Organ Co.'s Big Business

Out Put Six Times Six Years Ago

After Export Trade

Plan to Make Their Export Trade Equal Domestic Trade This year

The Ann Arbor Organ company is to hold its annual meeting of stockholders at the company's office Jan. 20, for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year and transacting other important business. The company has increased its output of organs 600 per cent in the past six years. This is an average increase of 100 per cent per year and is in a way an almost unprecedented growth. During the past year the increase in output has been 20 per cent. 

Early in the fall the company was threatened with a strike which would have seriously injured their business had they not made concessions and averted the calamity. The men desired shorter hours and more pay, but were finally appeased with a cut in their working hours during the summer months.

One of the most potent features of the development in the company's business for the past year is a marked increase in their foreign business, especially in Great Britain and Holland, where it has branches. They have also made large shipments to India and South Africa, through their British agents, and expect an increase in business from these countries during the year 1903. In fact it is the aim of the company to make their foreign trade equal to the domestic during the ensuing year and with this in view J. C. Henderson, secretary of the company will re-visit England, Scotland, Holland and Germany during the months of June and July next summer. 

The present output of the company is the limit of their capacity and this year such additions will be made to their plant as will meet the increased demand. Last year a new marine boiler and new boilerhouse were added to the plant. 

The company has lately made a connection with a firm in Australia and made shipment to them. Australia will be an objective joint in their push for foreign trade this year and the members of the company have great hopes of a big trade there.

"On the whole," said Mr. Henderson to the Argus, "this has been one of the most satisfactory years in the history of our business and we have great expectations for the future. Competition, however, is brisk and we will have to step lively to keep up with the pace."