The talking machine world (Jan-Dec 1913)

The Talking Machine World Vol. 9. No. 1. New York, January 15, 19 1 3. Price Ten Cents CREDIT TO THE^CREDIT MAN. The Important Position Held by Credit Man in Modern Business World. The credit man has to convince the salesman that, besides being a waste of time, it is foolish to take orders from irresponsible parties and put upon . the credit man the burden of declining them. Further, that in being easy with a delinquent customer, the salesman is frequently doing him anything but a favor, and that beyond the immediate ill results to his own house, there is danger of weakening all along the line, and consequently injury to every other grantor of credit. In these and many other ways the credit man is a great force in elevating business standards, in eliminating bad practices and antiquated customs, and the result of the teaching of the modern credit man will be more apparent as time goes on. Although he gives credit, like many other teachers, he rarely is given much of the credit for the value of the work he does. The things he doesn't do are often the most important. He must be content to have his reward in the knowledge that in teaching others he is himself learning to be a better business man, doing better work for his company, widening his influence and becoming a more useful man in his community. PRICE MAINTENANCE UPHELD By California Supreme Court in Recent Suit Fought Through the Various Courts. The Supreme Court of California, in deciding the case of D. Ghirardelli Company vs. Jeremiah E. Hunsicker and Fritz Ernest, December 16, upheld lie right of a manufacturer to fix the resale price on nis unpatented goods by means of a label on the case. The defendants had cut the retail price pn ground chocolate of the plaintiff's manufacture, iand the Superior Court granted an injunction in "May, 1911. The defense contended that since the goods were sold to jobbers and then to retailers, the Ghirardelli Co. parted with title to them and could not force a retailer to maintain the price when he bought the goods from a jobber and not directly from the maker. [n deciding this point the Court said: "If the goods in the hands of the wholesaler or jobber, who had purchased directly from the plaintiff, were subject to the conditions we have specified, including the stipulation that if he sold them at wholesale he would do so subject to the same conditions, the •situation presented by the complaint is in all respects substantially the same as if defendants had purchased directly from plaintiff upon the same terms and conditions as the jobber or wholesale purchaser." SAVING TIMEJN REPORTING. One of many instances of the usefulness of the phonograph in connection with court reporting comes from Seattle, Wash., via the Tacoma Tribune. That newspaper tells how two reporters, W. L. Fensterincher and James M. Palmer, relieved each other in working shifts of one hour and by the aid of phonographs kept three typewriters busy taking from 150 to 175 pages a day. The plan of redictating notes is in use all over the country, says the Phonographic World, and anyone taking the trouble to go around to the south side of the Capitol in Washington may see Fred Irland and others of the reporting corps talking into a machine after taking down in shorthand the more or less enlightening remarks of the solons of the nation. As a matter of information, too, it might be added that no matter how large the output of talk in Congress, and it runs pretty high some days, it appears in the Congressional Record early the following morning. The Congressional record is practically the only daily publication for which the reporting is done in shorthand. TALKING MACHINE EXPORTS. The Figures for November Presented — Reports Show Increase for the Month. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 11, 1913. In the summary of exports and imports of the commerce of the United States for the month of November (the latest period for which it has been compiled), which has just been issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the following interesting figures relating to talking machines and supplies are set forth : The total exports of talking machines, records and supplies for November, 1912, amounted to $302,711, as compared with $269,556 for the same month of the previous year. The eleven months' exportation of talking machines, records and supplies amounted to $2,343,550. TO HANDLE EDISON LINE ONLY. Harger & Blish Relinquish Victor Representation in Conformity with Contract and Issue Interesting Announcement to the Trade. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Des Moines, la.. Jan. 10, 1013. Harger & Blish, the prominent talking machine jobbers of this city, have just issued the following announcement to their dealers. It speaks for itself : "We announce our intention to distribute for Iowa and South Dakota Mr. Edison's new disc phonograph. "Our distributer's contract with the Victor Talking Machine Co. prohibits our jobbing any other line of disc machines and records than Victors. This means, of course, that we must discontinue the Victor line. "After fourteen years of successful jobbing of their product and the splendid treatment always accorded us by the Victor Co., this was not an easy decision to arrive at, but after careful consideration we deemed it advantageous. "To our former Victor dealers we extend our heartfelt thinks for their loyal support. "To our Edison friends we bespeak for ourselves your continued support and patronage, assuring you that our facilities will be increased and bettered. With the new Edison disc added to the wonderfully improved cylinder products we will have a full and complete combination line to offer to our clientele." NEW HOME FOR ROSS P. CURTICE CO. Four-Story Building to Be Erected for Use of Lincoln, Neb., House. The Ross P. Curtice Co., Lincoln, Neb., has secured a site in that city and completed arrangements for the erection of a large four-story building with a frontage of 50 feet and depth of 142 feet for the housing of its growing business. Workon the new structure will begin early in the spring and will be pushed rapidly. A feature of the building will be a spacious recital hall on the third floor, which will be used for talking machine, player-piano and other forms of recitals. VICTROLAS FOR BATTLESHIPS Included in Specifications for Two Fighters Now Being Built in this Country for Argentine Republic. In the specifications for two new battleships now being built in the United States for the Argentine Republic, there are included two Victrolas apiece for each vessel as a part of its regular and official equipment. Such a high tribute to the Victrola is to be greatly appreciated. In learning salesmanship don't confine yourself to the study of the theory. Get right into the harness and learn from practical experience. VICTROLAS REPLACE PIANOS In Sixteen Different School Buildings in Des Moines — Testimony to the Value and Educational Influence of the Talking Machine. (Special to The Talking Machine World.) Des Moines, la., Jan. 6, 1913. Commenting upon the growth of the talking machine in the schools and the fact that in many institutions it is replacing the piano, one of the local papers remarked: "Des Moines school children don't march out to the music of a rattly piano any more. No, indeed; the up-to-date school boy shakes his feet downward to the classic music of a Victrola. "There are sixteen different school buildings in Des Moines which own their own expensive Victrolas. The machines are purchased by the school children themselves as the result of school entertainments. It is hoped that every school in the city will eventually own its own music maker. "The buildings which have Victrolas transfer them from room to room. There are special music days when the voices of some of the world's' greatest singers in classic numbers are heard. "Miss Frances Wright, music supervisor for the Des Moines schools, acts as censor^^^he Victrola records, and only those may Ji^played which* have her approval. There are plenty of lively marches but no ragtime." mrs. belmchntYtalkIng pictures. Suffragist Leader Is Considering Offer to Make a Six Minutes' Speech. Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont has been asked to give a "Votes for Women" speech for the kinetophone, Thomas A. Edison's new talking and moving picture invention, and she is considering whether it would help the suffrage cause. Mrs. Belmont does not like making speeches, and she is rarely heard outside her own club rooms, 15 East 41st street. In the new pictures Mrs. Belmont would appear as the president of the Political Equality Association, which she founded, and as one of the leaders of the movement in this country. She has been asked to talk on suffrage for six minutes. Since she joined the fighters for the franchise no other woman has shown greater activity and been more before the public than Mrs. Belmont. FOURTEEN NEW CATALOGS Containing Lists of Selections in Twenty-six Foreign Languages Issued by the Victor Co. Fourteen catalogs of Victor records, listing selections in 26 foreign languages, were sent out early this month by the Victor Talking Machine Co. to its dealers in every part of the country. Accompanying these catalogs was a two-page letter from the advertising department of the Victor Co., calling the attention of the Victor representatives to the unlimited possibilities that exist for the cultivation and development of a profitable trade in foreign records. Very gratifying progress has been made the past few years in the production of foreign records that will satisfy the tastes and requirements of the vast numbers of foreign-speaking people who reside in our large cities and cosmopolitan trade centers. The demand for foreign records is steadily advancing, and the aggressive dealer is already laying plans for the securing of a profit-showing share of this trade during 1913. The recent catalogs sent out by the Victor Co. contain records in the following languages. These records were selected with the utmost care as to their fitness and merit : Arabian, Bohemian, Hungarian, Polish, French, French Canadian, German, Gregorian, Greek, Hawaiian. Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish. Norwegian, Finnish, Spanish. Turkish, Russian, Ruthenian, -Slovak, Croatian-Servian and Roumanian.