Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 20 N. 3 - Page 2
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
pression of the early part of last year, a very
satisfactory report was presented and
adopted. For the past few months the Pease
Piano Company have had a very satisfactory
demand for their products East and West.
()ne of the great successes of the year was
the Pease baby grand, which won com-
mendation from musicians and the trade.
The policy of this house for 1895 will be a
liberal and progressive one, and it is their
intention to add to the reputation and esteem
in which the Pease products are held in all
sections of the country.
pUBlJSJIED
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in .^ vance; Foreign Countries,
$4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
«•* wOR th» cause that lacka assistance,
For the vmg that qeftls resistance
For tlje fcturs in t)z f stan:^-^' •""
Apd tij« goo4 ftal *« cao do-'
OTE the lesson in protection, conveyed
in our European letter in this issue.
Our correspondent not only gives readers
trade notes, but something to ponder over
on the politico-economic situation.
N
HE Chicago Musical Times prints the
following" :
" We have thought that it was preferable
to fill the columns of the Musical limes with
news and general reading matter pertaining
to the music trade, leaving personalities
and repetition of abuse of our contemporar-
ies entirely alone."
There is real humor in this, for if our
memory is correct, and we think it is, we
rather incline to the belief that our friend
has not been making any special attempt to
eliminate the very matter to which he refers.
T
T THE annual meeting of the Pease
Piano Company, last Monday, the
present officers of the company were re-
elected. Notwithstanding the general de-
A
T
HE Sterling Company, Derby, Conn.,
have every reason to feel proud of the
advanced position which they occupy in the
trade, and eminently gratified with the con-
dition of their business. The following ex-
cerpt from the Sentinel, Ansonia, Conn.,
gives an excellent idea of the bustling" ac-
tivity prevalent:
"Business at the Sterling Company's factory
is booming. The company during one week
of December shipped one hundred pianos
and almost the same number of organs, and
to meet this demand for their goods the fac-
tory has been running at night in every de-
partment, except the milling room. Since
the election of November business has picked
right up with them and the number of
orders has increased. Among some of the
shipments made lately are the following:
One carload to the City of Mexico, two car-
loads to Denver, four carloads to San Fran-
cisco and one carload to San Diego. The
average number of pianos in a car is twelve,
and the above shipments are in addition to
their regular shipments. The company sent
out thirty organs to-day."
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
VERY important decision was rendered
in the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals last Saturday which is of especial
interest to music and book publishers in
general. This decision bears on a case ap-
pealed by the New York Daily Neios. It
seems that the Xe-ws instead of printing its
entire paper in this country, had, for reasons
of its own, certain sheets printed in Ger-
many, and imported them, to be issued as
supplements to one of the editions. The
Custom House classified the sheets as
"printed matter," and taxed them with 25
percent, duty. The AVaw claimed that the
sheets came in the " newspaper and periodi-
cal " class, and were, therefore, free of duty.
After a long fight and varying decisions in
the different Federal Courts, this claim has
finally been sustained, and, unless there is
a reversal by the Supreme Court, the Xctcs
can import its foreign-printed supplements
free of duty.
A
According to this decision, publishers
can have the greater part of their work done
in Europe or in Canada, and shipped here
free of duty. This decision further deprives
the printing trades of the 25 per cent,
protection which they were supposed to
have under the tariff law.
THE LAW OF LIBEL.
W
ILL the law of libel be amended so
that it may be less restrictive in its
operations?
A number of owners and representatives
of newspapers published in this State are
now endeavoring to persuade the Legisla-
ture to make such amendments. The law
as it now stands, according to their com-
plaint, is unjust and oppressive, as it en-
ables persons having real or fancied griev-
ances against newspapers to mulct unduly.
There may be truth in this, and no doubt
there is, but will it not be ample time to re-
lax the law of libel when the press shall
have shown that it deserves that considera-
tion at the hands of the public? We know
that as far as newspapers are conducted—in
too many of them—there is a special disre-
gard of the rights of individuals. When
newspapers arc willing to respect personal
character and the rights of firms and corpo-
rations—when they cease to regard their
vehicles as simply affording 1 them an oppor-
tunity to engender sensationalism and
malignant scandals when they cease to do
thisit will be ample time to change the law of
libel. In the music trade press, even as in
the daily press, there has been notable in-
stances wherein the rights of individuals
have been flung to the winds, so to speak.
When the press is reformed, then will be
ample time to reform the law of libel.
CALENDAR ADVERTISING.
OES calendar advertising pay?
That is the question.
During the past month so many calen-
dars have reached this office that we are
impelled to reflect on the wisdom of this
kind of advertising.
The main object of the annual distribu-
tion of these souvenirs is to keep the adver-
tisers before the public, so that " he who
runs may read." Now we maintain that
the thousands of calendars sent out by piano
manufacturers and others last month never
accomplished the result hoped for.
Cio where you will to-day and you will
find every house, great and small, sending
out calendars. They cannot all be used.
No manufacturer or dealer is disposed or
can give each one a prominent place in his
business office or store, hence the majority
are relegated to the waste paper basket.
Costly matter, mighty costly, too.
D
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
pression of the early part of last year, a very
satisfactory report was presented and
adopted. For the past few months the Pease
Piano Company have had a very satisfactory
demand for their products East and West.
()ne of the great successes of the year was
the Pease baby grand, which won com-
mendation from musicians and the trade.
The policy of this house for 1895 will be a
liberal and progressive one, and it is their
intention to add to the reputation and esteem
in which the Pease products are held in all
sections of the country.
pUBlJSJIED
3 EAST 14th STREET, NEW YORK.
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year, in .^ vance; Foreign Countries,
$4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion; unless inserted upon rates made by special
contract.
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
«•* wOR th» cause that lacka assistance,
For the vmg that qeftls resistance
For tlje fcturs in t)z f stan:^-^' •""
Apd tij« goo4 ftal *« cao do-'
OTE the lesson in protection, conveyed
in our European letter in this issue.
Our correspondent not only gives readers
trade notes, but something to ponder over
on the politico-economic situation.
N
HE Chicago Musical Times prints the
following" :
" We have thought that it was preferable
to fill the columns of the Musical limes with
news and general reading matter pertaining
to the music trade, leaving personalities
and repetition of abuse of our contemporar-
ies entirely alone."
There is real humor in this, for if our
memory is correct, and we think it is, we
rather incline to the belief that our friend
has not been making any special attempt to
eliminate the very matter to which he refers.
T
T THE annual meeting of the Pease
Piano Company, last Monday, the
present officers of the company were re-
elected. Notwithstanding the general de-
A
T
HE Sterling Company, Derby, Conn.,
have every reason to feel proud of the
advanced position which they occupy in the
trade, and eminently gratified with the con-
dition of their business. The following ex-
cerpt from the Sentinel, Ansonia, Conn.,
gives an excellent idea of the bustling" ac-
tivity prevalent:
"Business at the Sterling Company's factory
is booming. The company during one week
of December shipped one hundred pianos
and almost the same number of organs, and
to meet this demand for their goods the fac-
tory has been running at night in every de-
partment, except the milling room. Since
the election of November business has picked
right up with them and the number of
orders has increased. Among some of the
shipments made lately are the following:
One carload to the City of Mexico, two car-
loads to Denver, four carloads to San Fran-
cisco and one carload to San Diego. The
average number of pianos in a car is twelve,
and the above shipments are in addition to
their regular shipments. The company sent
out thirty organs to-day."
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
VERY important decision was rendered
in the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals last Saturday which is of especial
interest to music and book publishers in
general. This decision bears on a case ap-
pealed by the New York Daily Neios. It
seems that the Xe-ws instead of printing its
entire paper in this country, had, for reasons
of its own, certain sheets printed in Ger-
many, and imported them, to be issued as
supplements to one of the editions. The
Custom House classified the sheets as
"printed matter," and taxed them with 25
percent, duty. The AVaw claimed that the
sheets came in the " newspaper and periodi-
cal " class, and were, therefore, free of duty.
After a long fight and varying decisions in
the different Federal Courts, this claim has
finally been sustained, and, unless there is
a reversal by the Supreme Court, the Xctcs
can import its foreign-printed supplements
free of duty.
A
According to this decision, publishers
can have the greater part of their work done
in Europe or in Canada, and shipped here
free of duty. This decision further deprives
the printing trades of the 25 per cent,
protection which they were supposed to
have under the tariff law.
THE LAW OF LIBEL.
W
ILL the law of libel be amended so
that it may be less restrictive in its
operations?
A number of owners and representatives
of newspapers published in this State are
now endeavoring to persuade the Legisla-
ture to make such amendments. The law
as it now stands, according to their com-
plaint, is unjust and oppressive, as it en-
ables persons having real or fancied griev-
ances against newspapers to mulct unduly.
There may be truth in this, and no doubt
there is, but will it not be ample time to re-
lax the law of libel when the press shall
have shown that it deserves that considera-
tion at the hands of the public? We know
that as far as newspapers are conducted—in
too many of them—there is a special disre-
gard of the rights of individuals. When
newspapers arc willing to respect personal
character and the rights of firms and corpo-
rations—when they cease to regard their
vehicles as simply affording 1 them an oppor-
tunity to engender sensationalism and
malignant scandals when they cease to do
thisit will be ample time to change the law of
libel. In the music trade press, even as in
the daily press, there has been notable in-
stances wherein the rights of individuals
have been flung to the winds, so to speak.
When the press is reformed, then will be
ample time to reform the law of libel.
CALENDAR ADVERTISING.
OES calendar advertising pay?
That is the question.
During the past month so many calen-
dars have reached this office that we are
impelled to reflect on the wisdom of this
kind of advertising.
The main object of the annual distribu-
tion of these souvenirs is to keep the adver-
tisers before the public, so that " he who
runs may read." Now we maintain that
the thousands of calendars sent out by piano
manufacturers and others last month never
accomplished the result hoped for.
Cio where you will to-day and you will
find every house, great and small, sending
out calendars. They cannot all be used.
No manufacturer or dealer is disposed or
can give each one a prominent place in his
business office or store, hence the majority
are relegated to the waste paper basket.
Costly matter, mighty costly, too.
D
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