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GRAND RAPIDS. MICH•• JUNE 11. 1910
SLIGH FURNITURE COMPANY
The Largest Manufacturersof CHAMBER FURNITURE
EXCLUSIVELY IN THE WORLD
Catalogue to Prospective Customers.
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Luce-Redmond Chair Co.,Ltd.
BIG RAPIDS,
MICH.
High
Grade Office Chairs
Dining Chairs
Odd Rockers and Chairs
Desk and Dresser Chairs
Sli pper Rockers
Colonial Parlor Suites
In
Dark and Tuna Mahogany
Blrd's Eyf Maple
Birch
!Zuartfud
Oak
and
Clr(aSSlan Walnut
Our Exhibit you will find on the
fourth
floor, East Section, MANUfACTURERS'BUILDING,North Ionia Street
GRAND RAPIDS,
Exhibit
in charge
MICHIGAN
of ]. C. HAMILTON, C. E. COHOES, ]. EDGAR FOSTER.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY
30th Year-No. 50
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH .• JUNE 11. 1910
Issued Weekly
TRUE HISTORY OF COLONIAL FURNITURE
How
It Was
Introduced
and How It Has
in America.
Virgima Robie in her book 'Hlstonc
Styles m Furmture" discusses in a most interestmg- manner the furnIture of
the vanous periods beginning- wIth that of the mIddle ages
and continuing down to the present day
The colomal style
was the accepted one for two centune"
from 1620 to 1820
The term "colonial furmture,"
used In Its lIteral sense mcludes the household effects of the colomsts from the tIme
of the settlement
of Jamestown,
untIl the war of the RevolutIOn
This definition eliminates the work of the EnglIsh
cabInetmakers
of the late eighteenth century and the EmpIre
style as well
To limIt the adjectIve "colomal" to the furmtUfe imported or made by the colomsts pnor to 1776, would
dIsqualIfy more than half of the old mahogany 111thIs country. The word has been in use So long-, 111ItS wIder sense, to
include everything
111 furnIture
from the earlIest posses"IOns
of the Pilgrims,
down to 1820, that It IS doubtful If the
lIteral meaning is ever accepted
The standards
of the old
world governed the Amencan
furmture
makers untIl 1830.
The colonial period In fUrJutll1 e outlIved the colomal period
111history fifty years
The first hundred years may be called the age of oak
and the second the age of mahogany
The fashIOn" 111furmture changed more slowly in New England than In the south
which was in closer touch with England
The Dutch influence came WIth the reIgn of WIllIam of Orange and the
Flemish and Spanish model" soon followed
Col,mIal furmture
had certa111 dlstmgUlshmg
types in
dIfferent part" of the country
That of the PIlgnms dIffered
from the colomsts m the south and each dIffered from that
of the Dutch settler"
The Huguenots
in Canada had household belongings dIffenng from the French 111LOUISIana The
Quaker and SwedIsh settler" m Pennsylvama
added stdl another element
In dIfferent state', of the south there was less
dIfference 111 colomal styles
The early PIlgnms and Pun tans were too poor to possess much more than the grim neceS<;Itles of lIfe compelled,
and so theIr furmture consIsted of hIgh back settees, chairs,
chests, pI am deal tables and an occasIOnal armchaIr
The
Mayflower furnIture was extremely meager.
The Mayflower
brought a number of pIeces now m PIlgnm Hall, Plymouth,
on her fil st voyage and on later voyages brought more household goods for the colomsts
The matenals used were mostly natIve wood", "uch as oak, walnut,
ash, cherry, pIne,
maple, bIrch, hIckory and cedar.
ImporteJ
furnIture
was
Been
Made
and Used
usually of oak
Wainscot
chairs were rare
The leather
chaIr wa'S of ItalIan OrIgIn
I t was brought to England by
the Dutch who obta111ed It from the FlemIsh
It was substantIally bUllt WIth turned legs and heavy underbraces
The
"turkey" chair was of lIghter constructIOn and so-called from
the orIental fabrICS used In upholsterIng
These three styles
WIth the "turned"
chaIr were mentlOned 111many wIlls and
documents
of that tIme.
The wamscot table was used both as a d111ing table and a
settle
The settle was the most characterIstIc
article of
early New England
furnIture
The foreIgn article could
not compare in beauty WIth that manufactured
by New Englanders
ThIS pIece of furnIture
was popular for over a
century.
Originally
It was a chest WIth a back to whIch
side pIeces were added
A moJIfication of the chest resulted 111
a low set of drawers
At fir"t only one drawer was used,
then others were added untIl It became a chest of drawers
Other pIeces of furmture were evolved f{"om thIS, such as the
high boy low boy, bureau and a desk
The desks were first
boxes called "WrItIng boxes," "desk boxes" and "paper boxes"
The bed of the early days IS not often mentIOned.
From
the maSSIve designs In vogue in England and Holland, the
colomal bed of the seventeenth
century may be conjectured
Few of these heavy structures
were imported
untIl after
1650. A plaIner piece of furnIture follOWIng 111general lInes
the EnglIsh model, was made In the Plymouth and Bay colonies at an early date
The Dutch settlers m New Amsterdam used a built-in bedstead called a slaap-bauck
ThIS was
used for emergencie'S when unexpected guests appeared.
In
Oloff Van Cortlandt's
house It was bUIlt In the sitting room
behind a slidmg door whIch concealed It by day and whIch
could be lowered at mght to form a shelf for the mattress.
In many houses thIS simple contrIvance was the only prOVISIOn
made for sleepmg
The old Dutch slaap-bauck was the ancestor of the modern foldmg bed.
Southern manSIOns m the seventeenth
century were rIchly furnIshed
The lands passed from father to son and theIr
wealth was so great that they lIved lIves of luxury and ease.
Carved oak found m old southern manSIOns is very beautfuL
FurnIture
showed a great varIety of designs
Seven k111ds
of cupboards were listed m the Inventory of the Fitz-Hugh
house. "Thousand
legged" tables were m popular use. ThIS
was a peculiarly
constructed
artIcle haVIng many leaves,
whIch were supported by heaVIly braced legs
In the south
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IMMENSE INCREASE
has seen a very pleasing and very large increase
THE PAST
SEASON
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the business
that has come
to
us from all parts of the country.
and our friends tell us that no other manufacturer is so prompt III making
ments.
We know how important it is that EVERY ORDER should have
attention.
It enables dealers to do a big business on a small stock, which
small expense and big profits.
Then too, no other line is made up of so
THERE
MUST BE
A REASON
shipquick
means
many
The design, construction and finish, combined, make the NORTHERN
line the
most popular in the country.
It is our constant aim to make the kind of furniture that will move quickly, and July, 1910, is going to surpass allpreviousdforts.
QUICK
SELLERS
visiting the furniture market this coming season should make a special effort to
see the many new patterns offered.
With our enormous line---the biggest in the
EVERY
DEALER
world---you
can always save money by making up a car.
NORTHERN FURNITURE COMPANY
SHEBOYGAN,
GRAND RAPIDS
Leo n a r d B u i ld i n g
WISCONSIN
CHICAGO
NEW YORK
1300 Michigan Ave.
Furniture Exchange
this table bec,lme qmte an ornamental
atta11
C::;mallcl tdhle~
were the 'foldmg'
and 'dra\\mg-"
ones. ,\hleh \\elC ~1J111Lll
11l de"lgn,
but less 11eh1\ ca1 \ ed
LIghter lleslg-n~ 1eplaced the hea\,) p1ece~ m the ~e\ e11teenth
ce11tm\ m hngland
Chall"
\\e1e btlllt on 111UIL
g-raceful hnes. tables and cupboalCb \\ ere le~~ ma""n e and
cumbersome
fhe \e\\
Englandels
fo11O\\ cd the lead at
then b1 othel s aClOSS the sea and more gl aceful lme" and
cle:ou:;ns became the rule
In 1720 maho\:;a1T\ came mLo use 111 Iond011
Dr C1bhon
an hnghsh
ph) SlClan has long hcen Clechted 1\ 11h the 11111 ()
duet1011 of thIS \\ ood
l"p to that time very little mahogan \
II;as 111 use m the col1111es
Tt \\ a" not 11np01teel to thh
countly to an, gleat extent until afte1 the \ eal 1/-1-0
\\ lt11
out mahoganv,
the cahnolerlegged
desk" and ~eCle·dlle"
ca1 veel four post hed" and graceful fidelle hack Ch,lll" \\ {nl1d
not ha, e reached "uch a degree of heauh
ChaIt makm2,
was 1evolutlOl11Zeel b, the mtroeluctlOn
at thh \\ Joel Thc
yea1 1760 l1larked another change 111 the 111st01\ at t1.11l1ltUlt
makmg 111 the cdon es
[he great E11Zhsh cabll1etmake!"
ChIppendale
Hepple\\ h1te, Sheraton
and othel s. e,el ted the
strongest
1110uence on c\mencan
fUl111tt11e manufactu1l112,
Each one's deSign" had the11 penoel of populant\
After the \\ al of 1~12 1=<'ngh"h ,t\ le" ded111ed m fa\ r 1
and 11ance 'I;as the SOlllce of 111"pllatlOn of the \mellLan
fUlniture l1lakel~
The EmpIre ],ecame the succeSSQ1 of the
~nghsh
styles
Thl \mellcans
kept fl ee hOll1 some 01 the
mcon~l ,11tles \\ l11ch mall ell the 0I1gll1als
\ ',out 1830 the
st)le hacllun
Its CJUlse
\\/1th the achent of black \\almlt
mahogan\
was no longer popular and the al t of fUl111ture
making ceaserJ to eXIst after t \\ 0 hundred ::-eal '., Toda\ the
colomal st~ 1c has regamed
It-, ele"el \ eel pla( e m ]Jopula!
Hold Fast to a Good Thing.
"c \ II al 'eal ago more or less, It matters not, the Royal
I UlnltUle compam
])lought
out a pUle colomal
chamber
"Ulte (1\ hethel
10rClgn 01 domestic
m conceptlOn IS of no
1111])01 tance I 111 figured
maho\:;an),
put together
so well and
fiJJl~]lecl "0 attlclct1\ eh that a large number of d1scnml11atl11g
1
favor
hu\ el ~ at once eleuded that bus1l1e"s could not be done as It
~houlcl be clone, \\ Ithout 1t In the world of furnIture
It IS
a" much cl c1a"slc as Tennyson s poem:o 111 hterature,
Chopm's
noctUl ne" 111 mU~lL or II hbtler's
pal11tmgs 111 art
The sUIte
has "old ea"J!, and afforded satisfactIOn to the maker, to the
dealel antl to ~entlemen
and ladles who have purchased
It
JOI the11 home'.,
It" manufacture
wJ11 be contmued
mc1efi1111ely
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The PROUDFIT P 8 BINDER for Blue Prints, Photos and PhotolIravures
has been adopted with success by the following firms and many others
Wolverine Brass Works, Grand Rapids
GI and Rapids Brass Wks, Grand Rapids.
Michigan Chair Co , Grand Rapld~
Grand Rapids Chair Co , 6rand Rapids
Berkey & Gay FurnIture Co ,Grand Rapids
Century Furniture Co Grand RaPids.
Imperial Furniture Co , Grand RapIds.
Royal Furniture Co , Grand Rapids.
Phoenix Furniture Co , Grand Rapids
WHY
NOT
GIVE
IT
A TRIAL
AND
BE
John D. Raab Chair Co, Grand Rapids
HastlnOs Cabinet Co., HastlnOs, Mich.
Barber Bros Chair Co , Hastings, Mlch
Wolverine Mia Co, Detroit.
The Sikes Co , Philadelphia, Pa
The H Lauter Co.. Indianapolis, Ind.
Langslow-Fowler Co., Rochester. N. Y
Galiia Furniture Co., Gaillopolls. O.
IF YOU WILL SEND US A SAMPLE
SET Of" YOUR
SLUE PRINTS
WE WILL INSERT THEM )N ONE OF
OUR COVERS AND SUBMIT
fOR YOUR APPROVAL
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THE PROUDFIT LOOSE LEAF CO., 8 AND 10 LYON ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Products of the Markets in 1880.
(From the Chicago Furniture Journal for September, 1880).
Chicago contams a great many fur11lture factOlies 111whIch
all grade'S of fur11ltl11e, from the cheape"t to thc most am])1tIOUS are made
The \ anety of style'S IS \ el y large and should
be suffiCIent to aftord e\ el y retaIl store 111the CIty a dIve 1 sIfied
stock, but a stroll through
the 1etaIl StOl es wIll reveal the
s111gular fact that of the goods dhplayed
a lalge part comes
from dIstant points, and that almost 111vanably such good:::.
are notIceable
fOt their excellent
deSIgn
There are many
parlor frame factones
111 ChIcago but the best pattern
of
frames used by upholsterers
al e made 111MIlwaukee and New
York
(ThIS condItion no longer eXIsts -Fd
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ChI
cago has plenty of desk and center table makers, but GIlman,
Tuttle & Co of Boston sell lots of goods 111 ChIcago, notwlthstand111g the hIgh rates of freight
In every store may be
seen the fancy goods of Goff and Cooper of PhIladelphia,
whIle
the chamber ftll11lture of the Grand RapIds factories occupIes
the places of honor
The chamber SUIte makel s of ChIcago
are scarcely
represented
In the retaIl stores by theIr best
products
In constructIon
the better grades of ChIcago work
IS fully equal to that of other CItIes Why IS it then that the
best ChIcago wOlk finds but httle sale at home?
The reason
was SImply that m design It was ldmentably
defiuent
(It IS
better now -Ed.
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In the elements of beauty the deSIgners of other CItIes
e\ mce knowledge and a clearer understandmg
of dft and therefore produce more salable goods
It is but Just to the manufacturers of ChIcago to say that they have not had the neces'iity for Improvement
In deSIgn forced upon them, for such
de'ilgns as they have been pleased to offer have found ready
acceptance by the \ ast number of consumers
who are uncntIcal and wIll probably always remam so But the fact rema111S
that thele IS a large and mcreasmg
class that IS cllt1cal, that
thIS class, year by year, dra \\ s to Itself more and mOl e of the
wealthy
and mtellIgent,
and that tho manufactUIers
who
\\ould thrive must conSIder ItS want:::.
Novelty
alone IS not suffiCIent to secure approbatIOn.
PO"ltIve ment must be present
;\nd that pOSItIve, ment WIll
command success IS stnk111gly shown by the experience of the
manufacturers
of flll11ltllle in Gland RapIds
Only a few years
ago Grand RapIds was of no Importance
as a fur111ture center
Only common goods were produced there and It \\ as on a par
WIth a dozen other western towns
But It \vas one of the first
to feel the Impulse of the awaken111g of art feelIng, not very
sensIbly perhdps, but WIth a clear perceptIOn of the fact that
the publIc was beg111n111g to demand not only novelty but
excellence
To meet that publIc demand by constant advances
to the advanced standard
has been the con:::'Istent and steady
endeavor
of those finns whlch have In recent yealS raised
themseh es from compal atlve u111mpOltance
pO')ltIOn whIch they now OCCUP}
to the
em111ent
The statement
COllles to us that the \ alue of the fUll11ture
manufactured
m Grand RapIds thIS yedf wIll reach $3,000,000;
that great addItIOns to some of the fdctolle:::. thel e are 111
CaUl se of erectIon,
that at lea"t one of the factones
gives
employment
to 600 men, and the place boasts the patronage
of the best buyers in the country
Aga111, \\ e ask why l'i thIS
so ? Is not the ast011lSh111g success of Grand RapIds another
e'(ample of the practIcal value of art apphed to mdustIy ?
Bought to Fill a Special Order.
J ] Grier and 1\[ E P dxton of Kansa" CIty, arrn ed 111
Crand RapIds on June 6 and placed an order for furnIture
"peualtles
They were accompal11cd by a dealel
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DAHM
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TANNERIES
CRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
CHICACO, ILL.
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CHICAGO, ILL.
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BARTON'S GARNET PAPER
Sharp, Very Sharp, Sharper Than Any Other.
SUPERIOR TO SAND PAPER.
It costs more, BUT It Lasts Longer; Does Faster Work.
Order a small lot; make tests;you will then know what you are getting. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. Furniture
and Chair Fadories, Sash and Door Mills, Railroad Companies, Car Builders and others will consult their own interests by using it. Also
Barton'. Emery Cloth, Emery Paper, and Flint Paper, fumished in rolls or reams.
MANUFACTURED
BY
H. H. BARTON & SON CO., 109 South Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.
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FIRE PREVENTION IN NEW YORK.
Agitation by the Merchants' Association
to Prove Effective.
Promises
The agltatlOn begun b} the Xe" York :-lerchant'"
\'3:00ClatlOn for better organIzatIOn WIthIn the fire department
for
fire prevention
has brought about defi11lte actIon to that end
by the ftre comnl1SSlOner
He has dIrected one of the fire
marshals to mvestigate
the methods for fire prenntlOn
hItherto pursued by the fire department,
to report upon theIr adequacy, and to make recommendatlOns
for the orga11l7atlOn of
an effectl\ e bureau
of fire prevention
The comml""lOner
has further
mVlted the co-operatIOn
of the vanous
public
bodies whIch have mterested
themselves
m the matter. and
has asked from them suggestIons
and mformatlOn
to aId him
m hIS conclUSIOns
For the purpose
of learnmg
theIr "Ie,," Lomnl1""lOner
Waldo mVlted The 'Ylerchants'
ASSOCIatIOn. the Chamber
of
Commerce,
the New York Board of Fife Lndenvnters
and
the Retail Dry Goods ASSOCIatIOn to cOllfer ';\Ith hIm
\lore
than two Ihotlrb were bpent m dbcus"ln~
the \ anou" pha'3es
of the subj ect
. The commisslOner
conceded
that the authont}
granted
hIm by the eXlstmg cIty charter IS suHiclent to enable the
ImmedIate
orga11lzatlOn of an eftectl\ e bureau
ot fire preventIOn
He expressed
the opmion tllat eXIstIng Jetached
bureaus,
dealing WIth \ anous pl1a"e'3 of the general "nb]ect,
should be concentrated
and added to lIt order to prcl\ Ide an
effectIve bureau
He was further of the opl1l10n that "uch a
bureau should have jurisdIction
over ( ertam functlOns, not
now under authority
of the fire department,
"uch a" mspectIon of electnc
wlnng,
superVISIOn of rubbIsh m tenement
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of certam detaIls now controlled by
the bmldmg departmeflt
The '3ubJect of compulsory
installatIOn
of automatic
spnnklers,
theIr connectlOn with hIgh pI essure street mains
and theIr connnectlOn WIth them by eng-mes at fires was discll""eclm detatl
The COmml"'3lOner was much unpressed WIth
the repre:oentatlOn
made to hIm on this pomt.
It \\as further
sugge'3ted that the cIty be divided into
dlstncts
and that provIsIon be made for adequate
and constant inspectIOn of all premIses WIth a vIew to enforcement
of eXlstmg laws and ordmances
for protectIOn agamst
fire,
<is \\ ell as to afford the commissioner
mformation
upon which
to eAerClse hI" PO\\ er to order addItIOnal appltances
for extmgulbhmg
fires
He asked and received suggestlonb
of the delegates
as
to the clas,e"
of btuldmgs
m whIch automatIc
sprinklers
"hould be compul"only
applied
The commlbSlOner assured
the representatlV es of the several organIzatIOns
that he was
thoroughly
m '3)mpathy WIth theIr contentIOn that the pre\ entlOn of fires should be made one of the most Important
purposes of the fire department,
and that every effort would
be made to effect the necessary
orga11lzation for that purpo"e
The deslfablltty
and the beneficial results
compul"ory
1I1stallatlOn of automatic
spnnklers
nsks, has recently been stnkmgly
Illustrated
of enforcing
m hazardous
The A.,,,oclatlOn had urged upon the former C0mmb"lOner the compulsory
mstallatlOn
of automatIc
spnnklers
m
ten deSIgnated
premIse"
Prelt111mary steps for compelhng
"uch 1l1stallatlOn were taken m all the ten cases, but fGr some
reason actIOn was not pushed to a conclUSIon 111 eIght of
them, and but two \\ ere finally eqUlpped
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Our Motto:
"NOT HOW CHEAP-BUT
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Factories: Milwaukee, Wis.; Newark, N. J.
Quigley, Manager Manufacturing Trades Dep't.
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Ohio
of
Uphol.stered Furniture
for
LODGE and PULPIT, PARLOR,
LIBRARY, HOTEL
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CLUB ROOM
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The two nsks equIpped wIth automatic
sprinklers
under
compulsIOn exerted by the fire commissioner
and corporation
counsel were both devoted to the stonng, sorting and baling
of loose paper stock.
In the bUlldrng 352-354 Water street,
a fire occured Sunday, about 7 p. m, when the building was
unoccupIed
Nrne sprinkler
heads opened and exting-uished
the fire, WIth lrttle or no damag-e to the building,
and with
less than $1,000 damage to the stock
In the case of 31 Vandewater
street a fire occurred Tuesda} at 11 50 pm,
when the bUlldrng was also unoccupied.
The fire ;,tarted on the second floor in a pile of paper stock
"W hlch
has been sorted and was awaiting
bahng.
Three
spnnkler
heads opened and extinguished
the fire with a total
loss of les"> than $1,000
Both of these fires would have probably been senous had
they n;)t been extinguished
111 theIr
incipIency;
and in the
absence of automatIc protection
the adj oining property would
have been subject to rncreased danger and an addItional burden of hIgher rnsurance I ate,,>
The pOSItIOn of the Merchants'
ASSOCIatIOn as to more
effective mea">ures for fire preventIOn
has attracted
much
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favorable attention,
and a number of letters containing
valuable suggestions
have been received
These, however, relate
mainly
to structural
Idetarls, which are governekl by the
building code, and cannot be controlled
by such a bureau of
fire prevention
as is proposed,
although
the bureau
could
doubtless do valuable work in the way of inspection of some
of those details, to prevent
violations
after buildings
have
been approved by the bureau of buildings.
One suggestion
made, however,
deserves
consideration.
It is to the effect that automatic
sprinklers,
despite the heavy
first cost, would be much more generally
installed
if the
insurance
companies
would make more liberal concessions
in artes in recognrtion
of the reductIOn in risk.
The Merchant's association
insurance
committee
has not yet considered this phase of the subject.
On this point a member of
the association
recently
made a significant
statement.
His
sprinkler
equipment
cost about $5,000
The reduction
in
insurance
premiullis
on bUlldrng and contents
was sufficient
to pay for the equipment
within three years
The great
economy thereafter
by reason of continued
lower insurance
rates IS self-evident
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BARONIAL
OAK STAIN
FLANDERS
OAK STAIN
S M 0 K ED 0 A K S T A I N
EARLY ENGLISH OAK STAIN
in acid and oil.
in atid and oil.
in acid and oil.
in acid and oil.
Send for finished samples, free.
Ad-el-ite Fillers and Stains have long held first place in the estimation
of Furniture Manufacturers and Master Painters.
In addition to the regular colors the above shades offer unusually beautiful and novel effects.
The Ad-el-ite People
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Pallent Malleable Clamp Fixture.
Specifications
328 N. May St .• Chicago
for the Seating of the Auditorium
at Wichita, Kansas.
ESTABl,.IS,",ED
$10 95 blue flame 011
cook stoves large shelf
Ia.rge top large powerful
burneNr
no odor or 'loot
perfect eombUllt on guar
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While we cut the prJces~ Quahty 15 malntaln~d at the very hlQhest
Read then act upon these offer~ of savml1s
SINITARY OOUORES,
OHAIRS,quar. ~
tered oak leath<;.t
seat regular3 94
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BUSS
value
vdlue
CR1IRS,mm",mm,
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room genume leath
ffid.
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ROC I ER S, chase
leather$9506.84
only
ROCKERS, oak or
B1I ORIN:n
OLOSETS,
pol
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closely
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1.64
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3.--84
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11RT.LOR TABLES,
BIl P1R·
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Seats.
'1 hc
o[ bo\.e~
lll1CC "0
~Cdt~ to
-,c,lb 111the concomsc OJ ground flool l11s1dc the ltne
,,111 be foldlllg ~eat, c,llmla1 to No 500111 sectlOns of
t11<ltthey lall he stowed awav nnder thc ho"cs
'\11
hell c bat 1acJ.,,~ The1e \\ 111he app10'-1ll1atelv 1<)00
(It thc"c
"cah
Second
Floor
and Balcony
Seats
~11 (Jlhel --cah, that h thooc belck of the bo\.e" and f01
the bakon\
,,111 be I enee1e'l lha1rs eqnal to 144 m gem.lell
dppCarelnct
and "OJ ]"mansh1p
Thesc
seat~ to ha, e hat
1dlk" and to hl tbtened
to the fimshed cement floOt'" vdth
expan"lOn ])o]ts
Thc contractOJ f01 the seato to clnll holes
101 the"e bolt-, and set them 111place and felstcn the seab
elO'\ n
[,loOl __l11U"t he p10perly 1epa1red whe1 e the C(menl
1-- hlOkcn and h not cO\ucd by the ",tanda1d
\\ he1c "ood
plauO! ms a1 e lllc1JlatE d 101 the onte1 row "cats wIll be seem ed to the" ood floor WIth screw",
There w111 hc a ppl 0:h1matcl) 2,000 of these seats
In addlt10n to the seats above specIfied submIt a propos 1110n on applO:h1matel} 1000 challs slml1ar to thc 1\0 3 chaIr
l11anufactm cd bv The '\ H Andrcws
Co
These cha1rs are
made of heal} "lle and have perforated
five ply wood seats
State pnce of each for these chan s f01 adJlhons
or deductlOns
NOTE
~11 lac,'111g" mnst be smooth and substant1al and fi11l~hed
black
\11 \ en eel to be five ply put tog-ethel 111the ver)
he"t manne1 a11d ,111vvork to be fim~hed \\lth a coat of "henac
and t\IO coats of thc be",t I arm sh flowed on
All v\ 0 ld \\ )1k
0
w111be bnch
Pell he" ~ubmlUllH:; figurh
un t1l1S IV ulk 111U"t ~Uh1111t
completc
spec1ficatlOns f01 thell seat" and samplc"
of thc
chEfel ent "t} lc" of seat", bId upon
The 0\\ nel re",en es the
llght to a"a1d thc contract on the 111ent of the goods rega1dle~s of the pllCC
The numbers glVen abOve refer to the catalog of the A.
II Anclt c" '0 company. Ch1cago, III
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$350 val
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values
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hogany 14
$22 SOya)
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$15\al
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BLES. mal)o.:an)
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DRESSERS'
mIrror, oak
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tna
colonial
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BEDS,
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the regular 144
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or
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111U"t be 1eplaced b} the contractOl
w1thout
c '-pen:oe to the 0\1 ncr
'\ 11111tprtce pel seat must be ~lvcn
t01 each -,t,lc of seat ca11ed f01 as a basIs for addltlOns and
c1eductlOn-, flom the nnmbe1 of seah md1cated on the d1avv-
ANTI~D.
Richards, McCarty & Bulford.
Architects, Columbus, O.
(Send D1c1" to C1tl CleJ1~ \\ 1chlta
The contracto1
tor thc"e scats 111u"t check up the nHd~urements
at the b1111c1111g
and 1'nu:ot c1eln er the~c ~eat-, at 1.\1C
bl11ldl11g and put them 111 place, d01ng am refllll ~h 111 is that
may be neCeS"al) and c1ea111ng them oft and lca, mg them
complete
m elel}
1c"pect and1cach
f01 n~c
lhc~c ~Cdt~
must be guaranteed
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Gentlemen -We are pleased to state that the)) dozen Clamp Fixture,,; \\ Inch
we bought of you a lIttle over a )ear ago are gIVIng- excellent se \-lee
\\ e 'He
well satisfied wIth them and shall be pleased to rem~mber )'Oll \\ he~le\ el we \\ allt
anythmg addltlOnallll
this hne
YOUI" truh
SlOUX City, Iowa
CURTIS SASH & DOOR CO
PROPOSALS
BAR CLAMPS
Indestructible.
STEEL
Nelson and Buck.
of """,.
lack of
nOl
perm lt
F \ \el--on of the Jamesto\\n
(~ Y) Loung-c company,
and \\ aldo [' Buck, who handles a numbcr of ltne" on com111l'SlO11,"ere 1ll Grand Rap1ds on ]nne 8, nMk111g preparatlOns
t01 the mId-summer
exposltJon
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ThIS automatic machine made by the Tannewitz
Worb,
Grand RapIds, Mich, IS desIgned and constructed
for the
purpose of manufacturing
saddle seats for chairs or closets at
an absolute minimum of cost.
The operation is sImIlar to
that of a carving machine of the copYing type. The movable
table has mounteJ on one sIde a pattern seat and on the other
'ilde a blank seat to be carved.
The follower roller and the
cutter head are suspended respectively above these t\\O seats
The frame whIch supports the follower roller and cutter head
raIses and lowers In conformity wIth the pattern seat as the
follower roller travels over it. Thus as the table operates
back and forth feeding along at the same tune at anyone
of
three feeds and three speeds the blank seat IS gradually
carved out exactly lIke the pattern
When the seat IS filllshed
the machine stops automatically.
The cost of producing
a saddle seat on thIS automatIc
machine IS but a fraction of a cent. The average "Ized seat
take'S about 5Y; minutes to complete.
The workman's
time
Dodds' Tilting Saw Table No.8
We tal:::epleasure ID mtroduclng to you our new Saw Table
The base is BHUllar to what
we have been u,mg on our No 4 Saw Table, only we have made II larger on the 800r The
ratslna and lowenna deVice 1& the same al we have on the No 4 MachlDe, With lever and
pitman
The lever IS made of steel
The arbor" made 01 I %-mch .teel, runmng in lonll nnll oumll box .. , and IS for I-lOch hole
10 .aw.
We furm.h one l4-.ach .aw on each maclllne
It wul carry a 16-mch saw If dellred
Table IS made WIth a center .hde 12 mche. WIde WIth a movement of 21 lOch..
It has a
lockmR deVice to hold It when you do not Wish to use It. and has a detachable mitre auage to be
used when u.mg the .hdmll-table.
Can cross-cut With table extended to 24 mche., .lso op up
to 24 Inche. WIde Table ha. a removable throat that can be taken out when U'lOg dado
It
also has two mitre guages for regular work and a two Sided np guage that can be used on "-ther
.. de of the .aw. more e.pectally when the table IS blted, also a Whng np gauge 10 be used to cuI
bevel work when you do not WIShto tIlt the table The top IS 40x44 mche.
Countershalt has T & L pulley. lOx 14 mche., and the dnve pulley 16x5 mches. counter.haft .hould run 800
Makmg In all about a. complete a machme as can be found and at a
reasonable poce
Wole u. and we will be pleased to quote you poce.
Address,
ALEXANDER DODDS, CO.,
181-183 Canal St" Grand Rapids, Mich.
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for replaCing the filllshed seat WIth a fresh blank is Y; minute
whIch IS ample
Thus to filllSh a seat take" SIX minutes
whIch IS 10 seats an hour or 100 m a day of ten hours
1'he workman should be employed at his bendh or another
machine close at hand Junng the 5Y; minutes In \\ hlch the
seat machine is cutting
He can thus tend the seat machine
properly and devote hIs spare time to other work
If thIS
workman spends Yz mmute on each seat, the total time gIven
to the seat machine for one day would be fifty minutes
If
the operatOl recnves $200 per day, this makes the actual
cost for labor less than 1-5 cent per seat.
The most rapId seat planing machine on the market cannot produce seats cheaper than this.
With the seat planing
machine every time it IS desired to produce a new style seat
lt IS reqUIred to purchase new expensive knives
WIth our
machme It IS only necessary to furlllsh a new inexpensIve
wood pattern.
WIth the seat planing machine It IS only
possIble to ploduce plain shallow seats, whIle WIthout machme
any style seat can be produced.
A seat produced on our machine IS left by the cutter sufficIently smooth to be eaSIly sanded.
Send us a pattern seat
and two blanks
VVe wIll then cut a seat of your pattern
and return it to you for your inspectIOn
Vve know you wIll
be favorably Impressed.
WeIght, 1800 lbs Crated, 200 lbs
T. & L 10 x 6 Countershaft,
950 revolutIOns per minute
The above cut is taken direct from a photograph, and _ho",_
the range of one _ize only, our No. I, 24-inch Clamp.
W.
make six other sizes. taking in stock up to 60 Inch... wid.
and 2 Inches thick.
Ours is the most practical
method of
clamping glued stock in use at the present time.
1Iundred_ of
factorie_ have adopted our way the past ,ear and hundreda more
will in the future.
Let us show you.
Let us send you the
names of nearly 100 factories (only a fraction of our list) who
have ordered and reordered many times. I"roof positive our way
is the best. A post card will bring it, catalog included.
Don't
delay, but writ. today.
A. E. PALMER & SONS, ~WOSSO, MICH.
Foreign :Representatives:
The I"rojectile Co" London, England:
Schuchardt
at Schutte, Berlin, Germany; Alfred 11.
Schutte, Cologne, I"aru, Bnuseu, Lle..e, lII1laD, TuriD, Baree10DA,
IlIld Bilbo ..
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CLARK VENEER COMPANY
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Magnitude and Rapid Growth of the Industry
Shown by Census Reports.
The magllltude of the central electnc station Industry In
the Ulllted States in the census year 1907 as compared with
the census year 1902, and the growth dunng the Intervening
five :year period, are shown in the Census Bureau's special
report, now in press, on the second United States census of
the central electric light and power stations
Though the
data on which the report is based are three years old the facts
and figures are quite interesting
not only to manufacturers
but to general readers.
The central electric statIOns are defined In the report as
those which, exclusive of isolated electrIc plants, furlllsh electrical energy for lighting and heatlllg, and po\', er for manufacturing and minlllg purposes, for street raIl\\ ays and elevators, for chargIng batteries,
etc
Central stations are classed as "commercial"
and "municipal;" the former being those under prIvate ownership,
whether by Individuals, companies, or corporations
and the
latter being those operated
by state, city, or other local
governments,
except those operated especially for InstItutions
The central statIOns are further classed as "purely electric" central stations, or those that do a strictly electrIcal bUSIness, and "composite"
central statIOns, or those operated In
connection with some other industry
It is stated that the
majority of the central stations are of the "purely electrIc"
class.
With reference
to the municipal
statIOns, the report
states that these plants are generally establIshed primarily to
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streets, and
parks.
Their field of operation is, however, much lIke that
of the commercial stations.
It is noted In the report that the figures given for the
central stations do not represent the entire production of electrical energy
To arrIve at the aggregate It would be necessary, it is stated, to conSider also the electrIC railways, telephone and telegraph lines, electric police-patrol and fire-alarm
systems, and the isolated electric plants.
In 1902 there were 251 railway companies which furnished electricity for light, power, and vther purposes.
These
companies reported an aggregate
income of $7,703,574 from
the sale of current.
In 1907 there were 330 railway companies
In this class, and the income from the sale of current amounted
to $20,093,302
In 1902 the annual output of all electric stations and
electnc raIlways amounted to 4,768,535,512 kilowatt hours
In
1907 the output of the two classes of stations was 10,621,406,837 kIlo\\att hours, the increase in that year as compared with
1902 beIng 5,852,871,325 kIlowatt hours, or 122.7 per cent.
In 1902 the output by electrIc railways formed 47.4 per cent
of the total, but by 1907 the proportIon for such railways had
fallen to 44.9 per cent
ConsolIdations
of the two branches of the Industry and
the growIng tendency of the raIlway companies to sell electricity for commercial purposes are referred to in the report,
which further states that the separate statistics of the central
stations are, therefore, not representative
of all the electrical
energy sold for general commercial purposes
It is observed
that during the £1, e years ending With 1907 the central stations
Increased more rapidly than the electric raIlways.
Regarding the isolated plants, the report states that for
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Grand Rapids. Michigan
Samples of our
EMBOSSED MOULDING
The largest manufacturers of Furniture Trimmings in Wood
in the world. W rite us for Samples and Prices.
Made in
Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Birch and all Furniture Woods.
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These Specialties are used all
Over the World
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Veneer Presses
61ue Spreaders
61ue Heaters
Trucks, Etc., Etc.
N. 20 Glu. H.ater
Hand F•• d Glu.i.1I Ma.,hill. (P.'-l
peadia •• ) Manr .trl •• aad .iz ••.
Wood-Working
Machinery
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Power Feed Glu. S~readiallMa.,hiae, Sillllle,
Doubl. and eo.biaatioa.
(.le.ted)
(Size. 12 ia. to 114 i. wide.)
CHAS. E. FRANCIS COMPANY,
LET USKNOW
YOUR WANTa
Main Office and Works, Rushville, Ind.
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the purpose of lighting and furnishing power for factories,
hotels, or other enterprises a large quantity of electricity is
generated in plants which are operated for the exclusive benefit of their owners. Some of these plants sell limited amounts
of current, but they were established as adjuncts to other
forms of business, and practically no statistics concerning
them are included in the census reports. Some of these isolated plants are extensive and have a much larger capacity
than many of the central stations. At the census of 1902 it
was estimated that there were 50,000 of these isolated electric
plants in the United States.
The number of commercial and municipal plants
increased from 3,620 in 1902 to 4,714 in 1907, the increase
amounting to 1,094, or 30.2 per cent. The application of the
same rate of increase to the estimated number of isolated
plants in 1902 gives an estimate of 65,000 for 1907. To what
extent the utilization of surplus power in the operation of
private electric plants to furnish light and power for large
mills, department stores. hotels, and other industrial enterprises has stimulated the increase in these plants it is, the
report declares, impossible to state, and notice is given that
the estimate, therefore, may be more or less than the actual
number of isolated plants in existence.
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Referring to power or generating plants, the report states
that the number of primary power or generating plants was
not called for in the schedule used for reporting central stattions in 1907. but some idea of their number may be had from
the fact that the returns showed 4,731 plants equipped with
dynamos for the generation of electricity. Of the 4,714 stations reported in 1907, 227 had no generating equipment.
while 113 had more than one power plant This latter class
reported 357 generating stations.
not be ascertained The report states that there are also excluded a number of companies organized for the purpose of
acquiring the capital stock or bonds of electric companies,
street-railway companies, gas, and water systems. and similar
properties, holding the same for investment and to some extent supervising the operation of the underlying companies;
the reason being that to show the capitalization of these holdIng companies would be misleading as applied to central electnc stations, since it would be impossible to determine the
extent of its application to the electrical industry as distinguished from others.
The report states that the municipal stations are practically exempt from the consolidations that so frequently occur
among commercial companies and this fact no doubt in large
accounts in large part for the proportionately greater increase
discovered in the former class of stations. Not only was there
a large increase in the number of municipal stations, but an
analysis of the report shows that, although 33 municipal stations which reported in 1902 had become commercial stations
in 1907, 113 stations which were reported as commercial in
1902 had become municipal in 1907.
The report refers to the fact that claim has been made.
and sustained by what appears to be reasonable argument,
that the drift of these public utilities is from municipal to
commercial, but it is asserted that the results of the census do
not furnish corroborative evidence of this. On the contrary,
there appears to be a distinct field for munlcipal electric stations, not only because of the feeling whIch may exist in
many localities that these public utilities should be owned by
the cities, but because many of the places in which municipal
plants are located do not present sufficient inducement for the
investment of commercial capital.
There were, in 1907, according to the report, upward of
30,000 individuals, companies, corporations, and municipalities, exclusive of isolated electric plants, which reported the
generation or utilization of electric current in what may be
termed "commercial enterprises."
These industries represent an outstanding capitalization
of $6,209,746,753, of which amount $1,367.338,836 is credited
to central electric stations-$3,774,722,096 to electric railways,
$8i4,616,004 to commercial or mutual telephone companies,
and $253.019,817 to telegraph companies, the latter item including $32,726,242, the capital stock of wireless telegraph
companies. The capitalization of the 17,702 independent
farmer or rural telephone hnes and fire-alarm systems could
As a rule state institutions are particular when they come
to buying. If the manager is an honest man, and wants to
make a record for himself and the institution he represents,
he will be very particular as to his purchases; and in some
cases lt is almost compulsory, because if an investigation is
started any wrong doing is easily detected. This brings to
mind the communication from the manager of the Detroit
House of Correction 1ll a matter in which every manufacturer of
furniture is interested. (For further particulars see the advertisement of the Grand Rapids Veneer Works in this number
of the Weekly Artisan).
State Institutions.
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ROOMS FOR THE BACHELOR MAIDS.
These saws are
made from No.1
Steel and we warrant every blade.
We also carry a
full stock of Beveled Back Scroll
Saws, any length
and gauge.
Characters of the Occupants Expressed by the
Furnishings and Decorations.
Write a. lor
Price
Llat
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31-33 S. Front St., ORAND RAPIDS, MICU.
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For Bed Caps, Case Goods, Table Legs
and many other purposes; in Gum,
Mahogany and Quartered Oak Veneers.
The Fellwock Auto & MfJI. CO.
EVANSVILLE,
INDIANA
The term "bachelor maIds" is ltked by some young women
llnpl} 1112,a certa111 111dependence of thought and action
II hen she 1'3 able to do so a bachelor maId aims to have her
home surround111gs express her indIvidual taste
Sometimes
the rooms of bachelor maids are but a general medley.
In
othel s the st] ong personaltt} of the occupant can be discerned.
The adJOIlllng rooms of two sisters whose ideas are far
apal t furlllsh a good starting point. The elder sIster, a blonde,
damt} to her finger tips, suggests to her friends that there
must be a strain of French blood in her vems, for her surloundmgs show French daintiness.
Her room was large; the
\\ alls were panelled in cream stlk, with roses and forget-menot<; \\ 0\ en In stnpes.
The \\ alls \\ ere finished with a cream mouldmg on whIch
\\ as a small crossed nbbon picked out in gold, a typIcal French
Idea
The styles between the panels were plain cream "tlk
All tnm was white, the cetling plam, with the mouldmgs
touched here and there with gold leaf, just enough for contrast
The bed was raised on a platform, which was covered
WIth pale rose colored velveteen and on each side was a white
fur rug
The bed ltself was of Louis XVI pattern of cream
whIte enamel, WIth cane panels, on which were garlands of
fio\\ ers 111compo, tied with a bowknot.
The canap} came out only three feet from the wall and
\\ as draped \\ Ith cream net and lace over rose china silk.
II here the drapenes met was a large chou of very pale blue
and lOse satm
The long curtains were of the same material,
all edged WIth lace about five mches wide and put on very full,
so that It gave a jabot effect. The bedspread and rolled bolster
corresponded
WIth the hangings;
colored chous were on the
ends of the roll.
A plain lOse velvet carpet was used for floor covering,
\\ Ith whIte fur I ugs here and there.
All the furniture corresponded with the bed and the httle garlands gave the whole
scheme a ferrlllllne touch.
~\. chaIse-longue, also of enamel and' cane, wa~ embe1hshed
\\ Ith a thick cushIOned top of SIlk, to match the walls on whIch
\\ ere seen in profUSIOn hand made ltngene pIllows of lace and
embrOIdery over pink and pale blue stlk. Three upholstered
chaIrs ga\ e the nght balance to the otherWIse hght style of
furni"hmg
Above the mantel was a gIlt LoUts XVI mIrror
WIth SIde hghts, and watercolors
of French suggestlOn and
subjects adorned the panelled walls.
From the wall over the bureau was a bracket from which
\\ as suspended a "mall French gilt motif with three hghts on
whIch wel e lose stlk shades; slmtlar shades were on side fixtures
At the w111do\\s the curtains and draperies matched the
wall matenal, WIth the sash curtams the same as the bed set,
crossed and looped high
The room of the other sister, who was only a year younger,
\\ as startlmg
m contrast.
She was tall and dark.
Every
mo\ ement showed her athletic tendencies and they were fully
developed 111the furnishings of the room.
The walls were in green book linen.
She liked that, she
saId, "as silk was too fussy" and would not suit what she
\\ lshed to put in the room. The ceiling was white. The frieze
consIsted of sporting prints of the same height fortunately,
collected in her travels and representing
foreign as well as
home subjects in athletics in all the colors of the rainbow, and
separated
by narrow mahogany
moulding which formed a
framework around the room.
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On the walls were photographs and engravings of winners
of horse races and dog shows, with colors of their winners
and whips and spurs and an occasional horseshoe arranged
over them. College flags were draped in the four corners over
dull brass lanterns suspended from the ceiling by chains. Over
the mantel", as a pair of antlers on which rested a rifle
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The carpet was green, solid color, "to represent the
meadows," she said. The bed was brass (no canopy or drapery
here). The curtains were plain green velveteen, drawn back
The furniture was mahogany. On the green covered lounge
were ptled pillows of all sorts and descriptlOns It was a
curious room for a young woman; somewhat mannish
Another bachelor maid had her room in yet another style
She said "she loved the mysteries of the Orient," and It showed
in her selections. It was not at all expensive in treatment On
the walls she had some India cotton prints with the palm design, harmonious in color and well blended. They revived the
memory of an India shawl technique. The ceiling was pla111
to the moulding, the rug of subdued Oriental colorings and
of modern make.
The large, low divan in a corner was utilized as a bed at
night. In the daytime it was covered with a removable curtain of a more substantial weave, for the wall print would
crumple too easily for constant use.
The furniture was entirely Oriental in suggestion, having
been picked up in the shops where they cater to that taste
Little teakwood tables were handy and held a tea set and a
chafing dish.
A much more modern room was that of a fonner college
girl who liked pretty things and had them. Her room was in
cretonne style of paper of the English kind, with hangings to
match and ruffles of the same material on the edge. The Cb _
ing was plain, of the color of the ground of paper, the trim
whIte. The carpet rug was of a solid color of the prevailing
tone, for the room needed something to rest the eye.
The furniture was a pretty birdseye maple set and she "
had a TJ1lbury tea cart and muffin stand of natural wicker, and
under the glass top of the former a piece of the same cretonne.
The cups, saucers and plate were all of English pattern. On
the clothes tree were her cap and gown and beside them were
a kimono and dressing sacque ornamented with lace, which
gave an mtimate feeling of comradeship when her class friends
came in for a chat or a cup of tea in the afternoon. In this
room were a high back old fashioned settle covered with cretonne and two Sleepy Hollow chairs.
A bachelor maid who was of more studious inclinations
had no fancy fixings, but arranged her room more like a Itbrary
sItting room than a bedroom. The wall paper was of a restful
tone of soft, light brown, utterly unobtrusive, with nothing to
dIstract her mind as she opened her books of research. The
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desk was of generous dimensions, with a small revolving chair.
The bed and bureau were m an alcove hidden from view
when necessary by portieres of green jasper linen. At the
w111dowwere brown madras curtains
The prinCIpal furniture was of mahogany with cane seats
on the chairs, on which were loose cushions of green jasper
and some 111a figured brown "tuff A box couch tufted with
the same green and a valance completed the furnishmg scheme
The small rugs on the floor were of an Oriental pattern -New
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A~ only the edge outlines of the
Cutter comes mto contact WIth the
lumber, there is no fnctlOn or burning of the moulding!> when made
with the Shimer Reversible or One-Way Cutters. These Cutters
are carefully moulded to suit your work, and are very complete,
inexpensIve and time-savmg tools.
We supply speCIal Cutters of
any shape deSIred and of any size to SUIt your machine spindles.
Let us have your specificatIOns. For odd work not found in our
catalogue send a wood sample or drawmg.
SAMUEL J. SHIMER &. SONS, Milton,
Penn.
Manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads for Flooring, Ceiling,
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ROCKFORD,
ILL.
China Closets
Buffets
Bookcases
We lead ID Style, ConSlrudlon
and FlDish. See our Catalogue.
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Detroit"s Expectation.
DetrOlt people are expecting great success for theIr Industrial Exposition
which is to be opened on :Monday June
20 and continue until July 6. under the au"plces of the Board
of Commerce
Followmg are some of the promIses
predIctions and expectations announced by the pubhclty commIttee
The Exposition will be a miniature world's fair It will lllelude an automobile show, a food faIr a machmer} dIsplay
a furniture exhibit, an electrical show and ll1terestmg exhIbIts
of other lines of productIOn for whIch DetrOIt IS famous
It
is expected to be the greatest CIVICevent m Detroit's hIstory
It IS believed the attendance
will exceed 300,000 VISItors
The EXposltlOn wJ11 be held in a great temporary exposItion buildmg and the Wayne PavlllOn
The entrance-way will
be at the corner of Jefferson avenue and Second street
The
committee in charge has the co-operation of all the mterests
of the city
There wIll be more than 200 exhIbits, maklllg the dl'iplay
one of the two largest home-product
exhibitions ever held
Two large bands will gIve afternoon and evenlllg
certs
There will be other entertamment
feautures
river fmnt wIll be transformed
mto a garden
I,
conThe
The doors will be open at 7 00 pm,
June 20, ancl rem am
open from 10 00 a. m. to 10 :30 pm.
from June 21 to July 6,
exceptmg Sundays. June 26 and July 3.
Machinery
will be seen in motion making many of the
neces:,nties and luxuries of life
An exhIbIt of the manual
traming department
of the public schools WIll be lOne of the
special features
The ExposItion WIll offer the city an entertainment
ot
far greater magnitude
and interest than has ever been helCl
here. It will be entertaining,
instructIve, impressive
W. C Hamm, American
consul at Hull. Eng., having
been requested to mvestigate the linseed oil trade and industry. reports that the recent advance in prices is due to a
partial faIlure of the flax crop in Argentina
and India.
He
says
The record price of $197 per ton has been reached in
London
ThIS IS about 100 per cent higher than the same
all sold in London one year ago and about $20 a ton higher
than the hIghest price recorded in 1900 when there was a
greater scarcity of the seed than last year.
Yesterday
linseel OIl sold In Hull for $192 for "spot," and April, compared
WIth $114 the highest price in April last year.
"The followmg figures gives the quantity of linseed in
quarters of 480 pounds each, received in Hull during each of
the past ten years
In 1900, 675.370; 1908, 848758; 1907,
809 974; 1906. 579,957; 1905 812329; 1904 1,215,122, 1903,
924,628, 1902, 744.979; 1901, 723,566; and in 1900, 572,106.
"The crop to be delivered this year from India and Argentina, It IS expected, will be as small as that of last year
and there IS a probability
of the receipts falling below 1909
It is not at all probable that the price of linseed oil during
the present year will be lower than at present, and it may increase somewhat.
During 1909 linseed oil to the value of
$3.140 was shipped from Hull to the United States.
"An Enghsh color trade journal comments on how the
rise m price of linseed oil greatly affects the price of paints.
of whIch Hull IS a large producer.
American turpentine has
also advanced 30 per cent and is selling at $1035. against
$7 50 per hundred weight a year ago The experts of painters'
colors and materials
from Hull in 1908 aggregate,
168,343
hundredweIght,
valued at $907,602.
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Tuna the Prophet.
"Vernie
Martin"
in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere"
for
May-Thus
spake Tuna the Venerable Prophet, Son of Mahog, many, many, centUrIes before our time.
"Even unto this day have the children of earth dwelt in
tents or wherever they could cra,'V1 In out of the rain and
hang up theIr mantles and they have sat upon earthen floors
and slept upon stone couches, but succeedmg
generatIOns
shall feather their nests and have comfort
"For they shall hew down the wood of the forest, even
the cedar of Lebanon and the walnut of Clrcassia and the
quarter-sawn
oak tree of bhe Upper PenInsula
Mechanics Furniture Co.
Rockford,
Illinois
Makers of FINE and MEDIUM
"And it shall come to pass that craft'imen shall come from
the land of Ivan and from among the Goths and shall render
the wood of the forest into divers forms and patterns,
some
with talons lIke unto the eagle's,
some carved In graven
image of hobgoblins
and gargoyles,
yea, even the nimble
cockroach, and yet others done in 'Flanders' and the product
thereof shall be called furniture
"And 10 I among the hills of Saranac shall there be born
a couple of sons and one of them shall be named for one
who follows pastoral purSUItS, but he shall not stand for It.
He and his brother shall weary of the simple lIfe and they
'ihall pass up the pruning-hook
and shall hike them unto a
great city, whIch shall be likened unto Sodom and Gomorrah
and there shall they trade in articles to sit upon and to eat
upon and to sleep upon, and the goods that they shall sell
shall be called 'dependable furniture'
"And from the four corners of the earth shall there spring
up places for sellIng dependable
lInes and young men and
maidens shall wed, and with shekels of sIlver buy dependable
furniture, and theIr chattels shall endure to the end of their
days and shall be handed down unto their chIldren and unto
theIr chIldren's children even unto the third and fourth generations."
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The Shipping Department.
F W. Kelly in Peck & Hills' "Everywhere
"-Shipment
of an order is of as much importance as securing the business,
since it is shipments, not sales, which count in the end and
show the true volume of the bus mess transacted
and are the
figures upon which we should base our efforts for improvement
Pleasing
our customers
IS our only hold' on their
busIness;
so by making shIpment in accordance WIth theIr
1l1structions, respe>Ct1l1g routIngs and endeaVOrIng to make
shipment at the time specified by the customer, wIll do more
for making hIm strong for the house than any thIng else we
can do, provided, of course, the Roods are satisfactory
4401 to 4531 West North Ave., CHICAGO
Makers of the
BEST
MEDIUM
ServIce is conceded to be the vital factor In retainIng
our trade, so it follows that a shipping department
of any
establIshment
is second in importance
to none of the other
departments,
most especially to the sellIng force. as well as
the customer.
Our customers
can co~operate with us by exerclS1l1g
care m makmg up orders and makmg their wants plain to
us, thereby eliminat1l1g possIble misunderstandings
of theIr
WIshes
Orders are of no value until shIpment is made, so
we should aIm to make our shipments
compare favorably
WIth our sales, of course there wIll always be some dIfference
owing to factorIes chang1l1g patterns,
dIscontinuing
others
and various causes beyond our control, but it is the goal we
should have in mind and every possIble effort should be made
to make our shIpments come very close to the amount of our
sales
It IS an mdICation of a perfect organIzation
and sure
to lead to permanent success.
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A. S WHITE,
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MANAQING EDITO"
econd ela .. matter, July 5, 1909, at the post office at Grand
under the act of March 3, 1879
Rapids,
M.chll'an
CHICAGO REPRESENTATIVE E. LEVY.
When J. Montgomery
Hare, retiring president of the 1'\ational Board of Fire Underwriters,
declared "there is no more
reason for a state to fix rates for insurance than to name prices
for merchandise
to be sold," he uttered a palpable truth
CIrcumstances
alter cases, however, and recent developments
in
the fire insurance
business show that it needs regulation
by
law to guard the interests of the policy holders.
Indeed, that
fact was recognized as a public necessity years ago, hence we
have insurance boards or commissions
in all the states.
The
banking business is also regulated
by laws, as are the raIlroads, and present indications
point to similar regulation
of
the express business in the near future.
Mercantile
business,
in various lines, is now regulated
by laws.
Whether
regulation will be extended until it fixes rates and prices depends
largely on the conduct and methods of those who manage the
lines of business and industry
now regulated
by law
The
government
has already assumed the regulation
of raIlroad
rates and unless the insurance
men reform their methodsunless they cease to rob policy-holders
in order to pay princelv
salaries and make millionaires among their offiCIals-the
people
will soon demand that rates be fixed by state or natIOnal la\\"
This state of affairs smacks of SocIalism, but it has been
brought about by those who make the mo"t strenuous protests
against gavel nment or state regulation
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The efforts of manufacturel
s to ImprO\ e the "dllltal y
condItIOns of factones and to safeguard the li\ es of \\orkmen,
are seldom appreciated
Examples
in support of thIS '3tatement are not want111g
The late John \V Iddlcomb pro\ Ided
safe guards for use on the shapers, stickers, and othet machines used 111111" factories several months ago
.'\ftel a day
or two the men refused to operate the machines
unle,;s the
guards were removed.
At the factory of the Rettmg Funllture company,
guards were attached
to a hand planel,
a
,;ander and a shaper
On the day following the 111stallatlon
one of bhe guard" was taken off and hung on the \\ all, another
was hfted out of place and supported
wIth a strtng
.'\ deaf
and dumb man operating
a sander wIthout a guard had a finger actually sanded off. It was a peculiar and an unu'3ual dCcldent
Soon after it occurred the operator entered the office
of the company
and motioning
for a sheet of papet wrote
thereon
"I'm a d--n
fool"
Indt\ idual dnnklng
Cup'3
when prOVIded are not used, the men prefen mg to endanger
their health if not their hves by drinking
fr.:;lm a common
receptacle
There is work fot the health board to do 111
some of the factones
AR1ISAN
The United Dry Goods company recently organi.ted with
dn duthonzed
capItal of $35,000,000 of common and $16.000,000 ot cumulatt\ e seven per cent preferred
stock, have acqUIred control of a number of large mercanttle
houses all of
\\ htch handle
furlllture,
rugs and kindred
goods.
These
hou:oe" are known m the t1 ade as follows'
The H B. Claflin
company, C G Gunther & Sons, James McCreery & Co, and
the O'NeIll-Adams
company of I\ew York CIty; Stewart
&
Co, of BaltIOre,
J K. Adam and \iVilham Hengerer,
of
Buffalo; Halhne & Co. Newark. N J ; the Powers MercantIle
company of l\linneapohs
and the Stewart Dry Goods company
of LOUh\ Ille \Vhat effect, If any, the consolidation
of these
1I1tere'3h "tll have upon the future of the buyers
of the
'3e\ eral stores mentIOned is not known, as the policies of the
big corporation
have not been made public; but it is stated
that act!"ve competItIOn with Sears, Roebuck & Co, and other
mal! order houses Will be entered into.
-\ germ proof dming car will be added to the equipment
of the Lehigh Valley railroad
The interior will not be ornamented with carvings,
mouldings,
or projections
"If a mIcrobe should ahght anywhere
on the smooth mahogany
finI"h," the butlder remarked,
"It would fall off and break its
neck"
Evidently the builder has not taken into consideration
the kitchen, where germs are prepared
to be served in the
dmmg
room
-\ letter dated Chicago, June 9, states that the exhlblt1Jn
butldlng
of the :\ atomal Furnturie
Exchange
in that city
",tll
be
completed
on June
10, 1911, and
that
It
WIll be opened for bUS1l1ess on July 1, following
The plans
adopted propose the erection of a structure
that will cover
seven acres of ground and accord 2,000,000 square feet of
floor space
It IS a big enterprise.
characteristic
of Chicago
\ person \\ ith a well developed bump of imagination
may
be able to form something
hke an idea of the volume of busInes" transacted
by Sears, Roebuck & Co, of Chicago, when
1I1formed that the house dealt with six million customers
la'3t year and on an average receives 75.000 pieces of mail per
day
:\0 wonder merchants
in smaller cities feel the effect of
the mall order business
Letter" hay e been received by local manufacturers
frJm
a L0n~lderable number of buyels who have placed orders for
good" needed from time to tIme in their home offices, stating
that the} WIll come to Grand Rapids in July for the first
tIme
The desire to personally
inspect
widely advertI,;ed
1111e'3which they hace not sold 111the past is given by "everal
a" the Iea"on for theIr coming
The work of receivl11g, unpacking
and pohshing
the
samples of furmture
prepared for the mIdsummer
exposition
I'; under way
Hundreds
of men WIll be so employed during
the next four weeks in the several furniture exposItion towns
\Iany factory hands would be idle but for this extra work in
mId-summer
\Lany manufacturers
are engaged
m stuffmg
the matI
bag,> with Circulars addressed to retailers call111g attention
to
the e),.hlbits they WIll make during the coming month.
The
trade papers would serve their purpose
better
at a great
say I11g of expense
The reason why men \\ ho mind their own business
ceed I" hecause they have so little competition
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The Railroad Bills.
There are "'Ide chfference" in the pro\ i"lOns of the ralllOad bills passed by the house and "en ate and neIther ha"
any great resemblance
to the bIll wntten by Attorney-Ge1neral
v\ Icker"ham
and approved
by the presIdent
The Senate
bIll, as formerly passed, contal11S only three of four propo;,al"
appearing
in the same form as they stood in the onginal adml11istratlOn or "Taft bIll"
The provisIOn for a commerce
court is retal11ed with only slIght modIficatIOns;
and so are
al"o the proposItions
authonzing
shIppers to select their own
routes, the provision
Imposing penalties
for I11correct statements of rates by raIlroad companies
and that authonzing
the commission
to begin investIgation
on its own l11itiatIve
and to control classIflcatlOns
But apart from these elements,
the bIll
Ineasure"
is unrefcognizable
as
tlhe ongl11al
"adm1l1lstratlO11
Almost wholly through a combination
of "m;,urgent"
and
Democratic
votes there were injected into the bIll a long-andshort-haul
amendment,
an anti-injunction
amendment,
a proviSIon glvmg the Interstate-Commerce
Comml"slOn power to
suspend 1l1crease" in rates for eleven months, a prOVblOn allowl11g the c0111lTIlssion to become a party to litIgatIOn m regard to Its orders before the new commerce court, an amendment "hlftl11g the burden of proof m regard to the rea"onablene;,s of mcreases
in rates from the shipper to the raIlroad
itself, an amendment
mclud1l1g telephonc and telegraph
compa111e;, as common
carriers
under the inter;,tate-commerce
law and several
other amendments
of mmor importance
There have been stnken out of the bill the prov ISlOn legalIz1l1g agreements
between
raIlroad companies
to fix rate" and
classlficatlOns-a
feature recommended
by PreSIdent Taft, but
denounce,]
by Senator
La Follette
as "a plain sanctIOn of
rate-making
by combinatIOn
and a repeal of the antI-tru"t
law m its applIcation
to raIlroads ," three other ong1l1al proY Isions that have been cut out of thc bill have been de;,cnhed
by the \Vlsconsin
senator as features of it that "pretended
a
control of railroad
capItalization,
but in truth and 111 fact
legalIzed all of the capitalIzation
eXIsting 111 raIlroad orga111zatlOn at the present tIme and prepared the way for vanOU5
schemes of stock watering
through
legaliz1l1g mergers
and
financial operat ons."
In the house bill the physical-valuation
prOVIsion re-
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mains, a" does al'>o the <,tock-and-bond
feature,
neIther of
whIch appear" m the senate bill, in thc house bill the longand-"hort-haul
IS radIcally dlffel ent from that m the senate
bIll, It IS \ ery drastIc-prohIbIt,;
a greater charge for a short
haul than for a long haul under any circumstances,
whIle
m the senate bIll certam exceptIOn" are made
vVashl11gton advlces state that the Republicans-"regulars" and "msurgents"-In
the house are expected to get together and with a few DemocratIc
votes, pass the senate bIll,
without referring the matter to a conference
committee.
Such
action does not seem probable however.
WIth such radIcal
dIfferences
between the measures
passed by the two houses
the usual course would be to refer the matter to a conference
commIttee
wIth a vIew of reachmg
a compromise.
Neither
house ha,', e, er ,',un endered to the other 111 a case of such
radIcal dIsagreement
I n thIS 1I1stance. however,
fear that
reference
to a com1111ttee would prolong the contest indefi111tely and m1ght result in the faIlure of b0th bills, may induce the lower house to SUI render.
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In
We also manufacture
Brass Trimmed I ran
Beds, Spring Beds, Cots
and CrIbs In a large
variety.
Send for Catalogue
and Prttel to
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Attractive Exhibit of Rare Furniture.
New York City, June 9 -The
furnIture trade seems in a
very quiet condition
The market IS qUIte de\ Old of activIty
and presents no features that are worthy of any extended
mention
The wholesalers
are complammg
that the dealers
are not buying as usual and it is harder than ever to sell
goods
The factones are working to faIr capacIty, but much
of their product goes to stock
The travelIng men are doing
the best they can but are not overburdened
with orders
The Cambridge Trading company has been incorporated
by Jacob Anbacher.
David Haar and S Offenbach
They
are capitalized
at $5,000 and will manufacture
and deal in
furmture, cottons, woolens. textile fabrics and artIcles used in
house decoration
An interestIng- tnp \\as recently made by the \\ riter
through the plant and warerooms of the Aimone I\Ianufacturing company, who have a line that will stand inspectIOn by
the most fastidious buyer. Various rooms are filled wIth terra
cotta and marble goods of the finest and rarest that could be
picked up, some with a history and others wIthout
There are
articles known as curiosities,
Oriental goods, histoncal
and
religious, brass goods, r
2ry. porcelain, silver antiques, etc
A great deal of the histthlcl and antique furniture IS imported
but a large plant is maintained to make period, inlaid and hand
painted furniture
They consider the Adam Brothers about
the best style of furmture imported, followed by the Renaissance. the Louis, William and Mary, Chippendale,
Dutch,
Italian, English and other old lines. Some very fine lines are
displayed of walnut goods, mahogany Chippendale
sets and
Chinese designs, the whate enamel lines are most beautIful
The Circassian
walnut and inlaid and carved Dutch marquetry, are probably as high pnced as anything in the warerooms.
Some white mahogany
is dIsplayed
that makes
OFFICE OF CITY CLERK.
Wichita, Kansas, June 3rd. 1910.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be
received at the office of the City Clerk up to 9:00 A.
M., on June 20th, 1910, for furnishing seats for the
Forum.
Plans and specifications for seating said
Forum can be had at the office of the City Clerk.
Bidders will be required to submit sample chairs
prior to date of opening bids.
Bidders will be required to enclose a certified
check in the amount of $500.00 as a guarantee of
good faith.
Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
Wm. Sence, City Clerk.
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a very artistic show1l1g
An Adam bed room set is a very
beautIful piece of work
There is a gold room wh~ch contams
a LOUIS XIV table, wIth brache violette marble. also tapestry
'iuites, each thread be1l1g woven by itself, whIch came from
the famous Musee de Louvre
Some fine old chests show their
antiquity, an Italian inlaid table is shown, the work on which
\\ as all done with a steel needle.
There is a demand now for the EnglIsh period designs,
and a great many pieces are carried that are exclusive and
never duplicated
An exhibition will be held by this firm in
July. but at the present time the stock on hand IS lower than
usual.
R C. Aimone, the head of the firm is at present makmg a trip through Europe for new goods and novelties
The
salesmen are in the CIty now and will go out agam in July an~l
.\ugust to cover the entire country. J A. Foley IS in charge
of the business 111 the absence of Mr. Aimone
A new firm to start 111 business here is the Weiss Furniture company, manufacturers
and Jobbers at 369 Third avenue
The president is Benjamin Weiss. who IS treasurer of
the Umted States Cabinet Bed company
of 336 Delancey
"treet, H. P. \Veiss is "ice president;
Samuel Stillman IS
treasurer and salesman to the city trade; Martm Newman is
secretary and will sell goods in Brooklyn; MIke Hyman WIll
act as salesman 111 New Jersey
The capItal is $12.000, of
which $6000 is paId in. They will manufacture
dressers,
chiffomers, sideboards
tables, etc
Russia to Invade Argentina.
Amencan Ambassador
Rockhill writes from St Petersburg that a committee has been organized there under the
leadership of ~1r. Avdakoff, a member of the council of Empire, whose object is the sending to Argentma, to partiCIpate
111 the
jubIlee international
exposition of that republic, of a
Russian floating exposition. such as was recently dispatched
to Levantine
ports
Mr Rockhill comments'
"The idea has had the active support of Mr. GarciaMansilla,
the Argent1l1e charge d'affaIres here, and, it is
stated, of the RUSSIan mmister at Buenos Aire'i
bne of the
vessels of the RUSSian volunteer fleet WIll be fitted out for
the purpose, and the committee
has called upon the chief
busine'is firms of the empire to partIcipate
"The success of the lIke enterpnse
in the Levant has
surpassed expectatIOns, the sales of Russian produce aggregatmg. It is estimated, more than $1,500,000, and has brought
about the establishment
of a number of Russian commercial
agenCIes in Con'itantlllople
It i'i expected that this new
enterpn-;e w1l1 have as favorable results and lead to the development of RUSSIan trade WIth the Argentine Republic."
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Detroit Factory and Trade Notes.
DETROIT, June 9.-The Palmer Manufacturing company will show an almost entirely new line of tables and
pedestals on the fourth floor of the Furniture Exchange, Grand
Rapids, III July. They will have the finest line they have ever
offered for lllspectlOn, embraclllg many styles in Flanders,
mISSIOn,Elizabethan, colomals, etc Will Streng, the president of the company, WIllbe on the floor, assisted by his salesmen, Ellis Rine and H L Doederlin
Since completing the
addition to the factory they are enabled to fill orders promptly,
and are doing a large busIness
The Possehus Brothers Furniture Manufacturing company will show this season, for the first time, nine complete
dining room sets, consisting of buffet, china closet, serving
table, dining table and chairs, made with colomal, mission,
Elizabethan and French legs The writer has seen several of
these patterns and to praise them would only be doing them
justice. Besides this line of dining room furniture they will
have their usual large line of dining tables, including all the
most popular styles, and the usual hne of the famous Victor
extension tables ThiS hne will be shown as usual on the
second floor of the Furmture Manufacturers' Exhibition buildlllg, 1319 Michigan avenue, Chicago.
J. C. Widman & Co. and the Humphrey-Widman Bookcase company will show their complete lines on the first floor,
south half, of the Furniture Exhibition building, Grand Rapids,
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No matter how expensive and perfect 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
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Here is
a Rocker
That's
No. 1739-103 Pull.
Made by Grand Ra.pids Brass 00., Grand Rapids, Mich.
a seller.
the space formerly occupied by the Taylor Chair company,
of Bedford, Ohio. This WIll be the best and largest line these
companies have ever placed on the market, and as they will
show in no other market it behooves every buyer who cares
more for business than having a good time to keep this in
mind. Their lme of dimng room furniture is made III Sheraton, Elizabethan, and Jacobean styles The dllling room sets
will include china closets, buffets and serving tables, with
chairs to match They will also show a fine line of imported
mirrors and pictures. The Humphrey-Widman sectional bookcases will add very much to the dIsplay.
C. H. Haberkon & Co have a new catalogue in press.
Since Mr. HabErkon's retirement from the active engagement
Mr. S. H. Doench presides at his desk.
Retail trade is fair in the city, some saying that they cannot get the goods as f\lst as they can sell them
The Granel Upholstenng company, one of the leading
furniture stores of Gratiot avenue, is having a fine trade. Ed
Drahiem, the buyer for this house, visits the market in Grand
Rapids and Chlcago each season.
Gratiot aV~'nuehas another furniture store, Geo. H. Streng
having opened up at 415 Gratiot avenue, corner of Russell
street. Mr. Streng carries a good stock of furniture, bedding,
carpets, rugs, stoves, gas stoves and pictures, and reports
trade as very satisfactory.
C. M.
Write for
III
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RETAIL FURNITURE
ADVERTISING
Conducted by H. H. STALKER.
Dealers Are Urged to Send in Samples of Their Advertisements and to Offer Any Suggestions
and Helps Which They Believe Will Be of Benefit to Others. This Department
Aims to Be of Practical Service. Help Us to Make It So.
A Reply to Mr. Schurman.
To critIciLe is human.
To impugn and mallgn a nldn's
motives and ideals, to assume to publIsh to the '" otld "hat
he stands for, without being in possessIOn of the facts appeal S
to me to be nothing short of inhuman
The worst that can be said about the Bishop cntIclOlm 1'3
that it handled without gloves what was believed to be faulty
construction.
The writer is free to admit that It might ha' e
been tempered somewhat by a mention of some of the (2,ood
features, with which even the wor'3t "ads" are often endO'" ed
Schurman quotes Mahm as saY1l1g that it is "Ise not tll
be too confident a critic of advertising
True
If he WIll read
the criticIsm again he will note that I qualIfied It "Ith an ( 111
my judgment."
I have also mentioned 111 these columns the
fact that it was unreasonable to expect every reader to concUl
in the critIcisms, and have repeatedly called for the opmlOIh
of others.
I am glad that I was finally successful m gettmg
action.
Those seeking the motive back of Schurman's article undoubtedly discovered it in his closing word'3, in whIch he
admits that he was indirectly connected with the adnrtl"ement in question
It is the truth that stings, so of course the
spirit manifest between the lines of Schurman's remarks b not
in the least surprising.
I divine another reason why he "rate
as he did. The calIbre of Schurman's
copy IS too good to
admit of discounting his abIlity as an "ad" -wnter, yet he I..,
first and foremost an artist
You need not be told that neall \
all artists are blessed or cursed, as they choose to consIder It,
with a sensitive nature.
WhIle unquestIOnably not to be compared with Schurman as an artist, stIll I am enough of one
to suffer from a like affiiction-a
sensitive nature
And so,
understanding
his feelings, I hold no resentment
He" as d
bit hasty-that's
all And I submIt that he was tenfold more
severe and harsh in his judgment of me pelsonally, than I,\a"
of hIS brother's advel tI::,ement A man can stand WIth equalllmity the assaults upon the creations of hi::, brain (or should),
but when it comes to assailing the one thing he holds most
dear, he should defend himself.
I have only a slight acquaintance
WIth MI SchUlman
He does not know my characteristic'3, or my Ideals and aspIratIons regarding advertIsing or any other thing; and it IS qUlte
eVIdent that he has not followed closely the columns ovel
which I have presided, or I feel sure he would have written 111
a dIfferent strain
For instance, 111 a recent issue of the
Artisan I had the following:
"In these days of strenuous competitIOn one IS inclIned to
bear down too heavily on price, and not enongh on quallty
Pnce is a good thing to feature, because folks lIke to know the
cost of th1l1gs that 1I1terest them
On the other hand there
are many who are just as much concerned about qualIty, they
belIe" e m buying the best, and the latter class are, m the last
analySIS, the best class to cater to
If you gain a reputatIon
for rehability, when you do see fit to have a sale your announcements
wiii carry greater weight, and consequently
stronger pullIng power
Let the other fellow do the pnce
slashing; the frantic spell-bmding stunt
Do" ou go quietly,
versistently,
and everlastingly
after the kmd of trade that
"ttcks, the kmd that IS not call1ed away \\Ith every wmd 1.h7'
blm's. but whIch is determined
to buy good good.." reallze
that a faIr return must be paid, and know where t'J go to get
"hat they want.
It is perhaps slower to build up a trade of
thIS character, but it's a heap more satisfying in the end, and
more profitable too. And on top of all that you and your bUSIness command twice the respect of the community"
Does that sound as if I were for the "stuffed club," "JolIter," "Barnum," "cure-all" or other "undefined" style of copy?
Does that read as If I would "ltke to see merchandising
traIled
111 filth"?
Mr Schurman takes it upon himself to assert "confidently" and WIthout even a qualifying "in my judgment,"
that I am. Thus he puts me in a false light before all the
readers of the Artisan save those who know to the contrary.
He says further, that neither he nor I originated the theones
of advertISIng which we are both following, yet he goes on to
state that the "pnce is almighty" theory is a Stalker theory.
He remarks that a salesman went into a store last January in
response to a "Stalker type of ad ," etc. My dear Schurman,
these are not Stalker types at all.
I stand for no partIcular type of "ad." save that of truthfulness, honesty, plain speech, plain illustration,
plus all the
force the writer can put into it. Force it must have, even to
the sacrifice of the more elegant forms of English. Advertising
IS not a question
of elegant English-but
dollars.
Even the
most cultured al e susceptIble to forceful copy, albeIt they
mIght not choose the same mode of expression in giving calm
to theIr thoughts
And I have an idea that graphic language
of another nature might have more effect on them than an
ad, ertisement
couched m the same kind of language they
"ould use
I t would at least have the novelty of freshnes'3
By forceful, I do not mean bombastic.
But I do mean short,
sharp, concise, meaty sentences.
Every word pregnant with
meaning-ringing
with spirit, energy and conviction.
The
kmd of copy that grips and holds-creates
desire-stirs
to
action, and starts a sale that even the blithering idIOt Schurman mentIoned could not kIll
And I cannot help but add
that I am decidedly of the opinion that the "we invite you to
111spect" kind of copy does not come within the range of the
above defil11tion of forceful English,
whatever
you may
thmk of it.
Schurman says that I speak confidently.
He might rather
have anal}7ed It as positively.
Yes, I did. I believe in it. A
man WIth convIctIOns worth while always speaks POSItIVely
and confidently
PosItively, because one with strong convictIons cannot speak otherwIse; confidently, because without a
spmt of confidence one cannot hope to make much of an
impression
Schurman says I should be mIme for clean, constructive,
confidence-earning
copy. WIth all my heart I am; always
was-always
will be. There IS nothmg in anything I have
wntten for the ArtIsan that could be construed to mean anything else.
Schurman says that the average salesman sells along the
lmes of least reSIstance
True again. That is the fault of the
manager-not
the ad-WrIter.
If more ad-writers
could dictate the policy of the stores for which they write ads, Schur-
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man's doubtful imputation
that bargain offers had spent their
force on the public would have much less ground for consideration.
It is perfectly honorable, upright and good business to
secure attention through attractively
priced goods, and to sell
better ones if possible.
You are not betraying
the confidence
of the buyer in so doing; you are rendering
a service, for the
better the article a person buys, the greater the satisfactlOn
My criticism that prices quoted were too high was in general-not
directed at the $29.50 item.
But I stlll mainta111,
and I beheve I wlll be substantiated
by the majority, that the
$2950 panel should have been at the top, and the out-of-town
panel at the bottom
Schurman
makes a good plea for the
flowers, tho' how he knows that I need them more often on
my table is a conundrum.
Granting
that they are all right,
I still adhere to the idea that they should have been less conspicuous in close proximity
to the tables-at
least in a newspaper ad.
About the 15th of July there will be issued by a Chica~;o
publishing
house, a book from my pen. I am going to send a
copy to friend Schurman.
When he has read it through, T am
sure he will say to himself, if not to me, "Stalker,
I mi",judged you."
New York"s Vocational
School.
A vocatlOnal school, long advocated
for this Clty, where
boys are to be taught trades, has at last become a reahty as a
department
of Pubhc School 100, at Fifth avenue and 138th
street, Manhattan,
under the leadership
of Dr Pickett.
who
has been chosen for the work because of his practical knowledge of mechanics.
ThiS school IS not only the first of its kinJ in thiS City,
but the first, It IS said, in this country.
Dr. Pickett says that
while IllS school did not expect, and did not wish, to turn out
Journeymen
who, as boys, would be able to take the places of
men 111the workshops.
he emphasizes
the fact that he intends
to give the 400 boys 111the school a theoretical
knowledge
of
the trade'3 which they selected, and which will be better than
they could get under the present management
of workshops
Courses wlll be offered in woodworking,
includ111g carpentry, house construction,
cab111et mak111g and JOInery; 111
metal work, 111clud1l1g machine
shop and bench work;
in
forge and sheet metal work, in plumb111g, includ1l1g sal11tatlon and hotwater
heating,
111 pnnt111g and book-bind1l1g
by
hand. and 111 mcchal11cal and artltectural
draw1l1g and the
mak1l1g and reaJ1l1g of blue pnnts
At thc same tnne the boys ale to be taught
Enghsh,
mathematiCs.
phySICS and chenllstry,
1l1dustrial history
and
geography,
CIVICS,bookkeep1l1g and commerCial law, all 111 such
a way as to empha'317e the practical Side of these studies
Boys ale taken Without eXam1l1atlOn, If they ale 14 years
old <lr 0\ CI and have passed till ough thc elementary
school
course, or, If 0\ er 14 anJ can pass an eXam1l1atlOn eqUl\ alent
to thc Sixth year 111 the elementary
schools
No boys al e
taken under 14, and none Without certlficatcs
of character
Mr. Cox Takes an Important
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THE C.ftPl\.CITY
OF YOUR
DRY KILN.
Detroit. Mich .• Oct. 18. 1909.
McCaskey Register Co .•
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Gentlemen:
Replying to yours of the 17th inst., with reference to
Grand Rapids Veneer Works Dry Kiln which we are operating here. would say after investigating the matter very thoroughly we came to the conclusion that the Kiln offered by
them would prove the most satisfactory and we accordingly
built one under their plans and speCificationsone year ago. and
are very well pleased with the operation of same. We find
that our lumber is brought through in splendid condition and
the time consumed being conSiderably less than heretofore,
and in every way is operating to our satisfactIon.
Yours truly.
(Signed) ]. L. McDonell, Supt.
DETROIT
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
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THB WORLD'S BEST SAW BENCH
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A large hotel IS 111 course of constructlOn
at Scranton, Pa
A few days ago Charles H Cox, of the Michigan
Chair company, dropped 111tO Scl anton and found the representatl\
C'o
from several
retal! houses and manufacturers
engaged
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negotlat1l1g for orders for furl11ture.
Mr. Cox conv1l1ccd the
owners that the J\Ilchlgan Chair company's
goods were what
they needed for the d1l11l1g room, the chamber and other departments
of the house, and thlOugh a local dealer closed a
contract fOl the same 111 Jig time
Built with double arbors. sliding table and equipped
complete with taper pin guages carefully graduated.
This machine represents the height in saw bench construction. It is designed and built to reduce the cost
of sawing stock.
Write us for descriptive
CRESCENT
information.
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Zinc Lined. Porcelain Lined.
White Enamel Lined.
Opal-Glass Lined.
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Rugs and Carpets_
The shipments from Bagdad to the Umted States vvere
more than for five years prevIOus, though the supply of real
antique Persian rugs IS dim1mshing fast
About $850,000
worth of rugs came to Bagdad from PersIa in 1909, of which
less than one-fourth were old Nearly all the genume antIques.
however, go to Amenca
Shlraz, Ramadan, Tabnz, Kermansha, Bokhara, Kulyah1, and Sma are the kmds of carpets mostly sent to the United States.
The local pnces paId for such
rugs range from $260 to $3 70 per square meter for ordmary
qualtty, $440 to $6 for better grades, and $880 and upward
for extra fine antIques, all dependmg on age, qualtty, and
condition.
Cheap rugs, amltne dyed, m 1mitahon of anCIent patterns,
are now manufactured
m large numbers by a foreign firm at
Sultanabad for export to Europe
They sell for much less
than real Persian handmade carpets, and are readily detected
by rubbing wIth a mOlstened cloth, whIch reveals the amlme
dyes by leaving a stain on the cloth
Every district in PersIa has ItS own style and desIgn of
rugs; yet the mere name IS no guide to quality, as good and
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rugs and carpets to the value of $349,129 from Smyrna, $3,137.015 from Constantmople,
and $143,392 from Bagdad
This
trade has shown considerable growth smce Amencan buyers
began travelmg through ASiatIc Turkey and Persia, personally
selecting many of these floor covenngs
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It is not easy to distmguish one rug from another by word descriptIon, but a
feature of the Sh1raz, Koordistan, J aff, Kulyahi, etc, is that
they are woven wholly or partly of cotton.
The dominant
color of all Shiraz rugs and carpets is red, while the Bijars are
blue and marine.
The choicest rugs are woven in silk and wool, and come
largely from Kerman, Persia. Many ancient patterns, products
of early Mohammedan days, as well as conventional flower designs, are seen. The color blendings are exquisite. These silk
rugs are usually about four and one-half by seven feet, and are
measured by the native "zar," a square measure of twenty by
forty inches. Sixteen stitches per inch are usually woven in
the manufacture of rugs and carpets for export, though Persian rug fanciers insist on finer weave.
About 1,000 100m" are operated by hand in Kerman.
Rere
the price for the better qualities of carpets is nearly $5 a "zar "
The estimated annual output of woolen rugs in Kerman is
$200,000.
The silk carpets of Kerman sell locally for about
three times the price of woolen carpets, and in Cairo one silk
rug from Kerman has been known to bring $500
Small boys, working two or three at a time under a master
\\ eaver, turn out these valuable rugs
The master reads the
pattern aloud to them, which they recite or repeat after him
as they work.
These formulae contain many words now
obsolete.
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No. 687, 60 in. top.
Others 54 in. top.
8 Foot Duostyles
ANY FINISH
CHICAGO DELIVERIES
Lentz Table Co.
NASHVILLE,
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DEPARTMENT STORE TRUST.
Twenty-Million-Dollar Corporation to
Western Concerns.
Control
The May Department
Stores company was lllcorporated
at Albany last week, with a capitalIzatIOn of $20,000,000, of
which $15,000,000 IS common stock and $5,000,000 preferred.
Goldman, Sachs & Co and Lehman Bros are ItS financial representatives
The company was orgamzed to take over and
operate a number of large department
stores in the middle
West and the far West and to form the nucleus of a still larger
corporatIOn that is designed to absorb leading dry goods
houses west of the Mississippi valley. The charter of the new
company permits It to manufacture as well as to buy and sell
the articles that are handled by important dry goods houses
and department stores and to engage In a general real estate
business as well.
The preferred stock will be cumulative and will pay 7 per
cent dividends
Dividends on the common stock will not be
paid until after a surplus of $250,000 has been accumulated
and no rate higher than 4 per cent may be established until
the surplus reaches $1,000,000. The preferred will be redeemable at 125 Application to list both the common and the preferred will be made to the New Y or k Stock Exchange.
There
will be eleven directors
Among the companies to be absorbed are the May Shoe
and Clothing company of Denver, the Schoenberg Mercantile
company of St LoUls, the May Real Estate and Improvement
company of St Louis and the May company of Cleveland
"Way to Ship."
There IS a book publlshed by The Chicago Association of
Commerce under the auspices of the Freight Traffic committee which, although unknown to some of the great interests of the association, is an absolutely indispensable
instrumentallty to many others. This book, the work of ]. F. Morton, is entitled "Way to Ship." and has been preceded by three
other numbers.
The purpose of "Way to Ship" is to show shippers what
are the through package cars leading to desirable trade territones, and hrow shipments should be routed to obtain the best
possible service.
The book is in two parts.
It contains
seven ty-nine pag es in its first part devoted to the listing of
stations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
Against every station of these many thousand is placed
a number, and that number carries the inquirer to the book's
second part, being, literally, "Key No.1 to Way to Ship book
No 4, 1910." To demonstrate the relation of the two parts of
the work, it may be said for instance that the town of Abanda,
the alphabetical leader in the Alabama list, has against it the
number 679. and that the inquiring shipper who wants to
reach Abanda in the best way does so if he follows the routing
lllstructions
which he finds set opposite the number 679 in
the key
In the case in point, if he were wise he would ship
by the Chicago Eastern Illinois, in the Birmingham
car, expectlllg that his goods would arrive on the fourth day, and
that they would have but one transfer, and that of a character
least subJ ect to delay, loss and injury
The book of course contams necessary shipping instructions, and is equivalent to a business maker to every shipper
who makes constant use of it. The package car service is
the result of co-operatIOn between interested
railroads and
the Freight Traffic committee, and is one of the important
constructive
acts of the association in its unremitting
campaign for trade extension.
Have you received your copy of
DRY KILNS
FOR TIMBER PRODUCTS?
A book on the "best and latest" practice
of artificial lumber drying.
IMPROVED ROLLER BEARING TRUCKS
Doors, Steam Traps, and the" ABC" Moist
Air Drying Apparatus fully described and
clearly illustrated.
Mention Publication No. 265 (M. A.)
AMERICAN BLO'¥[R
CoMPANY_
MICH.
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Manufacturers
"ABC" low speed;
low power exhaust
fans.
of
"ABC"roller bearing trucks, transfer cars and flexible doors.
"Detroit" Return Steam Traps.
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Minnesota
Retail Furniture
Association
Dealers'
OFFICERS-PresIdent,
J R Taylor. Lake Benton, Mmn , VIce-PresIdent, D R Thompson, Rockford, Mmn ;
Treasurer, B A Schoeneberger, Perham, Mmn ,Secretary, W L. Grapp, JanesvIlle, Mmn.
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE-ChaIrman,
Geo Klem, Mankato, Mmn., 0 Simons, Glencoe, Mmn., W. L
Harns. Mlnneapohs, Mlnn C. Datuelsou, Cannon Fans.
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Do you thlllk for one mlllute that an 1l1"otliutlOn 'iuch a" h
pictured
above, could have grown up 111 ten ) ear" a" theY
have, If they had not used some fundamental
pr1l1C1ple tJ
make It possIble?
Do you know what that fundamental
pnnclple IS, If not, ask yourself how about the first cost of your
source of supply.
Is thIS instltutlOn,
a mad order ev d,
paying the same price that you and I pay? ,VeIl, no, hardl),
and unless the mall order house could better the prICe'i, then
No.
147.
v"lth the 'i111all dealer" thc} never could do what they have
done and are no\', dJ1l1lS If y,m find III your business, that
you cann 1t u"e the v 01U111C,that bnngs to you the'ie conces'-olons. why not become a part of an JrgamzatlOn,
whIch
can?
Thus you wdl be on equal footlllg with the largest
competItor,;
known III modern times
Thlllk It over,
Yours truly
W L GRAPP,
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New Furniture Dealers.
F A Quinn IS a new fur111ture dealel at Coppcr Blll,
'1 enn
Ed \vanI Lalo,on 10, tu open d ne\, fUlll1ture store at N CWa) go, ~11ch
J acoh Uornstem hao, opened a new fUJ mture "tOll at
Sh3moh1l1, Fa
Charles Han and "\ 0 FOl d, real estate dfalcl s h<.1\C
fitted up a St'Jl e In \\ 111chthey wIll open a o,tock of carpel', emU
fUl mture at Patterson,
III
J r Petnk
& Sons have enlarged
thell upholstellng
hLhmes" at 930 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan , and have stal ted
up an up-to-date
fmm ture store
Jullus and MollIe Wlelbo,ohn and H Phllllps have 111corporated the Grand Furniture
company, capltallzed
at $10,000,
to open a new store 111Denver, Col
J B Pnnce has opened a new stock of store and office
fm111ture and fixture.., 111a part of the CapItol Furl11ture company's hmldl11g 111 RaleIgh, 1\ C
The InternatIOnal
FurllltUI e company, C L Nord, mandger, WIll open a new store wIth a large stock of fUl111ture,
carpets, rugs, etc, at InternatIOnal
Falls, Ml11n
J T SImmons of Greenwood,
S C, wholesale and retall
dealer In furmture
and, ehlcle, has rented the J P Jennings
store "oon to be bmlt at McCon11lck, S C, and WIll open It
1\ Ith a full stock
of vehIcles and furmture
hy the mIddle of
July
Preparing for the ~lidsummer
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St>ason.
The Berkey & Gay Fur111ture company
arc busy theoc
cla\ s v,lth preparatIOns
for the July sale
The maIn office on
the fir:ot floor has been completely
remodeled
dnd presents a
beautiful
appeal ance, filllshed throughout
as It h WIth mahogany
ThIS firm dt considerable
expense a year ago, fitted
up a specIal room to show theIr Flanders
furmture
1he
room has 7,500 feet of floO! space and IS one of the furl11ture
sl~hts of the cIty
ThIS July, they are agam makmg l111pl0\ e111ents m theIr show rooms, alld wIll have two addltlonal
speual rooms, one showmg
thClr enamel bed room lme-the
other theIr new Sheraton
cleltlons,
whIch they are showl11g
qUIte extenSIvely thIS season
In addItion to the exhlbltlon
of furnIture an exhIbIt equally as 111terestmg is that made of
thell ad, ertlslng serVIce for 1 he dealer
The Berkey & Gay
company reah?e that their pr::lblem IS not soh ed when furnIture IS sold the retaIler,
that It really only commences
at
that pOInt-that
the real problem is to mo, e the goods from
the retaIler's
floor
ThIS explal11s wihy so much money ha:o
been put behind theIr advertIsing
campaIgn
and so much
thought In then dealers advertIsing
servIce
One cannot help
but be Impressed
WIth the thoroughness
of these selll11g
plans and the assIstance
they can be to the dealer 1\ ho vnll
take advantage
of them
\ VISIt tc) the Belke) & Cra) "hol\
10()111C, dt1Jmg the lull
sale v\ 111be tll11e II ell "pent
The Past Season a Good One.
John S LInton the secretary
of the 1'\atlOnal 1<url11tl11e
\Ianufacturers'
aSSOCIatIOn, who keeps v"ell mformed
uron
the condItIons that eXIst m the mdustry, on \vednesday,
June
8, expressed
the opmlon that the sales of furl11ture dunn~
the current spnng season wel e fully ten per cent largel than
dunng the correspondmg
"ea~on of last year
,Yhl1e It l'J d
fart that the travehng
salc'imcn took but few ordel s on theIr
Lnt tnp, the orders receIved through the malb were unu"uall)
large
1'Ir Ll11ton heheves that the fall season of trade WIll
be conSIderably
more actIve and larger 111 volume than that
of the fall of 1900 As an mdlcatlOn of the grounds that eAlst
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sUPPO! tIng the Vle\\ of :\Ir Lmton,]\.11
Insh of the Hastmgs
fable company
state" that IllS firm has receIved forty-SIx
orders from the tern tory tl aveled b) 111msel£ sInce he made
hIS tnp March last
Mr. Lupfer"s New Project.
Geor~e 13 Lupfel,
of Columbus,
0, for many yeals
Lldl1<.1£;trof the manufacture
of beddmg- for the film of whIch
he Wd" a membel, havl11g 'iold hIS mtelest io hIS paltner, has
01 gal1lLcd the George
B Lupfer company, purc11dsed an upto-date factory bl11ld1l1g and eqUIpped It WIth the best of
111 )dern
machmelY
fe)! the manufacture
of a supenor
hne of
mattres'ies,
box spnngs, WO\ en and COIled WIre springs, ptlluw", etc
The plant, lac ated at 262-4 North Hanover
street
1" nO\\ 1ll opelatlOn
and lis ploduct" wlllibe exhIbIted WIth F
'1 Fhmpton
& Co at 1319 MIchIgan avenue, ChIcago, and at
the factor)
'\11 Pbmpton
is a 'itockholder
m the Lupfer
company
,Vlth hIS long expenence
and fir"t c1a"s fac11ltles
Ilr Lupfe, h "ure to make a ~ucces" of his ne\\ project
Furniture Fires.
'1homa" J :\Iugge's furniture
store at I:ohpemmg, 1\11ch,
"as destroyed
by fire recently
The GreenVIlle
(Tex)
~Iattres'i
company's
plant wao,
burned on June 1 Loss $3, SOO, pal tlally msured
Schwartz
Brothers,
fur11lture dealers of NOI wlch, Conn,
lost about $2,000 by file m theIr siore on Sunday, May 29.
rull) 111SUled
The plant of the l\Iantenffc1
RcfllgelatOl
company
of
\llllneap )11", '\Imn, vva" damaged to the extent of $10,000 b)
fire on June 2 In"uI eel
Lentz Tahles Sell Themselves.
N \SIlVILLE,
Mlch, J1111e 9 -The
Lent? Tdble company ha, e a satIsfdctOl y trade, and WIll bnng out man) ne\\
pattern:o [or the fall 'ieaSOll, mc1vdmg Flander:o, ml:o:OlOn,carll'
Enghsh, Tudor, etc
The Lentz dmmg exieno,lOn tables have
a WIde reputatIOn as the best made and fim"hed on the malket
They do not exhIbIt at any of the furmtm e exlllbltlOns, but
have no trouble in marketmg
theIr output
Long in the Business.
George Lv an.., although
a ) oun~ man, ha-, been en~dged m the sale of furnltUle a lOll£; ilme, not Clmte as long
a:o Halle) 0, e.Jmet take" 111 makmg a lound tnp to earth, from
ItS hole 111 the cll"tant every\vhel e, but long enough to understand the game, and sell a lot of goods to the dealel S m the
soutlnvest
anel the PaCIfic coast
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Complete lines of samples are displayed at 1411Michigan Ave.,
Chicago, and in the Furniture Exhibition Building, Evansville.
THE KARGES FURNITURE CO.
Manufacturers of Chamber Suites, Wardrobes. Chiffoniers. Odd Dressers, Chifforobes.
THE BOSSE FURNITURE
Manufacturers of Kitchen Cabinets. K. D. Wardrobes,
golden oak, plain oak and quartered oak.
co.
Cupboards and Safes, in imitation
THE WORLD FURNITURE CO.
Manufacturers of Mantel and Upright Folding Beds, Buffets, Hall Trees, China Closets.
Combination Book and Library Cases.
THE GLOBE FURNITURE CO.
Manufacturers of Sideboards in plain oak, imitation quartered oak, and solid quartered oak.
Chamber Suites, Odd Dressers, Beds and Chiffoniers in imitation quartered oak, iNitation
mahogany, and imitation go1den oak.
THE BOCKS~rEGEFURNITURE CO.
Manufacturers of the "Supelrior" Line of Parlor, Library, Dining and Dressing Tables.
THE METAL, FURNITURE CO.
Made by The Karges Funuture
Co
Manufacturers of "Hygiene" Guaranteed Brass and Iron Beds, Cribs. Wire Springs and Cots
Evansville is the gr1eat mixed car loading center of the
United Sta.tes, made so by the Big Six Association.
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Made by World
Furniture
Made by Bockstege
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES AND NEWS
The Roper I~url11ture facto!\ 1<" to he 11W\ ull10m
\I1-!I,t
\\ aka, Ind to DIxon, III
J D 110rns nncleIiaku
c11 l\.llklanel
III hd' 'c lei 111bU<.,lne"" trl Henly Laudl"
The Tnggs-5teele
I t11l11ture C0111]M!1)0 \n\1l"ton
\la
ha" gone II1t) banklllptcy
FlOellch Drothers succeed Phlhp llOellch
t\\lnJt\\l c dl,d
u and undertaker,
at Gridley, III
IV 1;\1 Kelly & Son ha\ e ,ucceeded
\. \ [ahan In thc
unde1 takll1g busmess at Elburn
III
The Rochester
(:\ Y) c,tme and rl11nltllte
cc)mpa11\
have opened a hI anch St01 e at Glen ralls. '\ Y
The Lall1gsbu1 g (\llch ) Fl11l11tu1e anel L ndel taklllg C0111pany has been II1corporated
CapItal ,tack
~1O000
The Grand Rapld-, (\llch')
L:ph0l,telln!2
COmpd11\ ha\ e
Increased theIr capItal stock 110m $20000 to S:;O 000
The Enterpnse
I~l11l11ture company
dealel"- of PhlLt
delphIa, ha\ e filed a \ oluntaly
pet1t1011 m h Wk.1 \\ptL \
The MIller Furl11tllte compa11\ 01 \the11' r;a ,tie 1l1clkmg anangements
to add an unde! takIng dep31 tmlnt to the11
bUSIness
The Central
5pnng
Ded compan"
ha\ e ~I\ (n 1l( IllC
that then pnnupal
offiel ha" been mo\ eel 110 11 [1m. ,,- 1 .
to Brooklyn
1he Rhodc,,-Il1teh-C<Jllln,
I111111turc l 1l1Jllll\ I' 1.)
occupy a ne" bUlld1l1£; to be el ected on l'a din" ,1.1eel III
l'en sacola, } la
The People'" lUlll1tJlI e comp.U1\ nf l1caUlt1r nt rL e" ha'
been II1corporated b) S \ [ Good111an, -\ D I Loppel and \ c...
LeWIS CapItal stock. $10 000
Jacob II 01£ & Co, ±tlll11tl11e dealel" c 1 Cln cldnel ().
ha,e II1corpCJ1ated tben busmess a, the Speal c...ample l~Ull1l
ture company
CapItal stock, $25000
"-tOIl' tl1ll1ltUH ot
The Hunt .:Uanufactunng
company
(Jarrett,
Ind, ha" been mcol pOl ated b, LClgl H UW. 1\
rredenck,
Charles Abel and E F Clal k
The Campbell-C;mlth-Rltchle
compall\
\\ 0"( llnL I" hanelled by F l' Plimpton
& Co, are bUllchng an a 1cltt]()J1 70" 90
four stones to theIr plant at Lebanon. Ind
C J Enksen,
fmnltule
dealer, of Lawlerce,
Kan. ha'
II1corporated
hIs busme,s,
under the name 0 the :Cl1ksen
Furlllture
company
CapItal stock, $25,000
A. E Tromp. a man of \\ Ide e"penence
111 the 1111111t1.1l
L
trade has taken the pOSItIOn of managel
111 the
ll1ll1ltul e
department
of the -\x BIlly store, EUf;ene 01 e
,l~ I h'l' 111)\\ c!')-.Lcl the 0\\ ego stOl e and moved the "tack to
j ll1lncl
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" l \l,,()n
Illlnltule
ded1el of Del'l Creck. near BloomIII~ton Ill, pm elM "eel thL old p,J"toffiee hl1lldmg whIch w clS
lece11111 \dcateel
l1lcned It to a lot ad]0111111g hb store and
\\ 111 U,e lt
a wal chouse
11 " 11alHi,un
ot FClgllS Fa1h, and H I1 Halver"on,
ha\ e pUlchased the T II Pelrt's furl11tme "tore bus111ess at
"ank eentel
,[mn
H B Haher"on
\\111 manage the buslne,~ unr1el the film name ul Hal'. erson & Co
rll,C DCl ke, ~ Ga} lurl1ltul e company,
Grand RapIds,
hd\ e fttteel llP a leceptlOn loom for the buyers who wdl call
dt the facton
cl11I111gthe summel sales season
It is fi11lshed
111 mahogan\.
calefull)
selected and matched
C T' II lllldm,on
ha, sold hIS 1I1telest 111the fl1lniture
a'l(] undo tak111~ ]m"1I1es" of \llllld111son & Stahl, Tecum:oeh,
\1 Jell to r ugcnc c..,el\ lee
The new firl1l-Sel vIce &Stahl\\111111J\l 10 \[1 c..,cnlce, stOle on ChlLago street
I hl (,tate
0\ the 1.,1.( Dd\lcl IV Kendall
of the PhoenIX
1 UInltnl e c0111]Jal1\, Gland Raplcls, \11Ch, has been appraIsed
aL «;ZO() 000. Inclmll1l:; sCJme good "lzed hlocks of '>tock 111
L(1)dlt mll1lng compal1le" th,lt al e pclymg dIvIdends
j ill
c..,outhel'l Spl1n~ Ded company
and other credItors
hel\ l hleel a petitIOn 11I hankruptcy
a~al11,t vV J\. Rhudy whl
11,1- lllcn
elOlJlg 11l1~llle" 11I \tlanta,
Ga, under the name" of
the I ,t~ll lt11l11tl1le company and the Globe Fur11lture compall\
\\
R TLll11~ 101111el1) of the film of Delle & HaIJIS,
IIll11l1111l elealu" o[ CCJllCOld '\ C. lus purchased
the fur11l1111e -t(lIe It \\ dlton ~ \lcLeall.
111 -\shevllle,
'\ C, and WIll
l lnllll11L the
hU-'I11e,,, undel the name of the Barns I~ur11lture
l(l111Pclll\
,h
On aeCOl1nt ot the 1 etl! ement of Charles E Hallock and
the elbjJj..,al ot Ill" ~tolk m the Hallock I\1I111ture company of
Rockt lel III (Tt!\ L l\d1Jam and 0 F lmfrock
who n)',\
wnt! 01 the aaftll'
of the company and own the controllll1g
l111ele,t \\ 111~oon l han~e thE tItle
1 he a..,,,et, 01 \. & H C Knowlton,
chaIr manufacturers
oj \\ OIceqer,
.:'lIas, "ho faIled recently
are to be sold at
auctIon 1\\ the aoo.H;nee-, neAt SatLlIday, June 18 The property
c Ilbl' L' ot leal e, ta te, machmery
stock fil1lshed and unfin1,hecl, IU111ber ancl account" recelyable
T ~ 1 R Duck chdlr manufaclurels
of Sterhng, Mass,
ha\ e the contract
fOJ hlfl1lshlng
11 700 chaIr" to be used at
the lef!Jle,-Tohn'on
pll/e
fight at San FranCISCo on the
A A Husey, \\
J \!Jhan and 1\ 1\ C (j,,, h,,\ C 1111 ()Ill th r t [ul'.
The\ ha\ e ,11lpped tluee car loads and WIll
corpOlated
the Hu,ey-\llhan
Fl1Il1Itl1lc com pam . cl('alCl~ oj ..,tal t the othel-, 0,1 thel1 1\ a) dUlll1g the comll1g week
Oakland, Ca1 CapItal "tock. $50,000, all paId 111
J hc
] \ all"\ 111c rl1rl1lture
\[anufaeturers'
AssaClatlon
The PI!/cr Furmtl1l e and Hareh\ dl e com pam 01 [ac!"one1110\erl 1hell a11l1nal ontmg la'>t \londay
They chartered
a
\ d1e. I-la, arc erecting a concl ete hudd1l1g, t\\ )-"101Jes \\ Ith
,teamer tOl an excUl "lOn up the 01110 nver, carned plenty of
slxtv-foot
frunt, that the) \\ III occupy In \u~ust
Jefl e,h111cnt,
ancl ,pent the clav nght
PreSIdent
E1I D
The ::\;01thelll Ca'oket company of lond du lac, 1\ I" d1C \J 111([. \\ d s chairman
of the C0111nllttee on arrangements
ereLi1l1g an addltlon to thell plant. \\ hlch \\ Jll co"t S20,000
The -\elam" & Ra\ monel \- eneer compan),
manufacturel
and enable them to employ fifty or sl ....ty adclItlOnal men
(Jl thll1 cut 1\1mbe1 and \ eneelS, IndIanapolis.
have recently
The Hartman
1urmture
company.
dealers
of ChICd~O, been mcol pOI atec1 bl1t thl'> WIll m no way change the manare about to elect a lalge \\arehouse
on the south SIde ]he)
agement
The bnslne,," WIll be Il1lfeased by the handlll1g of
paId $26,400 for the sIte whIch fronts on II ell l\\ 01th a\ enue
more 1m ug n \\ ooel " than heretofore
P BRay
mond IS
1 he D'ltzgera1d FurnIture
company
al e el ectlnt; a fi\ e- pI e~ldent 01 the, ompany
"tory
pI es"ed bnck buJ1clIng. \\ ll1ch IS to h'l\ L ,dl \llodeln
I he JIuo'lu
'[an\1factulll1~
lG111pan) of 1'\e\\castle,
Ind,
Imprm ement" and be read) for uccupanc}
,lbuut the fil"t
all cl the "e\\ ca" tle Cabll1et company of the same place, are
of September
p1amtlft<., In a ~ult II hlch ha, been filed 111 Ul1Ited States
The ::\Iutual Fl1Imtl1le LOmpdm \\ho
IVnght in the retaIl busmess at Owego
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(OUlt a"all1't 11ank H Da\ls. a fnr1lltnre dealel of Columbus,
allee;1l1~ ll1tungeme11t UI d patent on a mou1dmg board u3ed
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making the flOnts of btchen
calbmet:'> The plaintIffs dsk
damages and an lllJunctlOn
Employes of the Hal tmann FUlll1ture compan),
ChIcago,
went to the home of :\1rs Herman SIegel to get a davenpol t on
whIch payments had lapsed
Mrs Siegel vvas not at home and
they took a davenport
that had been bought at another store
and paid for. K ow Mrs SIegel I;" SU1l1g the Hal tman c::Jmpany for $1,000 worth of diamonds that bhe alleges were 111 the
davenpol t when It was lemoved
The Jones Bros
Dry Goods company,
owners of the
largest department
store west of ChIcago and conduct1l1g a
large mall order bus111ess, hay e gone 111to the han<ls of a receIver, WIth a~sets estImated at $2 000,000, and habllItIes aggl egatmg at least $1,400 000
1 he bus1l1ess WIll be cont1l1ued
wlth:mt
change
of pollc)
or management
1;n~easonahle
\"eather IS gIven as the cause of the faIlure
Frank
Keppler
has sold hI;" 111terest 111 the ens", ellKeppler Furl11tm e company,
manufacturel
s of pallor fur11lture, Grand Rapids, to lrank and James Cnswell
l\1r Keppler has been offered a pObltlOn a~ manager
of the upholstenng
depal tment of Levenson
& Zel11tz, Balt1l11Ole, Md,
which he WIll 111\ estlgate
befOl e accept111g
The CnswellKeppler
company,
01 f;anucd
three ) ears ago has been remarkably
sUlces~ful
lor
the "ummel
;"ales season they
have pi epal ed alaI g e lIn e of Engllbh gOdds made In only
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become owners of the plant of the Spruce Mounta1l1 Lumber
company at Clyde,;..J
C The company have also purchased
1000 acres of tImber land from \V II Leatherwood
for $13,000
It IS understood
that the gleat Chicago firm propose to convel t the lumbo
mdl 111to a furmture
factory, manufactunng
f111111ture for thell mall ordel bus1l1ess dllect flom the newly
ptllchased
timber lands
National
Furniture
Exchange.
The capital stock of the National
Furniture
Exchange,
ChIcago, IS $3,500,000, of which $1,000,000 IS pleferred
and
$2,500,000 IS common
stock
The officers are'
President,
Joseph J Schneider,
vice pi eSldent, FrederIck
M Bowes,
secretary,
Norman A Larson, Treasurer,
Edward LarE,on
Executive
Commlttee-Jo,eph
J Schneider, Jo:"eph R
'V Cooper and N A Larson
The dlrectOlate
consists
of ~he officers, Joseph
R \N
Cooper and two other~ to be selected
The company
pi 0poses to erect an exposltlOn htllldmg on Twenty-second
street,
near the lake front
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New Factories.
Eugene
Andrews
and others have orgal11zed the High
}J01l1t Casket company,
capltalILecl ,1t $50,000, with $14,000
The Rmg Furl11ture
company,
recently
01 gal11zecl, al e
huddmg a new factOly at Kerner;"vllle,
N C
The Jeffer"on Beddmg company, recently Olgal11zed, lus
eqmpped a factory and WIll make mattresse:o, bedc1111g etc, at
Jefferson, \\ IS.
The new fur11lture factory,
bOller house and dry-bIn,
helllg erected by the Showel s BlOS Co, Bloom111gton, Ind.
IS nearly completed
F C Shive, S E Roberbon
and H \\ DavIS, have 111corporated
the Tledmann
ConvertIhle
Chall company, capItalIzed at $100,000. and will estabhsh a factOly at vVJ1m111gton,
Del
The new Supenor
Furmture
company of RocHm d, Ill,
are about to beg111 opelatlOns
They have constructed
one of
the largest and best equIpped plants 111that ftu111ture 111anufactunng
center
Eugene
Andre", s and other"
ha" e on;a1117ed the ITH;h
Pomt Casket company,
capltalI7Cd at $50,000 With $1+,000
subscnbed,
dnd wdl bmld a plant for the manufacture
of
c )ffins and caskets at High POInt, ~ C
The Detachable
Book Rest company
of Vldalla,
Ga,
which \\ a" orgal117Cd last fall has been reOJ ga11lzed WIth new
managers who have made arrangements
to have theIr patented
de" Ice manufactured
by the V ldalla Coffin and Casket C0111pany untd they can build a plant of theIr own
After long negotIa t1Ons, Col Don IS of Cordele, Ga, has
closed a deal with the Atheps (Ga) Mattress and SprIng Bed
company, whereby the latter are to estabhsh a branch factory,
employ1l1g not less than fifty hands, at Cordele
The Arthur C Schuet7e Manufactunn~
company, Ma111towoc, \VlS, ha, recently
opened an e;"tabllshment
tor the
manufacture
of church, school and office fur111ture, mtenor
woodwork, etc
All the mach1l1ery was purchased from a factOly which had been shut down for some ilme apel the plant
IS now in operation
Sears, Roebuck & Co, have closed a deal by which they
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Kimball Elevator Co., 3~3 Prospect
l0811th St,
St., Cleveland, 0 ,
Neb., 129Cedar St , New York CIty.
Omaha,
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SINGLE CONE ALL STEEL SPRINGS
Are very popular with the Furniture Trade.
$2~
$2~
Each
Each
Net
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
REMINDERS
OF THIRTY YEARS
Paragraphs Copied From the Michigan
for September, 1880.
AGO.
Artisan
SIlas Stern wJ1l open a furmture store 111 Eufaula, Ala
J uhus Berkey has returned home after spend111g seyeral
weeks In New York
George W Gay and famIly ha' e returned from theIr <,ummer outing at CharlevOIx
E. T. Nelson and famdy ha' e completed a tour ot the
northern pleasure resorts
J Fred Baars, J r, has returned home after pa'i,,1I1g hIS
vacatIOn at Martha's Ylneyard
Gerhart Raumann of ?lIlddletov' n, Conn. ha-, patented a
spnng closer for doors and !Sate"
Wdham D1I1wlddle has entered the employ ot the Kent
Furmture company a:-, a decorator
Jacob C More of the Grand RapId" FurnIture company
passed hIS summer "\acatlOn near Petoskey
W. H Beals of the Berke, tz Ga, Furl1lture com pan) IS
VIsiting customers of the house In the \\ est
R W Mend!, secretary ot the Phoel1lA Furl1lture company has returned from an outll1g on the \tlantlc 'ieaboard
SIr Kl1lghts Eha5 2\Iatter and Ja) D "Ctle) partiCIpated
in the tnenmal conclave of the Kmghts Templar at ChIcago
The follOWing salesmen were recent SOjourners 111Grand
Rapids
F. Mes111ga WIth "\V111dmuller & Roelker. X e\\ York.
Mr. Wood of the Columbus, (0)
~tarch company,
(Starch
was used to fill furnIture woods thIrty) ears ago -Ed
Artisan) ; A L Sproul of the FaIrfield, (Conn) Rubber company;
F. D. HJ1ls WIth D N Selleg, X e,,, York, J A. .-\dams,
:\Iasury & Sons, ChIcago; C H Somes of Glover & vVJllcomb,
Bost9n; Thomas D LIlly with S R Vrooman, Plulade1phia;
J F Harri'i, Murphy & Co, Cleveland; and H A Newkirk
of HIlI'i, Turner & Co, Boston.
America's Best Customer.
:"Jearly one-half of the manufactures
exported from the
L:l1Ited States go to Bnbsh tern tory and form more than onethIrd of the total exports to that ternary, and thIS despite the
fact that Great Bntaln IS the greatest manufacturing
country
of Europe and the world's greatest exporter of manufactures
A careful analySIS of the 1909 exports of manufactures,
just
completed, shows that 275 mllhon dollars' worth of manufactures v. ere sent to Bntish tern tory In that year, out of a
total export of 671 mIllion dollars' worth of manufactures,
mak111gthe 'ihare sent to Bntlsh terntory 41 per cent; also that
the total exports of all kinds of Bntlsh terntory 111 the same
penod were 742 mIllIOn dollars, the share which manufactures
formed of that total be111g thus 37 per cent. Of the merchandIse other than manufactures
exported, over 48 per cent went
to British tern tory
Of the total domestic exports, including
both manufactures
and all other merchandise, over 45 per cent
v, ent to Bntlsh tern tory.
By the term "Bntl'ih terntory" IS meant England, Scotland, Ireland, GIbraltar, and Malta, Gozo, etc , in Europe; Bermnda, Bntlsh Honduras, Canada, Newfoundland
and Labrador. and the Bntlsh \Vest Indle'i 111 North Amenca;
BritIsh
GUlana and Falkland Islands In South Amenca; Aden, Hongkong, IndIa, the StraIts Settlements.
and other British East
IndIes 111ASIa; Austraha, New Zealand, and other British islands 111 Oceal1la; Bntlsh South Afnca, West Afnca, and East
Afnca, on the Dark Continent.
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Buildinlis That Will Need Furniture.
Residences- J H. A Locher, James street and Hartwell
avenue, MIlwaukee, WIS , $4,500; Henry Frenny, Forty-eighth
street and Pabst avenue, MIl", aukee, $4,000; Bernard GoldstelD, 616 Eleventh street, MIlwaukee, $5,000; MISS Bartells,
Cramer and Folsom streets, MIlwaukee, $3,000; Edward C
Grog, MerIdeth and SuperIor streets, MIlwaukee, $3,500; J.
Sheehan, Forth-fourth
street and LIsbon avenue, MIlwaukee,
$4,000; 13 M GreenstelD, 230 Grand street, New York, NY,
$42,000, haac Marks, 61 Park Row, New York, $12,500; Prof
M SmIth, 323 vVest FIfth-seventh street, New York, $12,500;
A R Murphy, KlDgsbndge road and Webster avenue, New
York, $6,500; C J Reckling, Fort and CasgralD street'S, DetrOIt, MICh, $4,000, Otto Jacobs, Gratiot avenue and Helen
street, DetrOIt, $4,200, Max Satonsky, High and HastlDgs
t>treets, DetroIt, $10,000; Mary M. Dickerson, 404 LeIcester
street, DetrOIt S;S,OOO;G H FrederIck, 918 Twenty-fourth
street, DetrOIt, $3,000, Charles H. Stevenson, Brush street and
Palmer avenue, DetroIt, $7,500; W. H. Wilhams, 1010 Grand
RIver avenue, DetrOIt, $7,000; Clarence Carkeek, 324 Hubbard
street, DetrOIt, $4,300; Charles Manzelmann, Field and CharleVOIXstreets, Detroit, $5,069, Anthony KlelD, 417 Russell street,
DetroIt, $4,000; Henry Hausen, 239 Missouri street, DetrOIt,
$3,500, H W SmIth, 180 Rohus street, DetroIt, $4,000, Teresa
Donovan, 5002 East Twent}-fourth
street, Kansas CIty, Mo,
$8,500; Sebastian Keller, 4245 Terrace avenue, Kansas CIty,
$4,000; O. M Platt, 3804 Flora avenue, Kansas CIty, $8,000;
J A Howard, 3718 Tracy street, Kansas CIty, $4,500; C. 0
Jones, 30-32 Garfield avenue, Kansas CIty, $15,000 J C Chamberlain, 3308 Waldron boulevard, Kansas City, $4,000; C B.
WIlkins, 571 Woodland
street, Kansas CIty, $4,500, T E
Bradley, 107 Bales avenue, Kansas CIty, $5,000; MuseIl Donovan, 3310 Karnes boulevard, $5,000; A 13 Jones, 3537 HarnElon
street, Kansas Clt}, $6,500; VV T. Ragland, 2322 Spruce Eltreet,
Kansas CIty, $3,500. L. S C Ladlsh, 429 Montgall Eltreet,
Kansas CIty, $6,000, James F Meade, 5409 \Vyandotte Eltreet,
Kansa" CIty, $6,000, DaVId ManIS, 4007 OlIve street, Kansas
CIty, -"6800, E 13 Albertson, 3929 Troost street, Kansas CIty,
$5,000' :\1rs Caroltne Schrapp, 3518 HamIlton avenue, ChIcago, $4,800; Korokland Stofy, 4836 Seeley avenue, ChIcago,
$5,200, Nathan Granberg, 645 Poplar avenue, ChIcago. $5,000,
E J KemnItz, 2056 Cullom avenue, ChIcago, $8.000, Dr 13 D
Colby, 27 vValnut street, ChIcago, $4,500; A 'Ii\! Elszner, 152
North FranklIn avenue, ChIcago, $6,000; Hugo VOIght, 5434\Vayne avenue, ChIcago, $4,500; Ora Selby, 11335 Forest avenue, ChIcago, $4,750, H C ChldistIs, 3714 West SIxty-fourth
place, Chicago, $3,500, Ezra Nelson, 2051 Kenwood terrace,
ChIcago, $6,500, Andrew Olson, 5448 Augusta c,treet, ChIcago,
$4,400, A H Loeb, 5015 EIlts avenue, ChIcago, $10,000, DanIel J O'BrIen, 4302 \VIlcox avenue, ChIcago, $5,500, E C
Petzlg, 371 Beard street, Buffalo, N. Y, $3,000; Herman Beck,
325 WlDslow street, Buffalo, $4,000 ; Joseph GarIn, 758 Lafayette street, Buffalo, $9,000; Charles Braun, 1612 Genesee avenue, Buffalo, $6,800; Mrs A. A JohnEl, 416 Normal street,
Buffalo, $8,000; Charles Patter, 715 Walden street, Buffalo,
$4,500; Henry May, 290 Depew street, Buffalo, $22,500; George
A. Spring, 121 WlDdsor street, Buffalo, $5,500; George Smith,
890 Humboldt street, Buffalo, $3,750, ChnstIan Dear, TulIp
and Willard streets, PhIladelphIa,
Pa, $12,500 ; Walter G
SIbley, 2819 vVestview aveuue, PhIladelphIa, $20,000; E W
Dewees, Grange a" enue and Fourth street, PhIladelphIa, $7,200; Jacob GIlbert, 611 South ThIrd street, PhIladelphIa.
$4,500; R. 13. GIlplD, South GIlplD and Cedar streets, Denv er,
Col, $3,500, WIllIam K Cook, Hudson and Twenty-third
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$4,500; John Sederholm, Monroe and Sixteenth streets, Denver. $4,000; J. A McGUIre, 1020 St Paul street, Denver, $5,000;
KatherIne L CraIg, East EIghteenth
and Colorado streets,
Denver, $4,500; August Peterson.
1128 North EIghteenth
street, Omaha, Neb. $3,000; Mrs. Emma W. Boland. 913
North Forty-first street, Omaha, $3,000; H. A. KlDley, 2919
Fowler avenue, Omaha, $4,800; Edgar Leaverton, 2406 OhIO
street, Omaha, $3,500; T. K Harmon. 3319 CumlDg street,
Omaha, $5,500; John VV Shanahan,
1919 Lothrop street,
Omaha, $5,000; Hattie M Fox, 1812 CumlDg street, Omaha,
$3,900; E B. WillIams, 2737 MeredIth avenue, Omaha, $3,000;
KIlham vVlse, Parker avenue and Tenth street, IndIanapolis,
Ind, $3,300; Jess CReed,
31 South Tremont street, IndIanapolIs, $3,000, C L Koontz, 5560 Etzel avenue, St LOUIS,
Mo, $6,000, AlvlDd Steeber, 2119 Obear avenue, St Louis,
$4,200; Henry Grote, 2411 Compton avenue, St. Louis, $3,500;
W. Austermann, 3843 LabadIe avenue, St Louis, $5,000, L A
McInerney,
3809 Moffitt avenue, St Lows, $4,000; J F.
Tlepenbrunn,
4101 PleaElant street, St LoUIS, $4,600; R T
Fowler, 136 Bellevue street, Boston, Mass., $3,500; J E vVI1ber, 45 Clarkwood street, Boston, $8,000; H J HelDlelD, 49
Bennett street, Boston, $3,000; J. H. Ohlsson, 331 FaneUII
street, Boston, $12,500; Mrs Charles Mlelenz, 1728 North
Twenty-fourth
street, LlDcoln, Neb, $3,000; M E Vance, 1981
South Twenty-fifth
street, Ll11coln, $4,500; W. G Harrison,
1056 Twenty-l11nth street, Des MOlDes, Ia, $3,900; Winnie
WIllIs, 566 Twenty-thIrd
street, Des MOl11es, $3,000; J. L
Snapp, 3804 East HIghland drive, Seattle, Wash, $7,000; S 1\1
Preston, 206 ThIrtieth avenue, Seattle, $4,800, J H Moore,
160 Thirty-seventh
street, Seattle, $3,500; C. W. Brainard, 223
East Boston street, Seattle, $3,000; Mary J Mott, EuclId avenue and Strong street, Syracuse, N. Y., $4,000; J H. Wagner,
128 Kenmore street, Syracuse, $3,500; John 0 Burns, 670
Worth street, Dallas, Tex, $4,000; S T. Morgan, 279 ~Worth
street, Dallas, $3,000, N A Searcy, 759 South Ervay street,
Dallas, $4,000; S A Mahon. 38 McKay avenue, Dallas, $3,500,
Grace Engltsh Lutheran church, LOUISVIlle, Ky. (parsonage),
$5,500; LoUIS Klesmer, 787 South Twelfth street, Newark,
1'\ J, $7,500; F C Lockbaas, 821 South N meteenth street,
Newark, $4,000; Olaf Schann, South FIfteenth street and Clinton av enue, Newark, $6,000; E Lowenstein, 21 Hedden terrace, Newark, $8,000; Samuel Dlckhoff, 23 ColumbIa street,
Schenectady, N. Y , $3,500, J enme E Kehoe, 134 Van V ranken avenue, Schenectady, $4,000; C. J Ness, West Fourth
and Twenty -second streets, Escanaba, Mlch, $4,500; P. L.
Anne, vVest Second and Twenty-fourth
streets, Escanaba,
$3,000; T C Damson, 331 Cherokee avenue, Atlanta, Ga, $4,250; S W SullIvan, 353 Myrtle street, Atlanta, $3,000; L. G.
Neal, Ponce de Leon avenue, Atlanta, $15,000; Mrs H J
Peebles, 1505 McGavock street, NashVIlle, Tenn , $3,750; Mrs
G A GIbbons, 285 Gray avenue, Houston, Tex, $3,500, Sarah
Cornwell, 371 Rosette street, Houston, $3,000 ; Josle Hart
Rowell, 39 Pennsylva111a avenue, LOUIsvIlle, Ky, $4,000
Miscellaneous Buildings-The
Methodist Church ExtenSIon society, of New York CIty, are building a mission church
on the Boston road, corner of Suburban place, the Bronx, at
a cost of $35,000 The Realty Operatmg company of 15 Wall
street are bUIldmg a $25,000 hotel at Emerson street and
Tenth avenue, New York
The St John-Kantz congregation
of DetrOIt are bll1ldmg a $60,000 church.
J. Fred Zimmerman IS bUIldmg a $75,000 theatre at 1425-35 West ColumbIa
avenue, PhIladelphIa, Pa
The vVoodmen of the vVorld are
buildmg a $30,000 "WIgwam"
m Dallas, Tex.
St Julms'
Lutheran SOCIety of K ewark, N J, are bUIldmg a church 3.t a
cost of $65,000. The Bell Street MethodIsts of Ottawa, Ont,
are erecting a church to cost $45,000
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A practical man IS open for a positlOn as Manager or Supermtendent of Parlor Furmture, Case Goods or Lodge and SpecIal Furmture Factory.
Correspondence mVIted from new
manufacturers and firms contemplatmg changes
Address
"Noble" care Weekly ArtIsan.
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A nice clean stock of Crockery m a lIve West Michigan
town of 10,000 populatIon.
Would also rent store If desired
Address "See" care Weekly ArtIsan.
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An up-to-date cost man to take charge of a table factory.
Must thoroughly understand machinery, lumber and cost of
fimshing. GIve reference, state whether employed at present,
and salary demanded. Address A. L. M, care Weekly ArtIsan Co.
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A manufacturers agent in BaltImore and Washmgton, sellmg
all the largest and best trade In Upholstery and Furmture,
desires to add one or two good lmes, best of reference
Address, B. & W, care of Weekly Artisan
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On salary or commission a line to sell In OhIO, West VIrginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D. C, by a
salesman with established trade of more than 20 years
Address "L. G.", care Weekly Artisan.
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Salesman. If you are not makmg $10 dally sell our lIne of
Department
Rocking Chairs and Novelties to Furmture
Address Box 291 CasStores.
15 per cent commissIOn
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WANTED.
PositIOn as commercial photographer of furniture by a practical, competent man. Ten years' experience. Best of reference. Address J. H. Packer, care Times Union, Jacksonville,
Fla.
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good", but all transaction"
are
macle at 10\\ e1 figt11es Rep01 ts of a large Jute crop have made
bm e100more cautlous
Advlces flom Calcutta do not pomt to
111g-her pnce"
1he ma1ket has also been affected by the expectatIon
that a cargo 12,000,000 yards damaged m a wreck
un the coast of Ceylon wl1l reach this market
before the
fir "t ot J ul)
Cordage IS actn e and stIong unde1 a good demand partlculal h £01 the better grades of twme
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Bo, nton & Company,
Chlcago, manufact111 ers of plam
em bo",ed and t111ned mouldmgs
and carv111g" have moved to
thlll ne\\ tactOlY dt 1725-39 DIckson street
The plant, whIch
\\ a" 1ecentl} mentIOned 111the vVeekly ArtIsan, consIsts of a
tdch)I, b111lclmg 80'( 150 feet, three stones, WIth powel hCJU"e
and eh \ hl1n adlommg
It has been eq111pped WIth new mach111el' 01 the mo"t approved
type and besldes 1111provmgtauhtle" t01 mClea"mg the output gIves them addItIOnal room
that h:1':> long been needed to accommodate
then bUS111e'i"
\\ Ine h ha" 1m 1ea"ed rapIdly 111the past fe"v year"
A Large Line for All.
Dt111l1g tht past c,c, eral \\ eeks the des1gnerl.., and pattern
maku"
ot tbe "ebon- ,latter
Fur111ture company ba\ c been
1111,lh Lngaged on a ne\\ lme of fine and medll.1m fU1111ture
J01 the eball1hel dnd the dmmg 100111, whIch WIll enable the
COlJ1[Jan\ tl) make a ,e1\ large exhtbrUon of chOIce \\ale,
dt
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L D nolger
1" agam 1 ep, e,enung
a home mdu'itI v-the
lh1l1 \ eneel company
of (mcmnat1
.M1 Bolger "a, 'i the
ll)lJ)pan, " plant 1'"1 a large and modern one m e, elY re..,ped
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Index to Advertisements .
Elting (ouIll.un
\I.",l\,...-\ Refngt'ldtol (ollll}Un,)
-\nwrl( ~tn Bhn, er (onlllan3
B,uue",,"
1 &. John ('olupan,
Harton H JI 8. ~()n (ompany
BIg ~n. C,ll LoadIng ~~",o(,IatIon
Bo('}"....teg;e Turnltnl ~ (onlpauy
Uo~~e l' urDlture COllIPU1IY
Uuvnton ~ (()
Un
'ladlllle "orb..,
( re ent Ucu lune "or I""
l),llun &. J~wfer .fulllung C()n1.I)dll~
Budd." ~le,alldf"r (.null In,
,. dgfO, I ranI,. &: Co
1 t>lh'ock -\uto 'lntl 'Ianuta< turlng (oIDllall3trlohe Turluture
(mnpanv
1 0'" 'ladIlne ~()lnl><ulv
1 r.lllCl'!o (harle., 1'--,
{on11)"lU'
(-.1,u](1 Rdl)llh
BIo"
PIP\:, cHId ])U.,t 4rle.,tt'"l COlllpdn,
(lr,lIld R,I!)ul ... Bras" f'oll1I).Ul.)
trrand RIIJld., Ele(trotype
(omp.-lny
(lrand RUI)ld", 'en~er
COlllvan,
lIahn, LOUIS
HIll ..., Clarence R
Hofflnan Brother ... Company
Holcomb A L &: Co
,Johnson Chair (olllpan3
I~.-lrg-es :E urniture (OlDpany
h..-tuft'lnan 'Ianufd('tullng
(oIn}).-lll)
I",-unhall Bros (olnpany
Lentz Table Company
Lu«-e TUTluture COInpanv
J u<.e-Re(lnlond
Ch.-HI Compan3'ledlcl.nl( s l' UrIutur('- Company
",fetal :l' urolturp (onlp.-ID)
'he lug-au EnJ{ra-\ lng COlllIluny
,It.,( ellclneou..,
""orthern I urnlture COID}lanv
P'lhner, \. E &.. ~on~
l'Jh aun 'anu.,h
COlnpan~
Proudfit J oo.,e L{>af Compau,
~('hmltt, Henry &, Co
"'heldon, ElI&,
Co
5huner, Sanlue] J &, Sons
~lt~h
Tllrulture COlllIlany
~nlltb &. 1)a'Is 'IclnufaLtunng
Compan~
,",platt, George &, Co
l IllOD FurnIture Company
(Ro{,h.-fortl)
"'ld<1eII ,rallufacturlug
Company
".lIter
B & Co
"alter
Clark' eneer Company
"ard
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"eather1y
Company
"hite
Prmtmg Company
"lCluta,
han, City Clerl<
"ood, 'Iorris &: Sons
"orid
FurnIture Company
'Vysong & Miles Company
\danllOi
New York ~Iarkets.
New York June 10-ThelL
ha" bun n ,elJ ln~e 1J1111J'lul
011 qtliltatJOns thh "eek, bnt l(hbe1" dlL k11 '\\11'
hel\e
glanted
conce~~JOns 111 se, e1al t1 actwn,
I h, tl,HIc 1" c'ceedmgly dull, consumelS O1de11n~ u1111 tu e \ (1 111..unt 1Jurl,
and speculatols
neglectm!:?, the mal ke t U1L11,h
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k, 111
hand are lepmied
l1(?,ht hnr tht'
lIt I1JJ1j,h
III
lIlt
p1"e11t
demand
Thele has bcen a f111thel l1ulme 111the pl'le
tl1ljJUJ
t111e It h no\\ quoted hele at ;gI 0 ;" l enh
'-,\\ a11nah
SS @ 550
The trade IS q111et and 0t a lUU111Hc n, ule
Shellac 15 111fair demand 111 10hb111g ljl1antlt1l'
1)11le,
have vaned
slightly
from da} to din
II Jth
a tenl1tnl\
to
hIgher figures, but there has been no nMtenal aeh ance" clU1111£:
the week
D C IS quoted at 24 @ 25 cent:,
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DIamond I, 21 @ 22 Fme O1an~e, lC) @ 20 ])l1ght 11 ((( 18
T N m case~ 15Y; @ 16 Bleached fll"h 11 ((( l~ klllJ dIlle!
22 @ 24
Var111sh gums have shol,n con~lClelable "Uen~th dUl11H..
the week
A bette1 deman cl f01 the 11lghe1 '::1a,k, h JJotcd
and thele IS no dIspOSItIon to cut pllce" tlnugh the 11l1'111e.."1'"
mamly confined to "mall lots
The goatskm market I') stl11 slO\\ and \\edk
Tubbeh ale
a'ikmg 46 cents f01 the best :'If e),Jcan.., ,1 ,HI "e11111gtOl -1-; 01
les,
Pa)tas
are ltsted unchanged
at -1-2I0c ,wd el sale at 33
bales of PlSCOS IS reported
at 3'ic
\nothel
~a]( 1'i alc,o leported of 32 bales of Bogotas at 58c
Burlap quotatIOn" stIll stand dt 32; for elght-ounce
and
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THE BUSS DOUBLE SPINDLE SHAPER
Latest Improved Wood Working Machinery.
The Buss Machine Worhs,
tlolland and Grand Rapids, Mich., U. S.A.
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He can save a manufacturer 5 profit as well as a dealer s profit.
He can make more money WIth less capIta 1 Illv~sted
He can hold a better and more satlslactory
trade WIth hIS
customers
He can manufacture In as good style and fiIllSh and at as low
cost as the factones
The local cahm~t maker has been forced Illto only the dealer s
trade and profit because of machlUe manufactured goods of factortes
An outfit of Rartles Patent Foot and Hand Power MachInery,
reInstates the cab met maker WIth adva.ntage<; equal to hIS competltori
If deSIred, these macbInes Will be sold on Inal
The purchaser
can have ample tIme to test them In hl~ own shop and on the work he
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THE
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It
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poor one among them. Our Automat1c
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cut, is the most perfect working device
of anything in this line. Write for our
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208-210 Canal Street
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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M.la 1104
OUR AUTOMATIC FURNAOE FEED SYSTEM
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