The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1910)

THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD. 85 TWIN CITY GLEANINGS. Recent Victor Emissaries — Minnesota Phonograph Co.'s New Catalog — Holiday Demands Cleaned Out Dyer & Bro. — Columbia Co.'s Great Christmas Trade. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Minneapolis and St. Paul, Jan. 8, 1910. Three big men from the sales department of the Victor Talking Machine Co. were in the Twin Cities this week to get acquainted with the dealers who are giving them such excellent business, and incidentally to arrange for still bigger trade in the Northwest. The Victor emissaries are Messrs. Goldsmith, Lowy and Baish, almost direct from Camden, N. J. They declared themselves to be highly satisfied with the run on their goods in the Twin Cities. The Minnesota Phonograph Co., general distributors for talking machines in the Northwest, have issued a general catalog, in which the Victor goods have a prominent place. It has been widely distributed and is bringing in the business. Laurence H. Lucker, manager of the house, says that trade has been up to all anticipations, and every feature — machines, records, collections — leave no room for criticism. "The holiday trade has ruined our stock," is the complaint of David M. Dyer, manager of the small goods department of W. J. Dyer & Bro., "but we will try to bear up. Our sales of talking machines have been extremely satisfactory. The Victor and Edison machines, of course, are the favorites, at least with our customers. There has been a fair trade in Zonophones, particularly with their line of records, which is most popular. According to J. H. Wheeler, manager for the Twin City headquarters of the Columbia Phonograph Co., the holiday trade was the greatest in the nine years the branch has been established. "The only trouble is that we can't get the goods fast enough to meet the demand. We are all out of the four-minute records, which are extremely popular. We are more than a month behind in the delivery of orders for Grafonolas, simply because we have been unable to get them from the factory." 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, Jan. 10, 1910. Manufacturers and dealers in talking machines will doubtless be interested in the figures showing the exports of talking machines for the past four weeks from the port of New York: DECEMBER 15. Belfast, 25 pkgs., $168; Berlin, 62 pkgs., $1,425; Buenos Ayres, 9 pkgs., $162; 38 pkgs., $4,785; Callao, 7 pkgs., $230; Cardiff, 75 pkgs., $487; 25 pkgs., $162; Colon, 3 pkgs., $222; Hamburg, 2 pkgs., $272; Havre, 11 pkgs., $251; Iquique, 5 pkgs., $340; Leicester, 20 pkgs., $130; Limon, 3 pkgs., $500; London, 551 pkgs., $8,949; 18 pkgs., $1,500; Melbourne, 23 pkgs., $810; Montevideo, 3 pkgs., $260; Newcastle, 24 pkgs., $156; Rio de Janeiro, 71 pkgs., $1,468; Sydney, 1,166 pkgs., $10,128; Vera Cruz, 142 pkgs., $2,623. DECEMBER 22. Buenos Ayres, 221 pkgs., $9,127; Cape Town, 5 pkgs., $200; Colon, 2 pkgs., $100; 29 pkgs.. $217; Guaymas, 6 pkgs., $251; Halifax, 6 $170; Hamilton, 6 pkgs., $248; Havana, 4 $375; 2 pkgs., $229; Jamaica, 10 pkgs., Liverpool, 3 pkgs., $105; London, 482 $7,453; 18 pkgs., $1,016; Manchester, 9 $900; Meritas, 3 pkgs., $140; Para, 11 $478; Porta Plata, 5 pkgs., $133; Progreso, 138 pkgs., $4,913; Puerto Barrios, 35 pkgs., $737; Rio de Janiero, 11 pkgs., $1,385; Tampico, 22 pkgs., $529; 10 pkgs., $396; Trinidad, 16 pkgs., $439. DECEMBER 29. Amsterdam, 2 pkgs., $175; Berlin, 36 pkgs., $796; Bilbao, 11 pkgs., $125; Bremen, 5 pkgs., $145; Guayaquil, 9 pkgs., $255; Havana, 4 pkgs., pkgs.. pkgs., $173; pkgs., pkgs., pkgs., $292; Liverpool, 2 pkgs., $111; London, 1,112 pkgs., $16,117; 20 pkgs., $1,644; 9 pkgs., $765; Manila, 79 pkgs., $4,305; Vera Cruz, 114 pkgs., $5,635; Yokohama, 14 pkgs., $980. JANUARY 4. Berlin, 219 pkgs., $1,344; Buenos Ayres, 92 pkgs., $9,834; 9 pkgs., $206; Colon, 7 pkgs., $209; 4 pkgs., $298; 11 pkgs., $209; Guayaquil, 3 pkgs., $130; Hong Kong, 40 pkgs., $912; Kingston, 11 pkgs., $665; Kobe, 2 pkgs., $126; Limon, 2 pkgs., $135; 2 pkgs., $101; London, 17 pkgs., $1,623; Manzanilla, 7 pkgs., $212; Montevideo, 1 pkg., $393; St. Johns, 6 pkgs., $137; Sidney, 81 pkgs., $844; Vera Cruz, 12 pkgs., $693. Coyle was born in Washington fifty-seven years ago. His father, John F. Coyle, was proprietor of The National Intelligencer of that city. Mr. Coyle saw the value of the phonograph when it first became a nine days' wonder. He started out exhibiting the machine in the east, and became a pioneer in the field of mechanical amusement devices. JOURNET HERE TO MAKE RECORDS. TALKING MACHINE MAN DEAD. Frank D. Coyle First Used Phonograph as Amusement Device. Prank Dawson Coyle, long connected with the theatrical business and probably the best known of dime museum lecturers, died at St. Francis' Home, 609 Fifth avenue, two weeks ago. Mr. Marcel Journet, the Belgian basso, arrived Sunday last on La Savoie and will sail again on the Lusitania on January 19, for the purpose of making records for the Victor Talking Machine Co. The singer, who in the spring of 1908 threw up his contract with the Metropolitan Opera House, shows no symptoms of the melancholia and heart trouble that caused his departure then. Jcurnet, who tells of many triumphs in Europe, says his brief stay caused him to refuse an invitation to sing with Caruso and Geraldine Farrar at the Metropolitan. A WORD TO DEALERS Our Stocks of EDISON and VICTOR Goods are Complete. 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