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VOL. 86. No. 18
Published Weekly.
Federated Business Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y., May 5 , 1 9 2 8
E. R. Weeks Elected President
New York State Dealers
Other Officers Elected at Second Meeting of New York State As-
sociation Include J. J. Glynn and B. E. Neal, Vice-
Presidents, and Kenneth Marks, Secretary
YRACUSE, N. Y., May 2.—Judging from the attendance at the opening session of the New
York State Music Merchants' Association held at the Hotel Syracuse here yesterday and
to-day, the interest in the State organizatio n has not waned in the least during the past
year, and much has been accomplished of actual value to the members of the retail trade. At the
sessions were some hundred dealers from all sections of the State together with a number of
piano manufacturers and their representatives and men distinguished in association affairs of
Tiational scope.
The business program covered two days with the National Piano Manufacturers' Association,
t lie annual banquet being held last night. and others.
Scheduled for addresses at the meetings and
The Opening Sessions
the banquet were an official representative of
The convention of the New York State Music
the city of Syracuse, Hermann Irion, president Merchants' Association was formally opened
of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce; with a "get-together" luncheon yesterday, at
C. J. Roberts, president, and Delbert L. Loomis, which Sidney H. Morecroft, of Syracuse, presi-
executive secretary of the National Association dent of the organization, acted as toastmaster.
of Music Merchants; P. A. Ware, of the Atwater
The luncheon began with ensemble singing
Kent Manufacturing Co.; Samuel Weinstein, an under the direction of Charles P. Morse, con-
attorney of New York City; Herold Butler, vention publicity chairman, and several famil-
Dean of the College of Fine Arts of Syracuse iar old tunes were revived during this. Another
University; Corley Gibson, president of the bright feature of the entertainment program
Autopiano Co., and E. C. Boykin, executive was the rendition of vocal numbers by Miss Etta
secretary of the Sales Promotion Committee of
Rogers Kinney, who was obliged to respond to
several encores.
President Morecroft delivered a brief address
of welcome and then announced the appoint-
ment of a nominating committee to name the
slate of officers for the coming year. Messrs.
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Melville Clark, of Syracuse; Shaeffer, of Batavia,
and Bush, of Penn Yan, were appointed.
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The convention was formally opened with an
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address of welcome delivered by Herbert W.
Osborne, Comptroller of Syracuse, as the per-
sonal representative of Mayor Charles G.
Hanna, who had been called out of town on
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other business. Mr. Osborne extended a gra-
cious welcome to the conventioners, and assured
them that Syracuse would accord all the fullest
measure of hospitality. The official guest then
recited some of the early history of the musical
development of the city.
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address of welcome was given by E. R. Weeks,
well-known music dealer in Binghamton, N. Y.,
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who offered his thoughts in clever verse, inter-
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mixed with humor that was well received by
the assemblage. Mr. Weeks was given a rous-
ing ovation upon the completion of his remarks.
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Delbert L. Loomis, executive secretary, Na-
tional Association of Music Merchants, traced
briefly the history of Treasury Department
regulations and tax legislation dating from 1919
and bearing on the reporting of income from
instalment sales which in cases where mer-
chants have changed from a cash or accrual
basis to the instalment basis of reporting results
is double taxation. He told of the fight which
has been made to obtain relief in the tax bill
now before Congress and the manner in which
the National Association has co-opcr'ated with
the Mi^sic IndusttiesWCha'mber bf Commerce in
this work. He urged every merchant to write
his senators at once asking them to grant re-
lief in the present Revenue Act.
In telling something of the promotion work
which is being done by the executive office of
the National Association, Mr. Loomis called
attention to the large amount of printed matter
which has been sent not only to members, but
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