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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Japs Defeat Klaber.
Haines-Jarvis.
American Industrial Supremacy.
IN A SUIT FOR THE RENT OF A SHOW WINDOW.
The wedding of Miss Caroline Lawrence
Jarvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jar-
vis, and Albert Mortimer Hainesof Haines
Bros, took place last Tuesday evening at
the Mount Morris Baptist Church, this
city. The Rev. Dr. William C. Bitting,
the pastor, performed the ceremony. The
bridesmaids were Miss Mary Farrell, of
Washington Heights; Miss Hortense Jene-
our, Miss Charlotte Dalby, of Harlem, and
Miss Eleanor Harlow, of Brooklyn. Lin-
ton Floyd Jones was best man. Frank
Coffin, Harold Ives and Thomas Debevoise
were the ushers.
The Review extends congratulations.
THE MANUFACTURE OF WIRE TAKEN AS AN
EXAMPLE SENSIBLE CONCLUSIONS THEREON.
Two Japanese were plaintiffs in the
Sixth District Court, last Monday, in a suit
to recover rent from the Automaton Piano
Co. The Kitaoka Brothers are the land-
lords of the store 70 West Twenty-third
street, where they carry on a Japanese mer-
chandise business. Three months ago they
rented one of their show windows to the
piano concern at $125 a month.
The rent for February and March was
paid, but Treasurer Klaber, of the com-
pany, defaulted for the rent of April. He
said that the Japs put their goods in front
of the show piano, obstructing a clear view
of it. According to the lease of the win-
dow, they could not put anything in front
of the piano, and Klaber by this act
claimed an eviction. When the Japs sued
him, he at once photographed the window,
showing baskets, plates, dolls and other
articles pretty near the piano.
When the photograph was put in evi-
dence it showed that Klaber had taken
more space than he was entitled to by put-
ting a printed sign'on top of the piano.
The merchandise was not in front, but to
one side of the instrument.
After along hearing as to just where the
piano belonged, Justice Martin decided in
favor of the Japs for the whole amount of
rent. He cautioned them that the lease
gave all the space in front of the piano to
the concern, and Klaber left court declar-
that he would build an instrument that
would occupy the entire window.
The Everett-Goepel Suit.
The preliminary steps in the legal battle
between the Everett Piano Co. and C. F.
Goepel & Co. in the matter of plectraphone
infringement, were taken the closing days
of last week when a motion for a prelimi-
nary injunction was argued in the United
States District Court by the attorneys of
the Everett Co. to restrain Goepel & Co.
from selling what is known as the Stevens
device or attachment. Judge Lacomb took
the briefs and a decision will be rendered
within the next two weeks. The suit is of
great interest, and the decision will be
awaited with no little impatience.
Gorgen & Grubb Extending.
Business is booming with Gorgen &
Grubb, the action makers of Nassau, N. Y.
A substantial proof of this fact is that they
are about to erect a building 80x20 feet as
an addition [to'their present plant. This
firm win customers and hold them by giv-
ing good value for the money demanded.
They are conducting a safe and conserva-
tive business which has been quietly and
constantly growing. When the new ad-
dition is completed they will have facili-
ties for the handling of a large output and
will be able to fill all orders placed with
them without delay. This long established
and respected firm deserve all the success
which is coming their way.
Nearing the End.
Justice Beach of the Supreme Court, on
Wednesday last, appointed Henry K. S.
Williams permanent receiver for Gilde-
meester & Kroeger, piano manufacturers
at 360 Second avenue, in proceedings
brought by the directors in May last for the
voluntary dissolution of the corporation.
The Receiver's bond was fixed at $50,000.
Liabilities,$100,938 ; nominal assets, $106,-
158; actual assets, $42,401.
Disposed of a Piano.
AND NOW MISS SIMON HAS COT HERSELF INTO
TROUBLE.
Henrietta Simon, a comely young wo-
man, who lives with her father at 136 Bed-
ford avenue, Brooklyn, was held in $500 bail
in the Lee Avenue Court that city, on Satur-
day last, on the complaint of Wm. Garnett,
of 302 Tompkins avenue,who accused her of
wrongfully disposing of a $325 piano be-
longing to the Tway Piano Co., of 88 Fifth
avenue, New York. In May last the piano
was sold on installments to A. T. Richards,
of 1091 DeKalb avenue. Afterward it
was learned that the piano passed into the
possession of Miss Simon, who, it is alleged,
sold it to somebody unknown for $100.
When Miss Simon was arraigned in court
she pleaded not guilty, and her father, a
saloonkeeper, furnished bail for her ap-
pearance.
Ludwig Success.
No matter when The Review calls at the
Ludwig factory, the same satisfactory con-
dition of affairs is well in evidence. More
orders, more work. There are no idle
hands around. Every man is doing his
full share toward securing the desired re-
sults. The old saying "if you want a thing
well done, do it yourself" is believed in,
and acted up to as far as possible. Both
partners understand the business thorough-
ly and enter heart and soul into the carry-
ing out of details, no matter how small, how
insignificant. Their active interest in all
that is going on is one of the secrets of their
phenomenal success. Another is their un-
tiring energy.
In a recent issue of an English iron trade
journal, the relative condition of the wire
industry in England and America is dis-
cussed editorially. The facts which are
given afford a striking proof of the rapid-
ity with which a new industry is developed
in the United States when once it has
gained a firm footing, and they indicate
also the rapid decrease in the cost of man-
ufacture which has characterized our en-
trance into such industries.
According to our contemporary the Eng-
lish manufacturers of wire are threatened
with the loss of their business in conse-
quence of the successful competition of
Germany and other continental countries
and of the United States. The rivalry of
Germany is of long standing and has be-
come an accepted fact; whereas that of the
United States is a more recent and has
grown to be a much more formidable fea-
ture.
Thirty years ago there was no such thing
as a wire industry in this country; it was
controlled entirely by Great Britain. To-
day the United States holds a commanding
lead over all competitors.
Commenting on these facts, the Scien-
tific American says: "Our easy supremacy
in the manufacture of wire is one typical
of our progress in a score of other leading
industries. The fact that we are able to
undersell our competitors in outside mar-
kets at a time when we are producing, or
are capable of producing, a large surplus
above the needs of the home markets, sug-
gests that our future commercial growth
must take place chiefly in outside fields.
There is no reason to doubt that our foreign
trade could be greatly and rapidly extended
if a systematic, thoroughly well-organized
effort were made to open up new markets
and enlarge those that exist. If our con-
sular service were strengthened, and if its
efforts were supplemented by the estab-
lishment of local bureaus for the display of
our products and for gathering and dis-
seminating information likely to foster our
trade with foreign countries, it is likely
that we could soon open a market for our
surplus product and bring back something
of the industrial activity of the early years
of the present decade."
A Big Order for " Crowns."
Geo. P. Bent's trip to Mexico and the far
Western States has been prolific of most
satisfactory results. In Mexico he secured
some big orders, while on the Pacific Coast
he not only consummated a number of im-
portant agencies for the " Crown" pianos
and organs in the leading cities, but he also
secured some mighty big orders; one from
the Wiley B. Allen Co., of Portland, Ore.,
in particular was for 100 pianos and 200
organs, with two carloads of pianos,
to be shipped at once. This looks like
The Manuscript Society, Philadelphia, business, and just shows what a bustler like
are using the Henry F. Miller grand pianos Geo. P. Bent can accomplish when he takes
a short excursion for his health.
at their concerts this season.