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THE
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fflJJIC TIRADE
V O L , XXXIII. N o . 1 1 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, Sept. 14,1901.
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THE PIANOPHONE PLAYER.
PARCEL POST ARRANGEMENT.
HENRY B. FISCHER REJOICES
Now Manufactured by a New Company With Am-
ple Capital—Has Many Points of Merit to
Commend it to Trade Support—Look it up.
Effected by the Government Authorities in the
Matter of Parcels From Germany.
At the President's Recovery — Business Prospects
Very Satisfactory.
After negotiations occupying several
months, an arrangement has been effected by
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Post-
master-General, under which parcels-post
packages from Germany destined for Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and
St. Louis may be forwarded to points of des-
tination without examination or appraise-
ment by customs authorities at New York.
This will interest jobbers and dealers in
"small goods" and music who make a spe-
cialty of import business. It is estimated
that the delivery of merchandise coming
through this channel will be expedited from
one to two weeks, according to conditions
at the New York Appraiser's Stores, where
business sometimes has been so congested
that parcels-post packages have been held
for many days pending examination and ap-
praisement.
Henry B. Fischer, of J. & C. Fischer, re-
sponding 1 this week to a request for news
as to trade conditions, said: "I see no rea-
son to qualify what I said in this connection
several weeks ago. All indications are fav-
orable. In my opinion, there will be lively
business during this fall."
Mr. Fischer expressed himself as well
pleased with the prospect of President Mc-
Kinley's complete recovery. Asked if he
thought restrictive measures ought to be put
in force against anarchists, he replied: "Yes;
measures of the most severe kind. Their
policy, judging from their acts, is one of
extermination. They could hardly find fault
if the same policy were applied to them. It
would simply be 'tit-for-tat.'"
Some time ago we announced the reor-
ganization of the Pianophone Co. by a num-
ber of gentlemen who deservedly rank high
in the financial and commercial world.
Since this occurred, the company have been
preparing pianophones for the market at
their well equipped plant in Orange, N. J.,
and they now claim that they are making
a piano attachment second to none, and in
many respects entirely individual in its ope-
rations and in its possibilities.
The pianophone, it must be remembered,
is not an experiment, but a demonstrated
success, and possesses many features of
advantage worth referring to briefly. For
instance, the attachment is placed inside of
the piano, and therefore does not interfere
with its ordinary use, or appearance, while
the musical effects are a revelation in many
respects. Its ability to modulate and shade,
in other words, to individualize, a musical
composition independently of the will of the
performer, makes it a strong factor in the
playing field.
In fact, in a brief space it is impossible
to enumerate the many really meritorious
features which this attachment possesses
and which should win for it a large measure
of trade support, now that it is being man-
ufactured and marketed by an institution
possessing ample capital, and who stand
ready to supply orders with regularity and
substantiate every claim made for the piano-
phone.
Dealers would do well to send for a book-
let and wholesale prices of pianophone at-
tachment and music rolls which the Piano-
phone Co. also make a specialty of manu-
facturing. Meanwhile, H. E. Beach, the sec-
retary and general manager of the business,
is a gentleman whom it is a pleasure to have
dealings with, and dealers when visiting the
city during the fall would do well to call at
the headquarters at Orange, N. J., and in-
vestigate the possibilities of the pianophone
attachment.
Labor Commissioner Black states that the
volume of wages paid in Connecticut dur-
ing the present year will be larger than ever
before. He declares that since the industrial
depression ending in 1897 a general advance
of from 6 to 20 per cent, in the standard
of wages has taken place, and that "during
1901 the wave of prosperity has mounted
higher than ever before in Connecticut."
BEHR PROSPERITY ITEMS.
Edward Behr, of Behr Bros., asked on
Tuesday for a report on trade conditions,
said: "We are very busy, indeed, with a
lot of orders ahead and the prospect of an
excellent fall trade."
Mr. J. Calder, of D. O. Calder & Son,
Salt Lake City, was among the callers this
week at the Behr factory. He left a good
order.
Horace F. Brown, of the firm, is on the
Pacific Coast. He has been sending in ex-
cellent reports and lists of orders. Mr.
Brown is expected home next week.
Messrs. M. S. Ludwig and Geo. T. Els-
ham, Behr travelers, are in the Middle West.
AMERICAN EXHIBITION IN LONDON.
The directors of the Crystal Palace have
decided to hold an American Exhibition in
1902, .and they announce in a communica-
tion to The Review that it is their inten-
tion to make it the largest and most impor-
tant display of American commerce, indus-
tries and inventions yet seen in England.
"It is believed that such an exhibition will,
at the present time," the directors say, "be
productive of the best results. It will not
only promote the diffusion of a better knowl-
edge of the great natural resources and prod-
ucts of the American continent, but it will
also increase and cement the ties of mutual
respect and friendship which happily pre-
vail between ourselves and our kinsmen
across the Atlantic."
THE NEWMAN BROS. CO.
The Newman Bros. Co., of Chicago, are
splendidly prepared for a very large busi-
ness this fall. The new addition to their
factory gives them much needed resources,
and has enabled them to fill orders for their
beautiful pianos without any great delay.
These instruments, particularly styles 5 and
7, have won a great vogue, while their new
style 3 is destined to find a great many ad-
mirers this season.
The Newman Bros. Co. have won suc-
cess by their adherence to high-grade prin-
ciples and high-grade products. This, in
the end, is the winning- policy, and the deal-
ers in this country have come to look upon
the Newman Bros, institution as one of the
strong and reliable concerns who take a
pride in turning out first-class goods. A
very tasteful souvenir has recently been is-
sued by the Newman Bros. Co.—a leather
card case, on the back of which appears
a picture of their new factory in gold.
CHANGES IN THE RETAIL FIELD.
NEW STORES.
S. N. Groose & Co., Beaver Dam, Wis.—
Talbot & Co., Palmyra, N. Y.—A. H. Fur-
long, California, N. J.—Albert Boutelle,
Waterville, Mass.—D. L. Bowers, Spokane,
Wash.—Conigisky & Juelg, Washington, D.
C.—Elwood Piano Co., Elwood, Ind.—W.
A. Dougherty, Neodcska, Kans.
BRANCHES.
The Cable Co., of Chicago, in Carrollton,
Ga.
R. O. Foster, of Foster & Waldo, Minne-
apolis, Minn., is back from his extended trip
to the Pacific Coast,