Music Trade Review
Issue: 1905 Vol. 40 N. 23 - Page 40
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
With the Makers and Sellers of Talking Machines
C. H. HICKOK CO.
door. I thought I would get through the crowd,
and did not imagine they would try to prevent
Western Salesman for Indian Records Tells the my carrying a box away. But I made a mistake.
Story of a Shipment to Chicago Which Was Several men surrounded me and tried to take the
Secured Under Trying Circumstances Owing box. I got back to the doorway and about twenty
to the Big Teamsters' Strike in That City. policemen got me in their midst and we made a
flying wedge through the crowd. I got across the
E. A. Hawthorne, of the American Record Co., street to a cigar store, where I opened the box
sends the following extract from a letter received and carried the records under my arm. As i t
from C. W. Noyes, one of the Western salesmen then had no signs of having been an express pack-
age, I was unmolested."
for "Indian Records":
"I received the records this afternoon after a
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. SUE
severe time of it, and under conditions that were
trying indeed. You have no doubt read of the
(Special to The Review.)
big teamsters' strike, which is furnishing plenty
Milwaukee, Wis., June 3, 1905.
of excitement for us at present. This is a sympa-
Suit
for
$11,076.94
has been brought by the
thetic strike and has included about every team-
ster in Chicago, including drivers for the various Columbia Phonograph Co. against the Huseby
Co., of this city, in the United States District
express companies.
Court. The complaint alleges that the defendant
"Express packages have not been delivered for company entered into a contract to handle the
four days, and I found to-day that if I expected to Columbia graphophones and talking machines, ex-
receive the records I would have to go to the clusively, except that it was permitted to carry a
depot for them, so I went over this afternoon sample line of another machine. The allegation
and found a howling mob of strikers who were is made that the Huseby Co. carried and sold
trying to prevent the express companies from de- more than the sample line, and damages of $3,000
livering perishable freight to the commission mer- are claimed for this reason. It is also charged
chants.
that the Huseby Co., to sell the other machines,
"I managed to get into the train sheds and declared that the Columbia machines were in-
found an express porter, who, after a little urg- ferior, and that this damaged the business of the
ing, agreed to show me the car that contained my plaintiff to the extent of $5,000. The contract was
package. He would not assist me, however, in canceled December 15, 1904, and it is alleged that
getting it out of the well-filled car, and after toss- $3,076.84 is due from the Huseby Co. for goods
ing a couple of hundred other boxes to one side, delivered and not paid for.
I found it and started on my way, happy again.
But my troubles were only beginning. I stepped
The O'Brien Electrophone Co., of Augusta, Me.,
.out into the street with the box under my arm, was incorporated this week with a capital stock
and I think, without any exaggeration, 500 strik- of $500,000. I. L. Fairbanks, of Augusta, Me.,
ers and almost as many policemen met me at the is president and treasurer.
HOW NOYES SECURED HIS RECORDS.
Have Built Fine Auditorium for Sale of Talk-
ing Machines—A Chat With This Gentle-
man Who is Optimistic.
That the large piano dealers are recognizing
the fact that the talking machine business has
become an established branch of the trade, is
evinced by the action of the Chas. H. Hickok
Music Co., of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in building a
large auditorium for the sole purpose of exhibit-
ing the various makes of machines which they
handle. This firm has for many years been con-
sidered one of the most conservative in the piano
business along the Hudson Valley, and in regard
to the new departure Mr. Hickok recently said
to The Review: "There is no denying that the
talking machine business will form an important
part of the retail business of every dealer in
musical instruments in the future, and those
who take hold of it first will be the winners."
He has placed Miss L. D. Baguley in charge of
that department as saleswoman, and she is
achieving great success in her department, and
W. A. DeGroff, an expert machinist, has charge
of the repair department of all the numerous
automatic machines sold by the company.
The Manx Language Society has been formed
and to carry out its purpose of preserving the
language of the Isle of Man will send a phono-
graph to different parts of the island, and old men
whose accent is pure will speak into the receiver
passages from Scripture, folk-lore stories, idioma-
tic sentences and proverbs. When the records are
complete they will be kept at the society's rooms
in Douglas.
Columbia Graphophones and Records
LEAD
ALL OTHERS
IN SELLING
QUALITIES
Music Dealers will find it will pay them to in-
vestigate this statement. If you have not already
placed your order for a full line of these goods, do
not lose another moment before doing so. You will
find they fairly sell themselves. Made in two styles,
cylinder and disc.
TYPE AY
Price $50
Columbia records
are unequaled for qual-
ity, purity and clearness of tone, loudness
and resonance. They are made by the
best artists of this country and Europe,
and in endless variety—from Grand Opera selections to the latest popu-
lar hits of the day.
WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS TO DEALERS
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH
Grand Prize, Paris, 1900
NEW YORK : 353 Broadway.
1 IIILADELI'IIIA : 10191021 Market St.
LARGEST TALKING MACHINE FACTORY IN THE WORLD.
COMPANY
Double Grand Prize and 3 Gold Medals, St. Louis, 1904
SAN FRANCISCO : 125 Geary St.
CHICAGO : 88 Wabash Ave.
LONDON : 89 Great Eastern St., E. C.
BOSTON: 164 Tremont St.
riTTSBURG : 615 Penn Ave.
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
With the Makers and Sellers of Talking Machines
C. H. HICKOK CO.
door. I thought I would get through the crowd,
and did not imagine they would try to prevent
Western Salesman for Indian Records Tells the my carrying a box away. But I made a mistake.
Story of a Shipment to Chicago Which Was Several men surrounded me and tried to take the
Secured Under Trying Circumstances Owing box. I got back to the doorway and about twenty
to the Big Teamsters' Strike in That City. policemen got me in their midst and we made a
flying wedge through the crowd. I got across the
E. A. Hawthorne, of the American Record Co., street to a cigar store, where I opened the box
sends the following extract from a letter received and carried the records under my arm. As i t
from C. W. Noyes, one of the Western salesmen then had no signs of having been an express pack-
age, I was unmolested."
for "Indian Records":
"I received the records this afternoon after a
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. SUE
severe time of it, and under conditions that were
trying indeed. You have no doubt read of the
(Special to The Review.)
big teamsters' strike, which is furnishing plenty
Milwaukee, Wis., June 3, 1905.
of excitement for us at present. This is a sympa-
Suit
for
$11,076.94
has been brought by the
thetic strike and has included about every team-
ster in Chicago, including drivers for the various Columbia Phonograph Co. against the Huseby
Co., of this city, in the United States District
express companies.
Court. The complaint alleges that the defendant
"Express packages have not been delivered for company entered into a contract to handle the
four days, and I found to-day that if I expected to Columbia graphophones and talking machines, ex-
receive the records I would have to go to the clusively, except that it was permitted to carry a
depot for them, so I went over this afternoon sample line of another machine. The allegation
and found a howling mob of strikers who were is made that the Huseby Co. carried and sold
trying to prevent the express companies from de- more than the sample line, and damages of $3,000
livering perishable freight to the commission mer- are claimed for this reason. It is also charged
chants.
that the Huseby Co., to sell the other machines,
"I managed to get into the train sheds and declared that the Columbia machines were in-
found an express porter, who, after a little urg- ferior, and that this damaged the business of the
ing, agreed to show me the car that contained my plaintiff to the extent of $5,000. The contract was
package. He would not assist me, however, in canceled December 15, 1904, and it is alleged that
getting it out of the well-filled car, and after toss- $3,076.84 is due from the Huseby Co. for goods
ing a couple of hundred other boxes to one side, delivered and not paid for.
I found it and started on my way, happy again.
But my troubles were only beginning. I stepped
The O'Brien Electrophone Co., of Augusta, Me.,
.out into the street with the box under my arm, was incorporated this week with a capital stock
and I think, without any exaggeration, 500 strik- of $500,000. I. L. Fairbanks, of Augusta, Me.,
ers and almost as many policemen met me at the is president and treasurer.
HOW NOYES SECURED HIS RECORDS.
Have Built Fine Auditorium for Sale of Talk-
ing Machines—A Chat With This Gentle-
man Who is Optimistic.
That the large piano dealers are recognizing
the fact that the talking machine business has
become an established branch of the trade, is
evinced by the action of the Chas. H. Hickok
Music Co., of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in building a
large auditorium for the sole purpose of exhibit-
ing the various makes of machines which they
handle. This firm has for many years been con-
sidered one of the most conservative in the piano
business along the Hudson Valley, and in regard
to the new departure Mr. Hickok recently said
to The Review: "There is no denying that the
talking machine business will form an important
part of the retail business of every dealer in
musical instruments in the future, and those
who take hold of it first will be the winners."
He has placed Miss L. D. Baguley in charge of
that department as saleswoman, and she is
achieving great success in her department, and
W. A. DeGroff, an expert machinist, has charge
of the repair department of all the numerous
automatic machines sold by the company.
The Manx Language Society has been formed
and to carry out its purpose of preserving the
language of the Isle of Man will send a phono-
graph to different parts of the island, and old men
whose accent is pure will speak into the receiver
passages from Scripture, folk-lore stories, idioma-
tic sentences and proverbs. When the records are
complete they will be kept at the society's rooms
in Douglas.
Columbia Graphophones and Records
LEAD
ALL OTHERS
IN SELLING
QUALITIES
Music Dealers will find it will pay them to in-
vestigate this statement. If you have not already
placed your order for a full line of these goods, do
not lose another moment before doing so. You will
find they fairly sell themselves. Made in two styles,
cylinder and disc.
TYPE AY
Price $50
Columbia records
are unequaled for qual-
ity, purity and clearness of tone, loudness
and resonance. They are made by the
best artists of this country and Europe,
and in endless variety—from Grand Opera selections to the latest popu-
lar hits of the day.
WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS TO DEALERS
COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH
Grand Prize, Paris, 1900
NEW YORK : 353 Broadway.
1 IIILADELI'IIIA : 10191021 Market St.
LARGEST TALKING MACHINE FACTORY IN THE WORLD.
COMPANY
Double Grand Prize and 3 Gold Medals, St. Louis, 1904
SAN FRANCISCO : 125 Geary St.
CHICAGO : 88 Wabash Ave.
LONDON : 89 Great Eastern St., E. C.
BOSTON: 164 Tremont St.
riTTSBURG : 615 Penn Ave.
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