Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . the factthat the dealers have met at the gather-ings of the association, have become ac-quainted and have come to appreciateone anothers personal qualities. Thatthere cannot be too much getting toknow one another is the opinion ofMr. Kirk. The vice-president of the Associationand probable successor to Mr. Kirk isHarry Martin, of Martin, Finlayson &Mather, Vancouver. Mr. Martin wasformerly with H. S. Howland, Sons &Co., Toronto, and is very well known tothe trade in all parts of the country. B. C. CONVENTION APPOINTS SEC-RETARY. Vancouver—Mr. R. D. Di


Hardware merchandising January-March 1911 . the factthat the dealers have met at the gather-ings of the association, have become ac-quainted and have come to appreciateone anothers personal qualities. Thatthere cannot be too much getting toknow one another is the opinion ofMr. Kirk. The vice-president of the Associationand probable successor to Mr. Kirk isHarry Martin, of Martin, Finlayson &Mather, Vancouver. Mr. Martin wasformerly with H. S. Howland, Sons &Co., Toronto, and is very well known tothe trade in all parts of the country. B. C. CONVENTION APPOINTS SEC-RETARY. Vancouver—Mr. R. D. Dinning is thenew secretary of the Hardwaremens As-sociation. Mr. Dinning is also the secre-tary of the Vancouver Retail GrocersAssociation and also secretary of Retail Merchants Association. is a distinct gain for or-ganization work. An effort has beenmade during the past few months to or-ganize the retail merchants of the pro-vince, so that they could get the benefitof mutual lists, etc. In the trips up 34. R. D. DINNING New Secretary of B. C. RetailHardware Association. in organization, the prospect is thatboth grocers and hardwaremen will begainers, meeting as they will on a com-mon ground. Mr. Dinning is now arranging for theannual hardware associations conven-tion, which will be held here on March 7. ECHOES OP CONVENTION. Editor Hardware and Metal,—Theslogan of Made in Canada, boomedby Chairman Bittues at Thursdayssession, was a wise suggestion, but arepresentative of one of our manufac-turers says : Why did he not followthis advice by having the brush attach-ed to the official badge, made in Can-ada ? A number of firms would be gladof the opportunity, and this representa-tive says that his firm, for one, wasnever asked to submit even a price. A Canadian Manufacturer. HARDWARE CHANGES AT NELSON. Nelson, March. 3.—Some time ago theNelson Hardware Company purchasedthe store of the Aslulown HardwareCompany, and last week took posses-sion, taking o


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