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VOL. XLII. No. 8.
REVIEW
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Feb. 24, 1906.
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
Piano6 and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
Abroad from the Port of New York for the
Week Just Ended.
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, Feb. 19, 1906.
The following were the exports of musical in-
struments and kindred lines from the port of
New York for the week just ended:
Barbadoes.—13 cases pianos and material,
$978.
Berlin.—213 packages talking machines and
material, $2,489.
Bombay.—15 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $256.
Brussels.—50 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $260.
Buenos Ayres.—8 pkgs. talking machines and
material, $110.
Callao.—2 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$102.
Cape Town.—1 case musical instruments, $110;
38 cases organs and material. $1,530; 14 pkgs.
talking machines and material, $318; 1 case pi-
anos and material, $230.
Cardenas.—1 case pianos and material, $262; 2
cases music, $304.
Charleroi.—4 cases organs and material, $140.
Glasgow.—10 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $394.
Hamburg.—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $140; 13 casas pianos and material, $1,065;
4 cases music, $654; 3 cases musical instruments,
$225.
Havana.—40 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $881; 23 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,099.
Havre.—2 cases piano players and material,
$235; 7 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$122.
Kingston.—1 case pianos, $150.
Liverpool.—13 cases pianos and material, $937;
12 cases organs and material. $876: 16 cases or-
gans, $2,118.
London.—9 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $146; 25 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $1,999; 19 cases piano players and ma-
terial, $4,980; 13 cases pianos and material,
$1,630; 873 pkgs. talking machines and material,
$7,004; 52 cases organs and material, $6,001; 12
cases music, $790; 2 cases piano players and ma-
terial, $160; 7 cases pianos and material, $1,500.
Manila.—6 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $250.
Montevideo.—2 cases organs and material,
$300.
Novoroscisk.—S cases organs, $260.
Rotterdam.—3 cases organs and material,
$4,200.
Santos.—5 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $360.
St. Johns.—5 cases pianos, $567.
Valparaiso.—16 cases organs, $392; 3 cases
pianos, $497; 95 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $5,784.
Vera Cruz.—17 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $506.
Vienna.—18 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
terial, $499.
Yokohama.—76 pkgs. talking
material, $4,878.
machines and
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
Figures Latest Available Indicate That Our
Total Business for the Present Year Will
Be Over Three Billion Dollars, Which Ex-
ceeds Any Previous Year in the History of
the Foreign Trade of This Country.
SINGLE COPIES. 1O
$2.00 PER TEA
INJUNCTION DISSOlM
Court of Appeals Dissolves Injui iUoflQAgai
Smith & Nixon and Theodo € > E 3 T I 8 .
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(Special to The Review.) , > _3
Frankfort, Ky., Fdb:a7pl906.
The war between two rival L uisvilfe piano
houses, of which Miss Zudie Harris;—ttre~~comT
poser-pianist, has to her regret been made the
central figure, took another turn Wednesday. The
(Special to The Review.)
Court of Appeals, by Judge O'Rear, dissolves the
Washington, D. C, Feb. 21, 190G.
injunction granted the Montenegro-Riehm Music
The foreign commerce of the United States dur- Co. against the Smith & Nixon Co. and Theodore
ing the first seven months of the current fiscal
Harris, and the effect of this decision will relieve
year amounted to $1,752,421,330, or an average Miss Harris and her father from the possibility
of 250 million dollars per month during that of being held in contempt of court.
period. Should it continue at this rate during
The trouble grew out of the demand of the
the remainder of the year, the total foreign
pianist and the Smith & Nixon Co. that she be
commerce for the fiscal year 1906 would exceed
allowed to use the Steinway piano, while the
3 billion dollars, a figure which has not been
Montenegro-Riehm Co. has a contract with Man-
reached in any previous year in the history of
ager John T. Macauley giving them the right
our foreign trade.
to use their own pianos exclusively in the thea-
This increase, which is shown by figures just
tre. Miss Harris, greatly excited by the unpleas-
issued by the Department of Commerce and
Labor through its Bureau of Statistics, occurs in ant complications on the eve of her concert,
both imports and exports, but more especially in which was her debut in America after a number
exports. In the seven months ending with Jan- of years abroad, declined to go on unless she be
uary, imports have increased 70 million dollars allowed to play the Steinway piano. The Mon-
over the corresponding months of the preceding tenegro-Riehm Co. finally acceded to this, but
fiscal year, and exports have increased 155 mil- insisted that the programmes printed by Smith
lions. Imports during the seven months ending & Nixon advertising the use of the Steinway
with January, 1906, were $695,764,566, against should not be sold in the theatre, and when a
$625,914,513 in the corresponding months of last corps of boys were distributing them on Walnut
year, and exports were valued at $1,056,656,764, street, obtained the injunction from Judge
against $901,190,026 in the same months of last O'Doherty and threatened all concerned, includ-
year. This gives a larger total of imports and a ing Theodore Harris, president of the Louisville
much larger total of exports than in the same National Banking Co. and father of Miss Harris
months of any preceding year. Imports, which with contempt proceedings.
The concert which started while the great audi-
had never touched 100 million dollars in a single
month prior to 1905, except on one or two oc- ence was awaiting the concert at Macauley's, in
casions as a result of prospective tariff changes, entire ignorance of what was being enacted be-
exceeded that sum in six of the twelve months hind the scenes, promises to be pushed further,
ending with January; while exports exceeded and there is talk of damage suits by several par-
100 millions in each of the twelve months, and ties concerned.
in December lacked but a few thousand dollars
BRAUMULLER;S_NEW FACTORY.
of touching the 200 million dollar line.
NEW BANKRUPTCY DECISION.
It Permits Recovery from Preferred Creditors
Under Corporation Law.
In the bankruptcy case of W. C. Loftus & Co.,
where Edward Wright, the trustee, sues James
Talcott, 188 Franklin street, a commission mer-
chant, to recover two preferences, one of $500,
given six months before the failure, and another
of $1,074.97, given one day before the petition
was filed, Justice O'Gorman of the Supreme
Court decides that Section 48 of the stock cor-
poration law was violated. He allowed a full
recovery of the $1,074.97, as the corporation was
insolvent when the payment was made. In re-
gard to the first payment, the court held that
there was no evidence of the insolvency of the
corporation at that time.
This decision permits a trustee of a bankrupt
corporation to recover from a preferred creditor
under this section of the corporation law, as well
as under the bankruptcy act.
Quarters Secured at 641-647 W. 43d Streets-
Manufacturing
Commenced—Twenty-Five
Per Cent. More Floor Space Than in Old
Quarters.
Otto Braumuller, president of the Braumuller
Piano Co., whose factory at West 52d street and
Tenth avenue was totally destroyed by fire last
week, has secured new quarters in the large
building at 627-641 West 43d street, which has
been equipped with the most modern appliances
and the manufacture of their well-known instru-
ments resumed in all departments. They have
opened a temporary office at No. 609 West 43d
street, where they will be pleased to entertain
their patrons until their new offices are com-
pleted. The building in which they will have
their factory is considerably larger than the one
recently occupied, and will give them at least
25 per cent more space.
The P. C. Weaver Piano Co., of Ottawa, 111.,
have certified to an increase of capital stock from
$25,000 to $35,000.