Music Trade Review
Issue: 1886 Vol. 9 N. 12 - Page 7
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THE arcade-museum.com
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
We noticed in the office of the Mechanical Orguin-
ette Company's warerooms the following obituary
notice, which looked to us a great deal like Mr. Tre-
maine's handwriting:
SACRED TO THE
Memory of
A. H. HAMMOND.
of shellac varnish and boiled linseed oil. If the piec 0
is large, this would be a laborious process of securing
a polish. It would be better to give the article seve-
ral coats of varnish, rubbing each coat down by
means of pumice stone and water, and finally apply-
ing a flowing coat of fine, hard drying varnish. If
this does not produce the finish required, you can rub
the last coat down with the pumice stone and finish
it with rotten stone.
DIED
January 19, 1886.
COURT OF APPEALS,
THEIR EFFORTS DESERVE SUCCESS.
T the meeting held at the Morton House on
January 23, about seventy members of the
Travelers' Protective Association of the City
Deceased, lik; the ladies of the
of New York, the new drummers' club lately organ-
Sandwich Islan.ls, according to Mark
ized as a branch of the State Division of the National
Twain, was a great admirer of virtue
Travelers' Protective Association, met to discuss the
(in other people).
probability of doing away >viih the drummers' tax in
the
different states and territories. John F. Henry,
For the benefit of our readers who do not under-
stand the cause of this little ebullition of grief we who presided, made a report about his recent visit to
Washington, so far as the visit bore upon the work
append the following:
"Andrew H. Hammond, respondent, vs. James Mor- of the association. He said the National Board of
gan, appellant.—Order of General and Special Terms of Trade had taken up the cudgels in this fight, and
reversed and order and judgment vacated, and case that he thought, from inquiry among members of
remitted to Special Term of Court below for action Congress, that there was an excellent prospect of
there, and defendants to have costs of appeal to the relief from the license system now imposed as a tax
General Term and to this Court, and $10 costs of this upon drummers in various states, especially in the
South. Mr. Henry said the remedy lay in the hands
motion."
of the drummers, for 250,000 men could bring about
any good result, politically, for which they might
LOWEB RATES DEMANDED.
work in earnest. After the election of members, the
appointment of new committees and miscellaneous
NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE EASTERN SHIPMENTS.
business, the following form of memorial to Congress,
CCORDING to Chicago correspondence there offered by John DeWitt, was adopted. It will be
has been but little improvement in east-bound sent everywhere for signatures.
freight shipments during the week ending
We most respectfully ask your co-operation in fur-
Jan. 23, the aggregate being 25,952 tons. This is an thering the passage of such a bill or bills as may
increase of 2,470 tons over the previous week, but a come before Congress for the purpose of abolishing
the tax upon commercial travelers, which at present
decrease from the corresponding week in 1885 of 24,- is imposed in a few States and Territories.
378 tons. The chief cause for this serious decrease
First—Because such taxes are unconstitutional in
is the absence of any demand in the East or in preventing and hindering commerce among the States.
Second—Because they are against public policy, in
Europe for grain. All the grain wanted at the sea-
that they tend to restrain competition and make both
board can be obtained nearer home. Under the cir- dealers and consumers pay higher prices for their
cumstances, it is not surprising that the farmers goods.
Third—Because they are unjust, as in some in-
throughout the West are clamoring for lower freight
stances they permit the travelers of one State or
rates so as to make shipments possible.
Territory to enjoy privileges not granted by that
Careful students of transportation problems can State or Territory to the travelers of other States or
see no way out of this difficulty, except for the rail- Territories.
roads to reduce their rates. This reduction, of
course, must include the Western connections as
well as the trunk lines. The latter are suffering
severely from the present stagnation in traffic. The
roads in the Southwestern Railway Association, for
instance, stood a decrease in their earnings lor the
first week in January of nearly $150,000, and for the
second week in the same month of $211,000. From
the 1st of January to the present time the roads in
this association have not carried 500 cars of through
freight. Only by a reduction of tolls from Nebraska,
Kansas, Dakota, and Minnesota to the seaboard can
shipments be stimulated.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago and Atlantic
still continue to take a large share of the east-bound
business from Chicago. Although they deny that
they are taking any unfair advantage, the other east-
bound lines, which are not getting enough traffic to
pay their working expenses, are showing a good deal
of ill feeling over this diversion of freight.
There is no doubt but that the exorbitant high
freight rates charged from the West to the East are
in a great measure keeping down the Western manu-
facturers in our line. If it was not lor this they
would be able to successfully compete with many of
our Eastern makers, where now but few are able to
do it. We hope ere long to see a fair adjustment of
freight charges and thus give them all a chance alike.
ALBANY, N. Y.
A
A
Fourth—Because the traveling men of the country
now number over 250,000, and reach in their journey-
ings every town and hamlet of this country, are the
great distributors of goods, shipping about 300,000,000
tons out of 400,000,000 now carried yearly by the rail-
roads, spending $1,750,000 per day, or about $382,-
000,000 per year—calculating nine months' travel out
of twelve—which is distributed among the carriers,
hotels, producers, and shopkeepers, and such license
laws interfere with such distribution, and necessarily
interfere with the commerce of the whole country.
Fiflh —Because they are a relic of a barbarous age,
where every village or tribe sought to levy tribute
upon every other village or tribe, a state of things
which it was hoped had received its final blow in this
country when the tax of $1 imposed by the State of
New Jers*ey upon every person passing through it
was done away with.
Sivfh—Because it is against the interest of the com-
munities imposing such tax, as is illustrated by the
greater prosperity of other communities which have
never imposed or do not now impose them.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Musical Instruments, etc., January 16, 1885.
EXPORTS.
Hamburg,
Liverpool
Organ,
"
Music,
Antwerp,
Piano,
Glasgow,
Organs,
Brit. Poss . Africa,
"
Chili,
"
"
1 No.
27 "
3 boxes
2 cs.
1 No,
2 "
3 "
1 "
$ 44
1,710
21
40
300
175
150
100
IMPORTS.
Miscellaneous musical instruments, etc
150 pkges. >
$13,313
EXPRESS CONTRACT—EVIDENCE OP USAGE—where
a party, in February, agreed to sell to another 7,000
bushels of corn at 39c. per bushel, to be delivered in
the months of August and September following, and
the purchaser, as a part of the same agreement,
promised to make advances on the contract to the
sellers of what money he might from time to time
require, the Supreme Court of Illinois held, in a suit
upon the contract brought by the purchaser, that
evidence that a custom or usage prevailed requiring
the vendor to give to the vendee his note upon receiv-
ing any such advances, was not admissible, as it was
inconsistent with the express contract. Gilbert et al.
vs. McGinniss et al., reported by the Chicago Legal
Neu-s.
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
{From Scientific American, t
P. W. S. asks how to make a glue for glueing a
musical instrument. A. The great point in this oper-
ation is, first, to remove all of the old glue from the
parts to be joined ; then warm the part to be attached
very thoroughly, and a good carpenters' glue can
readily be used.
M. R. A. asks: How can I put a high polish on a
piece of walnut and preserve the natural color? A.
If the piece of walnut is small, you can put a high
polish on it by rubbing with a mixture of equal parts
THE FINEST COVER FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS AXD ORGANS EVER MADE.
For Sla.e and County Rights, Address the Patentee, M r s . S. E. RICHEY,
320 South Paulina Street, Chicago. III.
-- digitized with support from namm.org 193
THE arcade-museum.com
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
We noticed in the office of the Mechanical Orguin-
ette Company's warerooms the following obituary
notice, which looked to us a great deal like Mr. Tre-
maine's handwriting:
SACRED TO THE
Memory of
A. H. HAMMOND.
of shellac varnish and boiled linseed oil. If the piec 0
is large, this would be a laborious process of securing
a polish. It would be better to give the article seve-
ral coats of varnish, rubbing each coat down by
means of pumice stone and water, and finally apply-
ing a flowing coat of fine, hard drying varnish. If
this does not produce the finish required, you can rub
the last coat down with the pumice stone and finish
it with rotten stone.
DIED
January 19, 1886.
COURT OF APPEALS,
THEIR EFFORTS DESERVE SUCCESS.
T the meeting held at the Morton House on
January 23, about seventy members of the
Travelers' Protective Association of the City
Deceased, lik; the ladies of the
of New York, the new drummers' club lately organ-
Sandwich Islan.ls, according to Mark
ized as a branch of the State Division of the National
Twain, was a great admirer of virtue
Travelers' Protective Association, met to discuss the
(in other people).
probability of doing away >viih the drummers' tax in
the
different states and territories. John F. Henry,
For the benefit of our readers who do not under-
stand the cause of this little ebullition of grief we who presided, made a report about his recent visit to
Washington, so far as the visit bore upon the work
append the following:
"Andrew H. Hammond, respondent, vs. James Mor- of the association. He said the National Board of
gan, appellant.—Order of General and Special Terms of Trade had taken up the cudgels in this fight, and
reversed and order and judgment vacated, and case that he thought, from inquiry among members of
remitted to Special Term of Court below for action Congress, that there was an excellent prospect of
there, and defendants to have costs of appeal to the relief from the license system now imposed as a tax
General Term and to this Court, and $10 costs of this upon drummers in various states, especially in the
South. Mr. Henry said the remedy lay in the hands
motion."
of the drummers, for 250,000 men could bring about
any good result, politically, for which they might
LOWEB RATES DEMANDED.
work in earnest. After the election of members, the
appointment of new committees and miscellaneous
NO IMPROVEMENT IN THE EASTERN SHIPMENTS.
business, the following form of memorial to Congress,
CCORDING to Chicago correspondence there offered by John DeWitt, was adopted. It will be
has been but little improvement in east-bound sent everywhere for signatures.
freight shipments during the week ending
We most respectfully ask your co-operation in fur-
Jan. 23, the aggregate being 25,952 tons. This is an thering the passage of such a bill or bills as may
increase of 2,470 tons over the previous week, but a come before Congress for the purpose of abolishing
the tax upon commercial travelers, which at present
decrease from the corresponding week in 1885 of 24,- is imposed in a few States and Territories.
378 tons. The chief cause for this serious decrease
First—Because such taxes are unconstitutional in
is the absence of any demand in the East or in preventing and hindering commerce among the States.
Second—Because they are against public policy, in
Europe for grain. All the grain wanted at the sea-
that they tend to restrain competition and make both
board can be obtained nearer home. Under the cir- dealers and consumers pay higher prices for their
cumstances, it is not surprising that the farmers goods.
Third—Because they are unjust, as in some in-
throughout the West are clamoring for lower freight
stances they permit the travelers of one State or
rates so as to make shipments possible.
Territory to enjoy privileges not granted by that
Careful students of transportation problems can State or Territory to the travelers of other States or
see no way out of this difficulty, except for the rail- Territories.
roads to reduce their rates. This reduction, of
course, must include the Western connections as
well as the trunk lines. The latter are suffering
severely from the present stagnation in traffic. The
roads in the Southwestern Railway Association, for
instance, stood a decrease in their earnings lor the
first week in January of nearly $150,000, and for the
second week in the same month of $211,000. From
the 1st of January to the present time the roads in
this association have not carried 500 cars of through
freight. Only by a reduction of tolls from Nebraska,
Kansas, Dakota, and Minnesota to the seaboard can
shipments be stimulated.
The Baltimore and Ohio and Chicago and Atlantic
still continue to take a large share of the east-bound
business from Chicago. Although they deny that
they are taking any unfair advantage, the other east-
bound lines, which are not getting enough traffic to
pay their working expenses, are showing a good deal
of ill feeling over this diversion of freight.
There is no doubt but that the exorbitant high
freight rates charged from the West to the East are
in a great measure keeping down the Western manu-
facturers in our line. If it was not lor this they
would be able to successfully compete with many of
our Eastern makers, where now but few are able to
do it. We hope ere long to see a fair adjustment of
freight charges and thus give them all a chance alike.
ALBANY, N. Y.
A
A
Fourth—Because the traveling men of the country
now number over 250,000, and reach in their journey-
ings every town and hamlet of this country, are the
great distributors of goods, shipping about 300,000,000
tons out of 400,000,000 now carried yearly by the rail-
roads, spending $1,750,000 per day, or about $382,-
000,000 per year—calculating nine months' travel out
of twelve—which is distributed among the carriers,
hotels, producers, and shopkeepers, and such license
laws interfere with such distribution, and necessarily
interfere with the commerce of the whole country.
Fiflh —Because they are a relic of a barbarous age,
where every village or tribe sought to levy tribute
upon every other village or tribe, a state of things
which it was hoped had received its final blow in this
country when the tax of $1 imposed by the State of
New Jers*ey upon every person passing through it
was done away with.
Sivfh—Because it is against the interest of the com-
munities imposing such tax, as is illustrated by the
greater prosperity of other communities which have
never imposed or do not now impose them.
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS.
Musical Instruments, etc., January 16, 1885.
EXPORTS.
Hamburg,
Liverpool
Organ,
"
Music,
Antwerp,
Piano,
Glasgow,
Organs,
Brit. Poss . Africa,
"
Chili,
"
"
1 No.
27 "
3 boxes
2 cs.
1 No,
2 "
3 "
1 "
$ 44
1,710
21
40
300
175
150
100
IMPORTS.
Miscellaneous musical instruments, etc
150 pkges. >
$13,313
EXPRESS CONTRACT—EVIDENCE OP USAGE—where
a party, in February, agreed to sell to another 7,000
bushels of corn at 39c. per bushel, to be delivered in
the months of August and September following, and
the purchaser, as a part of the same agreement,
promised to make advances on the contract to the
sellers of what money he might from time to time
require, the Supreme Court of Illinois held, in a suit
upon the contract brought by the purchaser, that
evidence that a custom or usage prevailed requiring
the vendor to give to the vendee his note upon receiv-
ing any such advances, was not admissible, as it was
inconsistent with the express contract. Gilbert et al.
vs. McGinniss et al., reported by the Chicago Legal
Neu-s.
FACTORY SUGGESTIONS.
{From Scientific American, t
P. W. S. asks how to make a glue for glueing a
musical instrument. A. The great point in this oper-
ation is, first, to remove all of the old glue from the
parts to be joined ; then warm the part to be attached
very thoroughly, and a good carpenters' glue can
readily be used.
M. R. A. asks: How can I put a high polish on a
piece of walnut and preserve the natural color? A.
If the piece of walnut is small, you can put a high
polish on it by rubbing with a mixture of equal parts
THE FINEST COVER FOR UPRIGHT PIANOS AXD ORGANS EVER MADE.
For Sla.e and County Rights, Address the Patentee, M r s . S. E. RICHEY,
320 South Paulina Street, Chicago. III.
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