The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-09-01
Success In Business.
THE EcAREEk OF A NEW JERSEY ORGAN

the result of intelligence, pluck, and
enterprise. 1t is said that the Hon.
Daniel f. Beatty, of Washington, N.
j., began business in 1870 without cne
dollar. Since that time he has built
up an enormous Piano and Organ
trade all over the civilized world by
his remarkable pluck and enterprise.
His attention was early turned to
music, and in this way he became in
terested in the sale, and finally in the
manufacture of musical instruments at
Washington, New Jersey, which bear
his name. His first operations wer9
on small scale,, but his active and
progressive mind saw wide fields
open to energy and enterprise. He
has never wavered or faltered in this
project. By his shrewd, skillful, and
presisten, newspaper advertising he
has attracted wide attention every
where, so that at the present bis in
struments are. in use in all parts Of the
civilized world. He believes in, the
free use of printers ink, and it has
paid him thousand-fold.
Mr.. Beatty was the first man who
first conceived the idea ofreducing
the prices of Pianos and Organs. He
knew the agents were making entirely
too much profit on them, the same as
was being done on sewing machines.
He at once began to expose the de-
ception, practiced by leading manu-
facturers, who asked s45olfor am Or
gar. that gould be sold for 500, and
still leave a fair,prohr, or $I,ooo for
a Piano that s7o7r is sufhcientfor.
Then the war began. Hs,was ridi-
culed and misrepresented in shame
full manner by the monopolists, whose
large profits were in, danger, No
stone was left unturned to, defeat and
ruin him., Circulars were printed
and sent out, and circulated by their
agents, articles were published in
music trade journals, and manwother
dirty tricks were resorted to. But, by
the course Of right and justice, Mayor
Beatty has succeeded in reducing, the
prices of Pianos and Organs, so that
he is said to be by far the mostsuc-
cess man that has, ever engaged in
the music business. r1lr ysb ana
On the 18th of Sept, 1881, a fire
destroyed his immense factory, en-
ploying at that time about 400 hands.
The indomitable win Of the man i'm
mediately asserted itself, and new
factory covering 4 acres, combining
all the improvements in manufacturing
which had suggested themselves, was
erected, and in I2o, days was in. run
ming order, and turning out 50 COM
pleted Organs daily. The new fac
tory is one-third larger in size, with
facilities for manufacturing, that are
not equalled BY any other Reed Organ
works on the Globe, It is equipped
for running all night, having a com
plete Edison Electric Lighting system
with 800 lights, A special Railroad
has been built to the factory door, for
saving all the expenses Of cartage on
lumber coal and organs, thus saving
a large per cent, in cost Of fmaufacture.
He offers. as an inducement 70 come
and visit his works and select an Or
gan, a reduction, of from SIS, to SIS,
according to distance travelled, This
includes a free ride upon Beatty's
Switch-Back r. r., connecting his es-
tablishment with the Deleware Lack
awanna and Western Railroad.
But amid the rush and hurry ofa
vast business Mr.. Beatty never forgets
the duties of a man and a citizen.
He has four times been elected
Mayor Of Washington without his own
seeking, which Office he now holds.
His fellow-citizens chose him. He
conducted no campaign whatever.
and was not even at home election
day. His generous donation Of or
ders upon the largest local stores to
supply -four to the needy during the
past winter, and his liberal cohtribu-
tions to the various religious organ
izations, without regard to denomin-
ations, are indicative ofbut a few Of
the many incidents that are contin-