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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
TRAFFIC MANAGER TALKS
WILL HELP NEW ORLEANS.
OUR EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE.
Upon Possible Freight Reductions—Attended
Meeting of Classification Committee in New
York—Hope for Reduction of 15 Per Cent.
Simmons Says Trade Will Boom After the
President's Visit.
Export Trade in Musical Instruments Shows
Increase—Imports for the Month Indicate
Slight Decrease, But Player Shipments Make
Fine Record—The Figures.
J. P. Simmons, treasurer and general manager
Thomas C. Moore, traffic manager of the of the Junius Hart Piano House, New Orleans,
Piano Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association, La., while chatting in The Review office this
has been in town this week looking over freight week, remarked: "I am glad to see President
matters in connection with the two associations. Roosevelt is going to New Orleans, and I think
He appeared at the meeting of the regular of- that his presence there will be helpful to the
ficial classification committee on Tuesday at 143 business interests of the city, for after his de-
Liberty street. He was accompanied by Paul G. parture the embargo will be removed, and we
Mehlin and Frank C. Decker, other members of will all be doing business. Of course, there is no
the commit.ee, Messrs. Bush, Bond and Payson, use to deny the fact that New Orleans trade has
being absent.
suffered terribly during the past few months on
Mr. Moore, while discussing the situation with account of the yellow fever epidemic. I was
The Review, remarked: "This is the regular of- glad, however, to learn this morning that we sold
ficial classification committee of all roads east eleven pianos last week, which shows more life
of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio. I feel in the retail trade, and you know that all of our
very confident from statements made by the rep- outside trade has been absolutely cut off. I shall
resentatives of the various roads that we will go home by steamer this week. I have gotten my
be able to secure a reduction which will amount business in splendid shape. We have a combina-
to 15 per cent, on the carload rates. Of course, tion of men which I think will mean much to
matters of this kind move slowly, and it is not the future of the Junius Hart piano business."
easy to win points of this kind with the rail-
roads. I may say that the officials were very
DEATH OF C. HENRY SCHEER.
much pleased to meet Messrs. Mehlin and Decker,
and I believe that matters are moving along as
C. Henry Scheer, who was in the employ of
satisfactorily as we could hope."
Charles M. Stieff in Baltimore, Md., for twenty-
seven years, died last week at his home, 1807
FIRE AT DE KLEIST CO.'S PLANT.
Riggs avenue, that city. The deceased entered
the Stieff plant when a mere boy, and worked
(Special to The Review.)
himself up to be foreman of the establishment,
North Tonawanda, N. Y. ( October 2, 1905.
which position he has held since 1887. As a
The fire which broke out a few days ago in mark of respect to his memory the machinery
the plant of the De Kleist Musical Instrument at the factory was stopped from 2.30 to 3.30 on
Co., has not caused as much damage as was at the day of the funeral, and all work suspended.
first anticipated, and there has been practically The entire varnish department formed a guard
no interference with work. The local fire com- of honor at the funeral, and deputations attend-
pany had t-he flames well under control before ed not only from the Charles M. Stieff factory
the additional engines arrived.
and warerooms. but from the Shaw Piano Co.'s
factory. There were numerous floral offerings
and nothing was left undone on the part of the
NEW CONCERN IN FARGO.
employers and associates to attest their appre-
The "Fargo Music House" is the title of a new ciation of the sterling qualities of the deceased.
concern handling pianos, organs and musical Mr. Scheer was forty-five years of age.
merchandise which has opened up in the Walker
Block on Broadway, Fargo. N. D. The business
VOTJGH COMPANY'S GREAT BUSINESS.
is in charge of G. W. Bancle, formerly of Chi-
cago.
A CANADIAN INCORPORATION.
Curran, Goulding & Skinner, Ltd;, of Winni-
peg, has been incorporated with the authorities
of Canada, with a capital stock of $40,000, for
the purpose of carrying on the business of manu-
facturers and importers of and dealers in pianos,
organs and musical instruments.
NEWBY & EVANS PIANOS FOR SCHOOLS.
The public school autnorities of Waterbury,
Conn., were recent purchasers of four handsome
Newby & Evans pianos, the deal having been
consummated by F. H. Lewis & Co., of Water-
bury.
S. M. BARRUS WITH SHERMAN-CLAY.
S. W. Barrus, who has won a wide reputation
as an advertising specialist, and who was for-
merly with the Knight-Campbell Music Co., Den-
ver, and more recently with Kohler & Chase, has
now joined the forces of Sherman, Clay & Co.,
San Francisco, where he will have charge of the
advertising department.
STEGER HEPRESENTATIVE EAST.
John F. Reardon, wholesale manager for
Steger & Sons, Chicago, 111., has been looking
over trade matters in the Bast. Mr. Reardon re-
marked to The Review that his visit East had
no special business significance, that it was more
the nature of a vacation than for the purpose of
calling upon the trade. While here he made it a
point to look up some old acquaintances, and
will probably go down to Boston before his re-
turn to Chicago.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, October 2, 1905. '
The summary of exports and imports of the
commerce of the United States for the month of
August, 1905, the latest period for which it has
been compiled, has just been issued by the
Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com-
merce and Labor. The figures relating to musi-
cal merchandise, including pianos, organs, piano
players and miscellaneous "small goods" in the
musical field are as follows:
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
during August amount to $102,055, as compared
with $111,269 worth which were Imported the
same month of 1904. The eight months' total,,
ending August, shows importations valued at
$781,579, as against $792,678 worth of musical
instruments imported during the same period of
1904. This gives a decrease In imports for the,
eight months ending August of $11,099.
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The import figures for the eight months' period
for the three years are as follows: 1903, $821,133;
1904, $792,678; 1905, $781,579.
The total domestic exports of musical instru-'
ments for August, 1905, amounted to $300,411, aa
compared with $212,136 for the same month of
the previous year. The eight months' exporta-
tion of musical instruments amounted to $2,029,-
353, against $1,869,882 for the same period In
1904. This shows an increase in exports for the
eight months ending August of $159,471.
The export figures for the eight months' period
for the three years are as follows: 1903, $2,077,-
085; 1904, $1,869,882; 1905, $2,029,353.
Of the aggregate exportations in August there
were 1,017 organs, valued at $64,093, as compared
with 1,001 organs in 1904, valued at $61,739. The
eight months' total shows that we exported 7,016
organs, valued at $508,631, as against 8,169 or-
gans, valued at $595,677, for the same period in
1904, and 8,867, valued at $659,233, for the same
oeriod in 1903.
In August, 1905, we exported 266 pianos, valued
at $55,226, as against 126 pianos, valued at $29,-
(Special to The Review.)
947 in August, 1904. The eight months' total ex-
Waterloo, N. Y., October 2, 1905.
In the past month the Vough Piano Co. have ports show l,5yl pianos, valued at $363,262, aa
shipped a larger number of pianos from their fac- compared with 1,199, valued at $248,283 exported
tory than has ever been shipped during the same in the same period in 1904, and 1,137 valued at
month in other years. An unusually large per- $239,431 for the same period in 1903.
Of the aggregate exportations In August there
centage of the September orders came directly
were
491 piano players, valued at $109,194. For
through the mail, showing that the dealers do not
have to be urged to order Vough pianos. Many the previous eight months 3,099 of these instru-
new dealers have been lately added to the list ments, valued at $610,054, were sent abroad.
The valup of "all other instruments and parts'
of those handling the Vough, and these dealers
are taking hold of it in a way that is very grati- thereof" sent abroad during August, 1905, amount-
ed to $71,898; in the same month of 1904 the
fying to the Vough Co.
Throughout the months of this year the sales value was estimated at $84,049.
The total exports for the eight months under
of the Vough have shown a marked increase.
Dealers are fast taking hold of the piano, and this heading foot up $547,406, as against $571,-
realizing the advantages of the changeable pitch, 723 exported during the same period of 1904, and
both as talking points and as real advantages, $1,069,765 exported during the same period of
many of them are making it their leader. The 1903. This shows a decrease of $75,683.
September sales were one-third larger than those
ROBBERS POSED AS PIANO POLISHERS.
of September last year.
(Special to The Review.)
GRAVES & CO. INCORPORATE.
Articles of incorporation were filed with the
authorities of Oregon by Graves & Co., Inc., of
Portland, for the purpose of dealing in musical
instruments and supplies. The incorporators are:
Fred N. Graves, Charles H. Rose and G. G. Gam-
mans ,and the capital stock is $10,000.
NEW HOUSE IN ITHACA, N. Y.
St. Croix & Caldwell have purchased the stock
of the late Joel Hanford In Ithica, N. Y., and
have leased an establishment at 112 West State
street, where they expect to open up business
about October 15. Mr. St. Croix is a practical
piano man, and for some time represented the
Wegman Piano Co. on the road.
Omaha, Neb., October 1, 1905.
In the arrest of three young men who went
about the city offering to polish pianos at a small
cost, the police think that they have captured a
trio of crooks. When arrested the sharper* had
no money but were stealing every little thing
they could to raise funds.
Captain Shields is satisfied that the men visit-
ed houses to obtain the lay of the land and re-
turn later and rob the houses they had marked.
A can of the polish used has turned up where
one of the crooks had left it. An inspection shows
it to be the cheapest kind of stuff, and guaran-
teed to ruin the finish on any but a cast iron
case piano.
The Alfred Berg Co. are arranging to open a
piano store at 457 Main street, Fitchburg, Mass.