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PRESTO
May 9, 1925,
placed. Lumber production was then about forty-
five billion feet annually, and the estimated replace- NEWS OF SMALL^ GOODS FIELD
ment therefor fifteen billion feet.
"Today we are told, on public authority, that the Many New Names Appear in Musical Instrument
Official of One of the Big Lumber Trade Asso- consumption is six times as great as the replacement,
Business and Old Ones Continue in Activities.
which would mean that the regrowth of merchant-
ciations and an Expert in Processes Cites
Lyon & Healy, Chicago, has published a new
able saw timber is about at the rate of seven billion
Convincing Instances.
board feet annually. Today, therefore, we are, ac- booklet describing the Maraviglia, piano and chro-
Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the cording to these estimates, getting an annual replace- matic accordions.
Burglars stole musical merchandise to the value of
National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, in a ment of merchantable saw timber less than one-half
recent newspaper article, says that waste of lumber of the annual volume of regrowth fifteen years ago, $3,200 last week from the store of Otto B. Heaton,
in concerns using it presents an evil equally as ap- notwithstanding the fact that in the meantime nearly 168 North High street, Columbus, O.
Mrs. W. O. Renolds is the new manager of the
palling as the national carelessness in rebuilding our eighty million acres have been added to the extent of
forest tracts. "There has been too much of depress- cut-over lands, and that the condition of cut-over Parker Music Store, Eldorado, 111.
ing talk about timber famine, loss and devastation," lands is notoriously improved over that of fifteen
The Bolton & Jones Music Store, 819-821 State
he writes, "and not enough talk about the possibili- years ago.
street, Santa Barbara, Cal., recently carried out ex-
ties of saving by more complete utilization of timber
"The glaring inconsistency of these supposedly tensive alterations in its warerooms. The doors
and the vast potentialities of systematic replacement authoritative estimates should be sufficient demon- will be thrown open to the public about May 1.
of the forests if nature, with a little conscious human stration that in this matter we are the victims of too
A protest, filed by Charles Stern, Chicago, against
much guessing."
aid, is given a fair chance.
the collector's assessment of duty on a certain variety
"At a recent national conference on forest utiliza-
of accordions, was overruled in an opinion by Judge
tion, the President of the United States asserted that,
Sullivan last week. The importers contended for
DRIVE FOR Q R S ROLLS.
if the public would assume its responsibility for find-
A strong drive for sales of Q R S Music Rolls is duty at forty per cent under the first clause of para-
ing a use for materials not now being utilized, the being made by the Simon Piano Co., Spokane, Wash., graph 1443, for musical instruments.
possible saving from those sources alone would pro- and Miss Charlotte Wassen, in charge of that depart-
New quarters have been taken by the Music Shop,
long the life of our timber supplies by nearly one- ment for the store, says the drive has stimulated sales Farmville, N. Y., opposite the Continental Hotel. A
half. The realization of this saving is purely a ques- throughout the territory, which includes northern full line of music goods is handled by Mrs. Beasley,
tion of public understanding and co-operation, and of Oregon, eastern Washington and northern Idaho. A. owner.
intelligent commercial practice."
L. Quinn, Pacific coast manager for the Q R S
After citing specific instances of wasteful processes Music Co., says that roll demand is good at present
PLATE FOUNDRY SOLD.
in the lumber mills he continues:
in the section served by the Simon Piano Co.
The
Kings
County Iron Foundry, Inc., Brooklyn,
"The same condition exists at many points in the
N. Y., has purchased the former plant of the Daven-
logging and manufacturing operations. The practical
WISCONSIN DEALERS HELP.
port Piano Plate Foundry in Stamford, Conn., a large
problem is to find the point at which the increase in
merchandise dealers throughout the state and well-equipped foundry with every facility for the
cost ceases to be compensated by the saving in mate- of Musical
Wisconsin are giving considerable publicity to the production of piano plates. The officers of the Kings
rial. This is a matter of judgment. But it is certain sixth
Wisconsin High School Band Tourna- County Iron Foundry, Inc., are A. M. Laughran,
that the possibilities of profitable savings, through the ment annual
to be held in Viroqua the first week in June, president; M. Fuerst, secretary and assistant treas-
exercise of intelligent judgment, have as yet been by and the
city of Viroqua is planning a series of enter- urer; H. E. Hopkins, vice-president; A. T. Moor-
no means exhausted.
tainments for the visitors. The city also will provide head, production manager, and Leonard W. Newell,
''Finally, we do too much guessing. We do not in $450 as prize money for the contesting bands.
sales manager.
fact know what are our national resources. We do
not know the volume or condition of existing forests;
nor do we know the requirements of the wood-using
industries or the extent to which their customary re-
quirements could be made to encourage better utiliza-
tion. We only guess.
"Fifteen years ago, according to governmental pro-
nouncement at that time, we were using up our saw
THE FAIRBANKS CO., Springfield, Ohio
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