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THE
GREAT ACTIVITY AT EDISON WORKS.
The Demand for Machines and Records Keep-
ing the Plant Busy in All Departments.
A full force, working full time, is now em-
ployed at the plant of the National Phonograph
Co., Orange, N. J. In fact, it is said that more
men and women are now employed than ever be-
fore in the history of the company. This condi-
tion is due to the demand for the new combina-
tion types of Edison machines to play both the
old style two-minute and the new Edison Am-
berol four-minute records. A large stock of new
machines had been made up before they were
announced, and they are now being turned out at
the rate of 11,500 a week. Factory Superinten-
dent Weber says he has the situation well in
hand and will be able to take care of jobbers'
orders with reasonable promptness. In the rec-
ord works there is, if anything, busier scenes
than in the machine department. The Edison
Amberol records are being turned out by the
hundreds of thousands to fill the advance orders,
while the demand for the Taft, Bryan and Lauder
records is said to be enormous.
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Park have also helped. But the way in which
that helps the talking machine men is that with
the canoes hundreds of people have talking ma-
chines. It is considered just about the finest
thing possible for a young man to have his
canoe equipped not only with gay colored cush-
ions and Japanese parasols, but to have a
talking machine with a eouple of dozen records
on board. Summer evenings at Belle Isle there
is always a continual concert on the canal.
PHONOGRAPHS J A K E THE STUMP.
Bryan's, Bourke Cockran's, Chas. A. Towne's
and Other Voices Heard in Penny Arcades.
(Special to The Review.)
Chicago, 111., August 31, 19C8.
Campaigning by means of phonographs began
here to-day, when the "penny arcades" for the
first time received the records of the voices of
Bryan, W. Bourke Cockran and Others who were
asked to speak into the machines by the Demo-
PLAN WORTHY OF ADOPTION.
cratic National Committee. The records were
American Exporters Should Give Consuls Names sent free to the owners of the arcades and they
of Their Agents as a Convenience.
placed them in their machines.
The arcades here did a thriving business.
In acknowledging the receipt of the names of Many of those who went to hear sentimental
its agents in South Africa for a Western manu- songs changed their minds and listened to Bryan
facturing company, Consul Edwin S. Cunningham, telling the farmers what he would do for them
of Durban, writes as follows: "This information if he were President. The Bryan boxes did most'
has been filed for reference at this consulate, of the business, although at times there were
and will no doubt prove of use. It would be a small crowds listening to Bourke Cockran. There
good plan if all American exporters would give were selections from many speeches, and those
consuls the names of their agents, as a great deal who dropped pennies in all of the machines heard
of inconvenience would be avoided thereby. It Bryan's views on almost every subject he ever
often is impossible for consuls to ascertain the discussed.
names of agents of American goods unless sup-
It was observed that Democratic spellbinders
plied by the firms in the United States, and it is
hovered long about the machines that contained
regrettable that more of them have not adopted
NEW INDESTRUCTIBLE JOBBERS.
Cockran's voice and the voice of Charles A.
the idea.
Towne. It was said they were looking for "in-
Getting Notable Houses in Line—The Latest
spirations" for their own campaign speeches.
Are Carstensen & Anson, Elmira Arms Co.
DECIDED IMPROVEMENT NOTED
The owners of the arcades are happy over their
and Ludden, Bates, Campbell & Smith.
new
cylinders, for they promise to become a
In Wholesale and Retail Business This Week
profitable part of the business. In return for
—Cut in Records Rumored—Factories Busy.
The Indestructible Phonographic Record Co.
the kindness of the Democratic National Com-
have added to their list of jobbers the firm of
The first week in September has opened up mittee those arcades that have moving picture
Carstensen & Anson, Salt Lake City. This is one
of the strongest music houses in the West, and quite satisfactorily, and jobbers and the leading machines flashed Bryan's portrait during the
they have planned a progressive campaign to for- dealers report a brisker business in sight. The intermissions.
ward the interests of the Indestructible records factories are intimating that it will not be long
in their locality. They have also consummated before their resources will be taxed to fill orders MACHINE WILL BE READY IN NOVEMBER.
arrangements with the Elmira Arms Co. to be- when required. There is an undercurrent of talk
Fred Matthews, manager of the Indestructible
come jobbers of Indestructible records in Elmira, that one of the prominent companies are consid-
N. Y. They are very enthusiastic about these ering a cut on their records, but no definite in- Phonograph Record Co.'s recording laboratory,
goods and expect to do a big business in them formation is vouchsafed of this threatened move- Brooklyn, N. Y., was at office headquarters,
during the coming season. They have a thor- ment to meet a contingent condition. This is the Albany, N. Y., early in the week. Their new
oughly up-to-date and complete business organi- only ripple on the surface of an otherwise un- machine, which was originally calculated to be
ready about Dec. 1, is promised the trade a
zation and are one of the largest jobbers in ruffled stretch of trade water.
month earlier. Their new record, which will be
talking machine supplies in the East.
longer, may not be completed until later, accord-
Ludden, Bates, Campbell & Smith, probably the
NEW EDISON DEALERS.
ing to the manager of one of their chief depart-
most prominent music store in Jacksonville, Pla.,
ments.
An extensive advertising campaign was
have also stocked Indestructible records and re-
Carl McBride, who does a large piano and gen-
port considerable interest in the goods. Indeed, eral music business at Cambridge, Md., has just decided upon last week at a meeting of the
directors in Brooklyn, at which were also pres-
many of the music stores in the South, as else- begun to sell the Edison phonograph.
ent
all the chief stockholders.
where, seem to be branching out more or less
L. 0. Beermau, of Hart, Mich., has added an-
into the handling of records and talking machine other large department to his piano store, having
J. T. WILLIAMS' VACATION.
supplies.
put in Edison phonographs and records, which
The success of this business, which is becom- are popular in that territory.
After several weeks' vacation in the mountains
ing more marked every month, is due to the
of North Carolina, J. T. Williams, general man-
splendid work of Messrs. Philpot and Gaines, who
CHANGES IN BAHAMA ISLANDS TARIFF.
ager of the Victor Distributing & Export Co.,
have an excellent conception of commercial affairs
and are certainly employing thoroughly modern
Strings for musical instruments are on the free got back to New York in rugged health, on Mon-
methods in disposing of their excellent product. list under the latest tariff act of the Bahama day. The heavy rains, which were almost con-
Islands, effective since June. Talking machines tinuous while Mr. Williams was there interfered
with the fishing and hunting expeditions that
and records are also entered free of duty.
THE AUXETOPHONE IN POLITICS.
had been planned.
The District of Columbia Democratic Associa-
BUSINESS GOOD WITH ZED CO.
The Smith & Nixon Piano Co., of Cincinnati,
tion, Washington, D. C, recently purchased a
O.,
who gave up their talking machine depart-
The
Zed
Co.,
exclusive
Zonophone
distributers
Victor Auxetophone for use in reproducing
Bryan's speeches at campaign rallies. The ma- for the Greater New York territory, have had ment last year, have re-opened it, handling the
chine was used for the first time, amid much en- quite an active business during the past ten Victor line of machines and records, as well as
thusiasm at a recent meeting in Washington days. Wm. Freeland is no longer on their sell- supplies.
attended by several hundred men, and will also ing staff.
R. H. Morris, manager of the American Talk-
be used at various meetings in Maryland, Vir-
ing
Machine Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., who was at
How
the
Taft
records
were
secured
and
made
ginia, Delaware and West Virginia.
forms the subject of an interesting story in the Lake George, N. Y., last week, returned to busi-
Edison Phonograph Monthly for September.
ness Monday.
HOW TRADE IN DETROIT IS HELPED.
One thing which helps the talking machine
trade in Detroit to a very great extent in the
summer time is the ever-increasing army of
canoeists. Canoeing is becoming more and more
popular, and the owners of this light pleasure
craft increase by thousands every year. Im-
provements to the canal system at Belle Isle
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