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On the first Saturday of each month
ARTISTS 1
The Review contains in its "Artists' De-
partment" all the current musical news.
DEPARTMENT This is effected without in any way tres-
paBsing on the size or service of the trade
section of the paper. It has a special circulation, and
therefore augments materially the value of The Review
to advertisers.
DIRECTORY cF
The tlin-ftwry of piano mniiufuc
PIANO
turlng firms and corporations found
MANUFACTURERS on page 24 will be of great value as
a reference or dealers and others.
EDITORIAL
TOPICS OF THE HOUR.
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H E N members of the Piano Workers'
Union go so far as threatening a
boycott against houses which handle certain
brands of pianos not made by union men,
they are advancing pretty rapidly along the
road which leads to an interference with one's
business which is not likely to be long tol-
erated in this country.
Strong efforts have been made to organize
the entire working forces of this industry,
and even in towns where but one factory is
located, the union leader has appeared, and
used all the arguments at his command to
irduce men to form in line.
The idea of an arbitration committee in
factories where there are a number of men
employed seems reasonable, but when things
have reached at a point where an employer
can neither discharge nor take on new men
without the endorsement of the association,
then he no longer maintains independence
or is free to act in the conduct of his busi-
ness.
There must be some better adjustment of
the relations existing between an employer
and employee than is apparent in the pres-
ent relations between capital and organized
labor. Is not the threatened boycotting of
all persons, or establishments that in any
way supply the needs of the public, simply
because they continue to purchase pianos
from a source which best suits them, rank
coercion ?
. If not, what then, pray, constitutes coer-
cion ?
"T" H E bright atmosphere of New York has
been somewhat darkened recently by
reason of the use of soft coal, and if the strike
continues, ere long we shall rival Chicago
and Cincinnati for murkiness of atmosphere.
Then, too, all the industries of New York
will have to use soft coal or stop. It is a
serious matter, and shows the dangers to
which this country is exposed through the
attitude of organized labor. In the midst
of a period of prosperity, there is but one
cloud on the business horizon, and its pres-
ence is due solely to the attitude which a
small proportion of our citizens have been
permitted to assume.
preparation of advertising literature in this
industry than ever before, but we think that
there are many ways in which certain me-
diums could be productive of greater value
than at present. Too little attention has been
paid to the perfect finishing of illustrations
showing recent styles of pianos. Now, it
were better far to pay a few dollars addi-
tional to gain an excellent artistic engrav-
ing than to secure at minimum price the
lesser value and the indistinct effects which
may be found in some of the catalogues is-
sued even in 1902.
There can be no wiser expenditure than io
secure the best that the modern methods of
illustration can produce. A splendid en-
graving always attracts and interests even
more than chatty descriptive matter, but
most of all. the matter of perfect engrav-
ings should be well emphasized by men who
are preparing literature for the fall cam-
paign.
It is not right that this glorious prosper-
ity should be jeopardized by the small minor-
ity who are upheld by a certain class of
cheap politicians, who are always catering
to selfish ends.
There should be no laxity of law in deal-
ing with men who interfere with the rights
of others, and it is high time that prompt I 1 ALE holidays on Saturdays during June.
action be taken, and that independence is
Julv and August, though originally
shown on the part of the people, else this confined to stores of the first class, are now
country will sink to the level to which trade the rule of almost all leading establishments
unionism has brought the great producing in the various centers of the country. Early
power of Great Britain. It is not the Boer closing innovators, however, are again on
War, as has been stated, which has reduced the move. Not content with Saturday hol-
England's commercial supremacy, but the idays and Christmas closings, they have
throttling clutch of the trade unions.
made another effort to close at five o'clock
A gentleman prominently identified with
the music trades recently took occasion to
go through some of the English factories,
and he was amazed at the antiquated ma-
chinery which he saw in many places. He
was informed by the proprietors that the
unions would not permit the introduction of
certain labor-saving machines, and that a
general strike would be expected if he pro-
ceeded in utilizing the latest mechanical de-
vices in his plant.
Now, when a portion of the community,
whether in the guise of trade unions or not,
through agreement which they may assume,
seek to throttle progress, it must mean a de-
pression of the commercial interests of that
country and consequent suffering among the
workingmen themselves. It is to be regretted
that these men are too often led by selfish
and irresponsible leaders, who lead the men
with false arguments to a point where ruiii
confronts not only themselves, but their ac-
tum indirectly affects the prosperity of the
entire country.
during June, July and August. John Wan-
amaker and Altman are pioneers in this di-
rection in the local field, although some of
the leading firms in Boston, Philadelphia
and Chicago claim precedence in that inno-
vation over their metropolitan brethren.
New York piano stores were the first
among the mercantile institutions of our city
to give the boys the half Saturday holiday.
A LREADY our organ manufacturers arc
feeling the beneficial results of the end
of the South African war. The close of that
war with its terrible drain upon the finan-
cial, moral and physical resources of Eng-
land, is calculated to exercise a strong stim-
ulating effect upon the music trade of that
country as well. This new activity will be
justified by the increased output of gold
which will result in the working of the mines
"upon a scale that has not obtained since the
breaking out of the war, which must mean
large business in the land where Boer and
Briton were locked in a death struggle.
T T is easy to obtain credit nowadays; so
easy, in fact, that it seems suspicious
I T is a pretty good time during the next
not
to
have bills. A credit account is a temp-
two or three months to prepare a lot of
educational matter, either in the form of tation to expenditure that perhaps would not
catalogues, small brochures, or bulletins for otherwise be indulged in and encourages
some people to all sorts of extravagance.
the fall trade.
In times of peace prepare for war, and Notabilities of all sorts, from great actors
when business is a trifle slow, it at once be- to successful prize fighters, have real diffi-
comes an excellent time to prepare advertis- culty in evading the credit that is thrust upon
them. Leading tailors, furniture dealers and,
ing matter for the fall.
jewelers,
send them polite notes saying that
More attention to-day is being given to the