Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
The ONLY music TRADE paper which
the principal, then muoh valuable energy
received
any award at the Paris Exposi-
is wasted.
tion
of
1900
was The flusic Trade Review
There should be no discouragement of
which was given the GRAND PRIX, the
the conscientious and capable employee,
HIGHEST official recognition obtainable
because the feeling will be generated soon for any exhibit in any division of art, me-
that there is no use to do anything of es- chanics or industry.
pecial value, for the "old man will knock
land. Widle in a Western city recently
it all in the head."
There is no man living that knows as we saw a poll taken of a gathering of
much as does himself, plus half a dozen traveling men and 90 percent, of the num-
others, and if he can add the energy and ber present were in favor of supporting
ability of the others to his own and make the republican ticket.
Traveling men for Bryan and the bogus
of it a harmonious whole, he will meet with
dollar!
success not otherwise obtainable.
We have in mind a certain institution in
Tommyrot!
this industry where the man at the head is
AN HONOR TO JOURNALISM.
possessed of such a cantankerous disposi-
tion that he actually seeks to thwart by T H E R E is evident soreness on the part
every possible way the ambitions and en-
of the conductors of some journals
terprises of those who are his superiors, as who maintained exhibits at the Paris Ex-
far as intellectual qualifications are con- position at the lack of official recognition
cerned. Still, he holds the reins of power, which they received. Some of these jour-
which, if guided the right way, would re- nalistic enterprises incurred considerable
sult in a tremendous expansion.
expense, but failed to receive a high award,
But he seeks to depress rather than ex- while the Grand Prix was bestowed upon
the collection of technical and trade jour-
pand.
TT would seem from present indications nals which were invited by the United States
as if the labor outbreak in piano manu- Government to participate in the Exposi-
facturing circles would be perhaps quieted tion.
No higher tribute has been paid to class
before it spreads beyond the confines of
Cincinnati. Of course, rumors have been journalism than this awarding by the au-
flying around as plentifully as leaves in thorities of the Paris Exposition of the
Vallombrosa, but as a matter of fact, these Grand Prix. While The Review does not
rumors are founded on the flimsiest kind claim individual credit for the distinction
of hearsay and amount to practically noth- which it received in the official notification
ing. There is not, at the present time, from the United States authorities that it
anything above or beneath the labor sur- was entitled to use the award of Grand
face in New York which portends a com- Prix, we are willing to waive all of that
ing storm, all reports to the contrary not- and say that it is a common glory in which
all trade journals should share, that the
withstanding.
Of course, it is impossible to predict with profession should have received such a spe-
any degree of certainty what may occur cific recognition as the giving of the high-
est prize at the Exposition. This is the
after the election takes place.
first time in the history of great expositions
when class journalism—or any journalism,
THE DRUMMERS' VOTE.
for
that matter—has been so honored.
COME of the politicians are fond of stat-
ing that the "drummers" are all for
"GOOD OLD TIMES/'
Bryan on account of the trusts having
T H E R E are always men who will take a
thrown them out of employment.
most pessimistic view of the times.
A more absurd statement has never been
advanced in any campaign, for, as a mat- It was not so long ago when business con-
ter of fact, it is well known that there ditions were comparatively satisfactory and
never were as many traveling men on the men of to-day refer to that period as the
road as at the present time, nor has there one of the "good old times." They say:
ever been such a demand for them.
"Ah, we shall never see such conditions
It is true, in certain lines combinations again; " and still, as a matter of fact, when
have rendered unnecessary the employ- we come to analyze in a comparative way
ment of as many travelers as heretofore. the conditions of those days with the pres-
These men, however, have been utilized ent, we find that business in the " good old
in other departments of the business, but times" was restricted, and discouragement
in a general way the American drummer and timidity were general.
is more in evidence than ever before. His
There is more encouragement in the
persuasive eloquence may be heard with business prospects of to-day than at any
convincing force in every hamlet in the time in the history of this nation since it
passed beyond the purely agricultural stage
and entered the manufacturing arena.
There are some men who always think
the bottom has fallen out of everything in
the piano business and that money making
times will never come again, yet to any-
one who is not willfully blind, it is clear
that we are on the eve of an extremely
busy period. The season is only begin-
ning, and the great bulk of business is
yet to be done, and within a few weeks
manufacturers will be wondering how on
earth they are going to fill their orders,
and dealers all over the country will be
grumbling because they cannot get their
pianos just as they want them.
It is not easy to have transactions crowd-
ed into an uncomfortably short period.
No doubt it would be much nicer to have
the trade distributed throughout the year
and transacted in a leisurely and dignified
manner. It is unpleasant to have a fam-
ine one month and a feast the next, instead
of three square meals every day, but as
business cannot always be done in an ideal
way, the shrewd business man is he who
adapts himself to circumstances, not over-
elated at one time and not unduly cast
down at another.
As a matter of fact the people of this
great big country have got to have pianos,
and many of them have to have the money
to buy them with, therefore why not take
advantage of the times and be happy and
develop the idea of cash sales in such a
way that huge slices of trade can be se-
cured which shall be quickly remunera-
tive.
It is the nimble piano sixpence that
makes the wealthy piano dealer, and the
present is a pretty good time in which to
exploit that theory.
More cash.
Larger installments.
No hundred dollar pianos at retail.
Straight business.
QOME of the papers are having consider,
able to say about the entree of G. K.
Barnes, as a stockholder in the Cable Co.
Has there ever been a time since the for-
mation of the Chicago Cottage Organ Co.,
when Mr, Barnes was not a stockholder in
that concern which has been succeeded by
the Cable Co. ?
THE CIRCULATION OF RUMORS.
TT is surprising what widespread circula-
tion rumors which reflect upon the
credit or stability of business institutions
obtain within a comparatively brief time.
Our attention has been recently called to
a report regarding a certain manufactur-
ing institution in this State which was al-
leged to have encountered financial diffi-