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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
strument of great renown which possibly
does not take part in the exposition.
Another important matter is, whether the
withdrawal of one exhibitor, or a number
of exhibitors, composing the great makers
of America, be the signal to lower the stand-
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
ard of a medal from first to third degree.
J. B. S P I L L A N E , MANAGING EDITOR.
Piano manufacturers are invited to take
THOS. CAMPBELL-COPELAND
WALDO E. LADD
part in a great event where their individual
Executive Staff:
GEO. W. QUERIPEL
A. J. NICKLIN
expenditures run into thousands, and surely
Pnunshal Every Satnrday at 3 East 14th Street, New Jort. the men who have these expositions in
SUBSCRIPTION (including postage). United States, Mexico
charge should state precisely upon what
and Canada, $2.00 per year; all other countries, $4.00.
ADVERTISEnENTS, $2.00 per inch, single column, per
insertion. On quarterly or yearly contracts a special discount
grounds an exhibit will be judged.
is allowed. Advertising Pages $50.00, opposite reading matter,
$75.00.
If there are to be no awards, then that
RBFIITTANCB*, in other than currency form, should be
made payable to Edward Lyman Bill.
ends
the whole matter; but if there are to
Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter
be awards, why would it not be well for
NEW YORK, AUGUST 17, 1901.
the piano manufacturers of America,
TELEPHONE NUMBER, 1745-EKJHTEENTrI STREET.
through the National Association, to insist
THE
On the first Saturday of each
ARTISTS 1
month The Review contains in its
upon having the award rules clearly de-
DEPARTMENT " Artists' Department" all the cur-
rent musical news. This is effected
fined
?
without in any way trespassing «n the size or ser-
vice of the trade section of the paper. It has a
If medals are to be given, the grade stated,
special circulation, and therefore augments mater-
ially the value of The Review to advertisers.
and if an outside standard is permitted, then
DIRECTORY OF
The directory of piano manu-
state precisely what institution is taken as
PIANO
facturing firms and corporations
MANUFACTURERS
the standard. Exhibitors would then know
f o t m d Q n p a g g 2Q w i n b e Q£ g r e a t
value as a reference for dealers and others.
just what they were entering for, and that
A directory of all advertisers
DIRECTORY OF
in
The
Review
will
be
found
on
the withdrawal of any firm could or could
ADVERTISERS
page 5.
not nullify the grade of awards. There
should be a clarification of the award atmos-
EDITORIAL
phere.
The identical rules should apply to piano-
THE QUESTION OF AWARDS.
players, for the piano-players to-day cut a
V\7ITHIN a compar- very important part in the piano output of
Should the with-
drawal of exhibitors
atively
s h o r t this country. No visitor to the Pan-Amer-
reduce the grade of
space of time there will ican can fail to be impressed with the fact
awards?—Should there
be an outside stand-
be
another great expo- that the self-playing field is well represent-
ard by which exhibits
are measured ?
sition held in America, ed, and forms to-day a prominent part of
and probably the one to which we refer, to the exhibit in the piano pavilion.
be held at St. Louis, will eclipse any other
It is only right that the men who are asked
standard ever established in America, save
to spend large sums of money in aiding the
perhaps that of Chicago, and there are good
success of a great exposition, should know
reasons to believe that in some points of
beyond liability of dispute upon what con-
special interest the laurels won by Chicago
ditions they are to enter the race.
will be transferred to her southwestern rival.
Piano men have had quite a breathing
Manufacturers in all lines will be asked
spell since the Chicago Fair, which was so
to exhibit, piano manufacturers among
generally participated in by members of our
others, and it seems only right that precau-
industry, and St. Louis will probably cap-
tionary measures should be established in
ture a representative piano exhibit, there-
order that there may not be a repetition of
fore it is well to begin to discuss these mat-
the award wrangles which have been so
ters beforehand, with the hope that a sat-
much in evidence at every great fair since
isfactory understanding may be secured to
'76.
replace the present unsatisfactory, and, from
Exhibitors are invited to contribute to the
some standpoints, discouraging conditions.
success of a great enterprise, and when they
are asked to enter into competition for
THE OUTLOOK FOR TRADE.
prizes the managers of the fair should de-
piANO manufactur-
Piano men inter-
ested in the trade re-
fine upon what general lines the award sys-
ers and dealers
ports—T h e l a t e s t
information of a grati-
tem will be run.
have been studying crop
fying nature—Dealers
and m a n u f a c t u r e r s
As we stated last week, it should be clear-
reports
with much inter-
view the outlook with
ly understood whether an exhibit is to be composure.
est. Estimates from
judged according to the standard estab- the great corn producing sections of the
lished by the exhibitors who take part in an West have been somewhat reassuring of late,
exposition, or whether the standard by which but, according to the most careful estimate,
exhibits are to be judged, is to be some in- there will be a considerable shrinkage when
T W E N TY - TH IR D
YEAR.
RMEW
compared with the output of former years.
Now that the actual damage to the corn
crop is known with a fair degree of accu-
racy, much of the discouragement so unfor-
tunately created has been removed. This
gratifying condition should be increased by
the further statement that, while Western
farmers have sustained a considerable loss
on corn, they will, to some extent, be able
to make up the deficiency by planting other
crops, which can be gathered with profit
before the setting in of cold weather. This
is a big country, and its varied resources
are amazing when one sums them up in
cold figures; and, while there may be a
shrinkage of many millions in corn, yet cot-
ton, which was dethroned as king some years
ago, again looms up as a candidate for crop
supremacy.
Conservative reviews of the cotton crop
situation have been made in the principal
states of the cotton belt, and indications now
point to a more bounteous yield than ever
before. Communications received from
dealers who reside in the cotton belt show
that they are anticipating big results from
the cotton yield, and then, there has been a
vast change in the sentiment regarding pros-
pects in the corn States. The tone of pes-
simism, which characterized communica-
tions received from there a few weeks ago,
is now, happily, lacking; while it cannot
be denied that there will be a large short-
age, yet the outlook is far from discourag-
ing.
As we view the trade situation, there is
every reason to believe that the business for
the fall will reach commanding proportions.
As far as the great steel strike is concerned,
there is a general belief that it will simmer
down to very small proportions within the
very near future, and as a great menace to
business for the fall will cease to exist.
THE ABILITY OF MANUFACTURERS.
some weeks
To meet the demand
for pianos—Advan-
past we have been
tage of sending in
different
sections of
early orders — What
manufacturers have to
letters from dealers in
say—Opinions worth
reading.
in receipt of numerous
the Union, asking our opinion as to the
ability of piano manufacturers to promptly
supply instruments should the demand prove
as large as has been generally predicted.
Our personal advice to such dealers has
been purely in the nature of a suggestion,
and that is, it always pays to be on the safe
side of a business proposition when it is
possible. It would assist matters materially
both for the manufacturers and dealers if
the latter were to place their orders imme-
diately for future shipment. Tn that way
the manufacturers themselves could rely