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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
ANNUAL MEETING OF MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.
The fourteenth annual meeting of the Music tion known as the American Music Teachers'
Publishers Association of the United States (re- Protective Association Publishing Co., of New
ferred to briefly in last week's Review) was held York, which he characterized as "unfriendly to
in the Broadway Central Hotel, June 9. The the regular music publishers and dealers." He
meeting was a harmonious one, at which impor- then added:
tant business was transacted. J. F. Bowers, of
"A determined effort was made to have Congress pass
what Is known as the Parcels Post law, which Is mani-
Lyon & Healy, the president, presided, and in festly
in the interests of a few mall order houses. For-
tunately, it did not come to a vote, and it is to be
his annual report said:
hoped it never will. This association put itself on
Gentlemen :—The year past has been an eventful one
In the history of our organization. The principal work
before us has been the passage of the Copyright act. I
lake pleasure in saying that the work of thirteen years
lias borne fruit. The Joint Committee on Patents and
Copyrights of the Congress and the Senate having
finally admitted the correctness of our contention of
years, namely, the right of property in copyright, a
law will be placed upon the statute books, compelling
the payment of royalties, after its passage, on all copy-
right publications of our association, as well as those
not of our association, for all copyright properties
used in the manufacture of mechanical instruments.
This result has been obtained by years of well-di-
rected effort.
. . . The result has from the first
been a foregone conclusion, and has only been delayed
by the mistaken po-licy advocated by the opponents of
the measure. . . . The organization is in good
shape, and, having practically disposed of the vexed
copyright matter, will now address Itself to other im-
portant matters and things concerned with the better-
ment of business. I regret to note a continuance on
the part of some of our members of the policy of
cutting prices to a point beyond safe and profitable
transaction of business. This, howeTer, as well as other
abuses of the trade, can best be met and overcome by
careful and considerate discussion.
The secretary in his report stated that one
hundred invitations to join the association had
been sent out, and that through the influence of
the president an application for membership was
received from the Macon Music Co., of Macon,
Ga., with $10 annual dues. He also stated that
resignations were received from J. C. Groene &
Co., Cincinnati, O.; J. A. Parks Co., York, Neb.;
Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, Pa.; Charles K.
Harris, New York, and four had been dropped
from the roll for non-payment of dues.
He also called attention to a recent organiza-
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E. T. Paull, treasurer of the association, re-
ported the finances in a satisfactory condition,
with substantial balance in hand. Geo. W. Fur-
niss, chairman of the copyright committee, made
an interesting verbal report, which, it "was said,
may be given to the press at some future time.
The treasurer and secretary both announced their
refusal to receive compensation for their services.
A committee was appointed by the president,
consisting of Messrs. Furniss, Paull and Rechten,
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record as being opposed to such a law and the secre-
tary was instructed to, and did, send a copy of the
resolution on the subject to the post office authorities
at Washington. The president of this association sent
to the secretary an invitation to attend a copyright
convention In Madrid, Spain, in May of this year.
B. P. Wood, a member of this association, left for
Europe this spring and expected to attend the Madrid
convention. A dispatch from that country informs
us that 'the congress voted to appoint a commission
to oppose piracy of musical works, especially In Can-
ada and the South American republics.'
"The secretary attended the public hearings of the
Joint Committee of Patents March 26, 27 and 28. 1908,
the last day (Saturday, 28th,) being especially devoted
to- the consideration of the musical and dramatic pro-
visions of the copyright bill, four hours each being
allotted to those for and against the bill. The follow-
ing members of the association were present: B. F.
Wood, of B. F. Wood Music Co., Boston, Mass.; J. L.
Tindale, of G. Schirmer, New York; George Maxwell,
of Boosey & Co., New York and England: Walter
Jacobs, Boston, Mass.. and Isidor Witmark, of M. Wit-
mark & Sons, New York. The two first named ad-
dressed the committee. Mr. Tindale's speech was espe-
cially well expressed, and It would be appropriate and
interesting to have him read It to the association.
"At this last public hearing a new interest was de-
veloped—the theater managers, dramatists and play-
wrights against the moving picture shows, which they
declared are now producing entire plays and operas—
actors, actresses, words, music and scenic effects by
means of photographic films and talking machine rec-
ords, and are Injuring their business to such an extent
that they are being broken up. The music publishers
have a strong ally In this new element with Identically
the same Interests.
"The assertion that the composers did not manifest
any interest in the new copyright bill has been dis-
proved, for they have asserted their rights so vigorous-
ly, and have made such an impression on the Joint
Committee of Patents, that the music publishers have
been relegated to the rear and at one time it seemed
as If a law would be passed—'universal royalty'—that
would prevent the music publishers from receiving even
a remote benefit. But now with a copyright bill—the
Barchfleld-Kittridge bill—formulated to the satisfac-
tion of the music publishers, with a clear field and no
complications or entanglements of any kind, with the
sympathy and respect and Indorsement of every or-
ganization that took part In the copyright conferences
—nearly thirty in number—what is to prevent the
music publishers from winning? And that. too. without
the expenditure of a single dollar of money for attor-
ney's fees."
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to prepare suitable resolutions on the death of
Gustave Schirmer, who passed away since the
last annual meeting. These resolutions will be
sent to the family of the deceased and entered
on the records of the association.
J. L. Tindale met with a painful accident,
which prevented him from attending the meet-
ing, but by unanimous request, an address which
he made to the Joint Committee of Patents at the
public hearing, March 28, 1908, was read by the
secretary.
The following officers were elected to serve" one
year, or until their successors are elected: J. F.
Bowers, president; E. S. Cragin, vice-president;
Charles B. Bayly, secretary; E. T. Paull, treas-
urer; and Walter M. Bacon, Lawrence B. Ellert,
Walter S. Fischer, George W. Furniss, Hamilton
S. Gordon, J. L. Tindale, J. P. Rechten and H. P.
Main, board of directors, of which all of the
officers are now members ex-officio.
The following firms were present or repre-
sented: Emil Ascher, New York; H. P. Main,
of Bigelow & Main Co., New York; George Max-
well and N. Griggs, of Boosey & Co., New York
and London; E. S. Cragin, of Chas. H. Ditson &
Co., New York; Charles Bobzin, of J. E. Ditson
& Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; Geo. W. Furniss, of
Oliver Ditson Co., Boston, Mass.; C. B. Bayly, of
John F. Ellis & Co., Washington, D. C; Walter
S. Fischer, of Carl Fischer, New York; H. S.
Gordon, New York; Max Dreyfus, of T. B. Harms
Co., New York; Walter Jacobs, Boston, Mass.;
J. F. Bowers, of Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 111.;
E. T. Paull, of E. T. Paull Music Co., New York;
Joseph Fletcher, of Wm. A. Pond & Co., New
York; A. H. Rosewig, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. T.
Rechten, of E. Schuberth & Co., New York; R. T.
Tindale, of G. Schirmer, New York; E. A. Gun-
ther, of Arthur P. Schmidt, Boston, Mass.; M. D.
Swisher, Philadelphia, Pa.; Walter M. Bacon, of
White-Smith Music Co., Boston, Mass.; L. P.
Maguire, of White-Smith Music Co., New York;
B. M. Davison, of White-Smith Music Co., Boston,
Mass.; L. B. Ellert, of B. F. Wood Music Co.,
Boston, Mass.
The association adjourned to meet the second
Tuesday in June, 1909. Place of meeting to be
determined upon later.
The death is announced of Jacques Blumenthal,
the composer of many English ballads which are
known the world over, at his residence, Cheyne
Walk, Chelsea, Eng. He was a man much be-
loved.
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