Roosevelt Standard | 1917-02-28 | Page 7 | Americans Detest Quist

americans american detest quiet of all things which Ameri americans cauS de test quiet cornea comes first take as a proof this matter of pianos and talking machines says the tha philadelphia ledger every workday there now cornea comes from american factories an even 1001 pianos and about 1800 talking machines you will notice that the plane plana has not been entirely silenced by mechanical ch music indeed the value ot of pianos made dally daily in iii our country Is ii 3 times as great as the value of phonographs but the number of pianos now turned out Is smaller than it was five rears ago while the number of its ita great rival has increased by halt half uncle sam tells us that two years year ago we paid for talking machines and for the records which they played no wonder talking machine stock Is quoted at about 1101 a share and stockholders bank upon dividends of a share this year