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WAYS TO ENCOURAGE
THE FOREIGN BUYER
Some Phases in the Activities of the Chambers
of Commerce Here and There Are
Told in a Brief Way.
The Foreign Trade Department of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States is keeping a
close tab on the activities of the Chambers of Com-
merce in the various American cities. What the
chambers in such cities as Chicago, Cleveland, St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit and other
large cities are doing is told in a report of the
national chamber:
Classification of membership according to com-
modities and markets in which interested, and notifi-
cation of members of all developments concerning
them. Maintenance of library and reference files of
clippings, classified by commodities and markets.
Study in detail of the statistics of the various
United States customs districts with each foreign
country of particular interest, in endeavor to stimu-
late business in lines locally available.
Encouragement of foreign visitors in delegations
and individually to come and meet local business
men; similarly encouragement of visits by consuls,
commercial attaches, and recognized authorities on
shipping, marine insurance, banking, etc.
Advertisement of the city as a foreign trade cen-
ter, by systematic publicity at home and abroad; at
least one chamber of commerce is using motion
pictures for this purpose.
Distribution abroad to United States consuls.
United States chambers of commerce and selected
foreign organizations and dealers of classified lists
or directories of local exporters and their products.
Arranging for exchange of membership and serv-
ices with chambers of commerce in foreign coun-
tries.
The holding of exhibits of samples of goods
needed or materials and supplies available in par-
ticular foreign markets; also arranging sample ex-
hibits of local export products.
Organization and promotion of foreign trade
classes, language classes, etc. Organization and
promotion of foreign trade clubs, luncheons, lec-
tures, meetings, conventions, etc.
Working for better steamship service, rail service,
cable, wireless, and postal facilities, for the benefit
of local business men; handling for members com-
plaints or difficulties arising in connection with such
services. Organization of foreign "trade tours" of
members to foreign countries and planning itin-
eraries and introductions for individual members
going; abroad.
EDUCATING PUBLIC ON
PLAYER ACTION MERITS
Lamb's Music House, Pottstown, Pa., Gives Assur-
ance About Standard Player Actions.
Lamb's Music House, Pottstown, Pa., consis-
tently educates the public on what makes for merit
in the construction of a piano or player piano. The
relation of the action to excellence is favorite sub-
ject of the firm. This week this was printed by the
progressive Pennsylvania music bouse:
"All our playerpianos have Standard player ac-
tions, which are best actions manufactured, they
are made by the Standard Pneumatic Action Com-
pany , New York, and this company which has
passed the experimental stages, produces all the
parts of the mechanism of a player action that will
positively wear and serve, not only for a few years,
but for a lifetime. Besides the manufacturer's guar-
antee, you have the guarantee of this house that
players are going to give you service."
October 2, 1920.
same time, would be dependable in the trying uses
lo which hotel pianos are put. The hotel company
followed the example of scores of other hotel own-
ers in choosing the pianos made by the Packard
F'iauo Company, Fort Wayne, Ind. The enterpris-
ing Steubenville representatives of the Packard are
naturally proud of a distinction which is being used
to excellent effect in the firm's publicity.
WAREROOM WARBLES
(A New One Every Week.)
By The Presto Poick.
PERSONAL ITEMS IN
NEW NOTES FROM FRISCO
Byron Mauzy's Presence in the East Announced in
Budget from California.
Byron Mauzy, San Francisco, Calif., left on Thurs-
day, September 23, for Chicago, Rochester, Boston,
Washington and New York. Mrs. Mauzy and
daughter accompanied him on the trip. He will
visit the factories and head offices of the lines he
handles, including Chickering, Haines Bros., Mar-
shall & Wendell, Autopiano, Sohmer, Smith &
Barnes, Strohber, Davenport-Treacy and others.
Alfred A. Batkin has been promoted to the posi-
tion of assistant to the general manager of the
Byron Mauzy store, C. S. Mauzy, who will take the
active management of both the San Francisco and
Oakland stores. In addition to his many new
duties, Mr. Batkin is handling the advertising and
has handled the same for the past few months to the
satisfaction of all concerned. Mr. Batkin's long ex-
perience in the piano business is very valuable as-
sistance in this line and his wide acquaintance with
the newspaper advertising men and solicitors has
also been a great help to him. He has produced
several very new and striking advertisements which
have had an immediate pulling power, to the very
great satisfaction of Byron Mauzy.
WHAT HARDING THINKS
OF TRAVELING MEN
Presidential Candidate Calls Them the Shock
Troops of the Business Campaigns.
The views of Senator Harding, republican presi-
dential candidate, on the traveling salesman is con-
tained in the following telegram to the National
Council of Traveling Salesmen in New York:
Thanks for your letter and telegram. It is a
great pleasure to extend my greetings to the Na-
tional Council of the Traveling Salesmen of the
country. It is one of the most fueful armies we
have, whether in peace or war. The traveling sales-
men are always boosters and that is what the na-
tion needs. Nobody did more than they to keep the
country carrying on during the war or to get its?
business back to a regular basis after peace was
restored.
They are the shock troops of every campaign for
more and sounder business, domestic and foreign
alike. They are entitled to every support and aid
the government can give, and they may be assured
that the Republican Party will hear and effectively
support every demand for proper betterment of the
conditions in which they do their work, especially
in the field of foreign trade. They must have the
fullest co-operation of the government facilities of
transportation, communication and information.
My greetings and best wishes to all of them.
HOUSTON SEEKS MEXICAN
TRADE.
PACKARD PIANOS CHOSEN FOR
NEW STEUBENVILLE HOTEL
The Houston Chamber of Commerce is planning
a trade excursion for Houston business men to in-
clude the most important portions of Mexico. Hous-
ton merchants now enjoy a large trade from Mex-
ico, and the purpose of this excursion is to bring
the Mexican merchants and the Houston jobbers
closer together and encourage better business rela-
tions. The excursion will be run under the Foreign
Trade and Trades Extension Department of the
Houston Chamber of Commerce. The itinerary
will include, Monterey, Tampico, San Luis Potosi,
Queretaro, Mexico City, Guadalajara, Leon Aguas-
calientes, Torreon and Saltillo.
The Loggie & Cooper Co., Packard Representatives
in the Ohio City Secure Big Order.
The Loggie & Cooper Music Co., Steubenville.
O., has filled an order for Packard pianos to equip
the parlors and music rooms in the new Fort
Steuben Hotel in the city named. The order for
the pianos is appreciated by the dealers for the
prestige as much as for the commercial value. The
new hotel is admirable in its architecture as well as
in its appointments. Steubenville people are justly
proud of the structure and naturally associate the
Packard with the progressiveness it represents.
According to the Loggie & Cooper Music Co.,
the hotel proprietors were most desirous of equip-
ping the rooms with artistic pianos which, at the
H. A. Stewart has just returned to Chicago from
an extensive trip in the interests of the Gulbransen-
Dickinson Company and its playerpianos. Mr.
Stewart went into the stores of dealers in Iowa,
Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota, and then
again in Iowa before returning home. He said he
observed that corn in all those vast states was so
far advanced that the crop was almost assured.
Much of it was ripening. Nebraska has the biggest
corn crop in the history of that state, the farmers
believe; the corn appears to be six feet high when
seen from the train windows as one whizzes by,
and the ears are "the longest ever." He found a
great demand for the Gulbransen everywhere.
H. A. STEWART BACK FROM TRIP.
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HIS SIDE PARTNER.
When I drive out upon the road,
Free-hearted and so happy,
All care seems lifted from my load
And life is bright and snappy;
There's not a trouble on my mind,
And not a hope's denied me,
Until, unseen before, I find
A small chap sits beside me.
I didn't know that he was there,
He never made a motion,
Until I found that I must share
With him my every notion;
He sticks so close, and grows so fast,
That I begin to worry
Because it seems he must at last
Upset me lest I hurry!
He grows so big and fat each day
There scarce seems room to hold him,
In vain I try to find some way
To curtail, so I've told him;
But though I know he'll swell and grow,
This, too, I know about him—
Although I travel fast or slow,
I can't get on without him.
OPEN DOORS IN NEW
PIANO SELLING VENTURES
Opportunity Seen and Grasped by Vigorous Onei
in the Piano Selling Field.
A new music store, under the title of Shenandoah
Music Store, with W. J. Grygo proprietor, has open-
ed for business in Shenandoah, Pa.
Schmoller & Mueller, Omaha, Neb., will move
soon from the location on South 15th street to
1514-16-18 Didge street.
J. H. Graff is now established in his new music
store in Ephrata, Pa.
The Pierce Piano House, Eureka, Calif., has
opened a branch in Arcola with H. E. Sullivan in
charge.
The Rodman Music Co., has opened in new quar-
ters in Redding, Calif.
The Dolin Jewelry & Music Co., has opened a
store at 6217-6219 Greenfield avenue. West Allis.
Wis. The Baldwin and Meissner pianos and the
Victor phonograph are carried.
W. J. Vastbinder has opened a store at his resi-
dence, 169 Fall street, Seneca Falls, N. Y.
Henry, 111.—C. M. Lucas has purchased the old
First National Bank Bldg., and will remodel and
install a music store there.
The Marinette, Wis., branch of the Schrader
Music House was opened last week.
FROM PIANOS TO REAL ESTATE.
John W. Groves, former mayor of Madison, Wis..
and prominent piano dealer of the Badger State
capital for many years, called on old friends in
Chicago's piano row late last week. Mr. Groves is
now a real estate man dealing in property at Madi-
son as well as promoting an addition to Port Arthur,
Texas. He looks well and reports that he is pros-
perous.
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