The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

40 THE TALKING iMACfflNE WORLD. VICTOR CO. AFTER PRICE CUTTERS. Final Decree Entered Against Bernard Bearwald Restraining Him from Price Cutting. In the Voice of the Victor for Xovember ihe Victor Co. publish the following open letter to their dealers, emphasizing their firm stand against any form of price cutting on Victor goods: To Victor Dealers — In order that you may appreciate our constant efforts to enjoin sales of our patented goods at prices less than the licensed price, we call your attention to still another case in which we have recently been successful in enjoining such infringement, commonly known as price cutting. In our suit against Bernard Bearwald in the United States Circuit Court, Southern District of New York, for infringement of our Berliner Patent No. 534,543, a decree was entered in favor of the Victor Co., not long since, granting preliminary injunction and restraining the defendant from selling Victor records and machines at less than the licensed price, the defendant being represented by counsel, and opposing the motion. We have just been advised by our counsel, Horace Pettit, Esq., that a final decree has been entered against the said defendant, costs taxed, and execution was issued on September 29, 1908, the amount of which the defendant has just been compelled to pay. We send you this memorandum so that you may know that we are diligently prosecuting all instances of infringement by cutting prices, as soon as we have satisfactory evidence of the facts. sion to take some pictures, for use in a 5-cent theater to illustrate a pictorial slide entitled "A Day at the Stock Yards." "I will first take a set of moving pictures," he said, '"and then get a record for the phonograph." He then caught squeals of hogs as they were hoisted to death. BLACKMAN USES AUTO FOR SELLING. BIG CALL FOR VICTOR AUXETOPHONES. The demand for Victor Auxetophones is said to exceed the supply, and the factory is ha'V'ing its hands full keeping up with orders. The latest development is the use of the Auxetophone in connection with orchestras. The instrumental music wich the vocal rendition of the famous Red Seal records makes a combination most pleasing and harmonious. It has made a hit wherever introduced. An orchestra must be rehearsed with the Auxetophone in order to get the pitch and tone quality. After this is accomplished the program of an instrument is very much enhanced. The leading hotels and restaurants are adopting the arrangement as quickly as the Auxetophones are delivered. LOESER'S AUXETOPHONE RECITALS. CAUTION LABEL ON DOUBLE DISCS. The manufacture of double-faced Victor records has made it impossible to stamp the usual caution label on the back, so a new label has been designed that will bear all information and "warnings" on its face, the price being plainly printea in the center around the hole. The new labels will gradually make their appearance on Victor records and the colors will remain the same as now used, that is, black with gold letters on the 60-cent and fl records, and red with gold letters on the Red Seal classes. Frederick Loeser & Co., the big Brooklyn, N. Y., department store, who are distributers in that city for Victor talking machines and records, hold bi-weekly Auxetophone recitals, which they advertise extensivelj' and which are invariably attended by large crowds, among whom many purchasers are found. WOOD WITH MANUFACTURERS' OUTLET COMPANY. PIG SQUEALS FOR PHONOGRAPH. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Chicago, Nov. 9, 1908. An inventive genius has discovered that there is money in a pig's squeal. So that which P. D. Armour said was the only thing that went to waste at the stock yards now has a commercial value. A man carrying a camera and a machine for making phonograph records presented himself Saturday at the stock yards and asked permis After being with the Regina Co., manufacturers of a line of music boxes and other widelyknown automatic instruments, Rahway, N. J., for many years, attached to the selling corps at the New York store, John J. Wood resigned on November 7 to accept a position of trust and importance with the Manufacturers' Outlet Co., New York. Mr. Wood is a capable salesman, with a pleasing personality, and was an efficient lieutenant of J. B. Furber, formerly general manager of the Regina Co., and now treasurer and one of the owners of the M. O. Co. If a man puts all that is in him into his business, it will give him back all that is in it. Crown Talking Machines AIND PEASE SIDE LINES Will Make $ $ $ for You Secure the Agency by writing NOW E. S. PEASE, HUDSON TERMINAL BLDGS., 50 Church Street NEW YORK Long Island Thoroughly Covered and Good Results Obtained. During the last month J. Newcomb Blackman, president, and R. B. Caldwell, vice-president of the Blackman Talking Machine Co., made two trips on Long Island, calling on practically every dealer. Mr. Blackman acted in the capacity of .T. X. BLACKSlAN TOnEIXG FOE TBADB. chauffeur, but arranged speeding in localities where constables were not in evidence. In describing the trip, Mr. Blackman says an automobile, in perfect running order, is a wonderful help in covering ground and avoids delays. He also is a firm believer that it is best to meet the trade personally, as it insures better confidence between the concern and its customer. At the end of each day's run, however, it was questionable whether he was the "White Blackman" from appearances. The automobile is becoming a great factor in business, and Mr. Blackman's salesmen have already presented a petition to have one supplied for their use. THE EBERHART DISC RECORD HOLDER. The Eberhart disc record holder is one of the latest features embodied in the Herzog cabinets. Style 813 in the Herzog Co.'s advertisement elsewhere shows these record holders in place. This holder provides a protected division for each record, in which scraping is eliminated. A position in which records will not warp. A cushion at the back preventing edges from chipping. A number and index for each record, to locate, remove and replace in a few seconds. A very rapid storing system where records are marked with Eberhart's white ink. It is claimed by the inventor that the use of these record holders will remove many of the evils attendant upon the handling and storing of discs. They are sold at a popular price, and can be procured by dealers from the jobbing trade. The Herzog Art Furniture Co. not only recommend this holder to the trade, but also offer to equip all their disc cabinets with it, that are ordered, at the same prices as the Eberhart Disc Record Holder Co. quote to the jobbers. VICTOR DISTRIBUTING & EXPORT CO. With the Victor Distributing and Export Co., New York, business for October was better than any mouth since January. Their entire traveling force is out, and orders are not lacking. They have fitted up a special room for demonstrating the Auxetophone in connection with an orchestra. A number of important sales have been effected in this wav. INCORPORATES FOR $1,200,000. The Empire Talking Machine Co., recently incorporated in New York with a capital of $1,20(1.000, to market a new product, will be prepared to announce its nature and their plans within a few weeks. The directors are John Noll. William T. .Jenkins, and S. W. Slavden.