Weekly Artisan; 1909-11-20

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Issue of a furniture trade magazine published weekly in Grand Rapids, Mich, starting in 1879. and --------_ ... --- - ..---------- ---------------------------------------~ \ I GRAND RAPIDS .~y GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• NOVEMBER 20.1909 '"_ .. I IIII I II I II Makes the Strongest, I I! most econonn•cal and II ! most accurate case 1 ! construction possible . •J It is entirely automatic. I II It t clamps. mortises and I releases, completing the I I post in less time than the I I material can be clamped I I N~ 181 MULTIPLE SQUARE CHISEL MORTISER. on other machines. I I I ! We also manufacture special patented Sanding and Mortising Machines that I Iare proving extremely profitable to the chair manufacturers. Ii Ask for CATALOG"E" 1\Wysong &. Miles Co.,CS:.·:~·K:dGreensboro, N.C. I I • - - a.a • - a.a. - - • a. __ •• - • sa -_... • ••• _ ••••••••••••••• ~ A PERfECT CASE CONSTRUCTION Our Multiple Square Chisel Mortiser CO_j I III I I II f •I ,II j I IIII II III I •fI , IIII I I III fI II I I II II •• f I II II• •I I •, •I II I •• f III , •I II I I f II .I. ", II II IIII I I II II II IIII I II J,I III fIIIII I j If II ,I I• f I f II II •,f I NELSON MATTER FURNITURE GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. I I •• f I II ..-------- BED-ROOM and DINING-ROOM COMPLETE SUITES in Mahogany, Circassian Walnut and Oak. If you have nol one in yOurstore, a simple request will brin" yoUourma"uificeut new Fall Cataloliue of 12>;:16inch pa"", groups, show-in" suites to match. With it, even the most moderale sized furniture slore can shoW' the best and uewest furniture satisfactorily. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- .- -..., WEEKLY ARTISAN The Chief Factors of Your Selling Success are: your goods, how and where shown, and your "ways." Look well to these and business will come to you. No need then to murder prices or do the "knock-down-and-drag- in" act. It's the same as to Exhibition. Exhibitors come to Thirteen Nineteen--The Big Building because of its superior space, its unequalled attendance and its pleasing "atmosphere." They know these are worth the price. Trade comes to lines in 1319because they are in 1319. Show your line here and have business brought to you. Also: the Chicago furniture market, already the world's greatest, is taking the high hurdles in record time, nor nothing, nor nobody on earth can stop her, because it is Destiny. You want this growing trade---you can't deny it--~but you've got to come to Chicago in order to get it. Your live competitors are here getting it. Manufacturers' Exhibi tion Building Co., 1319 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. 1 2 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ ..._ ..._-_ .•.........•. _------ .... • 81II I WEEKLY ARTISAN THE -----~----------------.. -_ ... HIGH GRADE LUCE LINE Many New Patterns m Dmmg Room and Bed-room Furniture for the Fall Season. SHOW ROOMS AT FACTORY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Catalogue upon request. .. .. .--- _. .---------- . ...------------ LUCE fURNITURE COMPANY ___ • ••• __4 I ,,"' -_ ...__ . -._.- -------._._~-_.__.--_._._. -------_. ------_. _ ...._- ., LUCE~REDMOND CHAIR CO., Ltd· BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN MANUFACTURERS OF Reception Chairs and Rockers, Slippers Rockers, Colonial Parlor Suites, Desk and Dressing Chairs You will find our Exhibit on the Fourth Floor. East Section. Manufacturers' Buildmg, North Ionia St., Grand Rapids . •~ .....----..__ ._ ..........•.•.••.... ---_ ... _------------- ..- ... ---------- OFFICE CHAIRS, DINING CHAIRS In Dark and Tuna Mahogany, Buch. Blfd's-eye Maple. Qyartered Oat and Clrcasslan Walnut .. .._ ..... GRAND RAPJr:s Pnnl 'L'Bn P"y ~~~lv 1 lL _ 30th Year-No. 21 GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.• NOVEMBER 20. 1909 Issued Weekly ADJUSTMENT OF RAILROAD FREIGIIT RATES Effect of the Federal Courts Decision Overruling the Interstate COIIlIIlerceCOIIlIIlission in the Missouri River Case. Intc1e,t m the final outcome of yvhat 1:0be:ot known a:o liThe ,\11s",oun Rn e1 Rate Ca"e" 1" be111g" aroused by the effot ts of vclnous ou:;al1lZat10n" of sh1ppe1'3 and manufacturers m easte1n terlltof} In th1" ca"e 1t YVas the dec1s1On of the Inter",tate C0l11111erCe Comm1""lOn that the rates from sea-boa1 d p01nt'o to \I1"SOun R1ver pomi', v\ ere unrea"onably h1gh and that the long" e"tabhshed method of basmg same upon the rate" to and from the ~11""lSSlPP1 Rn er crossmgs :ohould be dl.,contmued The CCl111111.,:OlOo1r1dered the m-sta11at1On of proport1Onal 1ate'-, from the 'It"SISSlpp1 R1ve1 cross111g s to 'It"sonn R1ver pomts appheable to the Sh1P-menb onlSmat111g m eastern sedboareJ terntory that YVould matena11} reduce the through 1ate, thus placmg the burden of the reduced late entnely upon the lmes hanclhng the bu",mes" we"t of the 1\lt.,,,lSSlPPl R1ver ] h1:ohowever c!td not reduce the rate" from pomts mtermecl1ate With ea'-,tern sea-board potnts and the ,\11S'-,1".,lPPl River "uch as Plthburg, Detr01t, Toledo, CJeveland, Incl1anapohs, Lmemnatl, etc, and the manufdciunng ll1tere",t'-, 111 that tel11tor} were greatly d1ssahsfiec1 y\ lth the order of the LommlSSlOn fOl that rea- "011 Cnc1er the pre"ent ddl11.,tment th10ugh rate" to all pomts we"t of the ::\1lS"lSS1PP1 RIver from ])0111t" In Indldna, Oh1O and J\1leh1lSan ale ba"ed upon the rates pubh"hed from "ueh pomt:o to the \11S'-,1»SIPPI RIver, plu" the proportlOnal 1ates from the \11S'-,1"SlPP1 1{lve1 to de"t111atlOns dnc1 the manu-facture1S v,lth1n those .,tates contend that 1f a readju"tment may be ordered by the C0111m1"S1Onthat wIll matellally reduce the tlnough rate" from far ea:otern pomts .,ueh 1eadjustment "llOulc1 also he made benefiual to all pomt., east ot the ::\11S- "I:oS1pp1 Rn er 1he raIlroacb hov\ ever appealed from the decl:01On of the commhSl0n to the L:111ted States ClrcUlt Court and therem obtamed cl cl1""entmg op1111on, by a major Ity of tv\'0 out of three reversmg the dec1 S10n of the Intel state Comme1ce Commh"10n, wh1ch wa" p1achcally to the effect that the e,Jstmg adjustment of through rates was unjustly d1"cn111matory ma"much a:o 1t offered a few p01nts the ad-vantage 0\ er all the 1e,t of the country The deC1"lOn of the L:mted States C1rCl11t Court yvas pract1cally that the Inter- ,tate Comme1 ee Comm1slOn has not the power to correct "uch a concl1t1011 of affairs It 1:0generd11y under"tood that th1" case \\ 111be appealed by the Interstate Commerce Comm1sslOn to the Supreme Court of the L;mtecl States YVhose decls10n In the matter w111 determme the jUnSd1ctlOn of the Interstate Commerce Com-n11S: 010nover :ouch cond1bons The transportatlOn depal tment of the Boston Chamber of Commerce has 1:o"ued a Clrcular letter addressed to the vanous commerClal organ1zatlOns throughout the country sug-gestlng that 1f the deCls10n of the Umted States Supreme Court 1:0agamst the Inter"tate Commerce Comml:oSlOn m this ca:oe all manufacturers and t.l11ppe1s m the 1111ddle and eastern states should co-operate towards the remO\ al of the dis-cnmmatlOn made apparent by the findmgs of the comm1ssion and that the pnnc1pal cliles m such tel ntory should be repre- "ented at a meetmg to be called as soon after the dec1slOn of the Supreme Court lS rendered as may be poss1ble DOl ves who lS manager of the tl ansp01 tatlOn depart-ment of the Boston Chamber of CorIlmerce SOhC1t:oan expres- "Ion of the V1ews of md1V1dual sh1ppers and representat1ves of manufacturers and sh1ppers assoClatlOns The matter lS one that "hould be of v1tal mte1est to all fre1ght payers in J\I1clllgan terntor) a" the final ac1jl1Stment \\ ill matenally af-fect the fre1ght rates upon theIr p10ducb m future years The maJ011ty of the pre"ent adju:otments of it e1ght rates w1th 1n the terntory de"cnbec1 vvere e:otahh.,hed twenty -five or thirty } ear" ago and 1t h admitted hy a great many students of transportatlOn affdlr" that 1t 1'-,but a questlOn of tIme until a readJu"tment 11lU.,t be aceomphshed The comparailvely 1ecent orga1117atlon of the M1ch1gan Sh1pper:o \s"oc1atlOn wa" w1th the object of aecomphsh111g such a reclc1justment for the benefit of .,11lppe1s of Grand Rap1ds and the "urrounc1111g tel ntory and many other center" of manufacture 1n the stdte" of :\1Jch1gan, Inc11ana and Ohu have either flIed or are prepanng to file w1th the Interstate Commerce COmml".,lon complamts c1eahng w1th the present adjll"tment of late" to and from theIr terntory Buyers Looking for Bargains. A 1,V Cleyeland of the K ew England Carpet and Furm-ture Company, I\11nneapoht., \V G Brandt of Orchard & W11- helm, Omaha, and J A Hall of Montgomery Ward & Co, Ch1cago have been 111 Grand Rap1ds dunng the past week 10ok111g for bargam:o m fur111ture. J\I r Rothery, buyer for ::\1eek111t., Packard & ~Wheat, Spnngfield, Mass, and J A. Ma-lone of Jordan, Marsh & Co , Boston, were also here for a day or two early 111the week "\1r CI ane hay ll1g lately resigned the place :'IIr Tompkms ~en ed crechtahly a" a member of the Ul1lted States Industnal Commt:,,,10n under :l\IcKmley and Roosevelt. and IS a man of hIgh character, po:ose,,:oed of the kmd of ablhtles sUIted to the offiCIal work and dIplomatiC duties reqUIred by the PO~ltlon named He IS kno~n as bemg broad, self-conta1l1ed and in- 6 WEEKLY ARTISAN ____________ • _. __a __• - _. • ••• - - - - ••• Low Profits in Water Power Electricity. J R McKee, "upenntendent of water pOV\er 111:otallatlOn for the General Electnc Company, declare" the pubhc cal ne" a wrong nnpreSSlOn a~ to the profit,; that are be1l1g made or have been made by the corporatIOns ownmg and operatmg watel power electnc plants "A-, a rule the compame" whIch have mvested enormous sums of money m them pay 10\\ dnndends,' say" Mr :\IcKee "::\ot one of the plants at NIagara Fall'-, has ever paid a dn Ic!end, although c\ en bit of theIr power IS ~old because the cost of m:ota1lll1g and mall1 tam1l1g them I" so great, and the competitIOn \\ lth '-,team 1'-, so c1o'-,c The development of :oteam and ga'-, engme~ ha" been so rap1l1 and ha'-, brought about '-,uch Increa'-,ed economy that the electnc compal1le:o hay e found great chfficulty 111 competmg vvlth them Very few electncal ~ater plant, 111 the lJl1lted States have ever been m:ota11ed at a co"t per hor'-,e power a" lo\v as modern "team plant" The water lX)\\ er generator has not kept pace With recent de\ elopment-. In "team eng1l1eellng, particularly 111 the economy of In,,tallatlon and mamta1l1ance A modern up to-date '-,team plant for generat1l1g electnClty can be 111:otallec!for $75 pel hm 'e po\\ el whde \\ ater power plants for generatll1~ elcctnut\ \\ 111a \ cJ age $:200 per hor:oe pm\ er, and perhaps mOl e, but they are a nece,'-,lt} V\here fuel cannot he obta1l1ed, or \\ here It ha'-, to he hauled a long chstance "Take the great plant on the Susquehanna Rn er. for ex-ample It \\ a" el ected at a cost of more than 58 000 000 to develop between 40,000 and 50.000 hUl'-.e po\\er tOI tlan'-, miSSion to Baltimore, Phdadelpllla and othel Cltle, m Ulln petltlOn With steam plants operated by \\ e'-,t \ lr~InJa and Maryland coal It ~a'-. as bold an ll1\a'-,10n of the coalmalket a" evel ~as made, but the e"tlmate'-, ot the co"t of con'-.tnll tlon anel mamtenance \\ ere too Im\ So the company \\ a'-, compelled to reorganl7e, to scale elm\ n It-. '-,eCtll1te" and to secure more capital" Tompkins for Minister to China. Ec!lt011dl 111 Amencan Indu:otl1e" for '\ 0\ embel-1 t IS announced that :'IIr D -\ Tompkll1" of Charlotte " L 1'-, strongly '-,upported and recommended by the '\atIunal \'-,"0 uatlon of \1 anufacturer" d~ ~ ell a" b) the -\melllan Cotton l\IanufactUler,,' \""oclatlOn to -'ucceed IIon L R Lrane, of ChICago, to the P0'-,lt1011 of Cl1lted State" \I1l11"ter to Chl11a, ~_..._---- iII ........ $20 CbIna Closet $14.25 ~r-w.~...Famous $85Four Room OuUiI .liW~NJ~R,!. 'f_~%._~~'",.P1¥c '" OUUflsAre 0 urSpeelaJly I~4Rf(oOOoMMSsFFUaR»RISNHrEsDHCEOMvcPLoEMTE:PI.ETE $$7855(111»)..-..$..1$fC!,lOOOODDOOWWN N "~": '''.'... ..::..."" .. '"'." " •• 1.5& &>061$ ;: '::' -." "" ... "ROOMS FURNliiHED COMPLETE $12ll (l()..-$lUQ: DOWN • , =....... .."' .....~ ....~,. ,,«;::: .se..t .. )"DIU_ ......Je1"" 5 ROQMSFUR:NlSHEDCOMPLET)!: $l0000-$UOODOWN:;; '" "'850 on ".. .._ ~ .. -.11 y_ • _plet .. Pili ql;...... 5 ROOMS FURNISHED COMPLETE $19000--$20.00 DOWN • uo C _ m"" '""" • --" to.. ..0 _tIl"' ...WtIlf:Ulllelll .... eu,. 7 ROOMS FURNISHED COMPLETE $2!lOlJO.-.$4QOODOWN~" Ir50 .':_'"\.":...d..0' no'" w..s.a7P.we.laUtc...... 7.ROOMSFURNISHEDCOMPLETE $325ll1)..-$5()OODOWN ::"':t«J=- ...,"'i575 Come In and let us sbowfftoyoa 01 80 brings any &rUele to yOW' bome any plaee In lhe s1Ille A Sample Advertisement. tellIgent-a capable negotIator and a successful busll1ess man He h a manufacturer, an edItor, a pubhclst and a member of the controlling coml111ttee of the Eqllltable LIfe A ",;urance <"'oclety He 1-, firm He makes fnend" and never enemies [he app01l1tment of ,Ir TompkIns would be very pleasll1g to the people at the "outh a'-, well a" satJ,factory to all other '-.ectlOn" of the countr) No. 57 Flat Arm Rocker RICHMOND CHAIR CO. ------.-·-·--~l RICHMOND TABLET ARM CHAIR GENUINE LEATHER SEAT DOUBLE CANE LINE "SLIP SEATS" - the latest and best method of double seating. Catalogues to the Trade. RICHMOND INDIANA The Best Value and Greatest Service for the Money No 100. WEEKLY ARTISAN 7 I -..-._-....-.-.--------.-.-.------.-~._.---------------.-.- The Beautiful, New Udell Catalog 15 ready for all Retail Fumlture Dealers. It will help sell the line that of its kind has no superior. It contains 88 pages Illustrating 41 Library Bookcases, 88 Ladies' Desks, 48 Sheet Music Cabinets, 23 Piano Player Roll Cabinets, 14 Cylinder Record Cabmets, 11 Disc Record Cabinets, 19 Medicine Cabinets, 10 Commodes, 9 Foldmg Tables. ACT AT ONCE AND WRITE THE UDELL WORKS INDIANAPOLIS, IND No. 679 ..... --_ ........•---- -- ..--------.---------- .- .... j.------ These Will Need Furniture. Re:Oldence'i-Charle" Slater, 88 Ogden avenue, Columbus, () , $3, SOO,E J 1\eal, S6 \\'ooc!ruff avenue, Columbu " $4,000, \Ir" \\ B Kemp, 2931 Gen Taylor "treet, i'iew Ol1ean." La, $4, SOO,Thomas Valtz, 270 Pearl street, l\ew Orlean", $3,000, John lIIeckenm'i, 1718 Boulevard, SIOUX CIty, Iowa, $3,600, J E Davlcbon, 3829 Vmi1l11a "treet, Kama, CIty, 111o, $4,800, C \\ 'l'nder1)lll, 3814 ::\lal cy street, Omaha, ~ ebr, $3,000, \I!"" Ola Thomp:oon, 14 18 l\lechal11c street, Atlanta, Ga, $21,000, i\Irs J Clarke, 521 South Moreland avenue, Atlanta, $3,000, J W WhIte, Spokane, Wash, $7,000, Ida:VI And ehon, 106 )J Elder "treet, ImlJanapo1Js, $3,500, John G CeCIl, St James court and Magnoha avenue, LOUl'iVllle, Ky, $8,500, ::, B A.ppleton, 3542 BlaIsdell avenue, .:'I1111neapo1Js, 1\1111n,$4,500, A \\ Carl, 4211 V1l1cent street, M1l1neapohs, $3, SOO, 1\J E J acob,on. 3432 Second avenue South, Mmne-apoh", $3,600, \\ \\ Spnnger, 4S1;- Xerxe" avenue, ::\lll1lle-dpO! J'3, $4,000, V 1-1 Troendle, 1640 Twenty-"Ixth "treet, ::\1111neapoh", $13,000. Han" Peter:-.on, 127 Ort111 avenue. 1\1111- neapoh", $4,COO, \\ \\T Graham, 806 Ga"ton "treet, Dallcl", Tex, $6,048, ;\Ir ... Ida E \\ Ither", 12Y Limp -,treet, Dalla'i, $3,500, Joseph Struther, 44 Ea"t S3rc1 "treet, Kdn"a ... Clt}, \10, $4000, F J MIllen, 716 \\Te"tcott "treet, Syracu'ie, N Y, $3,800, C,eorge J Metz, 605 Cortland a venue, C:;yraClbe, $4,000, ::\Ir" G H Regar, 5bt street and \Y)nnefield avenue, PhJ1aclelphla, Fa, $6.500, A ~ Toun'ion, J I , SedgWIck rarms, PhJ1adelpllla, $11,000. R C Sutton, 1405 Harbert :otreet, 1I1emphh, Tenn, $4.000, ::\lr" "Doc" Hottum, 1726 J\Iadhon street, J\lemphh, $4,000, E C Ga.,,,ett, 1001 Ea"t 2d 'Otreet, Ol<lahoma CIty, $5,POO, DI \YIllJam Tappan Lum, Bay ..,treet and San i\ntonlO avenue, Oakland, Cal, $13,500, Mr'i Emma '1' JdLOhl. brand 'itreet and C1111tonavenue, Oakland, Cal. $4,889, EmIl l\Iarb, \\ arren, Anz, $7,500, Mrs A E (Jndley, Glendale. Cal, $6,600, J '1' \\I yman, 1315 Mount Curve avenue, l\11l1neapohs, $2S.000, J \\ Aylor, 5022 Broad-way, Kamas CIty, ::\10, $30,000, L M Grave~, 205 \Ve:ot Oread avenne, Kan"a ... CIty, $5,500, l\Irs E PIerson, 827 L111coln street, Evanston, Ill, $3,500, AbbIe K111g,2762 Stan-ley ave, Evan"lon, $4,000, John DIebold, Broadway and 40th street, LomwJ1le, K) , $7,500. Andrew DIebold, same address, $6, SOO, J ame" H Ros'i, Breck111nd~e and J ackson "treet~, Lom"v Ille, $5, SOO,Alex PhlllJppl, 3215 ::\Ic)Zart avenue (\7\ est-wood), Clllunnatl, OhIO, $0.000. B A S1ll1on, 1004 Dougla;, street, Omaha, ~ ebr , $10,000, Earle E Llewell} n, Bayndge, Pltt'iburgh, Pa, $41,000, \\ A \\ oodward, 3216 \\ oolwO! th avenue, Omaha, \eb, $5,500, Flora Elder, Arkan ...as and Race 'itreeh, Dem el, Col, $3,600, Ethe11l1da T Dodge, FaIrfield No 354 No. 1239 avenue, Hartford, Conn, $4,000, Jo"eph1l1e Cn:oe, 1540 Locu"t :otreet, Terre Haute, Ind, $3,000, E L Cuthrell, 323 Fall Creek boule\ ard, Indlanapoh.." Ind , $7.500, Ben] J Darling, 93 Gal n"on avenue, J er"ey CIty, ~ J, $9,000, Theresa G Epp1l1ger, 161 Cambndge avenue, Jer,ey CIty, $10,000; Juha C Poeschel. 610 SPlll1g street, West Hoboken, N J, $6,000; Adam Proppe, 17 J achon street, PassaIc, N J, $6,500, Isaac Hertz, 17 Bnnkerhoff place, PassaIc, $4,500, Lom:o Abram "on, a\ enue, D and 28th :-.treet, Bayonne, N J, $5,500; Mrs Hulda Velander, 3557 Plea"ant avenue, M1l1neapo1Js, Ml1111, $3,000, l\Ir" IIaaga, 347 North Montgomery street, MemphIS, Tenn , $4,000, \\' C Doan, Glenwood avenue and Anderson street, ::\Iemphl", $S,OOO. Grace L \\Tlght, MIS~isSlPPl boule-vanl, St Paul, l\1mn, $5500, Mrs. M Pranke, Sherburne avenue, and Dale street, St Paul, $5,000, J D McDuffie, J acksonvJ1le, Fla, $4,500, Charles Gro",s, 6854 Euc1Jd avenue, ChIcago, $9,500, A H KIte, 3040 Dent Place, Northeast, Wash1l1gton, DC, $7, SOO, Geo P Hale", 1864 Park Road NO!thwest, \\ a'ih1l1gton, $5,500, J \\' Bryden, Ke11llworth place and Lal-e Dnve, l\lJlwaukee, WI'3, $6,600, J F Da11lel, 1C)3Lee ..,tleet, e\tlanta, Ga, $5,000. J\lrs 0 H Car"ey 1110 1111nol" 'itreet, Inc!Jandpoph", $6,000, Robert Sharp, D~nver, Col, $11,000. P Bdkewell, 4484 vI, e"tm111lster place, St Lom~, :\10, $15,000, H r. FI"her, 1142 Vance 'itreet. Mem phIlO,Tenn , $4,050, ~ettle E Dever, 260 Clayton street, Den-ver, Col, $3,600, l\Ir ... A \\ Re} nold", Dow11lng and Tenth "treet..., Denver, $6, SOO, E T Collm.." 1901 Games street, LIttle Rock, Ark, $3,21c), Frank111l Set1lck, 32 Clarendon place, Butfalo, 0< Y, $6,500, Sylvanu" B Nye, 97 Dorchester Road, Buffalo, $4,500, Geo F Blackner, 111 Penhur-,t Park, Buffalo, $10,000 MIscellaneous Bmlc!Jng'i-FJ1lmore, Cal, has let the con-tract for a school blllld11lg of re 1l1forcec1 concrete at a cost of $33,600, Los Angeles ha" JU'3t let contracts or two ward "chool buJ1d1l1gs , one to co"t $30,500 and the other $28,000. a company caplta1Jzed at $100,000 ha~ been 1l1corporatecl to buJ1d a thedtre fac1l1g the Plaza de Armes at Tarnon, Old ::\lexlco, the Ma-,on" are bmld1l1g a temple to CO'it about $30,000, at BI"hee, Anz , Grace Pre"bytenan Church are erectl11g a chmch at a co"t of $38,000 Howard Goes to Grand Rapids Furniture Co. J A Howard who ha, represented the Grand RapIds ChaIr Company m the we'it for :oeveral years WIll represent the Grand RapId ...FurnIture Company after January 1, 1910,111 hl<; old tern tory .:'IIr Howanl IS a very popular gentleman and a good sale..,man 8 WEEKLY ARTISAN .... ...- .... .. .. -------------------- _._._._...._._. _. __ ..._._._._._--._------------------- II ..... - - .. _ --_ ... FULL LINE OF MUSI6 J~RBINETSI Pf\Tf.NT f\UTOMf\TIG SHELVES Also for all kmds of records. COMPLETE SUITES FOR THE DINING ROOM PERIOD AND COLONIAL DESIGNS AT POPULAR PRICES VISIT OUR SHOW ROOMS CHICAGO, : 1319 M,cLil!an Ave., 3rd Floor., I NEW YORK FURNITURE EXCHANGE, I Space 10, 6tL Floor. ! Mechan~~.~~~~tureco·1 ..._-------------------------------------------- .----------- ----------------. -.. .-,. .-----~ Furniture Fh-es. E C Barn.." turl1ltUle dealer at Lmlllcncc Tenn le-ports a 10'S'i of $5,000 b) fire In hI'i ..,tOll The P H Gla, es Compan), furl1ltme dealer" ot \\ alt-ham, .Ma~'i, lo"t $5,;00 b) fire 111te "tale on XO\ember 11 Fully 111sured Ell1e"t H Pedlej, dealer 111furl1ltnre, hald\\are and halll-e" s at \\ 111fred, S Dak, ,va" burned out complete em \0\ em-ber 10 Los" $3,500 The "tore "tack of C \ \ was completely cle"troyed b) $20,000 In"urance $1,000 on stock rradel at \!al1ltov,oc, \\ IS , fire on ~O\ ember 10 Lo% the bUllc1111g-notlllng on the Pennsylvania Still Placing Orders. A chspatch from Altoond, Pa, ddted \0, 17. "a}" 1he Pennsyhal1la RaIlroad ha.., Ju"t placed an Older for 73 loco motn es WIth the JUl1lata Shop" here 1n adclItlon to tIll.., an order v, a" placed fOl 4,000 ~teel hoppel bottom coal CeU.., IV lth the Pre"sed Steel Car Company at \lcKee~ Rock" and 1000 sumlar cars \\ lth the ~tandarel ~teel Car Compan) at Butlel Geo E Harlow ha~ pUl chased the furnIture "tore at Korthampton, :Uas'i. that "va" estabhshed a fel\ ,ears a2,'0 by the \\ alnel Furl1ltnre Com pan} and relentl) managed h) Oscar F Ely for the owner, C \Z Flth \Ir Ll) take'S the undertak111l.; depal tment and WIll mm e It to another locatIOn Victory for Kindel. \ppdl enth the radroads that advanced freight rates from Gah e"ton to Denver lao;t 'iummer have met WIth ~uch 'lgOrolb Oppo"ltlOn to the same through the efforts of George J 1'c111delof Dem el, that the) are not amuons for an InVestI-l.; atlOn by the 111ter"tate Comml%lOn m respon"e to the com-plalJ1t filed b, \[r Kmdel and the Southern ShIppers Traffic \ ""ouat!on \t am rate the) have deCIded to restore In 30 days the old 1ate of $1 80 \\ hlch wa" ral"ed to $205 It IS assumed that by domg thlo; they WIll remo\ e all cause for complamt and head off the prospectIve Inqmry MacN amara Goes to the Ottawa Furniture Co. D E :\1ac \ amara formerly sales manager for the Gunn r11l11lture Company ha" Jomed the "taff of salesmen employed bv the Otta" a FurnIture Company Charle" R Cha'ie, presIdent of the Chase & West Com-pan) retaIl fll! nlture dealer'i of Des .l\lomes, la, teache" a BIble clas'i, compo"ed of hIS employes, In the store every Thursday l11ght He declares that thIS method greatly 111- crea o;es the trustworthIness and rehabl1Jt) of the employes The trouble \11th some fello\\ S IS that they never have any "ober 'iecond thoughts ..._--------...-.., I ~-.... ... -. .. ----_ ----_._-_._.-----...------ 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 gettmg. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture and Chair Factories, Sash and Door MIlls, RaIlroad Companies, Car BUilders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also Barton's Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, furnished in rolls or reams. MANUFACTURED BY H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa. "'----------- .. ---- -----------_ __._ --. _._.__ __ -._._-_._._--------_._-------._-----.. .---.- ••• -----_ ... -._---- •• -_4 WEEKLY ARTISAN MONITOR MISSION CLOCKS Factory at Medina, N. Y., Over Sold for the Remainder of This Year. 1\ledma, t\ Y, No\ 17-0ne of the mo~t enterpnsmg m"tItutlOns 111 thIs CIty, as well as one of the youngest, h Ithe MOnItor Clock \Vorks, manufacturer" of clock move-ments, clock cases and mIssIon furmture specIaltIes ThIS company wa" establIshed five years ago startmg wIth a force of three men At present they have "Ixty employes and are now oversold up to January 1, 1910 The company doubled ItS bUSIness In 1908 and dunng the present year manager P, A Chubbuck state", they have been buned wIth orders Dur- Ing the present year they ha\ e been operatmg another factory 50 x100, three :otones 111 addItIon to theIr ma1l1 factor), a structure of tVy0 floors 50 x 1SO 1 he trade IS comIng to them from all sectIOns The MOnItor Clock Company make all theIr own mme-ments and wood work as well The Mom tor :\11""lOn Clocks are the IdentIcal clock~ that recently made such a tremendou<" sensatIOn m the furnIture trade, and are the first relIable, well made, well furl11"hed, full SIzed, solId oak, real VveIght hall clock::> ever offered to the publIc at a pnce such as has made them mo\e by the thousand" Vvhere dozens had pre- VIOusly been sold The SImplICIty of theIr movements and the completeness of theIr equIpment are the ",peclal features of the Monitor 1\11"slon Clocks Prosperous Young Factories. Rochester, X Y, Nov 18--The Rochester Bra,,, Bed Company, manufacturer~ of brass beds and costumer", are planmng the erectIOn of a model plant to be completed wlth- 111 the next three month" VIce-presIdent and sale:o manager, :\1 J Isselhard, "tates theIr trade ha" grown beyond theIr pre:oent capacIty and the new plant wIll have a capacIty of from three to four hundred beds per week The new struc-ture 1:0to be two stones and of bnck and IS to be provided Vv Ith all of the latest Improvements mcluclIng new machmery The plant WIll afford a floor space of twenty thousand square feet The Roche:oter Bras~ Bed Company was establIshed a ) ear ago and are shlppmg all over the East, also South and as far \iVest as ChIcago Charles K Newberry, manufacturer of chairs, at 36 Aque- 9 -------------~ I Schultz & Hirsch Co. I I Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE BEDDING Feathers, Feather Pillows, Downs, Etc. Upholstered Box Springs and Curled Hair Mattresses a Specialty 1300·1308 Fulton St. CHICAGO Corner Ehzabeth St. Branch Factory, Hammond, Ind, .......... --- -.... duct street, has had a "plenclJd bu"mes::-, ever "mce startmg operatIOns Apnl 10 Manager V J Rood "tate., then trade ha" con"tantly mcreased smce the e::-,tabh"hment of the bU:::,I-ness and extend., through the East and the MHldle State" Mr Rooel 1:::, an expenenced deSIgner and wa" formerly a"- "oclated for :::,e\eral years WIth the Colomal FurnIture Com pany, of New York Oty Busy days m ~ew York for furmture men-January 17 to February 5, and all bU..,l11e'iSdays 111 between Then the New York ExpOSItIOn wIll be open .,. .-- --_ .. _ ...--------------- -------- ~----------._...._-_ ..-.-._-.- .... _--_ .. ., DELAWARE CHAIR CO. DELAWARE OHIO. LARGEST ') I "QUALITY" I DOUBLE CANE I I- LEATHER I LINE I MISSION I of j ! CHAIRS, ROCKERS and SETTEES I CATALOCUE TO THE TRADE ONLY . ........ - -..~~ ---_._.- _.- _ - . . _l ~.-.-.- 10 WEEKLY ARTISAN rI ! I • • •I• II I I I• II I I I I ~----.._ ..._.-._------_.--._._._-----_.--.------------------~ I CONGRESS STREET Near Woodward Avenue Amencan Plan, $2 50 per Day and upwards European Plan. $1 00 per Day and upwards Hot and Cold Runnmg Water 10 all Rooms Rooms wIth Bath extra A High Grade Cafe. Restaurant and Buffet In connecllon GEORGE •• 1 W Proprietor Philadelphia's Exposition Vision. Ph11ade1ph1a, N ov 18 ~ The furmtl11 t and Ot11(:'1tl adc~ h Il are gettmg together and expect to el ect a pelluan\.nt n.jlo~!tt n bm1d111g. The project IS be111g fm thel ed b\ \b, or Rl\ bl1ln and other prom1l1ent manufacturer~ and bus1l1e~- men It \\ on]d be known a~ the "Trades B1111d1l1g' 1he g-reat ~IKce~~ attend ing the furmture expoc1tlOn" 111 \; e\\ ) ork (Jrand RapId" and Chlcag-o, ha~ "t1rred them on to do "ometh1l1g here The furmture a'o"O~latlOn ha" not taktn up tht nlclttt 1 bIt the need of such a b1111dlng-h recogn17ee\ and It 1, e,pected th( \ WIll all fall 1111111e\\ hen someth111g- e\efil11te dt\ e10p~ '\ 0 ,!tl ha~ been "elected but there are "e\ C1aJ g-ood onc" 111 \ le\\ I he success here of the HOt1r~e fO! mdchmtr\ (,hlb1tOl' ,me! the Bt1l1der~ Exchang e he1 e IS \\ ell knO\\ n The Ph11adelph1a r unuturc and Bedehng \Llnu t,lltl11 U ' ASSOCIatIon met 111the Bourse 1a"t \\ eek "C\ ffdl J1l,llllltac turer~ c0111p1allled of the practIce of reta11el" \\ ho \\ a1t JlI 01 bU days and then lllSlSt on belllg allen\ ed the 2 per cent ell'C0l111tbe- SIdes refu"ing to pay collectlOn charge~ to the banks '--oomesend back apparently used or damaged fUrl11tllle to the manutclcturer, and the latter have to pay freIght chal ge~ rt l' nO\\ thought that all the manufactmels should get tm:;lthe1 ,lilt! letlhe )I) sell to these retaIlers. Theil annual dmnel \\ 111be gl\ en Dec 16th, which Will be 111charge' of \ R Ro,,"ell "t fohn Pase and J J Keenan Laches \\ 111be presLnt Shipping Reforms Favored by Taft. The Nat1Ona1 rndustnal Traffic Leag l1e Iu~ notified the pres 1dent that the ~11Jpp111gpubhc represented b, the orl:;1.JJl/atlon favored g1V111gthe inter-state COIll111erCLC01111111,"1O(hn"cretlon ary power to prohibit the takll1l:; effeLt uf ach auu'" III t'd"tll1g- - ..- ..---------.,II I II• 4- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore I from I;{ to 18inch centers. I 3- Two-spindle Radial Boring Machines to bore I' from I to 12inch centers. 2-Eighteen inch Cabinet Makers' Lathes. I -Sixteen inch Cabinet' Makers' Lathe. ! .... - .- BARGAINS IN NEW MACHINERY I have on hand for Immedlate shIpment the followmg brand new machines whIch I Will sell at reduced pnces - .. - ." THE Hinde! KIND Comprises three artIcles for the price of one THE GREATEST HOUSEHOLD INVENTION OF THE AGE Need not be moved from the wall Protects covering by turn- Ing cushIons Is so SImple and easy a child can operate It Has roomy wardrobe box under seat Is hUed With fellEd cotton mattress Has LUXUriOUs Turkish Springs Is always ready With bed-ding In proner nlace Is absolutely safe-cannot close aCCidentally Saves rent by saving space IIII l~~-"-' I ~"'!=-~- fel II ,I~-..., _. I! KIW~T~;~BP~OC~~~C;~S~y! ._--_._CH-IC-AG-O---N-EW-Y-O-RK-_TOR.O.NT_O. .-~I 1dte~ \lnt1l 111\ e~tlg,ltlOJl by th, COm1J1L~lOnand dCCIShJ1lther~to lnder the pre~ent method of ]1lOcedure the aclvanced I ates dl e put IlltO eflect b\ the rallroac1, and rema111 untJ1 compla111t b\ the -hlppel" and un e"tlgatJOn by the C01111111SS1Ofonl,lowed b) a c1eclslOn It the C0111l11h"Wnorder the rates restOl ed, there 1~ hkely to be a IDnl:; telm of htJgatlon 111 the com 1,'0 Should the ~hlp-pel _ sam thcll POll1t the1 L 1" no \\ ay to "ecure adequate repara-tIon tOl the. montl tclken f1 0111the shIpper,,' pocket" 1111m)tlv 1 leIL1 "' it \\de, al-o told that thL league b,Oh gl\J1lg the ,hlppel \lnc1el the Ia\\ the ab~olute lIght to route hIS own fl ell:;ht [he benefit<, of thl~ to the 'ohlppel can be ea"lI} recog- I11zed l'pon both of tht'L ~l1bJLct~ the pre:01c1ent 1 In accord \\lth th, 1ea!.;l1e clnd 1t I" 11l1der"toocl that pJOper amcndments to the L\\\ e111boeh1l1g the"e fcature" \\ 111be recommended by the pres JClent ,md b\ the COIll:;ll""lOl1<llC0l11l11lttee [he 1ecll:;ue will brmg- clIl lh pem el fuI mfluence to beal to obtam the pao~age of such d111enr!menh at the "0111mg seSSlon of the commlSSJOn Imperfect .Jointer Tables. -\ 1alge furmturL mannf clc±unng corporatIOn 1I1~ta11ed a 1 J1l<..l I te.~nth 011 tndI ILI\ lnl:; te"tec1lt and 'icltl'-ofiec1them-seh e" of Its utlht} , a nnnute l11'3pectlOn was 111ade, follcJ\'\1I1l:; the lom -,c usua1h pl11suer! when pnrchcl"lllg- maCh1ner} The t,lblc. \\ a" tonlld to be one slxty-folll th of an lllch untrue, clnL! the p111e.hd~l \\ as held up The company then proceec1ed to 111- ~pect J01l1ter, of other nukes, but J1l eve1Y l11~tance the table ~hO\\er! the same defect HOIv CDu1d tIne, cone1ltlO11 be ac-counted for - The expert" emp10} ed by the company \\ ere un-clb1e to cIetel111111ethe questlOn ~----------------------------------------------., SAWED AND SLICED II III IIt !III I } QUARTERED OAK {VENEERS AND MAHOGANY I HOFFMAN BROTHERS CO. FT. WAYNE, IND. HARDWOOD LUMBER II III I'-------------- -------- .~----~ WEEKLY ARTISAN 11 five complete lines of Refrigerators Opalite Lined. Enamel Lined. Charcoal Filled and Zinc Lined. Zinc Lined with Removable Ice Tank. Galvanized Iron Lined; Stationary Ice Tank. CUALLENGE REfRIGERATOR COMPANY GRAND HAVEN, MICH., U. S. A. AT RIGHT PRICES. SEND FOR NEW CATALOGUE AND LET US NAME YOU PRICE. Death of a Popular Furniture Salesman. On Monday last the ::,hgh Furlllture Company rece!'ved a telegram from J \\ Caldel, buyer for D N & E \\ alter & Co of San FrancI'3co, adVI'31l1g of the sudden death of Arthur Arthur F. Switz F SWlt7, PacIfic coa"t representative of the ::'11gh FurnIture Company 1II1 SI'.ltz I'.as the "oon of A ).1[ SI'.lt/, who can duct'3 a furl11ture "tore at KearnC}, Neb HIS early year" wel e delated to learn111g the fur111ture bU'3111e:osfrom the angle of a retaIler m a rather "omall town \s he longed for a iarger field, he naturally took to the road Dunng the pa:ot IS year.., he sold many good Ime-, on the coa..,t For the pa..,t year or "0 he has gIven practically all of hIS t11ne to the S11gh F unuture Company He wa", a regular attemlallL at the ",eml-annual sale.., III Grand RapId, where he had an exten:Olve acquamtance )'Ir SWItz wa.., popular In a large CIrcle of ac-quamtance,; He leal es a WIfe but no chIldren Exclusive Lines in a Department Store. Newark. '\ J, 1\01 l7~The Hahne Company, the only department stOle here calfy1l1g a 11l1e of fur111tme. have changed the floor space and the chsplay shows up better than before They draw trade from a rac!Ju,; of 2:; mIle", and have a most complete assortment of house, hotel, dmmg room, office and other lllles, and every pIece IS one by Itself There are no duplrcate" m the bIg lrnes sholvn They have the ex-clUSIve agency for the Berkey & Gay FurnIture Company, \\Iddlcomb tt11l11ture Company and Stickley Bra,; of Grand RapIds Twenty-two sale'3men al e employed and all are bu,;y A warehouse I'; close by hdl lllg three floors, full, v"here the dehl enng, finbhmg awl recell111g IS done Then "'mdol'. dIsplay h made\ pal t1ullar~y attractive Illth the qua1l1t art"o and claft:, de"'lgm made by Stickley Bros The buyel. John Stagg, 1'0 now III (rrand RaDlds stockmg up and he also buys for O'~eJ!I A.dam" & J\IcCreery's, 34th street ",tore, 111Kew York H B Conavlay 1"0 assIstant buyer and IS m charge when .!\Ir Stagg IS aWd} Returned From Foreign Markets. I'redenck E Hoffman of Hoffman Drothers Company, £' ort \Vayne. Ind, ha:o returned from acro-,:o sea after "opel1Cl-mg :oeveral weeks m the tlmbel markets of the old world He made many purchases of chOIce logs, whIch v"lll be manu-factured at the company's plant 111 Fort \\ ayne 12 WEEKLY _ ..- _._ - _---~ I ~-.-..._.-._------- r "When m doubt where to buy the best Blrds eye Maple goods, Hitch Your Wagon to a Michigan Star" and get results Would a pnce of $12.00 for this No.GOl Dresser Interest you) Do not buy until you know the pnce. Ask us for how much Ie,s than $12 we sell I!, and m- Cldentally ask for a catalog Michigan Star Furniture Co. ZEELAND, MICH. IIII .-..-. _-._--.._. . --------------------------~ Loose Leaf Catalogues Condemned. "I don't place much value on loo"e led1 cataloc;ue" le-marked a manufacturer of man} ;. eal" t "pellenec ln the 111111 Iture trade "i\ at mfreqnentl) I hay e notIced loo"e leal e~ mlAed wlth news and trade papers, cIrcular" and othel pnnted matter a foot deep on the top of the desk~ ot fnrl1ltm e bu} er-" reqlllnng tIme and patIence on the part of tho~e llldn Idual:-, when seekll1g for one of the lo"t or hunecl IOO~L" "heet~ I prefer a sohd b111dmg \\ hen the bm er e"amme" ~uch a catalogue for the purpo"e of 10catll1g a certalJ1 plece he hd'-o111 m111d lt lS mal e than probable that the catalogue under 111 spectlOn wlll remlnc! of a number of good thllH;-S he oU'iht to ha Ii e In stock ., January 17th e\ erytlllng \\ 111 he 111reacll11e~" at the '\ c\\ York EXposltlOn Fthrtlal) Sth lS the c10'o111gday ARTISAN Doubled Capital in Ninety Days. \\ eekly \rtIsan, Grand RapJ(l~ ,Itchlgan (-;entleman - Your I"sue of Jnl) 31 through what wa" e\ldently a t.}po-graphIcal errOl placed 01.11capltal at $S,OOO 111~tead of $50,000 \\ c opened for bU"lne'-,,, '\ug 1 ~ and becau~e of the much larger \ olume of bU,,111e'-o~bel11l?, offel cd to u~ than we had planned for, \\ e recenth ll1creased our eapltal "tack to $100,000 all at \\ hlch lS full} paId up, and would a"k that.} au kl11dly fa \ or us wlth notlCe to that etfect 111.}our "\ ate" and News" depal tment Thank111g Ii all very much, 111alh ance we are, Vcry trulv your", ,",cattle \\ a"h \m 10 1909 l\[ i\ Gotbte111 ['tun Co Factories Running Night and Day. }\led111a,X Y, \ov 17-S i\ Cook & Co, manufacturer'S of automatIc rec111ung chall '-0 and upholstered "peclalt1es, are runnmg thelr two factone-, on full tlme and al"o three mghb Made by Delaware ChaIr Co, Delaware, O. each week ThIS condItlOl1 has contlllued SInce January 1, and they nol'. have orders sufficlent to keep them runl1lng up to ;\Iarch 1 The trade extends from coa"t to coast SlI1ce Jul} 1 the company have fitted up an exhlbItIOl1 bmldllng neal then office and the same has proven to be a c1rawlI1g feature VI lth theIr trade ----_._---------~~--------------_.--_._...._~_._._._.-- -_. _._._._------~~-_._---..., II IlI ..._~ I HOOD & WRIGHT BIG RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Since our enlargement we have the largest and best equipped Veneer and Panel plant in North-ern Michigan. Weare prepared to fill orders promptly for all kinds of veneers in native woods, and especially in birdseye maple and figured birch. Weare also makers of panels, mIrror backs, drawer bottoms, etc., and are prepared to ship in car lots or open freight as desired. ~ _._----------- -_._._ --_ _-----_ _-----------------_.-.------_._._------~ WEEKLY ARTISAN How to Treat Shabby Furniture. rashlOn changes 111 furmture a" 111 dre"s, '" Ith, however, thIS con"o11ng prm 1:>0,that-If genume and well made-good fur1l1tme mu"t alwdys be useful If not decoratlVe or exactly faslllonable, and when the Whlr1gIg of change places IS agam m vogue It WIll nse con"lderably In value Good modern flll mture, got up m the ChIppendale and Sheraton "t) Ie", IS made nowadays to look \ cry pleasIng In fact, a lIttle ta"te and care may furnIsh a house even fashIOn-ably at compardtlVely "mall cost But when the housewIfe ha" cho,en her {urmture "he "hould see that It IS kept m good conchtlOn :\ othmg make" d hou"e look "0 deplorable as furmtUJ e whIch hd" lo"t It" polI"h and ,,0 long as It h not chIpped or broken It Cdn WIth the outlay of a fe", cent;" a httle tIme and tlOuble, be made to louk ne" dgall1 A lIttle rea"onable care, a" between con"tant fth"ll1g mer It on the one hand and utter neglect on the other, wIll keep It fre"h and bllght A wa"h"tand ",h1ch has been m use ten or twehe years, and whIch, If real mahogany, had the glos,.,y surface that dI"tIngu1she" the wood but thIOll~h repeated splashes of V\dter ha" become mottled and patchy loohmg, can eaSIly be rest01 ed to Ih ong111dl beauty All It wants IS a JUdlClOU,., cour"e ot French polhhlng, WIth a plentIful use of "elbow grea"e" J n the ca"e of a "Ide board of mahogan), rosew'Jod or poh"hed oak the same treatment "hould be apphed If the worker ha" the patIence to rub It With find "and-paper be-tween the fir"t three apphcatlOn" of poh"h, "he V\Ill be re-warded WIth a refiectll1g "urface whIch Will almost an..,wel the PUIpo"e of a nllrror In rem1\ atl11g Japanned deal It WIll be necessary to re- "tam the artIcle before pohshl11~, and for thI" pm pose evel y vanety of "tam Cdn he bought 1eady prepared 111 bottle.., The method of apphcatwn 1" to apply the \ armsh WIth a "mall cdmel" hair bru"h, tak111g care to V\ork It over \ ery qmckly 111 one chrectlUn only At lea"t tv\ eh e hours "hould be alIa", ed to eldpse bef01 e the poh ,hl11g proce"" Is com-menced, In order that the undelneath varl11"h may become thoroughly hard Drawl11g 100m chair", WIth V\ood flames and padded ,.,eah, Cdn he made to look 11kI' new b) poh,.,hll1g the frame", e"'pee- Idlly the leg" and footr dIl", V\hleh get "CIatch ed, re COVellI''r the "eat'> With furnIture brocade, tapestry, pnnted veh cieen, o etonne 01 plu "hette Of cour"e, great care should be exer-o" ed In 1emo\ l11g the bl a"" naIL whIch huld the old co'e1 III place, and ,,,hen the ne'A matenal 1" fixed It h better to have some new one" the "dme "I/e and ..,hape to ,.,uppleP1l111 them Endmeled fur11lture can easll) he 1el)d'nlcd 8t h0111e, belt to !11"ure "llcce"" the artIcle mlht be gIvCll three tllln coat". 'l ](1 be allO\,;ed to "et halCl between each CO<l~ 13a"ket and \\ 1cker fll! mture should be thoroughly cleansed \\lth hot ,.,oap ..,uds, and 1f stamed, gIlded or t1 (atee! vvlth th( nu,v faslllonahle green var111sh, the artIcle,", will 1)e n'ade to look a" ne"" As f01 the covenngs, they a12 no\\ so I11111Jtr0l1S ;}11e!offe1 ..,uch a vallet) of cho1ce that It I" (llrf1ntlt to ~l\ e ,. .... A. L. HOLCOMB & CO. Manufacturers of HIGH GRADE OROOVINO SA WS ---- up to 5-16 thICk. ---- Repalrlng •••Satlsfaction guaranteed. CItizens' Phone 1239 27 N. Market St., Grand Rapids. Mich. .. ....---.- -.... -. - ------- - .-. ..-.. ..- .. .. .... 13 r--- •I•I -~------------ --.~. --_..._.-.-.._._._--~ II I• I ""There's I&'the Button" , III I• •II• I•t I• I II1 .. •II _~ __ • .40I ------------ an) gUlde Show111ess, however, "hould ag,l!'1 1)e cll"ca1 clec 11l Javor of geml1ne ""orth, ,.,omethmg :-,houlrl he .,elected that 'AI:1 Ieally wear well and not qll!ckly fadf', "ometll1llg, 11101e-over, that may harmo111ze m color WIth "t1l1(l1l1lJ11lg" 10 put the foregOIng "uggestlOn, 111to successful prac tIce, howm er, requnes cCln"lderable knowlecL:;e, ,.,kIll an(1 even e'Cpenence, a fdct that "hould be well conSIdered before trymg them \\T1thollt knoV\ lee!ge skIll and patIence it may be more profitable to "end the furmture out for reJllVenation and that cour"e m not alwdy' satIsfactory, because the 1el'alr man or refilllsher may 110t "uccee(l 111 gett1ng the result;, deSIred ane! If he doe" ::>ucceecl IllS b111 may be more than would be 1equn ed to buy new £111111ture ~ ..... ------- ... - - .- .--... - .- .- -- - .- ..-... I I :fK1:A~ou INTERESTING PRICES g~x~~vk~~g SEND SAMPLES, DRAWINGS OR CUTS FOR PRICES. CWartiatleogfoure. rI E• P• ROWE CARVING WORKS, ALMLEICGHA.N, .. •••• - III _ •• . .~ • • • ... ... .... ..... ... ... .... • ..... so louel that a crowd began to \\ Ithout ShOW111gthe least of- 14 WEEKLY ARTISAN PHRENOLOGY FAILS SOMETIMES Stranger Tests the Science on the Heads of Three Commercial Missionaries. Three commercIal mh:Olonanes 1ll the "ntmg Ioum ot the Jeffer.,on Hotel at 1\lacon, Ga, "ele dl"cth"lni2, e,tn thmg under the .,un "I,I, onder why we ne\ er :oee an) phrenologl'its on the road any 11101e), "dId the grocery man 'The) used to be a-, thIck a., campal(;n lIe~ " (Oh, the people got on to 'em," responded the a~ent t01 Kentuck) wlll"key ,( fhey are all fake" 1 had one ot em tell m) fortune once by foolI11g ,\ Ith my bump", :O,lId I d make a gCJod par.,on \ \ hat do ) On thmk 0 that)' "Over 111 Lmn count) a plll enologl" t came to to\\ none day,' saId the typewnter .,ale~t11,U1 'and the\ put up a lob un hun "There vva:o a murderer 111 the lount, JaIl 1 hel dIked hIm out 111 a nev, .,111t of clothes, made 111m "" ear to -,dl\ wood and took 111m up to the hall \I here the nadel ot top plece:o was sho\\ mg off \ \ hen he lallul tOl ~ub1el t-, tht \ Ie t hIm fool \\ Ith the mm del er'.., head 'The profe~"or .,ald It ,\ d., the be-,t head III the bUllch that the bump., of g enero"lt, and goodne'-,~ "el e \\ ondertulh de, eloped. that he "ould make a goud ml.,.,IOlldn or d leadel m the Sah atlOn ~rm) The) hdngeel hun betO! e the \ edl "as out ,. "Sen eel hIm nght,' put m the ~Iocel \ man -\ mall \'v ho WIll tIY to decen e people b) I eaclmg hedel~ ought-- "Get out, ' cned the typewnter man, 'Gn e the de'll hI" due It ",asn't the hedd readel the) hung- "The) ale all fraud.,,' "alel the herald ot Kent11lln '~A , ReadI11g head" h a good deal lIke telhng tht VI eathel YOll don't knO\' a uI.,sed thmg abollt It u11 It hdppen-, "Beg pardon, t;entlemen, but) Oll ,t! t \1 j()11~ PhI tJlolo~, I" an eAact SCIence .. A tall black man" Ith ~lO\,mg black e) es anel bushy hair "toad ~lmhng elO\\n on the tlll ee ~ceptll'" "Ye"," he said, 111glatlat111gh 'Jt 1-' d.l.,u onl 01 the 1110~t I11tereqt111g at all "tu(he., I knO\\ thert ale lot~ at qlldlk" but .,0 there dIe In all pruie"'''IOn.., \u\\ "hl1e I (Ion t pI etend to be a ma.,ter, yet 1\ e £;1\ en the :oub1ect some con"HleratlOn and I feel confident] can demonstrate to ) ou gentlemen that there I" .,ome ment III phI enolog\ If ,ou '11 let me tl) , "Don't behe,e a \lorel of It glO\\leel the glolel, mdn "And ,et~--' "fhere aln t no ) eh about It I eAclalJ11ed the ~rocel \ man angnh "[t\ a humbug, buncombe. 11100n"h111e dnd nonsense, d fool Idea got up to "eparate :'llh people from th elr elollar'- ' The grocel" man talh.ed gather alounel the debaters fence the dark man Sdld 'Perhap., yOU don't know, but IS a tact that there are leI t,un corel., elIIeetl) connectmg the mmd WIth the surface of the head, and a., the J11It1d works m certam dlrectlOn~ these l!1J1nect111g cord., de\ elop the .,urface llldICatlOns so that III properly "en"ltn e hedds the enlargement may be detected ur redd WIth "urpnslIlg accurau " "'hulk.,! ' I 1'.., true pehhte(l the dark man, "a "clentdlc fact" ] 11bet \ uu tl eat-, tor the crowd you can't examme our head" dnc! tell d thmg about them," cned the grocery man "1 11 take the ,\ ag er, though, as 1 told you, I'm not a ma"ter and J11d\ fall' "aiel the "tranger pleasantly, "Please mo\ e \ our lhalr alounel thl ~ way vve'll leave our fnends hu e -111(!IcatI11g the crO\, cl-"to deCIde the wager" lhe defendel ot phrenology ran hIs long fingers through the ~ruCll) man., sdnd) lock~, felt 111:0 head as If he was knead111g e!out;h. tapped the forehead anel rubbed the neck \11 the \\ lllle cluud" of cl1dgnn gathered 0\ er hiS face F1I1ally he ,ln1l0Unlee! that he \\ oule! hke to eAamme the two other men hetUl e gn Ing lll~ 0p1l110n The t) pewnter agent and the \\hhku man l\e1e .,ubJectecl to the ~ame thumping process, and then the head artl:ot qUIt ,\ Ith a SIgh [ P a "tump eh) .,ald the grocer) man, gleefully 1 m a1ral(1 I am, ' said the dark man, whereat the crowd, led b\ the t111 ee ~ubJect:o, Jeered hIm \ \ hen the, had qmeted clown a bit the skull SCIentIst "alel \ ou people \I 111 bear me out I ..,ald phrenology was l)d~ed on the theor) that the bump" were a development irol1l the hi dill ' \ e-,. \ ou "a1(l tl1dt, ' aelnlltted one or two 111 the crowd But 111 the..,e thl ee head~, ' o,ald the dark man solemnly, the1 t h ab"olutel) no e, Idence of a developmg agent" rl he three commerCIal tom l.,t~ .,at "tudY1l1g for a moment, and then ,\ 1th one dccord they ro"e In their mIght, but the opel atol had \\ hell executed a retreat through the laughmg 11 o\\Cl \." he \\ d~ settlmg hl~ bill next mormng the grocel y man a-,keel Ldl1Cllord [homp50n \'V hat had become of the phre-nolot; lst "Pll1 enologl.,t)" repeated Thomp:,on 'Yes that tall, clalk complected man who reads heads" ( Oh' \ \ h), that ~ Hled~oe, the coffin man of Rock Island I me fello\\ Dld.\ au meet hUl1 ?" Y e", but I c1 lIke to see hun agalI1 There's three of us hel e who'll gn e him a chance to u"e ~ome of hiS own goods If he ..,ho,\ " up' ... ------- ...... '" Oak, Poplar LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES ON OUR OWN MANUFACTURE OF Circassian, Mahogany, and II I,IIII ; I......... - _ . Gum The Albro Established 1838. Veneers. Veneer Co. IIi _.- .I. CINCINNATI. o. WEEKLY ARTISAN 15 Good Equipment Means Better Work Equip your shop or factory with G. R. Handscrew products; you'll note a vast difference in the quality and quantity of work turned out. All of our factory trucks, benches, clamps, VIses, etc. are the best that money and skilled labor can produce. We use nothing but the very best Michigan hard Maple in the construction of all our products. It is not possible to turn out better goods than we now manufacture; years of manufacturing has taught us that it pays to use nothing but the very best material possible in the manufactur-ing of our product. WRITE FOR CATALOG SHOWING THE COMPLETE LIST OF FACTORY EQUIPMENT. GRAND RAPIDS HAND SCREW CO. 918 Jefferson Avenue Grand Rapids, Michigan that ,vhenever It appealS to the seller that the buyer I:', remISS 111payment of the ll1:"tallments and "how" a dhposltlOn to evade its obligatIOn, then the fm111tme may be taken away from the bu} er, even If It IS nece~sary to enter the house by force to get possesIOn of it, .l\Irs Smith testIfied that she had warned the men to keep out of hel house, b11t that whIle one of them held her at the 1ear of her home, ,\ hel e ,he had been puttmg out a washmg, the other 1\\ 0 men went mto the house by a front entlance The men adrmtted that they (lId not ISo mto l\f r" SmIth's home by 1m ItatlOn but clalmerl that they had not been forbIdden bv her to enter There was a conflIct of te"tlmony on thIs pomt Juc,llce Depke held that when ::\11 s SmIth forbade the three men ±1 om entenng her hC)l1se, she 1 endered vOld that clause of the contl,lct gIV111gthem such prIVIlege and that they "hould have ,ecured a search warrant 01 a writ of leplev111 He found the men g mlt} of tre~pass and Imposed fines of $1 each and costs, ,me! then employer" rein"ed to pay fhe} gal e bonds and appealed to the Clrcmt conrt Testing An Installment Contract. A case of mtel est to mstallment dealel s IS pendmg m the court.., of DanvIlle, III It mvoIv es the nght of a dealer, hI:" agcnh or employes to enter a hou,e for the pmpose of remov-mg ~oods on wInch pa}l11ents alt due On compla111t of :\1rs Killed In An Accident. E D Bolger 1;\h,o repre:oents the Hoffman Brothers Com-pany of Fort \\ ayne, Incl, "pent a pal t of the current week 111 (Jrand Raplcb He reported the cleath of Mr E G Schulze, the secretaI}, clue to an aCCIdent Mr, Schulze, v\ 111le nd111g a hIc} Ie, collIded WIth another nder and was thrown to the pavement WIth .,uch vlOlence that hIS ..,kull was uacked and death follo1;\,ed a tew hour" later .!\Ir Schulze was a popular gentleman, thoroughly tra111ed 111 bus111ess, and a devout Chnstlan Hl:" death IS greatly mourned by his as.,OClate", 111busme,," and by hIS many fnends Made by Mechamcs Furmture Co , Rockford, III l\Targalet S111lth, thlCC men, 0 E. Slulp, Thomas Baum and J 1\1 Flann,>, "elC anested f01 tIe'pass, the alleged offense COnsht1l1g 111 theIr hav1l1g entered hel honse and 1 emoved t11rm ture that ,he had bought all the l11stal1ment plan anel faIled to make the pa}ments reql11reel by the contract There 1<; a clause in the contI acts of the furmture firm "hlch specIfically state- t6 needed furniture \va" po"tponed mdefillltely and expen~es were cut m every directIOn The occupant of a "ulte of five room" felt obhged to u"e but two, and If the eXigenCIes of the time" reqUired that a "et of books be posted upon a bairel head the barrel was u"ed Letters were wntten with a pen to ~ave the wage" of a stenographel and plam statIOnery wa" used to "ave the cost of prmted stock Happily days of pro"pent} have returned bnngl11g an abundance of bu"mes~ fen the de"k maker" and statIOnel s WEEKLY ARTISAN PUBLISHEO EVERY SATURDAY BY THE MICHIGAN ARTISAN COMPANY SUBSCRIPTION $1 00 PER YEAR ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OTHER COUNTRIES $2 00 PER YEAR, SINGLE COPIES 5 CENTS. PUBL.ICATION OFFICE, 106-112 NORTH DIVISION ST. GRANO RAPIDS, MICH, A S WHITE MANAGING EDITOR b.ntered as second class matter July j, 1909 at the post office at Grand Rapids, >'{,chlgan under the act of March 3 1879 AttentIOn I" agam called to the career of John 'II ::'m\ th Chicago'" mo"t "ucce""f111 pIOneer fUi11lture merchant \v ho died on );0\ em ber 4, b) the filmg ot a petitIOn f01 admllli"- tratlon of hh e"tate, \\hlLh I" \ aluecl at 0\ er a million dollal" \Ir Smyth left no V>Ill, thelefore a third of the propel t\ vvJ11 go to hi" wldoV> and the remal11der \v III be dl\ lded equally among three son" and fi\ e daughter" \v ho 11l11tul In the petition for the app0111tment of Thoma" 'II Sm) th the eldest son, as adml11l"tratOl The career of John 'II '-,m\ th h surely V>orthy of cOlllmendatIOn It "hould be held up as an example to he followed by boy ", ) oung men and hU"l11e"s men who are eager to achieve succe"" \fl ,",m\ th came to thiS country when a boy-a poor In"h 11ll111lglant He worked at the pnntel '" trade and "a\ ed h1::>money \\ hen he had a few hundred dollars-less than $300 It I" "aid-he 1l1vested It 111a httle fur11lture store, an e,ceuhl1~h mode,t affair, V>hlch pro"pered from the start He \\ et" mdu"t1iOl1" thnft) and econ0l111cal, but he V>a" not "t1l1g) 01 penUiiOU, HI" economy wa" not of the ml"erl) "ort He \\ as vI,i1ll11g to use hIS money In an} way that proml"ed legitImate re turn" HIS busme"s methods YV ere hone"t and clean and hh Judgement "0 "ound and cleal 'Ightecl that he lareh made an unprofitable mO\ e or lll\ estment 'II r '-,\11\ th took an earne"t l11tere"t in mumupal affaIr" and tor man) \ eal" he wa" qmte acine m pohtlc" In the field h1::>duect re\\arc!" were not great He "ecured more hon01S for other", than for hUl1"elf and m that way made mfluential friend" and "ecured advertl",1l1g for hmbelf \vhlch had a good effect on hI" bU"l ne"s 1here ne, er \\ a" even a "1.1:opIC1Onof graft m an\ hU'il nes'i or pohtlcal tran~actlOn \'11th which John 'II '-,m) th "a" connected At the end of hi" long, clean, honorable busme"s and pohtlcal career he lea, e" to hiS Widow and chllclren an estate worth 0\ er a millIon dollars, not a cent of \\ h1ch 1" "tamtec1' He dl"prc1\ ed the assertiOn, often heard, thett no man C\ er became a millIonaire by honorable mean" No cla,," of manufacturer" 111 the fur11lture mdue,try V>as hit 'io hard by the pal11C of 1907 a'i the desk maker~ The bottom ot the mal ket not only fell out but dropped out of ",Ight A fC\\ of the factone" v\ ere operated on a moderate 'icale but It 1" ;,afe to "ay that none earned dll Idencl" The conditIOn of the 111dlhtry 1'i much imprOl ed ",0 far as le~ard", "ale" and lf the y eat ~ to come contmue prosperou" and the manufact1.uer" can summon up coura~e to charge pnce" for goods that wJ1l yield a fair margin of profit, a mea;,ure of ~atl"factIOn wJ1l be ~a111ec!by tho"e who",e capItal I" 111ve"ted In thIS branch of productiOn \\ hlle the pal11c cont111ued bUS1ne'i'i men economized m their office" The purchase of \ [em ber" of the NatIonal Furl11ture J\!Ianufacturers' A ,,- "oclatlon mailed notIces to customers on the 10th IllSt of an a1\ ance ot ten per cent upon the hst pnces for goods, takIng Immediate effect 1he advance scarcely co\ ers the addItional CO'it of matellal" u ~ed111 the bus111es'i and wJ11 yield nO larger percentage of profit than the manufacturers receIved hefore, the co"t of looking glet"" plate", hardware, lumber, fil11sh111g ~ood" and other matenal" was boosted Labor IS dbcon-tented becau"e of the constantly growmg cost of hvmg and lllghel \\ age;, are demanded, expected and 111 many mstance" granted -\nothe1 ad\ ance 111pnces of furmture would :,ur-pn" e no one when the tendency of the markets IS conSidered \\ lth the exceptlOn of the cost of glass it costs about a" much to make an office desk as a chamber smte The differ-ence In the amount of lumber reqmred 1'i not large whJ1e more haldware and fi11lshmg matenals are necessary The con- ~truction of a roll top desk, WIth Its costly curtam, pigeon holes, dra\\ ers and files reqmre" as much matenal as a cham-ber "uite and ) et there are many manufacturers of desk'i \\ ho \\ ould not dare to advance pnce" on their goods ten per cent The) al e hetter manufacturers than merchants The diSCUSSIon of the Payne revenue law as affecting trade relatiOns \\ Ith Canada recalls the fact that when the pa11lc of 1873 occun ed dutIes were not leVied by the CanadIans upon fur11lture Imported from the t:'11lted States Many sales were made m that country dunng the long penod of dullness fol lov\ mg the cra'ih of seventy three One of the -\mencan bene-fictanes of "uch sale" 111recalhng hiS expenence stated that Canada \\ a" the only "ectlOn of the western contment that wa", ahle to pay ca"h for good", reasonably prompt Common 'itock III the Sedrs-Roebuck Company took a ~lump 111the ChIcago market dunng the past week, breakmg more than three pomt" on :l\Ionday The decllne IS saId to hay e been due entIrely to "tack market condltlOns, and as the "hares are "till "ellmg at 36 to 37.% per cent preml1.1m, bona fide ovvner~ are not eager to (llspose of then hold111gs The busme"" of the concern is reported fully as prosperous a" It has been at any tune "mce the fall of 1907 Conditions on the Coast. The furmture market h m good shape With prospects of fair profit" throughout the coast, prOVided manufactm er" and Jobber" V>III handle the que'itlOt1 of pnce" In a ratIOnal manner, protectlllg theIr trade, 'iays the PaCific Furl1lture Trade, publl"hed III San FranCiSco There I'> no good reason why better pnCe" could not be "ecured by both whole:'>aler~ and retailer" III San FranCiSco ancl other POllltS 111 Callfornia PaCific (oa",t manufacturers are extremely busy and some ha\ e difficult,; m fillIng fur11lture orders for prompt shIpment [he trelght ..,ltUettlOn 1" faIrly ",atl"factory from the ea"t, but there are :'>ymptOlh of a car shortage that may develop any time CondItion" In all of our l111e" mdlcate the Importance of prompt buy ing WEEKLY ARTISAN 17 -----,----------_._---------------_._._-~-'------ ..... ,II I1·~:c::.~wWnut Quartered Oak Walnut I Curly Maple , Bird's Eye Maple I Basswood 'I Ash Elm Birch Maple Poplar Gum Oak GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS Letters Relative to Dry Kilns Recently Installed by the American Blower Company. V\ 111(hor, Ont, Ncn 8, 1c)()c) American Blower Company DetrOlt, 1\1Ich Gentlemen -'\bout 'L\en months ,IsO you 111<,ta\ledfor 11S two dry kilns", hlCh we are pleased to ~t'lte are 111 perfect "'ork1l1g; order and g;n 1I1g entire s,ltl~LletlOn, and ,tll claIms you made for them have been verified Tiley have proven a succe,,<, and we at ewell plea"ed wIth them x ours truly, tOX BROTHERS & CO Ltd GranJ Rapld~, Mlch, Nov 8, 1909 The American Blower Company, DetrOlt :.\1Jch Gen tlemen - YOl!fS of the 6th recen ed Weal e pleased to ad \ he yuu that the dry kilns'" hlch you 111stzJled for us nearly d ye,H Made by MechaulCs Furmture Co, Rockford, III al;o have far exceedcd your statemenh as to ",hat they would do VVe <Ire thoroughly satlshu1 X ours truly, FULLeR & RICE LUMBl<R & MFG CO, Fer C I Sweet, PreSIdent Locked Out. \Valter Langle}, of the Her70g Art lurmtme Company, ha" been unable to enter hI" home In Grand RapId., dunng the pa~t five weeks on account of quarant111e re~ulatlOn~ HIS lIttle daughter "uffered a mIld attack of a dl"ea"e of a Foreign and Domestic Woods. Rotary, Sliced, Sawed. --------------------- .--~I contageous nature and after summon111g a trained nurse and medIcal "kIll he left the premhes .l\1r Langley talks with the lIttle one through the w111dow e\ ery day, but he I" not permItted to enter Quarantme wIll be raIsed early 111the Lom111g week, when ~1r Langley WIll leave hIS hotel to re-sume the enjoyment of home lIfe Desk Company Improves Factory. The MIchIgan Desl1 Company (Grand RapIds) have completed very extensIVe Improvements m theIr factory whIch IS now convement, sal1ltary and so dIvIded that goods may be turned out Iapldly and economIcally The plant I" In full operatIOn and I" prospenng under the management of J Arthur \;\ hltworth and hl'o able as"I"tant, H Parker Rob111- ~on We take pleasme m mttoduclRg to you our new Saw Table The base IS similar to what we have been uSIngon our No 4 Saw Table. only we have made It larger on the Boor The ralsmg and lowenng deVIceIS the same as we have on the No 4 Machme, With lever and PJtman The lever IS made of steel The arbor IS made of 1% Inch steel. runmng 10 long nnR 01hn8boxes. and IS for t ~mch hole 10 saw We furmsh one 14 Inch saw on each machIne It WIllcarry a 16-mch saw If deslTed Table IS made With a center .llde 12 mchee Wide With a movement of 21 mches It has a lockmg deVIceto hold It when you do not Wishto use It. and has a detachable mItre guage to be used when usmg the shdlng table Can cross cut With table extended to 24 Inches, .lso np up to 24 Inches Wide Table has a removable throat that can be t-tken out when uSlOg d.do It also has two mItre guages for regular work and a two SIdedTiP guage that can be u~d on t"lther SIdeof the saw. more espeCIallywhen the table IStIlted also a tIltmg np gauge to be used to cut bevel work when you do not WIShto Itlt the table The top IS40x44 mehe. CounlelShall has T & L pulley. 10" 14 mehes, and the dove pulley 16x5 mehes, eounter-shaft should run 800 MakIng 10 all about as complete a machme as can be found and at a reasonable prIce Wnte us and we WIll be pleased to quote you pnces Addref,S. , I I I ~-_._--~---~._---_-.-------------- ..~-~-_.....--~ ALEXANDER DODDS, 181-183 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. I" 18 WEEKLY ARTISAN --------- I ---------------- - -- ------~~---- Smte No 889 by Muskegon Valley Furmture Co. Muskegon, MlCh .........- - ..-. _. ---_..-..-._. --- ---_.------~~._-_. .. .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 19 MOVING UP TOWN IN NEW YORK Northward the Course of Business Takes Its Way on Manhattan Island. New York, J\lov 17-The caslldl VI~Itor to New York of the past, even of comparatIVely youthful years, can remember easIly enOlu.;-h \vhcn a11 the commet cIal tran~actt{)ns of thc me-tropolts were cal ned on 111lh dm\ n-town (h,tIlCtS and when hI' bU'111es~ Vhlts, 01 htS 111spectlOn of goods and ht, purchases, 111vohed d Journey do\\ nward~ of more or les~ trouble and de-lay Older Vl,ltm s, dnd more partIcularly perhaps man) of the reSIdents of the uty, can remember \\ hen the upper boun-danes of bu,11le,s "'ectlon \'V el e on "'tleets \\ hlch now ~eem fal to the ~outhward Of course. New York had only one \\ a) to grow, and the development of It, conllnerctal 11ltere,t~ led to the fm matlon of ne\\ center, of trade actIVIt) alway <; further to the north The Made by Delaware ChaIr Co , Delaware, 0 constructlOn of the ~uln\ a} s, \Vlth theIr promotlOn of con- \ entence, dnd the exten",lOn of rapId tran"lt routes and surface car "en Ice, hay e been both an effect and a cau"e of the chang- 1l1g locatIOn" of the"e centet" fhe bUIlclmg of the Important new termmal "tatlon of the ratlt oad" 1unntng practIca11) e\ ery whel e are a £tu ther mdlcatlOn of the tendenc} and dn encouragement ot Its exten"lOn Important factone~ and warehou..,cs now occuPY ground once u"ed a.., the "Ites of d\Vcllmgs, no less nnportant stote ..., whether v\ hole..,ale or retaIl, "tand 111 the place of the re"l-dcnce" erected long J ears ago These commercIal structures now enJoy not only the a(h antages of vnder, ltghtel streeb, but the \ ery great advantage of closel aproxllmty to the homes of the re,tdents an(l to the hotel" preferably patrontzed by VISItors The recently announced l11tentlOn of \1,7 & J Sloane, the WIdely known carpet dealer,." to bUlle! a largc "tructure for theIr own bU<;11less u"es at FIfth avenue and 47th ...tleet IS an Important case m p0111t ThIs fil m was founded 11118--1-3,and began bthmes ... at 2--1-;Broadway, now way down town In 1855 the bU~l11e",.,\\a", moved to 501 Broadwa} , next, to 591 Broadway , 1111866 to 6S5 Broadv\ay andm 1882 to Broad\\ay and 19th street-all the change" repre<;entl11g moves upward m 10catton Furthermore, announcement has been made of the firm'" l11tentlOn to bUlld \V01 krooms and wareroom s on ,\Test 29th street From the pomt of VIew of a New Yorker, or from that of the VtSltl11g furntture man, the sItuatIon of the new home of the New York Fur11lture Exchange at Lexmgton avenue and 46th street., h not only not too far uptown, but \Vas othel- Wl"e cho",en happIly. and It may regarded as fortunate that the locatlOn was made a\ allable b} the Important changes and Improvements 111and about the Grand Central statton ,\Then the Exchange \'Va" establl.,hed twenty yea1 s or so ago, there were to be sure, surface car" runn111g along the ma111 avenues, and act as" 42nd street, but even WIth these, and WIth the elevated road a block away, commumcatIon was very l11con-vement as compared wtth that "\l:,ttor" to the new butldl11g wtll command That the New York Fur11lture Exchange de\ eloped so remarkably was due posstbly to the ObVlOUSneed for tts extstence, a" It certa1111y wa", to the l11telhgent manage-ment and contmued enterpllse of Chas E Spratt. The Exchange 111ItS new butldmg may be reached so eaSIly and so conve11lently, that It WIll save the v1sltmg buyer" or manufacturers' repre~entatl\ e any large expend- Iture of enel gj or ttme 111the performance of hI,., bUS1nes,., dutle" Any attendant at the Exchange WIll be close to the bU,.,111ess 111tctesb of the ctty, to Its pleasure place,." It,> hotel", and to all ItS ma11lfold attractlOn,,-\'v III be 111 the very heart of the town, mdeed The Vel) locatIon gave Ml Spratt full Vvanant to proceed to elaborate hIS plans for the con",tructton of the extraor-chnary butld1l1g", and for the eqUlpment of the Exchange WIth e\ ery poo;slble faclhty for the transactIon of Its affalfs and the proper entet ta111l11ent of It" bU,.,111ess VISItors How ad l111rable and tar-reach1l1g these plan,., are wtll be demonstrated by tIme and practIce .,..---- I I I t II IIt -----------------------~ , II I II I II• I III II I II II II III I I III I I II II 1 _ .. --------------- Give your men tools that are ac-curate to the one-thousandth part of an inch. Tools that are straight and true and hold their cutting edge. No matter how expensive and per-fect your machinery may be, if the cutting tools are not of the best, you can not turn out good work. We pride ourselves on the fact that we have manufactured only the very best for thirty-five years. Write for our complete catalog. It shows many new ideas in fine labor saving tools. MORRIS WOOD & SONS f508-1510 W. LAKE ST., CHICACO, ILL. • T • •• • ... 20 10\\ "cale ot fee~, to render perfunctory and maclequate ser- \ Ice 1 he "tIIllulu", ot domg hIs best to wm the confidence oj edch patIent a" well as hIs famIly and frIends, h no longtr telt On the part of some of the m"ured It is alleged there IS a tendenC\ to abn"e theIr abIlIty to command the "erVlces of a cloctor to an almost unllmlted extent and to summon 111m at dl1\ hour at the da} or nIght on the sllghtest pretext ~n nnplea"ant featurc of the phYSICIan's dutles h lIke \\ he the nece"slt} ot a"summg the role of detectIve, 111 order to effectnalh combat an} tendency there may be toward malmgennlS, \\ hlch h d gray e problem m connectlOn WIth \\ ,)1 knlcn" In"urance ~" legal d" the hnanllal re"ults of compulsory insurance to the medIcal protc"~lOn a'> d whole, It IS felt that the reform hd" ])1 ought abont a clI"tmct lo~ enng of the total compen- "at Ion for pI (lte'>"IOllal scn Ice It 1" true that a large number ot mdn Idua]" \\ ho \\ ere formerly treated a~ chanty patIent"> al c under the nc \\ conc11tlOns, enrolled m the ranks of the 11l-.ured and a cel talI1 remuneratIon fOl theIr treatment IS no\\ 1 eCll\ ed b\ the attendant phySICIan But It IS also vlalmed that a' much larger number, whose mode~t fee'> tOl med an Important part of a doctor'" Il1come, are now furn-hhed \\Ith tree tl eatment a" msured, and that the chfterence In COm]Kn"dtlon no\\ I ecen ed bv contract phy"lclans for tIll" cate£;on ot patlent" much more than counterbalance the 1I111 ea~ecl receIpt-. ±10m the fil "t-mentlOned cla'>s 1hele I" d "tud) mcnement forward to mtroduce the a(h antage" of "tate compul"ory msurance among clerks and emplo} e" recen me, 111s;her ~alanes than the maXlmtlm fi:xed 1n the pI e"ent la\\ ($-i7()) Each '>tep In thIS dlrectlOn re-mo\ e" from the lIrc1e of cu"tomaly patIents a large group fI om \\ ho"e lIfe the 'famIly ph} ~luan" dIsappears" The membel" ot the medIcal plOfes'>lOn m Germany are probabh a" generou" and self-saclIficmg and a" devoted to humane Ideal" a" theIr colleague" 111 other land" It h feared ho\\ e\ LI that the ne\\ h estahlIshed relatIons between pa-tIent'> cwd ph) "ICIan" are "uch a" to tend toward a lowenng ot ploJe"-'lOnal "tcl!Hlal d" and an abandonment of the tlme-honored tra(l!tlon" of thl" mo"t Important factor In modern lIte j he plohlem I~ deemed a senous one In Germany, and h \\ 01th} ot attentIOn In allcountl Ie" study mg the de"lrablllty oj COl11jlUI-.0l\ m"urance untlel state chrectIOn Accord1l1g to "OI1lC a I1lo(lIficatIOn of eXht1l1g regulatIon" vvhlch will PC11111tthe benehllane" of the System to hay e a free chOIce of theIr mcdlcal ach Ic;er" would "eem to be neces~dry If the dre,nlt} u"efulne"s, cl11d hIgh standard" of the phY~lcIan are to be "ategualCled J Ie ,,11Ould be freed from competItIOn 111 thc mOl e purel \ COI1lmelclal "elhe of the term The compe-tItIon ~hould be 11l111ted,d" In thc past, to the de\ elopment of prote,,-.lOnal "kIll and of tho"e qualItIes of head and heart \v hllh contllhute dlnlO',f d" 111uch to the ph} '>Iclan'c; "uccess a" hI" techmcal atta1l1l11ent" WEEKLY ARTISAN COMPULSORY INSURANCE Said to Have Had a Serious Effect on Family Doctors in Germany. PeculIar effect" at Germany" compulsory 1I1t1u"tnal In surance law" are reported by fhoma" H '\ orton ~111elllan con"ul at Chemmt7, who declare" that compuhor} In"tuancc affects the morale of the medIcal profe""IOn a" \vell a'o that oj the msured \ \ ntl11g on the effect of com pulsar} msurance on the doctor" 111 c,ermany, Con"ul l\ 01 ton "a} s Undemably the prm l"IOlh for lompulsor} In"mancc aga1l1"t "lckne"" and aCCIdent, as \\ ell d'> the m"tuancc t,11 old age, novv 111 operatIon for 0\ er 27 } eal ", ha \ e clone muc h to rabC the le\ el of comfort for v. 01 ker" a" the} fdce the un-certamUe" of theIr occupatIOns and the lIabIlIty to pm trt\ m old age, freemg them from much of the an'oet\ clnd actuctl suffermg whIch are concomItants of the tOIler ~ lot In othcl countnes where SOCIal legl"latIOn b le~" ach anced "There 1", hov. e\ er, a pha"e of tll1" organl/c(l, ,,\ "tematlc automatIc method ot pro\ Id111g to meet the re,ult:" of c;lckne"" and chsa"tel \"h1ch I" attrdct1l1g attentIOn 111 Gelman\ \ 17 the effect upon the medIcal profe""IOll "A large "hare of the populat1(lll h no lone,el dblt to '>elect at \\ ill mec!Jcdl ad\ hel" Pln -'llIan~ dl C en£;aged 11\ tht officIal" of 111surance (J1 gamLatIon" on hAed contI act tCI m" whIch are u"uall) far helm\ the mlnl111um late fi,ed b\ Idn for mechcal "en Ice" 1he old-tIme relatIon, bet\\ een ph\ "I clans and tho"e engdg111g then "el \ Ice" relatIons o! 111utual confidence and respect, al e gl\ mg \\ a} to a j1ureh 1m~lllC"-' connectIOn, III whICh the personal equatIon I" of dl111lm"hlllg Importance 1here h keen c0111petltIOn to "eUIre the pO"h of medIcal officers of the ddrerent lll"urance ±ull(l" and tho"e who secure them may be tempted, on account of the \ en -~-_._--~..-.. - II I IIIII III .----'11!I ,,III II• •!II II -. ,,- .. I II Here is a Rocker That's a seller. Write for the price. GEO. SPRATT f5 CO. SHEBOYGAN. WIS, ~-,--_._-_._._---_._-_._._N--o. _592, .__._-_._.__ .. - .-- Fne;agement" to go el"ewhere shouldn t be made for the day s between January 17 and February 5 (next) Then the doOl" to the 38th SemI \nnual New York EXpOSItIOn WIll be open and the new and comprehen"lve l111e" of 250 maml-facturel" open for the 111"pectIon of enterpnsmg fur111ture dealer'> i\f atm all} enough, the \vIdO\\ doe"n't feel her lo<;s so keenly It It -. tulh CO\tree1 \\ Ith I!l"tUance If you don't beheve that It" the unexpected that happens ask the weather man WEEKLY ARTISAN The Boycott As a Luxury. From J\foody's l\Iagazme-Laymg aSide the que"tlOn ot nght or wrong a" cons1C1erec1m the matter of ..,tnke~ and boy-cott", and rev1ewmg the"e expe(llences from the ..,tandpomt of re~ults, the history of the whole matter "ugge~t" the actlOn of a ~lgantIc boomerang \\ hat greater proof of thh could be exhibited than the e~tabll..,hed fact that the la"t five b(Treat ~tnke" thl:'l country ha~ ..,uffereJ have "wept aWdy 92 per cent of the savmgs of the workmen 1m oh ed ~dd to thiS the awful e'<pense that orgal1lzecl labor ha" broughl on It"elf, money that ha.., come out of the "'age" of ItS members, that I" an add1tlOnallo,,~ to the 10..,s of the "avmg:'l The 1906 I eport of the Federation of Labor, gl\ en m September of that) ear, recOId.., 887 ..,tllke.." l11volvl11g 91,53U "orkmgmen and co"tmg tho"e :'lame workmen $3,982,86566 In the matter of the dlvl~lon of ')uch expen~es, the Typo-graphical Un,on ~tands at the head of the hst. w1th 1tS tax of more than a millIon and a half dollars The LT l1lted Ml11e \Vorkers qualfeled away almo~t another million, or $920,- 895 IS The Iron Molder" depleted the1r trea:'ll1fV $452,- 03159, while the J\Iachll11';t'-. 1.]111on threw $143,06958 into a "'UlCldal "trugg1e The followmg yeal, seemmgly un",l1hn~ to learn by "uch d1..,astrous expenence, the FederatlOn of Labo1 reporh 1,433 '3trlke.." mvolvmg 130271 of 1t-, 111e111ber~ The re..,u1tant tax upon thclr 1esource" amounted to $3,290,35320 For the yedl ending Septembel 30. 1908. the \mencan I~cderatlOn of Labor ~how~ a clecrea~e 1n the amount of lts tubute pal(l to the caU'3e of ll1du<.,tnal d1,.,,.,en"10n, two and one-half 1111lhon of dollar.., bemg glV en a.., thc extent of the finanCial dram for that year Perhaps the member.., of that body are awaken1l1g to the fact that they ha, e been their own greate"t handicap ~nd what a power for gOOL1they could become 1f they de voted these vast sums, that have formerly been used m way s that brought them (11stre"" and oftent1me" p10\ ed a menace to their countly and a blight upon the hopes of their commg generatlOn'), to mvestment 111 enterpn"e that would raise the effic1ency of them"e1ve~ and the1r ch11(lren The Typographical L1110n ,.,pcnt on stnke,., and their at-tendant actlvlt1e", accord1l1g to the'r own report, dunng the year endlllg m ~eptember, 1(01), $1 ,61,729 lO-and they lost ground Dunng the followmg year, that endl1lg September, 1907, also accordmg to the1r own repOl t, the Typograph1cal Ul1lon thre\\ mto the ..,ame whirlpool $1468,841 52-which aho failed to pay dIVldend~ 111 p()1nt~ gamed \V1th a dogged tenac1ty of a 111anwho does not knovv he 1S defeated, a c1eter-m111atlOn that would be laudable 1f employcd1n a mOle nght-eous endeavor, thl" U11lon contn1Lle" to stake 1t.., hope of the future 111 an unfair cau"e Of the fortune~ labor ha" expended 1n 1t" altercatlOn:., not the least Item of expense ha,., been that of the boycott The real and tragic co,.,t ot thl.., wrongly conceiVed ll1"tl;utlOn can ncv er be reckoned That It ha" mown down the hopes and prospects of thou'3alHb of s11lall merchant" that It has turned upon 1t" perpet1 ators to the1r harm, can be "hown 111 countIes.., 111stance" A boycott, first, la~t and alwa\s, 1S a luxury It 1, an cndle~s cham of destructIOn that m~lst ever complete 1h CirCUit before 1b force 1" expended 5amples of promlse-prol11lSe of plOfit-W111 be shown bv the two hundred WIde awake furllltl1le manufacturer" at th"e next New York r:AposltlOn Janllary 17 bthllle".., I" to begm sharp and early J< eb1na1 y j 1" the c1o~lng day A man cannot serve two ma~ters any more than a woman can serve style and comfort SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS Are very popular with the Furniture Trade. $2~ E.ach Net $2~ E.ach Net No. 46, Single Cone, $2 Each, Net. We manufacture a full line of Single and Double Cane All Wire Springs. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. » SMITH &. DAVIS MFG. CO., St. Louis 21 22 ~Iinnesota Retail Dealers' Furniture Association WEEKLY ARTISAN OFFICERS-PresIdent LoUls J Buenger Ne\\ DIm Vice PresIdent C Dalllelson Cannon Falls Treasurer, a A 0 l\1oen, Peterson Secretan W L Grapp JaneSVIlle EXECUTIVE COM\lITTEE-D F RIchardson NOlthfield Geo Klme Mankato, W L HarTIs Mmneapolls, o SImon .. Glencoe 1\1: L k.1111eSt Peter BULLETIN No. 28. ANNOUNCEMENT. \\ e wI,;h to announce to our member" that tll1'"- depart ment 'NIl! be run regularly once a \\eek flom no\\ on and \\e hope to brmg to o'lr member,; Intelc" t1l1g mdttel \\ 111lh 1\ dl be so full of good thm~s that thh department \\Ill he a I\( i come vI"ltor to your office \ \ e mtend to del ote th' j r'"-t few weeks to the extreme th1l1g:o that happen In the I e2 n ot mall order eVIls and shall endea \ or to "hem and keep OUl members In touch V\ Ith the latest 1110\ es of am compet1 '] whIch affects per"onallY the ..,mall dealeI Thh depart nUl has been made pOSSIble anI) thIough the medltlm lit u operatIon and) our officer.., \i\,ant to recell e "uch help ch e, c 11 member can gl\e In mak1l1g thl" c!epaltment d'"- ne\\~\ all,] full of busmes.., help~ as It I" pO'"-'ilhle to make It J j \ 'll have made a ..,ucce"s of an) partIcular method ot 1)\1\11H., or have any good sales Idea", gl \ e them to the "eeretal \ ~o '11~t they WIll help the other member" You may thmk that \ ) I Ideas do not amount to much and the\ md\ not be \ fl,' \ a1uab1e to ) au but If ) au v\ III let u~ puhlJ"h them the) \>111 probably sugge"t good, practIcal ldea~ to "ome of OUI hla))1\ member" whIch Ideas 'NIII C0111eback to ) ou In anothel 101111 all worked out and read) to put mto pI actlce It \ ou \\ III do 'Nhat you can, all the good Idea" thu" accumulated cannot faIl to accomplJ"h a great deal Competitive Buffets. \Yhen the expreS~lOn "competlt!\ e pIlce I'; used, lt 1" generally conceded to mean a \ er) c1o"t pIlle becau~e or a certam phase of local competItion \ \ hene\ er \\ e, ln our a,;soclatlOn work, u"'e the eApre"'lOn 'c0111])etltlon pI Ice \\ e mean that the al tIele,; refel red to hay e hecome unIversally competitive through the agency of the maIl ordel hou,;e Cdt alogues The magazme.o of our country ma) be ahlc to e"tahh,;h a unn ersa1 competItIve pnce upon certam artIcle" but the) can never create the competltlve pnce,; on ..,0 many lme,; of merchandIse as these catalogue.o do whlch are "ent tram :\Ia1l1e to Caltforma 111\ esttgatlOn of thl" mattel ..,ho\\" that the~l catalogue" are publtshed and clt'itnbutecl at a co"t not much greater than the co"t of publt "h1l1g se\ el al l","'ues of a hIgh c1as" magazIne 1hIS V\ III cau"e ) au to rea!JLe as \ au ne\ el have before, the Imschlef thIS causes m the e,;tabhshed routme of bUSIness \\ e mamtaln that, were It not for the wHle dl,;tnbutlon of the mall order hou<;e catalogue there \i\,otl1d be no univer-sal C'.)mpetitive prices because the overhead expense,; of the average dealer of today vary accordmg to the conc!Jtlons m Vi hlch he find,; hlmself, such a<; elJstance flom the market, rent, etc Then too, were It not for the quoting of prices without the many selling expenses, whIch a dealer mLht add, our cu<;omers would be petfectly "athfted \\ Ith the home pnce,; Then, after we have made OLlr ..,ale, here comes along the mall order house catalogue WIth 0\ el dra\'\ n pIcture,; and g'lowmg descnptlOn,; bnt the con"nmel doe.., not con"lder that thIS pnce does not mclucle eleln ellng e"pense.., freI~ht and settIng up \11 thl~ kIndle" ~tl"plClOn anel In man) ca"e" the confi-dence \\ 111ch the Um"nl11fr h,1" 111 hh home dealer I.., <;haken \\ l muq not torglt that bU~1l1e..,..,method" are raplcily chang- 11l~ and If II e tll( "'mall dealel <; fine! ourseh e,; m a posltlOn 1\ hllh \\ e, a~ lllclli Hlua!", l,l11nol 0\ ercome, we mu"t work out our 0\\ n ,;ah atlon thron!Sh the mec!Jum of co-opelatlon If \\e do not, the mall order hon"es WIll always have the ae!- \ antage 0\ el u" 111 the matte! of quantity, cash paymenb, the cuttlllg out of all bu) Ing expen"ec, and the protectlOn gIven the 10bb'1 b\ the a\ erac;e Ime whIch, 111 Ih finer analy<;ls, mean'"- that the) are dble to bny the,e same buffet'> £tom 20 to 30 pel lent cheaper than the) can be bonght by the small dealer \em thh h perfect\ le~lt!mate If the "ma11 dealel who lannot n"'e a larc;e quantlt), I" a"kmg 30 to 00 clay" tllne and nldke~ thc mdnuLlcturer "el1(l exppn"n e ~alee,men to 111mbefore he place~ hI" order He naturally mu"t expect to pay, 111 the end for all that It co"t,; to do tlll~ \\ e helle\ e that thl'; one thmg has helped make the maIl oldel house succe,;"fu1 be- Cdnc,e \ au can ea'"-Ih see that dfter the small dealer ha, palel all the<;e nnnece"c'an expense, be"ldcs the first co,;t of hIS melchanc1\ "e the addItIon of hI" legItImate profit naturally make~ the pllll lllghel thdn the one quoted by those who, by adoptIng modern hU';111e,,, method" hay e cut out all thl<; extra e:Apenchtnre 01ganl/atlon ha~ de\ eloped to such an extent that It Lan no\\ command a volume 'Nhlch v\ III enable any facton to make a certam amount of these competItIve Ime<; or merchandI'ie, ()nh made aC, the) ,hould be, and at a pnce \\ hldl \\ III enable our member.., to make at lea.ot a faIr profit Of conr,;e It h no plea"ure to be ob!Jged to sell mer-chandl" 1e at such a close figure yet we belt eve that the merchant "llOuld absolutely predommate over the condition in which he finds himself. ThIS catalog competitIOn I" not of OUl makmg yet It h \v Ith u,; and un1e<;s we are bIg enough, broad enough and busy enough to 0\ ercome It \'\ e shall have to ,;uffer the con c,eqnence<; The belIef of ) OUI commul1lt} III your ablltty to meet thl'; pha"c of competItIOn under all condlt1ons IS of ~uch \ a1ne to ) OU d" a hus111e"" man that It Is 'North cnItl- \ atmg to the \ en ltmlt Therefore \\ e \\ ant all of our memher.., to pnt 111at least a fe,\ of the<;e buffeb and mark them exactl} \\hat they are "old for by the cata10gne house". not only that, but each member onght to make It hl" bu"lne".., to sprinkle a goodly number of the"e buffet'> through the commumty surroundmg hIS bU';111es" "0 that hh hU)111g pub1Jc "ees that he 1<;really 0\ ercommg thIS catalogue competitIon The bUY111g com-mlttee wdnt to a"<;ure you that It I" not a \ely ea,y matter to get compet1tlve Items at a pnce low enough for onr dealel s' needs 1herefOl e the thl<; matenal f01 all It I" wurth and help 11" demon..,trate to the factonec, who are help11lg liS that our a""oClalJon account h \ alnable, and we can do It, if each member WIll hut Lhe a few Your" trul), THE BCYI~G COJ\IM1TTEE WEEKLY ARTISAN BULLETIN No. 29. Made of Large Flaky Quartered Oak IF 2601& Splendid Values in High Grade Bullets Very Attractive and Relined Buffet In Quartered Oak $15~!~ in Indiana DeUyered Prices .. Man} persons haTe an exaggelated ldea. of the fIt 19ht charges on an artIcle of thIS kmd ..0 III ordt'f to conV!D'C(l tbem. and al.~o to allow of a. ('loser compa.t"lwn of ~ah\es v.e vrmt bE'10\\ pUles whIch mclud-e freIght paId to any regular rallroattR~gtt~ l~rlM~;fijes D&ID€d We WIll deltver this buffet, freIght pre paId In 111mOl". IndIana. '\ilch ..gan or OhIO for • ., $16.71) ~?a~O,Dnib~~1, I~v:,~. If{' flalD'!s M1' N,r Y. Pa, R I. Va, Vt:W Va: WIS for • ....... .. . 173;:; In Ala Ark ~Ja. G&, La MISS, l\eb. NCar N Dak, SCar, S PuakCa~~fo~"':.~· Js~nlana "oregon or 18 80 \, ,sJunglon for 21 :;1) artT.h. i,s!< haingdh reglriandeed bthuaftfet"&is hmovildeee,eorf lsaeregne af.ln~k ~ qua:rrt ed oak In I:'olden finish. The de_ill'll Is one of the most keep e..-Iean). It is albo ver room a d oes no oontam Blot (.f (heap showy ~arvinJ,;8 (which are hard to Illed ,,,(1\ doors an'! the gla.. Is our sYeC1~1,'Ql:'OOd prac,t1C;t1 .'7e. It I- 4S in. long and 21 In. deep has two cupJoards the latest and most .artIstiC d€(''Olaiwn ro be- hw uee,j%Anne a glass The de"lgn IS ground 1n the glass and W1ll not come off It IS thcndmg tht' enhre length of: t1lP hufff>t It nIs!} hac; llieb~~:c:¥l~s?ttO1rlemumlh bl:l.OOdrawel"S and an extra larJre linen drawer ex· t e enhre Ie~th ot tne bnff'Ct 4lld IS fitted WIth a ) reur 1 elOt";WI carved claw feet The top "'has a. shelf runnmg ~~e \yllll"nar'1ntee It 0 nIt {se YOUas. It is made by a 1f~~~; ~a~i~~ ~he:xcellelntl Ql1ahty It IS a hiJt.b KI'ade ple{'e In every respect and A.&.~ pac ~ed by exnet need nac.K-ers1 a- goot'! lIt I h .... e rem a lOn ot turmng out the best goods In thIS !lUe and IS 'tel6 Q de-a on tlflS Btl~t ~:::y ~clude fr~~g~t c;:t3 to n;nym~~le~ ri~l]tng Ht~i~,!1e condlt..on. "'.elgbt about 175 lbs Pnces 1<I£ue c\.Stamers SIe to pay frel"M from. pOmt of shIpment mentlouej" 5' ,on In e ."nee ll&med. 0 .. all other BulIets m tbts Ctlta· ReproductIOn of Buffet altered by Montgomery Ward & Co Note dpln ered PI Ice Our prIce to mpmbers $12 45 1111~ Buffet No RI'26015 furmshPd our member~ f01 ~12 45 1h'" largp ad\ ert1Smg cut ",thout deSCrIptIOn attached 7')c WIth deScrIptIOn attached H 25 MEN'S WARDROBE CHIFFONIER THIS HIGH GRADE BUFFET F7 No 10 ThIS wardrobe chIffonIer 's gotten up for men In large fla-ky oak W , t h qua rter sa'~ ed front and flms he d m golden It has a good SIZ ed mirror 16,,24 Note the exten- SIon coat raclz the trou ers holder on the door and shoe rack at the bot tom 1'7 No lOb ThIS hIgh grade oak buffet ha" a hmt of the colOnIal v. hICh gn es ,t a \ ery plam refined appearanc e It IS made of golden oa < and has pxtI a hpa \ y pillars of finp quarterpd stock Price at our store I Price at our store ThIS No 10 wardrobe cut WIth deSCrIptIOn attached furnIshed f01 40c Catalog house prIce $1890, furnIshed our members $1475 Th'" No lOb cut "Ith dese rIptIOn 40c Catalog house prIce $17 95 fur-nIshed our member" for $1375 Send all orders to the secretary and comply with association rule. 23 TH1S ARTISTIC BUFFET 1'7 No 0202 solId oah artIstIC buftpt " gottpn up In a plaIn rf'hTled de,H(ll ancl ha~ a beC1ut1ful golden oak fimsh It has one e"tla hrgp clrT\'\ el thr 8( medlllln SIzed ura \\ er<., and tv. a large cupboa1d~ Three mll ror<., In ton Price at our store fhl'- ",,0 0202 BuftE't cut VI 1th de SCrIptIOn attachE'd furmshed to our members for 40, Catalog house PllCE' $13 9') furmshed to our mem bers bv u~ for $10 80 THIS ARTISTIC BUFFET F7 No 102 ThIS umque and art,stlc ])uffet IS made of g a Ide n qua1tered oak It ha'3 one large drav. er and t\, 0 medlurn 91ZPU dra ,vers r-rhe Iv. a cupboa1Cl~ ha\ C' door'3 fitted w11h alt gla" It aho 1", French legs Vlltl) calHd claw feet Price at our store 1'111<"No 102 Buffet cut WIth {1p. sCllptlOn attQchell furnl-,lled to our mem!>e1' for 40c ('atalog hou~e pllce $16 9" furDl"hed to our mem ber~ b\ u~ fOI $131) THIS UP TO DATE BUFFET P7 No 203 Th,s up to clate buf-fet 1<;made of golden fint"h oak and ha,s a \ery plam attractlye canopy top v. hlch IS fitted WIth a 14'<32 be\ el mnlOr at <;uperwr quality 1hIS IS a \ PO practl cal buffet PRICE AT OUR STORE Minnesota Retail Furniture Dealers' Ass'n. w. L. GRAPP~ Secretary~ Janesville~ Minnesota. 1'hl<; No 203 buffet cut WIth de SCrIptIOn attached, furm ~hod to our meml)ClS for 400 Catalog house prIce $15 90 ThiS No 20Q Buffet fur mshed our membe1s for $1235 24 WEEKLY ARTISAN 350 FEET DEEP, 100 FEET WIDE, MAIN SECTION 8 STORIES. FOURTEEN-ELEVEN (THE FURNITURE EXHIBITION, CHICAGO.) Will witness the greatest number of visiting furniture buyers this coming January ever known; not less than 2000 buyers will place orders in FOURTEEN-ELEVEN during the January market, and another 2000 will buy here during the spring months. That is 4000 opportunities for you to do business it you will exhibit your samples in tbis Great Furniture Exhlbition. Chicago, the Great Central Furniture Market, needs your line to help supply tbis army ofbuyers, and you need the orders. Contract for your space immedi-ately. Make a big exhibit in Janu-ary and the buyers will do the rest. Floor plan showing space avaIlable for 1910 sent on application. THE FOURTEEN-ELEVEN COMPANY 1411 Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO. WEEKLY ARTISAN 25 NEW BOOK ON AN OLD SUBJECT Francis Lenygon on FU1'niture and Decorations From Charles I to George III. An ever elH;rosslng ~ubJect IS the one of the mtenor and hV1l1g arrangements of the great palace,., of the Se, enteenth and EIghteenth Centt11le<;, t11the splend1d rooms of which the ImagmatlOn lS fond of p1ctunng the court1ers of James and the cavahers of Challes I, the dandle., of the RestoratIOn or the sllk-coated nobles of the long re1~ns of the early George~ A recent addItion to the books upon thl,., subject 1,.,an authon-tatlVe pubhtatlOn 11l1ported b} Charles Scnbner's Son., by FranCls Lcnygon "The DecoratIOn and } url11ture of Eng-hsh ::\ldnslons Dunng the Se, cnteenth and E1ghteenth Cen-tunes" These} ears coy er the \,01 k of lt11go J one~, Slr \I"'G ,nJEHIG<\.' 'lO'.G'lBFR 5 19!)!) FR1DAY 11 ---- SPIEGEl'S SATURDAY SPECIAL THIS FOUR PIECE M1SS10N SET Consls!IOl14"fM"SlOn Oe,k Table, M,ss,on Oe,k Chair M,SSIonMa~az1J1eStand and Ml5s10nAnJl Rocker $ 95i~~~r1'-' ~ .!.- Cash, I =$1,00-- Montbly -- Sold on 30 Days' Free Trial ThIS four-p.lece mISSion set, as shown In the IUUS~ tratlDl1 \V 11be placed on bale Saturday at all four of our bIg stores fhe sale begms at 8 a m and closes at 9 p m It IS one of the best if not the best values we have eyer offered Each and every pIece s made of solid oak fimshed m a neh earl) Lngl sh The Desk Table has large drawer letter files etc fhe Arm Rocker IS upholstered m fabncord leather 1.nd IS 1 rge roomy and comfortable 1he Magazme Rack and Desk Cha r are neat In des gn and strongly made ThIS "et \\ III make a complete fUffilshrng for )-our 1 brary or den DON'T OVE~LOOKTHIS BA~GAIN OPEN SATURDAY EVENING TILL 9 O'CLOCK AT ALL STORES Saturday ijome Outfit Special $62.50 TERMS a~:~::th1Y Sold on Tlurty Day~' Free Trial STORES LOOATED AT 2023.2031 Mllwoukee Av Near Armlt&gl!> A'i N W Oe;;;;A."hland tv oud ~tb St STORES LOCATED AT 2023 2031 Milwaukee Av Near Arm.lta.ge Av N Vol Corner Asbland-Av ",d 48th St 91339135 Oommerclal Av. 91339135 OommereJ.&1 Av I South Clueago South Chicago A Sample Advertisement Chnstopher \\ ren and Grenl111g GIbbons, \V 111lam Kent, the brothers Adam, Chippendale, IIepple\\hlte, and Sheraton, all the great figures 111thIS world The pecuhar \ alne of the book to the modern house-owner and bmlder b to be found 111the fact that much progre"'s has been made of late} ears not only 111the stud} of the arts of the RenaIssance 111r.m;land but 111the1r apphcatlOn.., to modern condItIons of hfe The improvement 111archItecture, furl11ture, and clecOl-atlOn dunng the last ten years 1,." to a great extent, oW111gto a better knowledge of the st} le,., wh1ch prevaIled dunng the best penods Dlfte1 ent branches of the :oubJect ha, e been dealt With by vallOUS authors, yet cel ta111 aspects seem to have been overlooked, and the, alue of 1\Ir Lenygon' ~ work hes 111 its a1m of embrac111g the treatment of walls, of cel1111gs of floors, and of furmture, 111short, the de, elopment of the whole scheme of 111tenor decoratiOn 111 England dunng the two centunes outhned before 111the iltle In the book espec1al attentIOn has been focu"'ed upon the Over 8 50, 000 Alaska refrigerators sold sin c e I 878. DeSlfable features of an Alaska Refrigerator: Small consumption of Ice. Maximum amount of cold, dry air. Absolutely sanitary pro-vision chamber. Simplicity of operation. Perfect preservation of food. \Ve sell to dealers only. WRITE FOR CATALOG . The Alaska Refrigerator Co. Exclusive Refrigerator Manufacturers. MUSKEGON, MICH. L E, Moon, New York Manager, 369 Broadway, New York CIt,. • . .~ vexed questlOn of adequate photographIc lllustratlOn, which 111th1S case has been solved qmte satIsfactonly The chapters follow first the vanou,., schools as they developed and then turn to those aspects of the 111ten01 wh1ch only too frequently are neglected or sum manly treated, such as the plaster orna-mentatlOn, the velvets and dama,.,ks, wood pane1l111g, ch1mney p1eces, the hght111g, carpets, and, finally, some reference to the early use of lacquered furmture and the nOw nearly forgotten gesso ware The speCImens of eally lacquer 111England were ongl11- ally obtamed 111 Japan by the few favored merchants who reSIded and traded 111England at the beg11111lng of the Seven-teenth Century and the1r use spread dur111g the RestoratlOn penod The Engh"h 1m1tatlOns appeared dunng the penod of the fi1:>t two Georges Gesso work 01lg111ated 111Italy but became common 111 England dunng the re1gn of W1lham and Mary The process cons1sts of the formatIOn of a coat of hard depOSIt, Wh1tl11g, glue, etc, upon the subject to be treated, thIS was then carved away 111to a des1gn and the sur-face gIlt all over \v hIle poss1ble of only hmited apphcatlOn, ma111ly to m1rror frame., or table tops, the treatment is one of ::,uch decoratIve value that 1S is curiou:, It has been so neglected Gamble Joins the Luce Furniture Company. "Ted" Gamble, a veteran salesman, formerly w1th Skin-ner & Steenman, has engaged w1th the Luce Fur11lture Com-pany, and WIll tray el 111the mIddle west The Artes1a Fur11lture Company has been organized w1th $50,000 capital stock, pa1d 111,to take over the busine:os of the ellery Fur11lture Company, dealers of Albuquerque, N Mex1co ... 26 WEEKLY ARTISAN Retires After Thirty Years. \Y1llJam S Emer} one of the orgal117ers and the fir"t manager of the New England (now Grand Rap1ds) Furn- 1ture Company, wIll ret1re from the "en Ice of the com pan} on January 1, after 30 years of cont1l1uou" "en Ice \Ir Emery has a very w1de acqua1l1tance 111 the trade and en JOYS great populanty. Few men hV1l1g hay e "een "0 many changes 111 the 1I1dustry and so many men come and go In recalhng hi" expenence" he mentlOned the late John 1\1 Sm} th of Chicago, 111 k111dly terms Before 'Ed' Kennedy retired from the employ of the John 1\1 Smyth company, the \e\\ England supphed that corporatlOn with a con"ldelable quan-tIty of good", Mr Emery remarked "On my next tnp to Chicago, after 'Ed' qUit, I wa" 1I1troduced to \Ir Sm} th It was my first meet1l1g with 111m 'You hay e "old OUi com-pany goods)' he I11qUlred 'Ye", I hay e had "ome of} our tl ade but only half a" much a" I would hke to ha\C '\\ ell, I \\ III tell my "on to look over the stock h"t" Come In to-morrow' "I can not do so To-morrow IS the tenth an11lversar} of my wedcbng and my Wife expects me to be at home, I can not cli"appoll1t her nor depnve m}"elf of her compamon"hlp for the day \\ e talked III a plea~ant way of our earl" mati 1- m011lal expenence" when It was learned that we \\ ere born In the same} ear, about the "ame time of the month and had marned on the "ame da} of the week, month and} eal He ach I"ed me to go home but to be "ure to call on him \\ hen I returned to Chicago I cbd "0 and he g-a\ e me a mce ordel "1\11 Smyth was an able, con"ClentlOu" bU"llle"" man !Ie acqu~red hi" mIllion legltImatel} Although partIclpatll1g achy ely 111 pobhc" he wa" clean, fair and honorable He never sought politIcal preferment, but dehghted to "en e hi" fnends" 1\Ir Emel y expect" to re-enter the furmture trade agall1 early 111 the coml11g year Window Displays in Austria. In respon"e to 1l1qlllnes regard1l1g a possible market in the clhes of Bohemia for wllldow fixtures for shop dl3plays -\mencan Consul J I Bnttalll, of Prague, "tates that the \ anOl!" merchants appear to be attached to their pre"ent methods These he expla1l1" as follows The fixture" used con"l"t pnnclpally of racks, arrangecl With proJechng p01l1t", or long teeth, for the "upport of hon-zontal rods. made of bra", or 11lckel plated These rods may be adJu"ted to re"t at \anou" distances apart Another POP\' lal method for dl"pla} Ing merchandise IS by placl11g platc-gla,," "helve" 111 the w1l1dow", re"t111g on artistiC metal frames, bra"" or 111ckel plated For "hoe" the shelves are placed at an angle of about 30 degree" to show the footwear to good deh antage fhe "llOpkeepel takes great pnde 111 haVing h1:o w1l1dow dres"ed 111an attractIve manner and the glass perfectly clean at all time", no matter how small the shop or how small the city Frequently the greater part of the stock of merchandise I" dl"played1l1 the w1l1dow" of the smaller shops It 1S much Ie"" elifficult to make attractive display" here than In Amencan <,tore" a" \\111dow" open outward on h111ge" Even heavy plate-pIa"" \\ 1l1dow". 10 to 15 feet "quare, are "0 arranged and dre,,,ed from the "treet, ll1steac1 of from the 1I1slde, as 111 \mellca 1he large wll1c1ow" al e u"uall} arranged 111 the mClllllng before an} pede"tnan'3 are on the street" The \\ all "pace betv\een "hop" I" frequently rented by em nel" ot adJo1111ng store" and arranged to appear bke W1l1- dow", gn 1l1g the appearance of be1l1g a large "hop When one wI"hes to examine an arhcle ch"played 111 a w1l1dow the propnetor or clerk goe" to the "treet With a key, unlocks the w1l1do\\. and take" out the arhcle, then locks hi" w1l1c1ow i.-.-------------------------------a-.g.a1-l-1 ------ ---.-.-.----------..-...-...-------------------------t- -., NEW PROCESS FUllING LIQUID produces on any oak results equal in every respect to those obtained by the old tedious and expensive actual fuming method. This especially prepared material when applied to any oak acts with the acids in the wood and produces that peculiarly beautiful, brown-ish effect known as "Fumed Oak." Nothing affects the finish, which may be thoroughly sandpapered without fear of cutting through. Send for FREE sample. We supply everything in Paint Specialties and Wood Finishing materials. CHICAGO NEW YORK .. . - .. . --.- - - .. WEEKLY ARTISAN 27 -.. ---.--._-. -.-"-...-..--.-.-.-_. __._-_._-------_.------------------_._------------ .... SLIDING SHOE FOR USE ON DESK LEGS This shoe does the work of a caster yet allows the desk legs to set close to floor. Fastened with flat head wood screw and furnished in three sizes. SEND FOR SAMPLES AND PRICES No. 1493 PULL A very fine handle for desks in the square effect. Something different from the regular bar pulls. GRAND RAPIDS BRASS CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MIOl-i. • New Furniture Dealers. I R Horton 13 a new fur11lture dealer at Hanford, Cal VV L l\Iealy 1S a new fur11lture dealer at Black Earth, VV1S Revach & Colher hay e a new fur11lture "tore at Porter-vIlle, Cal A V BerkebIle has opened a new furniture store at HooversvIlle, Pa Macken & Parker IS the name of a new retaIl fur11lture firm at Rochester, Mmn The Globe Fur11lture Company have opened a new re-tall :"tore m Baton Rouge, La The Ideal Mattress Company (11anufacturer:,,) of A.llen-twon, Pa, have opened a furl11ture :"tore In South Bethlehem, Pa Wemstock Bros have opened a large general store at CoalInga, Cal, and are prepanng to add a furnIture depart-ment A J Broyles, S P Buster and Mrs SallIe Cout:", have mcorporated the Buster-Broyles FurnIture Company, capItal-ized at $20,000 to engage 111 the reta11 bU"111ess m Houston, Texas The Cor11lsh FurnIture Company of Uttle Rock, Ark, has been mcorporated by L K Corl11sh and others to buy and sell furnIture at wholesale and retaIl CapItal "tock $50,000 of V\ lIICh $10,000 has been "ubscnbec1 The Allen Furl11ture Company, cap1tal not le.,s than $1,000 and not over $10,000, ha" been mcorporated WIth E. A Bam, preSIdent, T L. BlankenshIp, \ Ice-presIdent, and E L Allen, secretary and treasurlOr, to estabhsh a new furn- 1ture store 111Petersburg, Va IJ - aT .a.,,_ New Factories. The Progress League of Alexandna, Va, 1S promotmg a furn1turc plant and a chan factory for that town. '1he D1110n Frame Company i:o a new concern orgal11zec1 to manufacture wmc10w frames, screen:", mtenor fi11lsh, etc, at E11lc1,Okla The \V1110W Screen and BlInd Company of Toledo, OhlO, has been 111corporatec1 to engage m a general manu-factunng busmess Cap1tal stock, $100,000 The Loughman Cab111et Company of St Lams, Mo, have purcha"ed a slte on Rutger street at a cost of $20,000, on wlllch they \\ 111erect a new furl11ture factory at an est1mated cost of $50,000 Through the a:"Slstance of the Chamber of Commerce, a company ha" been orga11lzec1 w1th $50,000 cap1tal to estab-lI., h a plant for the manufacture of metal furniture m that C1ty The Acme Lumber and Manufactunng Company has been mcorporatec1 w1th $20,000 cap1tal to engage m the lum ber and general manufactunng bus111ess at Rome, Ga. Cha1rs or some other lIne of fur11lture may be one of the1r products The Moore-Stone ChaIr Co, Lenon, N C 1S a new con-cern, recently 111corporated, WIth $125,000 cap1tal. by 0 F Lutz, Jas C Moore and T J Stone, all of LenOlr The company wIll manufacture chans and all kmds of fur11lture Gnghton B French, Albert P A.rmour,. George T Ray-mond and :;\Iaunce C Turner have mcorporated the G B French Cabinet Company, capltahzed at $10,000, to estabhsh a plant and do a general woodwork manufactunng busine"s 1n Brooklyn, New York The 38th Semi-annual 1\.: ,\ york Expos1tlOn wIll open January 17, close February 5 28 WEEKLY ARTISAN Demurrage Rules Adopted. The K atlOnal AssoCIatIOn of Rad\\ a, COmm1%10neb has finally adopted a u111form code of demun age 1ules The act- Ion wa" taken after long d1'>cu"slOn, at a meetmg held m Calder and Wenderoth Will Represent Gunn. 1he Gunn }Ul111ture Company have engaged George W. Calder and R J \\ enderoth to represent the company on the road next year l\Ir \Yenderoth w111cover all terntory east of COLUMBIA COUCH CO., TOLEDO, OHIO Made upm our In the best of Chase Leather or Merokene or crushed SIlk or Mohalf plush. ExceIaior Brand of strIctly No I Leather Either Steel construclion or eight knots hand lied Curled half top. Burlt on honor a I I through B est Steel construclion we can buy. Burlt as good In every way as If made JUST A BUNCH m leather. OF FLYERS The four $60 The four $110 FOR THE LIVE BUYER .. Frames of finely selected quartered oak veneer, hand carvmgs and highly poirshed. TERMS, 2'b 15 Days; Net 30 Days. F. O. R. Factory. FOUR MONEY MAKERS FOR YOU MR. FURNITURE MAN. WARDROBES BEDROOM FURNITURE CHIFFONIERS MAHOGA:'SY, TU:'SA ~IAHOGA:'SY, CIRCASSIAN WALNUT, GOLDEN OAK QUALITY CONSTRUCTION FINISH Let Us Serve You Manufactured by The Stille & Duhlmeier Company Cincinnati, Ohio \IVa"h111gton last \VednesddY The code mcludes the "forty eIght hour f1 ee tune'" rule but the recIprocal demurrage prop0'>ltlOn was rejected The code IS to appl) to all '3tate as well as 111terstate t1ansportatlOn The obJ ect of the assoClatlOn In appro\ 111gthe code \\ as to fac1htate ItS actual apphcatlOn to all transportatIOn on the .ground that demurrage rule", loosely drawn and laxly en-forced, con"tltute one of the la"t ,>tronghold" of those who seek to render the law aga111st d1,>cnm111atlOn Impotent the .:\11ssoun n, er and .:\Ir Calder \\ 111take the terntory west of that tream Early knowledge of the trend of the trade, as well as ot the ne\\ Idea" of the manufacturers wIll be gamed by an edl1) \ l"lt to the 38th SemI Annual New York Expo~ntlOn It \\111 open at the FurnIture Exchange, Lexmgton avenue and 43rd "treet, on January 17, to close February 5 from fourth to tlurd place, as a re"ult of the v ery heavy fallmg off m the output of Texa'i, whICh dropped from third place 1111907 to sn:th place 1111908 The cut m Arkansas decrea"ed about one-'ilxth, but neverthele'i'i the "tate advanced 111rank from 'ilxth to fourth place \ VI'iCOn"m and 1\Ilclugan, with deci ea'ie'i of about one-fifth held fifth and .,eventh place", re~pectlvely, m both years In r~cent } ear:o the productIOn m :'IIlchlgan has been decreas-mg ~teadlly, falling m 1907 below the two-bllhon mark for tche fir'it tll11e m nearly forty } ear" Smce 1880, however, .MIchigan ha'i cut nearly 100 bllhon feet of lumber, a pro-duction which has not been approached hy that of any other state The output m \N'I'iCOn"m, Its neare"t competitor dunng the same penol, wa'i probably les" than 7S bllhon feet The reported output m Georgia wa" 6 per cent greater m 1908 than 1907 ThiS apparent mcrease, howevcl, wa'i due chiefly to the fact that, through the aid of .,peClal agents In obtammg re-ports from delmqucnt manufacturer", a fullel canvass of the nul1-. wa" secured m 1908 than m the prevIOus year Small mcrease., m output are also "hown for Idaho, 'Massachusetts, Oklahoma, utah and \\} omm~ WEEKLY ARTISAN GOOD REASON FOR HIGHER PRICES Great Decrease in the Lumber Cut.·.Michigan Still Holds Record for Thirty Years. The facts and figures con tamed 111the fort.hcommg Um-ted States Census Buteau bullet111 on 'lumber, lath, and "hmgles m 1908 cll"clo"e m mO'it "tnkmg manner the adver"e conditIOns obta111111gm the lumber mdu'3try dunng that year and they ,how why pnce:o have advanced The annual Fed-eral report on the statistics of forest proc1uct" IS compiled by a committee of expert;, from the Census Bureau and the Fore"t ~ervlce The Cen"u" I" repl e"ented by \\ ~I Steuart chief 'itatlstlclan for manufacture'i, and J E \\Thelchel, ex-pert chief of divIsIOn, while R S Kellogg, a.,sl"tant forester, and A H Pierson, fore'it a'iSI'3tant, repre"ent;, the Forest Service A comparatIVe summary of the total value" for the several group'i of forest products mvestlgated for the cal-ender years 1907 and 1908 follows Lumber, lath, and shmgle" Cro"s Tle'3 Pulpwood Tanbark and tanlllng extract" Slack cooperage stock Tight cooperage "tack Pole" Veneer V·{ood cllst111atlon 1908 $541,545,640 56,280,568 28,047,47) 2l,36l,71CJ 16.900,651 14,406,443 S 928,824 7,891,431 5,899,42(1 1907 $707,095,409 78958,69S 32,360.276 21,205 547 15,800,253 19,807,370 8,081,768 6,436,237 8,196.181 Totab $698,262.175 $897,941.736 The heavv decrease 111the total value repOl ted for 1908 reflect" the a'i~erta111ed fallmg oft m the 111du'itry As a result of the busmes'i depreS'ilOn, the quantity of lumber, 33, 224,- 369 thou'3and feet, board measure, produced m 1908 was Ie"" than that for any other year for which rellable data are available smce 1900 The average cut of lumber per active mill shown by the report;, for 1']08 wa" but little more than 1,000,000 feet, as agamst neady 1,400,000 feet per mill 1111907 The bulk of thiS decrease, It IS "tated, V\ as undoubtedly due to smaller production The gradual n'ie m the average value l'i apparent frolll the fact that the pnce 1111900 per thousand feet at the 111111for all the lumber produced was $11 13, In 1904, $1276,111 1900, $1654; m 1907, $1656, V\lth a drop back to $1537 1111908 \Vhlle there was an 111crease of 2,381, or 83 per cent, 111 the number of nulls engaged 111the productIOn of lumber, there was a decrease of 7,031,785,000 feet, or 17 5 per cent, in the total quantity of the output In the case of mO'3t of the "tates reports were secured from a greater number of actIVe mill." for 1908 than for 1907, while, on the other hand, the cut m 1908 wa" generally less than In 1907 \N' ash111gton, which had remarked fir'3t In lumber 1'10- ductlOn for several years, still held thiS place 1111908, although 111 quantIty the cut of thiS "tate wa" closely approached by that of LOUISiana K early all of the lumber manufactured 111 \Alash 111gton was of Dougla" fir, willie LOUISiana wa" first 111the productIOn of lumber of tv\ 0 IUlportant k111ds, yellow pme and cypre"" Heavy decrease" m the productIOn of Douglas fir and yelloV\' pme were general 1111908, whtle the cut of cypress was nearly the same m both years, hence the decrease m total productIOn m Lom"lana m 1908 wa" les" marked, bemg only 84 per cent, whtle the decrease In \Vash-ington was 22 8 per cent While 1\llsslsslPPI suffered a de-crease of over one-tenth 111 the quantity of ItS output of lumber m 1908 as compared With 1907, It advanced lt1 rank New Ym"kMarkets. New York, NO\ 19-0n Kovember 1, \lex Smith & Co, pO'3ted a bulletm announcIng "No change In prlce'i untIl further notIce' They gave "further notIce" last .!\fonday b} announcmg an advance of 50 cenb each on ilalf a dozen cllfferent ,,17es and kmd" of 1ug'i, but 'iO far have made no general auvance on carpet'3 Lmseed OIl ha'3 gone up about two cent:. per gallon and IS held firm at the new quotatIOns \Ye",tern raw, 64 @ 65c, CIty raw, 65 @ 66, smg-le bolled, $66 @ 67, double bolled $67 @ 68-the higher figure'3 HI each ca'ie applY1l1g to le,,'3 than five-barrel lots Turpent1l1e lose about half a cent m thl'3 market eaIly 111the week but It had dropped back to 58 cenb The Sa-vannah market 1'3reported firm at S40 @ 55 cents Goat Sk111'3,'Alih the exceptIOn of MeXIcans are dull Stock'3 of all vanetle:o are sold clo'ie up here. and receipts are stIll lIght The only matenal change lt1 quotations IS on MeXican", the best grades of which have been sold m small lots at 45 cent'3 An Improvement 111 the demand for varl11sh gums IS reported from the west, but the ea'3tern trade IS dull V\lthout change in pnces. The '3hellac trade 1" reported as "tead} and qmte "atIs factory QuotatIOns are normally unchanged and It IS more dIfficult to obtam conce"SlOns, than It was last week. Judgmg from condlhons here the whole country seems to be well supplIed WIth burlap'3 BU'3mess b light and though the card rates are still 350 for eight ounce and 450 for 100 ounce goods, mo"t of the transactIOn" are made at figures con"lderably lower There 1'3nothmg ne" m the conditIOn of the hardwood lumber market;, Southern and we 'item p0111t'3report a con-tmued hardel11ng of prices on all londs and grade"" except whIte ash, which 1'3 'iald to be weaker owmg to the u"e of vanous sub"tItute<; It sometIme" happen" that even the man who IS hiS own best fnend sometImes gets left There are no game laws governmg the sport of killIng time the Huntley-HIlI Stockton Company s Store at Greensholo, '\ C ] he \1 ueller & ~Iack Company eApect to occupy the ne\\ fi\ e Hoar addItIon to theIr factory In the near future The fir"t and "econd floor'i wIll be u"ed for offices and 'ihow MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS Frank George succeeds A K J\[lIIs 111the retaIl fur11lture bus111ess at Boonsvtlle, 1\10 E G Solomon has purcha~ed a half 111tere~t In D P Peeple's ~tore at NashvIlle, Ga Arthur A J one'i, fur11lture dealer of Phoe11lA, \11/, ha" taken In F J DaVIS a~ a partner Blom & Le111n'iton, furl11ture dealel" of Jenn1112;~, La, have sold out to E E But'ion & Co The Standard Fur11lture Company of '\a~h\ IlIe, Tenn have opened a branch store I11 l\Iemphl'i The new factory of the Grand RaPld~ ShO\\ Ca"e Com-pany wIll soon be ready for occupancy The Elh~ FurnIture Company of LIttle Rod.. \1 k ha~ been mcorporated CapItal '3tock Sl; 000 The U11lted StateiO board of general appral"el" hay e I uled that whIte enamel (nnported) IS not \ ar111"h W J Barnum ~ucceed~ Ira F \ \ alt & Co, dealer~ 111 fur11lture and office ftxture" 111 Seattle, \\ a"h The Omohundro Furl1lture and Hardware Compam ot \iVhlte"boro, Tex, ha" filed notIce of dl~'iolutlon L C Day ha" ~old hl'i fur111ture and undertak111l::; hU"I-ness at SylVIa, Kan~, to J II Campbell & ~on Hedgeahl & Shaw have iOucceeded Hedgeahl & Stewart l11 the retaIl fur11lture bu~me~" 111Seattle, \ \ ash Oscar Olson 110now sole 0\\ ner of the Garden Com pam fur11lture and hardware dealer" at Landa '\ Dak S11lder & Allen, undertakers and dealel ~ 111fur11lture amI hardware at Kalona, Iowa, have 'inld out to \ E Ra\ George B Fowler, for man} } ear~ c)\\ner of the Hub fur111ture store In Boston, dIed at hl~ home la"t 5:lunda\ E H Bu~h ha~ rebred from the fil m of \IcDougal Bl o~ & Bush, furnIture and hardware dealer" of ] ecum"eh, '\ ebr The firm of Goode & ?\Ichols, funl1ture dealer" at Gllffin Ga, has been dIssolved, ::'vIr 1'\ Ichols retInng from the bU"I-ness The People's Vndertak1l1g Cnmpan} of Zane~\ llIe () have doubled theIr capItal "tock-1l1crea"ed from $10000 to $20,000. CredItors ha\ e filed a petItlOn 111bankruptcy aga111"t the CaIro Furl1lture Company who run 'ie\ eral store" l11 Southern IIltnOls. G W. Caldwell and J o"eph Este'i, fur11lture dealel s at SenlOa, Ga, have consoltdated theIr "tocb and WIll matenalh enlarge the bus111e"" J M \Vhlte, undertaker of Spnngfield, \10, \\ ho ched recently, left an estate valued at about $60,000 to be dIvIded between hIS two '>1ster'i The firm of Jacoby Bro'i, dealers l11 fur11lture, 'itm e" etc at Verden, III, ha" been dls~oh ed Den J Jacob} "el11112;out to hIS brother L F Jacoby The Laborde-Gelman Company, fur11lture dealer'i of Bndgeport, Conn, have added a rug department to then store under the management of Andre\\ Ceel} The fur11lture and hardware firm of Ol"on & Tohn"oll Troy, Idaho, has been mcorporated under the nam'e of the Ol"on & Joh11'>on Company CapItal ~tock $50,000 F A Grossenbacher, a memher of the fur11lture firm ot the Sterltng & Welch Company, Cleveland, 0, commItted sUlClde recently Poor health was the cause of hI', act Allen Pea~e, 'ie1110r member of the \l1en Pea"e Compan\ furl11ture dealers of VI 1mbor Lock" Conn, and \[r" EI1/a D HamIlton of Suffield, Conn, were marned on Xovember 10 James C Cherry, consIdered one of the most capable fur11lture men I11 the south has taken charge as manager of roonl~ The .'-Jape Cabmet Camp am of )Jonvood, near Manetta, Uhlo, wtll soon take pO'i'3eS"lOn of theIr new factory The \1 alletta ChaIr Com pan} ''3 new office 110also neanng cOm-pletIon fhe Butlel (OhIO) Fur11lture and EqUIpment Company, I elentl} orga11lzed have brought the factory,' machmery, I a \\ ma tellal on hand and good \VIII of the Butler Manufac-tUllng COmpany '1 he Impenal I ur11lture Company, Grand RapIds, have commenced the el ectlOn of an addltlOn to theIr \Varehouse I t WIll be 40 x 204 feet In ~1/e and fur11lsh much needed pack111g and 'ihlPPlng fallhtle'3 Harn~ ReIbel, a fur111ture dealer of 951 EIlLabeth avenue, Elt7abeth '\ Y bought an old 'iecond hand bureau recently, and found a 'iecret drawer m It whIch conta111ed valuable paper~ whIch wel c returned to the owner \ ch"pute, and lon..,ecluent delay, over award111g contracts f01 metal fur111ture HOl the new cIty hall l11 Cleveland, Oh1O, I" ..,alel to ha\ e co"t the cIty about $15,000-the pnce of tU1111ture ha\ In2; been ach anced recently 'I he Penn,,) Iv a111a ratlroad ha'3 decIded to expend S2 000 000 11l the erectIOn of car 'ihop" at Terre Haute, Ind \\ hen completed 4,000 men WIll be emplo) ed In the works ~ con'3lderable amount of wood workmg machl11ery WIll be 1 eqUlred J F ~lcOI n ha" bought the 111tere"t of A. 1\1 Johnson 111the Snoho111l'ih (\\ a~h ) FUr11ltUle Company and WIll en-lal ge the "tock and carry a better grade of goods Mr Al-con "pent "e\ enteen year" a" a manufacturer of furmture betore he \\ent v\e~t In 1903 Ihe IlerLog \It I'Ul111ture Company of Sagl11aw, Mlch, \\ Ito a~ "tated la"t \\ eek, ha\ e added automobtle bodle'3 to thell 1Jnc ot product'i are bUlld111g an addltlOn to theIr plant to accommodate the ne\\ department The new bUlld111g wtll be three ~tone'i, 63 x 180 feet E G Flebach, formerly de..,lgner WIth StIckley Bros, Clland RapId", and recently \\ Ith the PossellUs Manufactunng Compan), ha" led~ed the bUlld111g formerly used as a factory b) Ton~mg Bro~, Portland, Ore, and \VIII make lodge and ~peclal order fur111ture and l11tenor finIshes J T 5:lhort one of the propnetors of the Hub Furmture Com pan) of I ong Beach, Cal, has assocIated hImself WIth L L I ambert and \VIII cont111ue the buslne"s under the old name '11m, change follow~ the recent dliOsolut1On of partner- 'ihlp between ;\11 Short and C c\ \\ lllard Dec1ar111g that It represented the sav111gs of a hfetime ,lIS" Emma l\I ooney filed a plea WIth the referee l11 bank-ruptC\ to reco\ er $3000 "he loaned to the Coppage Fur111ture Com pam of 1I111neapolts, recently adjudged bankrupt The clal111 could not be allowed becau"e the money was really a pel "onal loan to a member of the company and was therefore not good agal11st the corporatlOn \ t the annual meet1l1g of the St LoUl'i (:\10) I, ur11lture lJoard of 1 racle officer" were elected a" follow" Pre"ldent, J \ Partndge fir"t \ Ice-presIdent, J o~eph J oenng, iOecond \Ice-pre~ldent, Harr) \'ornbrock, secretar), Leo F Ferren-kopf, hea"urer, George C Dledench DIrectors-Joseph A. Stel11meyer, C C Ta} lor, John F :\llchaels, C J Kostuba, J J Gruender and Charles F. J\llller. WEEKLY ARTISAN The season for banquets is here. Get a stock of our Banquet Table Tops so as to be ready to supply the demand. I~-- .._---------------------------- r-----------·····-------------·-·----·-----------------------------------------------------------------~ I I,I ,I I I,,I III -------- ··Kickers" Failed to Appear. ChIcago fire msurance men report that the net result of the sene", of pubhc heanngs ~1Ven by the comml"slon ap-pomted by the last Legl"lature to consIder the advIsabIlIty of glvmg the state "upervlslon over fire II1surance rates has been an adJourl1lnent for lack of dbgruntled pohcyholder'> The commIssIon was appoll1ted to hear and consIder com-plamts as to rate", and condItIOns So far nobody has been found dlspo"ed to aIr hI", gnevance", On the other hand, all of the Wltnesse" who te"tIfied appeared to be 0ppo'3ed to regulatIOn of rates It IS thought that unles" "ome E,tIonger LestImony m favor of the move IS forthcom111g, the comml,,",lon wJ11 not recommend It, but wIll urge the Improvement of n"ks, antl-dl'iCnmll1atlOn laws and po~slbly the lImItatIOn of expenses The eVIdence taken by the commISSIon showed that the compames have contnbuted more than $200,000 to the Under- ~ nter'3' Laboratones, "hose object IS the reductIOn of fire wa"te, through the Improvement of blllldmg matenal and the standan1JzatlOn of fire fightll1g, preventll1g and retardll1g de VIce" The commIssion wa" told that rate'3 are based by the advIsory bureau upon mspectlOn reports showmg the hazards and are sold only to tho'>e compames whIch deSIre to pur-chase them The Pennsylvama raIlroad placed orders for 10,000 freIght cars dunng the current week E\ Idently the com-pany IS satIsfied WIth the bus111esE,outlook DINING and OFFICE Our Large New Line of TABLES are the best on the American market when prices and quality are considered. STOW I{ Df\VIS fUKNITUKf, GO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 31 Ij ---------------._-----"------~._."---------' City Salesroom, 4th floor. Blodeett BIde. Hill Sees No Car Famine. vv hlle m New York la"t "Monday James J HIll declared hm1'3elf well pleased WIth II1du"tnal conchtlOns 111the we..,t and enthusla"t1c over the present '3howll1g and outlook of the Great Northern He say" that busll1ess IS excellent, WIth trade movll1g "teaclJly and strongly, but WIth no pronounced boom There I", no posSIbIlIty on hIS l1l1es of a freIght car shortage thIs year, and although traffic IS heavy and well ahead of last year, the Great Northern could take care of a bIg 1l1crease 111the freIght movement, should one suddenly appear, WIthout runnll1g out of freIght cars Took an Observation. John 'vi\! Iddlcomb, presIdent 0\£ the John Wlddlcomb company, took an ob"ervatlOn of Grand RapIds and VICll1lty from the top of a smoke stack Just erected for the CIty water worb It IS 250 feet hIgh and the space occupIed by Mr 'v;\!lddlcomb on the top of the "tack IS not larger than a ronnd top table If every mdn who has been dlsapp01l1td in love should take It to heart, the world would be full of pessImIsts Some people are :-'0 formal that even when Bortune smIles on them they are apt to walt for an II1troc1uction SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 32 WEEKLY ARTISAN ~ _ -_ ., I I Miscellaneous Advertisements. POSITION WANTED. Young lady wants posltlOn as bookkeeper or had three years' expenence. Address" M. R." Artisan. cashIer, has care Weekly It HELP WANTED. A good furnIture man-assu;tant to buyer or one who has had all around expenence. A chance for man who wants to leave a smaller town and go mto a larger field. Address FurnIture Department, P. O. .Box 245, Trenton, N. J. 11-20tf If you are a resourceful, determmed, dIplomatIc salesman wIth enough Iron-m-your-blocd to fight for busmess and get It. the don't-know-when-your-hckea_kmd wIth the "maKe good" habIt, neIther "a has been' nor "a gomg to be" but an Iser," we want you on our sales force. We manufacture a lIne of dmmg room furnIture offenng more reasons that go down to bed rock why the trade should buy It, than most. A wmnmg Ime for a WInner. We must know your present lInes and the terntory you cover. Address "York," care thIs ofhce. 11 20-27 12-4-11 ----------------- --- -- - WANTED. of medIum pnced DInIng Room FurnIture m New York, :b.xperienced salesman to seU, on commISSIOn baSIS, our lIne (except towns belonging to MetropolItan Dlstnct) Central and hast ern Pennsyhar,la. State expenence and lInes now carned. Address Southern FurnIture Co., Atlanta, Ga. 11-20 WANTED. For terntory east of Buffalo, New York CIty, New York state and New England, one good lIne of furnIture to seU In con-nectIOn wIth my present lIne of dInmg chaIrs Address A E. W., care Weekly ArtIsan. 11-20 A Manufacturers' Agent dOIng a very successful bUSIness In BaltImore and WashIngton and surroundmg terntory deSIres one or two good lInes on commlSSlOn. Address "Success," Weekly ArtIsan. 11-13tf FOR SALE. WeU eqUIpped Carvmg and MouldIng Factory. In good lo-catIon. Lumber and coal cheap. A good chance for hustler understanding the bUSIness. Address W. H. Roberts, Knox- 'Hlle, Tenn. 11-30-20 WANTED. An experienced upholstery furniture salesman to work the larger towns in IllmOls, Iowa, Mlssoun, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. Must be a man who thoroughly understands the business. Good salary. Address "E T C," care Weekly ArtIsan, Grand RapIds, MIch. 11 6-13-20-27 WANTED-SALESMAN. Expecting to increase our force of salaned salesmen we want to hear from furniture salesman, open for engagement January 1st. Must have experience m road work in medIUm and better case work, and general line of furniture. State reference. None but well recommended, expenenced furni-ture roadman WIll be conSIdered. Address, HIgh Grade, Care MichIgan Artisan. 1O-23-tf. WANTED-LINES FOR 1910 Experienced salesman with establIshed trade between Buffalo and Bangor, Me., would like to carry several lInes of medIUm priced case goods on commISSIOn. Address "EsP\" care Weekly Artisan. 10-9 t. f. WANTED-WOOD SEAT CHAIR FACTORY To locate on our property at Columbus, Mississippi; unlimit-ed supply of red and white oak; red and sap gum and beech at extremely low cost; plenty cheap labor; fine factory site; un-excelled shipping faCIlities and low freight rates to good mar-ket. Might take some stock in well managed company. Ad-dress Interstate Lumber Company, Downing Building, Erie, Pa. BARGAIN! 40 H. P. direct current motor, latest make and in first class running condItion. Grand Rapids Blow Pipe & Dust Ar-rester Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 8-2Itf WANTED. First class superintendent to take charge of the manufac-turing part of our bUSIness. Apply statmg expenence, re-ferences and salary expected, to the Carrollton Furniture .. Manu.f.a.c.tur_ing.- Company_, ..C-arroUt-o.n-. --K-y.-. .-.-.--.-.-.---1-1--.6..t 26 25 14 Cover 8 Cover 11 10 9 17 From Sturgis to Hastings. C \\ 1n"h ha'i retired from the employ of the Grob-hher Lompan, 0+ Sturg1s, and entered the employ of the Ha'3tl11g" (\1Ich ) 1 able Com pan} as ira, ehng salesman Returns to Jamestown. (harIe'i F Re111}, recently w1th the '\[l11er Cablllet Com-pan), ha'i returned to the employ of the Jame'itown ('J Y) Lounge Com pam He wlll travel 111 h1'3 old terntor} Made by Mechamcs Furmture Co" Rockford, Ill. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. \d'1m, &. rlt1l1g COmpdny '\hskd Retngerator Company '\Iblo Venecr Company Bunes, \\ r & John Company Barton H H Son & Co Bus;, \Iadune VI, orks Challenge RefngeratOl Compdny DeBI uyn J C Delawale Chdll Compdny Dodds, Ale'{ander Fourteen-Ele, cn Compdny Grand RapIds Bra,s Company Grand RapIds Hand Screw Compdny Hoffman Brothers Com!) my Holcomb. '\ I & Co Holden Hem v S, Vcneer Company Hood & \\ nght Hotel "01mandle K1l1del Bed Company Luce Fur11lturc Company I uce Redmond Charr Company \Ianufacturers ExhIbItIon BUlldln" Company \Iechamcs Fur11ltUle Company \Itchlgan Lngra'1l1g Company \Itchlgan Star Fur11lture Compdny \Ilsccllaneous '\ elson \Iatter Fnr11lture Company '\ ew lork rur11lturc Exchdnge F..lchmond Charr Company Rmve E P Cdf\ln" \\ ork, Royal Chall Company SchultL &. Hrr~ch Compdny Sheboygan Chdrr Company SmIth & Da\ IS J\IanufactUl1l1g Compdny Spratt George & Co StIlle & Duhlmcler Stow & DaVIS 1< ur111turc Comp'1ny Udell \Vorks \\ lute Pnnt1l1g Compdny \\ ood, Morn" & Sons \ \ ysong & "",IIlcoComp'1ny 24 27 15 10 13 17 12 10 10 44 18 '3 12 32 Cover Cover 6 13 13 9 31 21 20 28 31 7 2 19 Cover ___ ~._-.------------1 I I IIII I III I I II IIII III IIII II I• I I II III II III II ~ ._-_.-----------_.-.- ----------- ---_. No 7 SCROLL SAW I h ~ ~·-------------~--------~ ~, - I THIS IS THE MACHINE That Brinl!s letters like the Followinl!l I BUSS NEW No.4 CABINET PLANER. Buss Machine Works. Holland, Mlch Gg,\tlemen. 11'8wlsh to cOlll.plltr,ent, Y<lu.On the WQt"ltlng ot Jour new ok Plac.er JUSt. 11stallad for us This machine does the best work of anJ planer we have eve- seen, ant' we are frank to sa.! so lIIul::hbe"t,er than we 8xpe.ctad. th t our foreman said he simplJ could not. get. along without it..and 1I1assure It waulo pay the price of' 1".,8811''Ill"hln eo. ye",r in ork. <:a ad on maOhlnea follolJ1.tI.& Wishing JOu deserved success with thiS new pa tern. 'ITSrell1ll1n. You"SverJ truly. Robbins Table Co The Buss Machine Works are havmg marked success WIth this new design of cabinet planer. The new method of beltmg-feed gears machme cut-together with the steel spnng sectional front feed rol1 and the late new sectional chip breaker, make a cabillet planer second to none on the market today. The Buss Machine Works are old manufacturers of cabmet planers and other woodworking tools, and keep abreast WIth the times with machilles of great efficiency. Woodworkers of al1 kinds will not make a mistake by writing di

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