Show americans detest defeat quiet of all things which americans do test quiet comes first take as a proof this matter of planos pianos and talking machines says say s the philadelphia ledger every workday there now cornea comes from american factories an even 1000 pianos and about 1800 talking machines you will notice that the plan piano has not been entirely silenced by me ch chanilal anical music indeed the value of 0 pianos made dally daily in id our country it 3 times as great greaf as the value of phonographs but the number of pianos now turned out oui Is smaller than it was wa five years ago while the number of its great rival has increased by half uncle sam tells us that two years year ago for talking machines and for the records which they played no wonder talking machine stock is quoted at about 1100 a share and stockholders biank bank upon dividends of a share this year |