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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
New York's Supremacy.
amounted to the scarce conceivable sum of
$58,845,279,505.
SOME FACTS WHICH TELL THEIR OWN STORY-
From careful analysis it is seen that a
" GREATER NEW YORK " WELL NAMED
single
check made out to represent the
GREAT NOW, IT WILL BE A GREATER
business
of that year done by this city
INDUSTRIAL CENTER AFTER JAN. I .
would be $37,660,686,572. The forty-three
New York City needs no advertising other cities combined only represented a
either as to its trade, its wealth or its pre- business of $21,184,593,033.
eminence in art or literature. Other cities
In other words, New York's annual busi-
may take advantage of the medium of the ness is nearly twice as much as the com-
newspaper or the pamphlet to exploit their bined annual business of the forty-three
greatness or their progress. It would be next biggest cities in the United States.
a work of supererogation for this city, for
Then, again, as an importing center it is
example, to announce that it is the center interesting to all—and to merchants in
of the wealth of the nation; that it has the other cities it must be instructive—to know
best theatres, and that the best artists of that of the $750,000,000 in foreign mer-
the world play in them; that its Central chandise bought in this country, more than
Park is the finest in America; that its $500,000,000 is imported by New York
hotels are the most palatial and its private merchants, and of manufactured products
houses the best that art, allied with un- New York imports fully nine-tenths of all.
limited money, can make them.
Merchants from other cities know the
It would be equally superfluous for it to advantages of buying at first hand. There
call attention to its charities and its is at least the difference of the commission
churches, its newspapers and periodicals, and other profits of the great houses else-
its docks and warehouses, its banks and where who, themselves, buy from New
exchanges, its public school system, the York.
efficiency of its local administration
If the theory that it is cheaper jto pur-
or the eclectic charter under which the chase from the importer than from the
greater city will be governed next Janu- middleman be true—and no one questions
ary — a charter which is a marvelous it—it is equally true that it is wisdom to
composite of all that is best in the code purchase at the center of production, and,
under which Berlin and London, Glasgow according to the reports of 1890, which was
and Birmingham and Budapest have solved the census year, the territory of New York,
to such a large degree the question of as it will be next January, and as it now is
efficient municipal government by the for all purposes of trade, outranks all other
people of the municipality.
American cities as a manufacturing center.
Now and then, however, it may not be
The total value of its manufactured pro-
amiss bj r way of reminder to some other ducts is two-thirds greater than that of the
places to call attention to a few specific city next on the list. The relative totals
facts based upon actual trade returns. At of the principal manufacturing cities of
this particular time, too, just as Prosper- America were as follows in 1890:
Number Number
ity's dawn is cheering every one to renewed
Facto-
Opera-
ries.
tives.
Product.
vigor, the figures may be important subse- City,
Greater New York
36-939
479.577
$1,083,986,000
quently for purposes of comparison in Chicago
9,977
210,366
664,066,000
1898. They have been compiled by the Philadelphia ,
.18,166
260,264
577.334,°°°
7,902
90,805
250,930.000
Merchants' Association and the indorse- Boston
St. Louis
6,148
94,051
29,157.000
ment of that organization is a proof of Cincinnati
7.832
96,689
196,064,000
5,265
83,715
141,724,000
their authenticity that no one will venture Baltimore
San Francisco
4,°59
48,416
1^5,626,000
to combat.
In the variety, too, as well as in volume
It will not be disputed, for example, of products, New York stands easily fore-
that the banking transactions of the entire most. It has 312 distinct classes of manu-
country are the measure of its aggregate facturing industries more than any other
business, both its buying and its selling, city in the United States.
represented by the checks given in settle-
In a word, New York has or makes every-
ment.
thing that merchants may want to purchase,
The total amount, in final analysis, and everything it has of a commercial
which is transacted in actual cash, is not a character is for sale and for sale cheap.
factor at all. The crossroads store may
It has the best, the latest and the most
not exact cash, but it pays in notes taken fashionable things, and all these cheaper to
up by cash or check, and eventually the the merchant from the interior than he
manufacturer or the wholesale dealer whose can get them, relatively, at home.
transactions always are large, does his
business through the bank.
A recent acquisition to the retail forces
The year 1890, for purposes of compari- of the W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago, is Gus.
son, may be accepted as a fair one. The B. Brigham, lately with the Camp estab-
total exchanges in the forty-four leading lishment. Well known and competent he
cities of this country making their bank cannot fail to reflect credit on himself and
exchanges by means of clearing houses his house in his new position.
POOLE
PIANOS
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Look Up the McPhail.
Again we would ask dealers not to over-
look the special merits of the McPhail
pianos. They are made by men thorough-
ly competent in their respective depart-
ments—men who take a pride in turning
out instruments that will fommand
more than passing notice in the matter of
originality and attractiveness of design,
reliability of construction and a tonal qual-
ity that is not only musical but distinctly
individual. It will pay you to become ac-
quainted with the McPhail pianos and the
manufacturers, the McPhail Piano Co.,
Boston, Mass.
A Third Sound-Hole.
Geo. W. Smalley of Prineville, Ore.,
secured a patent September 14 on an im-
provement in violins. The object of this
invention is to provide a violin with an
opening or sound-hole in addition to those
with which it is usually supplied, the ad-
ditional sound-hole being located beneath
the inner projecting end of the finger-
board, the block located at the forward end
of the sounding-chamber of the violin be-
ing recessed below the adjoining end of the
forward sound-hole. By providing a vio-
lin with this additional sound-hole the
sound-waves can pass out of the forward
part of the body, giving a loud clear note
when the middle strings are being played
upon. In playing upon these strings the
pressure is about equal on the two adjoin-
ing sound-holes, and by providing this ad-
ditional sound-hole it allows the sound to
pass out clear and loud.
Gablers in Demand.
The news report at the Gabler ware-
rooms yesterday was satisfactory. Orders,
both wholesale and retail, are increasing
in number and Gabler representatives,
especially in the West and Northwest, in
their communications, declare business
active and growing. A new catalogue is
in preparation.
Precious, Perfect, Peerless
As to Tone, Touch, Design,
Durability and Value. . . ,
5 and 7 AFFLETON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.