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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 2, 1918
EDITORIAL
HE members of the piano trade in New York and elsewhere
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who worked so earnestly at conventions and. through per-
sonal efforts in Washington in favor of ship subsidy legislation,
which was passed by Congress in 1907, cannot fail to be inter-
ested in the statement made last week by Representative Julius
Kahn, of California, that the "sinister purpose" of German
opposition to the ship subsidy legislation at that time is now
making itself plain to the members of Congress who voted
against it. He declared the aim of the German opposition was
to place the United States in exactly the position it now occupies
in the event of a world war, or any other war in which Germany
might become engaged.
In showing how the Kaiser's propagandists worked he said
that the manager of the Hamburg-American Line at that time
openly and publicly opposed the legislation for a ship subsidy
that was pending in Congress. He printed his contentions in
the daily papers in New York and other cities, and members of
Congress carried these printed advertisements into the houses
of Congress and used them to defeat that measure. He added:
"If we had spent $60,000,000 then for ship subsidies we would
not now have Congress appropriating $1,000,000,000 for ships of
small tonnage, that probably will have to be thrown into the
scrap heap when the war is over."
FEBRUARY 2, 1918
pears inclined to favor any move that will make for increased
export trade, for there is seen in the movement an excellent
means for transferring the gold exchange and maintaining the
trade balance. In taking up this export question, however, the
manufacturers would do well to work together so far as pos-
sible, for by combining their efforts in some manner they will
be able to get results both for this country and abroad that
would not ordinarily come to the individual.
Tn giving thought to the export trade, piano manufacturers
might bear in mind that Great Britain is giving full attention to
this matter, even in the midst of war, and has gone so far as to
make it obligatory on manufacturers in certain lines to export
60 per cent, of their products if they desire to secure the release
of supplies from the Government. England is not neglecting
her commercial development and is quick to seize war oppor-
tunities. Let it not be said of American manufacturers that they
have not been equally awake.
libraries in the various leading cities of the country
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might with profit follow the example of the Newark, N. J.,
Public Library in establishing a business branch, where trade
journals and other business literature are placed at the disposal
of those who may profit thereby. Public libraries primarily
are provided for the education of the people, and not, as many
suppose, as a distributing center for fiction. Those of the
general public who are studiously inclined, and particularly
school children who desire authentic information, can find facts
at their command by consulting the trade journals of the day
much more readily than by depending upon text-books.
The ultimate aim of educating the youth is to fit him for
some line of business, and in accomplishing that end he can find
no better text-book than the trade journal of the industry in
which he plans to engage. There he gets facts about present con-
ditions, and learns what the men of that trade are actually doing
and how they are doing it.
The Music Trade Review and The Talking Machine World,
both published in these offices, are being displayed prominently
in the trade journal exhibit, being held under the auspices of
the Newark Public Library, as the representative publications
in their respective field, and there are close to one thousand other
leading trade journals representing several hundred different
fields of endeavor also on exhibition.
important suggestion of interest to members of the music
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industry was made this week by A. H. Smith, Regional
Director of Railroads, whereby he appealed to the manufacturers
and merchants of New York not to let removal of freight from
terminals lag on Mondays, which are "workless" under the or-
ders of Fuel Administrator Garfield. Mr. Smith pointed out
that Dr. Garfield had made it clear that nothing in the industrial
suspension order was intended to interfere with the movement
of freight from piers to warehouses, and that there had been
a sad reduction in the amount of goods removed from railroads,
piers and terminals the first Monday, because of a literal obeying
of the closing order. He stated that warehouses can be kept
open on Mondays to receive freight without violation of the
fuel order, and that every consignee should exert himself to
take from the railroads the largest possible quantity of freight
now accumulated. Trucking activities should proceed undimin-
ished in any way under the regulations, and a special effort
should be made to perform full capacity service on Monday when
suspension of other industries affords possible employment of
extra labor and facilities, and removes obstruction of some other
business traffic. If these instructions are carried out to the full
extent they should be effective in relieving freight congestion.
HE suggestion of George W. Pound that efforts be made to
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have assigned to the piano trade one of the fleet of Dutch
ESPITE weather conditions, which in severity have been un-
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vessels recently taken over by the Government for the purpose
equaled for many years, the railroads are getting a better
of carrying a cargo of American-made pianos to South America.
hold on the freight situation. The temporary embargoes placed
Australia and the Orient, is interesting in its possibilities, even
though the plan itself is not carried out to maturity.
The piano manufacturing facilities of the country just now
are sufficient to take care of a very substantial export business,
in addition to domestic demands, and the war has opened the
door for us in this particular. The Government at this time ap-
upon the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Reading, East of
Pittsburgh, it is expected, will be lifted this week. These devel-
opments are significant and lead to the belief that coal is now
moving to manufacturing centers with more regularity and fre-
quency, all of which bodes well for the resumption of work in
factories which have been handicapped through lack of coal.