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PRESTO
August 25, 1923
ORDERING WILSON DRUMS
Reasons for Well Known Advice of the Wil-
son Bros. Manufacturing Co. Under-
stood by Drummers.
ADVICE TO BUYERS SOUND
"Order Through Your Dealer," Phrase That Keenly
Interests Intelligent Drum Buyers.
"Order Through Your Dealer" is the constant ad-
vice of the Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., 218-222 N. May
street, Chicago. There's a reason and it involves
the "Wilson Guarantee." When a professional or
amateur drummer gets a Wilson drum or any drum-
mer's accessory he is getting the finest product
that money or skill can produce. He gets the as-
surance from the dealer who supplies him. Deal-
ers know that Wilson products are good in every
particular so they unhesitatingly recommend them.
"Order through your dealer" is sensible advice
when given by a manufacturer with implicit faith
in the fine qualities of his goods. Wilson faith
is shared by Wilson dealers. Buyers of Wilson drums
and drummers' supplies can go to the nearest Wil-
son representative and see them demonstrated. If, by
chance, the dealer does not carry the particular ar-
ticle required in stock, he is always pleased to tele-
graph the Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., which ships on
receipt of the message.
The spirit that has made the Wilson Bros. Mfg.
Co. dependable to the drum buyers, is shared by
the dealers who handle the Wilson lines. They
are as anxious to satisfy the drum buyers as the
Wilson house. In that way, "Order through your
dealer" is no mere phrase. Since the dealers come
in contact with the drummers themselves, the Wil-
son Bros. Mfg. Co. feels that the dealers can more
effectively demonstrate the merits of Wilson drums
right on the spot than the most intelligent Wilson
employes could do at a distance.
The desirability of the connection with the Wilson
Bros. Mfg. Co. is seen in the fact that Wilson drums
and accessories are sold by good dealers in every
state—from the largest dealers in the biggest cities
to the smaller dealers in the smallest towns. Every
music dealer whether or not he handles the Wil-
son line, should make a visit to the factory of the
Wilson Bros. Mfg. Co., an event of one of his
trips to Chicago. A great plant erected to produce
a specialty and with the capacity of 150,000 drums
a year is an interesting place. In all parts of the
world Wilson products advertise the factory; every
corner of the United States, Canada, Great Bri-
tain, France, Australia and South America Wilson
drums are seen and heard. And it is the greatest
pleasure of T. Wilson, head and founder of this
interesting business, to personally meet and do the
honors of the factory to visiting drummers and
dealers.
TELLS
BOOK
ABOUT
THAT
THE
SELLS
PIANO
PIANOS
MAKERS
Demand for American Talking Machines Is Brisk
and Records Are From U. S. A.
The talking machine is as popular in Yucatan as
in the United States, according to a report to the De-
partment of Commerce from O. G. Marsh, United
States consul at Progreso. Small, cheap instruments
cheer the Indian hut, ordinary machines are found in
middle-class homes, and the most elaborate cabinet
styles grace the mansions of the wealthy. Perhaps
no other modern invention has done more to enliven
these homes. An enterprising local dealer has popu-
Stricter Methods of Preventing and Extinguishing larized and capitalized this idea in a phrase: "How
happy is the home that has its phonograph."
Fires to Be Adopted.
The American machine has monopolized the mar-
According to a report from Washington, it is ket. Old styles with horn have had an extensive
now assured that the government will add to num- sale, but cabinet designs are preferred by most cus-
ber and increase the efficiency of the airplane pa- tomers. A few portable instruments have been sold.
trols for forest fire detection. The same was sug-
Practically all orders have been placed by im-
gested in an address by G. A. Anderson at the re- porters direct w r ith factories on factory price quota-
cent convention of the National Piano Manufac- tions, railway and steamship freight and marine in-
turers' association when he presented the' report surance being attended to by American agents of im-
of the committee on conservation of natural re- porters or by freight forwarders at American ports.
sources. Mr. Anderson said:
The largest importer, and the one who has done a
"The airplane patrol has demonstrated its value large part of the local business, has purchased on
for detection of forest fires in their incipiency and open credit. Other firms have been, and will have to
undoubtedly can, in time, be provided with fire ex- be dealt with in accordance with their financial stand-
tinguishers to be thrown on the fire before it has ing and credit rating. The most recent shipment, by
a manufacturer just entering the Yucatan market,
time to gain headway."
was on a document against payment basis.
Methods of efficiency will now be the rule in the
Almost all records sold in Yucatan are of well-
Forestry Department. The Senate at its last session
appointed a committee of five members to investi- known American makes. The most popular have
gate problems relating to reforestation with a view been American fox trots and Latin-American songs
and dance music. The principal importers have dealt
to working out a suitable forestry policy.
with manufacturers of records on the same basis as
The Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute also is with makers of phonographs, but a considerable num-
co-operating with the movement to save the forest ber of records enter in a manner difficult to trace
lands. A report is being prepared by the Institute and are sold at varying prices by small dealers.
tabulating information and statistics about the sale,
manufacture and utilization of hardwood and its
products. The idea of conserving the natural hard-
Summers & Son, who operate a number of music
wood resources of the country is emphasized in stores in southeastern Ohio, are discontinuing their
the report.
store at Oak Hill.
FOR NEW FORESTRY POLICY
HARDMAN, PECK & CO. CEtt
SSJS3SS
Manufacturers of the
HARDMAN PIANO
The Official Piano of the Metropolitan Opera Co.
Owning and Operating the Autotone Co. makers of the
Owningand Operating E.G. Harrington&Co.,Est.i87i,makers of the
AUTOTONE (85JM2D
THE
CANNED MUSIC IN YUCATAN
The Hardman Autotone
The Harrington Autotone
The Autotone The Playotone The Standard Player-Piano
HARRINGTON PIANO
(Supreme A tnong Moderately Priced Instruments)
The Hensel Piano
The Standard Piano
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