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Vol. LXXV
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 2, 1922
No. 23
FREIGHT DELAYS HURTING BUSINESS
that has served to keep the music merchant
O NE on of edge the problems
during the increasingly active Fall has been the
delays to which freight shipments are being subjected by the rail-
roads, it being no common occurrence for a shipment to take three
weeks or more to go from New York to Middle West points by rail.
This situation serves to emphasize the fact that although
the newspapers are not giving much publicity to the conditions the
strike of the shop crafts and other railway workers has demor-
alized freight shipments. The traveling man has strong proof of
this, for it is offered to him on every trip through seeing loaded
trains laid up on sidings while waiting for locomotives to move
them or for cars to be repaired sufficiently to complete the trip.
In figuring on deliveries for some time to come merchants
must give full consideration to the transportation situation and the
delays that are likely to increase instead of diminish in tne
near future. To telegraph last-minute orders and expect ship-
ments to arrive on normal schedule will not work. The manu-
facturer may be in a position to do his part by putting the instru-
ments on the cars, but the uncertainty of transportation makes the
date of delivery a question.
By ordering just a little earlier than usual and making allow-
ance for freight delays the retailer can do much to safeguard his
interests during the next few months to come.
KEEPING TRACK OF INSTALMENT BUYERS
is reported that a music house in Buffalo, N. Y., solves the
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of catching those who move to new addresses, taking
with them pianos and talking machines upon which there are bal-
ances due, by enlisting the services of the police and having the
fleeing customers haled to court where a satisfactory settlement
is usually made before criminal action is instituted.
It is a question whether this procedure will find favor in all
sections for the reason that it is calculated to work against the
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honest as well as the dishonest customer and is likely in some cases
to stir up ill-feeling that does not work to the profit of the piano
house.
It is true, of course, that a groat many people move and de-
liberately attempt to hide their trail, but in most cases it is simply
carelessness that keeps them from notifying the music house of
their change of address. It is naturally irritating to a piano mer-
chant to have a slow-paying customer take an Arabic departure
and in some cases he is quite justified in setting the law to work,
but whether the use of the police as a regular practice is advisable
is a question.
The fact that it is found necessary so frequently to trace those
who move with their musical instruments is generally a commentary
on the efficiency of the collection department of the music house
rather than upon the honesty of the customer. When the latter
can get away without leaving a trace it indicates that the collector
has allowed a long time to lapse between his visits, which is a bad
practice under any conditions.
THE FARMER AND THE FEDERAL RESERVE
HE business men of the country might well take cognizance of
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the progress of the Farm Bloc in its efforts to secure substantial
control of the Governmental activities to the end of having legisla-
tion enacted and appointments made from the standpoint of the
agricultural interests, which have long maintained that the banking
and industrial interests have dominated the country's financial
affairs to the detriment of the farmer. In this connection isn't it
pertinent to ask if it is not just as dangerous, on the other hand, to
have the farmer in a dominating position to the detriment of busi-
ness interests.
The Federal Reserve System has worked out so successfully
through a long period of adverse business conditions that it is
little short of suicidal to make it a political pawn and the tool of
any special interest. The farmer is entitled to the advantages of
this improved financial system just as is the business man, but if
the system is made to act to the advantage of one side as against
the other much of its value to the country will be lost.
CO-OPERATION IN THE INDUSTRY
EMBERS of the music trade are becoming more and more
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convinced of the wisdom and advisability of forming a closer
alliance with professional musicians, not simply for the purpose
of using the professionals as prospect getters, but for the purpose
of getting in contact with those who are most likely to become
purchasers of musical instruments of worth.
Likewise, certain members of the profession who have vision
are realizing the fact that there is a stronger affiliation of interest
between the trade and profession and that by working in concert
and harmony wherever possible both the commercial and artistic
side of the musical art can be served to advantage.
Music Weeks, music memory contests and other music ad-
vancement activities have done much to bring about this closer
relationship between the trade and profession, and the result has
already made itself manifest in several directions. It is to be
understood that the professional musician is not something apart,
but is just as dependent upon musical appreciation and interest
for his livelihood as is the individual who is selling something
to music lovers.
The co-operation between the trade and profession in most
quarters is now firmly established, and the movement in every
sense is a commendable one.
A GREAT TRIBUTE TO PADEREWSKI
HE reception accorded Paderewski upon his return to the
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recital stage in New York last week after an absence of five
years is indeed most significant, for it has been many years since
any artist has been paid such a tribute as was given to the great
Polish pianist when he appeared on the stage at Carnegie Hall. To
those who take satisfaction in the place that is now held by music
in the life of the nation the homage paid to a musician by both
press and public is indeed gratifying. The tribute, of course, was
paid directly to a great artist, but it was nevertheless to be accepted
also as a tribute to the art of which he is one of the greatest
exponents.