Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 33 N. 2 - Page 8
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WILL THE " PAN AM." BE A BAD THING?
Many papers, in commenting on the Pan-
American Exposition in Buffalo, express the
opinion that the business men in that city,
who have been so enthusiastic in getting it
up, will meet bitter disappointment. The
Chicago Tribune, for example, remarks that
the exposition "reflects credit on the energy,
artistic taste, and liberality of the citizens of
Buffalo," but adds:
"It does not reflect equ-al credit on their
powers of observation and their business
sense.
For an exposition is a speculation
which never pays the city where it may be
held, however much it may benefit those who
attend it. «For that city it means a few
months of feverish excitement and jubilation,
and then a reaction and long-continued dead-
ly dullness. A year hence the Buffalonians
who are up in a balloon now will be down on
the ground, meditating on the unprofitable-
ness of expositions.
"Jealousy does not prompt this prediction.
Chicagoans would like to see the Buffalo
show a success in every respect. But bit-
ter experience has taught them something.
They have had their exposition spree and
subsequent headache.
They expected that
the great doings of the World's Fair year
would lift up the city to unwonted and con-
tinued prosperity.
They have found out
their mistake, and, as may have been noticed,
they seldom brag of 1893.
"After the World's Fair the real estate
market, which had been so lively, suddenly
collapsed, and is just beginning to revive.
When the crowds of visitors departed, some
regions of the city took on the appearance
of a deserted village. The 'To rent' signs
blossomed out everywhere in the windows of
stores and apartment houses.
Since 1893
the amended litany of Chicago real estate
men has read: 'From panics and from world's
fairs, good Lord, deliver us.'
"Chicagoans sinned against the light a
dozen years ago, for they had before them the
experience of Philadelphia, whose progress
was retarded, not accelerated, by the Cen-
tennial Exposition.
But there are some
things apparently which one city can not be
taught by the sad experience of others. Un-
mindful of what Chicago suffered, Omaha
had an exposition to advertise and build up
that city. The result was just what might
have been expected—stimulation, followed
by depression.
"While Omaha, in sackcloth and ashes,
was sitting amid the ruins of its exposition,
Buffalo began planning to have one. Nor
is that city alone in its unwisdom. Charles-
ton is to have an exposition this winter, and
St. Louis is to splurge two years hence.
"Expositions are of value to real estate
owners who can sell their holdings at top-
notch prices and collect the money. They
are not locally useful otherwise. They ex-
cite a brief unnatural and unwholesome ac-
tivity, followed by painful nervous prostra-
tion."
L. S. Dederick, son of Louis Dederick,
the Weber enthusiast of Chicago, left last
week for Germany, where he will continue
his organ studies. The junior Dederick
possesses great musical gifts and he has a
future of promise,
One Hundred Dollars
EM PRIZES
IS OFFERED BY T H E R E V I E W
To Be Divided as Follows:
No.
I — $ 2 5 . 0 0
to the person sending the best original article upon
the subject:
"WILL THE DEPARTMENT STORES BECOME PERMANENT AND
GREATER DISTRIBUTING PIANO FACTORS?"
Won by H.WARNER
No.
2—$25.00
KIMBALL.
to the person sending the be*t original article upon
the subject:
"WHAT
BENEFIT
WILL BE DERIVED
FROM
THE ONE-PRICE
SYSTEM IN RETAILING?"
Won by ALFRED H. FORD.
NO.
3 — $ 2 5 . 0 0 to the person sending the best original article upon:
"WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS OF THE MODERN
PIANO SALESMAN?"
No.
4—$25.00
to the person sending the best original article upon:
-WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT OF A PIANO
TRUST
UPON
THE INDUSTRY?"
RULES GOVERNING THE PRIZE CONTEST
All manuscripts must be submitted in typewritten form.
No composition must contain more than 1200 words.
Any individual may enter for the entire list of prizes.
The contest is open to all readers of The Review.
The editor of The Review reserves the right to publish any of the compositions sent in.
All those who enter for Prize No. 3, must send in their manuscript by August 24th.
The names of the contestants must be attached to manuscript submitted, but will not be
published in connection with the contribution if so specified by the writer.
The date upon which competition No. 4 will close will be announced later.
It is our intention to continue the series of prizes and embrace every department of
trade which will be of interest to Manufacturer, Dealer, Salesman and Factory Employee
All communications must be addressed "Prize Contest"
EDITOR OF THE REVIEW,,
3 East 14th Street, New York.
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
WILL THE " PAN AM." BE A BAD THING?
Many papers, in commenting on the Pan-
American Exposition in Buffalo, express the
opinion that the business men in that city,
who have been so enthusiastic in getting it
up, will meet bitter disappointment. The
Chicago Tribune, for example, remarks that
the exposition "reflects credit on the energy,
artistic taste, and liberality of the citizens of
Buffalo," but adds:
"It does not reflect equ-al credit on their
powers of observation and their business
sense.
For an exposition is a speculation
which never pays the city where it may be
held, however much it may benefit those who
attend it. «For that city it means a few
months of feverish excitement and jubilation,
and then a reaction and long-continued dead-
ly dullness. A year hence the Buffalonians
who are up in a balloon now will be down on
the ground, meditating on the unprofitable-
ness of expositions.
"Jealousy does not prompt this prediction.
Chicagoans would like to see the Buffalo
show a success in every respect. But bit-
ter experience has taught them something.
They have had their exposition spree and
subsequent headache.
They expected that
the great doings of the World's Fair year
would lift up the city to unwonted and con-
tinued prosperity.
They have found out
their mistake, and, as may have been noticed,
they seldom brag of 1893.
"After the World's Fair the real estate
market, which had been so lively, suddenly
collapsed, and is just beginning to revive.
When the crowds of visitors departed, some
regions of the city took on the appearance
of a deserted village. The 'To rent' signs
blossomed out everywhere in the windows of
stores and apartment houses.
Since 1893
the amended litany of Chicago real estate
men has read: 'From panics and from world's
fairs, good Lord, deliver us.'
"Chicagoans sinned against the light a
dozen years ago, for they had before them the
experience of Philadelphia, whose progress
was retarded, not accelerated, by the Cen-
tennial Exposition.
But there are some
things apparently which one city can not be
taught by the sad experience of others. Un-
mindful of what Chicago suffered, Omaha
had an exposition to advertise and build up
that city. The result was just what might
have been expected—stimulation, followed
by depression.
"While Omaha, in sackcloth and ashes,
was sitting amid the ruins of its exposition,
Buffalo began planning to have one. Nor
is that city alone in its unwisdom. Charles-
ton is to have an exposition this winter, and
St. Louis is to splurge two years hence.
"Expositions are of value to real estate
owners who can sell their holdings at top-
notch prices and collect the money. They
are not locally useful otherwise. They ex-
cite a brief unnatural and unwholesome ac-
tivity, followed by painful nervous prostra-
tion."
L. S. Dederick, son of Louis Dederick,
the Weber enthusiast of Chicago, left last
week for Germany, where he will continue
his organ studies. The junior Dederick
possesses great musical gifts and he has a
future of promise,
One Hundred Dollars
EM PRIZES
IS OFFERED BY T H E R E V I E W
To Be Divided as Follows:
No.
I — $ 2 5 . 0 0
to the person sending the best original article upon
the subject:
"WILL THE DEPARTMENT STORES BECOME PERMANENT AND
GREATER DISTRIBUTING PIANO FACTORS?"
Won by H.WARNER
No.
2—$25.00
KIMBALL.
to the person sending the be*t original article upon
the subject:
"WHAT
BENEFIT
WILL BE DERIVED
FROM
THE ONE-PRICE
SYSTEM IN RETAILING?"
Won by ALFRED H. FORD.
NO.
3 — $ 2 5 . 0 0 to the person sending the best original article upon:
"WHAT ARE THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS OF THE MODERN
PIANO SALESMAN?"
No.
4—$25.00
to the person sending the best original article upon:
-WHAT WOULD BE THE EFFECT OF A PIANO
TRUST
UPON
THE INDUSTRY?"
RULES GOVERNING THE PRIZE CONTEST
All manuscripts must be submitted in typewritten form.
No composition must contain more than 1200 words.
Any individual may enter for the entire list of prizes.
The contest is open to all readers of The Review.
The editor of The Review reserves the right to publish any of the compositions sent in.
All those who enter for Prize No. 3, must send in their manuscript by August 24th.
The names of the contestants must be attached to manuscript submitted, but will not be
published in connection with the contribution if so specified by the writer.
The date upon which competition No. 4 will close will be announced later.
It is our intention to continue the series of prizes and embrace every department of
trade which will be of interest to Manufacturer, Dealer, Salesman and Factory Employee
All communications must be addressed "Prize Contest"
EDITOR OF THE REVIEW,,
3 East 14th Street, New York.
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