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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
EDWARD Vl MAN BILL
Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
SATURDAY
will stand postponement till the Presiden-
tial election. The people of, this country
have had a surfeit, of theorizing, and are
going to avoid anything that will interfere
with the strong, steady.; current toward bet-
ter times which are now prevalent. Silver
and gold advocates should avoid playing
into the hands of politicians. Sufficient for
the day is the evil-thereof.
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"THE BUSINESS MAN'S PAPER."
T
HE name Hazelton on a piano has
been, and always will be, a guarantee
of its excellence and reliability. Hazelton
Bros, have aimed to give the musi-
cian and dealer an artistic instrument—an
instrument of unquestioned eminence in the
piano field. Each and every style of the
Hazelton piano is handsomely cased and en-
dowed with splendid tonal quality. Dealers
never complain about trade provided they
handle these instruments, and judging from
the attractive line which will be ready for
fall trade, there will be more Hazelton in-
struments sold than ever before.
T
HE possibility of the silver question
interfering with fall business is, we
think, fast disappearing. The intelligent
action of the Cleveland Convention in not
taking action on this question, and the
lessening of the agitation in the South and
West goes to show that the more both sides
of the question are discussed the more
prone the people of these sections are to
the conclusion that the millennium will not
alone be reached by the free coinage of sil-
ver; anyhow, the question is one which
.
HE conservatism for which English
manufacturers have long been noted
in catching up new ideas or recognizing
the value of foreign products is fast disap-
pearing. This has been illustrated in the
way American manufactures have been
recognized abroad. For instance, the Al-
fred Dolge blue felt and other supplies of
this house are now being used by manu-
facturers in England, Germany and France,
while the celebrated piano actions of Wes-
sell, Nickel & Gross are also in use by sev-
eral European manufacturers, notably the
distinguished house of Broad wood & Sons,
of London, who speak very highly of these
products. There can be no doubt but the
use of American products in the European
factories will result in the improvement of
the European piano. The American-made
instruments which are now to be found on
sale in London, have in a measure shown
our transatlantic cousins how far they are
behind in this progressive age. That they
are catching up, however, is evident fiom
the desire to test and use American pro-
ducts. This inclination is praiseworthy.
T
WHY WE SHOULD CELEBRATE.
O
N account of the holiday occurring
this week, we close our forms some-
what earlier than usual—on the evening of
July 3d —and as we write these final lines,
the small boy, already effervescing with
anticipatory fun over the joys of to-mor-
row, has commenced to explode the festive
fire-cracker, and everything bids fair for
to-morrow to be an exuberant, good old-
fashioned Fourth.
Well, let the welkin ring, and let the
day be greeted with the shrill fife and the
merry strain and the crackers' roar.
So let us do. The good old ways
In this are past improving,
And in these fin-de-siecle days
Let powder fizz, and bang to praise
A country worth the loving.
ened; all that now is of the past. The
brightened factory-fires are casting a radi-
ance over all the land which isreflected in
the faces of hundreds of thousands of happy
workmen. The trade arteries are pulsing
with new and quickened life. Good' time's
in many of the greatest American indus-
tries are no longer prospective; they are
actually present, and realized by innumer-
able workmen and employers. That the
latter expect better times In the near future
is clearly indicated by the uniform tend-
ency of wages—upward.
According to an eminent authority the
wages of not less than two hundred and
fifty thousand men in the United States
have been advanced materially within the
last ninety days. Careful inquiry through-
out the country indicates an advance aver-
aging nearly 12 per cent. These better con-
ditions embrace nearly every line of trade.
Such a situation is truly gratifying.
With the clouds of depression which have
overshadowed the country fast disappear-
ing, with the future full of promise, there
is every reason why we should join with the
small boy and celebrate a good, old-fash-
ioned Fourth. Let the crackers fizz, and
let 'em bang.
BEHR BROS. & Co. recently received an
order for fourteen of their highest priced
styles from Geo. R. Fleming, of Phila-
delphia.
THE Emerson Piano Co., Boston, received
a large batch of orders from about fifteen
of their agents during the past week. This
proves that their trade has not as yet been
effected by the temperature.
THE Bates Piano Co., of Worcester, will
carry the "Weber" as leader.
THE Ozias Riley Music Co., of Cham-
paign, Til., has transferred assets to pre-
ferred creditors.
F. A. CONZELMAN, music trade dealer,
Port Jervis, N. Y., lost about $1,500
through fire which occurred in his store last
week. He also had a narrow escape for
h i s
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JULIUS BRECKWOLDT, superintendent of
Alfred Dolge's case factory, was in New
York this week.
GEO. P. BENT left an order for a thousand
piano cases with Alfred Dolge & Son dur-
ing his recent Eastern trip.
WISSNER HALL, in Newark, will be for-
mally opened with a concert next Saturday
evening.
GEO. STECK & Co. has donated a beauti-
How different the outlook to-day than
ful silver cup to be contested for at the
that of a year ago! At that time the coun-
National Schutzenbund, which is now being
try was overshadowed with gloom. Great held in this city.
industries were seriously crippled, and the
L. W. P. NORRIS, of the Lindeman &
factories' fires were burning low in many Sons Piano Co., has just returned from a
of the great working centers. The indus- very successful trip which he made in be-
trial life of the country was. seriously-threat- half * of his house.