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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Paris Exposition Plans.
C. R. Stevens' Trip.
NEW
YORK* MERCHANTS WANT
I25,OOO
SQUARE FEET FOR EXHIBITS AND CHICAGO
TWICE AS MUCH.
WILL HANDLE THE EVERETT PIANO FOR NINE
COUNTIES IN OHIO.
[Special to The Review. 1
Washington, D. C , Jan. 24, 1898.
The interest being manifested in the pro-
posed Paris exposition is best shown by the
applications for space being received at the
State Department. Although the late Major
Handy, the special Commissioner, was only
able to obtain 300,000 square feet of space,
more than 400,000 has been asked for by
prospective exhibitors in New York and
Chicago.
New York merchants have re-
quested that they be given 125,000 square
feet in which to display their exhibits, and
merchants from Chicago have requested 281,-
000 square feet. Business men in Omaha,
San Francisco, Philadelphia and other cities
are also clamoring for space.
Major Handy estimated ihat something
more than $900,000 would be- required in
order that the United States might make a
desirable and effective display. France spent
a million dollars at the Chicago exposition
in 1893. In the first Paris exposition, in
1889, Austria only appropriated $31,664,
which paid all her expenses. This amount
was increased to $110,000 at the Chicago
exposition, and it is now announced that she
proposes to spend $1,085,400 at the coming
Paris exposition. Russia spent $33,735 at
Paris in 1889, $400,000 at Chicago in 1893
and now she has appropriated $1,544,000 for
the exposition of 1900.
Germany spent
$856,600 at the Chicago exposition, and in
1900 will spend $1,190,000 at Paris. Swit-
zerland appropriated $91,000 for the Paris
exposition of 1889, $23,160 for the Chicago
fair, and will spend $318,450 in 1900. Eng-
land recently demanded and received space
for the Paris exposition equal to that granted
to the most favored nation, and has an-
nounced her determination to use every effort
to make an exhibit that will be surpassed by
none.
Longwell with Church Co.
Perhaps among the piano salesmen of Cin-
cinnati no more popular member could be
named than Mr. Charles A. Longwell.
Recent arrangements have been completed
whereby Mr. Longwell goes with The John
Church Company, and will fill a prominent
place not only among the salesmen of this
great company, but among the piano men of
this city. Such improvements as have re-
cently been made in the Everett piano, and
the addition to the force of salesmen of such
men as Mr. Longwell will make the piano
department of The John Church Company
very much in evidence in the Cincinnati
trade.—Cincinnati, ()., Star.
C. R. Stevens of the Stevens Organ Co.,
Marietta, O., came in to see us Monday.
Mr. Stevens is on a trip East, and will visit
his old home in Brattleboro before he returns.
He has made a number of stops en route from
Marietta, and has transacted some very satis-
factory business for the Stevens organ. He
.will soon open up a very well equipped retail
store in Marietta, and will also move his gen-
eral office from the factory to the retail ware-
rooms.
While here he concluded arrangements
with the Everett Piano Co. to handle the
Everett for eight or nine counties in Ohio.
Mr. Stevens spoke in warm praise of the
new Everett, and said that he looked forward
with much interest and pleasure to the exam-
ination of the new Everett grand which he
would see in Boston.
Receiver Regan's Report.
[Special to The Review.]
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 24, 1898.
Win. M. Regan, the present receiver of the
Century Piano Co., has filed affidavit with
the clerk of courts which severely criticises
the statement made by H. O. Peterson, his
predecessor. According to Mr. Regan the
creditors will not realize nearly so much on
their claims as they have expected.
He
states that the notes and bills receivable
amount to but $31,855.91, of which between
$5,000 and $6,000 are very nearly worthless.
Mr. Peterson stated that the assets would
reach $36,000, and that they were well se-
cured. Mr. Regan also states that the liabil-
ities are over $38,000 instead of $32,000, as
reported by Mr. Peterson. These discrep-
ancies make a difference of nearly $12,000 in
the figures of the two receivers.
Charged with Embezzlement.
[Special to The Review.]
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 24, 1898.
George S. Williams and Dallas Bruckart,
of Columbia, trading as the firm of Williams
& Bruckart, musical instrument dealers,
were arrested Saturday on a warrant charg-
ing them with embezzlement, the prosecutor
being H. D. Farnham, representing the
Needham Piano and Organ Co. of New York.
It is alleged that the accused secured pianos
from the New York company, sold them and
then appropriated the proceeds, $800, to their
own use. After the arrest of the parties the
goods in their store were attached on a land-
lord's warrant, sworn out by William Morris,
of Columbia. The accused were held for the
Grand Jury, in April trial term. They were
engaged in business in that place about a year.
New England Piano Co.
•3$MAIN OFFICE, 601 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS.*S-
Harassing Foreign Corporations
NOT
AN EFFECTIVE PLAN OF ADVANCING NEW
YORK'S COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.
Corporations of other States doing busi-
ness in New York should, of course, bear
a proper share of the burdens of taxation,
State and local. The city Department of
Taxes and Assessments seems, however, to
be letting zeal outrun discretion in its search
for delinquents of this class. A search of
the records of other States may be useful
and justifiable in unearthing companies
which escape taxation here. But dragnet
methods are certainly neither appropriate nor
beneficial to the commercial interests of New
York. It is stated that the notices which
the department is now serving on foreign
corporations requiring them to make report
to the department have been sent to all dis-
coverable persons residing and doing business
in New York whose names appear as directors
or incorporators of companies whose certifi-
cates have been filed in New Jersey and
other States.
The facts in the matter, however, only
serve to draw renewed attention to the
utterly indefensible state of the laws of this
State in regard to foreign corporations. If
the object was to drive corporations from the
State the existing statutes could be readily
understood. They discourage the formation,
of companies in New York, and when New
York capital seeks incorporation in other
States an effort is apparently put forth to
harass and restrict their operations here.
The attention of the Legislature has been so
often directed to this point and the fact that
corporate interests were inclined to desert the
State has been illustrated by so many striking
instances that it is almost hopeless to look
for relief from that quarter, says Commercial
America. The subject, however, is one which
has an importance in connection with the
other causes that have been working against
New York and in favor of rival communities.
Disadvantages of this kind can and should be
quickly overcome by united action on the
part of all who desire that New York's com-
mercial and financial eminence shall be pre-
served and strengthened.
Newman Bros. Optimistic.
*
Newman Bros. Co. of Chicago write us as
follows concerning business conditions: ' 'We
have been running full time for the past year
and have been especially rushed the past six
months. Collections are now improving and
prospects for trade in 1898 are much brighter
than any year since 1892. The demand for
our pianos compel us to increase the capacity
of this department. We feel greatly encour-
aged with prospects for 1898 and hope they
will be fully realized."
John R. Hendricks of Pittsburg, Pa., is
now handling the Schubert piano.
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BOSTON
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