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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
How Our Manufactures Have
Grown.
EXPORTS INCREASED FROM $ 6 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 TO
$ 2 8 8 , 8 7 1 , 4 4 9 IN THIRTY YEARS —LAST
FIGURES ARE FOR 1 8 9 8 MANY CLASSES
OF ARTICLES NOT REPRESENTED IN
EARLY YEARS NOW SOLD ABROAD.
The Everett Advance
Big Fire in Chicago.
IS ALONG THE MOST ARTISTIC LINES THIS
POLICY TO BE DEVELOPED STILL FURTHER.
GEO. P. BENT AND THE EMERSON PIANO CO.
BURNED OUT WILL HAVE TO SEEK. NEW
QUARTERS BOTH CONCERNS FULLY
INSURED.
- Ever alive to business possibilities, that
great institution, the John Church Co.,
is marching steadily onward, strengthen-
ing old lines and forming new lines for
[Special to The Review.]
further advance.
Their rapid strides
Washington, Nov. 23, 1898.
toward prominence in the leading cities of
The remarkable growth of our exports the Union is not due solely to intelligent
and manufactures is illustrated by a table and well directed business management,
just prepared by the Treasury Bureau of
but is as much to be credited to the fact
Statistics showing the exports of leading that the policy of the firm is to make in all
articles of manufacture at ten-year inter- branches of manufacture only the best,
vals in the last thirty years. This table and that "best" means productions on a
shows the exports of each class of manu- line that will be alike creditable to the
factures the value of which exceeded artistic development of this country and
$1,000,000 in the year 1898, comparing to themselves. This is evident in the dif-
that year's exports with those of 1888, ferent institutions in which they are inter-
1878 and 1868.
ested.
The total export of manufactures in
Take, for instance, the Everett Piano
1898 was more than five times that of
Co., and we see splendidly illustrated in
1868, that for 1898 being $288,871,449, their recent productions in both grands
while that of 1868 was, in round numbers, and uprights, as well as in their different
about $60,000,000, expressed in the depre- moves—present and prospective—the artis-
ciated currency of that date, and when re- tic aims in view.
duced to the gold standard, by which our
This evolution, so to speak, is the result
manufactures are now measured, would be of careful study and investigation. It is
less than $45,000,000.
the purpose of the makers that the Everett
Thirty-four classes of manufactured arti- pianos shall be pre-eminent. They must be
cles sho vv an export of more than $ 1,000,000 capable of withstanding the most drastic
each in the year 1898, while in f 868 only criticism.
seven showed an export of as much as
What has been accomplished so far along
$1,000,000 each. Five classes of articles these lines is stupendous if we take the
show an export in 1898 of more than Everett grand as an illustration of recent
$10,000,000 each while in 1868 only one of productions. This instrument has worthily
the classes showed an exportation of as won the highest critical praise from lead-
much as $10,000,000. Even in 1888, only ing musicians and we predict that it will
ten years ago, only seventeen of the thirty- command a still broader appreciation and
four classes showed as much as $1,000,000 a larger clientele of admirers when its
each in value, and only three of them merits are more prominently brought to
passed the $10,000,000 mark. In these public notice as will occur in due course.
calculations it must be borne in mind that
Meanwhile there is to be " n o halting by
values of nearly all articles are now less the wayside " with the Everett Piano Co.
than at the earlier dates considered, so The plans now in process of development
that these statements of the exports of insure the Everett piano being an impor-
great groups of articles, while necessarily tant factor among the leading instruments
expressed in values, doubtless represent of the trade during the year of 1899. With
in 1898 a larger quantity for each dollar or John Anderson in charge of the expert de-
million of dollars than in 1888 or in 1878, partment—a man who is internationally
and especially more than in 1868, when famous as a scale draughtsman and acous-
the values were expressed in depreciated tician—backed by a capable executive who
currency.
are strong mentally and financially, we are
Of the important classes of manufac- certain to have still further advances in
tures, those of cotton, leather, wood and Everett fame. As with the Everett Com-
iron and steel present the most striking pany, so in every department of the John
evidence of growth.
Church Co.'s vast business there is bound
The figures relating to musical instru- to be marked progress the coming year.
ments are interesting. In 1868, we exported
The Baldwin Piano Co. have been awarded
$173,341 worth; in 1878, $756,477 worth;
in 1888, $908,540 worth; in 1898, $1,383,- a bronze medal for their magnificent piano
display at the Omaha Exposition.
867.
These figures demonstrate that there
is an upward tendency in the exports of
musical instruments as in everything else.
Dealers are very enthusiastic in their
praise of the Waldorf piano, made by the
Waldorf Piano Co., of 552 West Twenty-
ninth street, this city, and in which Behr
Bros. & Co. are interested. Built on reli-
able lines, possessing a good tone, attrac-
tive in appearance and sold at a reasonable
price it fills all the requirements a dealer
desires in an instrument of that grade.
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On Monday last a telegram reached Jo&fi
W. Northrop, of the Emerson Piano Co.,
who was spending some days in this city
that the building occupied by the Em<
Piano Co. at 207-9 Wabash avenue,, Chi-
cago, was wholly destroyed by fire that
morning. Mr. Northrop at once cut short
his visit and took the train for home. From
The Indicator we take the following partic-
ulars :
" The building was occupied by Geo. P.
Bent, the Emerson Piano Co. and the Free-
man Fur Co. It nearly adjoined the site
of the Ayer building, which burned on
March 16 last, when eight lives were lost
and more than a score of persons injured,
and this fact caused a good deal of excite-
ment for a time, though no lives were en-
dangered in this latter fire. The total loss
was estimated at $20,000.
" T h e Freeman Fur Co. occupied the
second floor over the Emerson Piano Co. 's
warerooms at 207. A few minutes after
midnight the night watchman in Lyon &
Healy's music store discovered smoke in
that firm's building and began an investi-
gation. He went into the alley and saw
that the building adjoining Lyon & Healy
was on fire. A small blaze could be seen
on the roof over the Freeman Fur Co. 's
place. A still alarm of fire was turned in,
but Fire Insurance Patrol Company No. 1,
which responded, was unable to put out
the fire, and six fire engines and a chemical
engine were called out.
"The" fire promised to be a stubborn
one, because of the dense volume of black
smoke that poured through the roof and
from the windows, making it difficult for
the firemen to get men enough to the
building to do effective work with the
hose. After a fight of three-quarters of an
hour, during which time the greateT por-
tion of the roof was burned away, the fire
was under control.
" T h e blaze started in the workshop of
the Freeman Fur Co., but from what cause
is unknown.
" Geo. P. Bent's loss will probably
amount to $25,000, principally by water.
The Emerson Piano Co.'s loss will be
heavy. The loss on the building is esti-
mated at $3,000.
" Geo. P. Bent and the Emerson Co. are
fully insured. Both houses will have to
seek new quarters at once."
Mehlin
Pianos
Factory, 461 to 467 West 40th St.,
New York.
'A Leader
among
Leaders."
Main Office and Warerooms :
27 Union Square.