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Music Trade Review

Issue: 1886 Vol. 9 N. 12

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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
We noticed in the office of the Mechanical Orguin-
ette Company's warerooms the following obituary
notice, which looked to us a great deal like Mr. Tre-
maine's handwriting:
SACRED TO THE
Memory of
A. H. HAMMOND.
of shellac varnish and boiled linseed oil. If the piec 0
is large, this would be a laborious process of securing
a polish. It would be better to give the article seve-
ral coats of varnish, rubbing each coat down by
means of pumice stone and water, and finally apply-
ing a flowing coat of fine, hard drying varnish. If
this does not produce the finish required, you can rub
the last coat down with the pumice stone and finish
it with rotten stone.
DIED
January 19, 1886.
COURT OF APPEALS,
THEIR EFFORTS DESERVE SUCCESS.
T the meeting held at the Morton House on
January 23, about seventy members of the
Travelers' Protective Association of the City
Deceased, lik; the ladies of the
of New York, the new drummers' club lately organ-
Sandwich Islan.ls, according to Mark
ized as a branch of the State Division of the National
Twain, was a great admirer of virtue
Travelers' Protective Association, met to discuss the
(in other people).
probability of doing away >viih the drummers' tax in
the
different states and territories. John F. Henry,
For the benefit of our readers who do not under-
stand the cause of this little ebullition of grief we who presided, made a report about his recent visit to
Washington, so far as the visit bore upon the work
append the following:
"Andrew H. Hammond, respondent, vs. James Mor- of the association. He said the National Board of
gan, appellant.—Order of General and Special Terms of Trade had taken up the cudgels in this fight, and
reversed and order and judgment vacated, and case that he thought, from inquiry among members of
remitted to Special Term of Court below for action Congress, that there was an excellent prospect of
there, and defendants to have costs of appeal to the relief from the license system now imposed as a tax
General Term and to this Court, and $10 costs of this upon drummers in various states, especially in the
South. Mr. Henry said the remedy lay in the hands
motion."
of the drummers, for 250,000 men could bring about
any good result, politically, for which they might
LOWEB RATES DEMANDED.
work in earnest. After the election of members, the
appointment of new committees and miscellaneous
NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE EASTERN SHIPMENTS.
business, the following form of memorial to Congress,
CCORDING to Chicago correspondence there offered by John DeWitt, was adopted. It will be
has been but little improvement in east-bound sent everywhere for signatures.
freight shipments during the week ending
We most respectfully ask your co-operation in fur-
Jan. 23, the aggregate being 25,952 tons. This is an thering the passage of such a bill or bills as may
increase of 2,470 tons over the previous week, but a come before Congress for the purpose of abolishing
the tax upon commercial travelers, which at present
decrease from the corresponding week in 1885 of 24,- is imposed in a few States and Territories.
378 tons. The chief cause for this serious decrease
First—Because such taxes are unconstitutional in
is the absence of any demand in the East or in preventing and hindering commerce among the States.
Second—Because they are against public policy, in
Europe for grain. All the grain wanted at the sea-
that they tend to restrain competition and make both
board can be obtained nearer home. Under the cir- dealers and consumers pay higher prices for their
cumstances, it is not surprising that the farmers goods.
Third—Because they are unjust, as in some in-
throughout the West are clamoring for lower freight
stances they permit the travelers of one State or
rates so as to make shipments possible.
Territory to enjoy privileges not granted by that
Careful students of transportation problems can State or Territory to the travelers of other States or
see no way out of this difficulty, except for the rail- Territories.
roads to reduce their rates. This reduction, of
course, must include the Western connections as
well as the trunk lines. The latter are suffering
severely from the present stagnation in traffic. The
roads in the Southwestern Railway Association, for
instance, stood a decrease in their earnings lor the
first week in January of nearly $150,000, and for the
second week in the same month of $211,000. From
the 1st of January to the present time the roads in
this association have not carried 500 cars of through
freight. Only by a reduction of tolls from Nebraska,
Kansas, Dakota, and Minnesota to the seaboard can
shipments be stimulated.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago and Atlantic
still continue to take a large share of the east-bound
business from Chicago. Although they deny that
they are taking any unfair advantage, the other east-
bound lines, which are not getting enough traffic to
pay their working expenses, are showing a good deal
of ill feeling over this diversion of freight.
There is no doubt but that the exorbitant high
freight rates charged from the West to the East are
in a great measure keeping down the Western manu-
facturers in our line. If it was not lor this they
would be able to successfully compete with many of
our Eastern makers, where now but few are able to
do it. We hope ere long to see a fair adjustment of
freight charges and thus give them all a chance alike.
ALBANY, N. Y.
A
A
Fourth—Because the traveling men of the country
now number over 250,000, and reach in their journey-
ings every town and hamlet of this country, are the
great distributors of goods, shipping about 300,000,000
tons out of 400,000,000 now carried yearly by the rail-
roads, spending $1,750,000 per day, or about $382,-
000,000 per year—calculating nine months' travel out
of twelve—which is distributed among the carriers,
hotels, producers, and shopkeepers, and such license
laws interfere with such distribution, and necessarily
interfere with the commerce of the whole country.
Fiflh —Because they are a relic of a barbarous age,
where every village or tribe sought to levy tribute
upon every other village or tribe, a state of things
which it was hoped had received its final blow in this
country when the tax of $1 imposed by the State of
New Jers*ey upon every person passing through it
was done away with.
Sivfh—Because it is against the interest of the com-
munities imposing such tax, as is illustrated by the
greater prosperity of other communities which have
never imposed or do not now impose them.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Musical Instruments, etc., January 16, 1885.
EXPORTS.
Hamburg,
Liverpool
Organ,
"
Music,
Antwerp,
Piano,
Glasgow,
Organs,
Brit. Poss . Africa,
"
Chili,
"
"
1 No.
27 "
3 boxes
2 cs.
1 No,
2 "
3 "
1 "
$ 44
1,710
21
40
300
175
150
100
IMPORTS.
Miscellaneous musical instruments, etc
150 pkges. >
$13,313
EXPRESS CONTRACT—EVIDENCE OP USAGE—where
a party, in February, agreed to sell to another 7,000
bushels of corn at 39c. per bushel, to be delivered in
the months of August and September following, and
the purchaser, as a part of the same agreement,
promised to make advances on the contract to the
sellers of what money he might from time to time
require, the Supreme Court of Illinois held, in a suit
upon the contract brought by the purchaser, that
evidence that a custom or usage prevailed requiring
the vendor to give to the vendee his note upon receiv-
ing any such advances, was not admissible, as it was
inconsistent with the express contract. Gilbert et al.
vs. McGinniss et al., reported by the Chicago Legal
Neu-s.
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
{From Scientific American, t
P. W. S. asks how to make a glue for glueing a
musical instrument. A. The great point in this oper-
ation is, first, to remove all of the old glue from the
parts to be joined ; then warm the part to be attached
very thoroughly, and a good carpenters' glue can
readily be used.
M. R. A. asks: How can I put a high polish on a
piece of walnut and preserve the natural color? A.
If the piece of walnut is small, you can put a high
polish on it by rubbing with a mixture of equal parts
THE FINEST COVER FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS AXD ORGANS EVER MADE.
For Sla.e and County Rights, Address the Patentee, M r s . S. E. RICHEY,
320 South Paulina Street, Chicago. III.
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MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
WE are pleased to state that Mr, Welles is rapidly
recovering from his severe illness, and will soon be
able to take the editorial chair again.
WE understand that Mr. Hawkins, the London
agent for the Smith American Organ Co., Boston,
has appealed against the verdict of the jury at the
London Exposition. We hope that this affair will
be shown up, as it deserves to be, and then we may
have some startling revelations in regard to the way
the first medal on organs was received.
W E are greatly surprised that a gentleman who is
credited with the keen business talent of Mr. C. J.
Whitney, of Detroit, should lay himself liable to
great censure the way he has lately done. Appa-
rently without the least cause, whatever, he was the
means of having the sheriff enter, attach, and take
absolute possession of the warerooms of the Haines
& Whitney Company, Chicago, 111. By so doing he
has lawfully made himself one of the stockholders,
and is holden responsible by the creditors. We un-
derstand, upon good authority, that the creditors
will look to him for payment of their bills, and we
are inclined to think that he has got himself into
rather warm water. We are also informed that there
will be a private suit, for a large amount, brought
against Mr. Whitney by a party in this city. The
amount of the indebtedness of the concern is not
$65,000, as stated in another column, but $75,000 in-
stead.
CHARLES H. STEINWAY lias been appointed a
director of the Pacific Bank.
S. W. COTTELLE, Providence, R. I., has given a
$1,000 chattel mortgage.
BRANDS & REED, Sioux City, Iowa, has been at-
tached.
J. C. CRANDALL, Friendship, N. Y., has gone out of
business.
T. L. RANDALL, Sidney Plains, N. Y., judgment
recorded for $285.
WE are proud to claim Mr. Herbert T. Ketcham, of
170 Broadway, as our attorney. In the case of the
Mechanical Orguinette Co., to l'ecover the patents
which were stolen from them, and which has just
been decided in their favor, Mr. Ketcham has shown
remarkable ability and tact. He was ever ready to
meet any objections raised by his opponents, and
successfully ferreted out the deep laid plots of the
conspirators in such a manner as but few are capable
of doing. Mr. Ketcham is a hard worker, a deep
thinker, and is unquestionably capable to occupy a
high position at the New York bar.
WE understand that the creditors of the Haines &
Whitney Co. will look to Mr. C, J. Whitney for pay-
ment of their debts.
VOSE & SONS, Boston, Mass., are having a large
sale with their new upright.
J. H. KURZENKNABE, Harrisburg, Pa., was in town
recently.
SAMUEL HAZELTON, of Hazelton Brothers, New
York, tells us that their last year's business was one
of the largest they ever had,
DAVID KRAKAUER, of Krakauer Brothers,
N.
Y., will soon take a trip South in the interest of the
firm.
N. G. HAMILTON & Co., Springfield, Ohio, have
been sued for $152.
MR. W. W. CURRIER, of Whitney & Currier, Tole-
do, Ohio, called at our office a few days ago on hie
way to Worcester. Mr. Currier says that their busi-
ness was entirely satisfactory during 1885, and that
this year bids fair to be one of the best they ever held.
THE Weaver Organ & Piano Co., York, Pa., report
that their trade is good, better than it has ever been
at this season of the year. They are running their
works full on goods that are ordered. They have
lately added some very handsome new styles, and
will soon issue their new catalogue with inducements
to the trade.
STORY & CLARK, Chicago, III., are running their
factory to its fullest extent, and turning out a large
number of organs for which they find a ready market.
Their foreign trade is gradually increasing, having
received several large orders during the last two
weeks.
THE branch house of the Mechanical Orguinette
Co., on Third Avenue, although open only a short
time, has proved a great success. There has been
no day since the opening but what it has cleared a
good profit. Mr. Freeman, formerly with the Bruns-
wick Balke Collender Co., is in charge, and proves
himself to be a gentleman of remarkable business
talent.
AT the annual election of the Celluloid Piano Key
Co., on Jan. 8th, the following officers were elected :
Henry Behning Sr., President; C. Plump, Vice Presi-
dent ; Henry Morgenthau, Treasurer; and John
Fischer, Secretary.
THEODORE PFAFFLIN, Indianapolis, Ind., has been
THE W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, have lost by
death two of their most faithful employees, Mr. Geo.
J. Chadwick, tuner, died on Jan. 1st and George F.
Gore, on the 2nd.
WE understand that Mr. Werlein, New Orleans,
La., persists in keeping up a large sign of the Chick-
ering piano, although the agency was taken away
from him nearly one year ago.
C. O. MILLIKIN, Biddeford, Me., has failed, assets
$6,000; liabilities $14,000. His principal creditors
are Wm. Knabe & Co., Haines Brothers, Dyer &
Hughes, C. C. Briggs & Co., and Oliver Ditson & Co.
HALLETT & CUMSTON, Boston, Mass., have made
arrangements to open warerooms in this city, with
J. Burns Brown.
R. S. HOWARD severed his connection on Jan. 1st
with the firm of Chickering & Sons, to take an in-
terest in the firm of Hallett & Crunston, Boston. Mr.
Howard made a good record with Chickering & Sons,
and we trust he will be equally successful in his new
venture.
E. F. CONANT, New York, has made an assignment.
OWEN BROS., Lowell, Mass., haven given a chattel
mortgage for $2,500.
spending a few days in the city.
THE capital stock of the Chicago Cottage Organ
Co., Chicago, 111., has been increased to $250,000.
RUDOLPH MADSEN, Eureka, Cal., has made an
assignment.
IT doesn't make much difference which way you
enter the town of Glenelg, Md. Begin at either end,
it spells the same.
"ENTERED as second-class matter," read a very
particular lady who lives in a brownstone front, the
other day, looking over a new periodical. " I am
trying to find something to read that is first-class, but
I haven't succeeded yet; and I will never have any-
thing that is second-class come into my house. No,
I will not subscribe. I shall wait until I find some-
thing entered as first-class matter." Perhaps some
of our subscribers who are so slow in paying their
subscription, are waiting for us to enter our paper as
first-class matter.
A. PETERSON, has withdrawn from the firm of A'.
and S. Nordheimer, Toronto, Canada.
Miss LOTTIEC. MONKOE, daughter of Wm. Monroe,
of Worcester, was married to Mr. T. L. Hamilton,
of this city, on January 13.
G. W. LAW has retired from the firm of Law &
Watson, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
THE envelope containing piano and organ liens
which was stolen by the Lancaster Bank President,
has been recovered.
GABRETT, LONG & Co., have discontinued in Day-
ton, Washington, Territory, and gone to Colfax.
THEOUGH an error of our printers in our last issue,
JAMES MILLIGAN, of St. Thomas, Ont., has sold out.
we were made to say that Mr. H. L. Schriener, of
THE outlook for a good business year was never
Savannah, Ga., carries a stock of goods to the
brighter
this early, than it is at the present time,
amount of $100,000. This should have read $10,000,
and we wish the trade to understand that it is our and we look forward to a prosperous 1886.
mistake, and not any exaggeration on the part of Mr.
JAMES & HOLMSTROM, N. Y., state that their trade
Schreiner, for there is no man in the trade who ad- during 1885 was far beyond their most sanguine
heres more strictly to the truth than he does.
hopes, and that so far this year their trade has
CHAS. E. DAY, LOS Angelos, Cal., has conveyed opened up very good, with every indication of an ex-
cellent business for 1886.
realty mortgage for $4,000.
E. H. MCEWEN, takes the road in a few days, in
T. C. PARKER & Co, Macon, (la., have dissolved.
the interest of the Sterling piano, and then we expect
T. P. WORSLEY, Nevada, Iowa, has given a chattel to hear of a boom in the Sterling.
mortgage for $1,030.
C. W. ELLIOTT, Storm Lake, Iowa, has "given a
F. W. TIETZ, Albany, N. Y., judgment for $572.
chattle mortgage for $75.
THE soiree musicale given on January 7, at the
warerooms of the Whitney & Holmes Organ Co.,
Quincy, III., by Miss Ida M. Steingrebe, was a great
success. It was the formal introduction of Miss
Steingrebe to the Quincy public, and judging from
the reception accorded her she can safely be classed
among the city's leading musicians.
THE creditors of the Geo. Woods Co. are to receive
twenty per cent, of their claims. Good.
WE understand that the employees of Calenberg &
Vaupel, consisting of the scrub woman and the office
boy have gone on strike. This is too funny for any-
thing.
E. F. GOULD, of Gould & Ray, Kansas City, Mo.,
chattel mortgage for $250.
W. F. TWAY, New York, the general eastern agent
of the Hallet & Davis Piano and the Clough & War-
ren organ, will remove from Union Square to Fifth
avenue on May 1.
REINHARD KOCHMANN, the genial traveling sales-
man for Behning & Son, was married to Miss Minnie
Frances Bloorahart, on January 13.
MR. WM. STEINWAY was urged to accept the U. S.
Sub-Treasuryship for New York, but owing to his
many duties was compelled to decline the office. We
sincerely regret that Mr. Steinway's business would
not allow of his accepting, for there is no gentleman
in New York better qualified to fill the position, and
none that would give better satisfaction to everyone.
A FEW PASSAGES FROM SCRIPTURE AP-
PLICABLE TO A. H. H.
IS mischief shall return upon his own head,
and his violent dealing shall come down upon
his own pate.
He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the
pit which he made.
He had said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for
I shall never be in adversity.
How long shall I take couacil in my soul, having
sorrow in my heart daily ?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
All they that see me laugh me to scorn, they shoot
out the lip, they shake the head".
Evil shall slay the wicked ; and they that hate the
righteous shall be desolate.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,
and said, Aha, aha, our eye, hath seen it.
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth
himself in a way that is not good ; he abhorreth not
evil.
For the innumerable evils have compassed about
me; mine inquities have taken hold upon me so that
I am not able to look up; they are more than the
hairs of my head ; therefore, my heart faileth me.
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