Music Trade Review
Issue: 1895 Vol. 21 N. 22 - Page 10
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!HH MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a reflection of the sentiments and disposi-
tion of the American people, who, irrespec-
tive of political beliefs, cordially sustain
his determination to uphold the interests of
the United States.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL
Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
SATURDAY
3 East 14th St., New York
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year; Foreign Countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
Insertion. On q uarterly or yearly contracts .• special dis-
count is allowed.
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should
be made payable to Edward Lyman Bill.
Bntered at the New York Post Office as Second Cla\s Matter.
"THE BUSINESS MAN'S PAPER."
HEN the piano factories first took
possession of Harlem, that now
populous part of the Metropolis was a ver-
itable waste. Within the past five years
that section of the city has made tremen-
dous strides both as a manufacturing and
residential center.
A very important
scheme was inaugurated recently by the
Sinking Fund Commission looking to the
construction of a system of docks and piers,
and the deepening of the Harlem River,
thereby adding materially to the wharfage
front of New York. One hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars was appropri-
ated at this meeting, but the total sum re-
quired will be considerable. This plan is
a sequel to the completion of the cutting
of the Harlem Canal, and it is probable
that an opening of a deep water way through
the rock impeded channel between Ran-
dall's Island and the main land at Port
Morris will be commenced at once. Steam-
ers could then enter the Sound instead of by
Sandy Hook, and not only would a saving
of a day be effected, but freight and pas-
senger rates would be reduced eighteen or
twenty per cent. Harlem will be a great
place one of these fine days, and the wis-
dom of manufacturers in locating there is
more discernible as time grows apace.
W
• • • • • • • • • • • •
HE President's message to Congress
on the question of Venezuela is the
standard topic of discussion in business
circles throughout the country. It is safe
to assert that no state paper since the days
of Lincoln has excited greater interest.
During the past few days we have talked
with the leading members of the music
trade in this city, and the consensus of
opinion is that while President Cleveland
has assumed a position which the interests
of the country require, and the only posi-
tion consistent with its dignity and safety,
yet any clash between the United States
and England is at present to be deplored.
In the past the several boundary disputes
between Great Britain and the United
States, some of which were fiercely waged,
were finally settled amicably. It is hoped
that this dispute will result in the same
way. A war scare will not help the busi-
ness interests of this country, but away
above all questions of business is the honor
of the country and the support of the prin-
ciple enunciated -by President Monroe.
The President's views on this matter is
T
•;*
A WORD WITH YOU.
OME artistic features in this issue!
We rather think so.
Don't you?
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW takes great
pleasure in presenting to its readers as a
Christmas souvenir the art and literary
supplement which is found incorporated
in this number. It is something of a de-
parture from our regular lines, but we think
that the departure will be appreciated by
our constituency everywhere.
The management of this paper has always
sought to develop its business on original
lines—to make THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a paper which should be sought for on
account of the original features, aside from
the news which it contains. It is true
that we have not at all times been able
to reach that ideal for which we have
striven, yet in the conduct of our business
affairs we have always been actuated by
progressive motives.
A comparison of our work for 1895 with
that of 1894 will convince anyone that our
S
service has vastly improved, and thus as
we cast a retrospective glance over a period
of sixteen or seventeen years, we find that
each year this paper has been giving better
news service and more value for the money
in every way.
We ask an unprejudiced comparison with
any other paper published in our particular
field.
We are now planning some new depart-
ures and surprises for next year, which we
trust will be quite as pleasing to our readers
and as much appreciated as our past efforts
have been. This paper doei> not disappear
periodically, but goes on from week to
week and year to year.
We never have sought to abuse our con-
temporaries, simply because they were en-
gaged in the same field, and trying to make
honorable advances in the same profession
as ourselves. We believe that there are
excellent trade papers published in New
York and in Chicago, which we are glad to
receive and to read. The music trade
papers do good. They all have a follow-
ing.
We never have hesitated to antagonize
unworthy men and motives. We never
have hesitated even if they were conduct-
ing papers on the same lines as ourselves.
This paper has been characterized as
sincere and independent, perfectly fear-
less in its utterances, relying upon no one,
two or three men for existence, but upon
r
the entire trade.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW has been styled
as "the business man's paper." We have
endeavored^ to make it thoroughly repre-
sentative in every way of the music indus-
tries of this country. We have constantly
added new departments which have been
of value to our readers and advertisers.
One thing particularly in which THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is original, is the
carrying of the paper personally among the
dealers in this country. It can be truly
said that THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW first
inaugurated extended personal trips. Its
representatives have traveled among the
retail trade from Maine to Mendocino, and
from the gates of Quebec to the Bay of
Vera Cruz.
In all sincerity, let us ask what other
paper has done this?
Our Special Numbers the past year have
won the admiration of our readers, and the
wide-spread circulation which they have
reached has been a vast benefit to our ad-
vertisers.
What trade paper in this country has
produced proof of a circulation of a single
edition exceeding ten thousand?
At the time of present writing THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is the only one.
!HH MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a reflection of the sentiments and disposi-
tion of the American people, who, irrespec-
tive of political beliefs, cordially sustain
his determination to uphold the interests of
the United States.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL
Editor and Proprietor.
PUBLISHED
EVERY
SATURDAY
3 East 14th St., New York
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage) United States and
Canada, $3.00 per year; Foreign Countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEMENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
Insertion. On q uarterly or yearly contracts .• special dis-
count is allowed.
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should
be made payable to Edward Lyman Bill.
Bntered at the New York Post Office as Second Cla\s Matter.
"THE BUSINESS MAN'S PAPER."
HEN the piano factories first took
possession of Harlem, that now
populous part of the Metropolis was a ver-
itable waste. Within the past five years
that section of the city has made tremen-
dous strides both as a manufacturing and
residential center.
A very important
scheme was inaugurated recently by the
Sinking Fund Commission looking to the
construction of a system of docks and piers,
and the deepening of the Harlem River,
thereby adding materially to the wharfage
front of New York. One hundred and
seventy-five thousand dollars was appropri-
ated at this meeting, but the total sum re-
quired will be considerable. This plan is
a sequel to the completion of the cutting
of the Harlem Canal, and it is probable
that an opening of a deep water way through
the rock impeded channel between Ran-
dall's Island and the main land at Port
Morris will be commenced at once. Steam-
ers could then enter the Sound instead of by
Sandy Hook, and not only would a saving
of a day be effected, but freight and pas-
senger rates would be reduced eighteen or
twenty per cent. Harlem will be a great
place one of these fine days, and the wis-
dom of manufacturers in locating there is
more discernible as time grows apace.
W
• • • • • • • • • • • •
HE President's message to Congress
on the question of Venezuela is the
standard topic of discussion in business
circles throughout the country. It is safe
to assert that no state paper since the days
of Lincoln has excited greater interest.
During the past few days we have talked
with the leading members of the music
trade in this city, and the consensus of
opinion is that while President Cleveland
has assumed a position which the interests
of the country require, and the only posi-
tion consistent with its dignity and safety,
yet any clash between the United States
and England is at present to be deplored.
In the past the several boundary disputes
between Great Britain and the United
States, some of which were fiercely waged,
were finally settled amicably. It is hoped
that this dispute will result in the same
way. A war scare will not help the busi-
ness interests of this country, but away
above all questions of business is the honor
of the country and the support of the prin-
ciple enunciated -by President Monroe.
The President's views on this matter is
T
•;*
A WORD WITH YOU.
OME artistic features in this issue!
We rather think so.
Don't you?
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW takes great
pleasure in presenting to its readers as a
Christmas souvenir the art and literary
supplement which is found incorporated
in this number. It is something of a de-
parture from our regular lines, but we think
that the departure will be appreciated by
our constituency everywhere.
The management of this paper has always
sought to develop its business on original
lines—to make THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
a paper which should be sought for on
account of the original features, aside from
the news which it contains. It is true
that we have not at all times been able
to reach that ideal for which we have
striven, yet in the conduct of our business
affairs we have always been actuated by
progressive motives.
A comparison of our work for 1895 with
that of 1894 will convince anyone that our
S
service has vastly improved, and thus as
we cast a retrospective glance over a period
of sixteen or seventeen years, we find that
each year this paper has been giving better
news service and more value for the money
in every way.
We ask an unprejudiced comparison with
any other paper published in our particular
field.
We are now planning some new depart-
ures and surprises for next year, which we
trust will be quite as pleasing to our readers
and as much appreciated as our past efforts
have been. This paper doei> not disappear
periodically, but goes on from week to
week and year to year.
We never have sought to abuse our con-
temporaries, simply because they were en-
gaged in the same field, and trying to make
honorable advances in the same profession
as ourselves. We believe that there are
excellent trade papers published in New
York and in Chicago, which we are glad to
receive and to read. The music trade
papers do good. They all have a follow-
ing.
We never have hesitated to antagonize
unworthy men and motives. We never
have hesitated even if they were conduct-
ing papers on the same lines as ourselves.
This paper has been characterized as
sincere and independent, perfectly fear-
less in its utterances, relying upon no one,
two or three men for existence, but upon
r
the entire trade.
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW has been styled
as "the business man's paper." We have
endeavored^ to make it thoroughly repre-
sentative in every way of the music indus-
tries of this country. We have constantly
added new departments which have been
of value to our readers and advertisers.
One thing particularly in which THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is original, is the
carrying of the paper personally among the
dealers in this country. It can be truly
said that THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW first
inaugurated extended personal trips. Its
representatives have traveled among the
retail trade from Maine to Mendocino, and
from the gates of Quebec to the Bay of
Vera Cruz.
In all sincerity, let us ask what other
paper has done this?
Our Special Numbers the past year have
won the admiration of our readers, and the
wide-spread circulation which they have
reached has been a vast benefit to our ad-
vertisers.
What trade paper in this country has
produced proof of a circulation of a single
edition exceeding ten thousand?
At the time of present writing THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW is the only one.
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