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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Judging from the revolutionary condi-
tion of affairs in St. Louis and the mani-
fest indifference of the Chicago authorities
to the rights of manufacturers, it would
seem as if there was at least a modicum
of truth in the assertion of secretary
Thompson.
Sale of Dolge Lands and Patents.
A sale of the Alfred Dolge wood land in
Herkimer county was held last week by
Referee Hanlon and Assignee Walter N.
Kernan at the Girvan House, Little Falls.
The first sale was 12,000 acres of timber
land in Herkimer county upon which the
National Herkimer County Bank had a
mortgage. The bank bid in the land at
$1 an acre. A parcel comprising four lots
on the Jersey field patent in Stratford,
containing 1,460 acres was sold to Nicholas
Helterline for 40 cents an acre. Three
lots of 1,959^ acres were bid in by Theo-
dore H. Roth of this village for 42 cents
per acre, and 3,000 acres in the same patent
were sold to Alois Brambach for $1 an
acre. Chris Johnson, of Stratford, bought
586 acres for 13 cents an acre, and he also
purchased 50 acres in Salisbury for 12 cents
per acre. Hon. P. H. McEvoy, of Little
Falls, bought a small strip of land adjoin-
ing the M. E. church here for $6. Hon.
A. M. Mills bought a strip of land in
Oppenheim for $104. The Spofford Square
was bought by Alois Brambach for $42.
The 275 shares of Mr. Dolge in the Dolge-
ville Coal Company were sold to Julius
Breckwoldt for $700. Mr. Roth purchased
all the trademarks and some patents of
Alfred Dolge for the sum of $100.
Governor Murphy, Perhaps.
Rumor has it that Franklin Murphy, the
founder of the Murphy Varnish Co., of
Newark, will be the next Governor of New
Jersey. Mr. Murphy has stood high in the
political councils of our sister state for
many years and it is not surprising that
his name is now prominently mentioned in
connection with the nomination for Gover-
nor. He is now a chairman of the Repub-
lican State Committee.
Compliments Jos. fl. Hann.
Joseph M. Mann, the versatile and orig-
inal, is secretary and treasurer of the Busi-
ness Men's Athletic Club, of Providence,
R. I. The Telegram of that city, in com-
menting upon the organization, says:
"Secretary and treasurer Joseph M. Mann
is well known to the public as an enter-
prising business man of sound judgment
and ability and possesses the quickness of
a well-balanced intellect and a prompt
comprehensive grasp of existing condi-
tions." Every word of this will be en-
dorsed by those who know him.
Thomas F. Knight, of the wareroom
staff of the Tway Piano Co., will leave the
first week in July for his old home, the
Isle of Guernsey, where he will pass a
period of some two months.
Geo. S. Beechwood has disposed of his in-
terests in the Utica Conservatory of Music
to E. B. Fleck and R. J. Hughes.
Manufacturing Expansion.
THE CENSUS THIS YEAR WILL REVEAL THE
WONDERFUL GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES
IN THE UNITED STATES OUR DEVEL-
OPMENT AS COMPARED WITH
OTHER COUNTRIES.
One of the most interesting exhibits of
the census taken this year will be the ex-
tent of manufactures in the United States.
According to the figures of the eleventh
census, taken in 1890, the total value of
our manufactures was $9,372,437,283. This
far exceeded the aggregate of any other
country in the world. The census year
and the two succeeding years were marked
by great prosperity in the United States,
though then succeeded by a period of de-
pression. It is safe to assume, however,
that for the whole period there has been a
very great increase in our manufactures
since 1890. Operations have been especially
active since 1897, when a marked revival
in all lines of commercial and industrial
enterprise set in.
All the indications go to show that the
returns of our manufactures this year will
represent a stupendous total. We are not
only using more of our manufactured
products at home, but our exports exceed
all precedent. As touching upon this
point a statement made by S. N. D. North
at a meeting of the National Association of
Manufacturers, at its recent meeting in
Bo-ton, is of interest. Mr. North is the
chief statistician of the Census Bureau.
When the census of 1890 were taken, be-
cause of his expert knowledge on the sub-
ject, he was employed by the government
to supervise the gathering of statistics re-
lating to manufactures. Hence he spoke
from intimate acquaintance with his sub-
ject when in his Boston address on " T h e
Federal Census of Manufactures ' he said:
In i860 the value of our manufactured
expoits was only $40,000,000; in 1890 it
had grown to $151,000,000, an increase
nearly fourfold, and in the fiscal year
ended last July, it was $340,000,000, an
increase since the last federal census of
more than 100 per cent, and 741 per cent,
in the forty years since i860. It is a rec-
ord without parallel in the history of na-
tions. This ten years' development in
the manufacturing exports of the United
States has compelled the world's sta-
tisticians to rewrite their prognostications,
and to recognize the swift advance of this
country toward the front rank among the
exporting nations England annually ex-
ports, of similar manufactured articles,
about $1,000,000,000 in round numbers,
Germany about $550,000,000 and France
$370,000,000. If the relative advance in
the value of manufactured exports shall
continue in the same ratio, as between the
four nations, the United States will pass
France before another year, will pass Ger-
many in ten years and will pass England
in twenty-five years.
This amazing growth of our exports of
manufacturers naturally attracts most
marked attention at present. There is
little doubt that during the fiscal year
which ends with this month the total of
sales abroad of American manufactures
will reach if it does not surpass $400,000,-
000, representing a gain of about 150 per
cent, in ten, years. For the same period
Great Britain's expansion in exports of
manufactures has been only ten per cent.,
while that of Germany, the next most
formidable rival, has been somewhat larger
in proportion. But all come a long way
short of the relative American increase.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat is no doubt
right in saying:
The causes which are accountable for
this immense growth in the exportation of
American manufactures may be relied on
to maintain it. They are unrivaled natural
resources, a large money supply, un-
equaled inventive skill and great business
energy and intelligence. While the natural
resources of most of the countries of
Europe are beginning to decline, those of
the United States have hardly been fairly
developed as yet, and they will be equal to
a demand many times greater than any to
which they have yet been subjected. An-
other cause of the increase in exportation
is that American manufacturers are study-
ing foreign demands with more care than
they formerly displayed. It is now about
twenty years since the United States be-
gan to lead England in the extent of its
aggregate manufactures, and its preced-
ence has been growing constantly ever
since. From present indications, more-
over, the day is not far distant when the
United States will surpass England even
in the sales of its manufactured goods
abroad.
These facts and figures convey lessons
not to be misunderstood. American man-
ufactures are making their way into uni-
versal popularity because of their superior
quality and comparative cheapness. The
situation confounds the anticipations of
those, says the Troy Times, who have
always insisted that handicapped by a pro-
tective tariff we could not make any head-
way against rivals abroad. There is no
need of wasting time or space in contra-
dicting them. The statistics of our foreign
trade speak for themselves.
And yet it is well that the larger phase
of the matter should not be lost sight of.
It is most satisfactory to observe that
our manufactures are making enormous
headway in competition with those of
other countries. But the biggest and
best market is and always will be the
home market. Our manufactured prod-
ucts go abroad by the millions of dollars'
worth, while the aggregate output mounts
up to many billions in value. The foreign
demand is after all a small percentage of
the home consumption.
Entertains the Staff.
Gustave J. Candidus gave a dinner last
Saturday afternoon at Luchow's to the
salesmen and office staff of Stein way Hall.
Mr. Candidus is a nephew of the late Theo-
dore Steinway and was one of the legatees
under his will. He gave the dinner in cel-
ebration of the recent court decision up-
holding the will of Theodore Steinway
against the suit brought by Henry W. T.
Steinway. The dinner lasted until about
five o'clock, and was pronounced by those
who were present to be in every way a
most enjoyable affair.
Mr. Candidus'
health was frequently toasted by his fellow
associates at Steinway Hall.
D. G. Keefe, superintendent of the Cable
Co. 's factory, sailed recently from this city
for Paris where he will spend a short vaca-
tion.