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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



September 10, 1921 



Evansville Furniture Sells Well 



The semi-annual furniture and stove market given at Evans- 

 ville, Ind., from August 29 to September 3, under the auspices of 

 the Evansville Furniture Manufacturers' Association was a success 

 and manufacturers are well pleased with the result and are now 

 looking forward to the next market. The market had been widely 

 advertised as John C. Keller, the secretary of the Evansville Fur- 

 niture Manufacturers' Association had sent out in the neighbor- 

 hood of 16,000 invitations to retailers in practically every state 

 in the union and to points in Canada, Mexico, Cuba and Porto 

 Rico and there were nnany responses to these invitations and man- 

 ufacturers were highly gratified at both the number of people who 

 attended the market and at the extent of the sales. 



The attendance was a little larger than the first Evansville 

 market which was given last April. Dealers came here from about 

 twenty states in the United States and from Cuba and one dealer 

 from Cuba purchased several carloads of furniture and had it 

 shipped to his home. States like Florida, New Mexico, New Jersey, 

 Ohio, Kentucky. Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mis- 

 sissippi, Pennsylvania and others were represented. While Evans- 

 ville manufacturers led in the exhibits there were exhibitors here 

 from about eight states in all and practically everything that is 

 used in furnishing a home was displayed on the market. Three 

 large buildings were used for the exhibits. 



The sales at the market just closed were from 25 to 50 per cent 

 larger than at the April market, and this was as good as the man- 

 ufacturers had anticipated. The sales at the April market totaled 

 a little over $100,000. 



Manufacturers reported that goods made from imitation walnut 

 lumber took the lead in the sales at the market this fail. The bed 



room and dining room suites in veneered gum imitating walnut 

 easily scored first place. The second best sellers were kitchen 

 cabinets and dining room suites made of oak. while goods in the 

 mahogany took third place. The displays were larger than they 

 were at the April market. 



The Evansville plants are now being operated on an average of 

 45 hours a week, although the plants of the Karges Furniture 

 Company and the Wemyss Furniture Company for some time 

 past have been operating on an average of 54 hours a week, this 

 being the schedule that they maintained before the starting of the 

 world war. Now that the market is over the manufacturers be- 

 lieve they v\ril| be able with the large number of orders that they 

 secured to keep their plants running for several months to come. 

 They are quite optimistic over the trade outlook and are in a bet- 

 ter frame of mind than they have been for some time past. The 

 manufacturers report that salesmen going out among the trade 

 now and calling upon the men w^ho attended the market this fall 

 will meet w^ith a hearty reception. They are looking for trade 

 conditions this fall and conning winter to steadily improve and be- 

 lieve they will feel the effect of the market for a long time to 

 come. Some of the manufacturers believe that by the first of the 

 year many of the plants w^ill be able to operate on full pre-war 

 time. 



The executive committee of the Evansville Furniture Manufac- 

 turers' Association that arranged the market is composed of Ed- 

 win F. Karges, chairman; Gilbert H. Bosse, Sol Reese, H. W. Goebel 

 and Clarence W. Noelting. The committee will have a meeting in 

 the near future when dates for the next semi-annual market -wiW be 

 fixed. 



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