EXPORTS DROPPING OFF
DISTURBS BERLIN
Recent Plans for Trade Revival Fail to
Prove Effective and Economists Point
with Alarm.
Commenting on the lack of development of Ger-
many's exports under the Dawes plan disclosed in
the fact that increasing imports and declining exports
of that country, the latter having dropped from 52
per cent of the pre-war amount in 1923 to 50.5 per
cent in 1924, the American Chamber of Commerce in
Berlin says:
The German trade press in commenting on the
decline of German foreign trade, says that "this
has to stop." It is further said that "we can not
permit ourselves the permanence of running up a
bill which is indicated by a "borrowed" trade bal-
ance with a yearly deficit of 2.7 billion reichsmarks.
German economics, greatly weakened as compared
with that of before the war, can not even carry a
fraction of a monthly deficit of a trade balance like
that of December amounting to more than half a
billion reichsmarks. A real and active trade policy
will do its share in improving the German trade
balance, and the first step in this direction should
be to ascertain whether a foreign country whose
customer we are, is also a buyer of German goods
in a corresponding measure or whether such coun-
try is giving preference to the same goods made in
another country than Germany. The fiasco of the
QUALITY
in Name and in Fact
TONE, MATERIALS, CONSTRUCTION,
WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN—all in ac-
cord with the broadest experience—are
the elements which give character to
Bush & Lane Products.
BUSH&LANE PIANOS
BUSH & LANE CECILIAN PLAYER PIANOS
take high place, therefore, in any com-
parison of high grade pianos because of
the individuality of character which dis-
tinguishes them in all essentials of merit
and value.
BUSH & LANE PIANO CO.
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PRESTO
March 21, 1925.
Holland, MMi.
KURTZMANN
Grands—Players
Manufactured by
C. KURTZMANN & CO.
Factories and General Offices
526-536 Niagara Street
BUFFALO, N. Y.
recent trade conferences with a number of foreign
industrial countries which, due to the indicated
mentality, were "running into an open switch" have
clearly shown that the German trade and tariff
policy should be radically revised. The develop-
ment of Germany's foreign trade and especially its
development with the individual countries gives
rise to the question: How shall we adjust ourselves
to these countries in order to free ourselves from
the strangling export-shackles?
NEW INCORPORATIONS
IN MUSIC GOODS TRADE
PIANOS
The policy of the Williams House is and always
has been to depend upon excellence of product
instead of alluring price. Such a policy does not
•ttraot bargain hunters. It does, however, win the
hearty approval and support of a very desirable
•nd substantial patronage.
Maker, of William, Piano,,
Epworth Pianos and Organ.
Doll & Sons
Represent the Artistic
in Piano and Player Piano
Construction
New and Old Concerns Secure Charters in Various
Places.
The Capital Piano Co., Paterson, N. J.; $25,000;
Katie Piquet, Laura Candalino and George J. Piquet.
Leiter Bros, Syracuse, N. Y.; to deal in musical
instruments and radio.
The Mendel Instrument Co., New York City;
$20,000; J. W. Mendel, W. K. Holoua and S. M.
Wachtel.
O'Connell Pianos, Inc., Lowell, Mass.; $25,000;
Richard A. O'Connell, Rose A. O'Connell and Wil-
liam H. Wilson.
The Thomas Music Co., Scranton, Pa.; $54,000;
Reese L. Thomas is the proprietor.
Henry Pilcher's Sons, Louisville; $500,000; to man-
ufacture and sell organs, their parts and accessories
and musical instruments of all kinds; Robert E.
Pilcher, William E. Pilcher and Gerard W. Pilcher.
The Frazier Piano Corp., Greensboro, N. C;
$50,000; S. S. Reynolds, of Charlotte; Charles Frazier,
of Jamestown, and M. R. Reynolds, of Greensboro.
Jacob Doll & Sons, Inc,
NEW VENTURES SHARE
FAVOR OF BUYERS
Manufacturer* of
Late Additions to Forces of Piano Distribution
Show Liveliness of Trade.
The Musical Shop, Reading, Pa., moved this week
from 625 to 635 Perm street.
M. & S. Riber, 55 East Strand street, Kingston,
N. Y , plans extensive alterations in its store, which
will permit an increased stock in all its departments.
Carl Ness has opened a music shop on Fifteenth
street, Denver, Colo., called the Carl Ness Music
Shop, which handles everything in music and radio.
Brown's Music House, Reading, Pa., recently
moved to new quarters at 17 North Eighth street.
A. Lowenstein & Sons, furniture and music dealers
of Boston, Mass., is preparing to move this week from
140 Berkly street to 761 Boylston street.
Dreier's, 75 Church street, New Brunswick, N. J.,
will be moved to 392 George street about May 1.
The formal opening of S. Lasting & Bro., 409 Court
street. Norfolk, Va., was held recently. The house
handles everything in music and radio receivers. l
Thomas Cady recently opened a music shop at % /z
North Third street, Grand Forks, N. D. Pianos,
players, Seeburg instruments and sheet music are
carried.
White's Music House, St. John's Building, Tupper
Lake, N. Y., will be moved to new quarters in the
Hotel Altamount, Tupper Lake, next week.
J. C. Wetjen, Inc., general music and radio house
of Richmond Hill, L. I., N. Y., was moved to new
and larger quarters at 11414 Jamaica avenue, Rich-
mond Hill, this week.
DEALERS AID HAMILTON CONTEST.
Among the music houses of Hamilton, O., offering
awards in the recent music memory contests pro-
moted by the Hamilton Evening Journal were the
Wagner Piano Co., the Anderson Piano Co , the Im-
field Music Store and the Rudolph Wurlitzer Co.
Several thousand persons entered the contest, and
much local enthusiasm was displayed in the event.
Ten awards, consisting of musical instruments, music
rolls and radio equipment, were offered winning con-
testants in place of cash prizes.
EXPANDS IN ALLIANCE, O.
WILLIAMS
"Built on Family Pride"
C. Kurtzmann & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., has issued a
new folder, devoted to the company's line of "Verti-
cal Grand" pianos. Among the styles shown are V,
K and G, straight uprights; Styles 10 and 12, foot
power players, and Style 6, reproducing model. The
new folder is a four-page affair, attractively printed,
and designed for use by dealers for general distribu-
tion and mailing purposes.
JACOB DOLL & SONS
STODART
WELLSMORE
Southern Boulevard, E. 133rd St.
E. 134th St. and Cyprea* Ave.
NEW YORK
Becker Bros.
HIGH GRADE PIANOS
and PLAYER PIANOS
Factory and Warerooma
767-769 Tenth Avenue, New York
STR1CH & ZEIDLER, b e
GRAND, UPRIGHT and PLAYER
AND
HOMER PIANOS
740-742 East 136th Street
NEW YORK
Schumann
PIANOS and PLAYER PIANOS
GRANDS and UPRIGHTS
Have no superiors in appearance, tone
power or other essentials of strictly
leaders in the trade.
Warning to Infringers
Thl« Trad* Mark la o u t
In th* plat* and also ap-
peara upon th* fall board
of all genuine Schumann
Pianos, and all Infringe™
will be proseouted. Beware
of Imitation! auch aa Schu-
mann * Company, Schu-
mann A Son, and alao
Shuman, as all atancil
•hops, dealers and uaara of
pianos bearing; a mm* In
imitation of th* nam*
Bchumann with th* Inten-
tion of deceiving th* public
will be prosecuted to th*
full eat extent of the law.
New Catalogue on Bequest.
MUSIC IN MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS.
Ten special music teachers have been appointed for
the Milwaukee public schools, the proposal meeting
the approval of the school board after a lengthy dis-
cussion. The measure was championed by Director
A. H. Bergen.
Schumann Piano Co.
W. N. VAN MATRE, President
Rockford, 111.
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