Presto
Issue: 1924 1971 - Page 23
May 3, 1924.
23
PRESTO
FUTURE OF WOOD SUPPLY
Music Trade Associations Urged Big Lumber
Producers to Work for Tax
Reform in Forest Regions.
Taxation and the fire problem are involved in the
question of a continuous and cheaper supply of lum-
ber for the music and other industries. In many
timber regions state taxes have been so high that
they have been an incentive to the owner to chop
down his trees and get them to the mill as quickly
as possible. Frequently the taxes on woodland are
high enough to absorb the annual increment of value
through natural growth, and even higher.
The annual taxation compels taxes to be paid
many times on the same growing crop, and it has-
tens the denuding of the forest areas. At the same
time state taxes, in some commonwealths, discourage
the reforestation of cutover lands.
For years the forest service has been saying that
one great need is a system in the states that will defer
the principal burden of taxation on growing forests
to the time that the trees are cut. Several states have
already acted in recent years in passing laws which
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Ave.
New York City
embody the "yield tax." This taxes the land an-
nually, but the timber only when cut.
Lumber manufacturing interests and the associa-
tions of the lumber trade welcome the assistance of
the music industries and other timber users in
ameliorating the conditions presented by the tax prob-
lem. Two things deemed essential to encourage pri-
vate regrowing of timber are the adjustment of tax
laws to timber crops and the protection of forest land
from fire, insects and disease.
Not so many years ago, the timberland was so
abundant and deemed so inexhaustible, that it did
not pay owners in dollars and cents to grow trees on
denuded land.
Up to 18 Oj land clearing for agriculture ran ahead
of lumbering, but ever since then the land has been
logged off much more rapidly than it has been taken
up by agriculture.
The old tradition that all denuded forest land is
being taken by agriculture went a-glimmering many
years ago. The fact is that the area of cutover or
burned over forest land that has not been trans-
formed to agricultural use now reaches the stagger-
ing total of 181,000,000 acres.
Several of the states have embarked on reforesta-
tion programs, notably Pennsylvania, Michigan, and
Massachusetts. In congress a bill is pending aiming
to increase the effectiveness of the fight against forest
fires to extend public ownership of lands more suit-
able to reforestation than to agriculture and to en-
courage private owners to regrow trees. It is re-
garded by the lumber industry as a great step
forward.
PARAGON PLATES
Product of Foundry at Oregon, 111., Has Gained
Reputation That Helps Pianos.
The Paragon piano plates, manufactured by the
Paragon Plate Company, at Oregon, HI., are recog-
nized everywhere in the piano making industry as a
high grade product. Piano manufacturers know, too,
especially throughout the west, that Paragon effi-
ciency and Paragon service means a great deal to
them. At Oregon is one of the largest and most
modern in the country—perfectly equipped for the
production of the best grade of piano plates that can
be turned out.
The Paragon is an establishment which insures
prompt deliveries and precise compliance with the
needs and requirements of its customers, among
whom are many of the foremost piano industries in
both the East and the West.
A USEFUL NOVELTY
Be Roiunt Automatic Music Leaf Turner Will Inter-
est Dealers Who Have Music Customers.
In the crowding of the self-playing family of instru-
ments, the needs of the practical players upon piano,
violin and other instruments, is likely to be over-
looked. The invention and manufacture of a new
and novel music leaf turner is something that had
not been recorded in many years until the Be Roiunt
Products Co., of Carmel, Ind., announced the combi-
nation turner and rack which was recently patented.
It is a convenience which will be appreciated by
musicians and students. It is of especial value to
violinists and lovers of duet playing. Considering its
staunch construction, lightness and perfect adapt-
ability to the purposes for which it is intended, the
Be Roint Turnerack is also very inexpensive. Dealers
will find it a profitable addition to their staple lines
of supplies.
FUTURE BLACK WALNUT CROP.
W. S. Hart of . Waukon, la., is planting walnut
trees for posterity, on his thousand acre tract in
Allamakee county. It is the natural region for the
black walnut which was one of the most plentiful
timber there. Soil, climate and topographical con-
ditions are all favorable to the quick growing of
healthy black walnut trees.
J. W. Pauly's Music Shop, now located at 320
North Third street, Burlington, Iowa, has leased
quarters at 404 Jefferson street, where it will be lo-
cated after June 1.
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE.)
Piano Actions
HELPS FOR DEALERS.
In addition to the national advertising campaign
of I.yon & Healy, Chicago, appearing each month
in a total of ten million copies of national magazines,
the new Lyon & Healy Couturier Band Instrument
line offer a series of live sales helps. These will be
of great local assistance to dealers.
COVERS
THE
ke Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
STCHL S I L L TOFP
MOV 1 N G
Gt?A N O PIANOS
Bl L G E R
ONC MAM
L O A D El F?
Remember Bilger's System Moves Grands or Uprights
S T A R T R I G H T — A L W A Y S R I G H T UB !E GTEHRE
To make sure of the best—test it.
25 years boiled down
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
LET US
SERVE YOU
It's "The go get the business" Equipment, Safe and Sure
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY CO.,
Lancaster Pa.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction. _
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in the U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
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23
PRESTO
FUTURE OF WOOD SUPPLY
Music Trade Associations Urged Big Lumber
Producers to Work for Tax
Reform in Forest Regions.
Taxation and the fire problem are involved in the
question of a continuous and cheaper supply of lum-
ber for the music and other industries. In many
timber regions state taxes have been so high that
they have been an incentive to the owner to chop
down his trees and get them to the mill as quickly
as possible. Frequently the taxes on woodland are
high enough to absorb the annual increment of value
through natural growth, and even higher.
The annual taxation compels taxes to be paid
many times on the same growing crop, and it has-
tens the denuding of the forest areas. At the same
time state taxes, in some commonwealths, discourage
the reforestation of cutover lands.
For years the forest service has been saying that
one great need is a system in the states that will defer
the principal burden of taxation on growing forests
to the time that the trees are cut. Several states have
already acted in recent years in passing laws which
A Pneumatic Action bearing the name
STRAUCH BROS.
is your guide for unfailing quality.
The high quality which has characterized
the Strauch Bros. Piano Actions and Ham-
mers for almost sixty years, distinguishes
our latest product, the
STRAUCH BROS.
PNEUMATIC ACTIONS
Simple in construction they are
dependable in every particular.
STRAUCH BROS., INC.
327 Walnut Ave.
New York City
embody the "yield tax." This taxes the land an-
nually, but the timber only when cut.
Lumber manufacturing interests and the associa-
tions of the lumber trade welcome the assistance of
the music industries and other timber users in
ameliorating the conditions presented by the tax prob-
lem. Two things deemed essential to encourage pri-
vate regrowing of timber are the adjustment of tax
laws to timber crops and the protection of forest land
from fire, insects and disease.
Not so many years ago, the timberland was so
abundant and deemed so inexhaustible, that it did
not pay owners in dollars and cents to grow trees on
denuded land.
Up to 18 Oj land clearing for agriculture ran ahead
of lumbering, but ever since then the land has been
logged off much more rapidly than it has been taken
up by agriculture.
The old tradition that all denuded forest land is
being taken by agriculture went a-glimmering many
years ago. The fact is that the area of cutover or
burned over forest land that has not been trans-
formed to agricultural use now reaches the stagger-
ing total of 181,000,000 acres.
Several of the states have embarked on reforesta-
tion programs, notably Pennsylvania, Michigan, and
Massachusetts. In congress a bill is pending aiming
to increase the effectiveness of the fight against forest
fires to extend public ownership of lands more suit-
able to reforestation than to agriculture and to en-
courage private owners to regrow trees. It is re-
garded by the lumber industry as a great step
forward.
PARAGON PLATES
Product of Foundry at Oregon, 111., Has Gained
Reputation That Helps Pianos.
The Paragon piano plates, manufactured by the
Paragon Plate Company, at Oregon, HI., are recog-
nized everywhere in the piano making industry as a
high grade product. Piano manufacturers know, too,
especially throughout the west, that Paragon effi-
ciency and Paragon service means a great deal to
them. At Oregon is one of the largest and most
modern in the country—perfectly equipped for the
production of the best grade of piano plates that can
be turned out.
The Paragon is an establishment which insures
prompt deliveries and precise compliance with the
needs and requirements of its customers, among
whom are many of the foremost piano industries in
both the East and the West.
A USEFUL NOVELTY
Be Roiunt Automatic Music Leaf Turner Will Inter-
est Dealers Who Have Music Customers.
In the crowding of the self-playing family of instru-
ments, the needs of the practical players upon piano,
violin and other instruments, is likely to be over-
looked. The invention and manufacture of a new
and novel music leaf turner is something that had
not been recorded in many years until the Be Roiunt
Products Co., of Carmel, Ind., announced the combi-
nation turner and rack which was recently patented.
It is a convenience which will be appreciated by
musicians and students. It is of especial value to
violinists and lovers of duet playing. Considering its
staunch construction, lightness and perfect adapt-
ability to the purposes for which it is intended, the
Be Roint Turnerack is also very inexpensive. Dealers
will find it a profitable addition to their staple lines
of supplies.
FUTURE BLACK WALNUT CROP.
W. S. Hart of . Waukon, la., is planting walnut
trees for posterity, on his thousand acre tract in
Allamakee county. It is the natural region for the
black walnut which was one of the most plentiful
timber there. Soil, climate and topographical con-
ditions are all favorable to the quick growing of
healthy black walnut trees.
J. W. Pauly's Music Shop, now located at 320
North Third street, Burlington, Iowa, has leased
quarters at 404 Jefferson street, where it will be lo-
cated after June 1.
STANDARD
(CAMBRIDGE.)
Piano Actions
HELPS FOR DEALERS.
In addition to the national advertising campaign
of I.yon & Healy, Chicago, appearing each month
in a total of ten million copies of national magazines,
the new Lyon & Healy Couturier Band Instrument
line offer a series of live sales helps. These will be
of great local assistance to dealers.
COVERS
THE
ke Standard Action Company
Cambridge, ^Massachusetts
STCHL S I L L TOFP
MOV 1 N G
Gt?A N O PIANOS
Bl L G E R
ONC MAM
L O A D El F?
Remember Bilger's System Moves Grands or Uprights
S T A R T R I G H T — A L W A Y S R I G H T UB !E GTEHRE
To make sure of the best—test it.
25 years boiled down
Paragon Foundries
Company
Manufacturers of
Paragon Piano Plates
Oregon, Illinois
LET US
SERVE YOU
It's "The go get the business" Equipment, Safe and Sure
PIANO MOVERS SUPPLY CO.,
Lancaster Pa.
C. G. CONN, Ltd., Elkhart, Ind.
C. D. GREENLEAF, Pres.
J. E. BOYER, Sec'y
World's largest manufacturers of High Grade Band and Orchestra Instruments. Employs 1,000
expert workmen.
All of the most celebrated Artists use and endorse Conn Instruments.
Famous Bandmasters and Orchestra Directors highly endorse and recommend the use of the
Conn Instruments in their organizations.
Conn Instruments are noted for their ease of playing, light and reliable valve or key action;
quick response, rich tonal quality, perfect intonation, tone carrying quality, artisticness of design,
beautiful finish and reliable construction. _
Conn Instruments are sent to any point in the U. S. subject to ten days free trial. Branch store
or agencies will be found in all large cities. Write for catalogues, prices, etc.
C. G. CONN, Ltd.
DEPT. MS.
ELKHART, IND.
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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