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DECEMBER 2, 1922
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
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NATIONAL CENSUS OF MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ACTIVITIES
NEW SCHIRMER SIGN FOR DEALERS
Figures of Department of Commerce Show a Decrease in the Number of Establishments
Engaged in the Publishing and Printing of Music in 1921 as Compared With 1919
Attractive Brass Sign for Retail Dealers Ready
for Distribution
WASHINGTON, D. C, November 27.—The Depart-
ment of Commerce announces that the reports
made to the Bureau of the Census show a de-
crease in the number of establishments engaged
in the printing and publishing of music during
the year 1921, as compared with 1919. The
total value of products reported for 1921
amounted to $13,027,000 and for 1919 to $14,-
592,000, a decrease of 10.7 per cent. The figures
for 1921 do not include 34 establishments re-
porting products valued at less than $5,000 each,
and 28 establishments which reported in 1919
were out of business or idle in 1921.
Of the 103 establishments reported for 1921,
40 are located in New York, 18 in Illinois, 10
in Massachusetts, 8 each in Ohio and Penn-
sylvania, 4 in Missouri, 3 each in California and
Texas and 1 each in Arkansas, Connecticut,
Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Ne-
braska, New Jersey and Virginia. New York,
the leading State in the industry in 1921, re-
ported 57.4 per cent of the total value of prod-
ucts in that year.
The decrease in production has been accom-
panied by decreases in the number of persons
employed and in the cost of materials used.
The amount paid for salaries and wages in-
creased 3.2 per cent, however, despite a de-
crease of 7.9 per cent in number of wage
earners.
There was very little fluctuation noted in the
number of wage earners in 1921. In October,
the month of maximum employment, 850 wage
earners were reported, and in January, the
month of minimum employment, 799. The aver-
age number employed during 1921 was 828, as
compared with 899 in 1919. The reports show
that 27, or 3.3 per cent of the total (average)
number of wage earners, were employed 44
hours per week, and 796, or 96.1 per cent, were
employed 48 hours per week. There were 82
establishments which reported no wage earners,
G. Schirmer, Inc., has forwarded, on request,
to the leading dealers throughout the United
States, a handsome brass sign, attractive and
of the best quality, which can either be set
upon the dealer's counter or hung in a con-
spicuous place in the store. The sign reads
"Publications of G. Schirmer, Inc., Including
Schirmer Library, May Be Obtained Here."
It is made of six-ply solid brass and is finished
in two colors, these being biack and the well-
known canary of the Schirmer Library binding.
The arrangements were made for the sign fol-
lowing numerous requests from dealers for such
display material of a permanent character.
all their printing being done by other estab-
lishments.
The statistics for 1921 and 1919 are sum-
marized in the following statement. The fig-
ures for 1921 are preliminary and subject to
such change and correction as may be found
necessary from a further examination of the
Per cent of
original reports.
1
1
1919 decrease-
1921
35.6
160
103
Number of establishments.
10.4
2,350
2,622
Persons engaged
Proprietors
and firm
107
90
15.9
members
11.4
1,616
1,432
Salaried employes
Wage earners (average
7.9
899
828
number)
*3.2
$4,102,000 $3,974,000
Salaries and wages
3.9
3,047,000
2,929,000
Salaries
....
*26.4
927,000
1,172,000
Wages
1.9
2,714,000
Paid for contract w o r k . . . 2,662,000
14.8
2,124,000
1,809,000
Cost of materials
10.7
13,027,000 14,592,000
Value of products
Value added by manufac-
10.0
11,218,000 12,468,000
ture 3
1
The figures for 1921 do not include 34 establishment*
with products valued at $81,750, employi ing 4 wage earners,
each establishment reporting products under $5,000 in
value. The figures for 1919, however, include 46 such
establishments, which employed 2 wage earners* and re-
ported products valued at $110,226.
--* Denotes increase.
3
Value of prodvicts less cost of materials.
NEW TRIANGLE CAMPAIGN
Joe Davis Returns From Chicago After Plan-
ning an Intensive Campaign
Joe Davis, manager of the Triangle Music
Pub. Co., recently returned from a trip to Chi-
cago where he concluded arrangements for a
campaign on "Suez" and several other num-
bers in his company's catalog. The sales for
Triangle publications are the most active in the
history of the company and the management
expects to conclude at the end of the season
the largest business in its history.
GIBSON'S ORCHESTRA A HIT
Popular Dance Orchestra Featuring Curtis Re-
lease Very Successfully
Joe Gibson, leader of the orchestra at the
Moulin Rouge, has a combination of artists
who have gained much popularity in recent
weeks among dance enthusiasts. It has been
known that since pre-Volstead days it is the or-
chestra and its music which is the prime at-
traction of all cabarets. Therefore, this sea-
son's success at the Moulin Rouge must be
somewhat credited to Joe Gibson.
One of the dance numbers which this or-
chestra has particularly featured is "Just One
More Dance" from the catalog of L. B. Curtis,
music publisher. It is played nightly and its
rendition calls for repeated encores.
Arthur Hackett, now touring the Pacific Coast
in concert, is featuring in his programs the
song "I Shall Know" from the catalog of Enoch
& Sons. The audiences everywhere, seemingly,
admire his rendition of this appealing number.
The song is issued for all voices with violin
obbligato.
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