The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-12-23
w. w, KINIBALL PIANO CO.'S UN-
FAIR METHODS EXPOSED.


w. w. KINIBALL PIANO CO.'S UN-
FAIR METHODS EXPOSED.
FORCED TO ACKNOWLEDGE DE-
CEPTION.
This Journal has repeatedly called
the attention of its readers to the
fact that the Hallet & Davis pianos,
former Boston product, had come
under the control Of the w. w. Kim
bal company of Chicago. This Jour-
nal further stated that the manufac-
ture Of this piano had been removed
from Boston. the Hallet & Davis fac
tory, to Chicago, the w, w. Klmball
factory.
We stated also that the present
Kimball (Chicago) Hallet & Davis
piano could not compare as to tone,
quality or mechanical construction
with the Boston Hallet & Davis pi-
ano. In fact. we assarted that the
Hallet & Davis piano was a thing
of the past, the only thing remain
ing being the name.
The following statement, as 1t ap-
peared in bold type in the columns
Of this Journal, must be familiar to
Journal readers: THE KIMBALL
COMPANY OF CHICAGO ARE
WILLFUL DECEIVERS, THEY
MAKE THE HALLET & DAVIS Pr
ANO AND STENCIL THEM BOS-
TON.
When this Journal published the
above statement it uttered the truth.
It sought to guard the interest OF the
purchasing public against willful
deceivers.
1t may be Of interest to our read
ers to know that, despite the removal
OF the Hallet & Davis factory to Chi
oago some years ago, and its merg-
ing with the Kimball company, the
so-called trade papers continued to
announce the Hallet & Davis piano
as Boston make Of instrument, thus
aiding and abettlng a criminal de-
ception, fraud.
This Journal has been and Is now
the only trade publication that has
at all times, without fear or favor,
spoken the truth.
This Journal is not dependent up-
on advertisements for its existence.
But now comes the Kimball CON-
pany and makes announcement of
It's former guilt as deceivers, as frau
dulent advertisers. The Kimball Co.
informs us through the sons Of e. s.
Conway, the head of the Kimball
company, that factory is about to
be established in the city of Boston:
for the manufacture Of the Hallet &
Davis piano.
A severe blow to the lying trade
papers, but corroborative evidence
for this Journal.
The contemplated change of the
K1mball company In the manufacture
of the Hallet & Davis piano, il it may
be considered an honest change, to
be proven by future developments,
was, we are informed, actuated by
the steady falling of Of Hallet &
Davis sales. The Hallet & Davis
sales we are told, are so few and far
between as to make the manufacture
Of these instruments a losing propo-
sition.
The Kimball company are not good
losers. They are in business for
coin, using slang phrase, and judy
ing by their deceptive methods Of
the past, they do not care how they
get It.
The rebuke administered to the
Kimball company by the purchasing
public, the refusal Of the public to
all piano manufacturers. Honesty
should be the only policy upon which
to conduct business.
We might also say that this expose
should prove q lesson to these So
called trade papers, but no, 1t would
be useless. TRADE PAPERS RE-
CEIVE THEIR MONEY THROUGH
DECEPTION.
Following our readers will find the
startling announcement of guilt, the
announcement proving the state
ments of this Journal as true and
placing the brand of deceivers and
prevaricators upon the w. w. Kim
ball Piano company of Chicago, ILL.,,
and the horde of groveling trade pa
per editors:
The new factory Of the Hallet & Da-
Wis Piano company at Boston will
greatly facilitate the production Of the
pianos of this old and widely known
manufacturing house.
The factory which the company has
just secured is at Nos. % to 80 Bin
ford street. Boston.
This location Is ideal for shipping
| facilities, as 1t is on a spur track Of
| the Now York; New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, and near the shipping docks
| Of South Boston. The distance from
the Boylston street warerooms Of the
house Is about two miles.
The factory will be equipped in the
most modern, 'up-to-date manner.
The factory, as will be seen from the
accompanying cut, Is six stories high.
Its street frontage is rs feet. It's depth
40 feet, and it has Is, $50 square feet
! of floor space on each story.
The walls are Of brick, the whole
| structure being of solid mill construc-
ton, and the building is comparatively
new. The Hanet & Davis Piano Co.
has taken long lease Of the premises
from the Factory Building Trust.
! The Joining of the two sons Of COL
e. s. Conway, of the Kin1barl Piano
| Co., with the management of the HAL
let & Dvis Piano Co., has put new
vigor into the old house, and the en-
! largement Of the manufacturing capa-
| city of the corporation Is one of the