Music Trade Review
Issue: 1921 Vol. 73 N. 25 - Page 35
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THE
DECEMBER 17, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
35
REVIEW
ALFRED DOLGE VISITING ITALY
VALUABLE HANDBOOK ON SHELLAC
TIMBER SHORTAGE BECOMING ACUTE
Widely Known Piano Man Spending Winter in
Rome—Business Unsettled in Europe
The Indian Government Includes a Comprehen-
sive "Report on Lac and Shellac" in Its "In-
dian Forest Records," It Is Announced
Timber Growth One-quarter of Annual Produc-
tion—Lack of Effective Reforestation Respon-
sible for Disappearing Forests
An interesting handbook on the shellac in-
dustry entitled "Report on Lac and Shellac" has
been included by the Indian government as a
part of its publications, "Indian Forest Records."
Contained in the book are lists of the principal
manufacturers, dealers and exporters in the lac
centers. There is also a bibliography on lac and
shellac and reports of investigations into sources
of supply, production methods, price fluctua-
tions, transportation and the volume of exports.
Comprehensive colored maps, price graphs and
the influence of stocks upon prices are also in-
cluded.
Considerable valuable technical information is
contained in a discussion of the quality of shellac,
and a description of the influence of cultivation
and method of preparation is given.
Timber shortage in the United States is reach-
ing an acute stage, and if immediate steps are
not taken we will be dependent on foreign
sources for our future supplies, declared the
Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture
in a recent report. Five-sixths of the original
timber area of our country has already been cut
or burned over. The yearly consumption of
lumber in the United States is 26,000,000,000
cubic feet and the growth is only 6,000,000,000
cubic feet a year.
"We have already cut or burned over five-
sixths of our original timber area of 822,000,000
acres," declares the report. "Three-fourths of our
total utilization and practically all the high-
grade material is still from virgin stands. We
cannot indefinitely use or destroy 26,000,000,000
cubic feet a year and grow only 6,000,000,000.
We shall soon have to grow a much larger part
of the 20,000,000,000 feet difference. Forest ex-
periment stations are needed to find out and
demonstrate how to grow this enormous volume
of wood."
In the Southern pine belt four-fifths of the
original 650,000,000,000 feet have been cut since
1870. Other sections of the country also are
rapidly being deforested.
No time should be lost in learning methods
to keep fully productive the 137,000,000 acres of
virgin stands which we still have left. We have
the opportunity to utilize a total of 463,000,000
acres of forest land in the production of wealth,
for the support of a large timber-growing indus-
try comparable to farming, and for the mainte-
nance of other large industries.
Alfred Dolge, long prominent and popular in
the music trade field in America, who is at pres-
ent in Europe, writes The Review from Genoa,
Italy, where he is making a trip through that
land of song and story. He plans to visit Naples,
Messina and Palermo; thence to Rome, where he
expects to spend two or three months. From
there he will go to Florence and Venice and re-
turn to Leipzig, Germany, some time in the
Spring.
Mr. Dolge states that business is very un-
settled all over Europe because of the fluctuating
rate of exchange and points out the necessity of
some relief by the great Powers in order to avert
a calamity that will affect the nations of the
world.
COPPER DEMAND SLOWS DOWN
Prices Remain Comparatively Firm—Consumers
Withdraw From the Market
LOCAL WOOLMARKET IS FIRM
Prices Remain in Speculative Stage—Australian
Demand for copper during the past few days
Wool Situation Clearing Up—No Relief Ex-
has slowed down and the market has become
pected During Life of Emergency Tariff
comparatively quiet. There were rumors thai
for some light business offering the smaller in-
The local raw wool market continues firm,
terests were willing to make slight concessions with prices still' in the speculative stages. Con-
and that it was possible to obtain limited quan- siderable business is being done in certain quar-
tities again at 13% cents for nearby delivery. ters, but, generally speaking, the conservative
No actual sales at this price, however, came to factors are proceeding with extreme caution,
light and producers with December metal for although they freely state that quotations must
sale claimed to be holding firm at 13% cents. It go higher, in view of the inability to bring in
might have been possible to secure January de- supplies under the emergency tariff. The fever-
livery at the same price, though some of the ish trading between dealers which was noted re-
larger interests will not shade under 14 cents cently seems to have subsided somewhat, al-
for January and February. First quarter options though there is plenty of evidence that many
m'ight be quoted at 13% cents to 14 cents, as to dealers are eager for quick profits.
position and tonnage. While there was no Advices from abroad indicate that the Aus-
noticeable weakness yesterday the general tone tralian wool situation is gradually clearing. The
of the market was easier, in view of the lighter removal of restrictions is regarded in the local
demand.
trade as an important step.
Consumers who hitherto have bought quite
A dispatch from Perth, West Australia, states
freely on an advancing market may have with-
drawn temporarily to develop a better buying that the next wool auction there will take place
on January 7, when 12,000 bales will be offered.
position.
Towers Above
AH Others
Also FIANO-FORTK
Manufacturer*
and ORGAN KEYS
Of
Keys, Actions, Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 to 147 Broadway
.
.
.
.
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
Established 1853
Grand and Upright Piano-forte Actions
HEED OUR ADVICE
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin-
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur-
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.
Write to-day.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch*
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in
celluloid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW Y O U
David A. Smith, Eastern manager of the Stand-
ard Felt Co., with headquarters on Twenty-
third street, New York, returned last week from
a short business trip through the northern sec-
tion of New York State and adjacent points in
Canada.
PLAYER MANUFACTURERS
ATTENTION!
We make a specialty of Piano and Player-
Piano Hardware, Transmissions and Gears,
Metal Spool Ends, and so forth. We make
only on special order after designs furnished
us or will furnish designs on request.
Write us your needs.
Elgin Metal Novelty Co-
ELGIN
-
-
ILLINOIS
"AMSCO" Brand
Tuning Pins
are made of specially tested steel.
Forty years' experience making
tuning pins for the piano trade
assures the guarantee of the most
reliable pins on the market.
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communipaw Arenue, Jersey City. N. J.
THE
DECEMBER 17, 1921
MUSIC
TRADE
35
REVIEW
ALFRED DOLGE VISITING ITALY
VALUABLE HANDBOOK ON SHELLAC
TIMBER SHORTAGE BECOMING ACUTE
Widely Known Piano Man Spending Winter in
Rome—Business Unsettled in Europe
The Indian Government Includes a Comprehen-
sive "Report on Lac and Shellac" in Its "In-
dian Forest Records," It Is Announced
Timber Growth One-quarter of Annual Produc-
tion—Lack of Effective Reforestation Respon-
sible for Disappearing Forests
An interesting handbook on the shellac in-
dustry entitled "Report on Lac and Shellac" has
been included by the Indian government as a
part of its publications, "Indian Forest Records."
Contained in the book are lists of the principal
manufacturers, dealers and exporters in the lac
centers. There is also a bibliography on lac and
shellac and reports of investigations into sources
of supply, production methods, price fluctua-
tions, transportation and the volume of exports.
Comprehensive colored maps, price graphs and
the influence of stocks upon prices are also in-
cluded.
Considerable valuable technical information is
contained in a discussion of the quality of shellac,
and a description of the influence of cultivation
and method of preparation is given.
Timber shortage in the United States is reach-
ing an acute stage, and if immediate steps are
not taken we will be dependent on foreign
sources for our future supplies, declared the
Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture
in a recent report. Five-sixths of the original
timber area of our country has already been cut
or burned over. The yearly consumption of
lumber in the United States is 26,000,000,000
cubic feet and the growth is only 6,000,000,000
cubic feet a year.
"We have already cut or burned over five-
sixths of our original timber area of 822,000,000
acres," declares the report. "Three-fourths of our
total utilization and practically all the high-
grade material is still from virgin stands. We
cannot indefinitely use or destroy 26,000,000,000
cubic feet a year and grow only 6,000,000,000.
We shall soon have to grow a much larger part
of the 20,000,000,000 feet difference. Forest ex-
periment stations are needed to find out and
demonstrate how to grow this enormous volume
of wood."
In the Southern pine belt four-fifths of the
original 650,000,000,000 feet have been cut since
1870. Other sections of the country also are
rapidly being deforested.
No time should be lost in learning methods
to keep fully productive the 137,000,000 acres of
virgin stands which we still have left. We have
the opportunity to utilize a total of 463,000,000
acres of forest land in the production of wealth,
for the support of a large timber-growing indus-
try comparable to farming, and for the mainte-
nance of other large industries.
Alfred Dolge, long prominent and popular in
the music trade field in America, who is at pres-
ent in Europe, writes The Review from Genoa,
Italy, where he is making a trip through that
land of song and story. He plans to visit Naples,
Messina and Palermo; thence to Rome, where he
expects to spend two or three months. From
there he will go to Florence and Venice and re-
turn to Leipzig, Germany, some time in the
Spring.
Mr. Dolge states that business is very un-
settled all over Europe because of the fluctuating
rate of exchange and points out the necessity of
some relief by the great Powers in order to avert
a calamity that will affect the nations of the
world.
COPPER DEMAND SLOWS DOWN
Prices Remain Comparatively Firm—Consumers
Withdraw From the Market
LOCAL WOOLMARKET IS FIRM
Prices Remain in Speculative Stage—Australian
Demand for copper during the past few days
Wool Situation Clearing Up—No Relief Ex-
has slowed down and the market has become
pected During Life of Emergency Tariff
comparatively quiet. There were rumors thai
for some light business offering the smaller in-
The local raw wool market continues firm,
terests were willing to make slight concessions with prices still' in the speculative stages. Con-
and that it was possible to obtain limited quan- siderable business is being done in certain quar-
tities again at 13% cents for nearby delivery. ters, but, generally speaking, the conservative
No actual sales at this price, however, came to factors are proceeding with extreme caution,
light and producers with December metal for although they freely state that quotations must
sale claimed to be holding firm at 13% cents. It go higher, in view of the inability to bring in
might have been possible to secure January de- supplies under the emergency tariff. The fever-
livery at the same price, though some of the ish trading between dealers which was noted re-
larger interests will not shade under 14 cents cently seems to have subsided somewhat, al-
for January and February. First quarter options though there is plenty of evidence that many
m'ight be quoted at 13% cents to 14 cents, as to dealers are eager for quick profits.
position and tonnage. While there was no Advices from abroad indicate that the Aus-
noticeable weakness yesterday the general tone tralian wool situation is gradually clearing. The
of the market was easier, in view of the lighter removal of restrictions is regarded in the local
demand.
trade as an important step.
Consumers who hitherto have bought quite
A dispatch from Perth, West Australia, states
freely on an advancing market may have with-
drawn temporarily to develop a better buying that the next wool auction there will take place
on January 7, when 12,000 bales will be offered.
position.
Towers Above
AH Others
Also FIANO-FORTK
Manufacturer*
and ORGAN KEYS
Of
Keys, Actions, Hammers, Brackets and Nickel Rail Furnished Complete
131 to 147 Broadway
.
.
.
.
CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.
SYLVESTER TOWER CO.
Established 1853
Grand and Upright Piano-forte Actions
HEED OUR ADVICE
Write for a sample can of Behlen's
Varnish Crack Eradicator and try it.
Once you learn how much it means to
you in the saving of time on your refin-
ishing jobs by eliminating the necessity
of scraping off old varnish and shellac,
and how much more satisfactory are
the results, because of the better sur-
face it gives to work on, you, like others
will continue to use it.
Write to-day.
H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
Stains
Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
Near 6th Ave., and 8th St.
And when you're satisfied
that we've the best punch*
ings on the market, cut
clean and accurately from
the best of material in
celluloid, cloth, felt, fibre,
leather, paper, rubber or
whatever you want, give
us credit and send your
orders to
C. F. GOEPEL & CO.
137 E. 13th STREET
NEW Y O U
David A. Smith, Eastern manager of the Stand-
ard Felt Co., with headquarters on Twenty-
third street, New York, returned last week from
a short business trip through the northern sec-
tion of New York State and adjacent points in
Canada.
PLAYER MANUFACTURERS
ATTENTION!
We make a specialty of Piano and Player-
Piano Hardware, Transmissions and Gears,
Metal Spool Ends, and so forth. We make
only on special order after designs furnished
us or will furnish designs on request.
Write us your needs.
Elgin Metal Novelty Co-
ELGIN
-
-
ILLINOIS
"AMSCO" Brand
Tuning Pins
are made of specially tested steel.
Forty years' experience making
tuning pins for the piano trade
assures the guarantee of the most
reliable pins on the market.
American Musical Supply Co.
451 Communipaw Arenue, Jersey City. N. J.
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