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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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We will predict—but then read the article pounded the questions to Mr. Boothe we
expected some evasion to our direct queries,
and you will fully realize our predictions.
Mcnc Mcne Tekcl Upharsin, which quota- but no, he replied unhesitatingly and de-
tion revised and fin-dc-sicclc means, Watch livered himself of his views in such a force-
the hand writing on the wall and you will ful and characteristic way that will be of
interest to the trade. When Wm. F.
see a National association.
Boothe talks, he talks straight from the
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shoulder, and there is no mistaking that
To-day New York will witness one of
his blows are large, well rounded and
the grandest parades which has ever
sledge-hammer-like. What he says about
occurred in this or any other city. There
the "cheap" piano will cause much surprise
will probably be a hundred and twenty-
in certain quarters.
five thousand business men in line. These
men will represent almost every known in-
dustry, and every shade of political belief,
THK REVIEW hinted last week of the pos-
but who will throw aside old party affilia- sible change of the Chicago agency of the
tions to march in protest of the depre- Hazelton piano from Lyon & Healy to
ciated dollar advocated by Bryan and his Lyon, Potter & Co. The transfer is now
followers.
an established fact, and the Hazelton
The extent of the parade may be real- piano will be handled in the Western Me-
ized when we state that the first columns tropolis by the latter named firm. Mr.
form for marching at ten o'clock, while the Samuel Hazelton, who has been on a West-
last column will not be formed until seven, ern trip, returned to town last Tuesday.
thus from the windows of THE REVIEW we
may witness the parade for hours, then go
AMONG the recently appointed agents for
down town to fall in line; and after dis- the Steinway piano is Geo. Schroeder, Co-
banding at Forty-second street we will lumbus, O. He is successor to the old firm
have ample time to return and witness the of Longstreth & Schroeder.
MR. BUSH, of the firm of Bush & Gerts,
marching thousands for hours, if we so
manufacturers of the . celebrated pianos
desire.
Robert C. Kammerer will lead a com- that bear their name, is attending the fair.
—Dallas, Tex., "Times-Herald."
pany of Fourteenth street business men.
THE Cornucopia Co., to publish periodi-
Rudolf Dolge will also be at the head of a
cals and music, have been incorporated in
detachment, while THE REVIEW will organ- this city; capital, $1,000. Directors—H.
ize a company, and will march in conjunc- L. Luques, H. M. Tillinghast, and Wil-
No trade=paper bulldozing.
tion with the " North American Review" liam McM. Speer.
No advertising payments in in the Publishers and Advertisers division.
CHARLEY SISSON, the well-known road
man,
who has severed his connection with
If
there
are
any
of
our
readers
who
are
advance.
the
B.
Shoninger Co., of New Haven,
No monetary loans to support desirous of parading, who have not at- is in town looking after his Brooklyn inter-
tached themselves to any organization, we
ests, the Sisson-Hedenberg Co.
newspaper mendicancy.
wish to say that we shall be pleased to have
S. L. HOUSE, of House & Davis, Chicago,
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them join with us. The company will
and Carl Droop, of E. F. Droop & Son,
The article appearing in another portion leave THE REVIEW offices at 1.15, assem- Washington, D. C , were in town during
of this paper entitled "The Great Music bling at Cedar street, west of Trinity the week.
Trade Congress" is pure fiction, yet in the Place, at 2.30 P. M. sharp.
C. J. MENZIES' music store, at 1905 South
light of the twentieth century our words
Broadway,
St. Louis, was damaged by fire
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may appear prophetic. Already there is a
last week.
No independent trade journalist asks a
tendency towards amalgamation between
EDWIN M. BOOTHE, who has recently
manufacturer to contribute towards his
the New York and Boston associations.
purchased the old business formerly con-
They are in close touch with each other, traveling expenses. If he has a business ducted by Prince & Son, will incorporate
and on some subjects they are entirely in proposition he presents it in a business man- the Milton Piano Co., instead of the Dun-
accord. The change of the name of the ner, but does not start a begging subscrip- ham Piano Co., as stated last week.
New York association proved conclusively tion fund in order to pay his touring ex-
that its members are desirous of broaden- penses. But then there are others who
subsist chiefly on the generosity and sus- An Oasis in the Financial Desert.
ing its scope.
ceptibility of the trade to accede to their
THE REVIEW convened in 1889 the first
E are glad to note one oasis in the
importunate demands.
trade meeting which occurred in this city,
financial desert, says the New York
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which resulted in the formation of the
" Independent," and it is this: The old-
Piano and Organ Manufacturers' Associa-
"Our Specialty Talk," with Mr. Win. F. established house of Hallet & Davis Piano
tion of America. We advocated at that Boothe, which appears in another part of Co., of Boston, which suspended a few
time the formation of a National Music this issue, is perhaps one of the most re- weeks ago, has made a settlement of one
hundred cents on the dollar: and its fac-
Trade Association. For a time this be- markable interviews, in many respects, tory, which gives employment to about
came side-tracked, but the association idea which have appeared in a trade publication. three hundred hands, will start at once on
is now gaining strength with each month.
We are frank to admit that when we pro- full time.
dealers, willingly or not, to get nearer than
ever to a cash basis.
It may be that with the restoration of
old-time prosperity and confidence this
change would disappear. Perhaps. Yet
it seems to us that inasmuch as it is a more
profitable, a safer and healthier mode of
conducting business, and in fact the prin-
ciple that lies at the bottom of sound trad-
ing, it will obtain with the thinking, pro-
gressive men who constitute the grand
army of dealers.
Frequent and limited purchase is in the
direction of business uniformity and steadi-
ness as opposed to the spasmodic oscilla-
tions between activity and dullness. In a
measure it diminishes the exceptional de-
mand for money at stated seasons, and tends
to a more stable and prosperous condition
of business.
While this change in buying methods,
such as we have indicated, would apply at
first to manufacturers engaged in the
general line of wares in which novelty or
changes in style count to a large degree,
yet were it to result in better and safer con-
ditions, it could not fail to influence and
dominate—perhaps in time transform—the
present system, which, judging from the
number of failures and other evidences of
faulty methods which have come to notice
from time to time, would not be an un-
mixed evil.
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