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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
U. S. TRADE FOR SEVEN MONTHS.
ADVERTISING ROW IN ST. PAUL.
Commerce Department Gives Detailed Figures
to End of January—Total Trade Is a Little
Over $358,500,000 for This Period.
Piano Dealers Withdraw Advertising from Cer-
tain Newspapers Because They Permit Their
Columns to Be Used for Exploiting Mislead-
ing Advertising of One Concern—W. J.
Dyer East—Raudenbush to Use Wessell,
Nickel & Gross Action—News of the Week.
(Special to The Review.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 15.—Figures of im-
ports and exports of the United States for Jan-
uary and the seven months ended with January,
1914, published Saturday by the Department of
Commerce, show imports in January approximat-
ing $154,400,000 and exports slightly in excess of
$204,100,000, a total trade of a little over $358,500,-
000. In the seven months' period imports were a
little below $1,067,900,000 and exports were some-
thing more than $1,522,100,000, an aggregate trade
in excess of $2,590,000,000. The trade balance
favoring the United States is about $50,000,000
for the month of January, 1914, and for the seven
months exceeds $454,000,000.
Looking at the figures by great groups, the im-
ports in January of the three classes of manu-
factures were of "foodstuffs partly or wholly
manufactured" a little over $15,700,000, of "manu-
factures for further use in manufacturing" some-
thing over $25,200,000 and of "manufactures ready
for consumption" more than $39,000,000, a total
exceeding $79,900,000. Exports in the same classes
were $29,100,000, $29,500,000 and $52,400,000, re-
spectively, an aggregate of over $111,000,000.
In the seven months, as compared with the cor-
responding period of the preceding year, imports
from North America increased about $30,000,000
and from Asia about $3,000,000, but decreased
from the other grand divisions. Sales to Europe
increased about $17,500,000, to Asia about $11,600,-
000, to Oceania about $1,000,000 and to Africa
something over $500,000, but to North America
they decreased about $31,000,000 and to South
America about $4,000,000.
The best customers in January, 1914, as well
as in the seven months' period, were the United
Kingdom, Germany, Canada and France in the
order named, and they retained the relative posi-
tions held by them in the corresponding periods
of the preceding year. The aggregate trade with
the United Kingdom in January of this year ex-
ceeded $84,000,000, an increase of nearly $3,000,-
000 over January of last year. Imports therefrom
fell off about $200,000.
Germany, with a total trade exceeding $50,600,-
000 in January, 1914, also shows increased trade
over January, 1913, the gain being about $2,000,-
000. Trade with the United Kingdom in the seven
months' period under consideration shows a de-
crease in the aggregate approximating $27,000,000,
of which less than $3,400,000 is in sales thereto.
In the same period trade with Germany increased
about $17,500,000 in the aggregate, while our ex-
ports to that country increased over $23,600,000.
With France trade for the seven months' period
shows an increase of about $5,700,000, the total
being over $202,000,000 and the balance of trade
in favor of the United States also shows gain,
being about $16,200,000, as .compared with $12,400,-
000 in the seven months ended January, 1913.
ton
(Special to The Review.)
MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, MINN., March 14.—
St. Paul is having an advertising row between the
piano dealers and the newspapers similar to the
one in Minneapolis and for the same reason. A
company which has been regarded as a mischief
maker for some years recently inserted in the
newspapers a display "ad" offering pianos as low
as $25, but without stating that they were old and
used instruments. All the standard makes were
offered at unheard of prices. The dealers im-
mediately rebelled and withdrew their advertising
patronage for the time being. One paper capitu-
Jated at once, but the other was inclined to hold
to its course. The four leading houses promptly
agreed to let the offending paper alone, and it is
understood that they will have the support of the
retail section of the Association of Commerce if
it should come to a fight. The piano men are
averse to invoking the new statute prohibiting mis-
leading advertising, as they wish to keep peace in
the family, but as a last resort the law still is
available.
Business which opened up nicely during the first
week of March did not hold its own during the
second week and things were quite dull in the
salesrooms. The weather was remarkably fine
even for Minnesota, and there was a great
scramble to get the automobiles out of their win-
ter quarters and it may have been the interest in
the gasoline wagons that distracted attention from
music makers. Colonel Flagler, of the John
Church Co., who arrived during the week from
the Coast, consoled the Twin City dealers by in-
forming them that conditions were no better in
the Far West.
W. J. Dyer is taking the rest cure in Atlantic
City, and Mrs. Dyer, for whom the trip to some
extent was planned, is reported as improving. Be-
fore leaving for home Mr. Dyer will visit the
headquarters of the big dealers with whom he
has business relations.
Raudenbush & Sons, who adopted the Wessell,
Nickel & Gross action after the first of the year,
announce that they are mightily pleased with the
action and declare that it helps to sell their
pianos.
PROMINENT PIANOS HEARD.
Stein way, Knabe and Chickering Featured in
Concert and Recital at the Various Affairs
Given Last Week in Buffalo.
(Special to The Review.)
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 16.—During the past
week this city heard several concerts and piano
lectures by prominent persons in the music world.
The feature of all the concerts was the fact that
pianos of the noted grades were used.
INCORPORATED.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, under the
able direction of Dr. Ernst Kunwald, gave a con-
The official incorporation of the Andrew Kohler cert at Elmwood Music Hall. More than a thou-
Piano Co., which was referred to in The Review sand people attended. The Steinway grand piano
recently, took place at Albany, on Friday, the was used.
incorporators being Geo. Q. Chase, of San Fran-
Carmele Carbone Valente, one of Buffalo's most
cisco, Cal.; James A. Coffin and Anthony Doll, Jr., brilliant artists, gave a song recital at the
of New York. The object is to manufacture Twentieth Century Club on March 30. The Knabe
pianos, player-pianos and talking machines, and piano was used.
the capital is placed at $5,000.
The Oberlin College Glee Club will give a con-
cert at the Lafayette high school next month.
FIRE SMOULDERING SIX WEEKS.
The club is composed of twenty-eight men all
Fire smouldering in the plant of the Walters chosen with a view of musicianship and a limited
Piano Co., at 220 East Sixty-third street, New number of concerts are given each year. A
York, since the big blaze of January 30, when Chickering piano will be used.
the plant was totally destroyed, was put out by
INCREASE CAPITAL STOCK.
firemen last Friday. The reappearance of the fire
The Ackerman & Lowe Piano Co., of Marion,
was a surprise after the deluge of water which
was poured on it when the fire originally occurred. O., has certified with the authorities of Ohio to an
increase of capital stock from $60,000 to $100,000.
Engine Company 39 performed the ceremony.
The J. R. Reed Music Co., Austin, Tex., will
move to 805-807 Congress street, that city,
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The Cable Piano Company has closed its branch
store in Prj.ntiac, Mich,
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