Show IT WAS s queer grievance complained com-plained of by the striking piano makers of New York namely that their employers advertise their bust I flee The workmen say If competition com-petition is strong the manufacturers should rather cuitail expenses and not pay 50000 to 75000 a year for advettisine instead of refusing a small advance of wages when the > necoBwries of life havo risen The reasoning of the strikers is rather more absurd in this instance than usual If it were not for the extensive advertising by manufacturers the worKmen instead of having low wage would have none at all a only by constant and judicious adver I tiring has the piano business been made to prosper If it were net for this important aid in the tale of their ware the pianomakers would soon Cad themselves in a deplorable condition con-dition Some people are vardan enough lo think that men advertis merely for the sake of helping a newspaper Advertising it is true astute a paper but the benefits are mutually reciprocal Nobody keeps his advertisement in journal because he wants to give mcney to tbe publisher but because of the benefits that he expects to derive from his invee ment Publishers know this and edo e-do intelligent business men though ignornst piano ruaksrs may not be aware of the fuot I |