Presto
Issue: 1923 1925 - Page 16
June 16, 1923
PRESTO
16
WHERE LARGE QUANTITY OF
RARE WOOD COMES FROM
Mahogany and Spanish Cedar Production in Nica-
ragua Will Be Large This Year.
It is conservatively estimated that the total pro-
duction of mahogany and Spanish cedar from the
eastern part of Nicaragua for the current year will be
20,000,000 feet, but the quantity of Spanish cedar will
not exceed 15 per cent of the total production, writes
Consul William W. Heard, Bluefields. Cutting began
early after Christmas and has progressed rapidly.
Representatives of the mahogany companies who
have recently returned from inspection trips to the
numerous camps report that in many cases the
total quantity contracted for has already been cut
and rolled to the banks of the streams. The weather
continues good for cutting, being exceptionally dry,
so that the contractors now only await favorable
rains in July to bring their logs to the seaboard.
All the wood contracted for has been taken by
eight American mahogany companies, and the con-
tract prices have ranged as high as $75 per thousand
feet delivered at the mouths of the several rivers.
Shipments are made from Cape Gracias a Dios,
Prinzapolka, Bluefields, and the Colorado Bar, Costa
Rica. The wood from the latter port is cut in the
vicinity of Lake Nicaragua, floated down the San
Juan river, finally reaching the seaboard at Colorado
Bar, as the mouth of the river at Greytown has be-
come almost entirely filled up with sand.
The cutting of mahogany has been carried on in
this district for over 70 years. At the beginning of
the industry the trees were located close to the main
rivers, but as the cutting continued the contractors
were forced to proceed further inland and to utilize
the smaller streams. Wood is now brought from
distances of 200 miles and over.
Reports made by interested persons show that
there is plenty of mahogany to be had in this coun-
try; the only difficulty to be overcome is the cost of
getting it hauled to the streams. One contractor re-
cently purchased a large caterpillar tractor which is
working very successfully, performing the work of
eight teams. The bulk of the labor is done by Indians
near the coast, while farther inland the laborers are
of Spanish descent.
CONSOLIDATION IN OMAHA.
Mickel Bros., Omaha, Neb., now takes the place of
three houses previously existing. The Des Moines
stock, as well as the Ross P. Curtice stock, are con-
centrated there following the merging of the Mickel
Bros, and Ross P. Curtice businesses. The retail
store of the Curtice company at Lincoln, Neb., is not
involved in the deal. George E. Mickel remains as
president of the new organization. Ross P. Curtice
is a member of the board of directors, and his son,
Norman B. Curtice, vice-president. The consolida-
tion took effect June 1.
SEEK HIGHER RATES.
Counsel for the railroads recently told the Inter-
state Commerce Commission that an average increase
of 20 per cent in express rates was necessary to ade-
quately compensate the railroads for the service per-
formed and at the same time yield a return of 5.75 per
cent to the express companies. It was claimed that
at the present time the carriers were operating at a
loss in the eastern and southern territories. While
the returns were satisfactory in the western district,
the railroads say that it is not fair to penalize ship-
pers there in order to make up losses in the east
and south.
HENRY G. JOHNSON GETS
DRAKE EXHIBIT RESULTS
New Accounts Opened with Dealers Who Saw "One-
Style" Pianos at Convention.
Dealers who saw the Henry G. Johnson Piano Mfg.
Co. display at the convention seemed well pleased
both with the piano and with the new policy of the
concern to manufacture nothing but the one-style
small piano. Many new accounts were opened dur-
ing the convention, reports Dan Pagenta, manager of
the Chicago office of the Henry G. Johnson Piano
Co., and on their return from the convention many
dealers have written asking that samples of the in-
strument be shipped to them.
The new policy of concentrating on one style
seemed to please most of the dealers. "This policy,"
Mr. Johnson claims, "gives the dealer a much better
piano at the price than otherwise."
One dealer declared that he had sold one of the
Johnson players a year previous, and there had been
no trouble with it yet. The following letter from
Blatt's Music Store, Columbus, Ohio, to the Henry
G. Johnson Piano Mfg. Co. is one of many of a
similar kind:
"The last two cars of players are all sold. They
certainly did sell quickly. I must admit that when I
placed my first order, over a year ago, I was rather
skeptical, but the instrument has proven to be all
that you have claimed.
"The customers are very well satisfied. We have
received no complaints from them and wish to take
this opportunity of congratulating you on your player
action, which certainly stands up well and is abso-
lutely satisfactory which is a big thing, and we know
that when we sell one of your instruments it stays
sold."
™ NELSON-HOLZER PIANO CO.
MAKERS OF
GRAND PIANOS
OF QUALITY
An Investigation Will Satisfy Any Experienced
Dealer That We Are Producing What He Wants
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS
Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
FACTORY: 832 NORTH WELLS STREET
CHICAGO
New Haven and New York
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
B. K. SETTERGREN CO.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.»
NEW YORK CITY
Exclusive Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE SMALL GRANDS
35 Years' Experience'Jn Piano 1 Building
BLUFFTON, IND.
SWAN PIANOS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application.
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
SVV
. «,.**• <*A, M r ority of* the SWAU Reed
% )$^S§ Organs over all others lies
l / j ^ g a l in the absolute mechanism
V%$$§ and scientific perfection iu>
w 5 § | ? | ^ the bellows action and stop
^ e » anSocr^*^ action, making it the best
""*"
value in modern o r g a u
building,
S. N. SWAN & SONS, *•«..!*< -", FREEPORT, ILL
KROEGER
(Established 15 J 2)
The name alone 5s enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Ffaiest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to finve it.
KROEGER P 4NO CO.
MEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. C O N *
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. • " S . S B K k r - CHICAGO
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
ID* Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Place That Want Aa in The Presto
And See What Happens.
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, I|
Kindler & Collins
Pianos
520-524 W. 48Hi S
NEW YORK
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PRESTO
16
WHERE LARGE QUANTITY OF
RARE WOOD COMES FROM
Mahogany and Spanish Cedar Production in Nica-
ragua Will Be Large This Year.
It is conservatively estimated that the total pro-
duction of mahogany and Spanish cedar from the
eastern part of Nicaragua for the current year will be
20,000,000 feet, but the quantity of Spanish cedar will
not exceed 15 per cent of the total production, writes
Consul William W. Heard, Bluefields. Cutting began
early after Christmas and has progressed rapidly.
Representatives of the mahogany companies who
have recently returned from inspection trips to the
numerous camps report that in many cases the
total quantity contracted for has already been cut
and rolled to the banks of the streams. The weather
continues good for cutting, being exceptionally dry,
so that the contractors now only await favorable
rains in July to bring their logs to the seaboard.
All the wood contracted for has been taken by
eight American mahogany companies, and the con-
tract prices have ranged as high as $75 per thousand
feet delivered at the mouths of the several rivers.
Shipments are made from Cape Gracias a Dios,
Prinzapolka, Bluefields, and the Colorado Bar, Costa
Rica. The wood from the latter port is cut in the
vicinity of Lake Nicaragua, floated down the San
Juan river, finally reaching the seaboard at Colorado
Bar, as the mouth of the river at Greytown has be-
come almost entirely filled up with sand.
The cutting of mahogany has been carried on in
this district for over 70 years. At the beginning of
the industry the trees were located close to the main
rivers, but as the cutting continued the contractors
were forced to proceed further inland and to utilize
the smaller streams. Wood is now brought from
distances of 200 miles and over.
Reports made by interested persons show that
there is plenty of mahogany to be had in this coun-
try; the only difficulty to be overcome is the cost of
getting it hauled to the streams. One contractor re-
cently purchased a large caterpillar tractor which is
working very successfully, performing the work of
eight teams. The bulk of the labor is done by Indians
near the coast, while farther inland the laborers are
of Spanish descent.
CONSOLIDATION IN OMAHA.
Mickel Bros., Omaha, Neb., now takes the place of
three houses previously existing. The Des Moines
stock, as well as the Ross P. Curtice stock, are con-
centrated there following the merging of the Mickel
Bros, and Ross P. Curtice businesses. The retail
store of the Curtice company at Lincoln, Neb., is not
involved in the deal. George E. Mickel remains as
president of the new organization. Ross P. Curtice
is a member of the board of directors, and his son,
Norman B. Curtice, vice-president. The consolida-
tion took effect June 1.
SEEK HIGHER RATES.
Counsel for the railroads recently told the Inter-
state Commerce Commission that an average increase
of 20 per cent in express rates was necessary to ade-
quately compensate the railroads for the service per-
formed and at the same time yield a return of 5.75 per
cent to the express companies. It was claimed that
at the present time the carriers were operating at a
loss in the eastern and southern territories. While
the returns were satisfactory in the western district,
the railroads say that it is not fair to penalize ship-
pers there in order to make up losses in the east
and south.
HENRY G. JOHNSON GETS
DRAKE EXHIBIT RESULTS
New Accounts Opened with Dealers Who Saw "One-
Style" Pianos at Convention.
Dealers who saw the Henry G. Johnson Piano Mfg.
Co. display at the convention seemed well pleased
both with the piano and with the new policy of the
concern to manufacture nothing but the one-style
small piano. Many new accounts were opened dur-
ing the convention, reports Dan Pagenta, manager of
the Chicago office of the Henry G. Johnson Piano
Co., and on their return from the convention many
dealers have written asking that samples of the in-
strument be shipped to them.
The new policy of concentrating on one style
seemed to please most of the dealers. "This policy,"
Mr. Johnson claims, "gives the dealer a much better
piano at the price than otherwise."
One dealer declared that he had sold one of the
Johnson players a year previous, and there had been
no trouble with it yet. The following letter from
Blatt's Music Store, Columbus, Ohio, to the Henry
G. Johnson Piano Mfg. Co. is one of many of a
similar kind:
"The last two cars of players are all sold. They
certainly did sell quickly. I must admit that when I
placed my first order, over a year ago, I was rather
skeptical, but the instrument has proven to be all
that you have claimed.
"The customers are very well satisfied. We have
received no complaints from them and wish to take
this opportunity of congratulating you on your player
action, which certainly stands up well and is abso-
lutely satisfactory which is a big thing, and we know
that when we sell one of your instruments it stays
sold."
™ NELSON-HOLZER PIANO CO.
MAKERS OF
GRAND PIANOS
OF QUALITY
An Investigation Will Satisfy Any Experienced
Dealer That We Are Producing What He Wants
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS
Grand, Upright and Player Pianos
FACTORY: 832 NORTH WELLS STREET
CHICAGO
New Haven and New York
Mathushek Piano Manufacturing Co.
B. K. SETTERGREN CO.
132nd St. and Alexander Ave.»
NEW YORK CITY
Exclusive Manufacturers of
HIGH GRADE SMALL GRANDS
35 Years' Experience'Jn Piano 1 Building
BLUFFTON, IND.
SWAN PIANOS
are of the highest grade
t h a t c a n be obtained
through over 50 years of
p r a c t i c a l experience in
piano and organ building.
Illustrations and cata-
logues of various styles
will be furnished p i a n o
merchants on application.
SWAN ORGANS
The tremendous superi-
SVV
. «,.**• <*A, M r ority of* the SWAU Reed
% )$^S§ Organs over all others lies
l / j ^ g a l in the absolute mechanism
V%$$§ and scientific perfection iu>
w 5 § | ? | ^ the bellows action and stop
^ e » anSocr^*^ action, making it the best
""*"
value in modern o r g a u
building,
S. N. SWAN & SONS, *•«..!*< -", FREEPORT, ILL
KROEGER
(Established 15 J 2)
The name alone 5s enough to suggest to dealers the Best
Artistic and Commercial Values.
The New Style Players Are Ffaiest Yet. If you can
get the Agency you ought to finve it.
KROEGER P 4NO CO.
MEW YORK. N. Y.
and
STAMFORD. C O N *
BRINKERHOFF
Player-Pianos and Pianos
The Line That Sells Easily and Satisfies Always
BRINKERHOFF PIANO CO. • " S . S B K k r - CHICAGO
For QUALITY, SATISFACTION and PROFIT
ID* Leins Piano Company
Makers of Pianos That Are Leaders
in Any Reliable Store
NEW FACTORY. 304 W. 42nd St.. NEW YORK
Place That Want Aa in The Presto
And See What Happens.
NEWMAN BROTHERS PIANOS
NEWMAN BROS. CO.
Established 1870
Factories, 816 DIX ST., Chicago, I|
Kindler & Collins
Pianos
520-524 W. 48Hi S
NEW YORK
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/
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