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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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CONDUCTED BY B. B. WILSON
MEYER COHEN WITH H. VON TILZER
THE PAPER AND INK QUESTION
THREE BIG FEIST SONGS
Former Manager for Chas. K. Harris Goes With
Harry Von Tilzer Publishing Co. in Same
Capacity—Company to Move May 1
Shortage of Chemicals and Dyes Due to Cutting
Off of Imports, Proves a Serious Problem to
Those Who Must Have Color Printing Done
"Wake Up, America" Wins Prize at Masonic
Club—"Are You Half the Man Your Mother
Thought You'd Be" Cartooned—Al Jolson
Singing "You're a Dog-Gone Dangerous Girl"
Meyer Cohen, for the past seventeen years
From one point of view the present shortage
manager of the business of Chas. K. Harris, on of paper and ink will work to the ultimate ad-
Three Feist songs are achieving notable suc-
Monday of this week became associated with the vantage of printing in general; it will awaken cess. One is, of course, the big preparedness
Harry Von Tilzer trades allied to printing and dependent on print- number, "Wake Up, America," by Graff and
Music Co. in a simi- ing to a realization that paper is a composite Glogau. At the Masonic Club, Twenty-third
lar executive capacity. product into which go many elements, all of street and Sixth avenue, New York, last week
The n e w arrange- which cannot be obtained in this country, and there was staged a song-writers' contest, with
ment should prove a that paper and ink-making had depended largely the various music publishers or their represen-
winning combination, on foreign sources of supply. The sky-rocket tatives judging, and purely on merit "Wake Up,
for Harry Von Til- rise in the price of potassium carbonate, from America" won. Jack Glogau, at the piano, was
zer's name stands 10 cents a pound to $2 a pound, is due to the roundly applauded. An order recently reached
high in the roll of fact that American manufacturers have been the Feist headquarters from a single Chicago
song writers and pub- importing their entire supply of this indispensa- store calling for ten thousand copies of this big
lishers, and Meyer ble chemical from Germany. This rise of 1900 hit.
Cohen l o n g a g o per cent tops the list. It is so vital to the trade
Another Feist song winning the public ear is
proved his manager- that unless something can be done to manufac- the ballad "Are You Half the Man Your Mother
ial and salesmanship ture potassium carbonate in this country or Thought You'd Be?" which on April 21 was car-
Meyer Cohen
ability in the mar- procure it from some other source, the manu- tooned and Ella Wheeler-Wilcoxed for the sec-
keting of the Harris prints. Mr. Von Tilzer facture of high-grade papers may be halted. Add ond time in the New York Journal.
some time ago forsook the music publishing to this that glycerin, though manufactured in
Thirdly, a new song entitled "You're a Dog-
field to take a fling at theatricals, but decided this country, has risen 1,000 per cent, due to Gone Dangerous Girl," by Jimmie Monaco,
to return to his first love, and since then has the great demand for it in the nitroglycerin writer of "You Made Me Love You," and Grant
been "coming back" fast. Mr. Cohen takes composition form, and that practically all the Clark, who did "Get Out and Get Under," is
charge as manager just before the removal of other necessary chemicals have doubled in price, being sung by Al Jolson at the Winter Garden.
the company from its present quarters on Forty- and it is perceptible that paper-users are due for
third street to the new offices at 222 West Forty- a lively time. Nor is the ink situation much
WILL RAISEPRICES SOON
more promising.
sixth street, shortly after May 1.
Hinds, Noble & Eldredge Advise Dealers to Sell
"On the ink question we in this plant have had
Their Books at List Prices
our eyes opened," said the head of a large print-
CHAS. K. HARRIS IN CHARGE
One of the music publishing firms which has
Will Look After Business Personally Following ing and engraving company. "Take the basis
of all ink—the white substance barium chloride; been holding out to the last minute on the seem-
Resignation of Meyer Cohen
we used to know little more than if we wanted ingly inevitable price increase, despite the
Although the departure of Meyer Cohen to it we could buy it for $40 a ton, and that it was advanced cost of materials, is Hinds, Noble
join the Harry Von Tilzer Co. will necessitate imported from somewhere or other. Today we & Eldredge. In view of the dubious out-
some rearrangement of the Chas. K. Harris busi- know that it was imported from a source now look, however, this well-known concern is urg-
ness, the changes will not include the addition of closed to us, and we also know that the present ing dealers to sell the Hinds, Noble & Eldredge
new members to the staff. Hereafter there will price is $200 a ton.
music at regular marked prices, in order to
be no general manager—this was the title Mr.
"If you came to us today and asked for cer- prepare their customers against the approaching
Cohen bore—and Mr. Harris will himself take tain inks, we could let you have them, but we day when prices will go up—which may be next
over the business end. Louis Cohn, present pro- couldn't give you purple, or bronze red, or reflex month.
fessional manager, will continue in that capacity. blue, or peacock blue. This, of course, is due
to the dyestuff shortage. And some of the inks
ISSUE NEW BALLAD NUMBER
we are selling are not what they ought to be
The
Regent Music Publishing Co., of Lake
The "Best" Is Always the "Cheap-
in composition. Less dyestuff used in an ink, Charles, La., has just published an interesting
of course, makes a weaker color. Strong colors, new ballad by Ray Hibbeler and music by Frank
est"— Still 200 Per Cent Profit!
strong dyes. The manufacturers are naturally C. Polak, entitled, "She Lives in a Mansion of
trying
to spread what they have along as far Sighs." The song is already being used by a
Do you belong to the big army of
as it will go. Under normal conditions we number of professional singers.
Satisfied Dealers that handles so
wouldn't stand for this; but there are also limits
profitably the
to available supplies. We are taking care of our
customers as well as possible, but unless some-
thing breaks it looks like a serious shortage in
both paper and inks."
Famous
McKinley
10 Cent
Music
All of the Best Reprints and more
Big Selling Copyrights than any
other 10 Cent Edition.
Better Music, Better Paper, Better Titles
JERQUE H.RENICM
The Copic Service Co., New York, has been
incorporated with a capital stock of $1,000 to
engage in the general advertising business, and
music publishing. The incorporators are D.
Meter Pick, C. I. Cohn and Barnett Schwartz.
"WE'RE ALL FOR UNCLE SAM"
Are You ?
Prove it by push-
ing and selling this
great patriotic song
be singing it
E.lale of
Hamilton S. Gordon
Chicago
McKlNLEY MUSIC CO. New York
"THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE ME"
"You'll Always Be the Same Sweet Baby to'Me"
"MOLLY DEAR, IT'S YOU I'M AFTER"
"UNDERNEATH THE STARS"
"MEMORIES"
"LOADING UP THE MANDY LEE"
"You'll find a Little Bit of Irish Everywhere"
"AT THAT MIDNIGHT FROLIC Of MINE"
"COME BACK TO ARIZONA"
"MY DREAMY CHINA LADY"
"AND THEY CALLED IT DIXIE LAND"
hit.
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