The Edison phonograph monthly (Mar-Dec 1907)

EDISON PHONOGRAPH MONTHLY. 17 WHEN THE PHONOGRAPH WAS YOUNG. The following memo, addressed to Mr. Edison just eighteen years ago, and preserved accidentally among some old correspondence, will bring very vividly to mind the phenomenal growth of the business of manufacturing Edison Phonographs and Records since May, 1889. At that time Edison Records were being made in Mr. Edison's own laboratory by his own assistants. Mr. Batchelor, writer of the memorandum, was then superintendent of the Edison Phonograph Works, which manufactured Edison Phonographs. "Memo, to Mr. Edison: — We have had enormous orders for musical cylinders, some of them dating as far as two months back. Can you not make some arrangements so that we can have our orders filled up there, as in many cases it prevents shipments of goods until we get them? We have now with you orders for one-half dozen for Nebraska, 1 dozen for Washington, 2 dozen for Nashville, Tenn., all dated back to March 28th. Five dozen t.r North American of April 1st, 1 dozen for Japan, May 8th, onehalf dozen for Ohio Mcy 13 and a few yesterday for Dakota. If you can give Wangemann orders to furnish us what we want, it will help us considerably in getting off our shipments more promptlv. Charles Batchelor. To this Mr. Edison replied a few days later, as follows : "We are making about 50 per day and I am rigging up to furnish 300 daily. Please Send orders (written) to Laboratory. We will book them, fill the orders by sending them to Phono. Co., and make charges so that we will not be out of pocket. E." As we have manufactured as many as 110,000 Records in a single day recently, it follows that for every one produced when this memo, was written, 2,200 have since been turned out in the same space of time! And it is just as impossible for us to put a limitation on the future sales of Edison Phonographs and Records as it was for those pioneers in 1889, who thought their orders were enormous. THE PERSISTENT ADVERTISER. J. L. Field, of Pittsfield, 111., is one of the Edison Dealers whose policy is to bring his goods to the notice of past and possible customers in a thoroughly up-to-date manner. He might, as a few Dealers do, wait for customers to come around and ask what he had, but he prefers to play a winning game — and he ADVERTISES. We publish his announcement of last month's Records and are glad to know that we have such resourceful Dealers as he with us. "Here comes the May Phonogram from Field, the Jeweler, Pittsfield, 111. Do you get it regularly? Do you enjoy looking it over? Well we hope vou do, we send it absolutely free. Why? We want some of your patronage when you get new Records. We carry the entire Catalogue of Edison Records. We carry the complete line of Genuine Edison Phonographs. Every machine and Record is absolutely perfect when it comes from Field, and as our favorite Ada Jones says, "Field knows his business all right, all right." If you don't want any Records or Machine, won't you kindly get your friend to call or order his Phonographs or Record of us. We thank you for your past patronage. We are expecting a share in the future. Can't we have your order now? The May list is great — write at once. — Field, the Edison Distributor, Pittsfield, 111. ■ W£ M'f'p.^^*^ w"*"v->5 '*S&2 Ha * WjZA 1 t 1 i STORE OF GEORGE H. GARRETT, EDISON DEALER, WINTERSET, IA. The above photograph shows the interior of the store of George H. Garrett, of Winterset, la., who besides selling pianos and musical merchandise, is a most aggressive Dealer in Edison Phonographs and Records. He took on the Edison line two years ago and in that time has sold over 300 Phonographs. He now carries a stock of 7,000 Records and 25 machines. He has three men canvassing tht country adjacent to his town.