\ Ith thelf many years ex-penence and other advantages thev are 111 positIOn to offer very good values This will be apparent to all whD see the lIne, Rockford Chair 8 Furniture Co. Rockford. Illinois DINING FURNITURE BUFFETS. CHINA CLOSETS and TABLES. LIBRARY FURNITURE DESKS, TABLES, COMBINATION and LIBRARY BOOKCASES. Our entire Ime will be on exhibition in January on the third floor of the Blodgett Building, Grand Rapids, Mich. WEEKLY ARTISAN • RICHMOND TABLET CHAIRS "SLIP SEATS" MOST SANITARY RICHMOND CHAIR CO. Veneer Thinness and Thickness. During these several years the tendency among veneer manufacturers has been to cut face veneer th111ner and thinner. It is getting to the point where considerable protest IS bemg made by veneer users, and where one may well ask the questlOn, how th111should face veneer be? At first glance one is not impressed with thiS fact from studymg the annual reports of the veneer industry as compiled by the United States FDrest Service, because the greatest quant- Ity of veneer cut 1~ 3-16 thICk, with }8 -occUpy111gnext place 111 point of quantity, and the % com111g 111tOthIrd place In other words, on <the face of the government figures the ma ;-ority of the veneer is cut thick ThiS IS rather l111sleacling on Its face, however, because It does not tell us anything about the thIckness of face veneer proper The great bulk of th10 (:omparatlVely thick stock is used as thin lumber m box shooks, package mak-ing, and various other purposes not regarded as face veneer. When we get down into face veneenng proper It IS eVident that the thickness is concentrated around 1-16, 1-20, and 1-28. This applies both in rotary-cut and sawed or sliced In the earlier days most of the sawed and sliced stock ~as from 1-16 to 1-20, but much -of the rotary-cut stock ran up 111thickness from 1-16 to}8. That is, of the stock for face veneering proper. There is still a large quantity of face veneer cut }8 to use in millwork and other places where the trade calls fDr plenty -of body in the veneer for facing off. But among the prinCipal face veneer woods there is a strong tendency to concentrate between 1-16 and 1-20 and It looks like another year or two Will see the bulk of all face woods cut 1-20 except mahogany and such imported woods which are commonly cut n-ow 1-30 Here dgam we see a tend-ency downward for mahogany was formally cut 1-20 and 1-28 with 1-28 as the mam standard Now, there IS 4, times as much mahogany cut 1-30 as IS cut 1-28 and very httle of It IS cut as thick as 1-20 In fact, mahogany has centered around the 1-30 thIckness and both 111r-otary and shced stock thiS may be ac-cepted as the general standard n-ow, which is at least two points down in thickness from what was the practice a few years back. So we have, as stated above, the question of how thin or how thick 'Should face veneer be? There IS evidently a tendency to thmning down thdt may go to an extreme and accordlllg to some veneer usel s has already gone too far, because it makes veneer using difficult and does not leave enough to glue up and No. 100 DOUBLE CANE SEAT No. 100 GENUINE LEATHER SEAT finish properly. On the other hand, it is argued that in the finest kllld of work all that IS wanted is a very thin face of ven-eer not thicker than a piece of paper after finish111g and the body work should be constructed independent of the face, properly cross-banded, and balanced up, so that the veneering is nothing more than a face decoration. It has no part to play in the con-structlOn work whatever, and because of this fact should be handled as a facing material only and to get the most beauty of face out of a gIven amount of wood it Will be cut just as thin as the nature of the work will permit. There is evidently room for some difference of opinion. There is already some difference in practice. The door and mill-work people generally use veneer }8 of an inch thick, also some of thiS thickness IS used in fur111ture panels, but in the finest furni-ture work as well as other high grade cabinet work, there is not much thick stock used. It is fine and thm and when finished off IS not much heavier in body than a good coat of paint or a sheet of paper. It IS likely that there Will be a good deal or argument back and fOlth before we do finally determine which is the best and most practical thickness for veneer. The one thing we do know right nOW is that the trade, espeCially the manufacturers, have been followmg the tendency toward thinner stock and some-where along the line there will have to be a halt called and a reckomng as to what is the best thickness to cut.- J. Taylor, in Wood Craft. AND THE RICHMOND, IND. 10 takmg up larger quarters at Grant avenue and Stockton street, Three yeal s later he removed to Tombstone, Ariz, and opened a branch at Phoenix. In lR8~ he \\ ent to San DIego and there started the Standard FurnIture company, of which he has since been the head. De-claring to frlenc}i that there were better prospects for a large busmess ventUl e m the north, he went to Seattle late 1111887, contl11ul11g the busl11ess and name he had adopted 111 Cahforma. c\t that tIme the streets were mudholes, and Herbert, Ralph and Berman, llls sons, bought the dirt from the cable lme then under consb uctlOn and shoveled It 111 front of the store for a Sidewalk The fire of 1889 destroyed the store and stock, but recover- 1l1~qUIckly from hiS loss, l\lr Schoenfeld took out a permit, and, electing a tent at Second avenue and University street, resumed blh1l1eSS HIs permit was the first to be Issued in the burned-over area, and the first to be revoked when the owner of the lots wa S I eady to bul1d One of l\lr Schoenfeld's happiest recollections was of Mark T\\am, when the great author was pilot on a MiSSissippi river steamboat and :Ur Schoenfeld was an under officer. When bed up ashore the two young men enjoyed many pleasant moments together. Both were poor, and Twam comparatively unknown. Later they met 111 SIlver CIty, Nev, where for a time Twain erhted the Silvel City Enterprise. and passed the first milestone of hiS fame 'Vhen freed of business cares Mr. Schoenfeld took the keenest pleasure 111readmg Twain's works, c\lthough he gave With a laVish hand to the deserving poor, ,Ir Schoenfeld never referred to his giftS, and even his sons "ere Ignorant of the names of the benefiCiaries, but it is known that ~everal famlhes were on hiS pnvate check book, and that 111the Christmas season his pocketbook opened wide. :'Ir. Schoenfeld was a thil ty-second degree Scottish Rite :Uason, an Elk, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club and B'nal Bnth, a JeWish benevolent society. AN INTERESTING CAREER CLOSED WEEKLY ARTISAN Louis K. Schoenfeld, Prominent Merchant of Seattle, Wash., a Victim of Pneumonia. LoUIS Kenneth Schoenfeld, for many J ears head of the Standard Furmture company, dealers of Seattle, vVa~h, died on November 18, a victim of pneumoma, aged G9 years Mr. Schoenfeld was conscIous to the last and hiS \\ Ife and his sons, Herbert A, Ralph and Berman Schoenfeld, and his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Gardner, were With him at the end He called each member of the famIly to him and said goodby rol-lowing the final handclasps, he called the names of his 111bmate fnends one by one, and urged 111~ wIfe and sons to say fare\\ ell to them. Loms K. Schoenfeld was born 111 the prOV111ce of Hesse, Germany, November 30, 1840, and came to America alone, when 8 years of age, to ma,ke hl~ home WIth an uncle 111 Balti-more. Dunng the ante-bellum days hIS uncle and aunt were strong seceSSlOmsts but young Schoenfeld took up the Umon cause and tried to enhst at the fir~t call for volunteers Because of Ius foreign bIrth and the known prO-Slavery sentiment of hIS relatIves, he was refu~ed, and subsequently ran away from home gomg to St LoUl~ and from there to Davenport, Ia. Tales of nch gold dlscovenes brought by returning prospectors lured hl111to the West, and he went, overland to Sacramento. v,here he worked as a nver boy 11118Gl Hb brother, Barney Schoen-feld, who ched three years ago, ]omed hIm 111the west, and to-gether they worked on the trail over the Sierra Nevada range when the rush to the new mmmg fields began. Mr. Schoenfeld went to SIlver City, Nev., With the out-break of the Silver rush There he made hiS first busllless ven-ture III hiS own behalf, and laid the foundatlOn for hiS fortune. In partnership With hiS brother he opened a small retaIl furmture store under the name of Schoenfeld Brothers, III 1864, all their stock commg around Cape Horn from the east In those days the Mackays, Floods, FaIrs and other bonanza ml1honalre 111111- 111g men were strugglmg WIth the fronbersmen m the httle colony for a hvehhood, and Mr. Schoenfeld knew them as neigh-bors and co-laborers It was not unbl Vlrgmla CIty became the largest SlIver camp 111 the world that the fortunes of hiS miner associates grow to large proportions B. Hey111an present manager of the Tacoma branch of the Standard Furmture com-pany, later became a partner of Mr. Schoenfeld, and the firm was known unbl 1886 as Schoenfeld & Heyman. In 1879 Mr Schoenfeld removed to San Francisco and opened a retail furmture store at 7J9 Malket street, subsequently .. - FREEDMAN CONVERTIBLE DIVAN BED A Revolution in Parlor Bed Construction. An Immediate Suc:c:eaa. Full Size Bed in Divan Space. " _. Orders for Dry Kilns. The GI and Rapids Veneer Works kIln department has Just received an order for two more kIlns from the John Bain Wagon company of Woodstock, Ontano ThiS is the third order from t1115house In their "ad" on another page of the Weekly Arti- "an Will be found a letter from the McAfee ManufactUring com-pany of Garnet, Kan , m "hlch they say they hke theIr kIln very much and another from the GreenVille Chair company of Green- Ville, Tenn ThiS was an order by telegraph reque"tmg a kiln shipped 1l11mecbately. The \Veekly Arbsan expects 111 the near future to make an announcement that WIll be of great slg11lficance to the users of dry kIlns . SIMPLEST IN ACTION. LEAST SPACE. STRONGEST BUILT. Supercedes all other Interchangeable Parlor Beds. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATIONS-AND PRICES. FREEDMAN BROTHERS & CO. Manufacturer. of Uphol.tered Furniture. Factory, 717.731 Mather St., CHICAGO. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 Oriental Ru~s Still Popular_ --------_.------ --------_ - _. .. Those who, a few years ago, looked upon Oriental rugs as a craze or a fad and predIcted that it would soon dIe out have been dl~appomted Eastern papers declare that they are more popular than ever thIs season, that they are being used in many bed rooms and are bemg bought by many women who should not mdulge m such luxunes. Perhaps luxunes is not the word to apply m connectIOn wIth these weaves, for although the first cost seems exorblta lt, PersIan rugs WIll wear for 30 years and upward. So consldermg the number of dollars that would be paid during a lIfetIme fm other carpetmg that would qUIckly wear out at the ongmal pnces onental rugs may be bargains Some women may th111k the deSIgns of oriental rugs do not vary wIth the seasons, that IS, that the colOrIngs are practically the same every year But the fact is the motIfs change decidedly, for sometImes the medallion effects are favored, and during an-other season the border WIll be narrow or wide This winter the all-over pattern IS the popular one By all over, is meant, that the center and the border are alIke In other words, there is no center so far as the deSIgn is concerned. The borders are of medIUm WIdth wIth a four-inch edge in a solId color-the predommatmg tone in the rug-a narrower band of the same ~hade bemg used to connect border and center. The colonngs thIS year are exquisitely blended, as only the orientals can be The surface of the rug gIves a sheen equal to sIlk m ItS glossmess and velvet m its depth of tone If one fancies the oriental colOrIngs, but can not afford the genuine article, she may indulge su~h taste by selectmg copies of the eastern rugs. These come at popular pnces no more expensIve, in fact, than the ordmary deSIgns and colonng-s For instance, there are Bag-dad Brussels and Bagdad WIlton, almost exact copies of the real carpets, even to the all-over centers, and there are several designs to choose from Smaller rugs proportIOnately priced. In domestIc carpets the plam filling IS in favor, which will not be cheerIng news to those who have to keep floor coveri,lgs clean, for a woman wIll always find somethmg that needs remov-ing from these plam surfaces. For stairs and halls the Axmimter in pIam fillIng is used, while for rooms the two toned rugs make~ a pleasmg carpet. The plam, solid color is bordered WIth a deSIgn in a lIght tone, and a figure in the center or at the four corners carries out the same effect SometImes only the border is m two tone~. The rest of the rug IS plain. Axminster is also copied in the oriental colonng~ They will give excellent service in libranes, living rooms and bedrooms Crex rugs are used all the year round in dming room~ They are mexpenslve, always fresh lookmg and are so lIght that they can be frequently taken up and the floor beneath cleaned All these attnbute~ make such a floor covering deSIrable for a din-mg room Should they fade, a wiping with a damp cloth wrung through hot water charged WIth ammonia wIll usually restore the color For bedloom5 China and Japanese mattings are still in de-mand The fig-uled are prefel red, unless some small rugs are to be used In the latter case solId cream should be chosen ......... HERE IS A CHAIR THAT'S A SELLER WRITE FOR THE PRICE No 83. GEO. SPRATT & CO. SHEBOYGAN, WIS. A, _ - •••• a ••••••••••• _-.- ~-------- --------- .._ - ....•.... ~ II I I, II I I I, Nothing Betterlin Their Line_ Hood & Wnght, the veneer people of BIg RapIds, Mich, inform the ·Weekly Artban by letter that they are full of busi-ness and are manufactUrIng veneers and panels from all the popular foreign and domestIc woods, making blrd'seys maple a specialty They have one of the largest and most complete veneer mlIl~ in the state and there is nothing better than their product. ARE BREAD AND THE "ELI" FOLDING BEDS PROfiT WINNERS No Stock complete Without the Eh Beds m Mantel and Upncht. ELI D. MILLER &, CO. EVANSVILLE. INDIANA Write for cuts and pnces. ON SALE IN FURNITURE EXCHANCE, EVAN.VILLE. '6-..-.--. ----------_._---------------"' • 12 DINING SUITES WEEKLY ARTISAN "EFF" and "'EFF"in GRAND RAPIDS DURING JANUARY WE WILL SHOW IN THE SAME SPACE AS BEFORE, 2d FLOOR, KLINGMAN BUILDING, A STRONG LINE OF DO NOT FAIL TO SEE OUR NEW DESIGNS. as well as OUR SPECIA LTIES for the CHAMBER, LIBRARY, PARLOR and HALL Rockford Frame and Fixture Co. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS The Fireman ond His Worli.. It is begmmng to be recogmzed that the posItIOn of fire-man In the power plant IS one of utmost Importance It does not matter whether the plant IS of good or bad d~slgn. It does not matter whether the plpmg IS well covered and free fwm leaks or bare and leakmg at every 10l11t It does not mat-ter whether the engInes are of the best desIgn and call y eco-nomical loads or are "steam eaters," with loads whIch I ange from frIction to the limIts of possIble power. But thel e is one factor in the CQst of the steam and the power derived from it that is mal e important than all of the others. This is the fireman. If a change is made from simple to compound eng-mes a saving of ~wenty per cent may be effected, but by careless fir- Ing and neglect of proper handlIng ot the feed \\ dter t\\ enty-five to f{)fty per cent of the heat value of the fuel may be wasted. If an efficIent econom17er is bought, It IS for the purpose of extractmg a few of the escapmg heat umts from the gases as they go up the chimney. But If an IneffiCIent fireman puts so much aIr through the fire that the temperature of the gases IS so reduced that the economIzer has noth1l1g to do, then thIS state is worse than before the economizer was installed. Throughout the entire list of power-plant apparatus not an auxiliary nor an appliance can be named the benefiCIal effects of whICh cannot be nullified by an Ignorant or indifferent fireman. Wherever possIble, machinery is being installed with the inten-ti~ n of rendering human skill unnecessary and the myriad forms in which the automatic stoker appears is only one of the ways in which this trend is shown But the stoker with the others falls far short of its possibilIties in the hands of the man who will not, or cannot, be a fireman in all that the name implies. To be thl:> he must know how to burn coal in such a way as to get from It the last avaIlable heat umt. He must know how to so handle the bOIlers that the greatest possIble percent-age of the heat fIom the fuel wIll be transmItted to the water. He must know how to treat feed-waters WIth theIr varying scale makIng content He must understand the pnnciples of furnace constructIOn and opel atlOn. He must not only know all these thl11gs but must be able to use this knowledge. Such a man is a fireman and can go I11tOany bOIler room and exercise a greater 1l1fluence on the effiCIency of the plant than any man, however w( 11 eqmpped in any other department. That such men are avaIlable and are factors of importance IS be1l1g realIzed by power-plant managers everywhere, and the nMn who kuows and can produce results in the boIler room is UJ!1'llJg I11to his own. 1\'othwlthstandl11g the agltatlOlJ I elatlve to the conservation of the natIOnal resources and all the adVIce handed out gl atls to usel s of the world's natural products, there are those who stIll perslst 111 puttl11g meln to work 111 the bOIler room who are offel eel h ttle encourag ement to gIve much consIderation to con-oervation 'What fireman workIng for a elollar anel a half per day is gOlng to he awake mghts devlsmg ways and means of I educing the operatIng e"penses of the bOIler room? And, furthermore, how many employers are moved to substantIally recognize the fireman in a financial way when he does cut down the coal bilI? Plant owners naturally maintain that the firemen is paid to look after their interests, but if this is 'so, it would appear that a low valuation is placed upon the interests. As a matter of fact a fireman is looked upon by many plant owners as a man with plenty of muscle, capable of shoveling ten or more tons of coal per day and of handling the heaviest slice WEEKLY ARTISAN ~---------------_._---_._------_. _..__._-------- FULL LINE. A. PETERSEN & co. MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST MADE AND LEADING LINE OF OFFICE DESKS IN THE COUNTRY Our attentIon to every detail from carefully selected and matched lumber to the finished product has given the PETERSEN DESK its leadership. l.. RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 430 Armour St., CHICAGO, ILL. 13 .t. bar The question as to whether the man can handle boiler furnaces WIth the 111telligence necessary to produce the best results WIth the coal available is seldom considered. For 111stance, the chief engineJer of a certain power plant observed that one of his firemen was more capable and showed more interest 111his work than any of the others He, there-fore, recommended that the company increase his wages, which was done. After a time the other firemen learned of the in-crease and went in a body to the chief engineer to know why one of theIr number was recelvmg more pay The I eply was that the fireman was worth more than any of the others. These men then appealed to the manager for an increase in wage equal to their more capable companion, and the manager, be111g a Just but misguided man, granted the 1l1crease, saying that one fireman d0111gthe same k1l1d of work was worth as much to the company as another. It is safe to say that the poorer firemen were not overpaid even after their wages were raised; but if their less effective services were worth the hIgher prIce the more l11telhgent and effective service of the better man were worth still more If such service is to obtain nO recognition where i~ the encourage-ment to render it except in the fact that one owes it to himself and to hIS career to do the best he can in any position, and is the better man and probably the more successful man, in the long run, for so doing. Of two men dOl11gthe same kind of wOlk one is not always worth as much to the firm as the other. It is not the amount of work a man does that counts; it IS the way he accomplishes what he sets out to do Firing ten or twelve tons of coal may be a big day's work, but the man who fires that amount of coal into a furnace and keeps the steam pressure right on the dot is not worth as much to the company as the man who takes things easier and keeps the steam pressure on the dot by burning but eIght tons of coal a day He does not work as hard as the other man, but he does get better results, and this is wh,lt should count with the man who pays the bills .. Engineers are handIcapped in much the same way. There seems to be an undervaluation of the real worth of good en-gineers. The salaries of those who are capable of holding posi-tions are based largely on what it is necessary to pay low-grade men. Sixteen dollars per week appears to be a common wage for putting in from ten to twelve hours each day, doing repair work on Sundays and holidayS, besides working overtime when it is necessary. The employer of the unskIlled engineer will take the ground that he pays his man sixteen dollars per week, and that he is expected to keep the plant running If he has to work over-time, Sundays and holidays, that is his fault. Apparently the plant owner does not take the trouble to ascertain how much these hours of extra repair labor are costing him. An efficient engineer WIll have but little overtime work be-cause he will see that repairs are made as soon as the defects are discovered, so that he always has the machinery in the plant in first class condition The owner does not stop to make a com-parison of the two classes of workmen. He does not stop to think that his engineer is worth more to him than the other would be. The capable engineer may not work as hard as the other, but he is worth more to any plant 0\" ner because he is capable and saves expenselS in operation and repairs. An engineer or fireman should receive the amount of wage he is worth, based on his capabilities, and not On what a low-grade man in the same field would get -Editorial in Power. I.._.. . _... ..- ~ "THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST" BARTON'S GARNET PAPER Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other. SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER. It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work. Order a small lot; make tests; you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. .. 14 ...- .. WEEKLY ARTISAN ------_. _._------------------ -- _. _. -.~~_._-_._._._-----_._-_._.-- -- _. --------- Palmer Manufacturing Co. 1015 to 1043 Palmer Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 557 LIBRARY TABLE. I Nothing better in the market for the price. Send for it. lOur full line of Parlor and Library Tables, Pedestals and Reed Furniture on the 4th floor of the FURNITURE EXCHANGE, GRAND RAPIDS, IN JANUARY. - '. II '....----..--.-----_._----------._---- -- . . .. ------------ I -------_._----' Bertha Palmer's Cooking. FurnIture salesmen residing m Ch1cago speak In terms of praIse of the food cooked at the Palmer house, and It remained for Dan Allen, poet, wit and "cut-up" to suggest that the multI-mJ1lionalre'" leader of Chicago's aristocracy, MI s Bertha Palmer (rehct of Potter Palmer) had encompassed her ample form'" Ith an apron, rolled up the sleeves of her dress to the arm plb and Reduced ReproductlOn of a Good Stove 'Ad" taken possessIOn of the kitchen and 1tS vassals The dainty chicken pIe could have been formulated by no other hands than Bertha's; the bread WIthout questIOn was such as Bertha only could make, whIle the pies and puddmgs lacked only the Bertha trade mark. The report that Bertha, the "cUlsineel," par excel-lence had installed herself as queen of the kitchen spread rapidly and Berthanian dinners are sought by the peddlers of furniture, who dearly love good food "When seated in the capacIOus dmmg or club room of the Palmer house, the guest enqUIres of "George" the black waiter, if Bertha is well and 111 her accmtomed place IS the kItchen. George dutifully re-phes "Yas, SIr, Bertha 1S feehng very well, sir." "Did Bertha make the bl~cults thIs mornmg George ?" the guest continues "Yas, SIr, Bertha made the biscuits." "And did Bertha kill, clean and stew the chIcken, whose presence I find recorded on tl1f' Berthal11an menu?" "Yas, sir, Bertha killed and cleaned the chIckens," George rephes "And dId Bertha make the pumpkm pIe? ' "Y dS, SIr, Bertha made the pumpkin pie and the dpple pw, too" "Very well, George, I ",ill dme here to-day , "You may bring in---" ] he peddlers and the walters are having much enjoyment at the eApense of the d1stingUlshed lady and fears have been exmessecI that m an annoyed moment she m1ght order the Palmer house closed for all time. The story suggests that there a1e opportunites open for chstmgl11shecl lacbes m social hfe to make themselves uselful and to wm the achmratlOn, the gratItude and th~ undying affec-tIon of all mankmd ;\Irs Palmer 1S a charming w1dow A man's heal t IS easJ1y penetrated through hIs stomach The lad) IS not WIthout skIll as a penetrator. The Return Rates Problem. MercantIle mterests through the MIddle West are planning a conference WIth western raJ1road managers to ascertain what IS to be the statu:, of rates on returned goods in the hght of the recently announced ruhng of the mterstate commIssion. It IS now expected the conference w1ll be held 111 Chicago, early m the coming month China Closets Buffets Bookcases We lead in Style, Conitrudton and Fmish, See our Catalogue, Our hne on permanent exhibi_ tion 3rd Floor, New Manufact-urers' BUlldJlIi. Grand Rapids. .I. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 How Can They Do It? The advertl~ement of the Spiegel's stores shown herewith IS inchned to make the small furniture dealer Sit up and take notlce How many of them can compete with the several offers contamed 111this advertl~ement and sell the goods on $1 down and $1 monthly 111 addition to makl11g the purchaser a present of a carving set? SIX box seat dl11ers hke those illustrated and This Carving Set··~ Oiven FREE Saturday,atSpiegeJ's ~ With Evary Purchase of Any Ona of the Splendid Pre· T1Janksgiving &ay Svecials Described 8810w h Your $11 95 $1 CASH Choice • $1 MONTHLY ,; Ch... 4. Sold on IUu.etrated .. 1J<y, Fffe Trml S~/d ... Sef. <>f60,,/y Silt Dinlnl Cllliin-SIX Handsome D n ng Cha rS 1ke lug Four BiC Stores: -182-184·186 WabaSh Avenue -2023-2031 -9133-9135 Milwaukee Avenue Commercial Avenue "lear Ai1nitace South Ch,cago COME TO THE SPIEGEL STORE Ni:.AICEST YoUR HOME descnbed ord111anly wholesale at about $18 a dozen. When the charge for freight, cartage, handl111g and unpacking are added to this cost to say nothl11g about overhead expense for running a store there can be very httle profit left in the handling of these goods at $23.40 a dozen, especially when donating two carvl11g sets to the d07en. CompetltlOn of this k111dwhile perfectly legi-tlmate In every way would seem to be the mo~t difficult for a small dealer to compete with The~e goods ought to sell in com-panson wIth anythl11g offered by the mall order house. An un-usual feature about thiS advertlsement IS found 111 the offering Garnet, Kansas, 11/1/10. Grand Rapids Veneer Works, Grand Rapids, Mich. Gentlemen: We have your 29th, and beg to that the kiln so satisfactory and trouble with it. very much. Yours J. letter of the say in reply far is very we have had no We like It very truly, Q. McAfee Mfg. Co. of a china cabinet, a d111l11gtable or six din111g chairs for $11 95. In other words a person can very nearly furmsh a din111g room with the exception of the buffet for less than $36 00. Of course, thIS naturally raises the questIOn as to the quahty of the goods. The IllustratIOns 111dlcate goods that are well designed. Cut· Rate Taxicab Service. A new taxicab service for the retail district of St. Louis, Mo, has been established by the Grand-Leader (Stix, Baer & Fuller Dry Goods Co) for the exclusive use of its customers. Under the plan which has been adopted by the store taxicabs '-"Ill operate to and from the store for the benefit of patrons and only dunng bUS111esshours The service is hke that which has been 111augurated by large establishments 111other cities and the rates which are to be charged are matenally lower than those charged by the regular taxicab companies. r WA'-DD~LL'''MA'NUF ACTURING ~~'-l I Grand Rapids, Michigan ,I••• ,I•• I I,• •II I....----_._-_._.-.__._.--_ ....-----_._._---------_.-._.-. ------ _. --------_._--------_ .... All Knobs and Pulls have the N0-11urn-Loose Fasteners 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. -- _. _ ..... • oj 16 have been taken wIth a view of forestallmg the labor organiza-tIons who have been asking for such legIslation, but it was WI'ie even" hen vIewed m that hght A law fairly and clearly defi111ng the nght'i, resp0l1Clblhtle'i and habllity of employers is des1r dble dnd "ould be of great benefit to all concerned It \\ould not only do away \\Ith much delay and vexatIOus htIga-tlOn In the ~ettlement of cldlm'i based on accIdents, but would un-doubtedl} Chml111'ihthe number of such claml'i It would also tend to decrease the number of accidents, because WIth their responslblhty fixed by law employ ers would be inclined to use the best of safety apphances and workmen would be more in-duced to aVOId danger Such a law would undoubtedly be good for both employers and employes and would be obnoxious only to needy lawyers. WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY .v THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION 51 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHERCOUNTRIES 52 00 PER YEAR. SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PU.LICATION OFFICE, 108-112 NOPITH DIVISION ST. GPIANO RA~IDS. MICH. A. S WHITE. MANAGINQ EDITOR Entered .. second class matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand RapIds. Mlch'l'an under the act of March 3. 1879 CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY. A great deal of money has been expended m recent years in teachmg the pubhc as to the beauty, utlhty and commercIal value of furniture representmg certain pen ods of the past. That the training of the public as to the merits of the work of the famous cabinetmakers of the old world has been of great value none will deny, but the question now arises, has not the end of this line of education been reached? Thousands of AmerIcans laughed at the beautiful examples of Enghsh and trench art, 'shown in the furniture sections of the world's faIr 111 1893, and at the same time pointed WIth pride to the crude compositions of American designers, with whjch they were famihar. In the efforts to produce "something dIfferent" many shocking com-posites were turned out which the public were urged seriously to buy, but the final acceptance of the period lines testified to the value of the educational campaign which preceded and fol-lowed their introduction The magazines and journals devoted to house furnishing and technical matters, the trade press and even the newspapers have aSSIgned thousands of pages to the illustration and discussion of the period styles, and it now seems that the minds of the public are in a receptive mood for some-thing else. This thought has not occurred to many writers of furruiture advertising literature, whose paragraphs are couched in language that would be suitable for reading by the children of the furniture kindergarten Can any good reason be ad-vanced why the public should not be taught how to discrimi-nate between good and poorly made furniture? Would the manufacturer of high grade goods stand any higher in the esti-mation of the general public if he should use the pages of the magazines to inform them how to test the genuineness of the wood, the requirements of good comtruction and finish? Should not the number of coat'i of varnish med be explained and the reaSOn for their me be 'itated? Should information be given why a wood knob is preferable to one of gla'i'i and a 'ihaped mirror used imtead of a 'iquare one? \re thel e not many fact, in regard to the comtruction and sale of furniture that would be of value to the public? The Artisan suggests that the one stringed furniture fiddle upon which the trade has played so long be laid aside and the orchestra of many instruments be brought into use to entertain and instruct the people on the topic suggested above. Members of the -:\1'ichigan Manufacturers' association made a wise move last \iVednesday when, at a conference held in De-troit they placed their organization On record in favor of ask-ing the legislature for the enactment of "an employes" compen-sation law" or "an employers' liability law." The action may RetaJ1ers often complain of the colors apphed to mahogany stained case work The drawers are usually stained in one end of the finishing department and the frame work in another. The ralls dlvid1l1g the drawers are by many cut out of bIrch which stains much brighter than mahogany. The result of thIS system IS not a color scheme as variegated as a barber's pole, but the vanations in the coatings of the several parts of the case are repellant to the artistic sense. The best way for a travel1l1g salesman to make his em-plo} er happy I~ to ,a} nothmg about an increase in salary or a lans er pel cen tage of commi ssion l\Ianl1facturers are inclined to rejOIce over the sIze of the profit" earned by fnendly competitors provided the amount does not exceed their own. Moncy talks, but the retail salesman in the expectancy of a raise 111 salary next year, says it is, as yet, inaudible. The day wJ1l come when the factory superintendent wiII know as little as the man who employs him. New Method for Dryinll Lumber. A new method for seasoning timber is said to have proved successful 111 France. It is known as the Nodon-Brottonneau method. As explained the timber is nearly immersed in a tank of water containing 10 per cent of borax, 5 per cent of resin, I and a little carbonate of soda, and rests on a lead plate connect-ed with the posItive pole of a dynamo. Another similar plate lying on the exposed surface of the timber is connected with the negative pole Thus a current of electricity can be played around the wood, from which it is said all the sap appears to be removed, whJ1e the borax and resin take its place in the pores. In a few hours the timber is taken out and placed in the dry kiln fm dnother few hour~ when it IS found to be thoroughly sea- 'oned The All-Round Mechanic. In this age of 'ipecialists we frequently hear it remarked that the old all-round man is a thing of the pa'St, and that Handy Andy is no longer appreciated. Yet upon inquiry it is quite common to find some good all-round mechanic who is thought more of and turned to mora frequently than any man in the place and is considered almost indispensable. So, if the ali-lound man passes away entirely it will be because the old ones have died out and the young ones have not qualified, rather than because there is no call for such a man.-The Hub. WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 Granting Credit by Furniture Factories. (By Alexander T. Deinzer.) It is estimated that ninety per cent of the billions of dollars worth of busmess done in this cQuntry annually, is dQue "upou confidence," or a substantial belief in the written or implied promise of a dealer to perform at some future date an act that wIll fulfill thi::.promise. The credIt department is Qne of the most important of any connected with the manufacturing, wholesale or retail business. Many a shrewd merchant or skillful manufacturer has gone to the wall because his debtors could not or would not "make gQod." This department is now recognized of so great import-ance that it has been intrusted to the care of the individual known as the "credit" man This man must be scientific; he is judged by result~, and only science will lead to a determination of the re~idue after the facts are simmered and boiled down. He mu::.t know that a doubtful risk i~ not desirable nor should a desirable fISk be doubtful. The matter of granting credit is a <;erious question, and should have much careful consideration "A credit well made is an account half collected." In determining credit, the moral responsibility of the prospective customer as well as his ability to pay, how he has been paying our fellow merchants must be considered. The writer will here outline the method used by the Dein-zer Furniture company We have found this system very effec-tive for the prompt handling of work. When we receive an order from a new customer, unknown to us, our salesman gets all the information pos<;ibleconcerning him, as to where he buys his goods, estimates the amount of stock on hand, condition of same, who composes the firm, etc. We then get reports from the vanous commercial agencIes, banks, firms, or individuals that he wishes us to ask for infQrn1ation or experience. A blank statement is also maIled to the customer, with our request to carefully fill this, sign and mail same to us. This report is carefully checked, and compared wjth the statements we receIve from the commercial agencies. And this matter is put inside of a heavy manila folder. One folder is de-voted to elach customer, the latest report being on the top. These folders are filed in a vertical letter file, the indexes being arranged in alphabetical order, and the folder of any desirable customer may be found instantly. For convenience, we use, in addition to the above, a specially prepared card, giving net amount of assets, liabilities, manner of paying, and OUr experi-ence with the customer. These cards are filed in an ordinary card tray. No matter how good the rating of a customer, this same customer has hi<;misfortunes, and to draw the line at the proper time is the hardest proposition with which we have to deal. It I,',however, necessary to use good judgment and common sense in <;uchmatters. Human nature is sympathetic and our former customer expects us to share his mi~fortunes to the full. Yet We! must enforce terms and conditions. If we do not draw promptly, the result is a balance that is not only h~rd to carry, but which is quite frequently unpaid. Competition in the furniture manufacturing business has reduced the margin to such a point that if the business succeeds, it must conduct its every department with prudence, and in a manner in keeping with the later day necessities. The man-ager must be wide-awake, discerning, quick to accept the trend of business developments, and be with, and not behind the good in modern advancement. 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN FANS H_rJ~pL1J ~ Fan and "ABC" Vertical Enclosed Self-Oiling Steam Engine, for Induced or Forced Draft Plant. Can be placed in confined spaces which would oft-times preclude the use of any other outfit. FOR MECHANICAL DRAFT require small space and have immense capacities. Some idea of the great capacity of the "Sirocco" Fan may be had from the fact that given two wheels of the same diameter, producing the same pressure, the "Sirocco" wheel would have 64% greater capacity than the old style of fan wheel at a speed 40% less. "Sirocco" Fans have a high mechani-cal efficiencywhether running at low, medium or high speeds. Latest Bulletin No. 284 M A, sent postpaid upon request. AMERICAN BLO' "fERCoMPANY DETROIT ~ ICH U :J A Which Are YOU? The defimtlOn of a "bIg store" IS generally confined to the realm of huge stocks, lanse floor space, and an e},Jenslve store front, but there IS another element of "bIgness" whIch should receIve first conSIderatIOn. .Bor lack of another name, we WIll call It "big service." K0 store, considered large, ever grew, to such proportIons except by glVmg serVIce 111 good measure Even when Its greatness was achIeved, the pOSItIOn was malllta111ed by a con-tinuance of the pobCles that had been the foundatIon of success. No doubt you have seen the head of a "bIg store" worned by a small competItor ",ho lately opened a shop on a nearby corner True, tlm, competitor's place was small, hIS wealth of goods \\ as not alanmng, but he was gettmg the people Into hIS store, and they were buymg his goods. And why? Because hb stock" dS purchased WIsely Because he studIed people's needo, and deSIres. Because he made bUylllg easy. These small merchants "'lth broad, bberal ideas are bound to l~rJ~1!LY ~ Fan WheeL Rigid in construction and lightest, smallest and most efficient for any duty. Ablest Engineering Organization in the Blower Business, Operating Three Large Plants Devoted Exclusively to the Manufacture of Fan Apparatus and the AllIed Lines. .... - make theIrs the com1l1g "bIg store" The very bigness of a merchanb store WIll ~ometImes cause hn11 to rest on hIS oars, and stIll expect to go upstream, or at least not to drift down aga111. Take the les,on home. Look over your store Are you at-tentIve to the httle th111gs? Are you bIg 1ll floor space or big in sen Ice ")-Northern Furniture. Curbstone Dealers. Retallen of ChIcago compla1l1 that the card system of selling furmture I, grow1l1g 111volume and some vanegated conversa-tIOn IS floatmg upon the atmo~phere in consequence. Curbstone dealers turn the tlICk ancl the methods employed are creditable to theIr ll1genl11ty One lalge shIpment of hotel goods was de-hv lrc:cl 111 ChIcago and bIlled to a merchant lD one of the interior tm\ m of the state The curbstone broker and the country dealer e'Cchangecl checks, the latter receiv1l1g $10 for his accommoclat- 111!:i dI~posltion. Woocl!oar Clamp Fixture •• Per Set SOc. .. .. ... . . ., 30 000 Sheldon Steel Rack f Vise. Sold on approval and an uncon dltlOnaI money back guarantee SHELDON'S STEEL !oAR CLAMPS. Guaranteed Inde.tructible. We sohc.t pnvIlege of sendmg samples and our complete catalogue E. H. SHELDON l!J CO. 328 N. May St •• Chicago. -" WEEKLY ARTISAN 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, PAs Another Move for Higher Freight Rates. Traffic managers, attorneys and other official managers of transcontmental railroads held a conference in Chicago, which adjournEd last 2VIonday, to conSider a propositIOn to advance freight rates between Atlanttc and PaCIfic coast points. The plan agreed upon by the conference, If mdorsed by the Interstate Commerce CommiSSIOn, Will prOVide for an increase of about 25 per cent Under ItS proVISIOns Chicago shippers will be bene-fitted in their competitIOn with eastern concerns for the Pacific markets, as the ratm from Chicago and N ew York to the coast have hitherto been the same, but under the proposed new sched-ule the rate from Chicago to the PaCific has been raised 50 cents a hundred pounds, while New York shippers will be compelled to add $1 to their freight tartffs The mottve of thiS actIOn IS said to be a desire to comply With the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law. At present the railroads are charging more than a legal proportion of the through rate on local shipmEnts and they pre-fer to raise the through rate rather than lower the local rates. FURNITURE MANUFACTURERS ATTENTION! Send for samples of our Celebrated Nickel Steel Sword Tempered BAND SAW BLADES Warranted in every par!lcular. Best proPosItion on the market. FRANK W. SWETT & SON Mfn. of band saw blades and tools 1717·1719 W. Adams St ,Chlcage The plan IS said to have the unalllmous approval of Chicago shlpper~, but Will be opposed by eastern shlppmg assoclattons and bv some of those at points between Chicago and New York. As Will be seen the Chicago shippers have a good reason for ap-provmg the proposition. A Retail Salesman's Advice. A retailer of furmture called hiS chief salesman into the office one mormng and remarked "George, I owe the manu-facturer~ $5,000 I have $4,000 In the safe; the stock is run dov.n and now IS the time for me to fail." "Yes sir," George dutifully responded. "But I want a reasonable excuse to give my creditors when they call for an explanation See if you can think of something that would do to-night and let me have it in the morning. On arnvmg at hiS office during the morning of the next day the retailer found that the safe had been opened, the cash gone and in the desk a note from the salesman, which read: "T have taken the $4,000 and sktpped My di~appedrance will be the be~t excme you could offer for your failure, so complete that creclttors cannot realtze one per cent on their claims." Hitchcock Favors Parcels Post. In his forthcoming report Postmaster General Hitchcock Will renew the recommendatIOn he made a year ago for the lll-troductlOn of a lilmted parcels post service on rural mall routes The postmaster general belt eves that as soon as the postal savings system is thoroughly orgamzed the postoffice department should be prepared to establish throughout the country a general parcels post. 19 20 WEEKLY ARTISAN Minnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association OFFICERS-Prelldent, J R. Taylor, Lake Benton, Mlnn, Vice-PreSIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mlnn , Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn , Secretary, W L Grapp, Janesville, Mlnn EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE-ChaIrman, Geo Klein, Mankato, Minn., 0 SImons, Glencoe, Minn. W. L Harris, Mlnneapohs, Mlnn , C. Danielson, Cannon Falls MINNESOTA RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS' ADVERTISING HELPS. Bulletin No. 176. Cf all the merchandl"e the ASSOcIatIOn IS furnlshmg, mattresses and especIally the cheapel end of them, seems to be the hard problem to solve. There IS no other <;heap merchandIse connected WIth the furnrture busmess that can be jockled hke a cheap lme of mattresses and no one knows how cheap they are untIl they try them out. The buymg commIttee reahze thIS, as they have tried out thIS factory, WhICh IS a Mmnesota factory, for the last SIXmonths and whIle the pnces quoted m thIS bulletm may seem large, they are really below the market We have a membershIp now that IS large enough to keep a mattress factory gOln.g the year around, provldmg our members turn all theIr busmess to thIS factory And by gettmg the co-operatIOn of all our members, don't you thmk we ought to be able to get the best possible pnce to be had? And If we do get the co-operatIOn in thIS hne of goods as we have In all the others we WIll be able to bring to you gl eater savmgs than now. So don't you think it IS to your best mterests to throw a'3 much of your mattress busmess thru the A.ssoclatlOn account as possIble? When ordermg mattres"es always add 66c for burlap per bale of four Terms accordmg to As;,oclatlOn rules ~ote the advertlsmg helps on bulletm No 179, because '''lth them yOU can make your beddmg department pay you more than it IS now doing. Yours for hearty co-operation, THE BUYING COMMITTEE. This mattress is well filled and is the best cheap mattress it is possIble to get, has a SIX Inch box and IS unbound. Mattress No. 2 Tick No. B All SizeS \ Price $MOP This IS a well filled mattress, fully bound; six inch box, standard make Mattress No Tick No All SIzeS Pnce 3 2 " $M IP 4 3 ATP 5 4 " AMP 6 5 AKT Be "ure and give eXdlt SILe when ordenng Slight Decrease in Building Operations. The check to bUlldmg WItnessed 111the earher month~ of thIS year IS apparently stIlI in eVIdence, judgmg from the re-turns for October at lead111g CIties furnished to Bradstreet's The total expendIture" at 105 citIes for October aggregated $57,056,857, as aga111st $56,657,895 in September and $62,444,- 022 111October last year. There is here shown a gain of a frac-tIon of 1 per cent over September, but a decrease of 8 6 per cent from October last year Thirty-eight of the 105 cities, just about one-thIrd, showing gains over a year ago, whrle 67 show decreases For 10 months of the pre'3ent calendar J ear the total expendIture of bUIlding m the United States IS $695, 711,143, a decrease of 5 per cent from 1909. Six Acres in One Store. The propnetoI:-' of Bullock's department '3tore, Los Angele:-., Cal , have leased a sIx-story bUlldl11g which WIll add about 70,- 000 square feet of floor space The fact that the stOIe needs ~uch alaI ge amount of addItIOnal space withIn four and a half years of ItS estabhshment i:-. strong evidence of its growth. :i\luch of the credIt IS gIVen to J. G Bullock, the directing head of the concern The new buildmg, which has a frontage of 71 feet on Broadway, WIll be connected WIth the older section and new fixtures WIll be at once installed. When the addItIOn IS occupIed Bullock's WIll have a total area of SIX acres. "After inventory pnces" are not always low prices. Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers9 Association Advertising Helps. Bulletin No. 177. This IS an extra heavy felt mattress, 48 pounds. If wanted in two parts, 25c extra Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 35 ACA, felt $0 TT $R PT $R TT 36 8, felt 0 AP R OP RAP 37 Royal art 0 AP R OP RAP If wanted 111three inch box, 75c less Well filled mattress with SIX 111ch box, bound Well filled mattress, six 111chbox, bound and side Mattress No. Tick No All Sizes Price leather tufting. 7 2 " $A.PP Mattress No. Tick No. All Sizes Price 8 3 " A.RP 13 3 " $KTT 9 4 " A.OP 14 4 " KMT 10 5 " A.FP 15 5 " KAT 11 Art Pattern " KMP 16 Art Pattern " KKT If Side tufting IS wanted, add 10 cents to above 17 7 " " KEP pllces. Great sel1er, made only in art tick, all sizes, six 111chbox with rolled edge. A combinatIOn mattress made espeCially for lllce trade and one that Will give good satisfactIOn Mattress No 18 A hummer for the money, splendid 45 pound mat-tress, If wanted 111two parts, 25c extra. Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 22 5, carded felt $E AP $E TT $KOP 23 Art tick carded felt E ET E.MP KIT 24 7, carded felt E PT E.AP E.TT 25 Art special felt E.OP E PT E.AP 26 5, special felt E.OP E PT E AP 27 7, special felt P.TT E OP E.PT TICk No Art Tick All Sizes Price $KOP This mattress IS covered with AC or fancy tick-ing, bUilt up of layer of genu111e cotton felt A splendid 45 pound mattress If wanted 111 two parts, 25c extra Mattress No Tick No 4-6 3-6 3-0 28 ACA, felt $P OP $P PT $P.AP 29 7, felt R.TT P PT PAP 30 8, felt RAP POP P PT 31 Royal art, felt RAP POP P PT 75c less jf wanted 1113 1l1ch box. 22 WEEKLY ARTISAN . .. ".--_ .......•• I QUALITY MACHINES-ISN'T IT TOO BAD-People wonder where their profits are going when the trouble usually lies in poor equip-ment. A little foresight in the beginning would have saved them dollars--a httle more money in-vested at the start in "OLIVER" "QUALITY" eqUipment. Some manufacturers of wood working tools shght their output by putting in poor materials-employing poor workmen-simply to be able to make a httle more profit. "Ohver" tools are bUilt along machine tool hnes-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-find out too late they are wrong-lose money, whereas a letter addressed to us would have procured our catalogs-set them thinking-saved them money. ISN'T THAT TOO BAD. "OLIVER" No 61 Surfacer. OURLINE-SURFACE PLANERS HAND JOINTERS SANDERS WOOD TRIMMERS CHAIN MORTISERS LATHES "OLIVER" No. 60 Saw Bench. SAW BENCHES SWING CUT. OFF SAWS BAND SAWING MACHINES BORING MACHINES SAFETY CYUNDERS VISES, CLAMPS, ETC., ETC. ADDRESS DEPARTMENT "D" OLIVER MACHINERY CO., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., U. S. A. BRANCH OFFICES-lot Nabonal Bank Bldg. Chicago, III. No. 50 Church St .• New York City. 1125 Welt Temple St .• LOl Angelel, eal. Pacific Bid •.• Seattle. Wash. ___ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ •__ • _._._._._ •. ..1 ~ ....__ .. Buildings That Will Need Furniture. RESIDEKCES-Atlanta, Ga -R S -:\Iorns, 39 ROyston street, $6,000, Mrs. Katie Cox, 117 Peachtree street, $5,000; J T Crass, 8 North PIedmont street $J,OOO; C. T Norns, 45 Gar-den street, $2,500, Z P Gunn, 97 Hurt street $3,000; J. W. WhIte. 288 WhItehall street, $8,500. Altoona, Pa -Solomon CassIdy, 2706 Seventh av cnue, $3,- 500; Frank Hastmgs, 2(J20 Broad avenue, $4,000, J K Olsen-berg, 30H Broad aveI1ue, $2,600. Bmghamton, )J Y -FaIth L -:\IIllard, 409 Davis street, $2,- 800. N. B MIllard, 40 Chestnut street, $3,000. Buffalo, N. Y - Charles F Pease, 83 Blame :,treet, $3,300; Albert \,yeber, 84 Horton street, $.3,000, GeOlge \V. Onmm, 34 Kannattan street, $2,800, Jdcob TruxIc, Jr , 14 1\meteenth street, $3,000, George D Lemun, 1 Humboldt street, $7,000, Thomas po- The Good Old Reliable Work Bench THAT NEVER GETS OUT OF STYLE. For Many Y cars Made ExclUSively by C. CHRISTIANSEN, 2219 Grand Ave., CHICAGO Also manufacturer of the ChIcago Truck for woodworklllg factOrIes Send for Catalogue. A. FIsher, 11-1 Hutmgton street, $3,000; William Schramm, 214 Rano street, $3,000, James A Malhdy, 86 Eighteenth street, $3,000; Henry Walter, 35 TImon street, $2,500; Sol Rubenstein, 312 HIckory street, $3,000; Bernard H. Norcross, 1258 Bailey ..,treet, $3,000; H P Knauss, 855 Tonawanda street, $3,500. Cmcmnatl, 0 -WIlham Littleford, 2517 Salem avenue, $4,- jOO, :'v1IssEmma FICks, Sunset and Midland avenues, $5,000; John Blelman, Harnson and McHenry avenues, $4,000; S. D. Cooper, Ada and Ravme streets, $2,500; H. P. (Ellis, 826 Frances avenue, $4,000, John C. Ruckstuhl, 2331 Wheeler avenue, $4,- 200, RIch Beebel, Walnut place and Elberon avenue, $3,000. ChIcago, III -E V. Jones, 3654 Marshfield avenue, $3,000; Carl K Dames, 3330 West Belden avenue, $4,000; William Zuetell, 2330 North Forty-second avenue, $2,500; Gustaf Wal-lenclorf, 7229 Elhs avenue, $2,500; Charles Wheeler, 4635 North Forty-sIxth avenue, $3,500; Albert Keller, 5004 Lincoln avenue, $12,000; MISS Leah K. Moore, 844 East Fortieth street, $25,000 ; T B Swanson, 1057 Lawndale avenue, $45,000; P. O. Sand-berg, 5500 Haddon avenue, $3,000; Mary Trausch, 6732 North Robey street, $.3,500; Julie Zunn, 4057 Kemmerling avenue, $4,- 800, Charles Antoni, 4947 Woodlawn avenue, $20,000; A. Dalit-bury, 6734 North Marshfield avenue, $4,500. Denver, Col-W. F. PIgg, King and Twenty-fourth streets, $3,000, E A Houts, Archer avenue and Broadway, $3,000; A. B Phelps, 906 I\'"ewton street, $3,000; M. D. Tyler, 1400 Vallejo street, $J,500; Frank Johnson, South Ogden and Ohio Sts. $3 000, C. W Underhill, Cherry and Twenty-eighth streets, $3,- 730, Frank Anderson, 1728South Franklin street, $3,000. Kansas City, Mo -Mrs. M. Keck, Thirty-first and Wash-mgton streets, $10,000; J. A. Sieman, 3238 Walnut street, $3,000; Lewis SmIth, 2637 College avenue, $2,500. MmneapolIs, Minn -F. G. Cole, 3935 Columbus avenue, II , ... ~ . WEEKLY ARTISAN 23 -----~~------_.-__.._._._._._~.~~----_.------~---~~_._--------------------, FOUR NEW -EI:I TRADE MARK REGISTERED PRODUCTIONS BARONIAL OAK STAIN FLANDERS OAK STAIN S M0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN in acid and oil. in nid and oit in acid and oil. in acid and oil. Send for finished samples, free. Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters. In addition to the reg-ular colors the above shades offer unusually bealiltiful and novel effects. The Ad-el-ite People CHICAGO-NEW YORK .. Everything In Pamt Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. FIllers that fill. - ... $3,500; John Larson, 3505 Thirtieth avenue, $3,000; T. W. Thompson, 2905 ThIrty-seventh avenue, $2,500; F. E Graves, 2520 NIcollet avenue, $6,000; J. H. Genest, 3900 Thirty-sixth avenue, $2,500. LOUlsvllle, Ky -Mrs Korst, 2009 Frankfort avenue, $2,- 800, C H Rwne, 650 South EIghteenth street, $2,500. Omaha, N Clb-Mrs. C. A Pralther, 914 South Thirty-seventh .;;treet, $3,000, Mrs K C. Morehouse, 3862 Harney street, $6,000, A Koppenhover, 1710 North Thirty-fourth street, $3,000 Plttsbl11 g, Pa -Morris S Martin, 606 Glen Mawr avenue, $4,000; Harry Kramer, 418 Atwood street, $4,450. Scranton, Pa -A. F. Duffy, 729 North Main street, $7,- 000; Thomas G Jones, 1309 Schlager street. $4,000; Dr Wil-ham Zachman, 9b2 Clay avenue, $10,000. Schenectady, N. Y-Edwin A. Fuller, 1370 Union street. $12,000, C W Haverly Dean and UnIOn streets, $3,500; C. P. Johnson, 11 Columbia street, $4,000; Vi. W. Stine, 517 Crane street, ~7,500; WIlham Bisgrove, Union and Livingston streets, $2,5(,0, Jacob Blsgrove. 418 Apple street, $2,500. Utica, N. Y -Phlhp Dc Staphanio, 198 Jay street, $4,800; Earle P W1111l1g,5 WhIte place, $3,250. Columbus, 0 -Peter Leonhardt, 27 Central avenue, $3,800; M J Durns, 2440 SummIt street, $2,500; J. A. Chambers, 2444 S1ll11l11ltstreet, $2,800; E L McYey, 1637 Parsons street, $3,- 000, J H 2\1cVey, 226 Innis avenue, $3,000; L. E. FItch, 763 vVa!ton avenue, $2,800; Charles EScott, 95 Odgen avenue, $4,000 DetrOIt, Mich -Frank R. Poss, 46 Edison street, $15,000; Jules T. Annul, 127 Garland street, $3,000; Albert Barbrake, Lafayette and Hubbard street.;;, $8,500; L. W. Burch, Fort and Cavahy .;;treet.;;, $5,000; Samuel E. Diltz, Commonwealth and Stains that satisfy. Calumet streets, $3,000; Charles L Miller, 229 Theodore street, $4,000; W. A Halman, 186 Burlingame street, $3,500; H. W. Baker, Cameron and Lynn streets, $5,400; D. F. Colwell, Hol-brook and Oakland streets, $5,500; Michael Caplis, Michigan avenue and MI1Jtary streets, $15,000. Philadelphia, Pa -John Rorer, Scott's lane and Cresson street, $4,500; Richard T. Ogdel11, Seventy-second street and Saybrook avenue, $8,500; E K. Price, 129 Bethlehem pike, $3,- 500. Indianapolis, Ind -M. E. McCord, 3028 New Jersey street, $4,000, Charles Langdon, 1026 Ewing street, $2,500; James R. MIlhkan, 1407 North Pennsylvania street, $4,000. Spokane, Wash -Karl J. Berggren, 1317 Maxwell avenue, $6,000; A M Wdson, 04411 Stevens street, $2,500; A. M. Fredericks, E3008 Indiana avenue, $2,500; S. ]. Davidson, E49 Walton street, $2,500. MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS-Members of the Order of Owls 111 Memphi.;;, Tenn., have taken a ten-year lease of a brick buildmg whIch they wiII convert into a "nest" that wiII re-quire about $8,000 worth of furmture. B Bornstein is building a $25,000 theatre at 425 South street, Philadelphia, Pa. The Spann Bl11ld1l1gCompany are building a $75,000 hotel on East and ~1assachusetts streets, Indianapolis, Ind. The CathQlic Bis-hop of Chicago has a permit to erect a three-story brick chapel at 3743 Schubert avenue at a cost of $32,000. The Capitol avenUe Baptist church of Atlanta, Ga., wiII be remodeled at a cost of $25,000 The PIlgrims CongregatIOnal society of Buffalo, N. Y. are building a church to cost $50,000. Thomas Maloney is build-mg a $10,000 theatre on Burnet and Hickory streets, Cincinnati, O. A permit has been issued for the erection of the Michael Reese hospItal at Twenty-ninth street and Groveland avenue, Chicago, at a cost of $65,000. The firm of Needham & Racer, furmture dealers of Dun-kirk, Ind, has been dIssolved. The business will be continued b) ~1r Racer 11r. Needham expects to go on the road as a furmture salesman. G F. Martin, E. L Forhan and H P. Jones of Tarrytown, \( Y, have lllcorporated the Eucalyptus TImber company, capi-tahzed at $50,000, for the purpose of growing and deallllg in eucalyptus timber and lumber. Stelllman & Meyer furniture manufacturers of Cin-::innati, OhlO, are asklllg for estimates on the erectlOn of a five-story addItion to their plant On York street The building is to be of fireproof comtruction, 60 x 67 feet. Harns Bartelstone & Sons, of New York, manufactnrer., of showcases, mirror plates, etc, have made an assignment to. Seymour 1Iark after failing to secure an extension of a year. LIabIlltIes, $16,500, assets scheduled at $15,,200. John Platt of the Legett & Platt Spring Bed Manufac-turing company of Carthage, Mo , has been in Canada recently looking for a desirable 10catlOn for a branch factory, which his company proposes to establlsh on the other side of the tariff wall. Jennie E Kimball, conducting a retail busI11ess at South Hadley Falls, Mass., under the name of the Hampden Furniture company, has made an assignment for the benefit of her credi-tors. T. D. O'Brien is her attorney and Robert Levin is the assignee. The Lougee-Robinson company of Latonia, N. H, made a large shIpment of furniture to the Bermuda Islands last week. They have a contract for furnishing furniture and bedding for the Prlllcess Hotel, one of the most degant WInter resort hotels in the world. Jonathan A Ravv son, J r, exporter and manufacturers' agent of 253 Broadway, N. Y, has filed a petitlOn in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $5,183; assets, $60, consisting of $43 in accounts and 390 photogravures valued at $17. He had $28 in cash which he claimed as exempt under the law. The contract for supplying furniture for the new tuber-culosis hospital at Lima, 0., has been awarded to McCreery & Co, of PItbburg, Pa, whose bids aggregate $2,100. The hospital was erected by commissioners representing a district composed of Allen, Augldize, Shelby, Mercer and Van Wert counties and is located on a farm near McBeth's lake. C. C. Bellows, for many years identified with leading furni-ture companies of Columbus, 0, now largely interested in the McAllIster-Mohler company, having reached the age of 76 years has decided to 1 etire from business and spend his declining days at hi., suburban home, Arlington His retirement \"ill necessitate reorganization of the McAllister-Mohler company A new method by which eleven department stores in New Y ark are said to have been swindled was exposed recently when a man who gave his name as Louis Jacobs pleaded guilty to a charge of theft His plan, it is saId, was to secure a posi-tion as salesman, and when he was paid for goods by a customer to say he was gOlllg to the cashier for change; then he would put on his hat and vanish. The stock of Arthur IE. Benson, furniture dealer of Water-bury, Conn., has been seized on attachment issued in behalf of credItors whose claims aggregate $2,500. The stock has been removed by the constable and it is not eJxpected that the store will be re-opened. Mr. Benson, who for several years was manager of John Moriarty's furniture store in Waterbury, at-tributes his faIlure to the "cold feet" of his backers, two He-brew capitalists. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS J. H Hersman is a new undertaker at Woodb111e, Iowa. G. H. Tuttle from Atlanta, Ill, has purchased the SullIvan furniture store at Benson, Neb Allen & Haylor have succeeded Granger & "\lle'l, fll! n,tnre r1ertlers and undertakers of Oberlin, Ohio. CredItors have filed a petItlOn in bankruptcy agalllst C VV Nuttle, furniture dealer of Parker, S. Dak. J W. Gunning of the firm of Gunnlllg & Purous, furnIture dealers of FnendshIp, Wis, dIed on November 25 Callh'velI & M<1llury have purchased the f";,117111" and ca'- 'lLl bUSI11nss of F. I PrentIce of G'1netbvIlle, (), , I A J Kapfer and Frank Zeaschka have purchased the retaIl furmture bus1I1ess of H P. Bohn at West Bend, WIS The Loy Furmture company have succeeded T E Jon( s 111the furniture and undertak1l1g bUS1I1ess at Upland, In ~ Charles A Bauch, a pioneer manfacturer of WIllow furm-ture of Boston, Mass, died on November 25, aged 82 years. The J F. Gage company, dealers 111 office furniture of M111neapolIs, Mllln, are reported as financially embarrassed. The W A Lehye Piano company of Dallas WIll open a branch house at Ga111esvIlle, Tex, WIth Owen H Heyer as manager. Theodore Kemmtz, a well-known contractor and promI-nent furmture manufacturer of Green Bay, WIS, (hed on Thanks-giving day. Alton G Eyles of Cedar Rapids, Ia, has Invented a table attachment for chaIrs, whIch he expects to exhIbIt 111 the markeb next month. A petitIon in bankruptcy has been filed by credItors against Segar Whitmg, trad1l1g as the Hampton FurnIture company, at Hampton, Va. The Nelson-Keenan company, furniture dealers and up-holsterers of PIttsburg, Pa, are closing out theIr stock and will quit business. Royce Brother<;, furmture dealers and undertakers of Wat-kins, N. Y., who failed recently are offenng to settle at 25 cents on the dollar. H. J. Volholm, leading furniture dealer of l\IontpelIcr, Vt, has purchased the Scnbner block on Main street and "Ill re-model it for his own use. The plant and all assets of the Brenham Furniture com-pany are to be sold at auction by the sheriff of vVashington county, Texas, next Tuesday. Charles Bronstein, doing busines" as the Acme Frame and Mirror company at 146 Friend street, Boston, Mass. has made an assignment to Julius Nelson. The name of the Northern Furmture factory, Il1corpOIated, of RIchmond, Va, has been changed to the \ Irgmla Coffin and Casket company, incorporated The Kennedy Furmture company, dealers and undertakers, of Birmingham, Ala, WIll close out theIr stock of furnIture and devote theIr entire attention to the undertaking busme<;s The Eagle Furmture company, manufacturers, of Athol, Mass., whose bmmess has been dec1ming for several years, have decided to close out the stock on hand and go out of busines<;. CredItors whose claIms aggregate about $600 have filed a petitlOn in bankruptcy aga111st the Newaygo (Mich.) Chair company. The total liabilities and assets have not been re-ported. The firm of Keena & Drake, dealers in office furniture and fixtures in Detroit, Mieh, has been incorporated under the name of George A. Drake & Co, with capital stock fixed at $50,000. WEEKLY ARTISAN Moderate Cancellation •• At this season of the year manufacturers expect and re-ceive a conslderable number of cancellations of unfilled orders. Naturally dealers in furl11ture do not deSire to take into stock goods that mlght not be sold before the openmg of the new year, when the spnng styles Will be 1eady for examinatlOn by the market buyel~. This season 1') exceptlOnal, however, in that the number of cancellatiom are remarkably small in num-ber, whlle shipments are heavy m volume A comiderable number of dealers have anived at the conclusion that goods of a certain standard in design and construction are as staple as granulated sugar in the ~tock of a grocer Charley Chase, of Chase & West, Des Momes, Iowa, recogl11zed thlS fact when he remarked' "A well made pure Sheraton sldeboard lS as good tlm year as It wlll be next, or the) ear after, or five years later. It will alway~ please the eye and satisfy the reqUlrement') of the user. If a man can sell the art of Sheraton to his trade, he need never cancel an order wlth the expectatlon of findmg some-thing that carnes the Sheraton motive better than the plece he has purchased." Right here a suggestion IS offered If properly made furni-ture of the penod styles may be regarded as staples, why should dealers ever find it necessary to offer to sell the same for cut prices? In discussing the subject of cancelldtions a prominent manu-facturer of Grand Rapids remarked: "Most of the cancellations are made by dealers who po,sess but moderate capital and not much business abl1lty. Real merchants seldom cancel an order for well bought goods" New Furniture Dealers. Reardon & Garvey have opened a new furnlture ,tore at Pleasantville, N. Y. Charles L. Hursey i') about to open a new furmture store at Shinnston, W. Va. The Troutman-Wrotton Furniture company are new deal-ers in Birmingham, Ala. Samuel J. and Herman Cohen and Jacob G Ripin, have in-corporated the Mohawk Furniture company, to engage in the retall business in Schenectady, K Y Capltal stock, $10,000. W. J. ::Vlarch, W R Ivey, W. J. Pritchard, F, M Iveyand L. M Rankin, have incorporated the Banner Furniture company, capitalized at $6,000, to deal in furniture in Nashville. Tenn Akad Hakall, a Syrian circus perfoP111er, has deserted the 25 /Uafalofjues sent" fa Uprospecfive(fusfomel's. Imperial furnifure @.• GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. sawdust rings to engage in the Persian rug business at Streator, Ill. He alms to establlsh a distnbuting agency for several im-porters. New Factories. The Brown Furniture company, capitalized at $25,000, will manufacture Mlssion furniture at East Stroudsburg, Pa J. W. Bibble is presldent and W. E. Brown secretary and treasurer of the company Phihp Phipps, J R Stanton, D A Spayde, R S Hubbs dnd J H Downing, have incorporated the Butler Cabinet com-pany, capitalized at $50,000 to manufacture cabinets and interior finish at Butler, Ohio The A. L Sykes Manufacturing company of Cincinnati, 0 , has been incorporated by A. L Sykes, P. Lincoln Mitchell, VV. H. Han ison and Carl Jacobs, to manufacture fireless and elec-tric cookers. Capital stock, $50,000 Simmons· New York Headquarters. The Simmom Manucartufing company, brass and steel beds, wire mattresses, spring beds, and metal folding couches, of Ken-osha, Wis, have sent out a neat eight-page illustrated folder announcing the removal of their New York headquarters from J 55 West Thirty-fourth street to 334 Fourth avenue, corner of Twenty-fifth street. where they have established what is in-tended to be a permanent exhibition of their products, occupy-ing the entire fifteenth floor of an eighteen-story building. ..--.--_._.----------._----- _. -- . .....- -. . ...- --_._.__.__._._._---_. - ....-.... ..------ .. loJentz's Big Six No. 694. 48 in. top. No. 687. 60 in. top. Others 54 in. top. 8 Foot Duostyles ANY FINISH CHICAGO DELIVERIES Lentz Table Co. I NASHVILLE, MICHlGAh •--------------- ---.-_.-------------- ---.-.- ....-.-.~-------.------------------ .. _- _.44. 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Most Attractive Inducements for Car Load Buyers Are Offered by the THE KARGES FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Chamber Suites. Wardrobes. Chiffoniers. Odd Dressers, Chifforobes. THE BOSSE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets, K. D. Wardrobes, Cupboards and Safes, in imitation golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak. THE WORLD FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets. Hall Trees, China Closets, Combination Book and Library Cases. THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak. Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, illlitation mahogany. and imitation golden oak. THE BOCKSTEGE FURNITURE CO. Manufacturers of the "Superior" Line of Parlor. Library, Dining and Dressing Tables. THE METAL FURNITURE CO. Made by The Karges Furmture Co. Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs, Wire Springs and Cots Evansville is the great mixed car loading center ofthe United States, made so by the Big Six Association, •• • •• • •• ... WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 Made by Bosse Furniture Company. Made by World Furniture Company. Made by Bockstege Furniture Co. ~. -._ •••• sa ••••• • •••• aT •••••••••••• . .. . . .........•............. THEY OPPOSE ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES Testimony Given by Grand Rapids Manufacturers Before the Interstate Commerce Commission~ Outrageously ~lisrepresented by Newspapers. The attltl1cle of the fl1rmtm e manufacturer~ of Grand Rap- 1(l<;and the testimony offered b) the C0l111111tteerepl esentmg the Grand Rapids Furmtul e a~soCiatlOn appeallng bcfOl e the Intet state Commerce CommissIOn at Wash1l1gton, ;{ oveJ11ber '21 and 22 111 relatIOn to the proposed advances 111 freight rates 111 official classification territory, has been grossly mlsrepre,ented by the newspaper,;, m all sectIOns of the countn The furmture manufacturers of Grand Rapids, hav1l1g a stnct regard for the general welfare of all classes of people, whether manufacturers shippers, earners or consumers conSider absolute Justlce to all essential 111 connectIOn With matters of such far reach1l1g Im-portance as the proposed advance 111 freight rates TIlt' atti-tude of the members of thiS aSSoCIatIOn IS that theY are not fa,- orable to any advance 111 freight rates unless the 1m e,tlgatlOn made by the commiSSIOn may show that after all pos-,Ible and practicable econ0l111es in operation and conservation 111 resom ces has been effected a reasonable retmn upon the capital actually mvested may not be realized by the carriers Without an mcrease in their revenues dependent upon 111creased frcI~ht rate, The newspapers of the C0l11ltly, however have tncd to make it appear that the Grand Rapids manufacturers arc I e<llly in favor of the propo"ed advances in freight lates and have intimated that they are work1l1~ \VIth the t ,tilt oael offil1al~ 1IJ 111- duce the coml11l,,,ion to approve the plOpo--cd 111( Ila--l' [11 their efforh to place the Grand Rapid" men m lolhlQoll \\ Itb the Associated Plees lepre"entative", the ne\"'llaj)l!'> not on1\ (1Js-torted and garbled testimony given before the COlTI1111s,ionhut misrepresented conditIOns under which the testlmon) \V as given Thev neglected to state that the real purpose of the appeal ance of Traffic Manager Ewing and the Grand Rapids l\Ianufaeturers in appeanng before the commission was to plotest against ont-rageom dIscriminations that are made against their cit_ r than to give their views on the proposed general advance in freight rates Instead they assumed that the only isc increase in rates and by taking a sentence hel f' and there in the testimony, without showing Its relation to the ~ubiect umlel consideration placed the Grand Rapids witnesse' In a false posi-tion and misconstrued the meaning of their testimonv The hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission are conducted very much lIke the proceedings in federal com ts The witnesses are sworn, make their statements and at e fjues-tioned Then they are cross-examined and bv simph ~i\ 11112a, few of their answers picked for the purpose it is ea,_ to gIVe their words a meaning directly contrarv to that mtenderl In this ca'3e. answers from cross-examinations "ere quoted and sent out by the '\ssociated Press and specill correspondents, without any explanation, even the question to which they" ere given being omitted, and when thus stand1l1g" alone had a mcan- IDEAL STAMPING AND TOOL CO. SOCKETS, DOWELS, TOP fASTENERS and G\JIDES for Extension Tables. Also special stampings In steel and brass. Write for NO·KUM.OUT TABLE SOCKET. Patent a\l\llled for. samples and prices. 465 N. Ottawa St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICH. 1I1g c1nectly opposite to the meaning and 111tention of the wit-nc~, es A. s ,tatec1 above the furmture manufacturers of Grand Rap- Ids are opposed to the proposed increases 111freight rates unless a thorough 111vestigatlOn shall prove that they are absolutely necessarv for the benefit of not only the railroads but for gen-eral bUSiness 111tercsts They aho oppose the discrimination that IS pi actlced aga111st (rrand Rapids. Their position was clearlv defined by Traffic :VIanager EW1l1g 111 the statement made when he introduced the Grand Rapids witness to the com-miSSIOn of whIch the following is a copy: MR EWI~G'S ST ATiEMENT. "Repl esentll1g the Grand Rapids manufacturers, I offer the tollo\Vl11g statements: "To all western territones, excepting PaCific coast points, our I ate" base on Chlcag{) or the Mississippi river. The pro-posed 1I1crease in the carload rate to Chicago IS four and one-half cents per hunrh ed pounds Present rate 21 Y;, proposed rate 2G Pel centage of 1I1crease 21 (See G R & I Ry Co, Tariff CFD 190i-ICC 1065, Issned Jnly 18, 1910, cancelling G R & I R) Co TarIff GFD 1543, ICC 9G3 effectIve Sept 15, 1909 ) 'Le"s than calloac1 shipments of new furniture are rated hi ,t del'" one anrl one-half times first cIas", donble and three tll11l-- £11 "t class The j)loposed increa"e means an additional LOSt of applCl"-ll11dtc1y ten cents per 100 pounds on less than cal]oad shipment" of furniture from Gl and Rapids to all western pOInts "Shipments to southern points are rated on the Ohio River Cro"'Il1~S 01 the Vlrg1l1a CIties, combinations when lower The pi oposed 1I1CIea ses 111 class rates in that direction are in pro-pOItIon to the 111creases to western poinb and equally disadvan-tageous "The pi incipal competitors of the Grand Rapids furniture manufactm ers are located at or near the boundary lines dividing the cla'1"lficatton territories, Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, L\ans\ Ille, Inrhana, C111cinnati, Ohio and other points, in Wis-conS111, Indiana and Ohio "Grand Rapids manufacturers have a natural disadvantage in shipping west and sonth because of their geographical lo-cation and have partly adjusted their business accordingly, but if the carriers are permitted to now increase by 20 per cent the Grand Rapids class differentials over and above the rates from competll1g' points of feu mture manufacture and sale to western and southern terl1tories, It is extremely doubtful if Grand Rap-ill<; can compete WIth Chicago, Cincinnati and iEvansvllle in the west and south, where, the greatest increase in sales might othcrwise be antICipated as the den:oity of populatIOn increases. "There are practically no special commodity rates apply-ing On furl11ture in any direction from Gmnd Rapids The lines lhrectly serving Grand Rapids have granted no preferential rates 111recognition of the extraordmary movement of fm niture fr0111 that pomt except the carload rate publtshed to Chicago, basecl on thlrcl class With an mcreasecl 111111I111U111 weight pro- 'ISiOn that almost off-sets the rate reduction. (See exhibit.) "Compet1l1g points of furniture manufacture enjoy special rate, not only to western and sonthern territories but to north-western pomts where Grand Rapids should possess a natural advantage "CommodIty rates apply from Chicago to all points south, west and northwest. Cmcmnati, Ohio, can ship not only south at a very natural adavntage, but because of commodity rates in WEEKLY ARTISAN effect can ship to St. Paul, Minneapolis and beyond, almost as cheaply as can Grand Rapids St. Paul, Mmnesota, can ship 20,000 pounds of new furmture to Peoria, I1l111OlS,for $5000, and 1t costs Grand Rap1ds $69 00 011 present rates Points on west bank of Lake MlCh1gan can ship 20,000 pounds of furm-ture to St Paul for $±O 00 and it cost Grand Rap1ds $123 00 The proposed mcrease w1ll not affect Wisconsin points on west-ern business but w1ll mcrease the Grand Rapids-St. Paul rate 20 per cent and that rate is the basis for rates to pomts ')e~lolld St Paul and mtermedlate V\ lth the PacJfjc Coast "The bulk of the furmture shipped to eastern puipt, from Cr l1Jd Rap1ds moves in less than carload quant1t1es and the pro-fGsed mcreases amount to from 10,Yzc to ;Z9,: IJ{'l 1f)0 pound" ell' if, c that' ca" JOdds and from 10 to 14 ::ents per 100 pound" OJl carloads. ,.Because of the eX1stmg ad]tbtments of eastern rates on the Ch1cago-New York bas1s and of the defined class1ficatlOn terntories, Grand Rap1ds now pays on western sh1pments tak-mg first class, 31,Yz cent" more than Ch1cago, and on first class sh1pments to the coast, takmg N ew York C1ty for l1lustratlOn, three cents per 100 pounds less thdn ChICago 100 mIles (hs-tance means apparenty three cents per ] 00 pounds east bound and ,3,Yz cents per 100 pounels west bound. "Ch1CdgO and pomts on west bank of Lake M1dl1gan can sh1p furmture east at rates only 2.0 and ,~ cent" more per 100 pounds than from Grand Rap1ds Cmc111natl and Evanwille rates 111all d1rectlOns are less than from Grand Rap1ds Grand Rap-ids furmture manufacturers have no terntory in whlLh they possess any freight rate advantage. "The roads directly servlCl11g furmture produc111g centers in Inchana and Oh1O have jomed the1r connectlO11S m estabhshing many special commochty rates from such pomts The hnes "erving Grand Rap1ds mamtain class rates w1th but one excep-t10n prev10usly described Not only m tanff rates but m the rules governmg the1r apphcat10n 1S Grand Rapids already d1S-cnmmated agamst in favor of competmg points. "Offic1al class1ficatlOn Rule 5-B and note (see ExlllbIt) re-stncts the appllcat10n of caiload rate On furniture to carload "h1pments of wh1ch cons1gnor IS the sole and actual owner. ThIs rule governs all sh1pments from Grand Rap1ds although sh1pments from Ch1cago to western pomts are not subject to such a rule Trans-Contmental tanffs name same rates from Grand Rapids to PaCIfic Coast on new furniture carloads as from Chicago, but contal11 a rule 1dentlcal with the offic1al classi-ficatIOn rule (See Exhibit) and by except10n the rule applies on sh1pments from Grand Rap1ds but not from Chicago. The carload rate to PaCIfic Coast points of $2 20 per 100 pounds covers descnptlOns of furniture that 1f shipped less carload would rate from $3 00 to $9 00 per 100 pounds mak111g It neces-sary to often assemble several small dealers' goods mto carload quantities. The carload rate applying on such assembled ship-ments from Ch1cago and not from Grand Rap1ds although the rate is the same from both pOlnts, necessitates sh1pment from Grand Rap1ds to Ch1cago at less than carload rates in order to assemble at ChIcago and obtam carload rate beyond. This already costs from 310 to 63 cents per 100 pounds and that cost WIll be increased 20 per cent if the proposed advances in class rates are permitted. "It therefore w1ll be apparent that the furniture manu-facturers of Grand Rapids paying the highest class rates in all d1rections m competitlOn with many preferential commod1ty rates and only allowed carload rates to western points under restrictions that do not govern their greatest competitors at Ch1Cdgo, Rockford and other centers of manufacture west of the western boundary line of Central Freight association tern-tory, cannot stand any increase in the class rates governing to We will not take part in the Furniture Exposition at New York, Chicago or Grand Rapids. COLLIER.KEYWORTH CO., Gardner, Mass. such an en01mous extent the sale and transportat1On of their product. "The raw materials that enter 1nto the manufacture of fUlmture and all of w h1ch are sh1pped mto Grand Rap1ds are not low graue commod1ties, but 1t IS possible that in the rates applymg thereto some mcreases mlght be made w1thout se.nously affectmg the furl1lture mdustry On the fil1lshed product al-ways rated second class and h1gher up to three times first class no 1I1creaSe can be made Without mthctmg serIOUs and Irrepar-able mJUlY and loss. "Most closely alhed w1th the furmture industry of Grand Rapids 1S the lumber manufactunng Inuustl y. I have present five furmtllle mdnufactUlers and one lumber manufacturer It will requn e but a very few mmutes for them to consecutively take the stand and 1 epl} to certam quc"tions that w1th the con- "ent of the Honorable COml111SS1OnI w1ll put to them" From the above it WIll be seen that should the mvestigat1Ol1 by the commlSSlOn lead that body to the cOnc1US1Ol1that some mcrease 1n the fre1ght rates lS necessary, assummg that under the d1rect1On of the commIS"1On such mcrease vvould be so dls-tnbuted as to be ul11form and vvIthout undue cbscnm111ation, the members of the assoclatlOn most certamly could not oppose or questlon whatever advances the comm1SS1On may approve. 1t 1S also eV1dent that Grdnu Rap1d~' sh1ppers would prefer a ~llght advance In fre1ght rates w1th the dIscnmmat10ns abolished rather than a contmuance of present concllt1Ons. But they hope to secure the abolishment of the d1scrnmnatlons without any general mcrease m rates m any part of the country. The newspapers have also tried to make a great sensation of the fact that a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co, urged the Grand Rap1ds manufacturers to appear before the comm1SS1On That matter also has been grossly m1srepresented. The mCldent was merely the aCCIdental meetmg of Mr. Perkins and Mr Gay. They had never met before and have not 1leen each other nOr had any correspondence since. Mr. Perkins d1d not ask the Grand Rap1ds men to testIfy in behalf of the raJ1road l11terests, but, being well acqual11ted WIth the rules of procedure, he may have thought that by gettl11g them under cross-eXnml11at1On the raIlroad attorneys would be able to draw out something that m1ght be construed as favorable to the proposition to raise freight rates. The issue before the comml5S1On is being stubbornly con-tested It 1S a great fight m whIch the ra1lroad attorneys are graspl11g at every straw that seems to favor their side, and it is stated by officers of vanous commerc1al organizatlOns that fear of bel11g misquoted and outrageously m1srepresented, as were the Grand Rap1ds wltnesses, makes many shIppers and other opponents of the railroad proposit1On reluctant to appear before the commission. THE~nd~tpARLOR. NEWIU ~ BED" ~eed not be moved from the wall. Always ready wit h bedding in pla"e. So .imple, so easy, a "bild "an operate it. H... roomy wardrobe box. CHICAGO, Erie &: Sedgwick. NEW YORK, Norman &: Monitor. 30 WEEKLY ARTISAN ---------------_._-_. ------------ -----_._- - . .- --_. .-...,II , I 1• I,II NEW DESIGNS I-N LOUIS XVI STYLE No. 1711 No. 1705-1705 WRITE FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN •• Sell What the People Want_ "Women ,., The veteran clcpaltment manager of the [) and 10 cent store repeatecl the word WIth emphaSIS, "vVomen I" It was hIs way of statll1g the dynamIc of the asto11l~h1l1!b:;U~I-ness that has been bUIlt on 111ckelsand dllnes-the bIg factor that has made it possIble "vVe are accustomed to thmk of the dry goods store as primanly the mstItutlOn that ha~ been developed by the woman shopper," contl11ued the department manager "The dry goods store of course IS a woman's stor.e-but the 5 and 10 cent store is the woman's store Nl11tey-nme hundreths of its customers are v,",omen Nl11e-tenths of Its sales force are woman 1£ It relIed on the male shopper for a success it would be a flat and hopeless faIlure "Study the psychology of the 5 and 10 cent StOle and you will have to study the psychology of the fem1l1Ine::,ex There was a man who dldn't thmk thIS was true I" The department managel's eyes h\ l11kled and he related one of the half score of fact stones that could be \\ Olmed out of hIs twenty years of expenence. There were two 5 and 10 cent stOles m a cel tam Clt). Olle '" as maintained by a film \\ hlch Iud Itself under the humble captlOn of SmIth & Brown The other was operated by a smartly dre~sed, sprucely appealmg young fellow from New York who vHote his name T Thaddeus Dayton Mr Dayton was "ucceeclIng ~1:essrs SmIth & III 0\\ n IV ere not Both were hard \\ 01 kl11g hal d headed men But their most indefatigable effO!ts v\el e not ploducing results The crowd was going acros~ the street to the Dayton store Why? 1\1r Blo",n pondered over the questIOn as he walked gloomIly home one evenl11g I\fter dmner he 10\vered his newspaper and his dlgmty and asked hIs WIfe Now it hap- I -4 penecl that 111 s BI 0\\ n was dn oly,erv111gwoman and a tact-ful 1\ oman She kne\\ pel fcctly IV ell beforehand just what J\Ir Blown \\ as gomg to say, for she had seen the same con-clItlons herself-and knew the reason for them. Also she had a remedy. "Y ou have been mak111g a mIstake. my dear," she saId gently, "because you have stuclIed your goods too much and yOUl customel s not enough You have devoted too much at-tentIon beh111clthe counters and not enough before the coun-ters 'What kind of people do you sell to?" 11r. BroVln floundered. "\Vhy, the usual kind of people for a store of our chalacter, I presume" "That's just it-you don't The five and ten cent store succeeds because It cdters fundamentally to women. Next to clothes. what do you suppose a woman would rather buy?" Mr Brown looked blank. "Of course you don't know. 'Well, I will tell you-candy! And the film of SmIth & Bro\vn is going to devote ItS f1 ant centre counter to candy from this time on, and is going to begin WIth a speCIal sale of marshmallows Saturday after-noon for 10 cents a pound I" Anel the fil111clId It, because J\1r Brown was a wise man even If he wa" slow of perceptIOn \Vbcn the firm member" c0t1l1ted up the plOceec1s of the sales Saturday evening they looked at each other m be\\ ilelell11ent They wel e the largest ill the hIstory of the store. r WEEKLY ARTISAN Old Items Reprinted. From the l\!hchigan ArtJsan for February I884-Charles R. Shgh, presIdent of the Sligh Furniture company, accom-pamed by George \V Perkins. a retaJIer of furmture In Pueblo and \V. H. McKee of New YOlk, are sojourning In Honduras Mr. Shgh will enter into contracts for cuttmg mahogany tim-ber in that country and shippmg it to the United States. Fred Koskul, the desIgner WIll no longer blow hIS horn and soundly praIse hIs old employer, Joseph Peters of St. LoUls Koskul IS now wIth Joe Zangerle in ChIcago. The factory of the Connersvl1lc (Ind) Furmture company was damaged by fire recently Loss $10,000. The semI-annual meeting of the Westeln chair associ-ation In Columbus, 0 , recently, was held behind locked doors. THE best way for you to buy furmture 15 to become farmhar Wlth It before you need It, then you are sure of gettmg what you want when you are ready to buy. This 18 why we make such a pomt of welcom-mg Vl3lto(S and why we don t expect to make a sale every tune we show our goods. We have the newest and best that can be bought. and we are glad to have you keep posted on the best and latest thmgs In furniture by spend-mg your letsure hme lookmg through our store ACTUAL REDUCTIONS Rellular 51'","'1.1 ClrCaSSllln Walnut Dreuer $lHJOO $6~50 C<:>loDal Mahogany Ch £fon er 65 00 4400 $01 d Mahogany Dress ng Table 2900 1850 Solid Mahogany Four Post Bed 32 00 1850 Solid Mahogany Cane Fanel Beds 4Q 00 2950 Soltd Mahogany Rush Seat R<x:ker 1600 If 50 SolId Mahogany Upnolstered Seat Rocker 2100 1375 Ken Iwo th Cha r 1750 1150 Ken l ...onh Rocker 17 MJ 11[j() Hepp ewl, te Desk Chair 1900 15 50 Overstuffed Library Cha r 45 00 27 00 So! d I\>fahogany Colon al Library Table 95 00 6$50 Sol d Mahoganv 5 plece Parlor Sutte 15000 9850 Overstuffed F es de Ch~lr 42 00 2600 5<:>1d Brass Bed" guaranteed 1250 and up Lou s V Solid Mah{)gany Dresser lfiO00 8500 60- nch Solid Mahogany Office Desk wholesale pnce $90 Our p.,ce $7B 6Q Invll5t1gatt: KLINGMAN'S Sample Furniture Company Ionia Fountain and D1VUIlOb. 5t9 Furniture SatIsfaction V,sllors Welcome A Sample of Klmgman's Efforts. The banquet whIch followed was open and loud enough to please (lId Beelzebub and hIS crew Charley Black, late WIth the Sargent ManufactUring company, has entered upon the dIscharge of hIS duties as manager of the Onel Cabinet company. Hermann, of New YOlk, disposed of $60,000 worth of furmture at cut pnces in a single day, last week. Buyel s representing the following well-known houses made the rounds of the factones 111 Grand RapIds; "John J. Hand of George C Flmt & Co, New York; F. S. Chad-bourne, San FranCISco, Cal ; J A Colby, F. W. Jansen, Tobey Furmture company, M. E. Samuels, Chicago; W. P Dil-worth, F H. Scott, Kansas, J H North, North, Orison & Co, Kansa:', CIty; Kenneth Clark, De Coster & Clark, St. Paul; Mr Barsto\\, V111cent, Barstow & Co, Cleveland. fi: L. Neldnnghouse of St LOUIS, who was burned out recently and then faIled, has settled with creditors, paying 75 cents on the dollar. FI ank \!V enter, maker of fancy furniture will erect a factory on South Canal street, Chicago. The RIVerSIde Flllmture company of \Vheeling, W, Va., have assigned. --- .. .-- ...., POLISHES Quality and Economy Two excellent reasons for using the Excelsior or World's Fair Polish 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 25 years of use in the furniture manufacturing trade. Get our prices and send for sample before placing your next order. GEO. W. LIGHT MFG. COMPANY, ~_2.312 W. Van Buren St., CHICAGO. 10 SPINDLE MACHINE ALSO MADE WITH 12, 15, 20 AND 25 SPINDLES. DODDS' NEW GEAR DOVETAILING MACHINE ThIS httle machme ho.s done more to perfect the drawer work of funll-ture manufacturers than anythmg else m the furnIture trade For fifteen years It has made perfect filtmg, vermm-proof, dovetalled stock a POSSl-blllty. ThiS bas been accomplIshed at reduced cost, as the machme cuts dove-talls m gangs of from 9 to 24 at one operatIOn It's what others see about your busmess rather than what you say about It, tbat counts m the cash drawer It'. the thnll of enthUSIasm and the true nng of truth you feel and hear back ofthe cold type that makes you buy the thmg advertlsed ALEXANDER DODDS CO., GRANDRAPIDS,MICH.. Reprelellied hy Schuchart & SchUlte al Berhn, V.enna, Siockholm and SI Pelenhur, Represented hy Alfred H SchUlte al Colo8l1e. Bruttel •• uese, Pano, Mdall and Bdhoa Represenled.n Greal Buban and Ir.land hy the Ohver Maclunery Co. F. S. Thompoon. MBt., 201.203 Deelllsale. Mallchefter. Ensland, 31 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN .-.. Miscellaneous Advertisements. WANTED First class machine foreman on furniture case work. State age, references, experience and wages wanted. Address .'Real," care Artisan. 12 3-10 POSITION WANTED As superintendent for chaIr factory covering all departments from drivmg-up to the finishing department m detail. Nine years spent WIth one of the largest chair manufacturers in United States. Address E. H. H., 21 MIlton-Manor, Buffalo, N. Y. 12 3·10 WANTED. Furniture men to learn furniture designing, rod making and stock billing by mail. 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 A position as superintendent of small furniture factory. case goods preferred, or foremanshIp in machine or cabinet rooms of medlUm sized plant. Small CIty preferred. Best of Ref-erences. Address E. V., care Weekly Artisan. 11 19-26 12-3 WANTED Superintendent. One who thoroughly understands bank, office and store fixtures, and specIal order work. To the right man this is a rare opportunity. Address, (stating experience and where you have worked), "Supenntendent," Care of Weekly Artisan, Grand Rapids, Mich. tf WANTED. Commercial salesman for Indiana and Illinois to sell Parlor and Library Tables. State territory covered and lines car-ried. Address "Map". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf WANTED. Traveling: salesman to carry a line of Re,ed Rockers and Chairs in Indiana and Illinois. State territory covered and lines carried. Address "Near". care Weekly Artisan. 9-3tf POSITION WANTED. A salesman of ability furnishing best of references and at present engaged, desires a change. Thoroughly acquainted with the trade of New England and New York stat,es and can guarantee results. Address C. A. R., Weekly Artisan. 7-23tf FOR SALE. ;. A nice clean stock of Crockery in a live West Michigan town of 10,000 population. Would also rent store if desired. Address "See" care Weekly Artisan. 5-28tf. .. New York Markets. New York, Dec. 2- The eastern crushers of flaxseed on Monday reduced pnces on their product two cents a gallon to meet the reductlOn made by the western crushers last week. C1ty raw and western raw linseed 011 are now quoted at the same price-95 @ 96 cents per gallon-but carload orders at 94 cents are known to have been accepted. S111g1e-b011ed and double-boIled are firm at last week's quotatlOns-J7 @ 98 and 99 @ $1.01, respect1ve1y. Business is dull, the volume of orders being remarkably light. Turpentine went down to 780 cents on Monday and re-mained at that figure unt11 Wednesday when it advanced a cent and is nuw firm at 79,Yz here and 175cents at Savannah. Some 1m-provement in the demand has been reported this week. Shellac continues to move qUlte freely in Jobbing parcels, and prices are well maintained, though the Calcutta market is reported easier. D. C. is quoted at 27 @ 28 cents; V. S O. and Diamond I, at 24,Yz @ 25. Fine orange, 22 @ 24; bright orange, 21 @ 22. T. N. in cases, 19%; in bags half a cent lower. Bleached, fresh, 22 @ 22; kiln dried, 26 @ 27. A. C. garnet, 18 @ 19. Button lac, 18 @ 20. Varnish gums are 111 steady demand at former quotations, with light order:, from interior dlstnbut111g pomts. Weakness is noted 111 the demand for Latm American goatskins and pnces on all vanetles are lower, the greatest change reported being a drop of t\\O cents on Haytiens, which r STAR CASTER II CUP COMPANY NORTH UNION STREET, GRAND RAPIOS, MICH. I IIIIIII I ..t. (PATENT APPLIED FOR) We have adopted cellulOid as a base for our Caster Cups, maklllg the best cup on the market. CellulOId IS a great Improvement over b..,es made of other materlal When It IS neceqsary to move a pIece supported by cups With cellulOId bases It can be done WIth ease, as the bases are per fectty smooth CellulOId does not sweat and b} the use of these CUI" tables are never marred These cups are finl~hed Ifl Gnldf"n Oak and White Maple, fimshed lIght If you wtll try a .ampl. order of tke.. gooa. you w.ll autre to kanale tkem In quantltte' PRICES: SIze 2~ Inches $5.50 per hundred. Size ~)( Inches 4.50 per hundred. I fob Grana Rap.d, TRT A SAMPLE ORnER I~-- . are now sellmg at ilea cents Vera Cruz are quoted at 47 @ 48 cents, San Lms, Zacateca:" etc., 43~ @ 44; Montery, TampI-cos, etc, -l"2, ~1eX1can frontHcrs, ,,2 @ 32,Yz Paytas, n @ 41,Yz Buenos \yles, ,18 @ ,'3H B1a71h, 65 @ 67,Yz. ] he cordage bus111es" 1Sdull and u11111terestmg, pnces being contwlled and I egulated by the so-called trust. Only fractlOnal changes 111the pn'2es of twmes have been made in the past three weeb The volume of the burlap bminess 1S light, owing mainly to the 0p111l0n of buye1" that the price of Jute is too high and must go do"" n m the near future However, the card rates for ' burlaps are firmly held, stocks here being considered light for thb t1me in the year The few sales reported are made at 3 80 for 7~-ounce, 3 <)0 for 8-ounce and 490 for 10,Yz-ounce Cal-cutta goods One order for a carload of the heavier weight at 485 cents, 1S reported to have been accepted this week. The! e is nothmg new 111 the hardwood lumber markets, which have been m an unsettled condition for several months. "" Index to Advertisements. Adams & Eltlng Company Anllllcan Blower Company Barnes \V F I..~ John Company Barton H H & ';;;on Company BIg SIX Car LoadIng As~oclatlon Bu,,;,,;Machine Company Century FurnIturE' COnlpany Clucago MIrror and Art Glass rompanJ ChrIstiansen A CollIer Keyworth Comp'lny (hallenge Refugerator Company Dodds Alexander Company rreedman Brothers Compau3- Grand RapIds BlowpIpe and Dust ~rrester Company GrancI RapIds Brass Compan\. Gland RapIds Fancv FurnIturE' Company Grand RapIds Refngerator Company Gland RapIds \ enE'er Works Hotel Panthnd Ideal StampIng and Tool Company Inlpenal FurnIture Company Kindel Parlor Bt.-d Company La"YIence l\ilcFadden Company Lf'nt7 Table Company 1 LIght George W ManufactUrIng Company Luce FurnIture Compan). Luce RE'dmond ChaIr Company Marvel Manufactunng Company MIchIgan EngraVIng COlllpany M,ller DI' D ~ ('0 MIscellaneous Morton House "!\Jor thern rurniture r'ompany Olrvf'r MachInery rompany Palmer 1\1anufactunng Company Petersen A & Co porter C 0 Maclllnery Company RIchmond ChaIr Compan3- Rockford ChaIr and FurnIture Company Rockford I'rame and Fn..tu. re Company R03-al ChaIr COnlpany Sheldon E H & Co SIUIth & DaVIS Manufactunng Company Spratt George & Co btow & DaVIS FurnIture Company S" ett Frank" &. Son 1'anne" Itz Works LJ nIOn rurniturf' Company (Rockford) Wadden Manufdcturing Company Walter B & Co Ward 0 A Wh,te Prlntmg Company 23 18 Cover 13 2\) 27 COVE'r 55 22 29 COVE>r 31 10 Cover 30 44 15 4 28 25 29 19 25 31 2 24 17 11 32 4 Cover 22 14 13 198 12 9 18 Cover 11 6 19 8 14 15 30 57 Buss Tilting Table Saw Bench furnished with or wIthout Borinll Attachment. Weight Net, 1200 Ills. Carries Saws up to 18 inches in diameter. Self-oiling Ilearings for countershaft and loose pulley--tight and loose pulleys 9 ~ and lOin. diam.--drive pulley 20 in. diam., 6 in. face. Pat e n t e d

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