Music Trade Review
Issue: 1907 Vol. 44 N. 18 - Page 4
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THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Increasing public safety has been an engrossing topic of the
American Railway Association. It was said in a report adopted
recently that many of the recent disastrous wrecks could be traced
directly to imperfect rails, and these could be traced to undue haste
at the steel mills in filling orders.
Railway managers have made it plain to makers of steel rails
that they want something as good as those furnished to the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, regarded as the best in the world. Samples of
these
rails have been sent to the Steel Trust, with an invitation—
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, - Editor and Proprietor
which amounts to an ultimatum—to produce a better rail or, at least,
J. B. SPDLLANE, Managing Editor
one as good. A reply was received that the Canadian rails could
Executive and Reportorlal Stall:
not be improved upon.
Gio. B. KBT.T.»B.
\Y. H. DYKKS.
F. H . THOMPSON.
HUILID FBANCBS BADBS.
When these rails are made they are subjected to the most rigid
L. BJ. BOWERS. B. BRITTAIN WILSON, WM. B. WHITB. L. J. CHAMBBILIH. A. J. NICKLIM.
BOSTON OFFICE:
CHICAGO OFFICE:
test. The samples are frozen with liquid air to a temperature oi
L. WAITT, 278A Tremont St. B. P. TAN HABLINGBN, 105-197 Wabasb AT*.
200 degrees below zero and then battered with a triphammer. Lots
TELEPHONES : Central 414 ; Automatic 864S
which do not stand this test are rejected, and broken rails are prac-
PHILADELPHIA:
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL:
ST. LOUIS:
B. W. KAUFFMAN.
A. W. SHAW.
'
CHAS. N. VAN BURBN.
tically unheard of in Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO: S. H. GRAY, 2407 Sacramento St.
While in recent years the weight of rails has increased from
CINCINNATI, O.: NINA. PUGH-SMITH.
BALTIMORE, MD.: PAUL T. LOCK WOOD.
forty, fifty or sixty pounds to eighty, ninety and one hundred pounds
LONDON, ENGLAND: 69 Baslnghall St., H. C. W. Lionel Sturdy, Manager.
to the yard, the weight of trains has increased in still greater ratio.
Published Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Standard engines now weigh nearly one hundred tons and standard
Entered at the New York Post Office »s Second Class Matter.
freight cars are built to carry 100,000 pounds in addition to their
SUBSCRIPTION,(Including portage), United States, Mexico, and Canada, 92.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
own weight of at least as much more.
ADVERTISEMENTS. $2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
This increased weight and the higher rate of speed are very
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Advertising Pages, $60.00; opposite
reading matter, $76.00.
trying
to rails, while probably five trains now travel over the rails
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should be made payable to Bdward
Lyman Bill.
where one lighter train traveled ten years ago.
Directory ot Plaao The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corporation
The railroad companies of this great country face grave prob-
found on another page will be of great value, as a reference
Manufacturer* for dealers and others.
lems, and piano men in common with all other shippers will suffer
Exposition Honors Won by The Review
to a greater or less degree on account of car shortage for some time
Prim
Paris Exposition, 1900 Silver Medal.Charleston Exposition, 1902
to come.
Diploma.Pan-American Exposition, 1801 Gold Medal..St. Louis Exposition, 1904
HERE is more or less comment in trade circles concerning
Gold McdoI.Lewls-Clark Exposition, 1905
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE—NUMBER 1745 GRAMERCY
the gathering of the music trade clans which will occur in
Cable a d d r e s s : "Elblll N e w York."
Chicago during the month of June. Various matters will come up
for serious consideration, and it will probably be the greatest meet
NEW YORK, MAY 4, 1907
of music trade forces which has ever taken place on the American
continent.
Concerning matters to be discussed, one subscriber to The
EDITORIAL
Review writes:
"I have been much interested in your advo-
cacy of piano manufacturers establishing prices at retail at which
their pianos shall be offered to the public. The dealers expressed
AR shortage continues to be a great problem. Philip T. Clay,
themselves in favor of this Review principle last year, and' the
of the great Pacific Coast-firm of Sherman, Clay & Co., who manufacturers did not definitely pass upon it. I hope that it will
was in The Review office last week, remarked that not only was the
be discussed broadly by both associations this year, as I believe,
rebuilding of San Francisco very seriously retarded by the car with you, that it is the proper solution of a vexatious problem. It
shortage, but piano merchants all over the coast had been greatly
will, as you say, do more to settle the one price question than any
discommoded on account of the inability of the railroads to carry
other action that can be taken by the trade."
freight.
Mr. Clay said that all business men had been great sufferers,
F course, there are a variety of views upon the question of
and it seemed as if it would be a long time before, this deplorable
manufacturers establishing one price, as there are upon many
condition of affairs would be adjusted satisfactorily. He said that
other topics which may come up for trade discussion, but thus far
the California fruit growers have lost vast sums of money through
we have not been able to bring out a single strong argument against
this same cause—lack of proper freight cars for shipment to Eastern
the general adoption of such a measure. It would, in the opinion of
points.
many, operate most beneficially to promote trade interests. We have
Ferdinand A. Wessell, who has just returned from the Pacific
advocated this principle strongly for sonie years past, and last year
Coast, also observed this same condition of affairs. It might be
when we offered a cash prize for the best argumentative article,
expected that with the enormous demand upon the transportation
showing the advantage of one price, and that by the manufacturer,
facilities on account of the structural work in San Francisco, that
to the general trade, it resulted in some very interesting papers
there would be a dearth of cars. When everybody wishes to build
being presented.
at once, it is apparent that the shipping facilities could not be ade-
Problems like the above and territorial rights will, for some
quate to meet the situation as fully as the builders would desire.
years, be the subject of much trade comment. But inasmuch as we
T is not alone on the Pacific Coast that business has been retarded are fast moving towards precise business rules governing all com-
by freight congestion, but everywhere over America. It is mercial transactions, it is but fair to suppose that expensive articles
of home adornment, like pianos, will conform to stricter business
estimated that the railroads of the United States are nearly 150,000
rulings as far as retail prices are concerned.
cars short of the demands made upon them in February. This
While furniture manufacturers may not for a moment con-
announcement was made to the American Railway Association at
sider
what prices the retail trade place upon their articles, the condi-
its closing session recently, and drastic measures to correct the
tion
is
entirely different with piano men, wherein a trade mark is
prevailing car shortage were suggested.
of
great
value. Everyone will admit that the name of a piano
The problem of car shortage, operating men declare, is the
possesses
great selling strength, then why should not the public be
greatest and gravest the railroads have had to face and to solve. It
fully
protected
in the values offered?. Why should conditions permit
is stated that a searching investigation made by the committee dis-
the
dealer
to
ask
more for a piano than its actual value and more
closed that the car shortage was not due to decreased car deficiency,
than
he
should
receive
in order to secure a generous profit for
but to "the extraordinary increase in the demands made upon the
himself?
railroads."
HE strongest point, however, in the whole line of argument
The situation could be improved by the railroads themselves,
for the establishment of one price by the manufacturer is in
by the railroads in their relations to the public, and by the railroads
the
fact
that by a single stroke it would at once classify all pianos,
in their relations with one another.
T
C
O
I
T
THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Increasing public safety has been an engrossing topic of the
American Railway Association. It was said in a report adopted
recently that many of the recent disastrous wrecks could be traced
directly to imperfect rails, and these could be traced to undue haste
at the steel mills in filling orders.
Railway managers have made it plain to makers of steel rails
that they want something as good as those furnished to the Canadian
Pacific Railroad, regarded as the best in the world. Samples of
these
rails have been sent to the Steel Trust, with an invitation—
EDWARD LYMAN BILL, - Editor and Proprietor
which amounts to an ultimatum—to produce a better rail or, at least,
J. B. SPDLLANE, Managing Editor
one as good. A reply was received that the Canadian rails could
Executive and Reportorlal Stall:
not be improved upon.
Gio. B. KBT.T.»B.
\Y. H. DYKKS.
F. H . THOMPSON.
HUILID FBANCBS BADBS.
When these rails are made they are subjected to the most rigid
L. BJ. BOWERS. B. BRITTAIN WILSON, WM. B. WHITB. L. J. CHAMBBILIH. A. J. NICKLIM.
BOSTON OFFICE:
CHICAGO OFFICE:
test. The samples are frozen with liquid air to a temperature oi
L. WAITT, 278A Tremont St. B. P. TAN HABLINGBN, 105-197 Wabasb AT*.
200 degrees below zero and then battered with a triphammer. Lots
TELEPHONES : Central 414 ; Automatic 864S
which do not stand this test are rejected, and broken rails are prac-
PHILADELPHIA:
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL:
ST. LOUIS:
B. W. KAUFFMAN.
A. W. SHAW.
'
CHAS. N. VAN BURBN.
tically unheard of in Canada.
SAN FRANCISCO: S. H. GRAY, 2407 Sacramento St.
While in recent years the weight of rails has increased from
CINCINNATI, O.: NINA. PUGH-SMITH.
BALTIMORE, MD.: PAUL T. LOCK WOOD.
forty, fifty or sixty pounds to eighty, ninety and one hundred pounds
LONDON, ENGLAND: 69 Baslnghall St., H. C. W. Lionel Sturdy, Manager.
to the yard, the weight of trains has increased in still greater ratio.
Published Every Saturday at 1 Madison Avenue, New York.
Standard engines now weigh nearly one hundred tons and standard
Entered at the New York Post Office »s Second Class Matter.
freight cars are built to carry 100,000 pounds in addition to their
SUBSCRIPTION,(Including portage), United States, Mexico, and Canada, 92.00 per
year; all other countries, $4.00.
own weight of at least as much more.
ADVERTISEMENTS. $2.00 per Inch, single column, per Insertion. On quarterly or
This increased weight and the higher rate of speed are very
yearly contracts a special discount Is allowed. Advertising Pages, $60.00; opposite
reading matter, $76.00.
trying
to rails, while probably five trains now travel over the rails
REMITTANCES, In other than currency form, should be made payable to Bdward
Lyman Bill.
where one lighter train traveled ten years ago.
Directory ot Plaao The directory of piano manufacturing firms and corporation
The railroad companies of this great country face grave prob-
found on another page will be of great value, as a reference
Manufacturer* for dealers and others.
lems, and piano men in common with all other shippers will suffer
Exposition Honors Won by The Review
to a greater or less degree on account of car shortage for some time
Prim
Paris Exposition, 1900 Silver Medal.Charleston Exposition, 1902
to come.
Diploma.Pan-American Exposition, 1801 Gold Medal..St. Louis Exposition, 1904
HERE is more or less comment in trade circles concerning
Gold McdoI.Lewls-Clark Exposition, 1905
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE—NUMBER 1745 GRAMERCY
the gathering of the music trade clans which will occur in
Cable a d d r e s s : "Elblll N e w York."
Chicago during the month of June. Various matters will come up
for serious consideration, and it will probably be the greatest meet
NEW YORK, MAY 4, 1907
of music trade forces which has ever taken place on the American
continent.
Concerning matters to be discussed, one subscriber to The
EDITORIAL
Review writes:
"I have been much interested in your advo-
cacy of piano manufacturers establishing prices at retail at which
their pianos shall be offered to the public. The dealers expressed
AR shortage continues to be a great problem. Philip T. Clay,
themselves in favor of this Review principle last year, and' the
of the great Pacific Coast-firm of Sherman, Clay & Co., who manufacturers did not definitely pass upon it. I hope that it will
was in The Review office last week, remarked that not only was the
be discussed broadly by both associations this year, as I believe,
rebuilding of San Francisco very seriously retarded by the car with you, that it is the proper solution of a vexatious problem. It
shortage, but piano merchants all over the coast had been greatly
will, as you say, do more to settle the one price question than any
discommoded on account of the inability of the railroads to carry
other action that can be taken by the trade."
freight.
Mr. Clay said that all business men had been great sufferers,
F course, there are a variety of views upon the question of
and it seemed as if it would be a long time before, this deplorable
manufacturers establishing one price, as there are upon many
condition of affairs would be adjusted satisfactorily. He said that
other topics which may come up for trade discussion, but thus far
the California fruit growers have lost vast sums of money through
we have not been able to bring out a single strong argument against
this same cause—lack of proper freight cars for shipment to Eastern
the general adoption of such a measure. It would, in the opinion of
points.
many, operate most beneficially to promote trade interests. We have
Ferdinand A. Wessell, who has just returned from the Pacific
advocated this principle strongly for sonie years past, and last year
Coast, also observed this same condition of affairs. It might be
when we offered a cash prize for the best argumentative article,
expected that with the enormous demand upon the transportation
showing the advantage of one price, and that by the manufacturer,
facilities on account of the structural work in San Francisco, that
to the general trade, it resulted in some very interesting papers
there would be a dearth of cars. When everybody wishes to build
being presented.
at once, it is apparent that the shipping facilities could not be ade-
Problems like the above and territorial rights will, for some
quate to meet the situation as fully as the builders would desire.
years, be the subject of much trade comment. But inasmuch as we
T is not alone on the Pacific Coast that business has been retarded are fast moving towards precise business rules governing all com-
by freight congestion, but everywhere over America. It is mercial transactions, it is but fair to suppose that expensive articles
of home adornment, like pianos, will conform to stricter business
estimated that the railroads of the United States are nearly 150,000
rulings as far as retail prices are concerned.
cars short of the demands made upon them in February. This
While furniture manufacturers may not for a moment con-
announcement was made to the American Railway Association at
sider
what prices the retail trade place upon their articles, the condi-
its closing session recently, and drastic measures to correct the
tion
is
entirely different with piano men, wherein a trade mark is
prevailing car shortage were suggested.
of
great
value. Everyone will admit that the name of a piano
The problem of car shortage, operating men declare, is the
possesses
great selling strength, then why should not the public be
greatest and gravest the railroads have had to face and to solve. It
fully
protected
in the values offered?. Why should conditions permit
is stated that a searching investigation made by the committee dis-
the
dealer
to
ask
more for a piano than its actual value and more
closed that the car shortage was not due to decreased car deficiency,
than
he
should
receive
in order to secure a generous profit for
but to "the extraordinary increase in the demands made upon the
himself?
railroads."
HE strongest point, however, in the whole line of argument
The situation could be improved by the railroads themselves,
for the establishment of one price by the manufacturer is in
by the railroads in their relations to the public, and by the railroads
the
fact
that by a single stroke it would at once classify all pianos,
in their relations with one another.
T
C
O
I
T
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