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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
LOS ANGELES DEALERS FIGHT BILL.
BIG PAN=AMERICAN CONFERENCE.
BACON PIANO CO. INCORPORATED.
Carrying on Strong Campaign Against Pro-
posed Law to Eliminate Instalment Sales—
Send Letters to Patrons to Co-operate.
President Wilson Sets May 10 as Date for the
Meeting of Financiers to Develop Trade—
United States Bankers Invited to Attend.
File Certificate of Incorporation for a Nominal
Sum Preparatory to Increasing Capital Stock
to $250,000 to Meet Business Growth.
(Special to The Review.)
f (Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 8.—President Wil-
The Bacon Piano Co., Inc., filed a certificate of
incorporation Friday with the Secretary of State
son has fixed May 10 as the date for the Pan- at Albany, N. Y., with a capital of $5,000, for the
American financial conference for which an ap- purpose of engaging in the manufacture of and
propriation was made at the last session of Con- deal in pianos, player-pianos and general musical
gress.
merchandise. The incorporators are B. L. Marks,
The conference will be held in this city and is J. M. Edelson and L. A. Valente, all of whom
designed to furnish an opportunity for a full inter- are connected with the well-known law firm of
change of ideas between American bankers and
\\ entworth, Lovvenstein & Stern, 60 Wall street,
officials and financial and diplomatic representatives
New York.
of the Central and South American republics with
When seen by a representative of The Review,
regard to the promotion of better trade relations
Mr. Valente, a member of the law firm, stated that
between these countries and the United States.
the new company had been incorporated in the in-
Secretary McAdoo, in a statement issued to-day, terests of the present Bacon Piano Co., and that
said that the President will extend invitations to by reason of the growing business of the company
the governments of all the countries in this hemi-
it had been found necessary to increase its capital
sphere to send representatives. The Secretary took
stock, and the shorter and more expeditious way
occasion to deliver a funeral sermon over the of accomplishing this was by incorporating a new
lamented ship purchase bill. Mr. McAdoo calls company. Mr. Valente further stated that al-
upon the interests responsible for the defeat of
though the capital stock named in the certificate
the measure to accept responsibility and to pro- of incorporation was a nominal sum, it would with-
vide adequate transportation facilities for the
in a few weeks be increased to $250,000.
Latin-American trade.
Mr. McAdoo said that to the inadequacy of ex-
W. H. DANIELS IN FLORIDA.
1,000,000 ATTEND FAIR.
isting facilities is due the falling off of our trade
Weil-Known
Buffalo Piano Man Enjoying
with these countries since the war. Shipping men, Attendance at Panama Exposition Surpasses
Rest in the South—Prominent in Organized
though, have pointed out that the vessels now ply-
All Expectations—Scoring Big Success.
Baseball—Dinner Given to Charles E. Stuart.
ing between the United States and Rio de Janeiro
(iypecial to The Review.)
and other South American ports do not get enough
(Special to 1 he Review.)
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., March 9.—More than
business
to
fill
their
holds.
It
is
their
contention
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 7.—William H. Daniels,
1,000,000 persons had visited the Panama-Pacific
of the big house of Denton, Cottier & Daniels, has that this lack.of business is due to the financial
International Exposition at 10:13 o'clock Friday
forgotten business cares for a time and is sojourn- depression which pervades practically the whole of
morning. The exact total of admissions from the
Latin
America.
ing far away from the chilly breezes of Lake
opening day until 11 o'clock Friday morning was
Erie. With Mrs. Daniels, the widely known Buf-
1,002,524. The sirens on the great steamers and
falo business man has gone for a considerable sfay-
NEW M A N A G E R ^ BLUE ISLAND.
warships in the bay were blown for five minutes
in Bellaire, Fla. Just before leaving Mr. Daniels
in celebration of the million attendance.
F. W. Fenton, a Well-Known Piano Salesman
was mentioned in the reorganization of the Inter-
Should the same rate of attendance continue
of
Chicago,
Takes
Charge
of
the
Piano
De-
national Baseball League. The Buffalo team of the
throughout
the exposition for the period of ten
partment of Pronger Bros. Store, That City.
league was taken over by new owners and Mr.
months, an attendance of more than 20,000,000
Daniels was named among the new stockholders.
visitors will be reached. This estimate is far in
(Special to The Review.)
Mr. Daniels is known as one of Buffalo's most
excess of the most conservative attendance esti-
BLUE ISLAND, I I I . , March 8.—The piano depart-
enthusiastic fans. In fact, he is interested in any-
ment of the Pronger Bros, furniture store, this mate made by the exposition officials before the
thing that carries a high element of life and real
World's Fair opened.
city, will in future be under the management of
excitement.
F. W. Fenton, a well-known and experienced piano
UJnprecedented interest is evidenced in State
Wade H. Poling, manager of the J. N. Adam
salesman of Chicago. The department recently buildings. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts
music department, acted as toastmaster recently added the Pease Piano Co. line as its leader and and Pennsylvania have been particularly favored,
at the banquet given by employes of the store in also handles the Smith & Barnes and Schaff Bros, these buildings being thronged with persons not
compliment to Charles E. Stuart, for some time pianos and players and the Columbia grapho- only from the States they represent, but from
vice-president of the J. N. Adam Co. Mr. Stuart
phones.
other States. It has been necessary for many of
recently resigned his position here to go to New
Pronger Bros., a corporation made up of four the State commissions to reorganize their forces to
York as head of the Surety Stamp Co.
brothers, hold some of the largest business inter- accommodate properly guests visiting their build-
ests in Blue Island, including a large hardware ings. The dedication of the various buildings have
store, considerable interest in the local bank and been attended by liberal representations from their
PATENTS PIANO PROTECTOR
representative States and nations.
in other directions. They are at present planning
Designed to Prevent Lower Portion of Piano
the erection of a big $75,000 structure to house all
Being Marred by Users.
their stores and departments under one roof.
HILL PIANO CO. IN BANKRUPTCY.
Los ANGELES, CAL., March 6.—The piano deal-
ers of Los Angeles have organized in a concerted
effort to defeat the bill now before the State
Legislature which has for its object the elimina-
tion of all instalment sales, or sales on "contract."
This is the fifth time a bill of this kind has been
introduced, and the local dealers are confident that
it will again be defeated. Nearly every house is
sending out letters to their patrons asking that the
recipient either personally interview or write to
his or her Senator and Assemblyman to protest
against the bill's passage. The form letter being
used contains the following argument: "Many a
man buys goods on conditional sale contracts or
lease notes, when the transaction is known only
to himself and the dealer, who would hesitate or
refuse to purchase should such information be-
come public through recording. It adds to the
cost of the goods, for no dealer will • pay the
notary fee and recording fee himself, but will be
compelled to add it to the jelling price."
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 8.—A piano pro-
tector has been invented by Martin Gunther, Chi-
cago, 111. Patent No. 1,130,592 was granted him
last week.
This invention is primarily designed to protect
the under frame or front of a musical instrument
having a keyboard or manual, such as a piano or
organ, from being marred by the feet of children
when learning to play, the protective means being in
the nature of an attachment and consisting of an
apron to be placed in front of the under frame or
structure to prevent the feet of children from
scratching or otherwise marring the finish of the
instrument, the protector being detachable so as
to be laid aside when the instrument is not played
upon or when used by adults.
The Alton Piano Co. has bought out the piano
store of Mrs. F. J. Senn at Marshfield, Wis.
(Special to The Review.)
R. W. LAWRENCE TO SPEAK.
The annual dinner of the Bronx Board of Trade,
with which many piano houses in this city are
affiliated, will be held on the evening of March 25,
at Ebling's Casino. More than 500 people expect
to be present. Among the speakers who promised
to attend and deliver addresses are Richard W.
Lawrence, president of the Autopiano Co., Col. W.
Hayward, Incorporated, William W. Chandler, and
other prominent men.
KLEBER PIANO CO. INCORPORATED.
The Kleber Piano Co., Philadelphia, Pa., has
been incorporated under the laws of Delaware with
capital stock of $25,000 for the purpose of manu-
facturing pianos, organs, etc. The incorporators
are F. R. Hansell and others.
WINTER & CO.
220 SOUTHERN BOULEVARD, N E W YORK
Manufacturers of
JAMESTOWN, N. Y., March 8.—The Hill Piano
Co., of this city, and of which S. Humphrey is
president, last week filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States District Court
here, with liabilities given at $18,717.06 and assets
of $2,688.74.
NEW STIEFF MANAGER IN SCRANTON.
J B. Gigl, Jr., has been appointed manager of
the branch store of the Charles M. Stieff house
in Scranton, Pa., succeeding A. J. Mieberlein, who
has been incapacitated for some time past through
illness. Mr. Gigl has been connected with the
Stieff concern for a number of years.
The Suffern & Sons Piano Co., Decatur, 111., has
taken a ten year lease on the Taylor Feier build-
ing, 503 Georgia street, Louisiana, Mo., and will
open a branch store there shortly.
Superior Pianos
and Player Pianos