Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-08


purchasers oaiy too OF Three nrms
had their samples IN position and Their
price lists completed Yesterday morn
ing many OF the ocl of~toNl sslisrs
had not nnlosded them samples from
the cara, and Eao 10 Wcrk AL day and
nearly al night. IN order 10 get their
wsrsrooms IA shape 20 begin GUINNESS
tomorrow.
There are probably more sellers IN
the ely than were ever seen here he
fore, aud every one Of them has = Tug
line OF sampIss- The outs.de agents
come into direct competition with the
local manufacturers; but the Grand
Rapids men seem 10 bear up under lt.
Il like 10 sec them coce." SAID
= well known commission man.
yesterday. ''of course. they hurt our
trade little, but IA the end they viii
do us good. IL would be . GOOD thing
| for the Grand kapsds manufacturers II
every furniture manufacturing concern
IN the country brought samples here
would attract every furniture buyer ia
| the country here The town would be
run over with them, and We local usen
would grab on the pluDa Sec
How would We do ~ Why. easy
enough. We can manufacture better
aud more artistic furniture than any
| other city in the country. These out
eide concerns can't sell around us IN
less they are handling = speciality that
We don't make. Well. We could let the
outside fellows help attract the buyers.
but as soon as they looked over the ex-
hibits and saw the superiority of our
| furniture, they would buy OF ua Great
4 scheme, amt lr
"But we don't want the earth. We're
| willing the outside men should have .
show for their ally once IN while.
Grand Rapids furniture manufacturers
are no hogs The only reason We ask
people to buy our furniture 10 the ex-
| cluson of other manufacturers 10 be-
cause We want the dear public TO get
the worth of It's money. We're pnslsp-
thropists. That's right"
business will undoubtedly open up
in good shape. - said J. w. Wheelock IN
the Morton yesterday afternoon. II
think tue eastern trade will Toe & cd.
zee no reason why We shouldn't all do
well this year."
Are there any strikingly new de-
signsy'
well, there are the usual Improve
ments. Grand Rapids furniture grows
better and more Artistic every year. IL
you don't believe II ask us about Il.
We're like An old fellow | used 10
know when / was q boy IN New Eng
land. squire Gray kept the tavern,
and every time he got q new barrel of
whisky the old fellow was on hand TO
get Il OF the sklde and help tap il.
Then he'd draw OF dipper full. take
long soul-lnsplring drink, wait for
the after-taste with all the elaboration
of connoisseur, and finally remark:
'Cussed II that amt even better whisky
than the other barrel; Ell, squireg Our
furniture 10 always better than the pre-
ceding instailment."
There are scarcely more than if
teen buyers all told in the city, but
large delegations are expected every
day this week. Most of thoee that are
in the city do the buying for large
wholesale houses in the eaet and mid
die states. They know just what they
want, and where they will ind
exactly the kind of furniture
that their trade requires They have
been here before and understand the
wiles of the smooth ana oily seller.
The big western buyers. with one or
two exceptions, have not begun 10
come, and will not be here for . week
or two yet. Only a few of the heavy
eastern buyers are here.
"Some people imagine that selling
furniture lie a snap of the eoftest kind 30
ssid one Of the best known local sellers
: yesterday. They never tried il. The
: strain on a man is awful during the
} time the visiting buyers are here. He
has mighty shrewd business men TO com.
pete with, and no mans furniture VIII
, sell itself. We have 10 work all day
and all night when we do get down 10
business. / never like TO let a good
customer get out of my sight for q
,, minute after have taken blm in tow.
We don't spend all our time drinking
cocktails and playing pool, by a cevll
: of lot"
: Among the heavy buyers who are
now IN the city are the following
+. j. Comstock of 81. Louis. Mo-; j. A.
Colby, W. A. Brooks, :. NJ. Wirts Of
, | Chicago; William A. Mclaughlin OF
! Brooklyn; August Hahn of Newark;
1 W. II. Wagner of Camden, s. X. Bar.
e stow of Cleveland: w. J.. Shearer o'
Boston; A. c. oppermsn of Pittsburg
T. A. lpdygrsh of Williamsport
George W. Hofricbter of Cleveland: w
II. Russell of Cincinnati; Alfred Gay
ton of Cleveland.
James Williams and wife of East
port, Cal, and Peter Williams of Lo
0 Angeles are guests in the Kent. 1--WE
Z are in the CITY buying furniture foi
e our homes" said Mr.. Williams. III
: anybody wants good furniture, Grand
Rapids is the place TO come Tor n =
. Both Mr.. Williams aud his brother arr
railroad contractors.
! James Richmond. the Lowell farmer
/ who bought patent saw-sets, wss q
guest in the Eagle yesterday. Mr.
Richmond said he still bad bopes o
: hearing from the man from whom hs
e bought the articles. although he nd
y mltted that IT mad begun TO look like
= matter of eternity rather than Of time
"But haven't squeaied yet he said
= Never saw such beautiful and at
y tractive furniture before as nave O,
u this trip." said Alfred Clayton az tn,
Gayton Furniture company. IN TIA
|. lobby OF the Morton last night. cit /
almost ideal. The styles have no
changed essentially TINS season. tn
Fmpirestyle isverv popular. The LOU
Ky. 10 etill in favor. There have beer
comparatively few striking Americar
= | designs ever made that were enciu
sivelv American. The designer ba
= difficult work IN creating somethu,
= original that will strike the publH
!, taste. One of tie most popular con
ceptions ever produced IN tbs countr'
are the colonial chars. the designs 70
RI when were made by John T.. Brewer
The furniture man bss IS hard wofi
v TO find out what the public wspts q
I the newspaper man Rae
Pink Pedro Party.
Mrs. Y. c. Heath entertained fbou
thirty of her lady friends Ffidsv after