Music Trade Review
Issue: 1903 Vol. 37 N. 15 - Page 8
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
THE
flUJIC TIRADE
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
J . B. S P I L L A N E
MANAGING EDITOR.
IXECUTIVI STAFF :
THOS. CAMPBELL-COPELAND
OEO. B. KELLFR
W. MURDOCH LIND
A. EDMUND HANSON.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER
GEO. W. QUER1PEL
A. J. NICKL1N
Published Evtry Saturday at I Madison Avonut, Ntw York.
SUBSCRIPTION (Including postage), United States, Mexico and Canada, $2.00 per
year; all other countries, fi.OO.
ADVERTISEMENTS, f 2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Advertising Pages $50.00; opposite
readlnjrmatter, f75.00.
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should be made payable to Edward
Lyman BUI.
•* Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NEW YORK, OCT. 10, 1903.
TELEPHONE NUnBER, 1743-EKJHTEENTH STREET.
TH E
On the first Saturday of each month The Review contains In Its
ARTISTS'
"Artists' Department" all the current musical news. This Is
"
effected without in any way trespassing on the size or service
DEPARTMENT of the trade section of the paper. It has a special circulation, and
therefore augments materially the value of The Review to advertisers.
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corpora-
tlons found on page 2 will be of great value as a reference for
—
• * t h
SANIIFACVURERS
DIRECTORY
REVIEW
HP HE St. Louis Exposition is just now beginning to attract at-
*
tention everywhere, for it is dawning upon the people that
the world's greatest exposition will be held next year in the com-
mercial metropolis of the Southwest. The buildings are now well
advanced, and probably no other exposition has ever been in as near
a completed condition seven months before the opening day. The
whole affair is planned on a gigantic scale, eclipsing the "White
City" at Chicago by the beauty, variety and extent of the buildings
and grounds.
Neither with words nor pen is it possible to adequately describe
the colossal project which will be launched to commemorate the
Louisiana Purchase next year. Men who have visited the grounds
have come back enthusiastic in praise of the minds of the men who
are carrying on to completion this vast project.
H P HE award system has already been referred to at length in
*
former issues of The Review, and we may say that the whole
exposition plan seems moving on rapidly to a most glorious comple-
tion. In our opinion, the piano manufacturers who take part in the
exposition will be repaid in more ways than one for their expendi-
tures. Already enough have applied for space to insure a fair repre-
sentation, and among the applicants are some of the old and dis-
tinguished houses.
or piiNn
EDITORIAL
H P HE statement made exclusively in The Review last week re-
*
garding the use of pianos at concerts at the St. Louis Expo-
sition has created considerable comment in trade circles. Manufac-
turers as a whole figure that the position assumed by Col. Ockerson,
chief of the Liberal Arts Department, is a correct one.
Col. Ockerson maintains that exhibitors who go to St. Louis
as participants in the great exposition and expend their money gen-
erously for its success should have every possible benefit, direct or
indirect, which may come as the result of exposition outlay.
Boiled down, it means that the directors of the fair propose to
be loyal to the institutions, that with their money and enterprise
contribute towards making the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the
notable success which it is destined to win as the greatest exposition
in the world's history.
H P HE musical features of the great exposition to be held next
*• year will be remarkable. Mr. George W. Stewart, head of
the musical department, is now in Europe, where he has arranged
with several of the most distinguished bands in London and on the
Continent to play at the exposition next year.
Noted pianists, vocalists and organists will also appear upon
the musical programme of the exposition. It is the intention of
those who have this matter directly in charge to make the musical
features of St. Louis's great show most attractive in every respect.
Artists of the greatest eminence will take part. Thus it will be
readily seen that pianos will be in constant demand in the concert
hall. Hence the statement that none can be used, no matter who
the artist or what his affiliation to any particular instrument, unless
that instrument is represented in the Liberal Arts Department, is
a matter of keen interest to piano men, particularly those who have
applied for space.
\ A 7HEN the editor of The Review visited Cuba before the
* establishment of the Republic, he wrote a series of articles
upon the resources of that country and the possibilities of future
trade with America, for which he was personally complimented by
Estrada Palma, who later became the president of the Republic of
Cuba.
The possibilities for all kinds of American products in the
island are extremely large, but American trade steadily declines
with Cuba, so our Consul at Havana says.
European manufacturers are getting the markets.
While we go around the world searching for markets, here is
one being taken from us within easy reach.
Cuba is an agricultural country. It will never manufacture
much, but it wants all sorts of manufactured goods, including pianos
and musical instruments, and its wants will grow with its thrift in
constantly increasing ratio. European commercial interests under-
stand this, and their agents are everywhere in the island securing
the trade.
There is one way, apparently, by which our traders can hope
to secure advantage, and that is by reciprocal treaties. Reciprocity
has been urged as a duty, but it is no longer a question of duty or
sympathy; it is a question of plain business; and piano men every-
where will do well to emphasize this point upon their representa-
tives in Congress.
F is cheering, indeed, to travel over the great agricultural West
and note the prosperity which prevails everywhere. Piano mer-
chants are clamoring for wares and piano manufacturers are doing
their utmost to satisfy them.
The business of the country is not easily disturbed by any de-
preciation of paper values in Wall Street.
Confidence, after all, is the sole basis of prosperity; and there
is a solid assurance in the West that prosperity is firmly seated in
the saddle, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of Wall street.
I
THE
MUSIC TRADE
THE
flUJIC TIRADE
EDWARD LYMAN BILL,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
J . B. S P I L L A N E
MANAGING EDITOR.
IXECUTIVI STAFF :
THOS. CAMPBELL-COPELAND
OEO. B. KELLFR
W. MURDOCH LIND
A. EDMUND HANSON.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER
GEO. W. QUER1PEL
A. J. NICKL1N
Published Evtry Saturday at I Madison Avonut, Ntw York.
SUBSCRIPTION (Including postage), United States, Mexico and Canada, $2.00 per
year; all other countries, fi.OO.
ADVERTISEMENTS, f 2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Advertising Pages $50.00; opposite
readlnjrmatter, f75.00.
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should be made payable to Edward
Lyman BUI.
•* Entered at the New York Post Office as Second Class Matter.
NEW YORK, OCT. 10, 1903.
TELEPHONE NUnBER, 1743-EKJHTEENTH STREET.
TH E
On the first Saturday of each month The Review contains In Its
ARTISTS'
"Artists' Department" all the current musical news. This Is
"
effected without in any way trespassing on the size or service
DEPARTMENT of the trade section of the paper. It has a special circulation, and
therefore augments materially the value of The Review to advertisers.
The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corpora-
tlons found on page 2 will be of great value as a reference for
—
• * t h
SANIIFACVURERS
DIRECTORY
REVIEW
HP HE St. Louis Exposition is just now beginning to attract at-
*
tention everywhere, for it is dawning upon the people that
the world's greatest exposition will be held next year in the com-
mercial metropolis of the Southwest. The buildings are now well
advanced, and probably no other exposition has ever been in as near
a completed condition seven months before the opening day. The
whole affair is planned on a gigantic scale, eclipsing the "White
City" at Chicago by the beauty, variety and extent of the buildings
and grounds.
Neither with words nor pen is it possible to adequately describe
the colossal project which will be launched to commemorate the
Louisiana Purchase next year. Men who have visited the grounds
have come back enthusiastic in praise of the minds of the men who
are carrying on to completion this vast project.
H P HE award system has already been referred to at length in
*
former issues of The Review, and we may say that the whole
exposition plan seems moving on rapidly to a most glorious comple-
tion. In our opinion, the piano manufacturers who take part in the
exposition will be repaid in more ways than one for their expendi-
tures. Already enough have applied for space to insure a fair repre-
sentation, and among the applicants are some of the old and dis-
tinguished houses.
or piiNn
EDITORIAL
H P HE statement made exclusively in The Review last week re-
*
garding the use of pianos at concerts at the St. Louis Expo-
sition has created considerable comment in trade circles. Manufac-
turers as a whole figure that the position assumed by Col. Ockerson,
chief of the Liberal Arts Department, is a correct one.
Col. Ockerson maintains that exhibitors who go to St. Louis
as participants in the great exposition and expend their money gen-
erously for its success should have every possible benefit, direct or
indirect, which may come as the result of exposition outlay.
Boiled down, it means that the directors of the fair propose to
be loyal to the institutions, that with their money and enterprise
contribute towards making the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the
notable success which it is destined to win as the greatest exposition
in the world's history.
H P HE musical features of the great exposition to be held next
*• year will be remarkable. Mr. George W. Stewart, head of
the musical department, is now in Europe, where he has arranged
with several of the most distinguished bands in London and on the
Continent to play at the exposition next year.
Noted pianists, vocalists and organists will also appear upon
the musical programme of the exposition. It is the intention of
those who have this matter directly in charge to make the musical
features of St. Louis's great show most attractive in every respect.
Artists of the greatest eminence will take part. Thus it will be
readily seen that pianos will be in constant demand in the concert
hall. Hence the statement that none can be used, no matter who
the artist or what his affiliation to any particular instrument, unless
that instrument is represented in the Liberal Arts Department, is
a matter of keen interest to piano men, particularly those who have
applied for space.
\ A 7HEN the editor of The Review visited Cuba before the
* establishment of the Republic, he wrote a series of articles
upon the resources of that country and the possibilities of future
trade with America, for which he was personally complimented by
Estrada Palma, who later became the president of the Republic of
Cuba.
The possibilities for all kinds of American products in the
island are extremely large, but American trade steadily declines
with Cuba, so our Consul at Havana says.
European manufacturers are getting the markets.
While we go around the world searching for markets, here is
one being taken from us within easy reach.
Cuba is an agricultural country. It will never manufacture
much, but it wants all sorts of manufactured goods, including pianos
and musical instruments, and its wants will grow with its thrift in
constantly increasing ratio. European commercial interests under-
stand this, and their agents are everywhere in the island securing
the trade.
There is one way, apparently, by which our traders can hope
to secure advantage, and that is by reciprocal treaties. Reciprocity
has been urged as a duty, but it is no longer a question of duty or
sympathy; it is a question of plain business; and piano men every-
where will do well to emphasize this point upon their representa-
tives in Congress.
F is cheering, indeed, to travel over the great agricultural West
and note the prosperity which prevails everywhere. Piano mer-
chants are clamoring for wares and piano manufacturers are doing
their utmost to satisfy them.
The business of the country is not easily disturbed by any de-
preciation of paper values in Wall Street.
Confidence, after all, is the sole basis of prosperity; and there
is a solid assurance in the West that prosperity is firmly seated in
the saddle, notwithstanding the vicissitudes of Wall street.
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