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THE
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
SEPTEMBER 21,
1918
PLANNING BIG TRADE DRIVE FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN
EQUIP THE WONDER-
FUL "RESURRECTONE"
oo all makct of machines
and attachments ior Edisons. Improve their
lone and increase the value ol records.
Send for our Special Proposition
HOFFAY TALKING MACHINE CO.. l»c.
3 West 29th St.
New York City
J. Newcomb Blackman, Chairman of Talking Machine Division of Allied Music Committee, With
H. L. Willson, Roy J. Keith, E. N. Boykin and C. G. Child as Sub-Chairmen
The local talking machine trade is preparing
to participate actively with the other branches
of the allied music trades in putting the coming
Fourth Liberty Loan "over the top" in a man-
ner to surpass all previous records along this
line. It will be remembered that members of
the talking machine trade during the Third Loan
drive rounded up subscriptions that came close
to eclipsing those of any other branch of the
industry, tying the piano men, through courtesy,
it is said, for first place. The drive on the
Fourth Liberty Loan begins on September 28.
Benjamin Strong, director of the Federal Re-
serve Bank, has appointed Mark P. Campbell,
president of the Brambach Piano Co., chairman
of the Allied Music Committee, Industrial and
Professional, with J. Newcomb Blackman, presi-
dent of the Blackman Talking Machine Co., as
vice-chairman; Charles Jacob, of Jacob Bros.
Co., treasurer, and Albert Behning, secretary.
The headquarters of the committee will be at
105 West Fortieth street, New York.
Mr. Blackman, in addition to being vice-chair-
man of the general committee, will also be in
direct charge of the campaign in the talking
machine trade, a tribute to his efforts during the
last drive. Under his direction will be sub-
chairmen to take care of each division of the
trade, and under them in turn will be captains
and lieutenants to solicit subscriptions. The
entire trade has been carefully card-indexed in
order to make the work most systematic and
effective.
In the talking machine trade the sub-chairmen
will be H. L. Willson, general manager of the
Columbia Graphophone Co., in charge of the
manufacturers' division; E. N. Boykin, Thomas
A. Edison, Inc., sub-chairman in charge of the
talking machine dealers' division; C. G. Child,
Victor Talking Machine Co., in charge of the
talking machine musical artists' division, and
Roy J. Keith, of the New York Talking Ma-
chine Co., in charge of the wholesalers' divi-
sion.
The appointments of the captains in the dif-
ferent divisions are now being made, and the
organization arrangements will be completed at
a meeting of the general committee to be held
shortly. It is very probable that some sort of
rally similar to the wonderfully successful affair
held in Carnegie Hall during the last drive will
be staged in connection with the work on the
Fourth Loan, but nothing definite along this
line has yet been announced.
The subscriptions of the talking machine in-
terests will go in with those of piano manufac-
turers, merchants, musical merchandise houses,
music roll manufacturers, music publishers and
the professional music interests, including teach-
ers, band and orchestra men, etc.
COLUMBIA MANAGERS IN TOWN
department is planning to institute an aggres-
sive campaign in behalf of the Jewish-Hebrew
records made by Joseph Rosenblatt, the famous
cantor, who achieved remarkable success last
year on a country-wide concert tour. Mr. Ro-
senblatt's concert tour this year will be inaug-
urated on October 6 at the New York Hippo-
drome and his itinerary for the coming season
includes a visit to all of the leading cities. In
conjunction with his Columbia records, the
international record department is preparing an
artistic hanger and several other forms of at-
tractive publicity. Cantor Rosenblatt records
for the Columbia library exclusively.
Branch Managers Make Excellent Reports on
Business—Pennington Visits Buffalo
Quite a number of Columbia branch man-
agers were visitors this week at the executive
offices, among the callers being W. C. Fuhri,
Chicago branch manager; Fred E. Mann, man-
ager at Boston, and G. P. Donnelly, manager of
the Portland, Me., branch. All of these visitors
spoke optimistically of the business situation in
their respective territories, stating that the de-
mand for Columbia products was far in excess
of the supply.
George W. Hopkins, general sales manager of
the Columbia Co., made a flying visit the end
of last week to the Philadelphia and Baltimore
branches of the company, where he attended and
addressed informal meetings of the sales or-
ganizations of these two branches.
Frank K. Pennington, assistant general sales
manager of the Columbia Co., visited Buffalo
last week to attend the annual meeting of the
National Association of Office Supply Manufac-
turers. Mr. Pennington represented the Dicta-
phone division pending the departure for the
Coast of N. F. Milnor, former general sales
manager of the Dictaphone division, and the
arrival in New York of C. K. W'oodbridge, the
new Dictaphone sales manager.
R. S. Peer, formerly assistant manager of the
Columbia Co.'s Kansas City branch, is now in
the U. S. Xavv.
Freemen buy bonds, slaves wear them.
TALKING MACHINE EXPORTS GROW
Exports, Including Records, for Twelve Months
Ending June 30, Totaled $4,684,329
WASHINGTON, D. C, September 16.—In the sum-
mary of exports and imports of the commerce
of the United States for the month of June,
1918 (the latest period for which it has been
compiled), which has just been issued, the fol-
lowing figures on talking machines and records
appear:
The dutiable imports of talking machines and
parts during June, 1918, amounted in value to
$45,028, as compared with $49,669 worth, which
were imported during the same month of 1917.
The twelve months' total ending June, 1918,
showed importations valued at $355,785, as com-
pared with $485,417 worth of talking machines
and parts imported during the same period of
1917.
Talking machines to the number of 2,978,
valued at $104,249, were exported in June, 1918,
as compared with 9,448 talking machines, valued
at $190,850, sent abroad in the same period of
1917.
The twelve months' total showed that we
exported 91,297 talking machines, valued at $2,-
610,866, as against 78,669 talking machines,
valued at $1,987,878, in 1917, and 42,261 talking
machines, valued at $1,198,647, in 1916. The
total exports of records and supplies for June.
1918, were valued at $216,584, as compared with
$210,461 in June, 1917. For the twelve months
ending June, 1918, records and accessories were
exported, valued at $2,073,463, as compared with
$1,660,439 in 1917, and $939,790 in 1916.
MOVES TO NEW STORE
The Hyatt Talking Machine Co., of Portland,
Ore., has moved to 350 Alder street, where it
will have greatly enlarged floor space, which
is necessary to accommodate its constantly in-
creasing business.
NEW SERIES OF LANTERN SLIDES FOR EDISON DEALERS
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VISITING WESTERN TRADE
R. F. Bolton, Sales Manager of the Columbia
Co.'s International Record Department, Mak-
ing Extended Tour Among Western Dealers
R. F. Bolton, sales manager of the Columbia
Graphophone Co.'s international record depart-
ment, left Sunday for a fortnight's Western trip,
which will include a visit to the Columbia
branches and some of the Columbia dealers as
far west as Minneapolis, Omaha and Dallas.
Tex. Mr. Bolton has received excellent reports
from the branches throughout the West regard-
ing the development of Columbia foreign lan-
guage record business, and judging from present
indications, the sales in this department will
show a tremendous gain this year as compared
with 1917.
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Herewith Are Shown Four of a Series of Six New Lantern Slides Prepared for the Use of Dealers
by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., Which May Be Ordered From Jobbers at a Price of 25 Cents Each