April 17, 1920.
IMPORTANT WORK
AT ATLANTIC CITY
What the Music Industries Chamber of Com-
merce Will Discuss and Do at the Ap-
proaching Meeting of National Busi-
ness Organizations.
The notice of the subjects for consideration at
the Eighth Annual meeting of the Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States, to be held in Atlantic
City, April 27 and 29, show that the discussion will,
in many respects, be of interest to the music indus-
try.
The Music Industries Chamber of Commerce has
already gone on record in favor of active measures
and activities to secure the repeal of the present ex-
cise tax, abolition of the excess profits tax, and to
promote the substitution for them of a gross whole
sale sales tax. This will be one of the chief topics
of the convention.
To Correct Tax Laws.
Tt was brought before the National Chamber by
the Worcester, Mass., Chamber of Commerce,
which asks consideration of the following resolu-
tions:
Whereas, The question of federal taxation as ap-
plied in its present form to American business is
one of vital importance; and
Whereas, The present method is grievously com-
plex and open to a wide range of interpretation; and
Whereas, The directors of the Worcester, Mass..
Chamber of Commerce believe that the present
method of federal taxation should be simplified and
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a plan for such a simplified method should' be con-
sidered immediately by Congress, so that American
business may know as early as possible the basis
for taxation this year. Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the directors of the Worcester,
Mass., Chamber of Commerce believe that there
should be inaugurated in place of the present cum-
bersome normal and excess profits tax on business
a single small percentage tax on business transac-
tion and ask that this resolution be given immedi-
ate and serious favorable consideration, with recom-
mendations that action along the lines specified be
instituted at once by the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States of America by such methods as
are usually employed in matters of a similar nature.
The representatives of the Music Industries
Chamber of Commerce at the convention will use
their efforts to obtain favorable consideration of
this resolution.
The Trade Representatives.
The representatives of the Chamber will be E.
Paul Hamilton, president of the National Associa-
tion of Music Merchants of America; and Otto
Schulz, president of the National Piano Manufac-
turers' Association of America, who hopes to at-
tend at least part of the convention; the third repre-
sentative will be Alfred L. Smith, general manager
Music Industries Chamber of Commerce.
Among the other questions for discussion, several
of which are of interest to the music trade, as well
as to all lines of business, are "Par Collection of
Checks," "Development of Industrial Courts," "Pre-
vention of Strikes or Lockouts in Public Service
Corporations," and "The Subjection of Labor
Unions to the Anti-Trust Laws."
The Covina Furniture Company, Covina, Cal., F.
B. Gillet, owner, has opened a music goods depart-
ment.
CLINIC IN KOHLER & CAMPBELL INDUSTRIES
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
THE CANADIAN TRADE
Principles of the Campaign for Greater Busi-
ness of the Manufacturers of the Land
to the North of Us.
The Canadian Reconstruction Association, which
has long been actively associated with the "Made
in Canada" campaign, has formulated the following
"Ten Commandments for Canadian Trade." How
would something similar fit the greater campaign
for "Made in the U. S. A."?
1. Buy Canadian products. In doing so you de-
velop the home market, encourage factory expan-
sion, provide employment for new populations, and
create bigger and better markets for all kinds of
farm produce. New factories, expansion of old fac-
tories, greater production, more workers, and bet-
ter agricultural markets mean national progress.
2. Import only necessities, and then only if simi-
lar Canadian articles or substitutes are not available.
With Canadian money at a discount of 10 to 15 per
cent, exchange with the United States is costing
Canadian consumers between $75,000,000 and $100,-
000,000 a year.
3. Produce to the limit in field and factory. In-
creased production means new wealth and is essen-
tial to the success of any effort to reduce imports
and promote export trade.
4. Co-operate, conserve, specialize, standardize.
These are the means to maximum production of
high-quality goods at minimum cost.
5. Develop export markets. Foreign business
gives stability to trade. It reduces unit costs, bene-
fits domestic consumer, affords employment to fac-
tories and workers in times of depression, and cor-
rects adverse exchange by improving the trade bal-
ance.
6. Utilize Canadian services. Ship by Canadian
carriers through Canadian ports. Patronize Cana-
dian railways, Canadian steamships, and Canadian
banks. Place insurance in Canadian companies.
Employ Canadian architects, engineers, scientists,
and other experts. Spend vacations in Canada.
7. Manufacture raw materials to final stages in
Canada. Hundred.s of millions of dollars are lost
annually to the Dominion, and especially to Cana-
dian wage earners, by the exportation of raw ma-
terials and semi-manufactured products.
8. Use science for the determination and develop-
ment of natural resources. Industrial research will
reveal new wealth, improve industrial processes,
?nd help to relieve our economic dependence upon
outside sources for fuel, iron, and other essentials.
9. Make quality the hall mark of Canadian prod-
ucts. In return for public support of the home
market Canadian manufacturers should provide
products that compare favorably with imported
goods and Canadian workers should recognize good
workmanship and maximum production as their
standards.
10. Be fair to capital. Canadian money should
be encouraged to invest at home and foreign capi-
tal attracted to promote Canadian industrial expan-
sion.
ACTIVITIES IN THE
CINCINNATI TRADE
Wurlitzer Buyers to Go Abroad—Receiver for
Orpheus Company—Other Items from
the Queen City.
Realizing that the proper medical "treatment of
their employes plays an important part in the pro-
duction of their factories, the Kohler Industries of
New York City have recently enlarged their medical
clinic so that this important work might be carried
on iii an increased scope. Medical treatment has
always been a part of the welfare work of the
Kohler Industries, but recently more of the em-
ployes have taken advantage of these services, which
in consequence has necessitated enlarged quarters
in which to operate.
Medical and mental assistance to the employe is
without a doubt a dominant factor in increased
production in any plant and the scope of this work
as carried on by the Kohler Industries makes an-
other step forward by this progressive group of
piano manufacturers and may well be emulated by
any other large manufacturer, whether they make
pianos or other products which are manufactured
in quantities.
Carl J. Schulz, Cincinnati department manager of
the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, has made appli-
cation in United States District Court for a pass-
port to Belgium, Holland and France, where he
v/ill make purchases for the company.
Thomas P. Clancy, general sales manager of the
Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, returned last week,
from a month's business trip along the Pacific Coast.
While out west, Mr. Clancy -looked over several
sites, in San Francisco and Los Angeles, where
the company contemplates opening stores.
Mrs. Daisy Millard has been appointed receiver
for the Orpheus Musical and Record Company, by
Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Z. Buchwalter.
Mrs. Millard was appointed on application of six
former owners of the business for a receiver. Thev
allege the parties to whom they sold the business
last November have abandoned it because of dif-
ferences and have failed to make payments on the
purchase price. Mrs. Millard is the wife of one
of the plaintiffs.
P. VVyman, president of the Werner Industries
Company, returned last week from a western busi-
ness trip. He remained at Kansas City and Chi-
cago for several days.
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