The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)

Record Details:

Title:
The Edison phonograph monthly
Date:
Mar 1903-Feb 1904
Publisher:
Louisville : Pennant Litho, Inc.
Volume:
The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar 1903-Feb 1904)
Leaf #:
00042
Language:
English
Collection:
Recorded Sound and Broadcasting & Recorded Sound
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Recorded Sound Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Reprint, with an introduction added, of a periodical published 1903-1916 in New York by the National Phonograph Co
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. TRADING STAMPS A VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT. We have received letters from several Dealers asking if it is allowable to give trading stamps with Edison Phonographs, Records and Blanks. We take this means of informing the trade that giving trading stamps is equivalent to giving a discount on goods and is a violation of our Agreement, rendering the violators liable to the same penalties as for price cutting. The principle involved is the same as if a Dealer openly offered a discount on all sales, and we cannot countenance it in any instance. A New York Department store handling our goods created a sensation in the city early this month by offering to give trading stamps with purchases in every department. When we called their attention to the matter, the offer was modified to except Edison Phonographs and Records, and these are now sold as restricted goods. J I MR. LOGUE TO COME EAST. W. S. Logue, who for nearly a year has had charge of the Chicago office of the National Phonograph Company, will come East on June 5 to become Manager of Sales for the battery department of the Edison Manufacturing Company and also Manager of Sales for the Bates Manufacturing Company. The latter positions have been held by J. W. Gladstone since the organization of the two companies several years ago. Mr. Gladstone will -embark in business for himself. Under Mr. Logue's management the business handled by the Chicago office has largely increased. Mr. Logue's successor has not yet been chosen. NO MORE TRADE MARK ELECTROS. By the advice of counsel, we have decided to send out no more electros of Mr. Edison or his signature, Nos. 332, 376, 434 and. 435, all being trade-marks of this Company. A few copies of the new electrotype catalogue, No. 415, have been sent out showing these electrotypes on the second page, but in the remainder of the edition they will be eliminated. The trade is asked to send in no more orders for these electros. FORM NUMBERS OF PRINTED MATTER. The following is a list of the form numbers \of catalogues and other printed matter in use at the present time by the National Phonograph Co. Form. 291. Jingle Book No. 3. 366. ' l Looking for the Band " Hanger. 371. Catalogue of Parts — superseding Form 270. 375. Catalogue of Phonographs — superseding Form 345. 376. Catalogue of Accessories and Coin Slot Phonographs — superseding Form 342. 380. Catalogue of Domestic Records — super seding Form 360. 381. Catalogue of Foreign Records. 386J. Jobbers Discount Sheet — superseding Form 355 J. 387D. Dealers Discount Sheet — superseding Form 355 D. 390. "Soldier" Hanger. 391. "Sailor" Hanger. 392. "Uncle Sam" Hanger. 393. "Coon" Hanger. 394. "Birds" Hanger (will be sent out this month). 395. Numerical Catalogue of all Records — superseding Form 251. 398. March Bulletin of Records. 399. April Bulletin of Records. 400. Chinese Record Folder. 402. May Record Supplement. 407. March Record Supplement. 408. May Record Bulletin. 409. 410. "Looking for Band" Card, (given a different number on each side through error.) 412. Supplement to Record Catalogue — shows titles listed from Nov. to Feb. 414. Four-page Folder, showing Gem, Stand ard, Home and Triumph. 415. Electrotype Catalogue — superseding Form 256. 416. April Record Supplement. 418. "Looking for the Band" Booklet. 419. April Suspended List. 425. Record Order Pads in 5 sheets (sheets A, B & C for Domestic titles; sheets E & F for Foreign. 427. Art of Making Records — superseding Form 64. 430. Jobbers Agreement (new form) — superseding forms 130 and 131. 440. Dealers Agreement (new form) — superseding Forms 140 and 141. In ordering printed matter the trade is asked to use these form numbers. It will facilitate handling same. A play put on at the Third Avenue Thea tre, New York city, on April 7, has an Edison Phonograph for its central figure. Two vil-/ lains plot to rob a safe and throw the blame/ on the hero. A phonograph record is made oi their conversation, however, and at the proper moment the record is reproduced and the villains are given a knockout blow. Any Dealer or Jobber selling Edison records by card system, or otherwise, whereby the dozen price ($5.00) is allowed on sales of less than one dozen actually taken or paid for at one time, will be considered a violator of Agreement, and liable to immediate suspension. See explanatory paragraph, page 8.