Music Trade Review
Issue: 1910 Vol. 50 N. 22 - Page 8
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THE
tory. Keen competition among a number of
large firms forced the prices down considerably.
The low prices which prevailed, in spite of ex-
tended credit allowed for larger orders, made it
extremely difficult for the medium-sized and
smaller firms to compete with any chance of suc-
cess. Consequently, the business done was con-
fined to a few large firms, and considerable in-
creases in their turnovers are to be reported. The
remaining factories, on the other hand, either
made no progress or even fell below their stand-
ard of the previous year.
Conditions in the export trade were somewhat
better. Taken altogether, there was a noticeable
increase in exports. Russia and Austria were
the principal buyers. The exports to France and
Switzerland show a great falling off, but Central
and South America, India and the Dutch East In-
dies, a gratifying increase in their imports of
German talking machines.
LESS WORK HIGHER LIVING.
Otto Schulz Believes That Shorter Hours of
American Workers Cuts Down Production
and Accounts in Part for Increased Prices.
Otto Schulz, president of the M. Schulz Co.,
Chicago, in a recent interview stated that in his
opinion the increased cost of living was due
largely to the reduction of the working hours
of the American people. Within the past ten
years, says Mr. Schulz, there has been a decrease
of fully 25 per cent, in the amount of time
given over to work in this country and as a re-
sult there has been diminished production and
consequently higher prices.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DEATH OF NOTED PREACHER.
Father of Men Who Have Been Prominently
Identified With the Piano Trade for a Num-
ber of Years.
The Rev. John W. T. Boothe, one of the oldest
Baptist clergymen in America, who has been pas-
tor of influential congregations in several prin-
cipal cities, died in White Plains, N. Y., on Fri-
day, the 20th inst.
Dr. Boothe was 72 years old and a cousin of
Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth, who were
his playmates in boyhood. Dr. Boothe was born
in Maryland near the home of the youthful Booth
brothers. He was graduated with honors from
the Columbia Theological College in Washington,
and his pastorates have included noted churches
in various cities throughout the land.
He was the father of Wm. F. Boothe, former
president of the American Piano Mfg. Co.; of
Edward Milton Boothe, former treasurer of the
old Milton Piano Co., now with Steger & Sons;
Chas. B. Boothe, who has been connected with
several piano concerns in New York, and John
Boothe, of Portland, and six daughters, Mrs.
Grace Keables and Mrs. Dr. Phelan, of California;
Mrs. Charles H. Munn, of Springfield, Mass.; Mrs.
Benjamin J. Banks, of Port Chester; Mrs. Harry
C. Prior, and Mrs. John Adams Read, of White
Plains.
PIANO MOVER JESSEN SUED
By Alfred C Koltz, Who Asked $500 Damages
for Shock Caused His Wife by Moving a
Piano from His Home.
(Special to The Review.)
OPPOSED TO CONTESTS.
Theodore Hoffman Believes That They Deceive
Public and Attract Bad Class of Trade.
Theodore Hoffman, of the J. M. Hoffman Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa., is strongly opposed to the puzzle
schemes in the piano trade and has expressed
himself strongly in the matter, claiming that
besides deceiving the public, contests tend to
draw an undesirable class of trade, not only to
the store running the contest, but to the other
piano stores in the city who are called upon to
redeem the coupons. He believes that the ex-
travagant statements frequently made in contest
advertising put the entire trade in a bad light
before the thinking classes of the public and
favors the abolishment of that form of business
as the first step toward elevating the trade.
Joseph Joiner, formerly connected with the
C. C. Mellor Co., Pittsburg, Pa., has joined the
wareroom staff of Wm. Knabe & Co., New York.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 23, 1910.
Because Jes Jessen, a piano mover, "kidnapped"
his piano for several hours, Alfred C. Koltz has
commenced suit in the Milwaukee civil court for
$500 damages. According to the complaint, Jes-
sen's agents moved the plaintiff's piano from his
home, so shocking his wife that her condition
demanded medical attention, "demanded Koltz's
absence from work and deprived him of his
wife's society, aid, comfort and assistance" for
ten days.
It seems that Albert Koltz, living at 587 Min-
eral street, moved to Twenty-eighth avenue. He
ordered a piano company to move his piano and
Jessen was sent to do the work. The number
was misunderstood and upon consulting a
directory the name of A. Koltz was found in two
places, with addresses at 562 and 587 Mineral
street. At 587 no one was home so the driver
went to number 562, where he found a card on
the door: "Go down stairs and call for the
goods. Mrs. A. C. Koltz." The man, with as-
sistance, obtained the piano and took it to the
Twenty-eighth street address. Here he found
Mrs. Albert Koltz, who exclaimed that the piano
was not hers, but belonged to her husband's
brother. The instrument was then re'turned to
its place on Mineral street, where Mrs. A. C.
Koltz was found in a highly excited state, waiting
for the arrival of the police so that she might
explain the theft of her piano. Matters were
straightened out to suit Albert, but not A. C.
TO REFORM EXPRESS RATES.
Merchants' Association Says That Rates Are
Discriminatory and Leads Appeal to Inter-
state Commerce Board for Lower Express
Rates—All Commercial Bodies Are Aiding
the Movement.
Under the leadership of the Merchants' Asso-
ciation of New York commercial bodies in
many cities of the country have joined in an
effort to bring about a readjustment of the rates
charged by the express companies. A meeting
was held in New York last week at which it was
decided to present the matter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and a committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose of formulating a peti-
tion to the commission to review the charges of
the express companies and correct the alleged
unreasonable rates and the discriminations
which, it is claimed, are shown by the express
companies. This movement inaugurated by the
Merchants' Association is supported by the
Boards of Trade as well as the leading commer-
cial bodies in all the cities of the country, and
facts and figures have been presented which cer-
tainly make the strongest kind of a case against
the express companies.
GET KRANICH & BACH IN CLEVELAND.
The Cleveland, O., store of A. B. Smith has
secured the agency for the Kranich & Bach piano
for that city and vicinity. A. B. Bender is the
local manager.
DEALER TO GO ON ROAD.
James H. Warner, who, under the name of the
Warner Music Co., has conducted a piano store in
Marlboro, Mass., for the past quarter of a cen-
tury, has decided to close out his business and go
on the road for the Mason & Hamlin Co., of
Boston.
Andrew Carnegie, who has achieved consider-
able fame through his gifts of organs to hundreds
of struggling churches, recently made a new de-
parture in paying the larger part of the cost of
a King piano for the Friends Church of Portland,-
Ind.
"THE MASTER: One who has attained eminence."
A DEFINITION WHICH APPLIES
APPROPRIATELY TO THE
Master Player-Piano
Recognized as one of the most reliable Instruments.
MADE ENTIRELY at our own factory.
WINTER & CO., 220 Southern Boulevard, N.Y.
8
THE
tory. Keen competition among a number of
large firms forced the prices down considerably.
The low prices which prevailed, in spite of ex-
tended credit allowed for larger orders, made it
extremely difficult for the medium-sized and
smaller firms to compete with any chance of suc-
cess. Consequently, the business done was con-
fined to a few large firms, and considerable in-
creases in their turnovers are to be reported. The
remaining factories, on the other hand, either
made no progress or even fell below their stand-
ard of the previous year.
Conditions in the export trade were somewhat
better. Taken altogether, there was a noticeable
increase in exports. Russia and Austria were
the principal buyers. The exports to France and
Switzerland show a great falling off, but Central
and South America, India and the Dutch East In-
dies, a gratifying increase in their imports of
German talking machines.
LESS WORK HIGHER LIVING.
Otto Schulz Believes That Shorter Hours of
American Workers Cuts Down Production
and Accounts in Part for Increased Prices.
Otto Schulz, president of the M. Schulz Co.,
Chicago, in a recent interview stated that in his
opinion the increased cost of living was due
largely to the reduction of the working hours
of the American people. Within the past ten
years, says Mr. Schulz, there has been a decrease
of fully 25 per cent, in the amount of time
given over to work in this country and as a re-
sult there has been diminished production and
consequently higher prices.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
DEATH OF NOTED PREACHER.
Father of Men Who Have Been Prominently
Identified With the Piano Trade for a Num-
ber of Years.
The Rev. John W. T. Boothe, one of the oldest
Baptist clergymen in America, who has been pas-
tor of influential congregations in several prin-
cipal cities, died in White Plains, N. Y., on Fri-
day, the 20th inst.
Dr. Boothe was 72 years old and a cousin of
Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth, who were
his playmates in boyhood. Dr. Boothe was born
in Maryland near the home of the youthful Booth
brothers. He was graduated with honors from
the Columbia Theological College in Washington,
and his pastorates have included noted churches
in various cities throughout the land.
He was the father of Wm. F. Boothe, former
president of the American Piano Mfg. Co.; of
Edward Milton Boothe, former treasurer of the
old Milton Piano Co., now with Steger & Sons;
Chas. B. Boothe, who has been connected with
several piano concerns in New York, and John
Boothe, of Portland, and six daughters, Mrs.
Grace Keables and Mrs. Dr. Phelan, of California;
Mrs. Charles H. Munn, of Springfield, Mass.; Mrs.
Benjamin J. Banks, of Port Chester; Mrs. Harry
C. Prior, and Mrs. John Adams Read, of White
Plains.
PIANO MOVER JESSEN SUED
By Alfred C Koltz, Who Asked $500 Damages
for Shock Caused His Wife by Moving a
Piano from His Home.
(Special to The Review.)
OPPOSED TO CONTESTS.
Theodore Hoffman Believes That They Deceive
Public and Attract Bad Class of Trade.
Theodore Hoffman, of the J. M. Hoffman Co.,
Pittsburg, Pa., is strongly opposed to the puzzle
schemes in the piano trade and has expressed
himself strongly in the matter, claiming that
besides deceiving the public, contests tend to
draw an undesirable class of trade, not only to
the store running the contest, but to the other
piano stores in the city who are called upon to
redeem the coupons. He believes that the ex-
travagant statements frequently made in contest
advertising put the entire trade in a bad light
before the thinking classes of the public and
favors the abolishment of that form of business
as the first step toward elevating the trade.
Joseph Joiner, formerly connected with the
C. C. Mellor Co., Pittsburg, Pa., has joined the
wareroom staff of Wm. Knabe & Co., New York.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 23, 1910.
Because Jes Jessen, a piano mover, "kidnapped"
his piano for several hours, Alfred C. Koltz has
commenced suit in the Milwaukee civil court for
$500 damages. According to the complaint, Jes-
sen's agents moved the plaintiff's piano from his
home, so shocking his wife that her condition
demanded medical attention, "demanded Koltz's
absence from work and deprived him of his
wife's society, aid, comfort and assistance" for
ten days.
It seems that Albert Koltz, living at 587 Min-
eral street, moved to Twenty-eighth avenue. He
ordered a piano company to move his piano and
Jessen was sent to do the work. The number
was misunderstood and upon consulting a
directory the name of A. Koltz was found in two
places, with addresses at 562 and 587 Mineral
street. At 587 no one was home so the driver
went to number 562, where he found a card on
the door: "Go down stairs and call for the
goods. Mrs. A. C. Koltz." The man, with as-
sistance, obtained the piano and took it to the
Twenty-eighth street address. Here he found
Mrs. Albert Koltz, who exclaimed that the piano
was not hers, but belonged to her husband's
brother. The instrument was then re'turned to
its place on Mineral street, where Mrs. A. C.
Koltz was found in a highly excited state, waiting
for the arrival of the police so that she might
explain the theft of her piano. Matters were
straightened out to suit Albert, but not A. C.
TO REFORM EXPRESS RATES.
Merchants' Association Says That Rates Are
Discriminatory and Leads Appeal to Inter-
state Commerce Board for Lower Express
Rates—All Commercial Bodies Are Aiding
the Movement.
Under the leadership of the Merchants' Asso-
ciation of New York commercial bodies in
many cities of the country have joined in an
effort to bring about a readjustment of the rates
charged by the express companies. A meeting
was held in New York last week at which it was
decided to present the matter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission and a committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose of formulating a peti-
tion to the commission to review the charges of
the express companies and correct the alleged
unreasonable rates and the discriminations
which, it is claimed, are shown by the express
companies. This movement inaugurated by the
Merchants' Association is supported by the
Boards of Trade as well as the leading commer-
cial bodies in all the cities of the country, and
facts and figures have been presented which cer-
tainly make the strongest kind of a case against
the express companies.
GET KRANICH & BACH IN CLEVELAND.
The Cleveland, O., store of A. B. Smith has
secured the agency for the Kranich & Bach piano
for that city and vicinity. A. B. Bender is the
local manager.
DEALER TO GO ON ROAD.
James H. Warner, who, under the name of the
Warner Music Co., has conducted a piano store in
Marlboro, Mass., for the past quarter of a cen-
tury, has decided to close out his business and go
on the road for the Mason & Hamlin Co., of
Boston.
Andrew Carnegie, who has achieved consider-
able fame through his gifts of organs to hundreds
of struggling churches, recently made a new de-
parture in paying the larger part of the cost of
a King piano for the Friends Church of Portland,-
Ind.
"THE MASTER: One who has attained eminence."
A DEFINITION WHICH APPLIES
APPROPRIATELY TO THE
Master Player-Piano
Recognized as one of the most reliable Instruments.
MADE ENTIRELY at our own factory.
WINTER & CO., 220 Southern Boulevard, N.Y.
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