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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
storm ? It should be, and it should also inspire
them with new confidence as to the solidity of
musico-industrial afiairs. There is another re-
assuring side to the question, and it is this :
Travel over the country, visit the warerooms,
what do we see ? Full lines of goods, over
stocked stores ? No ! On the contrary, we see
depleted stocks everywhere. It means this:
That as soon as trade receives the inspiring
touch of fall, that dealers in all sections who
have been buying sparingly during the past
year will at once require large additions to their
stock, and will want them quickly too. There-
fore, it is not wise for manufacturers to reduce
their reserve stock too low. There will be a
good, healthy trade this fall. Be sure you get
your share of it.
on the part of the supporters of Prof. Kunkel.
Whether Mr. Steck's appointment is confirmed
or not—and we trust that it will be—we have
reason to be proud that the only American put
forward by THE MUSIC TRADE has been ser-
iously and respectfully considered by Mr.
Thacher. Blumenberg may take a hint from
this that his ability to hurt others through the
press can recoil upon his own head. Mr.
Thacher has not been rending this paper with-
out exercising his judgement regarding its
utterances. Marc has been sorely knocked out
in his game.
handsome booth of Hardman Peck &
ffT» Co., presented on our front page, must at-
tract the immediate attention of readers. The
product of an eminent architect, Mr. H. Ed-
wards-Ficken, designer of the American Art
Galleries, and other artistic buildings, its dig-
nity and imposing characteristics have insured
it flattering notice amid the mass of handsome
booths which abound in the Liberal Arts divis-
ion of the Fair. But while laying stress upon
the beauty of the booth—which in itself is char-
acteristic of the high aims of Hardman Peck &
Co.—the notable pianos which it contains and
shows off must not be forgotten. They occupy
a position in the musical world which more than
fully justifies the striking manner in which
they are represented at the Exposition.
||P|HE
WELL-KNOWN dealer from the West
writes: " I think THE MUSIC TRADE;
REVIEW grows better each issue. You certainly
give a comprehensive account of music trade
happenings in a condensed form. What I par-
ticulary like, however, is the line of business
articles and editorials which you have been giv-
ing us of late. They strike the right spot."
It's the same story all over the country. They
all like THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, and if we
were not constantly improving our service in
every particular, we should indeed consider that
our experience was of no value to us or to our
readers. We firmly believe that this is the age
The space occupied by the structure shown
of specialism, in almost every direction. The
is 71 square feet, with a frontage of 20 feet on
business man of to-day does not care to plough
Columbian avenue. The colors employed in
through twenty or thirty pages of long drawn-
the decoration of the booth are sea-green, silver
out matter; it is wasting his valuable time.
and salmon-pink artistically blended, which
But he likes a paper which is a specialist organ,
render the beautiful structure yet more beaxiti-
which gives him the happenings and goings in
ful to the eye in reality. In this respect all the
the line where he is particularly interested. He
known processes of illustrating fall short.
likes a paper which has sound views upon the
Mr. Leopold Peck, his associates and the
financial question, and upon trade and com-
friends of the firm may indeed feel proud
merce. He likes a paper with some policy,
of the part played by the Hardman piano at
with some firmness, and conducted upon modern
the Columbian Exposition, of which the booth
and progressive principles. That is why they
is but a means to an important end, namely, the
all like THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
further extension and strengthening of the
interests of Hardman Peck & Co. at home and
abroad.
gjeOHN BOYD THACHER consults and re-
(§/" spects THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW. We
may differ with his plan of awards, but that he «flT|UR local contemporary, The Musical Cour-
is a man who thinks and acts with good pur- ••P* ier, has been giving, of late, great prom-
pose and independence cannot be questioned. inence to a quotation from Printer's Ink, where
In our issue of July 22d, we advocated Mr. that paper, in a paragraph, credits the American
George Steck as a Judge of Awards, and called News Paper Directory with the statement that
Mr. Thacher's attention to the suggestion. But, The Musical Courier circulation '' exceeds ten
we added, " if it is necessary to go abroad, Mr. thousand." Turning to page 516 of the Ameri-
A. J. Hipkins, of London, would be the proper can News Paper Directory of 1892, we find that
man." We further addressed Mr. Thacher in The Musical Courier is rated as '' circulation
this terse and emphatic manner : '' Here are two H, " the key to which is " exceeding 2,250."
names to select from and thus end the deadlock, The Directory for '93 is not before us. Let us
Look to this, Mr. Thacher !'' He clearly has. discuss the situation :
Having wisely decided to select an American to
Printer's Ink is a journal for advertisers
occupy the important position indicated, it now owned by Geo. P. Rowell & Co., who publish
seems that Mr. Thacher has sent in the names the American News Paper Directory.
of Mr. George Steck and Dr. Florence Zeigfeld,
The statement made in Printer's Ink concern-
of Chicago, as his choice of men for the import- ing The Courier \$ absolutely nothing at all. It
ant position, but the decision has not been yet is not convincing in the remotest particular.
conferred, owing to some temporary opposition By giving great prominence to this statement,
Mr. Blumenberg desires to impress upon his ad-
vertisers that the circulation of The Courier
" exceeds ten thousand " each week. There is
a much more satisfactory way open to him to
prove this, if he can. Instead of giving this
little weak quotation from Printer's Ink, let him
give the sworn statement of his printers that
they have printed a number of copies of The
Musical Courier, which "exceeds ten thou-
sand," for four consecutive iveeks. If he can do
this, we will most respectfully doff our sombrero
to Marc Anthony Blumenberg. We were always
willing to acknowledge his greatness as far as
oral expressions are concerned, and we shall,
with equal frankness, acknowledge his ability
as far as deeds are concerned, if he can show
this as we have indicated above. The sombrero
is ready to be doffed.
Ing RESIDENT CLEVELAND, after stating
®f°» why it was imperative that an extra ses-
sion of Congress be convened to grapple with the
financial question, says in his message to that
body: "Our unfortunate financial plight is
not the result of untoward events nor of condi-
tions related to our natural resources, nor is it
traceable to any of the afflictions which fre-
quently check national growth and prosperity.
With plenteous crops, with abundant promise
of remunerative production and manufacture,
with unusual invitation to safe investment and
with satisfactory assurance to business enter-
prise, suddenly financial distrust and fear have
sprung up on every side. Numerous moneyed
institutions have suspended because abundant
assets were not immediately available to meet
the demands of frightened depositors. Surviv-
ing corporations and individuals are content to
keep in hand the money they are usually
anxious to loan, and those engaged in legiti-
mate business are surprised to find that the
securities they offer for loans, though heretofore
satisfactory, are no longer accepted. Values
supposed to be fixed are fast becoming conjec-
tural and loss and failure have involved every
branch of business.''
The President further does not hesitate to
emphasize the fact that the first step towards
the restoration of business confidence is the re-
peal of the purchasing clause in the silver bill.
The best financiers of the country have ex-
pressed views which coincide with the Presi-
dent in this particular, and now it remains for
Congress to carry out the expressed wishes of
the people, and eliminate the purchasing clause
from the so-called Sherman Bill. But will Con-
gress do this ? That is the question. Will we
have a speedy repeal of this obnoxious measure,
or will we be compelled to suffer the suspense
occasioned by lengthy debates to allow the
rabid silver men of the West, of the " Bloody
Bridle " Waite stamp, to air their eloquence and
their revolutionary sentiments.
If we are to base our opinion of the time
which will be consumed before this matter is
settled, upon the statement made by Senator
Teller, "That the silver question was as im-
portant as the question on preserving the