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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



April 10, 1921 



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Evansville Market Is a Success 



The first furniture and stove market ever attempted by the 

 manufacturers at Evansville, Ind., was held from Monday, April 

 4, to Saturday, April 9, and the event was more of a success 

 than the manufacturers had anticipated. The market was well 

 handled under the auspices of the Evansville Furniture Manu- 

 facturers' Association, of which Gilbert Bosse, the manager of 

 the Imperial Desk Company, is manager. 



The volume of sales was quite satisfactory to the manufacturers 

 who had exhibits. It was roughly estimated on the closing day 

 of the market that the total amount of sales on the market for 

 the week would run to $100,000 or more. While this is not a 

 large figure when one takes into consideration the number of 

 exhibits and the many lines of furniture displayed, the manufac- 

 turers feel like a splendid start has been made which gives great 

 promise for future markets. The city of Evansville took good 

 care of the visitors and there was some manner of entertainment 

 for the men attending the market each day. In all there were 

 about seventy-five exhibitors, most of them coming from Evans- 

 ville, although the furniture and chair factories at Tell City, Ind., 

 a live manufacturing town on the Ohio river a few miles above 

 Evansville, also sent exhibits. 



From 350 to 400 buyers attended the market. They came 

 from about twenty different states in the Union, Canada, Mexico 

 and Cuba. In fact, the attendance, while not considered large for 

 a well established furniture market, was more than satisfactory 

 as a starter. 



Most of the furniture sold at the market was of the cheaper 

 and medium grades. A large majority of the dealers v^ere from 

 the states in the south and southeast and adjacent territory and 

 their trade largely calls for this class of furniture. Few metro- 

 politan dealers attended. 



The Evansville manufacturers say that the market will have a 

 splendid effect upon the morale of the manufacturers. As one 

 of the manufacturers expressed it, it means that they will get on 

 the job, and stay there. The manufacturers who were inter- 

 viewed would not say that the sales at the market would be suf- 

 ficient to cause the speeding up of operations, but they believe 

 that manufacturers will now start in with renewed vigor and 

 that harder efforts will be put forth to get new business. 



The great success of this maiden event has sold the local manu- 

 facturers on the plan of making it a regular feature. The third 

 annual Evansville exposition will be held at Cook's Park Septem- 

 ber 20 to October 1, these dates having been fixed a few days ago, 

 and the consensus of opinion now is that the second furniture 

 and stove market should be held in Evansville on those dates. 

 The exposition in itself will bring many thousand visitors to 

 Evansville. Large buildings erected at Cook's Park last year for 

 exposition purposes will be suitable for use for many years to 

 come. The management of the exposition has proposed to the 

 furniture manufacturers that these dates be selected for the hold- 

 ing of the next market and no opposition to these dates has arisen. 



The displays at the soldiers' and sailors' memorial coliseum, 

 the Furniture Exchange Building and the Klamer Building were 

 opened to the public on Friday, April 8, for the first time and 

 many people visited those buildings. On the top floor of the 

 Furniture Exchange Building the Wemyss Furniture Company 

 had a breakfast suite that attracted favorable comment. It was 

 Windsor style. The tops of the table, small buffet and china 

 cupboard were of walnut, the rest being of cream enamel, with 

 burnt orange and black enamel trimmings. The table was gate- 

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