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THE
PIANO MEN WILL_CONSIDER TRUSTS.
President Crew of the National Association of
Piano Dealers Appoints a Committee to At-
tend the National Civic Federation in Chi-
cago, October 22-25.
(Supplied by Chairman Press Committee.)
There will be an important gathering of busi-
ness men from every quarter of the United
States, in Chicago, October 22 to 25, for the pur-
pose of considering the trust problem.
This
gathering is to be held under the auspices of
the National Civic Federation, and it will be
one of the most important events of the year,
coming as it does at a time when the whole
country is aroused over the many questions in-
volved in the enforcement of the Sherman anti-
trust law and the amended Interstate Commerce
act.
R. M. Earley, chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the National Civic Federation, request-
ed President Crew, of the National Association
of Piano Dealers of America, to appoint ten dele-
gates from the Piano Dealers' Association to at-
tend this conference. Mr. Crew appointed as
delegates the following memuers of the associa-
tion: W. H. Daniel, Buffalo, N. Y.; J. F. Bowers,
Chicago, 111.; C. C. Chickering, Chicago, 111.;
Major J. S. Cleland, Chicago, 111.; E. S. Conway,
Chicago, 111.; F. W. Teeple, Chicago, 111.; W. N.
Van Matre, Rockford, 111.;. A. M. Wright, Boston,
Mass.; Platt P. Gibbs, Chicago, 111.; W. L. Bush,
Chicago, 111.
J. P. Byrne, ex-president of the National Asso-
ciation of Piano Dealers of America, will also
attend the conference, having been appointed as
one of the delegates from the Chicago Trade
Association. Delegates have also been named by
Governors of forty-one States and Territories,
and: National labor, agricultural, manufacturing,
financial, economic and trade organizations, by
chambers of commerce, boards of trade, bar as-
sociations and shippers' organizations. Gover-
nors, attorney-generals, members of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, members of the
Senate and House Committees on Interstate Com-
merce, the Commissioner of Corporations and
two members at least of the Cabinet will parti-
cipate. The delegates appointed by.the Gover-
nors represent the best interests of their re-
spective States, and include United States Sena-
tors, Congressmen, former governors, manufac-
turers, labor leaders, farmers, merchants, law-
yers, clergymen, bankers, etc.
The first day will be devoted to the problems
involved in the controversies between State and
Federal government, respecting jurisdiction over
-Interstate Commerce, now pending in Minnesota,
Missouri, North Carolina, Alabama and Arkan-
sas
The second day will be devoted to the con-
sideration of the corporation. How should it
be constructed? Should there be a National cor-
poration as well as State? What should be the
basis of capitalization of corporations? Their
internal control? The provisions looking to the
protection of investors and stockholders, as well
as fair dealing with the public. Should there be
a distinction between public service and other
corporations? Should quasi-public utilities, like
gas, electric lighting and street railways, be con-
sidered natural monopolies to be regulated by
the municipality?
The third and fourth days will be devoted to
a discussion of the just and practicable limit of
restriction and regulation. Federal and State, of
combinations in transportation, production, dis-
tribution and labor. Shall the Sherman anti-
trust act be amended? If so, how?
PADEREWSKI CONSTANTLY PRACTISING.
Hard work is the lot of great artists. Pader-
ewski is the greatest pianist of our time, yet he
is practising six hours a day for his American
tour. His hours for practice are from 9 to 12
and 3 to 6. He is adding a number of less
familiar works to his usual repertoire. The
most important addition to his list will be the
Liszt sonata, which de Pachmann considers the
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greatest work ever written for the piano. He
will also play his own new sonata and his fugue
and variations and some pieces by Dubussy. A
correspondent of Musical America,'who visited
him at his Swiss chateau at Morges, found him
in a study commanding a view of Mont Blanc,
ready to converse brilliantly on his pet animals,
his famous grapes, his poultry, or on musical
subjects. Incidentally, the great pianist paid
a compliment to Mr. Stock, the conductor of the
Chicago orchestra: "There is a man America
should appreciate, for not only is he a great
director, he knows music with a bigness and
thoroughness of grasp, and he is a splendid
composer."
LATEST KNABE LITERATURE.
A Booklet That Is Handsomely Produced and
Interestingly Written.
The literature issued regarding the Knabe
piano always bears the earmarks of culture and
refinement, and the latest booklet of artists' testi-
monials, compiled by Mr. Nolley, of the advertis-
ing department of the Nolley Advertising Agency,
is no exception. This little volume is superbly
gotten up in colors, the border effects being in
light blue with the body in black. In the intro-
ductory we read:
"When William Knabe, the founder of the firm
of Wm. Knabe & Co., began building pianos sev-
enty years ago, he had an eye single to but one
thing, the making of the world's best piano. As
the master-mind of Ralph Waldo Emerson fore-
saw, the world indeed made a 'beaten path to his
door,' for the little factory of 1837 has grown un-
til to-day it embraces 392,000 feet of floor space,
has an organization of artists and artisans un-
equalled in the annals of industry; and main-
tains a corps of experts in all parts of the world,
gathering up the finest, the most expensive mate-
rials produced, so that the high standard set by
William Knabe is maintained under the personal
supervision of his grandsons, Ernest Knabe and
William Knabe III, who, to the inherent genius
of three generations, have added the experience
of practical apprenticeship in all the departments
of piano-building, and the best musical education
the New and Old World afford.
"Back of the greatness of the Knabe piano is
the greatness of its makers, and back of the
greatness of its makers is the inspiration of past
success, and continued recognition by the musi-
cal and artistic tastes of two continents."
The army of artists who use the Knabe piano
and whose names appear in this volume is a
formidable one, and is a highest kind of tribute
to the Knabe piano and an acknowledgment of
its prestige. The instruments shown and de-
scribed in miniature are: Style A Mignon, minia-
ture grand; style B, Mozart, small parlor grand;
style C, Chopin, parlor concert grand; style D,
Beethoven, full concert grand; style W, style E,
Von Bulow,. and style F , Tschaikovsky, up-
rights. All concerned in the production of this
volume are to be congratulated.
for such parcels be increased from 4 to 11 pounds,
that local parcels posts equipped with wagons
or automobiles be established in cities where
the free delivery system prevails, and that a
special parcels post system with an extremely
low charge for service be established in connec-
tion with the rural free delivery.
"If my recommendations are adopted it will
cost 12 cents a pound for the mail-order house
to send parcels to the rural-delivery patron from
any city post-office, while for delivery frqm the
distributing office of the rural route, or if mailed
by a patron of any rural route for delivery to a
patron on the same route, or at the distributing
office of said route, the charge will be but five
cents for the first pound and two cents for each
additional pound, up to eleven pounds, or 25 cents
for a package weighing eleven pounds.
"I shall recommend a postal savings-bank sys-
tem. The policy will not be to compete in any
way with the savings banks, but rather to en-
courage the habit of depositing savings. Our
object is to bring hidden money to light.
"I find that there is a great demand for postal
notes, and it is the purpose of the department
to recommend such paper in denominations of
10, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 cents, $1
and up to $2.50, the notes payable to the party
designated. A small fee will be charged. From
one cent to nine cents the notes will be made
payable to bearer and no fee will be charged.
MACHINES TO VEND STAMPS.
"Tests of stamp vending machines will be be-
gun this month, arid if the machines are satis-
factory they will be adopted."
Defending the rural free delivery Mr. Meyer
said:
"The isolation which existed in many parts of
the country has been overcome; the people are in
daily communication with their friends in the
rest of the world; the daily papers and maga-
zines come to the door of every farmhouse on
the rural routes, and enlightenment and informa-
tion are being spread broadcast throughout the
land. Medical men have said that already the
establishment of the rural service is having its
effect upon the mentality of our country patrons,
and that because of it insanity is on the de-
crease."
C. Rowland Flick, a well-known musician and
for some time manager for E. Witzmann & Co.,
of Memphis, Tenn., has been appointed manager
of the Nashville store of the W. W. Kimball Co.
"DISTINCTIVELY HIGH GRADE"
PARCELS POST A^PLANNED BY MEYER
Postmaster-General Proposes Reducing Rate
Slightly and Increasing Weight Much—De-
livery Autos in Cities—Rural Rates to be
Low—Postal Savings Bank, Postal Notes and
Stamp-Vending Machines Also in View.
(Special to The Review.)
Boston, Mass., Oct. 12. 1907.
If the recommendations to be made by Post-
master-General Meyer are adopted by Congress
the immediate future will bring some remarkable
changes in postal facilities in the United States.
An outline of some of the most important recom-
mendations to be made was given by Mr. Meyer
in an address at the postmasters' convention here
to-day.
Probably the most important recommendation
will be that regarding the extension of the par-
cels post. Mr. Meyer will reeommend that the
maximum rate for all parcels be reduced from 16
to 12 cents per pound; that the limit of weight
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is highly orchestral. Our latest
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of piano-making. We court inves-
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