Music Trade Review
Issue: 1907 Vol. 45 N. 2 - Page 43
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THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
strong, judging from the bunch of orders re-
ceived.
"The uncertainty of prices is very embarrass-
Manufacturers Willing to Concede an Increase
of 15 Per Cent, for 10 Hours Work—What ing, interfering greatly with compiling our cata-
the Workmen Demand—The Situation in a log, as quotations are constantly changing. For
example, if a bill of goods is sold and the list
Nutshell.
has changed it is simply stamped to that effect
The strike of the workmen in the musical mer- and the price fixed to suit the market. We can-
chandise factories at Graslitz, Bohemia, is still not do differently under the circumstances. We
in progress, and it now looks as if both sides would rather lower than raise prices, but they
are beyond our control, as you may see by look-
will fight the issue to the bitter end.
The manufacturers were willing to concede a ing over this batch of correspondence from
laise of 15 per cent, for ten hours' work, instead manufacturers and exporters, answering our
of twelve hours, but the workmen flatly refused protests. Accordeons, harmonicas and leather
this concession. The men, as recently noted in goods have been advanced right along. We are
these columns, demanded 25 per cent, higher doing a splendid business in our Acoulon line
wages for nine hours' work, not including inter- of brass and wood-wind instruments. Many re-
missions, and scheduled a radical increase of peat orders have been entered from representa-
wages for overtime and Sunday work.
tive dealers, who were not slow in recognizing
The strike, according to one authority, is the their superior merit."
result of the sweeping victory scored by the Alfred Behrend is supposed to be on a vaca-
workmen at a recent election, and the employes tion, but slips into the city now and then to keep
becoming arrogant have made most unreasonable in touch, the business evidently interesting him
demands; in fact, to put it mildly, have sched- more than the respite game.
uled the wage scale so high that it would be sui-
cidal, figuratively speaking, for the manufactur-
LATEST CUSTOMS RULINGS.
ers to concede to it.
Even the daily press at Graslitz voice the senti- Importers Must Specify Paragraphs in Protests
ment that the demands are most unreasonable,
—Other Decisions.
and advise arbitration. A musical trade journal
published by Paul De Wit at Leipsic takes the
In a decision by Judge Waite the Board of
stand that the demand of the union is unfair to United States General Appraisers overruled Sat-
the manufacturers. It is conceded that the men urday a claim filed by D. H. McBride, of New
are entitled to shorter hours, but it is pointed out York, regarding the classification of parts of
that the demand for wages ranging from 20 to marble altars and statuary. The Collector as-
100 per cent, is simply ridiculous. The manu- sessed the articles for duty as manufactures of
facturers have shown a willingness to meet their marble at the rate of 50 per cent, ad valorem,
men half way, but the leaders insist that every whereas the importer claimed free entry. Owing
one of the six items first submitted must be to the fact that the importer failed to specify the
granted before the strike will be called off.
paragraph under which he alleged exemption
from duty, and did not comply with the regula-
tions established by the Secretary of the Treas-
DAVID BEHREND'S VIEWS.
ury, the protest is overruled.
The board granted free entry to a statue of
Says the Outlook for Fall Trade Is Excellent—
Diana and Endymion in bronze, imported by H.
Discusses Prices and Their Appreciation.
H. Dearborn for presentation to the Washington
According to David Behrend, manager of Jo- Art Association, of Seattle. The statue was as-
seph W. Stern & Co.'s small goods department, sessed for duty by the Customs authorities as
business with them is excellent, following this manufactures of metal, with duty at the rate
emphatic declaration by saying: "The outlook of 45 per cent, ad valorem. The action of the
for the fall trade is fine, and many southern and Collector is reversed.
western buyers have been in New York, who left
Other importers' claims sustained were filed
good orders. Mail orders predominate, of course, by Darmstadt, Scott & Courtney, and the H. E.
as our traveling staff are at home, with the Frankenberg Co., New York, and W. A. Gordon
exception of one man South, where trade is & Co., New Orleans.
ORASLITZ STRIKE STILL ON.
The board overruled claims filed by Houghton
& Lee and others, James F. White & Co., Bailey,
Green & Elger, the Henry E. Prankenberg Co.,
New York; F. B. Vandegrift & Co., S. Y. Tank &
Co., and others, Paterson, Wylde & Co., and
others, New York, and Mattoon & Co., San Fran-
PLEASED WITH COURTOIS CORNET.
L. Mock, general manager for the W. R. Gratz
Import Co., of 35 West 31st street, was greatly
pleased to receive during the week a convincing
testimonial through one of the concern's cus-
tomers, as to the merit of Antoine Courtois cor-
nets. Ernest Williams, cornet soloist of the Mu-
nicipal Band, of Boston, Mass., used the instru-
ment, and his rendition of a selection at a recent
concert proved an unmistakable feature of the
program. The very first notes caught the favor
of the crowd, and before he got through with his
three encores he aroused great enthusiasm. The
ease and facility of execution displayed by the
soloist brought to many minds reminiscences of
the palmy days of Levy and Walter Emerson.
INCREASED COST OF ACCORDEONS.
On July 1 a certain well-known line of ac-
cordeons was advanced 5 and 10 per cent., the
wholesale trade being duly apprised of the
change by private letter, no general circular be-
ing issued. An increase is also looked for in
the same brand of harmonicas, though one was
made on the first of the year. The reason given
for the advance is the increased cost of material,
especially brass and tin, and the demand for
higher wages by the factory workmen in Ger-
many.
H. S. Wright has bought out the music business
of J. E. Cole, Wausau, Wis.
SMITH ACADEMY
GUITARS a n d MANDOLINS
Cannot Be Duplicated lor the Money
A trial order Is all we ask
WRITE FOR A CATALOGUE OF SALABLE GOODS
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
ST. LOUIS
Exclusively Wholesale
FOR
"THE TRIO CORNET"
"THE HAMBURG 20th CENTURY"™,
MILANO ORCANETTO ACCORDEONS
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT COMPANY, 35 and 37 West 31 st St., New York
You Need Two Things This
*New Year
1st—LYON & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd—SIEGEL-MYERS* MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are
doubling their sales.
Xo cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a mag-
niflicent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $2i>.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
THE NAME
CONN
LYON & HEALY,
AND THE
Union Label
ARE SYNONYMOUS
AND
MR. DEALER:
THE
Genuine Distinguishing Marks of Superiority
Chicago
YORK
Band Instruments
Which Will In Future Be Found On All
JMMD worn, xmm
lLLVJTMJ9TMn CJBTJBLOOVM
Wonder and American Model Band
and Orchestra Instruments
J. W.YORK fc SONS
MADE BY
C. G. CONN COMPANY,
ELKHART
INDIANA
B*.nd Instruments
OKAND ILAPID*
MIOH. **J?:L
THE
MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
strong, judging from the bunch of orders re-
ceived.
"The uncertainty of prices is very embarrass-
Manufacturers Willing to Concede an Increase
of 15 Per Cent, for 10 Hours Work—What ing, interfering greatly with compiling our cata-
the Workmen Demand—The Situation in a log, as quotations are constantly changing. For
example, if a bill of goods is sold and the list
Nutshell.
has changed it is simply stamped to that effect
The strike of the workmen in the musical mer- and the price fixed to suit the market. We can-
chandise factories at Graslitz, Bohemia, is still not do differently under the circumstances. We
in progress, and it now looks as if both sides would rather lower than raise prices, but they
are beyond our control, as you may see by look-
will fight the issue to the bitter end.
The manufacturers were willing to concede a ing over this batch of correspondence from
laise of 15 per cent, for ten hours' work, instead manufacturers and exporters, answering our
of twelve hours, but the workmen flatly refused protests. Accordeons, harmonicas and leather
this concession. The men, as recently noted in goods have been advanced right along. We are
these columns, demanded 25 per cent, higher doing a splendid business in our Acoulon line
wages for nine hours' work, not including inter- of brass and wood-wind instruments. Many re-
missions, and scheduled a radical increase of peat orders have been entered from representa-
wages for overtime and Sunday work.
tive dealers, who were not slow in recognizing
The strike, according to one authority, is the their superior merit."
result of the sweeping victory scored by the Alfred Behrend is supposed to be on a vaca-
workmen at a recent election, and the employes tion, but slips into the city now and then to keep
becoming arrogant have made most unreasonable in touch, the business evidently interesting him
demands; in fact, to put it mildly, have sched- more than the respite game.
uled the wage scale so high that it would be sui-
cidal, figuratively speaking, for the manufactur-
LATEST CUSTOMS RULINGS.
ers to concede to it.
Even the daily press at Graslitz voice the senti- Importers Must Specify Paragraphs in Protests
ment that the demands are most unreasonable,
—Other Decisions.
and advise arbitration. A musical trade journal
published by Paul De Wit at Leipsic takes the
In a decision by Judge Waite the Board of
stand that the demand of the union is unfair to United States General Appraisers overruled Sat-
the manufacturers. It is conceded that the men urday a claim filed by D. H. McBride, of New
are entitled to shorter hours, but it is pointed out York, regarding the classification of parts of
that the demand for wages ranging from 20 to marble altars and statuary. The Collector as-
100 per cent, is simply ridiculous. The manu- sessed the articles for duty as manufactures of
facturers have shown a willingness to meet their marble at the rate of 50 per cent, ad valorem,
men half way, but the leaders insist that every whereas the importer claimed free entry. Owing
one of the six items first submitted must be to the fact that the importer failed to specify the
granted before the strike will be called off.
paragraph under which he alleged exemption
from duty, and did not comply with the regula-
tions established by the Secretary of the Treas-
DAVID BEHREND'S VIEWS.
ury, the protest is overruled.
The board granted free entry to a statue of
Says the Outlook for Fall Trade Is Excellent—
Diana and Endymion in bronze, imported by H.
Discusses Prices and Their Appreciation.
H. Dearborn for presentation to the Washington
According to David Behrend, manager of Jo- Art Association, of Seattle. The statue was as-
seph W. Stern & Co.'s small goods department, sessed for duty by the Customs authorities as
business with them is excellent, following this manufactures of metal, with duty at the rate
emphatic declaration by saying: "The outlook of 45 per cent, ad valorem. The action of the
for the fall trade is fine, and many southern and Collector is reversed.
western buyers have been in New York, who left
Other importers' claims sustained were filed
good orders. Mail orders predominate, of course, by Darmstadt, Scott & Courtney, and the H. E.
as our traveling staff are at home, with the Frankenberg Co., New York, and W. A. Gordon
exception of one man South, where trade is & Co., New Orleans.
ORASLITZ STRIKE STILL ON.
The board overruled claims filed by Houghton
& Lee and others, James F. White & Co., Bailey,
Green & Elger, the Henry E. Prankenberg Co.,
New York; F. B. Vandegrift & Co., S. Y. Tank &
Co., and others, Paterson, Wylde & Co., and
others, New York, and Mattoon & Co., San Fran-
PLEASED WITH COURTOIS CORNET.
L. Mock, general manager for the W. R. Gratz
Import Co., of 35 West 31st street, was greatly
pleased to receive during the week a convincing
testimonial through one of the concern's cus-
tomers, as to the merit of Antoine Courtois cor-
nets. Ernest Williams, cornet soloist of the Mu-
nicipal Band, of Boston, Mass., used the instru-
ment, and his rendition of a selection at a recent
concert proved an unmistakable feature of the
program. The very first notes caught the favor
of the crowd, and before he got through with his
three encores he aroused great enthusiasm. The
ease and facility of execution displayed by the
soloist brought to many minds reminiscences of
the palmy days of Levy and Walter Emerson.
INCREASED COST OF ACCORDEONS.
On July 1 a certain well-known line of ac-
cordeons was advanced 5 and 10 per cent., the
wholesale trade being duly apprised of the
change by private letter, no general circular be-
ing issued. An increase is also looked for in
the same brand of harmonicas, though one was
made on the first of the year. The reason given
for the advance is the increased cost of material,
especially brass and tin, and the demand for
higher wages by the factory workmen in Ger-
many.
H. S. Wright has bought out the music business
of J. E. Cole, Wausau, Wis.
SMITH ACADEMY
GUITARS a n d MANDOLINS
Cannot Be Duplicated lor the Money
A trial order Is all we ask
WRITE FOR A CATALOGUE OF SALABLE GOODS
Koerber-Brenner Music Company
ST. LOUIS
Exclusively Wholesale
FOR
"THE TRIO CORNET"
"THE HAMBURG 20th CENTURY"™,
MILANO ORCANETTO ACCORDEONS
WM. R. GRATZ IMPORT COMPANY, 35 and 37 West 31 st St., New York
You Need Two Things This
*New Year
1st—LYON & HEALY MANDOLINS, GUI-
TARS AND VIOLINS.
2nd—SIEGEL-MYERS* MUSIC LESSONS
TO GIVE AWAY WITH THEM.
Hundreds of dealers all over the country are
doubling their sales.
Xo cost whatever nor trouble to you, but a mag-
niflicent extra value for your customers.
You increase your sales by giving free $2i>.00 or
$50.00 worth of lessons with every instrument.
Write for full particulars.
THE NAME
CONN
LYON & HEALY,
AND THE
Union Label
ARE SYNONYMOUS
AND
MR. DEALER:
THE
Genuine Distinguishing Marks of Superiority
Chicago
YORK
Band Instruments
Which Will In Future Be Found On All
JMMD worn, xmm
lLLVJTMJ9TMn CJBTJBLOOVM
Wonder and American Model Band
and Orchestra Instruments
J. W.YORK fc SONS
MADE BY
C. G. CONN COMPANY,
ELKHART
INDIANA
B*.nd Instruments
OKAND ILAPID*
MIOH. **J?:L
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