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THE
fflJJIC TRADE
V O L XXXIV. N o . 1 0 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, March 8,1902.
OUR EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES.
The export figures for the month of Janu-
ary and the seven months ending with Jan-
uary, 1902, just completed by the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics, show an improvement
in the outward movement of manufactures.
In the month of January, 1902, the exports
of manufactures amounted to $34,412,992,
against $32,654,035 in January, 1901, and are
the largest shown in any January except
1900, when the total was $35,586,940. Com-
pared with January, 1901. it will be seen that
the figures show a gain of nearly $2,000,000
in the exports of manufactures. For the
seven months ending with January the ex-
ports of manufactures are about $13,000,000
less than those for the corresponding period
of the fiscal year 1901. Indeed, manufactures
for the month of January show greater evi-
dence of activity in the export trade than
any other class of our exports, being the only
great class of exports which shows an in-
crease in January, 1902, over January, J901.
A DELICATE QUESTION.
An Agent Should Be Faithful to His Employer's
Interests.
New York, Feb. 26, 1902.
A is employed by B in a musical instru-
ment business. A has a rare violin which he
happens to sell through TVs store. Is B en-
titled to a commission, and on what basis?
Should A have sold the violin first to B ?
2. Also, is it wrong for A to engage pri-
vately in the same business, handling instru-
ments which 1) does not?
H. C. R.
Reply.— 1. If A who is employed by B in
selling musical instruments has such an in-
strument of his own for sale, he is clearly
under no obligation to sell it to B. If the in-
strument is sold through B's store, however,
whether the sale is made by A himself or by
some other clerk, B is entitled to commis-
sions upon the sale at the rate customary in
the business.
2. If A is employed by B to sell musical
instruments, such time as he is not required
by his contract to devote to that business he
may employ in any way he chooses, provided
only that such employment of his time does
not unfit him for the service for which he is
paid, and provided also that in his private
capacity he does not compete with the busi-
ness of his employer B.—N. Y. Journal of
Commerce.
The Kimball Piano Co.'s store in Brazil,
lnd., is now located in new and larger quar-
ters in the Hendrix Block, that citv.
$2.oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, io CENTS
C. H. LICHTY'S STORE WRECKED.
THE EMERSON IN CANADA.
[Special to The Review.]
C. W. Lindsay, 108 Bank street, Ottawa,
Canada, has secured the sole agency for Mon-
treal, Quebec, Three Rivers and Ottawa, for
the famous Emerson piano. Mr. Lindsay in
his announcement says: "The Emerson is
one of the oldest pianos made in the world.
Over 100,000 of these instruments are in use
throughout America and Canada. Ten up-
rights finished in the very latest styles will
arrive at our Ottawa warerooms this week."
Reading, Pa., March 3, 1902.
At ten o'clock last night a terrific explo-
sion occurred in the four-story music store
of C H. Lichty. The building at once com-
pletely collapsed. This was followed by the
collapse of a three'story brick umbrella fac-
tory adjoining. Both buildings and contents
were destroyed. A number of persons were
in the building, but they are all accounted
for except Mrs. Rolland, owner of the um-
brella factory, and a friend who called to
spend the evening, and the watchman in the
Lichty building. It is believed these three
persons perished.
The explosion is said to have been due to
escaped gas from an acetylene gas machine,
which was manufactured by a local company,
of which Mr. Lichty was president. The
building, which was illuminated by acetylene
for years, was filled with musical instruments.
The total loss is $250,000. Many neighbor-
ing buildings were damaged. Half a dozen
people were seriously injured and neighbor-
ing business buildings were badly damaged.
The scene of the explosion was in the center
of the city.
JAMES DEWING PASSES AWAY.
James Dewing, president of the J. Dewing
Co., San Francisco, Cal., died last week at
his home, 1715 Clay street, after a lingering
illness at the age of fifty-six years. The de-
ceased was well known as a piano manufac-
turer throughout the Coast. He began his
career in that city as a book agent, in which
his brother, Madison, soon joined him.
Their success was remarkable, and within a
few years they had amassed a fortune and
had built up a large trade. They branched
out into the manufacturing of pianos and
added the jewelry business to their enter-
prises. Reverses caused the firm to fail in
189T, with liabilities of $200,000, but their
creditors settled readily with them, and they
resumed business, though on a less extensive
scale.
During the recent trip to Pittsburg of Win.
Dalliba Dutton, with Hardman, Peck & Co.,
he secured from W. F. Frederick, the well-
known dealer of that city, one of the largest
orders for pianos ever given by a Pittsburg
house. Mr. Frederick, who is building up
a splendid business in his section, has just
left for a couple of weeks sojourn in Florida.
HOYT IS CONVICTED.
[Special to The Review.]
San Francisco, Cal., March 1, 1902.
R. F. Hoyt, alias A. H. Miller, was con-
victed of embezzlement by a jury in Judge
Graham's court yesterday. The jury recom-
mended that he be dealt with leniently. Hoyt,
while employed at Kohler & Chase's music
store, sold a piano to an auctioneer for $85
and failed to make a return to the firm.
NEW STORE IN NIAGARA FALLS.
A. Lotzar, who for the past couple of
years has been the local representative of
several of the large piano manufacturers
of the country in Niagara Falls, N. Y.,
has decided to launch out in the business on
a much larger scale and has taken a lease of
the store at No. 235 First street, two doors
south of Falls street, and is opening up piano
warerooms where a number of handsome in-
struments are already displayed and more
are being received daily.
A NEW YORK INCORPORATION.
Among the incorporations filed this week
with the Secretary of State at Albany was
the Thomal Musical Instrument Co., of New
York City. Capital, $5,000. Directors : Elias
Bunzelman and H. A. Thomal, of New York
City, and Harry Woods, of Brooklyn.
A POMMER-EILERSTJRANCH.
The Pommer-Eilers Music Co., with houses
in San Francisco, Sacramento, Portland and
Los Angeles, has opened up a branch music
store in the Orleans Building, Auburn, Cal.
1). TT. Nelson will be the local manager, and
has already installed a goodly line of pianos.
On Wednesday afternoons musical recitals
will be given.
The Driggs & Smith Co., who were burned
out in the great fire in Waterbury, Conn., are
now located in the Prichard building, cor-
ner Bank and Grand streets, with a full line
of sheet music and pianos.