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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
members, the New York sixty, the Chicago
fifty. Each local association should be en-
titled to send one delegate for every ten
members to the national association.
These men would be empowered to repre-
sent the local organization in any way that
they saw fit. Thus, instead of having a large
unwieldly convention at which many irrel-
evant matters would be introduced, it
would be the closest kind of an organiza-
tion, having, on the basis that we have
named, four from Boston, six from New
York, five from Chicago, making a total
membership of fifteen. The delegates,
of course, would be selected for their es-
the local organization in whose district the
national convention meets, why all well
and good, but after-dinner oratorical pyro-
technics never yet have resulted in busi-
ness or trade advancement. It is all right
in a social way, and possibly leaves very
pleasant memories at times on one's mind
regarding the event; but for business, real
business, simply carve down your member-
ship, always bearing in view that if
power is delegated to a few men, they will
accomplish ten times as much as if the
whole membership were brought together.
This may come after the convention shall
have been held in Boston.
Adolpho H. Fischer,
Nahum Stetson,
Freeborn G. Smith,
Charles H. Parsons,
Ernest J. Knabe,
Rufus W. Blake.
Division C.
Chicago Association, membership fifty;
manufacturers only. Territory including
everything west of Pennsylvania bounded
by the great lakes, the Mississippi and
Ohio rivers.
Delegates to National Convention—one
delegate for every ten members. Five:
W. W. Kimball,
H. D. Cable,
George P. Bent,
Review Map Showing Territory Embraced in National Piano Manufacturers' Association.
alack stars Indicate manufacturing points. Heavy black lines show imaginary divisions.
A—Territory embraced in Boston Association.
B—Territory embraced in New York Association.
C—Territory embraced in Chicago Association.
pecial fitness, and when this number of
men were brought together they could act
and accomplish something, we think, that
would benefit the trade.
We offer this matter purely in the way
of a suggestion, and we believe that our
friends will see that there is at least a mod-
icum of reason and common sense in this
association matter as we present it.
Reducing the membership of a national
organization will always add to its effec-
tiveness. Large membership has been the
rock upon which many national associa-
tions have split. We have seen it time
and time again. The effectiveness of a
bo^- lies in its condensation.
While it may not be out of place to have
a large banquet, if considered desirable by
Suppose at the convention of 1899 the
total membership should be, say, fifteen.
It should be divided as follows:
Division A.
Boston Association, membership forty;
manufacturers only. Territory including
the New England States, with the excep-
tion of Connecticut.
Delegates to National Convention—one
delegate for every ten members. Four:
Henry F. Miller,
C. H. W. Foster,
Edward P. Mason,
Thomas F. Scanlan.
Division B.
New York Association, membership
sixty; manufacturers only. Territory in-
cluding Connecticut, the Middle States,
as far south as Washington.
Delegates to National Convention—one
delegate for every ten members. Six:
Frank A. Lee,
Edward S. Story.
Think you that fifteen such men could
not accomplish something?
Well, well!
TRADE AND TERRITORIAL CON-
QUESTS.
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Dewey has introduced a
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new feature into our political system.
The Philippines will go to the United
States as a legitimate spoil of war, because
the probability is that, owing to Spain's
bankrupt condition, the United States will
have to take them as an indemnity, and
whether we will have to dispose of them
to some other power for a satisfactory finan-
cial or territorial consideration, is a ques-
tion for time to answer,