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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
REVIEW
MARCH 9, 1918
ucts less tardy. That the congestion in transportation has meas-
urably subsided is indicated by the continued revival of manu-
facturing, with operations on a more nearly normal basis, and not
only are there fewer labor controversies than usual, but no single
strike of far-reaching importance is in progress."
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HE Committee on Daylight Saving of the Chamber of Com-
merce of the United States is making a strong fight to have
Congress pass the Daylight Saving Bill, and has offered to that
august body over fifty excellent reasons why the measure should
become a law.
The bill provides for the turning of all clocks ahead one hour
during the period from the second Sunday in April to the last
Sunday in September. It is estimated that the reduction in heat
and light will save more than 1,500,000 tons of coal. It is esti-
mated that 150 hours will be saved out of the annual average of
1,320 hours requiring artificial illumination, and if the bill is
framed to cover the whole year, approximately 198 hours will be
saved. It is emphasized that the plan is not an experiment, but
has proven successful in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany
and other nations since the outbreak of the war. It is also quite
evident that working in daylight serves to increase the efficiency
of employes. If the daylight saving plan will result in the saving
of a substantial amount of coal, it will mean that next winter's
fuel problem will be lightened to just that degree. That reason
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= EDITORIAL=
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USINESS in all branches of the music trade industry has
shown a decidedly better trend during the past week, and
this, of course, can be attributed in a large measure to more
pleasant w r eather conditions which have resulted in improved
railroad service, particularly in the delivery of coal and freight
shipments generally. Then again roads in the rural communities,
following the usual February thaw, are in better shape for travel-
ing and transportation, all of which has a bearing on trade ex-
pansion in the smaller communities where the automobile is a
factor in making deliveries.
The business community has now fully realized the serious-
ness of the war and the nation's obligations to back the efforts of
our men abroad in winning a victory for American arms, and
business fundamentals are being rapidly adjusted to this end.
Business now knows exactly where it is at, and this should
result in a steady betterment in all branches of industry, particu-
larly the piano trade, for it cannot be overlooked that the employ-
ment of millions of men, earning wages far in excess of anything
dreamt of in their careers, will enable them to become purchasers
of such necessities for their homes as musical instruments.
For these men music is a necessity, as it is a necessity for
everybody during war times. These workers have the money to
spend, and they constitute a vast army of "prospects" who will
undoubtedly receive the consideration of live piano merchants.
The general tone of the financial publications this week in
commenting upon the condition of trade throughout the country
is distinctly optimistic. Dun's Review, for instance, says: "With
the restraints on business further diminished, evidences of recov-
ery from the recent practically general interruption of activities
are both more numerous and more clearly discernible. In widely
separated sections of the country, and in various branches of trade
and industry, a decided change for the better is now perceptible,
and financial obligations are met with greater promptness as the
moderated weather renders deliveries of raw materials and prod-
F a bill before the New York State Legislature becomes a law,
it seems as though the piano merchants in this State will be
compelled to observe a one price policy regardless of their per-
sonal desires. The bill seeks to amend the personal property law
in order to make it compulsory upon the merchant offering goods
on contract, or conditional sale, to place upon the article both the
cash price and the conditional sale price. If the bill becomes a
law it should prove of material aid to piano merchants who are
already observing the one price policy, and it should likewise
serve to increase the number of cash sales by presenting to the
customer the exact saving he can effect by buying on a cash basis.
In other ways, also, a law such as that proposed should work to
the advantage of both the merchant and the customer.
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T took a long time in this country to develop into tangible form
the ideas long cherished by some leading men in the trade to
bring the various association activities and interests under one
common head, and it might be said that the prevalence of threat-
ening war conditions had much to do with the success that at-
tended the work of placing the various trade activities under the
direction of the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce last fall.
The object once having been attained, however, progress has been
rapid and real things have been accomplished. The success of
the plan has not only been realized in the United States, but has
appealed to trade associations in both Canada and England, the
result being that the Associated Music Industries of Canada is
now already a fact, and committees representing the various trade
organizations in Great Britain, including the piano, piano supply,
talking machine and sheet music sections, are busily working
out a plan for the centralization of activities in that country.
Piano men in the United States have taken the lead in this
matter, however, and will have to see to it that they keep well
ahead of the procession in the matter of actual accomplishments
through co-ordinated effort. It may be that after the war the
idea will spread to other countries, and if such is the case, all
the more honor will be due to those who had the courage and
ability to bring about a centralization of effort in this country on
a practical basis.
() one in any way connected with the music industry should
overlook the work that is being done by the Boston Music
Publishers' Association in the interests of American music.
Members of the association, particularly the officers, have been
most active in carrying on the propaganda for the further recog-
nition of the works of American composers, and the use of native
music in concert programs, to the exclusion of the foreign product
which dominated to such a degree in the past.
The lioston music men apparently have no false idea regard-
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