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V O L . XXXIV, N o . 2 . Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 3 East Fourteenth Street, New York, Jan. 11,1902.
parts thereof" sent abroad during Novem-
ber, 1901, amounted to $165,937; in the same
month of 1900 their value was estimated at
Washington, D. C, Jan. 6, 1902.
The summary of exports and imports of $110,532. The total exports for the eleven
the commerce of the United States for the months under this heading foot up $1,821,-
month of November, 1901, the latest period 833, as against $662,485 exported during the
for which it has been compiled, has just been same period of 1900, and $489,931 exported
issued by the Treasury Department. The during the same period in 1899. This shows
figures relating to the music trade industry an increase for 1901 over the previous year
of $1,159,348.
are of interest.
The dutiable imports of musical instru-
LEOMINSTER STRIKE OVER.
ments during November amounted to $106,-
[Special to The Review.]
564, as compared with $86,013 worth of in-
Leominster, Mass., Jan. 6, 1902.
struments which were imported the same
The finishers at the Wellington piano case
month of 1900. The eleven months' total, factory here, who struck Thursday, returned
ending November, shows importations valued to work this morning on the strength of an
at $933,995, as against $927,680 worth of mu- agreement that they are to be paid in future
sical instruments imported during the same by the day.
period of 1900. This gives an increase in
They had been working by the piece sys-
imports for the eleven months ending Novem- tem, and the strike was caused by a reduc-
ber, of $6,315.
tion in their pay of sixteen cents a case.
The import figures for the eleven months'
STEEL AND WIRE PENSION PLAN.
period for the three years are as follows:
1899, $1,018,487; 1900, $927,680, and 1901, Company to Provide the Funds—Employees Con-
tributing Nothing.
$933,995-
The total domestic exports of musical in-
The American Steel & Wire Co. have
struments for November, 1901, amounted to posted notices in all their works, making ef-
$350,879, as compared with $274,502, which fective on Jan. 1st, 1902, a pension depart-
was the value of the instruments exported ment which provides for the pensioning of
the same month of the previous year. The old and faithful employees in accordance
eleven months' total exportation of musical with their terms of service. All employees
instruments amounted to $3,197,196, against of the American Steel & Wire Co. or its
$1,815,997 for the same period in 1900. This predecessors will be eligible to participate
shows an increase in exports for the eleven in the benefits.
months ending November, of $1,381,199.
The funds to provide pensions will be fur-
The export figures for the eleven months' nished by the company, the employees con-
period for the three years are as follows: tributing nothing. There are from 25,000
1899, $1,764,975; 1900, $1,815,997; 1901, to 30,000 employees.
$3> I 97. I 96-
FILES PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
Of the aggregate exportations in Novem-
[Special to The Review.]
ber, 1901, there were 2,114 organs valued at
Geneva, O., Jan. 6, 1902.
$145,951, as compared with 1,943 exported
Charles
Talcott,
who is superintendent of
in 1900 and valued at $130,547. The eleven
the Brett Piano Works and also head of
months' total shows that we exported 15,826 the Talcott Music Co., doing business in
organs, valued at $1,033,789, as against 13,- this town, has filed a voluntary petition in
253 valued at $851,956 for the same period bankruptcy in the United States District
of 1900, and 16,132, valued at $979,876 for Court, with liablities of $52,516.68. No as-
the same period in '99.
sets are mentioned in the petition. Mr. Tal-
In November, 1901, we exported 225 pia- cott was at one time a prominent real estate
nos, valued at $38,991, as against 168 pianos, dealer in addition to his other vocations.
valued at $33,423, in November, 1900. The
The A. M. McPhail Piano Co., Roston,
eleven months' total exports show 1,830 pia- have placed on the market a Puritan style
nos, valued at $341,574, as compared with which is destined to excite no little enthusi-
1,413, valued at $301,556, exported in the asm among their representatives in all parts
the country. The design is highly classi-
same period in 1900, and 1,435 valued at of
cal and symmetrical, and fully up to the
$295,168 for the same period in 1899.
high standard which has ever distinguished
The value of "all other instruments and the McPhail creations.
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
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$2.oo PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, xo CENTS.
WILL MANUFACfLRE ORGANS.
[Special to The Review.]
Marion, Ind., Jan. 6, 1902.
The Chute & Butler Co., whose incorpor-
ation was recently recorded, intend to man-
ufacture organs in the town of Landesville,
ten miles north of Marion. The members
of the company are Hiram E. Chute, Thad.
W. 1 hitler and Thomas Butler. The capital
stock of $25,000, divided into shares of $50
each. The headquarters of the firm will be
in Marion. Thad. Butler is one of Marion's
successful business men.
PIANO MAN IN TROUBLE.
[Special to The Review.]
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 6, 1902. •
Joseph Spencer, known also as Joseph
Thomas, a traveling piano dealer who makes
his headquarters in this section, was arrested
at Lyndon and brought to St. Johnsburv
jail on an information filed by State's At-
torney D. W. Steele, of Highgate, charging
him with passing a worthless check for $10
in Fairfield.
It is alleged that Thomas drew this check
on himself, using a blank check of the Lyn-
don National Rank, and that the check was
cashed by (ieo. W. Rurgin, one of the mem-
bers of the firm of Wells & Rurgin, of Fair-
field.
Thomas was taken to St. Albans Tuesday
by Sheriff Barney F. Kelley, of that city.
GREAT ACTIVITY A T T E L L Y ' S .
[Special to The Review.]
Springfield, O., Jan. 7, 1902.
The piano plate department of the O. S.
Kelly shops opened on Monday full blast
after a short shut-down for annual inven-
tory. Owing to the great demand for plates
an effort was made to make the invoice pe-
riod as short as possible. The Kelly shops
pay to the workingmen of Springfield about
$5,500 a week, and run without closing all
the year round. The Kelly plates have won
a national popularity, and the orders which
are in hand and which are pouring in daily
testify to this in a most pleasing manner.
A CHICKERING BOOKLET.
The Wulschner Music Co., of Indianapo-
lis, Ind., have issued a very beautiful book-
let _ entitled "Tributes to the Chickering,"
which abounds in convincing arguments
from some of Indiana's leading musicians
regarding the musical merits of the famous
Chickering. Viewed from literary or typo-
graphical standpoints, this little volume is
worthy of high praise.