Music Trade Review

NOVEMBER
THE
3, 1923
MUSIC · TRADE
53
REVIEW
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LUMBER TARIFF FLEXIBILITY
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that so to do invo lves a claim of authority to
negative a spec ific legislative intent. If th e
p roceeding invo lves such a claim it s hould
Tax on Spruce and Other Lumber Not Subject
stop."
to Increase or Decrease in F'Ordney Act
Duty Is Qualified
C nd e r Paragraph 401 a duty of $1 per thou ­
The atten tion of th e domestic lumbe r indus ­
sa nd was imposed on logs, but it was qualified
try was ca ll ed last week to the fact th at the
rate of dut y imposed o n imported logs of fir,
b y the sta t eme nt th at if foreign nations had
s·pruce , cedar a nd 'vV estern hemlock under .Par­
no t imposed restrictions during the twelve
months prece ding th e entry of th e logs they
ag raph 401 of the Fordney-McCumbe r Act was
not sub ject to increase o r decrease under the
mi ght com e in dut y free.
The Lo ggers' Information Association of Se­
fl exib le provisions of the act. This was the
a ttl e opposed the app licatiori of the B loedel
find in g of the l.-nited States Tariff Com mission,
Lumbe r Mill s a nd the West Coast Lumber As­
which me t in special session in Washington
socia ti on for a hearing on the ground that the
rece n tly to hea r th e complaint of th e Bloede l­
Donovan Lumb er Co., aski n g for relief.
Comm iss ion was without jurisdictio n to carry
out such a hearing, as Congress meant th e $1
It held th at the duty of $1 per t ho usa nd feet
rate to be a penalty again s t hostile action by
had been imp osed not for th e purpose of pro­
oth e r co untri es, · The point of juri sdi ction w as
yi ding protection to th e American ' industry or
for reve nu e, but for th e purpose of providing argued, resultin g in the opinion handed down
to -day, which w as framed by Commissioner
a penalty on the acts of other countri es which
interfered with free commerce in logs. There­
Glass ie.
The opinion is int e rpreted to mean that the
fore, it d eni ed the applica ti on of the Bloedel­
Comm iss ion w ill be in cli ned t o make reco m­
Donova n Lumber Co. for a heari n g und e r the
me nd a tio ns of rate changes only where it co n­
flex ibl e tariff sections for th e purpose of obtai n­
s iders th e pub li c interest wi ll be clearl y p ro·
in g relicL
Vice -chairman Culberson and Commi ssio ne r . mot ed.
Cost i ~a n filed a di sse nting opinion.
Transcendin,r; the opi ni on in importance was . PROVIDES NEW HOMES FOR EMPLOYES
t he expre-sion of t he Commiss ion 's opinion a s
A . C. Cheney Co. Helps to Solve Housing Situa­
to· the object to be a tt ained through th e opera­
tion for Factory Wo rk ers
lion of th e fl exib le provisio ns con tained in the
Fordney-YIcCumbe r _\ ct.
CASTLETON-ON -HuDSON, :-.I, Y., October 29.-I n an
"The p rovision s of · Section 315 are designed
effort to reduce li vi ng cos ts fo r hi s workmen
to be app lied in th <> public in t eres t a nd for gen­
a nd to p romote a bette r spi rit among th e fac­
eral pub li c purpose s, not at the s uit o f private
tory perso nn el, A. C Cheney, pres id ent of the
part ies in their own private inte rest·s, " the ma­
.\. C. Cheney Co., manufac tur er of the Che ney
jority opinion decla red. "No rig ht exists, of
piano action an d pla ye r-pi ano ac ti o n; has co n­
course, to th e in s tituti on of an in vestigatio n
s tru cted about twe nt y- five new d we llin g h o uses
look in g to a change in a cus toms duty or classi­
for his emp loy es. The buildin gs are of the rllos t
fication; nor is it possib le for the Tariff Com­
improved type, lnod e rn throu g ho ut, a nd will be
Ihiss i·o n to expend the public money and to de­
rent ed to emp loyes of th e cOl1lPa ny at a nomi ­
vote th e pub lic time to th e in vestiga tion of
l1al rate.
eve ry a llege d case of lack of cost-equali zatio n
Sca rcity o f labor, in part, prompted Mr.
wh ic h a private party may happe n to. bring
Cheney's action, altho ug h h e ha s a lw ays had
before it.
th e welfare of hi s workm en at hea r t a nd lias
"I ts ac ti on mus t be determined upon consid­
a lways kep t working cond it ions a t a high leve l
(' ra ti o ns of ge nera l pub lic inter es t. Hence the
ill the pla nt. Recently, however, li vi n g costs
question he re is not so much whe th er th e lan­
have be en ri si ng rapidl y In Cas tleton, d ue
g uage of Sec tion 315 is tec hni ca lly broad
large ly to th e fa ct that th e building of t he bi g
enou gh to cove r a pro ceeding pray in g a red uc­
railroad brid ge ac ross the Hud son .a t this point
tio n in th(' dutv impo ~(' d by Paragraph 418 as
has brought a la r ge infl ux of labor into the
whet her, s uch a proceedi ng having bee n insti­
small town, T he Chene y fa ctor y employs abou t
tuted, it is the duty of the Commiss ion under
500 wo rklllen a nd for the pas t seve ral months
the law to procee d with it when it is appar ent
has been operat in g at full capaci ty, so g reat
has be en th e ru s h of ord ers for the firm 's
product.
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APPROVES FORESTRY PLAN IN PART
PHILADELPHIA, PA" Odober 30.-The executive
comm itt ee of the Philad elphia Chamber of
Commer ce has approved in pa rt the new for ­
est ry poli cy proposed b y the Chamber of Com­
merce of th e United States of America. It
voted in the negati ve, however, on the estab­
li s hment of new burea us in Washington at an
increased expense,
The man who uses Behlen's Varnish
Crack Eradicator can afford to figure
lower, yet makes more profit on a re­
finishing job, than the man who does
not use it.
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The reason- h e saves the time, trouble
and expense of scraping off the old var­
nish and shellac and the finished job is
just as satisfactory, too--if not more so.
Monarch Tool & Mlg.Co.
Wall 80".... Ma&,azln'" 810t Box....
Coin 811deo, B .. roU Ma"h1n.... Mon..,.
Box..., Pumps. Pump Bardware. 8pe­
"Ial Part. Mad.. to Ord..r.
Send for a sample can today and
try it.
120 Opera Pi.....
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H. BEHLEN & BRO.
Anilines
Shellacs
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Fillers
10-12 Christopher St., New York
N ear 6th Ave .• and 8th St.
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GOSHEN
CINCINNATI, O.
AR.T NOVEL TVCO.
C)tclusipe manufacturers Piano BeI\.ches
aI\.d M\.lsie eabinets
lJIrilejorccdalog Q.IId detail"
INDIANA
PRICES INCREASE IN SEPTEMBER
Wholesale Index of Federal Reserve B-oard
Shows Slight Increase in Month
WASHINGTON, D. C, October 29.-The · index
numb er of whole sale prices in th e Un ited
States, compiled by the Federal Reserve Board
for the purpose of international compariso ns,
increased four points in September, s howing
that prices ha ve practicall y returned to the June
level of 164, after the decreases of Jul y and
August.
There were increases in all gro ups, although
the most s tri king were in raw materials a nd
co ns ume rs' goo ds ca used b y rises in farm and
food products.
The index number is compiled from 100
wholesale price qu otat ions for representative
commodities taken in leading C'nit ed S tat es
markets, weighted according to th e importance
of the commodity . The followin g index num­
bers of wholesale prices in th e C' ni t ed Sta tes,
based on taking the prices in 1913 as 100, are
compared wi th the previous mon th of August :
A ll commodities, 163, agains t 159 ; goods pro­
duced, 167, against 163 ; goo ds im ported, 145,
agains t 137; goo d s exported, 176, aga·i ns t 166;
raw materi a ls, 167, against 162; producers '
goods, 160, against 159, and cons um ers' goods,
162, against 157.
10 PRODUCE CHINA WOOD OIL
National Paint Manufacturers' Association to
DeveJ.op D omestic Sources of Production
At the fir s t annual conve nt ion of th e National
P ai nt Ma nu fact ur e rs' .\ ssoc iat ion, he ld in the ·
Drake Hotel, Chi cago, recent ly , actio n was
start ed by the atte ndin g dele ga tes to encourage
the dom es tic production of Chin a wood o il.
An appropriation o f $100,000 was voted by the
Assoc iati on for thi s purpose a nd it is hoped
that in a few more years the importation of
thi s commodity from China and other Oriental
nations will be unn ecessa ry.
It has long been known in this co untr y th at
a superior grade of Chi na wood oil can be
produced in Florida, a t a saving of approx i­
ma telg. '-$ l pe r ga ll on, as compared wi th that
imported from t he Orient. According to th e
Association's presen t p lan fift y thou sa nd tung
tre es, whose nuts yie ld the oil, are t o be planted
on the wa s te lands of Florida in the nea r futu re.
SOUTHERN LOGGING ASS'N MEETS
NEW ORLEAN S, LA., October 27.-The annual
meet in g of the Southern Lo ggi n g Association
was held in thi s city from October 23 to Oc to­
ber 25 . A s pecial fe a ture of the gathering was
an address by V. H , Sunderegger of th e Con­
servation Department of Louisiana, who advised
.. the lumbe r men to take th e g r eates t advantage
possibl e of th e market.
Leather Specially,
Tanned for Player~
Pianos and Organs.
Also Chamois
Sheepskins, Indias.
and Skivers
A Specialty of
Pneumatic and
Pouch Skin Le.athcrs