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THE:
MUSIC TRADE
MEETING OF EASTERN JOBBERS.
The Program for the Annual Meeting to be
Held at the Hotel Astor, July 22nd, Is Now
Complete—Officers to be Elected.
The program arranged for the annual meeting
of the Eastern Talking Machine Jobbers' Asso-
ciation in New York at the Hotel Astor, July 22,
is as follows: The first session will be from 2 to 6
p. m., Monday (22d), when the officers of the
association will be elected and unfinished business
disposed of, with the reports of committees re-
ceived and filed. At 7 o'clock the visiting mem-
bers will be the guests of the local jobbers at a
banquet to be given in the yacht room. Seats
will be reserved on the roof garden for those
who desire to attend the evening concert after-
ward.
On the following day the committee will con-
vene at 10 a. m. and continue in session until
the business before the meeting is finished, prob-
ably about 1 o'clock. During this time it is the
intention to take up new questions, hear from
various representatives of manufacturers who
may be present, and listen to whatever sugges-
tions may be made in an informal way for the
betterment of the trade and the strengthening
of the association. On adjournment lunch will
be served.
In the afternoon a trip to Coney Island on
one of the Iron steamboats will be taken and a
clambake enjoyed at 6.30. In the evening the
delights of Coney's many fascinating and alluring
entertainments, including visits to Luna Park
and Dreamland. A spin on the roulette wheel
will be the next number on the serial program.
The return to New York will be by steamboat
along about midnight it is presumed.
The Herzog Art Furniture Co., Saginaw, Mich.,
represented by M. A. Carpel, will tender the din-
ner a t Coney Island; and the Tea Tray Co.,
Newark, N. J., represented by C. Beecroft, gen-
eral manager, has also arranged to have the as-
sociation their guests at the luncheon in the
Hotel Astor before starting for the Island.
The foregoing arrangements were tentatively
agreed upon at a conference of the jobbers in
Greater New York on Monday at the offices of
the Jacot Music Box Co. The detr^ls were left to
a special committee to work out, and which met
at S. B. Davega's store on Wednesday as follows:
S. B. Davega; A. H. Jacot, of the Jacot Music Box
Co.; C. V. Henkel, of the Douglas Phonograph
Co.; J. Newcomb Blackman, of the Blackman
Talking Machine Co.; Benj. Switky.
Monday week the following nominating com-
mittee of the association met at the Douglas
Phonograph Co., New York, to name a board of
directors for election at the annual meeting:
T. W. Barnhill, Penn Phonograph Co., Philadel-
phia; A. O. Petit, Edisonia Co., Newark, N. J.;
Chas. V. Henkel, Douglas Phonograph Co. The
committee were disposed to renominate the old
board, but after the inadvisability of this course
was made clear by Mr. Henkel, who pointed out
that with the growth of the organization the
officers should be selected from a wider area of
territory, so as to spread the interest and re-
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sponsibility, the following were unanimously
chosen: W. D. Andrews, Syracuse, N. Y.; E. F.
Taft, Eastern Talking Machine Co., Boston,
Mass.; J. N. Blackman, Blackman Talking Ma-
chine Co., New York; Louis Beuhn, Beuhn Bros.,
Philadelphia; A. H. Jacot, Jacot Music Box Co.,
New York. From these the executive officsrs will
be selected.
' EDISON HORN EQUIPMENT.
Circular Issued Which Clearly Defines the Po-
sition of the National Co. in Connection With
the Manufacture of Horns.
Monday the National Phonograph Co., while
having the matter under consideration for
months, determined upon the type of horn they
propose adopting in connection with the phono-
graph, and therefore issued the following brief
notification: "To jobbers only: A change in horn
equipment, as supplied with phonographs, also
change in list prices of complete phonograph out-
fits, will be made September 16. Full information
will be furnished you within the next few days."
C. H. Wilson, general sales manager of the
company, under whose signature the above circu-
lar letter was issued, when seen by The Review
said: "There is very little to be added beyond
the details and particulars, which will probably
be ready and in the hands of the trade at an
early date. The horn will be solid metal, and
not collapsible, and has been adopted after most
careful consideration and experiment, so as to
obtain the best possible reproducing results. We
are satisfied this object has been attained, and
the trade will be thoroughly satisfied with our
judgment and selection. The price of machines
will be advanced—every type—to conform with
the additional price of material, which every one
knows has been going up steadily for over a
year, and the increased cost of manufacture. Of
course the new price will include the horn equip-
ment.
"There will be no reduction whatever in the
price of records. Such change as has been made
abroad, going into effect August 1, is for the
export trade only, and to meet certain condi-
tions.''
It was also the belief in jobbing circles that
a new agreement on behalf of the company
would likewise be ready for signing by them-
selves and the dealers, to go into effect Sept. 16.
COLUMBIA MEN ON VACATION.
Earl Godwin, assistant to J. H. Dorian, general
manager of the retail department of the Colum-
bia Phonograph Co., in Greater New York, re-
turned Wednesday from Eagles Mere, Pa., where
he enjoyed ten days of rest and recreation. Mr.
Godwin will go away again the latter part of
August.
Dr. A. J. Morrissey, head of the instalment de-
partment at 35-37 West 23d street, left town
July 6 for the Jamestown Exposition. He will
be away two weeks, and expects to spend the
greater part of the period at the expo., at Old
Point Comfort and other points of interest in the
Southland.
R. F. Bolton, manager of the wholesale depart-
ment of the Columbia Phonograph Co., I l l Cham-
bers street, is enjoying a tea days' vacation at
Flemfngton, N. J.
R. H. Hicks, in charge of the Jersey City field
for the Columbia Phonograph Co., is on his vaca-
tion. He will visit his old home in Baltimore
and other places of interest in that section. .
STAY PENDING APPEAL.
The Suit of the New York Phonograph Co.
Against S. B. Davega and Other Dealers Has
Been Stayed a Bond for $150,000 Being Filed
to Meet Whatever Damages May be Assessed
on an Accounting—What the Lawyer for the
Defense Says in This Connection.
Last Wednesday the judgment given the New
York Phonograph Co. against S. B. Davega, an
Edison jobber and dealer, New York, in the
Supreme Court of Westchester County, was
stayed pending the appeal. Counsel for the de-
fense, when asked by The Review Thursday rela-
tive to the action, said: "We appeared before
Judge Keogh last week and argued for a suspen-
sion of his judgment, rendered June 25, pending
the adjudication of the case in the Appellate
Court. Our motion was granted, under the
stipulation that we file a bond for $150,000 and
execute an undertaking holding ourselves liable
for whatever damages may be assessed on an
accounting, should the suit be ultimately decided
adversely to us. This has been done, and the
stay or suspension is for an indefinite period.
The case will be heard in the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court in October, and it will
probably be fully two years before any definite
conclusion will be reached. The stories in the
New York daily papers recently are all poppy-
cock from start to finish. Judge Keogh has not
made any new decision, and we are now work-
ing on the decree for him to sign."
W. E. GILM0RE COMING HOME.
W. E. Gilmore, president and general man-
ager of the National Phonograph Co., sailed from
Southampton, Eng., Thursday, on the "Celtic," of
the White Star Line, homeward bound. He has
been away since early in May, and is expected
to reach New York Wednesday next. Mrs. Gil-
more returns also. They are accompanied by
J. R. Schermerhorn, assistant general manager of
the company, and his wife, who will hereafter
remain permanently in this country.
The usual distribution of monthly prizes
awarded to employes of the Columbia Phono-
graph Co. in Greater New York (retail depart-
ment), took place last week. The honors for the
largest volume of business for June went to J.
D. Westervelt, of the Harlem office. He also
captured the second prize for the greatest pro-
portionate increase over the previous month an
exceptional honor. The prize for the salesmen,
viz., the one doing the largest amount of business
was captured by F. L. Nelkins.
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