Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-15
BIG SALES TO RULE.
Local Furniture Makers Expect to
Reap . Harvest.
SOME or THEIR REASONS.
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are truthful and their verscisy 10 yet
a. be impugnsd--ths July sales viii 10
the largest the city hes ever known and
will approximate eD00m
Every factory In the city b stocking
up and tho Waiting buyers will be daz-
xlcd by conc a the most artistic furni-
turc that ever Left the hand Of the cab
met makes. Some Of the sidsboarsis and
bed room suites that have recently been
turned out ere gems in wood. A gro
te~que specimen u humanity Who regis
tered from Cincinnati once pstronixingly
remarked that Grand Rapids vas good
he'd room suite town; but 10 couldn't
make anything else. Being from Gin
cinnati. he could hardly BE- expected 90
know any better. Grand Rapids will
have some Of the most beautiful chclion-
iers. book cases. chAirs and dcsks ever
made. on exhibition next month. and
some Of tho upholstered work shown
will be a revelation 90 any man that Oh
tanned even portion Of his ideas about
furniture from the overgrown river town
on the Ohio. Cincinnati obtained its
conceptions OF art in furniture during
the days when most Of the inhabitants
were engaged in the hog sticking indus
try. and il has never been able TO out
grow them.
some az the Reasons.
There are several reasons why the
coming season promises 10 be the best
one Grand Rapids has ever had. In the
first place comparatively little furniture
was sold last spring. Mos, If the deal
oil .tr..tr.l ard thAW
bought simply 10 MI out broken lots.
The condition III the market was stuffy
20 say the least. and nobody cared To
run any chances with a new stock. The
Chicago people bought furniture freely.
but they constitute only small Per
centage 81 the Grand Rapids trade.
What they bought was largely worlds
fair furniture. 1t was purchased for
temporary use and not for beauty. The
rest If the country did not buy any
furniture at all. 1t expected 20 visit
Chicago relatives or sleep IN worlds fair
hotels: hence il had no use for anything
OF its own.
But in the fall it will be different
All the eastern people who have been 10
the fair will require something new
when they begin housekeeping again in
the fall. Their bank accounts will have
recovered partially from their Chicago
esque summer condition and they ii have
more money TO put into home furnish
ings. AT least this 10 the opinion of the
eastern dealers They expect To sell
lots OF goods next September and Octo-
Der. They have little stock left over.
All the leading dealers will visit Grand
Rapids next month and make big pur
chases.
Worlds Fair Tourists
But there are other reasons why the
local manufacturers expect TO do bust
ness with a big sugur. Hundreds Of
worlds fair tourists arc going 10 run up
here on their way home or their way
north. They'll all inspect the big fac
tories and warehouses. Many Of the
visitors will be women. A woman can
resist an artistic piece OF furniture any
more than she can a new hat or a be-
coming bit Of lace In the aggregate
they may be depended upon 10 invest
several thousand of their husbands
good dollars in Grand Rapids wooden
ware.
But better and far more profitable
than these will be the eastern buyers
who will bc making their first trip "a
this city All Of them who visit the fair
will run over, and the furniture dealcr
that runs over TO Grand Rapids To see
the sights usually goes home with hall q
carload Of furniture. Will III. Boyns oI
the Oriel Cabinet company stated last
night that he knew Of six wealthy east
ern dealers who would visit Grand Rap
ids next month for the first time. But
| six viii lie only small pro
| portion Of them. There will bs
several times that many new ones
from the west and south. and il tn,
local manufacturer does not reap har
vest 81 quick Gales and small profits il
will be his own fault
Mr.. Limbert's Views.
Charles +. Limbcrt was confident las
night that the July Gales would excee,
anything the sellers bad ever dreamed
Of
The manufacturers from outside tn,
city expect that all the buyers from
everywhere will be here next month
| Many ~ them are making active prepar
atoms 10 be vivid US" and assist in sur
rounding the golden plum. Even Rock
ford. Illinois. IL coming. and Rockford
has made prctcnsions 81 being n furni
ture center In itself. One firm from thai
little burg has rented five floors OF III.
kortlander 4 Murphy block.
The Grand Rapids men do not
expect TO profit any by the
| Cincinnati strike. Cincinnati never did
the local factories any harm. and they
do not see how sho can do them any
good. II any man has taste for Gin.
cinnati furniture. he'll probably buy i,