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Issue: 1920 1781

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PRlfTO
September 11, 1920.
The number of hours in the work day or week in
which the maximum output, consistent with the
health and well-being of the individual, can be
maintained in a given industry should be ascer-
tained by careful study and never should be ex-
ceeded except in case of emergency, and one day of
Illinois Industries Give Overwhelming Ap- rest should be provided. Reduction in the number
of working hours below such economic limit, in
proval of Agreements in Vote Just Taken
order to secure greater leisure for the individual
on Chamber of Commerce Report.
should be made only with understanding and ac-
Eighty-two commercial and industrial organiza- ceptance of the fact that it involves a commensurate
tions in Illinois have gone on record in support of loss in the earning power of the workers, a limita-
a declaration of twelve principles of industrial re- tion of output and an increase in the cost of the
lations designed to establish a basis on which em- product.
ployers and employes may work out employment
Adequate means satisfactory both to the employer
problems.
and his employes, and voluntarily agreed to by
The vote was taken on the report of a committee them, should be provided for discussion and adjust-
of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States ment of employment relations.
submitted to a country-wide referendum of busi-
When the employer and his employes do not deal
ness associations. The principles received the over- individually, but by mutual consent through repre-
whelming approval of the organizations voting in sentatives, representatives should not be chosen or
every State in the Union. The statement of prin- controlled by or represent any outside group or
ciples on which the vote was taken are summarized interest.
briefly as follows:
The greatest measure of reward and well-being
Every person has the right to engage in any law- for both employer and employe and the full social
ful occupation and to enter individually or collective- value of their service must be sought in the suc-
ly into any lawful contract of employment, either as cessful conduct and full development of the partic-
employer or employe.
ular industrial establishment in which they are asso-
The right of open-shop operation, that is, the ciated.
right of employer and employe to determine the
While the right of government employes to secure
conditions of employment relations with each other, just treatment must be amply safeguarded, the com-
is an essential part of the individual right of con- munity welfare demands that no combination to
tract possessed by each of the parties.
prevent or impair the operation of government or
All men possess the equal right to associate vol- of any government function shall be permitted.
untarily for the accomplishment of lawful purposes
The power of regulation and protection exercised
by lawful means, but such association confers no by the state over the corporation should properly
authority over, and must not deny any right of, extend to the employes in so far as may be neces-
those who do not desire to act or deal with them.
sary to assure unimpaired operation of public utility
Associations or combinations of employers or em- service.
ployes, or both, must be legally responsible for their
conduct and that of their agents.
WHAT PUBLIC MISSES.
The restriction of productive effort or of output
The Hollenberg Music Co., Little Rock, Ark., this
by either employer or employes for the purpose of
creating an artificial scarcity of the product or of week appeals to the musical sense of the public when
it states: "If you don't own a playerpiano you are
labor is an injury to society.
The wage of labor must come out of the product denying yourself the most wholesome enjoyment
of industry and must be earned and measured by its in the world. An endless variety of music is con-
contribution thereto. It is the duty of management stantly at your finger tips ready to refine, inspire and
to co-operate with the worker to secure continuous entertain. We'll gladly demonstrate these instru-
ments to you at any time."
employment.
TWELVE PRINCIPLES OF
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
PLAYER SUGGESTION GOES
WITH GOOD THRIFT TALK
Mental Picture of Misspent Dollars Called up by
East St. Louis Dealer.
Lehman's Music House, East St. Louis, 111., has
an advertising man who is aware of the present day
distinctions that make many a bank balance disap-
pear. He sets it down as a truism that if you "stack
your dollars against pleasure you lose every time."
In a newspaper display this week Lehman's clever
adman shows how wise it would be for the average
earner to divert a few dollars a week for the sure and
lasting pleasures of a playerpiano. This is printed:
Consider those dollars, over and above the bare
necessities, that slip away in pursuit of luxuries and
recreations. Those dollars are the same kind of dol-
lars that buy the things that you simply cannot get
along without—and there's no reason why you should
not be as exacting in getting full value for your lux-
ury dollars as for your necessity dollars.
Make a stack (mental of. course) of the dollars
you have been spending fowthe extra things of life
and then measure against this stack the pleasures
they have bought. Unless you are different from a
good many other people you are going to make the
discovery that these fleeting dollars of pleasure have
been leaving very little of permanent worth.
The next thing to do is to take these extra dol-
lars in hand and see that they do their duty. You've
been spending, all right, but you have not been get-
ting enough in return. If those dimes and quar-
ters that have been going into fleeting fancies were
held just a trifle tighter there would be dollars to
buy that playerpiano that has always seemed just
out of reach. A part of the money that is slipping
away would meet the small weekly or monthly pay-
ments on a playerpiano.
TO REMODEL WAREROOMS.
The Pearson Piano Co., Indianapolis, Ind., has
important plans for the remodeling of its ware-
rooms at 123-130 N. Pennsylvania avenue. The com-
pany last week advertised the opening of a "Re-
modeling Sale" in which $160,000 worth of the high-
est grade pianos and players are offered at sacrifice
prices."
f o i
t
TIE SHAKESPEARE OF PHOROCRAPHS
Plays all records.
Reproduces distinctly and clearly the actual voice or tone
of the artist or instrument
Beautiful in appearance; right in construction-—it is the
phonograph your trade will demand.
Made in five period models.
An unusual proposition for dealers.
THE STRATFORD
PHONOGRAPH
CO
MANUFACTURERS
AS Ml. AND,
OHIO
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September 11, 1920.
TALKI
in music. And the man or woman in the talk-
ing machine business is very dull who does
Every small business should be a big busi- not see the relation of this propaganda to his
ness in the growing. And to make it grow the or her business. A wider appreciation of
owner must know men and how to bring out music must naturally result in a greater de-
the best that is in them. In attaining this mand for the means to create music. The talk-
result personality is indispensable. The desir- ing machine man who identifies himself in
able personality of course and in this case it every way with the movement for the ad-
is the ability to create an atmosphere of per- vancement of music is not only helping his
sonal relationship between employer and em- business but is also helping his community
ployees which develops the individualism of and the nation as a whole.
the latter, the power which inspires them with
loyalty and earnestness of effort. To produce
USING TONOFONE NEEDLES
these desirable results the employer must
properly appreciate the salary worth of the Leading Stores of Chicago Have Demonstrations of
employes, in short, justly reward them. A
These Needles, and Displays.
satisfied, loyal organization is one of the most
Tonofone needle demonstrations and window dis-
important success-building factors in business plays are among Chicago's attractive things in the
today.
downtown section this week. Over at the Grafonola
Shop at 14 North Michigan avenue is the first of
A talking machine business may continue these window displays of the needles, and this is a
to exist without growing, for a time anyway. beautiful window scene.
Building up a business is building up an or- The window decorator has piled a great heap of
needles on a plate or disk and they look golden,
ganization. Thus business acquires a deeper the
so bright are they. He has surrounded this heap
meaning when it involves such a preparation. with the little boxes, each containing four of the
Money and credit are useless without an or- needles, and this again suggests that there are plenty
needles manufactured to supply all wants.
ganization, For without a loyal, efficient or- of A the
little card stands up in the window announcing:
ganization the business cannot contend with "We use Tonofone needles for demonstrating. Place
those difficulties which usually must be en- on record gently; rough usage might bend the flexi-
countered in the struggle for progress and ble point. Observe the clear, pure tones, the ac-
curate reproduction, the freedom from surface noise.
success.
Do not remove needle. One needle will play 20 to
THE GROWING BUSINESS
Many men who are pointed out as the big
men in the talking machine business today
started big when they started small. The ex-
planation of the paradox is in the understand-
ing of their motives at the outset. They had
motives that inspired constant endeavor to
attain success. They aimed at something
broad and comprehensive which involved the
building up of a loyal, efficient organization.
DEALER IS HELPED
There is one thing that should stimulate
everybody engaged in the selling .of music
goods, and that is the position that music now
occupies in the minds of the people. The
higher forms of music such as opera and sym-
phony orchestras are more appreciated and
better supported than ever before. At every
point one notes the formation of the com-
munity choruses, singing societies, orchestras
and bands. Every form of musical expression
is in evidence to prove that music is today a
supreme factor in our civilization. It is a very
insensible man or woman in the talking ma-
chine business who does not see the signifi-
cance of all this. The community chorus, the
local band, the family gathered around the
piano or the phonograph are all intensifying
the growing desire for music and musical
expression.
It is a very unobservant talking machine
dealer or salesman or saleswoman who does
not note the wide efforts to foster an interest
50 records. Take a package home today."
And back upon the post is a larger sign, reading:
''At last a perfect phonograph needle. No more
need for loud, soft or medium needles. No more
changing needles after changing one record. Tono-
fone, the needle with a flexible point, has solved the
problem. One Tonofone will play 20 to 50 records;
any disc record on any phonograph in the original
tone pitch and volume, be it loud, soft or medium.
The point being flexible and softer than the records
will neither wear nor injure them—in fact, the needle
wears, the records doesn't. Come in and hear it play
—then take home a box and surprise your friends.
Four for 10 cents."
The Tonofone Company is now making several
new machines and expects to have these new phono-
graphs completed within the next few days. The
Tonofone Company is preparing for a big fall trade.
BIG PLANS OF STRADIVARA CO.
Phonograph Industry of Portland, Ore., Lays Out
Publicity Campaign and Elects Officers.
The Strarlivara Phonograph Co., Portland, Ore.,
incorporated under the laws of Delaware, has suc-
ceeded the Pacific Phonograph Co., makers of the
Stradivara phonograph. The authorized capital of
the Stradivara is $20,000,000, $5,000,000 of which is
at present available.
A nation-wide campaign of merchandising will be
carried on by the company, which was organized
first to purchase the business and entire plant, includ-
ing machinery, tools, materials, phonographs, manu-
factured and in process of manufacture, fixtures, pat-
terns, trade name and patent rights and interests
and good will of the Pacific Manufacturing Com-
pany, of Portland, which was the largest phono-
graph manufacturing company on the Pacific Coast
and which manufactured the Stradivara phonograph.
To further develop and enlarge the plant and its out-
put, and to develop a larger market for its products,
are other plans.
The officers of the new company are: F. A. Douty,
president; F. N. Clark, vice-president; S. L. Eddy,
treasurer, and E. W. Barlow, secretary and general
manager.
DETERLING
Talking Machines
Challenge Comparison in
every point from cabinets to
tonal results.
Prices attractive for fine
goods. Write us.
Deterling Mfg. Co., Inc.
TIPTON, IND.
THE WONDERFUL
"FAIRY" Phonograph Lamp
Truly a Work of Art. Scientifically Contracted
Sale* Unprecedented. Secure Agency Now.
The
greatest
practical nov-
elty offered to
the Phonograph
trade—
The
IMPROVES MIDDLETON STORE.
Due to a large increase in business at The Music
Shop, the firm of Gunher-Kenney, Inc., Middletown,
N. Y., has found it necessary to entirely remodel
its store at 59 North street. Workmen started the
new improvements last week. They include two
more spacious individual demonstration booths,
making four in all; newly arranged concert room, a
reception room and additional furnishings. When
this work is finished The Music Shop will be one of
the best equipped and one of the largest shops of
its kind in that section of the state.
THE HEYWOOD-WAKEFIELD.
The 1 ley wood Brothers & Wakcfield Co., branch
in San Francisco, with offices and warerooms at
737-743 Howard street, has announced a new phono-
graph, the Heywood-Wakefield, a distinguishing fea-
ture of which is reed and wicker cabinets. The
new instrument is manufactured under the Perfek's
tone patents.
Jos. N. Ewald, a furniture dealer in Tiffin, O., last
week invited the public to exhibition recitals that
will be given this week on the Actuelle.
> "FAIRY"
A Phonograph
P
Lamp
" l o o k s" a n d
" s p e a k s" for
Itself.
In ap-
pearance luxur-
ious, it achieves
its g r e a t e s t
triumph in Us
tone.
A newly pat-
ented s o u n d
a m p 1 1 f y In g
chamber, radi-
cally
differing
from the con-
ventional
de-
signs, gives a
true m e l l o w
tone of volume
equalling that
of
most ex-
pensive instru-
ments.
Electrically operated and equipped with a specially
designed invisible switch, regulator and tone modifier.
Let us tell how sales of the "FAIRY" have re-
quired our maximum output ever since its appear-
ance In 191J.
ENDLESS GRAPH MANUFACTURING COMPANY
4200-02 W e s t Adams Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
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