The talking machine world (Jan-June 1919)

April IS, 1919 THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD 99 FROM OUR CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS {Continued from page 97) Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm" and "When You See Another Sweetie Hanging Around"; "After All" and "Kentucky Dream"; "Salvation Lassie of Mine" and "I Think I'll Wait Until They All Come Home"; "How Are You Goin' to Wet Your Whistle?" and "Heart Breaking Baby Doll"; "Sundown in Birdland" and "The Boy and the Bird"; "Beautiful Ohio" and "The Land of Beginning Again." The month's most popular Empire records are: "Liza Jane" and "Ja-Da"; "Oh, What a Lovin' the Girls Will Get When the Boys Come . Home" and "A Khaki Lad"; "Madelon" and "Lucille"; "Ching a Ling" and "Hindustan"; "My Doughboy" and "Goulash" and "Me-ow" and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." Chicago the Center of Attraction Chicago is a great talking machine center and dealers know it. The past month has witnessed au influx of music dealers from all parts of the country, who are all here for the same object: talking machines and yet more talking machines. The other day an old gentleman from Ohio walked into The World office in the Republic Building and with a quaver in his voice timidly asked if anyone knew where he could purchase a few machines. His face wore the look of one who fears he has provoked an insult, in fact, he looked as though he rather expected to be thrown out of the office. He explained that his customers were growing impatient at his continued excuses and that he simply must place instruments of some sort or other on his floor immediately. Looking over the field he thought of Chicago, and, forthwith, came here. He wasn't disappointed. The next day he was back in the office smiling to say that, although he hadn't obtained just the particular make he had desired, he had succeeded in getting machines of a type and quality equally good, and that was the big thing so far as he was concerned. This dealer is only one of many who have gone through similar experiences. Retailers throughout the country who have discovered their regular manufacturers to be greatly oversold have gone forth in search of machines to supplement their regular lines with results much to their advantage. Not in any way to advise the curtailment of orders with regular manufacturers, of course [for if the regular sources of supply are oversold there is always a good reason, which is good machines], but the business of selling talking machines is bread and butter to the talking machine dealer, and how is he to sell more machines if he is unable to get more? Moral: take the next train to Chicago. New Concern Manufacturing Arwalls The Arwall factories located in Minneapolis, Minn., have taken over the talking machine business of the Central Wood Turning Co., who have been manufacturing the Arwall machines, and will continue to make these instruments on Equip Your Phonographs With Perfect Automatic Brakes Samples $1.00 Each Cash with order Slate make of tone arm ased Also made with long brake shoe for 1 inch offset Patented Aue. 28. '17 Simple construction anti easily attacked. Made in four styles to fit any make of tone arm. Write for attraclioe tjuantity price PERFECT AUTOMATIC BRAKE CO. Room 400, 425 S. Wabaih Ave., Chicago Tone Arm and Reproducer Beware of unscrupulous infringers. We intend to protect our rights and our customers by prosecuting all infringers. No Springs Nor Weights To Adjust Plays any Make Record Perfectly Made in Four Lengths Its appearance alone, when attached to your phonograph, will greatly enhance the selling value of your machines, both to the trade as well as to the ultimate purchaser, and when it has been demonstrated on all of the different types and brands of records, the tonal quality ot its reproduction ;:wUl appeal to the most critical musician. "Designed by an artist and manufactured by a master mechanic," is the apt verdict of a veterari in the phonograph industry. We are in position to supply the needs of a few more high-class phonograph manufacturers, and to guarantee prompt shipments. Write us for prices and descriptive circular THE EMPIRE PHONO PARTS COMPANY Sales Office: 425 So. Wabash Ave.. CHICAGO, ILL. Factory: CLEVELAND, OHIO Address all inquiries to Chicago Office a larger scale. At the head of the Arwall factories are J. Earle Moore, H. M. Farland and E. E. MerrilL The latter is a member of the well-known firm of Stacy Bros. & Merrill, wholesale fruit dealers. Shipping Cases in Demand The enormous sales of talking machines throughout the country are having their effect on subsidiary lines at the present time. Shipping cases seem to be in immediate demand everywhere, and concerns making these are working overtime in an attempt to supply the incessant demands of manufacturers. President A. J. Fitzsimmons and Sales Manager Jacob Frankel, of the Western Veneer Products Co., passed through Chicago the first of the month, and tell of how their concern is working day and night in order to take care immediately of the orders in hand. They have a large plant in St. Louis, at which they are turning out on an average of two carloads of veneer shipping cases per day and are employing at the present time 250 men and women. The Western Veneer Products Co. obtains its wood from mills in Parma, Mo., and Nobel, Ark. They have contracts running as high as 60,000 boxes per concern per year, says Mr. Frankel. As a tribute to the Talking Machine World he states that over 75 per cent, of the concern's business has been the result of advertising in this publication. A New Service for Edison Dealers The Edison Information Bureau is a new service department of the Phonograph Co., organized for the purpose of serving its dealers by directto-customer advertising. All the trouble of sending out lists of records, 'announcements, etc., is taken from the hands of Edison dealers. The Phonograph Co. have compiled a customer list from all of their dealers and as a first step have announced the establishment of the new bureau in cards addressed to all of these customers. In these cards they make the following request, "Do not send any orders to this (Continued on page 100) Th ALL-IN-ONE Position on a Victrola The Attachment You Don't Remove Position on a Columbia THE "ALL-IN-ONE," THE ONLY ATTACHMENT. FOR VICTOR AND COLUMBIA MACHINES, FOR PLAYING ALL MAKES OF DISC RECORDS. ONCE attached to the tonearm it equips your machine permanently WITHOUT ANY FURTHER CHANGE OF THE POSITION OF THE REl'RODUCER. Formerly it was necessary to have the "VICTOR" or "COLUMBIA" equipped with two individual tubes or attachments to play the HILL and DALE and LATERAL CUT records. It operates perfectly and in no way blocks the free passage of tone. The "ALL-IN-ONE" is the ONLY attachment for "VICTOR" and "COLUMBIA" OWiNERS. A child can operate it. NO ANNOYANCE OF DISASSEMBLING THE "ALL-IN-ONE" is manufactured in two styles, one for the "VICTOR" and one for the "COLUMBIA." Retails at $1.50 CULLEN, MARSH & COMPANY F. J. Kaumanns. Saks Manager Inventors and Mfrs. of the ALL-IN-ONE attachments 21 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, 111. Canadian Distributor. L J. BOURGETTE, 3 Woolwortli Building. MONTREAL, QUEBEC