Music Trade Review
Issue: 1913 Vol. 56 N. 1 - Page 5
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THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
THE DESIRE FOR MORE IS VITAL.
(Continued from page 3.)
It is the desire for more that creates bigger factories—also more traveling men on the road to
sell more products.
It is the desire for more that causes the stores to grow bigger each year: adding more lines to
their already tremendous stocks.
It is the desire for more that causes the great inventors to bring forth marvels of inventive skill
which revolutionize conditions in every walk of life.
We wanted quicker means of communication; then came the telegraph and cable, and we could
flash the electric current under the seas.
The stage coach was too slow; by degrees changes came in means of travel until to-day a mile-
a-minute pace has ceased to excite comment.
Then came the telephone, and we could talk from one end of the country to the other and recog-
nize the voices of our friends.
Then came the power to carry words through the air without the aid of wires—that mysterious
wireless!
We desired to navigate the air, and men cared nothing about risking their lives to discover how
this could be done.
The high death toll of the air does not deter the steadily growing ranks of the men who are will-
ing to try it out with death every time.
In every department of human activity we want more.
The housekeeper objected to so much sweeping; a vacuum cleaner was constructed to relieve
her of much of this burden.
We outgrew the candle; then came gas, which is now a back number, for it already has been
supplanted by electricity.
Wonder upon wonder!
Then came the talking machine, with the power of voice reproduction.
Then the moving picture, which is admittedly one of the greatest educational forces in the world
to-day.
The hand-played piano answered most requirements until recently, but finally something more was
needed; then came the player-piano—a marvel. And so it goes, and we have only just commenced!
The simple fact is that the desire for more is one of the vital elements in life.
Were all of us to be satisfied with what we have we would never be able to improve our condi-
tion.
The man who has everything that he wishes, and who has ceased to be a developer, has practically
ceased to be a useful force in the world.
He may transfer his energies from business to the cultivation of some special fads, but if he
ceases to take interest—ceases to be a developer in something—he is cumbering up the earth, because
with a withdrawal of the impulse to do things his faculties decline.
Satisfaction arrests progress—dissatisfaction vitalizes and spurs men on to greater accomplish-
ments.
The inventor finds more joy in the fact that his invention works out successfully than he does
in the cash that the discovery brings him. That is his desire—to do things—to advance.
It is a mighty good thing, too, that all men are not primarily in search of money; but men en-
gaged in active business enterprises are always seeking to extend their business-building influences, and
incidentally to increase their cash receipts.
Looking ahead it must be admitted that the men of this industry have ample cause to press on
to bigger and better things for 1913.
The setting is excellent for a good trade and it requires energy—well directed, of course—to
accomplish the right kind of results; but I believe that during the year 1913 the live wires of the music
trade industry will have accomplished a great forward movement.
This trade is going ahead and it is broadening. True, methods of producing and marketing goods
are changing, but the volume of business is increasing.
There are more pianos manufactured and sold to-day than ever before—hence the business is big-
ger, bulks up larger on the trade horizon of the country, and there is no reason why men should not
sharpen their weapons and get ready for the fray.
There is plenty of business to go around, and it will come to the workers and not the grumblers!
Everything must come to the workers—to the men who do things. And as we take the onward
march for the New Year let there be no day without a deed to crown it.
Just at this time many of us indulge in reminiscences while we are building future plans, and the
thought of old friendships which have endured in business for many years
have, perhaps, a softening influence upon us.
After all, what is life without friendship? We crave it, although
at times we affect an indifference. And I say, may the hinges of friend-
ship never rust nor the wings of love ever lose a feather!
THE
MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
THE DESIRE FOR MORE IS VITAL.
(Continued from page 3.)
It is the desire for more that creates bigger factories—also more traveling men on the road to
sell more products.
It is the desire for more that causes the stores to grow bigger each year: adding more lines to
their already tremendous stocks.
It is the desire for more that causes the great inventors to bring forth marvels of inventive skill
which revolutionize conditions in every walk of life.
We wanted quicker means of communication; then came the telegraph and cable, and we could
flash the electric current under the seas.
The stage coach was too slow; by degrees changes came in means of travel until to-day a mile-
a-minute pace has ceased to excite comment.
Then came the telephone, and we could talk from one end of the country to the other and recog-
nize the voices of our friends.
Then came the power to carry words through the air without the aid of wires—that mysterious
wireless!
We desired to navigate the air, and men cared nothing about risking their lives to discover how
this could be done.
The high death toll of the air does not deter the steadily growing ranks of the men who are will-
ing to try it out with death every time.
In every department of human activity we want more.
The housekeeper objected to so much sweeping; a vacuum cleaner was constructed to relieve
her of much of this burden.
We outgrew the candle; then came gas, which is now a back number, for it already has been
supplanted by electricity.
Wonder upon wonder!
Then came the talking machine, with the power of voice reproduction.
Then the moving picture, which is admittedly one of the greatest educational forces in the world
to-day.
The hand-played piano answered most requirements until recently, but finally something more was
needed; then came the player-piano—a marvel. And so it goes, and we have only just commenced!
The simple fact is that the desire for more is one of the vital elements in life.
Were all of us to be satisfied with what we have we would never be able to improve our condi-
tion.
The man who has everything that he wishes, and who has ceased to be a developer, has practically
ceased to be a useful force in the world.
He may transfer his energies from business to the cultivation of some special fads, but if he
ceases to take interest—ceases to be a developer in something—he is cumbering up the earth, because
with a withdrawal of the impulse to do things his faculties decline.
Satisfaction arrests progress—dissatisfaction vitalizes and spurs men on to greater accomplish-
ments.
The inventor finds more joy in the fact that his invention works out successfully than he does
in the cash that the discovery brings him. That is his desire—to do things—to advance.
It is a mighty good thing, too, that all men are not primarily in search of money; but men en-
gaged in active business enterprises are always seeking to extend their business-building influences, and
incidentally to increase their cash receipts.
Looking ahead it must be admitted that the men of this industry have ample cause to press on
to bigger and better things for 1913.
The setting is excellent for a good trade and it requires energy—well directed, of course—to
accomplish the right kind of results; but I believe that during the year 1913 the live wires of the music
trade industry will have accomplished a great forward movement.
This trade is going ahead and it is broadening. True, methods of producing and marketing goods
are changing, but the volume of business is increasing.
There are more pianos manufactured and sold to-day than ever before—hence the business is big-
ger, bulks up larger on the trade horizon of the country, and there is no reason why men should not
sharpen their weapons and get ready for the fray.
There is plenty of business to go around, and it will come to the workers and not the grumblers!
Everything must come to the workers—to the men who do things. And as we take the onward
march for the New Year let there be no day without a deed to crown it.
Just at this time many of us indulge in reminiscences while we are building future plans, and the
thought of old friendships which have endured in business for many years
have, perhaps, a softening influence upon us.
After all, what is life without friendship? We crave it, although
at times we affect an indifference. And I say, may the hinges of friend-
ship never rust nor the wings of love ever lose a feather!
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