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THE
MUSIC TRADE
9
REVIEW
terial, $4,384; 42 cases piano players and material,
$8,242; 3 cases pianos and material, $3,650; 20 cases
organs and material, $1,920; 11 pkgs. phonographic
How the Latter May Be Seriously Affected by
a Failure on the Part of the People to Ap- goods and material, $990.
preciate Conditions.
Manila—1 pkg. phonographic goods and material,
$124.
Maracaibo—1 case pianos and material, $300; 3
In the letter published this week President Taft
sounds the keynote for the approaching Congres- cases piano players and material, $405.
Melbourne—17 cases organs and material, $845;
sional campaign. To the Republicans who are dis-
1,690 pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $28.-
satisfied with the Payne-Aldrich tariff he says, in
870; 11 cases pianos and material, $1,(550.
effect:
Milan—1 case pianos and material, $425; 12 pkgs.
"If by carrying a grouch to the polls you should
give the Democrats the upper hand in the House phonographic goods and material, $1,002.
Para—4 cases piano players and material, $1,050.
this would not secure such changes as you desire;
Rio de Janeiro—7 pkgs. phonographic goods and
it would but insure the passage of a bill revising
the entire measure along free trade lines, and this material, $1,057; 2 cases pianos and material, $505;
attack upon the protective principle would mean 2 cases piano players and material, $801; 1 case
new tariff agitation to the serious injury to indus- organs and material, $130; 20 pkgs. phonographic'
goods and material, $1,145.
trial and business interests of the country."
St. Johns—5 cases organs and material, $135.
The House of Representatives to be elected this
Sydney—1 case pianos and material, $100; 28
year will not in the ordinary course meet until
December, 1911. Even then with a Senate and a cases piano players and material, $8,150.
President favoring the protective tariff it is evi- St. Kitts—2 cases organs and material, $129; 9
dent that a Democratic House could accomplish pkgs. phonographic goods and material, $207.
nothing in the way of actual legislation. The mere
Turin—2 cases pianos and material, $450.
agitation, however, would be fraught with serious
Valparaiso—11 pkgs. talking machines and ma-
mischief, and the calm and judicial language in terial, $(519.
which the President demonstrates to Republicans
Vienna—22 pkgs. talking machines and material,
the danger of following "insurgent" leaders is $595..
in striking and commendable contrast with the
demagogic swashbuckling speeches that are being
THE TRADE IN MILWAUKEE.
made in some sections of the country.
The feeling of the business community is pre- First Fall Meeting of Retail Piano Dealers' As-
sociation Held This Week—Consider Certifi-
sented in the words of William Barnes, Jr., of
cate and Contest Questions—Big Order for
Albany :
Christman from Flanner-Hafsoos Piano Co.
"From one end of the country to the other the
political agitator is at work trying to arouse the
(Special to The Review.)
people to a sense of alleged wrong that they may
make him important. What the business man and
Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 3, 1910.
the worker for wages want is peace, an opportunity
At the first fall meeting of the Milwaukee Retail
to pursue their calling and secure happiness with- Piano Dealers' Association, which will be held on
out the constant interference of politicians en- the evening of Sept. 6, at the Blatz Hotel, it is
deavoring to arouse them to a sense of fancied planned to make the centificate scheme the chief
misfortune."
topic of discussion. An invitation has been ex-
The President admits that the Payne-Aldrich bill tended to David C. Owen, Milwaukee postmaster,
is not perfect, but he advocates the curing of its to address the gathering on the postoffice regula-
defects not by wholesale revision, with attendant tions concerning the certificate and contest
disturbance of business, but by occasional changes schemes, and it is expected that the address will be
in the duties on particular commodities if the an unusually interesting one. The discussion will
researches of the standing tariff commissioners be preceded by a banquet.
shall show that these can be altered for the benefit
The association has been inactive during the
of the consumer without injury to the domestic warm summer months, but plans are being made
producer. It is a safe and sane programme and for an active winter, which will prove of much
one that must appeal to all thoughtful citizens as value and interest to the members. The member-
conducive to peace and general prosperity.
ship list will be increased to a large extent by
Certainly the business interests of the country the acquisition of several new firms.
will suffer if agitation is to go on.
The Milwaukee Retail Piano Dealers' Associa-
tion was formed for the purpose of improving trade
conditions, and it is the opinion of the officials
OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS.
of the organization that the time has come when
Pianos and Other Musical Instruments Shipped
some action should be taken in regard to the certi-
Abroad from the Port of New York for the ficate and contest questions. At present Milwaukee
Week Just Ended—An Interesting Array of
has the reputation of fathering more contests and
Musical Specialties for Abroad.
certificate schemes among the piano men than any
other city of equal size in the country. Up to the
(Special to The Review.)
present time the matter has been carefully handled
Washington, D. C, Sept. 7, 1910.
by the association, but it seems that plans are be-
The following were the exports of musical in- ing made for free expression on the subject.
struments and kindred lines from the port of New
Another large consignment of Christman pianos
York for the week just ended:
has been ordered by the Flanner-Hafsoos Piano
Berlin—65 pkgs. talking machines and material, Co., in preparation for the fall trade, which is ex-
$1,120; 1 case pianos and material, $250.
pected to be brisk. The Christman agency was ob-
Bombay—4 cases pianos and material, $512.
tained by this well-known Milwaukee house during
Buenos Ayres—1 pkg. phonographic goods and the summer, but notwithstanding the dull time, they
material, $3,900; 1 case music rolls, $109.
disposed of their entire first shipment. Excellent
Calcutta—2 cases organs and material, $260.
sales on both the Christman and A. B. Chase lines
Cape Town—3 cases organs and material, $203. are reported by Eric Hafsoos, vice-president of the
Colon—1 case organs and material, $130; 17 pkgs. company.
phonographic goods and material, $913.
Delagoa Bay—2 cases organs and material, $500.
NEW LUDWIG & CO. STYLES.
Demerara—3 pkgs. phonographic goods and ma-
terial, $160.
Ludwig & Co.. East 136th street and Willow
Genoa—1 case pianos and material, $900.
avenue, have three new style upright pianos coming
Hamburg—9 cases organs and material, $450.
through the factory for fall, viz., a beautiful Colo-
Kingston—1 case organs and material, $100; 1 nial case and two with carved trusses, pilasters and
cr.se pianos and material, $130.
music desk. They hope to make initial shipments
Kobe—2 cases pianos and material, $400.
before the end of October on all three designs. W.
Liverpool—1 case pianos and material, $400; 1 R. Gullett, the hustling road salesman for the con-
cern, will make his usual trip westward on or about
case organs and material, $149.
London—123 pkgs. talking, machines and ma- September 15.
POLITICS AND BUSINESS.
Talking Points
on
Piano Actions
The advantages of a
single metal flange over
a c o n t i n u o u s metal
flange have always been
apparent, but until the
new Strauch Patented
Flange Fastener, adopt-
ed by S T R A U C H
BROS., was used, it had
never been possible to
s c r e w these flanges
clown tight enough so
that they would not be-
come loose.
With this new Pat-
ented Flange Fastener
.of STRAUCH BROS, a
single metal flange can
now be set as tightly
and immovably as the
continuous metal flange
and has, therefore, all
the advantage of the
wooden flange for the
ease with which it may
be removed for any pur-
pose. This, in itself, is
an immense advantage,
which will be most read-
ily recognized by all
dealers, tuners and re-
pairers who have had
occasion to remove one
of the old-style metal
flanges. All these dif-
ficulties are obviated by
• the use of STRAUCH
B ROS: Patented
Flange Fastener, which
is regarded as one of the
greatest improvements
in piano action con-
struction that has been
devised in many years.