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THE: MUSIC TRADE:
LONG AND SHORT HAUL ORDER.
After
Feb. 17 a Lesser Rate Cannot Be
Charged for a Longer Than a Shorter Haul.
(Special to The Review.)
REVIEW
sale and retail sheet music and small goods de-
partments of^ Thos. Goggan & Bros., of Galves-
ton, Tex., has resigned and accepted the manage-
ment of similar departments in the new store of
Mike Goggan, of this city.
Mike Goggan and Mr. Herzog are at present in
the North, visiting Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston and other Eastern music centers to
select stock. By the first of November Mr. Gog-
gan will occupy elegant new quarters at 225 East
Houston street with an up-to-date line of the best
of everything in music.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 17, 1910.
An important long and short haul order was
decided upon to-day by the Interstate Commerce
Conjnfissiori and. will be issued early next week.
^Jnder it the railroads may maintain the .present
Jates until February 17, in conformity with the
lavv, which says that the present rates may be main-
tained for a period of six months.
PIANOS IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
\" The commission announced that no changes in
grates would be permitted in the interim which in
Tax
Assessor
Discovered 9,671 Pianos, as
^any way change the present relationship between
Compared with 7,006 Last Year.
the long and short haul points. In other words, if
present rates out of Chicago or St. Paul give a
(•Special to The Review.)
^Pacific Coast point a preference of 50 cents over
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 17, 1910.
*in intermediate point any changes which the rail-
Milwaukee p : ano dealers believe that the county
toads may propose must maintain that parity.
' The order of the commission proyides that after assessors were no more lynx-eyed this year than
formerly, as they discovered only 9,671 pianos in
February. 17 -a lesser rate cannot be charged for
all Milwaukee county, according to their report
•4 longer than for a shorter haul, except in special
fases. This is in conformity with the law. Ap- recently filed. Last year they succeeded in fer-
plication must be made to the commission by the reting out 7,006 pianos from their hiding places,
"railroads for each group of rates where it is de- which would mean an increase this year of 2,065,
.; Sired that the long and short haul principle shall a figure which comes far from representing the
* Apply. The form in which this application is to be actual number of instruments sold in the county
biade is prescribed by the commission, which an- during the past year, according to dealers. The
-:nounces that .specific and comprehensive reasons assessors found that the total value of assessed
property in the county amounted to $292,199,739, a
shall be given in each application for the suspen-
gain of $10,941,001 over the previous year.
sion of the law, which provides that no railroad
A. T. Wittich has joined the sales forces of the
'fhall charge any greater compensation in the ag-
gregate for the transportation of passengers or Edmund Gram Music House.
f
0f like kind of property for a shorter than for a
longer distance.
•'• The commission is granted discretion in the law
Detroit Times Makes Bold Announcement on
"io prescribe, after investigation, to what extent
Page of Piano Advertising—A Stand to Be
•railroads may be relieved from the full force of
Commended.
-the provision.
DETROIT PAPER BARS CONTEST ADS.
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ACTIVE TIMES IN DETROIT.
Farrand Co. Running Night Shift at Factory—
Dealers Report Improved Collections—J. W.
; Belcher Promoted—Knabe Grand for Leh-
' man Concert—Other News of Interest.
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(Special to The Review.)
(Special to The Review.)
Detroit, Mich., Oct. 17, 1910.
As a direct result of the crusade made by the
piano dealers of this city against the puzzle certifi-
cate or coupon plan of selling pianos, the Detroit
Times recently published the following significant
notice prominently displayed on a page occupied
chiefly by various piano house advertisements :
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Detroit, Mich., Oct. 18, 1910.
?• The Farrand Co. have been forced to start run-
ning a night shift in order to keep up with the
Refuse to Gull Public With
business sent in by traveling men.
Piano Puzzle Contests
Retail pianos dealers report that collections have
never been as good in many years as they have
Reputable Detroit Dealers Vigorously
been during the past two weeks. They report
Protest Against the Deceptive Advertis-
that money seems to be plentiful and that persons
ing Methods of Some Companies.
purchasing pianos on the installment plan make
The Detroit Times refuses to publish
larger iirst payments and agree to make larger
such advertisements.
monthly payments than has been the custom. An-
Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers have fallen
other thing the dealers say is that purchasers are
into line and have, since October 1, re-
buying higher grade instruments than they were
fused all puzzle advertising. It is evident
buying last summer.
that it is only a matter of time before
every newspaper in the United States will
, James W. Belcher, who has been in the piano
refuse to take puzzle contest advertising.
business in this city for 15 years, and who has
been sales manager of the Kimball Piano Co.'s
Petroit branch, has been promoted to general man-
When will the leading papers in other large
ager of the Detroit store.
cities have the courage to take the same step?
;. The Farrand Co. furnished a Knabe grand piano
for the Mme. Liza Lehman concert at the Garrick
PIANO CLUB'S "SMOKER
Theater on. Sunday, Oct. 16,. in this city. Because
flie managers of Mme. Lehman were unable to
get a Knabe grand piano for her concert at Ypsi- Committee Appointed for This Purpose—Club
Outgrowing Pre~ent Quarters—Arrange for
fanti Monday night the Farrand Co. loaded one of
"Smoker" Next Month,
the instruments on their auto delivery truck and
^auled it to that city.
Julius Winter, president of the Piano Club of
] W. E. Koon, formerly connected with the Fred-
erick piano house in Pittsburg, has joined the forces New York, as outlined in last week's Review, has
If thg player-piano department of Grinnell Bros. appointed Messrs. W. I. Mapes, I. E. Bretzfelder
and Joseph Octavec as an entertainment
committee to arrange for a smoker next
month, and plan several entertainments during the
At Present in East Selecting Stock for New winter. All the downtown piano manufacturers
and representatives from allied trades will be in-
i San Antonio Store—Gets New Manager.
vited to attend these affairs. Secretary R. C.
j
(Special to The Review.)
Rogers has received, in fact, a number of appli-
cations for tickets for the "smoker" next month,
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San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 14, 1910.
•I Theodore Herzog, who has for a number of any everything points to a big attendance and a
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years occupied.-.an important position in the whole- jolly good time.
MIKE GOGGAN TO OPEN SOON.
For every piano
you sell
you can easily sell a
dozen Victors, and do
it without interfering
with your piano busi-
ness.
What is more, there
are no "dull seasons"
with the Victor. It is
good steady business
that keeps up all year
around.
More and more piano
dealers all over the
country are getting a
firm hold on this desira-
ble business and it is pay-
ing them large profits.
And, as a result of
their Victor business,
these same dealers are
selling more pianos than
they ever sold before.
You can do this just
as well as other dealers.
Why not write us to-
day for full particulars.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J., U. S. A.
Berliner Gramophone Co., Montreal,
Canadian Distributors.
To get best results, use only Victor Needles
on Victor Records.