Presto
Issue: 1922 1899 - Page 23
SHEET MUSIC TRADE
tested, and it is to be determined if this
"strangle hold" shall be allowed to endure.
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Three separate complaints have been filed
by
powerful interests. One with the U. S.
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
Attorney-General,
one with the Department of
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS-
Justice,
and
one
with
the Federal Trades Com-
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), ISBYFAR
mission.
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF
And this scribe, who has seen this coming,
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA-
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- now wishes to state that either one of two
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- things is going to happen in the music
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS business :
FIRST—The present strangle hold is to be
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
busted wide open, and things are going to be
LISHERS.
arranged so that there will never be another
This department is designed to advance the sales one. Or—
of sheet mnsic, and give any current information in
SECOND—The antis will call to their aid
the Sheet Music Trade.
all
those who are not within the folds of the
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays present association, and there will be the
those who merchandise it properly.
greatest sheet music war in the history of the
The conductor of this department will review
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is business.
Those who are making this fight are doing
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
so on a dollar-and-cents platform. They are
a description of the musical setting of the number
not fighting for the public, nor for the small
discussed.
publisher.
But the public and the small pub-
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
Music Dept, Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
lisher, or the big publisher who is not in the
association, can watch with interest while
strong hands make the fight that will be of
the most importance to them.
The principle involved in this grand slam is
T. ROGERS LYONS.
well stated by the antis as follows,:
Presto Sheet Music Department has made
it. plain that this department is not in sym-
pathy with the "Strangle Hold" that the pop-
publishers seem to think that they must have
in one way or another, on the sheet music
business.
A Song of the better class. Very pretty
In 1913 this department carried a headline
melody. Will go well anywhere. One
indicating that it was the exponent of THE
of the kind that never grows old.
OPEN DOOR, wherein all could enter and
Orchestrations
now ready
25c
display their wares and bid for public patron-
age. Following this dictum we did not ap-
WM. STERN, Publisher
prove of the strangle hold that the. popular
6219 MAY ST.
CHICAGO, ILL.
American Popular Music Bulletin Service.
publishers had on the singers of the stage.
In those days it was hard to discover whether
this hold was a trust, or whether each one
took his proportion of the whole in the grand
Oriental Fox-trot Ballad,
scramble for the privilege of paying singers
as Catchy as the Flu.
more money to sing certain songs than they
Send for professional copy:
got in their pay envelopes for the act.
Orchestration, 25c.
Later it developed that most of the large
sheet music counters, seemingly operated by
Brinsmade, N. D.
the stores which contained them, were in fact
publisher-owned and operated.
Now we have with us the "Association,"
which at present is anxious to notify all and
JUST OUT!
sundry that they have the sheet music busi-
"Mother, Dear, I'm Sad and Lonely,"
ness in the hollow of their hand, and are ex-
ceedingly anxious to club all into line with the
A New Waltz Song; add this to your Xmas
mandates of its "association."
list. Composed and published by
Of course there have been thousands of
MAY BELL ANDREWS
howls that this was so. There have been many
ELDRED
(McKean Co.)
PENNA.
law-suits. But now it seems that this is to be
TO PUBLISHERS
THAT STRANGLE HOLD
"THE LOVE YOU
FIRST GAVE ME"
TANA
Stewart & Aarrestad Pub. Co.
RINTERS
- 9est
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
BAYNER DALHEIM 8 Co!
23
PRESTO
December 16, 1922.
X Estimates
^
'
- WORK DONE B Y
ALL PROCESSES
2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chicago, 111.
"This sheet music tax is an embargo on the
free expression of American Musical Genius,
and its effect is to strangle all effort to suc-
ceed in things musical."
Those behind this movement are pledged to
stop at nothing. It seems that all who have
nerve enough are, with one accord, to refuse
to pay tribute. The association will then be
forced to sue, and each of these suits is to be
vigorously defended, and at least one of each
in time is to be carried to the Federal Supreme
Court.
And those who read this column are not so
much interested in which shall conquer in this
titanic struggle of resistance of the music tax.
But the point is here made that, no matter
which way it goes, the readers of Presto are
mightily and vitally interested in the outcome,
because, with all the resulting publicity, the
goose which has laid the golden eggs will be
smothered, and you and I may then have a
chance to write, publish and sell sheet music.
NEW SHEET MUSIC SHOP.
The American Song Shop to be opened this week
at 215-217 Upper Fourth street, Evansville, Ind., by
Miss Ethel Martin will specialize in sheet music,
playerpiano rolls and talking machine records. Miss
Martin is well known to musical folk in the Indiana
city and for the past four years has been in charge
of the music department of the Metropolitan Store
there. Miss Martin will employ good vocalists to
feature the popular songs.
"Buddy," the Jerome H. Remick & Co.'s popular
song, makes appropriate music for incidents in the
thrilling film, "Skin Deep," now filling houses every-
where it is shown.
FORE!
MAKE WAY
FOR THE
Four Foremost Sellers
"LOVE OF THE AGES"
Endorsed and Sung by Cyrena Van Gordon
"DREAMING OF LOVE'S OLD DREAM"
The Song You Have Been Waiting For
"You're the One Little Girl for Me"
A Ballad You Will Never Forget
"When I Dream that Auld Erin is Free"
A Tribute to Ireland's Independence
HERBERT J. GOTT
Successors to
GOTT ® HENDERSON
166 W. JACKSON BLVD.
CHICAGO
REMICK SONG HITS
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
My Buddy
California
Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Than Today
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Swanee
Childhood Days
When Shall We Meet Again
Lovable Eyes
Out of the Shadows
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Dixie Highway
Just a Little Blue
Polly
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
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tested, and it is to be determined if this
"strangle hold" shall be allowed to endure.
iiimiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimmimiiiiiiiiiiiiimHiiiimmiiimii
Three separate complaints have been filed
by
powerful interests. One with the U. S.
THE COMBINED CIRCULATION
Attorney-General,
one with the Department of
OF PRESTO (EST. 1884), AND MUS-
Justice,
and
one
with
the Federal Trades Com-
ICAL TIMES (EST. 1881), ISBYFAR
mission.
THE LARGEST IN THE FIELD OF
And this scribe, who has seen this coming,
THE MUSIC TRADE. COMBINA-
TION RATES OF SPECIAL AT- now wishes to state that either one of two
TRACTIVENESS FOR ADVERTIS- things is going to happen in the music
ING SPACE IN BOTH PAPERS business :
FIRST—The present strangle hold is to be
WILL BE MADE TO MUSIC PUB-
busted wide open, and things are going to be
LISHERS.
arranged so that there will never be another
This department is designed to advance the sales one. Or—
of sheet mnsic, and give any current information in
SECOND—The antis will call to their aid
the Sheet Music Trade.
all
those who are not within the folds of the
This publication believes that Sheet Music will
pay the dealer, just as any other commodity pays present association, and there will be the
those who merchandise it properly.
greatest sheet music war in the history of the
The conductor of this department will review
any numbers that are sent in for the purpose. It is business.
Those who are making this fight are doing
not the intent to criticise, but to review these offer-
ings, giving particular information of the theme and
so on a dollar-and-cents platform. They are
a description of the musical setting of the number
not fighting for the public, nor for the small
discussed.
publisher.
But the public and the small pub-
Address all communications to Conductor Sheet
Music Dept, Presto, 407 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111.
lisher, or the big publisher who is not in the
association, can watch with interest while
strong hands make the fight that will be of
the most importance to them.
The principle involved in this grand slam is
T. ROGERS LYONS.
well stated by the antis as follows,:
Presto Sheet Music Department has made
it. plain that this department is not in sym-
pathy with the "Strangle Hold" that the pop-
publishers seem to think that they must have
in one way or another, on the sheet music
business.
A Song of the better class. Very pretty
In 1913 this department carried a headline
melody. Will go well anywhere. One
indicating that it was the exponent of THE
of the kind that never grows old.
OPEN DOOR, wherein all could enter and
Orchestrations
now ready
25c
display their wares and bid for public patron-
age. Following this dictum we did not ap-
WM. STERN, Publisher
prove of the strangle hold that the. popular
6219 MAY ST.
CHICAGO, ILL.
American Popular Music Bulletin Service.
publishers had on the singers of the stage.
In those days it was hard to discover whether
this hold was a trust, or whether each one
took his proportion of the whole in the grand
Oriental Fox-trot Ballad,
scramble for the privilege of paying singers
as Catchy as the Flu.
more money to sing certain songs than they
Send for professional copy:
got in their pay envelopes for the act.
Orchestration, 25c.
Later it developed that most of the large
sheet music counters, seemingly operated by
Brinsmade, N. D.
the stores which contained them, were in fact
publisher-owned and operated.
Now we have with us the "Association,"
which at present is anxious to notify all and
JUST OUT!
sundry that they have the sheet music busi-
"Mother, Dear, I'm Sad and Lonely,"
ness in the hollow of their hand, and are ex-
ceedingly anxious to club all into line with the
A New Waltz Song; add this to your Xmas
mandates of its "association."
list. Composed and published by
Of course there have been thousands of
MAY BELL ANDREWS
howls that this was so. There have been many
ELDRED
(McKean Co.)
PENNA.
law-suits. But now it seems that this is to be
TO PUBLISHERS
THAT STRANGLE HOLD
"THE LOVE YOU
FIRST GAVE ME"
TANA
Stewart & Aarrestad Pub. Co.
RINTERS
- 9est
Music Printers
ANY PUBLISHER
\
OUR REFERENCE ^
BAYNER DALHEIM 8 Co!
23
PRESTO
December 16, 1922.
X Estimates
^
'
- WORK DONE B Y
ALL PROCESSES
2054-2060 W.Lake St., Chicago, 111.
"This sheet music tax is an embargo on the
free expression of American Musical Genius,
and its effect is to strangle all effort to suc-
ceed in things musical."
Those behind this movement are pledged to
stop at nothing. It seems that all who have
nerve enough are, with one accord, to refuse
to pay tribute. The association will then be
forced to sue, and each of these suits is to be
vigorously defended, and at least one of each
in time is to be carried to the Federal Supreme
Court.
And those who read this column are not so
much interested in which shall conquer in this
titanic struggle of resistance of the music tax.
But the point is here made that, no matter
which way it goes, the readers of Presto are
mightily and vitally interested in the outcome,
because, with all the resulting publicity, the
goose which has laid the golden eggs will be
smothered, and you and I may then have a
chance to write, publish and sell sheet music.
NEW SHEET MUSIC SHOP.
The American Song Shop to be opened this week
at 215-217 Upper Fourth street, Evansville, Ind., by
Miss Ethel Martin will specialize in sheet music,
playerpiano rolls and talking machine records. Miss
Martin is well known to musical folk in the Indiana
city and for the past four years has been in charge
of the music department of the Metropolitan Store
there. Miss Martin will employ good vocalists to
feature the popular songs.
"Buddy," the Jerome H. Remick & Co.'s popular
song, makes appropriate music for incidents in the
thrilling film, "Skin Deep," now filling houses every-
where it is shown.
FORE!
MAKE WAY
FOR THE
Four Foremost Sellers
"LOVE OF THE AGES"
Endorsed and Sung by Cyrena Van Gordon
"DREAMING OF LOVE'S OLD DREAM"
The Song You Have Been Waiting For
"You're the One Little Girl for Me"
A Ballad You Will Never Forget
"When I Dream that Auld Erin is Free"
A Tribute to Ireland's Independence
HERBERT J. GOTT
Successors to
GOTT ® HENDERSON
166 W. JACKSON BLVD.
CHICAGO
REMICK SONG HITS
Nobody Lied
Sweet Indiana Home
My Buddy
California
Tomorrow Will Be Brighter
Than Today
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Swanee
Childhood Days
When Shall We Meet Again
Lovable Eyes
Out of the Shadows
Your Eyes Have Told Me So
Dixie Highway
Just a Little Blue
Polly
J. H. REMICK & CO.
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com).
All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org).
Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).