The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1908)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 19 WANTED--Rush Orders! t\VICTOR/t^^EOISON Send us your rush orders on Victor and Edison Machines, Records and Supplies. Ordinary jobbing service may be put up with in ordinary times, but from now to the holidays, you need quick, complete filling of all orders. TRY WURLITZER'S HURRYUP SERVICE. " We serve you right on Victor & Edison! ' ' WURLITZER'S NEEDLE OFFER: WHEN we determined to put out the best Needle in the world at a price others ask for the ordinarykind, we got quantity prices from every manufacturer, American and European. We succeeded in finding a Needle that tested out much better than any other. The Manufacturer had always gotten a higher price because his Needles were far ahead of all others, either imported or domestic. The reason of this is that the Needles are drawn from the best grade of double-refined American steel wire and take longer to manufacture than any other. By agreeing to dispose of an enormous quantity, we secured a price much below regular and quote quantity prices to Dealers as follows : Jn \M to SOMlots. 25c. per M In 50,11 lots, 21c. per M In WUMlots, 23c. per M 200 Mints, 22c. per M 300M IMS, 21c. per M 500.\f tots, 20c. perM Put up in envelopes of 100 each, unless otherwise ordered. On all orders for 50,000 or more Needles, we will imprint Dealer's name and address on envelopes free. THE RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO. CINCINNATI :: :: :: :: CHICAGO points of supply ; order from the nearer. ENOUGH JOBBERS IN NEW YORK. J. Newcomb Blackman Takes Exception to Statement That There Is Room for Several More Victor Jobbers — Nearly a Score of Authorized Distributers in the Greater City — Idea of Unlimited Competition a Mistake, a Fact Realized by the Big Companies. J. Newcomb Blackman takes exception to .the statement that more Victor jobbers should be established in New York City, and in referring to this subject, he said: "I notice on page 32 of the November 15 issue of The World, somebody, who evidently did not want his name quoted, made a statement to the effect that more jobbers could be added in New York without detriment to the present firms. It is evident that this gentleman was one of those 'on the outside looking in,' for it he was already a jobber it is not likely lie would have made any such statement. I must give him credit, however, for admitting that in case more were added certain new methods of selling and creating new business would have to be inaugurated. "In New York City and Brooklyn at the present time we have 13 distributers, advertised as such, and four or five who get distributing discounts, but are evidently not advertised, as they make no attempt at doing a wholesale business. "Both the Edison and Victor companies have recently inaugurated a new system to establish dealers, which proves they realize the error of unlimited competition among dealers and that quality counts more than quantity. This condition is even more true with jobbers, who invest much more money and are in proportion a much greater support to the manufacturer. We have had examples recently of talking machine jobbers discontinuing business. More proteetion as against additional competition will result in better jobbers, who will show returns to the^ manufacturers more satisfactory, than by causing a lack of confidence through unlimited competition. "While I do not wish to intimate that the Victor Co. approve of the establishment of further competition among jobbers in New York City, I do think people who get into print with such opinions might use a few arguments and use their name, as I have in this case. "I would be very glad at any time to discuss this subject, on my part arguing the advantage of more protection, as against more competition and leave it to the trade, as to which plan will show the hest results." OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS. Amount and Value of Talking Machines Shipped Abroad from the Port of New York. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 10, 1908. Manufacturers and dealers in talking machines will douMless be interested in the figures showing the exports of talking machines for the past four weeks from the port of New York. NOVEMBER 17. Bangkok, 4 pkgs., $353; Bombay, 7 pkgs., $495; 2 pkgs., $107; Buenos Ayres, 4 pkgs., $580; 8 pkgs., $400; Cardiff, 35 pkgs., $320; Corinto, 1 pkg., $192; Havre, 7 pkgs., $289; London, 138 pkgs., $6,558; 64 pkgs., $3,676; Manila, 8 pkgs., $918; Milan, 19 pkgs., $2,000; Para, 17 pkgs., $1,631; Rio de Janeiro, 7 pkgs., $846; Singapore, 7 pkgs., $241; Sydney, 211 pkgs., $5,585; Vera Cruz, 29 pkgs., $608; Yokohama, 89 pkgs., $773. NOVEMBER 24. Berlin, 49 pkgs., $565; 31 pkgs., $200; Colon, 4 pkgs., $129; Guayaquil, 6 pkgs., $233; Havana, 5 pkgs., $201; Havre, 5 pkgs., $210; Kingston, 2 pkgs., $178; 3 pkgs., $124; London, 648 pkgs., $7,610; 91 pkgs., $2,279; 318 pkgs., $8,068; 642 pkgs., $6,619;; Melbourne, 4 pkgs., $177; Rio de Janeiro, 2 pkgs., $23; Savanilla, 6 pkgs., $160; St. Johns, 4 pkgs., $123; Vera Cruz, 124 pkgs., $3,635; Vienna, 2 pkgs., $121. NOVEMBER 30. Amapala, 20 pkgs., $353; Callao, 7 pkgs., $165; Colon, 10 pkgs., $222; Havana, 5 pkgs., $411; Havre, 7 pkgs., $215; Kingston, 11 pkgs., $123; Liverpool, 787 pkgs., $6,148; 110 pkgs., $2,865; Melbourne, $1,223 pkgs., $14,301; Port of Spain, 3 pkgs.. $174; Southampton, 200 pkgs., $5,112; Vera Cruz, 39 pkgs., $684. DECEMBER 8. Belfast, 4 pkgs., $319; Bergen, 11 pkgs., $400; Berlin, 32 pkgs., $573; 32 pkgs., $233; Bradford, 110 pkgs., $510; Buenos Ayres, 3 pkgs., $145; Cardiff, 35 pkgs., $168; Colon, 4 pkgs., $185; 1 pkg., $113; Havre, 4 pkgs., $223; Hong Kong, 26 pkgs., $1,330; Iquique, 54 pkgs., $760; Liverpool, 37 pkgs., $168; 1 pkg., $300; London, 103 pkgs., $2,483; 175 pkgs., $4,258; 629 pkgs., $3,609; Manchester, 39 pkgs., $430; Newcastle, 46 pkgs., $257; Rio de Janeiro, 9 pkgs., $162; 17 pkgs., $1,464; Shanghai, 92 pkgs., $3,673; St. Petersburg, 2 pkgs., $400; 1 pkg., $114; Sydney, 3 pkgs., $235. AN ORATOR AND A CHORUS. The business orator was making his speech. "It is possible," he said, "to do business with people whom you know!" "Yes," said his hearers. "And with people who know you!" "Yes!" "But it is impossible to do business with people whom you do not know!" he continued. "Right you are!" from the chorus. "Or with those who do not know you!" "What's the answer?" from the crowd. "Advertise! " AN ACOUSTIC OSCILLOGRAPH. By causing a small mirror to oscillate in accord with the movements of the diaphragm of a phonograph, Mr. Bowron, an English inventor, has contrived the means of showing to an audience a visible representation of a piece of music to which they are listening. A beam of light refiected from the oscillating mirror and from another mirror which rotates uniformly is thrown upon a screen, where it appears as a luminous curve, varying in correspondence with the sounds. The instrument is called an acoustic oscillograph. — Youth's Companion. TALKER POPULAR IN AFRICA. Its Songs and Music Bringing the Whole World Into Closer Touch. According to travelers' reports the talking machine has been taken up with extraordinary enthusiasm in many parts of Africa. At Timbuctoo, once regarded as a mysterious and inaccessible stronghold of fanaticism, you can now hear in many a white-walled dwelling the phonograph squeaking out the latest popular songs of the Parisian boulevards. There is hardly a village in Algeria, Tunis or the other French possessions that does not possess one or two or more phonographs. Operatic arias and comic songs are ground out all day long for the amusement of the natives, who have plenty of time to spare. In Dahomey and the Congo, where the ivory and rubber trades have made many people prosperous, the natives eagerly await the arrival of the steamships at Grand Bassam and Porto Novo bringing the latest records from Paris. MISS FARRAR HEARS HERSELF SING. Miss Geraldine Farrar, the Metropolitan prima donna, had a pleasant surprise at a luncheon, which had been arranged in her honor at the Waldorf-Astoria, on Dec. 2. When the menu was about half-way disposed of the orchestra struck up the accompaniment to "Annie Laurie," and a voice took up the song. Then followed the duet from "Madame Butterfly." Miss Farrar's host, Mr. Bagby, had invited her there to listen to records she had made for the Victor Co. BUILD ADDITION TO SALESROOM. Owing to the rapid growth of his business, A. Diener, a talking machine dealer of Bellefontaine, O., has found it necessary to build an addition to his salesrooms on South Main street, that city. A little discourtesy is capable of destroying the effect that a hundred advertisements have created.