Music Trade Review

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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
EXPANSION OF JEROMBJ^REMICK & CO/S BUSINESS
Control a Great Enterprise With Headquarters in Detroit With Branches in New York and Chi-
cago—Will Soon Open in Boston—Something of the Personnel of This Establishment—A
Strong Staff of Clever Men arid Able Writers Connected With This Institution.
It is not so many years ago that Jerome IT.
Remick & Co. entered the publishing field in a
quiet and unostentatious manner, but from the
very day that they opened their doors they
have steadily forged ahead, and they now stand
With these characteristics it is not strange that
he has admirably succeeded in a business and
in a social way. Mr. Remick is an immensely
popular man and possesses a manner that at-
tracts always.
One of the latest enterprises of Jerome H.
Remick & Co. is their new building in Detroit,
a structure 50 by 100 feet, four stories in height,
which has one of the most complete plants in
the world for the printing and handling of the
firm's vast and growing business. In this build-
ing are housed, besides the job presses and a full
equipment of title and composition type, five of
the latest design color presses. The second floor
is reserved for Mr. Remick's office, the adver-
tising and publicity departments,. and also the
band and orchestra department, which is in
charge of George Cantlie. The supervision cf
the circular department, pertaining to the whole-
DETROIT OFFICE
68*70 F&rmer Street"
in the foremost ranks of musical publishers
here or abroad. The beginning of this enter-
prise was in Detroit, Mich., and they maintain
branch houses in New York and Chicago, carry-
ing great stocks of their entire catalogue, one
of the largest and most varied, and with the
greatest number of good sellers and positive
hits, it is claimed, in the market. A prospective
New England house, soon to be established in
Boston, will cover a new and important terri-
tory.
The founder of this house, Jerome H. Remick,
still a young man, bears the flattering reputation
among all his associates and the hundreds of
people who come into contact with him as an
absolutely just, honorable and generous man.
JKItOME II. REMICK.
housed a large and active force, under the capa-
ble supervision of Fred E. Belcher. Under Mr.
Belcher's direction the New York house has
achieved great practical results. It ranks to-day ,
as one of the foremost music houses of the
country. Keenly alive to the ract that success
is only possible by hard work, Mr. Belcher has
surrounded himself with as competent a staff as
good judgment and money can command. His
modesty and loyalty are emphasized by his re-
fusal to accept credit for the very successful
work he is doing in New York, and he insists
that it is entirely due to the wisdom of his
chief, Mr. Remick, that he Is enabled to
carry it on.
Mr. Belcher has surrounded himself with a
number of the best pianists, composers, singers
and arrangers of music, these in turn being
under the professional guidance of Mose Gumble,
one of the most astute, hustling and up-to-the
hour men in the musical publishing world. The
New York office comprises six floors. In the
basement are the shipping rooms, stock depart-
ment and order bureau. On the first floor are
sale traffic, is in the immediate charge of
Charles N. Daniels. Mr. Remick, however, per-
sonally directs the entire movement.
The New York branch of Remick & Co. has
grown to splendid proportions. It is, in fact, a
distinctive enterprise in itself, and here is
.
F. E. BELCHER.
HOMER HOWARD, MANAGER CHICAGO OFFICE.
MOSE OUMKE, MANAGER ritOFESSIOXAI, DEPARTMENT.
the offices of Mr. Belcher with his staff of sten-
ographers, bookkeepers, etc. On the second floor