Music Trade Review
Issue: 1918 Vol. 66 N. 22 - Page 11
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THE
JUNE 1, 1918
MUSIC TRADE
11
REVIEW
INCREASE REPORTED IN EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE
Exports of Musical Instruments for Nine Months Ending March 31, 1918, $903,855 More Than Total
for Same Period in 1917—Imports Show Gain During Same Period of $115,987—Figures Re-
garding Trade in Player-Pianos, Music Rolls, Piano Players and Small Goods
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 27.—The summary of
exports and imports of the commerce of the
United States for the month of March, 1918,
the latest period for which it has been compiled,
has just been issued, and 1 is as follows:
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
during March, 1918, amounted to $48,222, as
compared with $37,839, which was imported the
same month of 1917. The nine months' total,
ending March, 1918, showed importations valued
ai $489,947, against $373,960 worth of musical
instruments imported during the same period in
1917, and $443,886 in 1916. This gives an in-
crease in imports for the nine months of
$115,987.
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ments for March, 1918, amounted to $312,464, as
compared with $376,384 for the same month of
the previous year. The nine months' exporta-
tion of musical instruments amounted to $3,-
728,436, as against $2,824,581 for the same period
of 1917, and $2,522,723 in 1916. This shows an
increase for the nine months of $903,855.
Of the aggregate exportations in March, 1918,
there were 96 organs, valued at $4,174, as com-
pared with 208 organs in 1917, valued at $14,407.
The nine months' total showed that we ex-
ported 1,933 organs, valued at $118,310, as against
1,888 organs, valued at $107,000 for the same
period in 1917, and 2,752 organs, valued at $168,-
633 during 1916.
In March, 1918, we exported 788 pianos, valued
at $134,658, as compared with 882 pianos, valued
at $143,050 for the same period of the previous
year.
The nine months' total shows 10,902
pianos, valued at $1,784,492, as compared with
8,591, valued at $1,313,410, exported for the same
period of 1917, and 6,593 pianos, valued at $1,-
200,432 sent abroad during the same period in
1916.
Of the aggregate exportations there were 4
piano players, valued at $2,726 in March, 1918,
as against 42 piano players, valued at $12,294
for the same period of 1917. For the nine
months' period 118 of these instruments, valued
at $34,291 were sent abroad, as compared with
119, valued at $32,781 in 1917, and 200, valued
at $54,198 sent abroad during 1916.
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
The exports of player-pianos show that 231
of these instruments, valued at $67,217, were ex-
ported during March, 1918, as compared with
317, valued at $92,439, exported in March, 1917.
The nine months' total shows that 2,659 player-
pianos, valued at $821,909, were exported during
1918, as compared with 1,689, valued at $532,844
in 1917, and 882, valued at $273,831 in 1916.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
month of March, 1918, amounted in value to
$11,438, as compared with $9,471 in March, 1917.
The nine months' total amounted in value to
$110,644, as compared with $66,820 in exports
for the same period in 1917, and $41,106 in 1916.
The value of all other musical instruments and
parts thereof sent abroad during March, 1918,
amounted to $92,251, as compared with $104,723
in 1917. The total exports for the nine months
under this heading foot up $858,790, as against
$771,726, exported during the same period of last
year, and $784,523 in 1916.
MAY REDRAFT THE STEPHENS BILL
Believe That a Remodeled Measure, or an En-
tirely New Bill, Providing for Maintenance
of Resale Prices Under Auspices of Federal
Trade Commission, Will Be Offered
It is now predicted that in view of the vari-
ous recent decisions against the existing methods
of providing for the maintenance of fixed retail
prices, and particularly in view of the recent
action of the Federal Trade Commission in the
matter of price fixing, a new, or amended, Ste-
phens bill will be introduced into Congress at
an early date which will be drafted along lines
to meet the situation as now developed.
It is believed that in its new form the Ste-
phens bill will still be designed to give manu-
facturers of trade-marked goods the right to
fix the retail selling price, or the resale price, on
their goods, but will also provide that the price
fixin'g must have the approval of the Federal
Trade Commission. It is believed that legisla-
tive and judicial interests at present opposed to
the fixing of retail prices by private concerns
can be won over to the policy of price mainte-
nance, provided such a policy shall be under
Government supervision.
Even Justice Brandeis, of the United States
Supreme Court, in a dissenting opinion in a
recent price-fixing case, gave it as his view that
price maintenance should be brought about
through legislation, and intimated that the Fed-
eral Trade Commission should be given some
authority in the matter.
With the Federal Trade Commission in
charge, the retailer, or the final purchaser, will
have some recourse in the event that he felt
that the price fixed on a certain article was
higher than was warranted by the cost of manu-
facture and distribution, in which event the Com-
mission would probably order an adjustment.
BRADBURY LINE AT MUSIC SHOW
F. G. Smith House Will Also Have a Compre-
hensive Display of Webster Pianos
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
The Hcppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
It was announced this week that the house of
F. G. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y., had arranged to
have a display at the National Music Show,
which opens at the Grand Central Palace on
Saturday night, June 1. A full line of Bradbury
and Webster grands, uprights and player-pianos
will be exhibited under the direction of William
Knabe, general manager of the house. Booth
67 has been assigned to the Smith interests.
Paul M. Zeidler, formerly of the firm of Strich
& Zeidler, is now operating a plant at 279
Morris avenue, Bronx, for the manufacture of
shrapnel parts for the U. S. Government.
Do You Know the
Need of Amusement?
What do you know about
the needs of your theatre
men ?
Have you found out how
much trouble the confection-
eries, restaurants and dance
pavilions have with music
problems ?
Did you ever get the views
of your lodges on what a
dependable source of music
would mean to them ?
They know the needs and
will welcome your bringing
them.
COINOLAS
or
REPRODUCOS
The pianos and organs that
have MADE GOOD.
What can you do to help
these men, knowing it means
extra PROFITS for you ?
Get our free trial offer and
you will find out.
See the Coinola exhibit
at the National Music
Show, Grand Central
Palace, New York, June
1-8. It will occupy
spaces SI -52 on the mez-
zanine floor.
OPERATORS
PIANO CO.
LOUIS M. SEVERSON, Pre«.
16 South Peoria Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
THE
JUNE 1, 1918
MUSIC TRADE
11
REVIEW
INCREASE REPORTED IN EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE
Exports of Musical Instruments for Nine Months Ending March 31, 1918, $903,855 More Than Total
for Same Period in 1917—Imports Show Gain During Same Period of $115,987—Figures Re-
garding Trade in Player-Pianos, Music Rolls, Piano Players and Small Goods
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 27.—The summary of
exports and imports of the commerce of the
United States for the month of March, 1918,
the latest period for which it has been compiled,
has just been issued, and 1 is as follows:
The dutiable imports of musical instruments
during March, 1918, amounted to $48,222, as
compared with $37,839, which was imported the
same month of 1917. The nine months' total,
ending March, 1918, showed importations valued
ai $489,947, against $373,960 worth of musical
instruments imported during the same period in
1917, and $443,886 in 1916. This gives an in-
crease in imports for the nine months of
$115,987.
The total domestic exports of musical instru-
ments for March, 1918, amounted to $312,464, as
compared with $376,384 for the same month of
the previous year. The nine months' exporta-
tion of musical instruments amounted to $3,-
728,436, as against $2,824,581 for the same period
of 1917, and $2,522,723 in 1916. This shows an
increase for the nine months of $903,855.
Of the aggregate exportations in March, 1918,
there were 96 organs, valued at $4,174, as com-
pared with 208 organs in 1917, valued at $14,407.
The nine months' total showed that we ex-
ported 1,933 organs, valued at $118,310, as against
1,888 organs, valued at $107,000 for the same
period in 1917, and 2,752 organs, valued at $168,-
633 during 1916.
In March, 1918, we exported 788 pianos, valued
at $134,658, as compared with 882 pianos, valued
at $143,050 for the same period of the previous
year.
The nine months' total shows 10,902
pianos, valued at $1,784,492, as compared with
8,591, valued at $1,313,410, exported for the same
period of 1917, and 6,593 pianos, valued at $1,-
200,432 sent abroad during the same period in
1916.
Of the aggregate exportations there were 4
piano players, valued at $2,726 in March, 1918,
as against 42 piano players, valued at $12,294
for the same period of 1917. For the nine
months' period 118 of these instruments, valued
at $34,291 were sent abroad, as compared with
119, valued at $32,781 in 1917, and 200, valued
at $54,198 sent abroad during 1916.
3 Great Pianos
With 3 sounding boards
in each (Patented) have the
greatest talking points in
the trade.
The exports of player-pianos show that 231
of these instruments, valued at $67,217, were ex-
ported during March, 1918, as compared with
317, valued at $92,439, exported in March, 1917.
The nine months' total shows that 2,659 player-
pianos, valued at $821,909, were exported during
1918, as compared with 1,689, valued at $532,844
in 1917, and 882, valued at $273,831 in 1916.
The exports of perforated music rolls for the
month of March, 1918, amounted in value to
$11,438, as compared with $9,471 in March, 1917.
The nine months' total amounted in value to
$110,644, as compared with $66,820 in exports
for the same period in 1917, and $41,106 in 1916.
The value of all other musical instruments and
parts thereof sent abroad during March, 1918,
amounted to $92,251, as compared with $104,723
in 1917. The total exports for the nine months
under this heading foot up $858,790, as against
$771,726, exported during the same period of last
year, and $784,523 in 1916.
MAY REDRAFT THE STEPHENS BILL
Believe That a Remodeled Measure, or an En-
tirely New Bill, Providing for Maintenance
of Resale Prices Under Auspices of Federal
Trade Commission, Will Be Offered
It is now predicted that in view of the vari-
ous recent decisions against the existing methods
of providing for the maintenance of fixed retail
prices, and particularly in view of the recent
action of the Federal Trade Commission in the
matter of price fixing, a new, or amended, Ste-
phens bill will be introduced into Congress at
an early date which will be drafted along lines
to meet the situation as now developed.
It is believed that in its new form the Ste-
phens bill will still be designed to give manu-
facturers of trade-marked goods the right to
fix the retail selling price, or the resale price, on
their goods, but will also provide that the price
fixin'g must have the approval of the Federal
Trade Commission. It is believed that legisla-
tive and judicial interests at present opposed to
the fixing of retail prices by private concerns
can be won over to the policy of price mainte-
nance, provided such a policy shall be under
Government supervision.
Even Justice Brandeis, of the United States
Supreme Court, in a dissenting opinion in a
recent price-fixing case, gave it as his view that
price maintenance should be brought about
through legislation, and intimated that the Fed-
eral Trade Commission should be given some
authority in the matter.
With the Federal Trade Commission in
charge, the retailer, or the final purchaser, will
have some recourse in the event that he felt
that the price fixed on a certain article was
higher than was warranted by the cost of manu-
facture and distribution, in which event the Com-
mission would probably order an adjustment.
BRADBURY LINE AT MUSIC SHOW
F. G. Smith House Will Also Have a Compre-
hensive Display of Webster Pianos
We fix " o n e p r i c e " —
wholesale and retail.
The Hcppe Piano Co.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
It was announced this week that the house of
F. G. Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y., had arranged to
have a display at the National Music Show,
which opens at the Grand Central Palace on
Saturday night, June 1. A full line of Bradbury
and Webster grands, uprights and player-pianos
will be exhibited under the direction of William
Knabe, general manager of the house. Booth
67 has been assigned to the Smith interests.
Paul M. Zeidler, formerly of the firm of Strich
& Zeidler, is now operating a plant at 279
Morris avenue, Bronx, for the manufacture of
shrapnel parts for the U. S. Government.
Do You Know the
Need of Amusement?
What do you know about
the needs of your theatre
men ?
Have you found out how
much trouble the confection-
eries, restaurants and dance
pavilions have with music
problems ?
Did you ever get the views
of your lodges on what a
dependable source of music
would mean to them ?
They know the needs and
will welcome your bringing
them.
COINOLAS
or
REPRODUCOS
The pianos and organs that
have MADE GOOD.
What can you do to help
these men, knowing it means
extra PROFITS for you ?
Get our free trial offer and
you will find out.
See the Coinola exhibit
at the National Music
Show, Grand Central
Palace, New York, June
1-8. It will occupy
spaces SI -52 on the mez-
zanine floor.
OPERATORS
PIANO CO.
LOUIS M. SEVERSON, Pre«.
16 South Peoria Street
CHICAGO, ILL.
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