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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
RECENT DEATH OF CHAS. S. DANA
President of the Marietta Paint & Color Co.
Passes Away Suddenly After an Active Career
in Business and Public Life—No Change in
Future Policy of His Company
The death on August 1, of Charles Sumner
Dana, president of the Marietta Paint & Color
Co., Marietta, O., came as a distinct shock to
his many friends, for although he had been ill
for several weeks his condition was not consid-
Mr. Dana was a Republican member of the
State Senate in 1896 and stood high in the
councils of his party. He was prominent in
business and social circles and belonged to
Hiram Lodge, 390, F. and A. M.; American
Union Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.; Marietta Coun-
cil No. 78, R. and S. M.; Marietta Commandery
No. 50, and Aladdin Temple A. A. O. N. M. S.
He was also a trustee and one of the leading
spirits behind Marietta College. Mr. Dana is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Sayre Dana,
one daughter, four brothers and three sisters.
In the conduct of the affairs of the Marietta
Paint & Color Co., Mr. Dana's principal associ-
ate since the company was first organized has
been C. J. LaVallee, vice-president of the com-
pany, whose specialty has been looking after
the technical and manufacturing end of the
business. So far as has been announced, Mr.
Dana's death will not result in any radical
changes in the company's policies.
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SOME COPPER STATISTICS
United States Geological Survey Tabulates Pro-
duction of Copper During 1914 and 1915
Recently the production of copper in the
United States, stimulated by war conditions,
has attracted special attention. The final re-
port of the United States Geological Survey
gives in detail statistics showing the extent of
expansion and production and consumption of
copper as occasioned by the war. According
to the report the smelter production of primary
copper in the United States in 1915 was 1,388,-
009,527 pounds, compared with 1,150,137,192
pounds in 1914, an increase of 21 per cent. The
total value of the 1915 output at 17.5c. a pound
is $242,900,00 against $152,900,000 in 1914. The
total production of new refined copper in 1915
was 1,634,204,448 pounds, an increase of about
100,000,000 pounds over the output of 1914. The
production of secondary copper last year
amounted to 59,574,690 pounds, compared with
31,926,980 in 1914, making the total output 1.-
693,779,138 pounds, against 1,565,708,374 pounds
Trading Is Dull, But Prices Remain High— during the previous year. In addition to the
Good Outlook for the Future
secondary material treated by the regular re-
fining companies, plants that treated secondary
There has been little change in the wool mar- material exclusively produced about 322,700,000
ket in the last week. The bulk of the business pounds of copper as copper and in brass and
is in fine staple territory wools, for which an in- other alloys of copper, making the total produc-
creasing demand is reported. Ohio delaines and tion 392,274,000 pounds for secondary sources.
other fleeces do not figure largely in the sales, Of this total at least 150,000,000 pounds were
although samples are being sent out to in- produced by remelting clean scrap, produced in
quirers. Good staple foreign wools are reported the process of the manufacture of copper and
brass articles. If the output of plants treating
as being scarce.
Prices remain just as stiff as though no quiet purely secondary materials is added, the total
spell existed. Dealers are very sanguine about production for 1915 is found to be 2.026,000,000
the future. The sales for the week in Boston pounds. In addition to the output of metallic
copper the regular refining companies produced
have been about 3,500,000 pounds.
Woolen goods have not been especially ac- blue stone with a copper content of 10,621,000
' tive during the week, but the market shows a pounds. Stocks of refined copper on January
, very healthy_condition. Manufacturers are gen- 1, 1916, amounted to 82,429,666 pounds, com-
erally well occupied on old orders. There seems pared with 173,640,501 pounds on January 1,
to be no indication that prices will be lower. 1915, a decrease of 91,210,835 pounds. In ad-
Buyers will probably not show any interest in dition there were reported as at the smelters in
new purchases until they have to. The situa- transit to the refineries and at the refineries,
tion is such that continuous and reasonably blister copper and material in process of refin 7
large ordering can be expected. Prices are like- ing to the amount of 274,000,000 pounds on Jan-
ly to advance as the various lines are placed in uary 1, last, against 203,000,000 pounds the year
before. The apparent consumption last year
a good position.
was 1,043,641,982 pounds, compared with 620,-
445,373 pounds in 1914. The amount exported
totaled 681,953,301 against 840,080,922 pounds in
1914.
FOREIGN WOOLS ARE SCARCE
Charles Sumner Dana
ered serious and he had attended to business
up to a short time before his death.
To the readers of The Review Mr. Dana was
probably best known for his reputation as head
of one of the leading wood finishing houses in
the United States, the Marietta Paint & Color
Co. He was a firm believer in the use of print-
er's ink, through the medium of which his com-
pany has become one of the best known in the
country, especially in the furniture and piano
manufacturing trades.
Mr. Dana was fifty-two years old and was
born in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio. He
was the son of George and Lucy Byington
Dana and his ancestors were among the first
settlers in the section around Marietta.
MATERIALS,
TOOLS AND
SUPPLIES
FOR
PIANO MANUFACTURERS
HINGES, BUTTS, CASTERS, PEDALS, FELTS,
CLOTHS, PUNCHINGS, SWINGS, HANGERS,
KNOBS, LOCKS, ETC., AND A FULL LINE OF
TOOLS USED IN TUNING, REGULATING AND
REPAIRING. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.
ENDORSE FRANKLIN MURPHY, JR.
The New Jersey Manufacturers' and Business
Men's League, recently organized in Newark,
N. J., has endorsed the candidacy of Franklin
Murphy, Jr., for the United'States Senate. Mr.
Murphy is president of the Murphy Varnish
Co. and is well known throughout the piano
trade. Albert C. Middleton, of the Victor Talk-
ing Machine Co., is a member of the advisory
committee of the league.
Consult the universal Want Directory of
The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
free of charge for men who desire positions.
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