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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
item (but giving a different account) appears in
another music paper, and as it might lead some to
think that I have given a mortgage on some of my
real estate, I wish to say that I have neither given,
taken, bought, nor sold any mortgages of any kind,
as the county records will show. Will you kindly
give this the same prominence you did the other
item and oblige,
Yours truly,
C. E. DAY.
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asked for have been employed by us for twenty seven
years, which speaks for itself, and some for ten years,
and we must again decline to entertain the ques-
tion involving the discharge of the men. As men-
tioned to you on baturday last, this question referred
to above must be settled before we will take up the
further demands talked over."—Baltimore Sun.
HATHUSHEK & SON VINDICATED IN
MONTGOMERY, ALA.
FROM S. W. PIERCE & CO.
JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS, Feb. 24, 1886.
MESSRS. WELLES <& B I L L :
GENTLEMEN : We hand you New York Exchange
for S3.00., subscription to TRADE REVIEW. Can't
get along comfortably without it.
Our business for 1885 showed a good fair profit,
considering tho depression of general business, and
the outlook is favorable for 1880. As you will see by
inclosed bulletin, we cater to the band and orchestra
irade in music, &c, and our mail order business is
rapidly increasing.
Wishing the Music TRADE REVIEW success, and the
proprietors immunity from libel suits,
We are, respectfully,
HOSE who read the explicit card from Messrs.
Mathushek & Son, of New York City, published
in our last issue, concerning the charges made
against them by Messrs. Minderhout & Nichols, of
Montgomery, Ala., will be interested in reading the
following correspondence. These latter gentlemen
were too hasty in drawing conclusions and now
apologize frankly and freely.
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MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb. 2, 1886.
MESSRS. MATHUSHEK & SON :
GENTLEMEN : Replying to your favor can say the
piano you shipped came to hand a week or ten days
ago. We had put it on trial with the party for whom
it was ordered, and up to yesterday it was apparently
satisfactory. Yesterday, however, Ludden & Bates'
agent, M. Minderhout, who had been trying to sell
him a New Haven Mathuxhek, called at his house and
S. W. PIERCE & Co.
dissatisfied him, and told him it was a stenciled piano,
and that we were thieves and robbers in trying to put
it off on him as a genuine Mathushek. We understand
WEGMAN & HENNING'S NEW SCALE.
there was no end to the abuse he heaped on you and
us, and he came out in a card in this morning's paper
ITHACA, N. Y., March 5, 1886.
in which he denounces you as unscrupulous manu
MESSRS. WELLES & BILL, New York City.
and us as unscrupulous dealers. We
GENTS: We have long been experimenting with a facturers,
mail you copy of the paper marked, and enclose
new scale, and are happy to say that at last we have copy of our card, which will appear in to-morrow's
finished one which is a daisy, and assure you, in our paper. We should like to hear from you on the sub-
ject, and have you suggest what course to pursue. In
opinion, it is the most perfect scale ever made.
regard to answering Minderhout's card we scarcely
Yours truly,
know what attitude to take -we should like to make
it hot for him. Among other things he said to our
WEGMAN & HENNINU.
customer that he could sell him just such a piano for
$201).
We wish one of your firm could run down here for
CADBY ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
a few days to 'help us out."
Hoping to hear from you by return of mail, we are
Yours very truly,
H. W. CADBY, an extensive dealer in musical
G. L. WERTH & Co.
instruments at Hudson, Kingston, Catskill,
• and Schenectady, with headquarters in Hud-
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb. 17, 1886.
son, was arrested at Hamilton, Canada, on March 6,
charged with forgery. He was about to leave for MESSRS. MATHUSHEK & SON :
GENTLEMEN : In reading your letter "to the public"
England, and was to sail under the alias of A. W.
in our morning paper, we want to explain fully to you
Webster. The charge is made by the Farmers' Na- our reasons for publishing the cards in the Mont-
tional Bank of Hudson, and the amount is placed at gomery Advertiser.
Messrs. Werth & Co. did assure his piano customer
about $6,000. He will be returned on extradition
that the "Mathushek" he would furnish would be
papers.
precisely the same as that which we handle, and the
order was placed with them on the strength of such
assurance. When we learned that Messrs. Werth &
PATENTS AND INVENTIONS.
Co. had sold a "Mathushek" piano, we called on the
customer to get the number of the piano, and we
one of your pianos there, this was the first
Mechanical musical instrument, F. E. P. Ehrlich, found
"Mathushek" piano we had ever seen or heard of
335,903.
that was not made in New Haven, Conn. In the
Mute for stringed instruments, C. F. Albert, 335,- Mathushek Piano Company's catalogue is printed
"Caution," warning the public against spurious
872.
pianos bearing a name similar to theirs, made by
Musical Box, L. Campiche, 336,210.
irresponsible parties, and sold by unprincipled dealers
Apparatus for bending and voicing musical reeds, as being genuine "Mathushek" pianos, &c. Your
piano certainly bears a name similar to theirs, and
E. N. White, 336,368.
we published the card on the strength of this " cau-
Octavo Coupler for Organs, W. Murphy, 330,134.
tion." We sent Messrs. Ludden & Bates copy of our
Pneumatic action for organs, Roosevelt & Haskill, card, they wrote us that Mathushek & Kinkeldy are
actual piano makers, and responsible, and therefore
336,351.
our charge to the contrary was incorrect, and that we
did you an injustice. Now, gentlemen, what we have
said regarding Messrs. Werth & Co., about their being
THE STRIKE AT STIEFF'S.
unscrupulous and unprincipled dealers we will not
take back. What we said about you we will take
R. CHARLES M. STIEFF, whose pianomak- back, we were led astray by the " Caution " published
ers are in part on strike, writes to the Sun, in the New Haven "Mathushek" catalogue. We would
not do anybody an injustice intentionally for any-
saying : "We have not expressed our willing- thing
in the world ; for our wrong charge to you, we
ness to discharge the assistant foreman, Mr. Wilken- are very sorry. We are .always ready to do what is
ing, and have not even taken up any other matters right. Hoping to hear from you, we remain
Very truly yours,
pertaining to the strike, except the demand of the
WiNDERHOtiT & N I C H O L S .
New York union to discharge the men who have re-
mained at work. We are as firm to-day in regard to
Mr. V. Hugo Mathushek returned from his southern
the strike as we were six weeks ago, the beginning trip on the 3rd inst., after settling matters right all
of the difficulty." The reply of tho firm to the Fed- around. He had a successful trip, and sold as many
eration of Labor was as follows: "During our inter- pianos as he can turn out promptly. He says that he
view with your committee representing the Federa- is going to make it decidedly warm for any one who
tion of Labor on Saturday last, you could readily see makes untrue charges against him or his business.
our willingness to examine into the cause of com-
plaint, but when one of the workmen, formerly in
MRS. F. W. TIETZ, Albany, N.Y., judgment for
our employ, informed us that the New York union
$327.
demanded the discharge all of the workmen who
JOHN KOPP, Cincinnati, Ohio, conveyed realty for
have remained at work during the strike, we would
say our business requires that we cannot allow any #9,000.
W. H. SHOEMAKE 1 !, Harri.sburg, Pa., judgment
one to interfere with our rights as employers, as we
must insist on this position. We do not admit the for $2,545).
right of anybody to demand of us such a request, and
JAMES SIEELE'S organ factory has been destro3ed
we reiuse to accede to it. Those whose discharge is by fire. Estimated loss Sl.OOIt.
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IN NEW HAVEN. DEEP RIVER AND
BOSTON.
NUMBER I.
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HERE is no denying the fact that business
throughout the East has greatly fallen off dur-
ing the month of February as compared with the
previous month. However, trade prospects at the
present time are exceptionally bright, and nearly all
the manufacturers and dealers are very hopoful. The
cause for the general depression during the month
just passed may be accounted for in several ways.
In the first place, the dealers during January ordered
goods very liberally, making the month one of the
largest for starting the year that they have had since
the years from 1879 to 1882. These dealers filled their
warerooms up to the fullest extent, yet not without
a provocation. They saw the general good feeling
which existed in business circles at that time, and
the prospect of increasing sales. Their predictions
would, no doubt, have been fully realized had it not
been for tho beastly weather that we have been com-
pelled to submit to for the past month ; first, a gen-
uine old fashioned flood, sweeping bridges away with
the greatest ease, and causing a general delay of all
railroads throughout the country. These damages
were scarcely repaired before we were visited by the
worst blizzard on record, requiring all a person's
efforts to keep warm around a blazing coal fire, with-
out going out to seek business. Again the differences
between employer and employees, which have lately
reached such dimensions as to cause an unprecedented
number of strikes, and which have been waged to the
bitter end, has had a great deal to do with the gen-
eral business tone, and of course affected us in pro-
portion. There are many other things I could men-
tion which have had a tendency to stop business, but
enough has been mentioned. Altogether, the trade
have no reason to complain at the volume of business
done so far this year, and the outlook for the coming
months is extremely encouraging.
THE B. SHO.VINGER ORGAN AND PIANO COMPANY,
New Haven, Conn., tell me that their business for
January and February together has been larger than
the same for many years past. This concern has a
great many valuable agents all over the country who
appreciate the goods this firm manufacture and when
they order, doso largely. Before long this company
will undertake a step which will be of great import
ance to the trade, and when the time comes I shall
give full particulars. They never undertake any-
thing without careful deliberation, yet when they do
make a move it means business. This has been
proved by the success they have had in manufacturing