Music Trade Review
Issue: 1912 Vol. 55 N. 3 - Page 11
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THE
GERMANS DESIRE WILSON VICTORY.
Believe His Election as President of the United
States Would Mean Big Reduction in the
American Tariff and Help Business.
A dispatch from Berlin to the New York Times
says that the German exporting world is frankly
delighted at the prospect of Woodrow Wilson's
election to the Presidency and the inauguration of
a tariff for revenue only in the United States.
The Correspondenz, the official organ of the
Free Trade Party, points out that it is fatuous to
think that what is commonly understood as free
trade will be established under Mr. Wilson's aus-
pices, but it believes that heavy reductions in Amer-
ica's abnormally high tariff will, at any rate, take
place.
"Perhaps," says the Correspondenz, "America
will in that event be prepared to conclude com-
mercial treaties with European powers on the basis
of tariff concessions which are stubbornly refused
under the Republican protective regime. England
would, in these circumstances, naturally fare best,
because she already admits all export articles from
the United States without duty, with the exception
of spirits, tobacco and fruits.
"If England succeeds in obtaining special advan-
tages for her exports, other countries will be com-
pelled to follow the same path and to make valu-
able concessions to America on grain, meats, bacon,
lard, cattle, wood, etc. For Germany, which, after
England, is the greatest export country, this would
be of great importance."
The Correspondenz also sees an advantage for
Europe in the soft pedal which it expects Mr.
Wilson would apply to imperialism.
"The Democrats," it says, "will abandon the
policy of treaties with other American republics
designed to afford the United States preferential
tariff treatment as against European competitors.
The Democrats are also opponents of Government
subsidies to shipping companies and of schemes
for the artificial promotion of American navigation
in the Panama Canal.
"Altogether the election of Mr. Wilson would
mean commercial and economic changes of the
first magnitude."
DRAWBACK ALLOWANCES
Granted by the Treasury Department on Cer-
tain Commodities.
1
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, July 15, 1912.
The Treasury Department has granted a draw-
back allowance on the exportation of pianos manu-
factured by Wm. Tonk & Bro., Inc., of New York
City, with the use of imported sconces.
HEAD OF MUSIC COMMITTEE.
Rudolph Steinert is the head of the music com-
mittee for the New Haven Week Celebration to
be held in New Haven, Conn., in September. Mr.
Steinert and his colleagues are planning an elabo-
rate musical program which they expect will prove
one of the chief features of the celebration. The
movement has the support of the piano houses.
If you are a salesman, tuner or traveler, and
desire a position, forward your wants in an ad-
vertisement to The Review in space not to ex-
charge and replies sent to you.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
PIANO DEALER DISAPPEARS.
W. S. Bayless Loses Nerve When, Affairs Get
Tangled Up—No Cause for Alarm.
(Special to The Review.)
Elgin, 111., July 15. 1912.
The family and friends of W. S. Bayless, the
piano dealer of this city who disappeared last
week, are anxiously awaiting his return or the re-
ceipt of word from him, in order that his business
affairs, which are at present in rather an involved
condition, may be straightened out. It is said
that Mr. Bayless owes his financial difficulties to
his willingness to extend credit without proper
precautions and that his temporary disappearance
is due to the fact that he has lost his nerve. It is
said that his books are perfectly straight and that
he had nothing to fear regarding the outcome of
his trouble.
WEGMAN COTTAGE UNHARMED
In the Great Conflagration Which Destroyed
Large Hotels and Cottages in Thousand
Islands Park on the St. Lawrence.
(Special to The Review.)
Auburn, N. Y., July 16, 1912.
Henry Wegman, the piano manufacturer of this
city, who owns a $15,000 cottage at the Thousand
Islands, received definite information to-day that
the cottage was unharmed in the conflagration that
swept the Park Tuesday. The fire extended as far
as the Geneva cottage, three doors away from Mr.
Wegman's.
Mr. Wegman was in communication over the
long distance telephone to-day with his brother,
Roy Wegman, who, with P>ed Ernsberger and
George Adams, went from Auburn to the Islands.
The three men will return to Auuurn to-day.
A YOUNG GENNETT.
Latest Addition to the Weil-Known Family of
Piano Makers at Richmond.
Fred Gennett, secretary of the Starr Piano Co.,
Richmond, Ind., is receiving 'hearty congratula-
tions from his friends upon the addition of a
new member to his family.
Young Richard Gennett made his appearance
on July 11, and while he .has not as yet made a
positive declaration as to what profession he pro-
poses to follow, he has given exhibitions of strong
vocal power and it is presumed that he will follow
in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and
become a shining ornament to the noble industry
of piano making.
CONCENTRATES IN HOUSTON, TEX.
Leyhe Piano Co. Closes Galveston Branch and
Will Cover Territory from Former City.
The Leyhe Piano Co. has closed its store in
Galveston, Tex., and consolidated the business of
that store with the Houston store. Charles A. Sny-
der, for over a year manager of the Galveston
store of the company, has gone to Houston as
manager of the Southern division. The concen-
tration of the business in Houston will permit of
the company carrying a larger stock an one place
and develope the business along other channels.
'CABLETON" A NEW R. R. STATION.
(Special to The Review.)
MANUFACTURERS OF
PIANO, ACTION AND PLAYER
HARDWARE.
OAKVILLE COMPANY
WATERBURY, CONN.
South Haven, Mich., July 15, 1912.
The importance of another piano manufacturing
concern lhas been recognized by the railroad serv^
ing that particular territory, and as a result, in the
near future there will appear on the time-tables of
the Fruit Belt Line a station by the name "Cable-
ton," which has been established in the neigh-
borhood of the plant of the Cable-Nelson Piano
Co., and whidh has been named in honor of the
president of the company. A handsome station
building is now being erected and will be a
stopping place for a majority of the trains run-
ning over the Fruit Belt Line,
11
MUST PAY FOR PIANO LOST IN FIRE,
Important"" Decision Handed Down by Judge
Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Which Holds
That Purchaser Should Have Carried Insur-
ance on Piano Which He Had Purchased on
Instalments, and the Loss of a Piano by Fire
Does Not Cancel His Obligations to the Party
From Whom He Purchased the Instrument.
(Special to The Review.)
New Brunswick, N. J., July 1«J, 1912.
That a piano bought on the instalment plan and
which is destroyed by fire must be paid for in full
by the purchaser is the gist of a decision which
has just been filed by Judge Freeman Woodbridge
in the District Court. The fact that a hardship is
thus worked the court holds to be no ground why
a different conclusion should be reached.
The case was that of Otto Wissncr vs. Thomas
Shapiro, and was tried in the local court recently.
Charles M. Mason appearing for the plaintiff and
Thomas Brown representing the defendant. Sha-
piro, who is one of the best-known residents of
Roosevelt, this county, was "burned out" on Janu-
ary 15 last, when a fire destroyed his household
goods, including a piano purchased by him of
Wissner on June !), 1911.
The terms of the contract called for the pay-
ment by Shapiro of $25 in cash for the instrument
and $10 monthly until the full purchase price of
$475 was paid. A total of $95 had been paid when
the fire occurred which destroyed the piano and
suit was brought to recover the balance of $380.
A clause of the contract provided that the title
and ownership of the piano was to remain in the
plaintiff, Wissner, until the full price had been
paid, and Mr. Shapiro's counsel urged .that his
client not being the actual owner of the instrument
could not be held liable.
The court, however, points to a further clause
of the contract, whereby Shapiro agreed to have the
piano insured for $475 and assign the policy to
Wissner. This Shapiro had failed to do, and Judge
Woodbridge has rendered a verdict for the full
amount claimed, including interest, making a total
of $391.40.
INCORPORATED IN OHIO.
The Moore-Johnson Co. was incorporated this
week with the Secretary of State of Ohio for the
purpose of conducting a business in pianos and
organs, etc., with a capital stock of $50,000.
Those interested are James H. Puntenney, P.
Moore, G. W. Moore, J. Ellery Johnson and James
PI. Puntenney, Jr.
SONNENBERG-SKINNER ORGANIZES.
(Special to The Review.)
Waterbury, Conn., July 15, 1912.
A certificate of incorporation was filed yesterday
in the office of the Secretary of State by the Son-
nenberg-Skinner Co., of Waterbury, to deal in
musical instruments; capital stock, $25,000; begin
business with $12,500. Incorporators: Charles W.
Skinner and Hardy M. Smith, of Waterbury, and
Louis M. Sonnenberg, of New York.
RUDOLF
PIANOS
are conscientiously made, good
instruments; in other words,
the sweetest things out.
RUDOLF PIANO CO.
M7-Mt U d t r Avc.
NEW YORK
THE
GERMANS DESIRE WILSON VICTORY.
Believe His Election as President of the United
States Would Mean Big Reduction in the
American Tariff and Help Business.
A dispatch from Berlin to the New York Times
says that the German exporting world is frankly
delighted at the prospect of Woodrow Wilson's
election to the Presidency and the inauguration of
a tariff for revenue only in the United States.
The Correspondenz, the official organ of the
Free Trade Party, points out that it is fatuous to
think that what is commonly understood as free
trade will be established under Mr. Wilson's aus-
pices, but it believes that heavy reductions in Amer-
ica's abnormally high tariff will, at any rate, take
place.
"Perhaps," says the Correspondenz, "America
will in that event be prepared to conclude com-
mercial treaties with European powers on the basis
of tariff concessions which are stubbornly refused
under the Republican protective regime. England
would, in these circumstances, naturally fare best,
because she already admits all export articles from
the United States without duty, with the exception
of spirits, tobacco and fruits.
"If England succeeds in obtaining special advan-
tages for her exports, other countries will be com-
pelled to follow the same path and to make valu-
able concessions to America on grain, meats, bacon,
lard, cattle, wood, etc. For Germany, which, after
England, is the greatest export country, this would
be of great importance."
The Correspondenz also sees an advantage for
Europe in the soft pedal which it expects Mr.
Wilson would apply to imperialism.
"The Democrats," it says, "will abandon the
policy of treaties with other American republics
designed to afford the United States preferential
tariff treatment as against European competitors.
The Democrats are also opponents of Government
subsidies to shipping companies and of schemes
for the artificial promotion of American navigation
in the Panama Canal.
"Altogether the election of Mr. Wilson would
mean commercial and economic changes of the
first magnitude."
DRAWBACK ALLOWANCES
Granted by the Treasury Department on Cer-
tain Commodities.
1
(Special to The Review.)
Washington, D. C, July 15, 1912.
The Treasury Department has granted a draw-
back allowance on the exportation of pianos manu-
factured by Wm. Tonk & Bro., Inc., of New York
City, with the use of imported sconces.
HEAD OF MUSIC COMMITTEE.
Rudolph Steinert is the head of the music com-
mittee for the New Haven Week Celebration to
be held in New Haven, Conn., in September. Mr.
Steinert and his colleagues are planning an elabo-
rate musical program which they expect will prove
one of the chief features of the celebration. The
movement has the support of the piano houses.
If you are a salesman, tuner or traveler, and
desire a position, forward your wants in an ad-
vertisement to The Review in space not to ex-
charge and replies sent to you.
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
PIANO DEALER DISAPPEARS.
W. S. Bayless Loses Nerve When, Affairs Get
Tangled Up—No Cause for Alarm.
(Special to The Review.)
Elgin, 111., July 15. 1912.
The family and friends of W. S. Bayless, the
piano dealer of this city who disappeared last
week, are anxiously awaiting his return or the re-
ceipt of word from him, in order that his business
affairs, which are at present in rather an involved
condition, may be straightened out. It is said
that Mr. Bayless owes his financial difficulties to
his willingness to extend credit without proper
precautions and that his temporary disappearance
is due to the fact that he has lost his nerve. It is
said that his books are perfectly straight and that
he had nothing to fear regarding the outcome of
his trouble.
WEGMAN COTTAGE UNHARMED
In the Great Conflagration Which Destroyed
Large Hotels and Cottages in Thousand
Islands Park on the St. Lawrence.
(Special to The Review.)
Auburn, N. Y., July 16, 1912.
Henry Wegman, the piano manufacturer of this
city, who owns a $15,000 cottage at the Thousand
Islands, received definite information to-day that
the cottage was unharmed in the conflagration that
swept the Park Tuesday. The fire extended as far
as the Geneva cottage, three doors away from Mr.
Wegman's.
Mr. Wegman was in communication over the
long distance telephone to-day with his brother,
Roy Wegman, who, with P>ed Ernsberger and
George Adams, went from Auburn to the Islands.
The three men will return to Auuurn to-day.
A YOUNG GENNETT.
Latest Addition to the Weil-Known Family of
Piano Makers at Richmond.
Fred Gennett, secretary of the Starr Piano Co.,
Richmond, Ind., is receiving 'hearty congratula-
tions from his friends upon the addition of a
new member to his family.
Young Richard Gennett made his appearance
on July 11, and while he .has not as yet made a
positive declaration as to what profession he pro-
poses to follow, he has given exhibitions of strong
vocal power and it is presumed that he will follow
in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and
become a shining ornament to the noble industry
of piano making.
CONCENTRATES IN HOUSTON, TEX.
Leyhe Piano Co. Closes Galveston Branch and
Will Cover Territory from Former City.
The Leyhe Piano Co. has closed its store in
Galveston, Tex., and consolidated the business of
that store with the Houston store. Charles A. Sny-
der, for over a year manager of the Galveston
store of the company, has gone to Houston as
manager of the Southern division. The concen-
tration of the business in Houston will permit of
the company carrying a larger stock an one place
and develope the business along other channels.
'CABLETON" A NEW R. R. STATION.
(Special to The Review.)
MANUFACTURERS OF
PIANO, ACTION AND PLAYER
HARDWARE.
OAKVILLE COMPANY
WATERBURY, CONN.
South Haven, Mich., July 15, 1912.
The importance of another piano manufacturing
concern lhas been recognized by the railroad serv^
ing that particular territory, and as a result, in the
near future there will appear on the time-tables of
the Fruit Belt Line a station by the name "Cable-
ton," which has been established in the neigh-
borhood of the plant of the Cable-Nelson Piano
Co., and whidh has been named in honor of the
president of the company. A handsome station
building is now being erected and will be a
stopping place for a majority of the trains run-
ning over the Fruit Belt Line,
11
MUST PAY FOR PIANO LOST IN FIRE,
Important"" Decision Handed Down by Judge
Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Which Holds
That Purchaser Should Have Carried Insur-
ance on Piano Which He Had Purchased on
Instalments, and the Loss of a Piano by Fire
Does Not Cancel His Obligations to the Party
From Whom He Purchased the Instrument.
(Special to The Review.)
New Brunswick, N. J., July 1«J, 1912.
That a piano bought on the instalment plan and
which is destroyed by fire must be paid for in full
by the purchaser is the gist of a decision which
has just been filed by Judge Freeman Woodbridge
in the District Court. The fact that a hardship is
thus worked the court holds to be no ground why
a different conclusion should be reached.
The case was that of Otto Wissncr vs. Thomas
Shapiro, and was tried in the local court recently.
Charles M. Mason appearing for the plaintiff and
Thomas Brown representing the defendant. Sha-
piro, who is one of the best-known residents of
Roosevelt, this county, was "burned out" on Janu-
ary 15 last, when a fire destroyed his household
goods, including a piano purchased by him of
Wissner on June !), 1911.
The terms of the contract called for the pay-
ment by Shapiro of $25 in cash for the instrument
and $10 monthly until the full purchase price of
$475 was paid. A total of $95 had been paid when
the fire occurred which destroyed the piano and
suit was brought to recover the balance of $380.
A clause of the contract provided that the title
and ownership of the piano was to remain in the
plaintiff, Wissner, until the full price had been
paid, and Mr. Shapiro's counsel urged .that his
client not being the actual owner of the instrument
could not be held liable.
The court, however, points to a further clause
of the contract, whereby Shapiro agreed to have the
piano insured for $475 and assign the policy to
Wissner. This Shapiro had failed to do, and Judge
Woodbridge has rendered a verdict for the full
amount claimed, including interest, making a total
of $391.40.
INCORPORATED IN OHIO.
The Moore-Johnson Co. was incorporated this
week with the Secretary of State of Ohio for the
purpose of conducting a business in pianos and
organs, etc., with a capital stock of $50,000.
Those interested are James H. Puntenney, P.
Moore, G. W. Moore, J. Ellery Johnson and James
PI. Puntenney, Jr.
SONNENBERG-SKINNER ORGANIZES.
(Special to The Review.)
Waterbury, Conn., July 15, 1912.
A certificate of incorporation was filed yesterday
in the office of the Secretary of State by the Son-
nenberg-Skinner Co., of Waterbury, to deal in
musical instruments; capital stock, $25,000; begin
business with $12,500. Incorporators: Charles W.
Skinner and Hardy M. Smith, of Waterbury, and
Louis M. Sonnenberg, of New York.
RUDOLF
PIANOS
are conscientiously made, good
instruments; in other words,
the sweetest things out.
RUDOLF PIANO CO.
M7-Mt U d t r Avc.
NEW YORK
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