. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. rits further work. As time has advanced, the twists andcutters have been changed, until to-daybits are to be secured which are pecu-liarly rapid—which may cost a littlemore than men were accustomed to pay,but which save more than their extra costevery day in the time they save the Has Advanced. Then planes might be mentioned. Itmight be shown that the models havebeen rendered less clumsy and more ef-fective. A ten per cent, advance in thelast four or five years has to be noted,but even with this the planes of to-dayare little, if an
. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. rits further work. As time has advanced, the twists andcutters have been changed, until to-daybits are to be secured which are pecu-liarly rapid—which may cost a littlemore than men were accustomed to pay,but which save more than their extra costevery day in the time they save the Has Advanced. Then planes might be mentioned. Itmight be shown that the models havebeen rendered less clumsy and more ef-fective. A ten per cent, advance in thelast four or five years has to be noted,but even with this the planes of to-dayare little, if any, more costly than theywere years ago, and they are infinitelymore useful. In short, when the question is con-sidered, it becomes apparent that toolsare not more expensive than they are some new tools—tools neededfor more exacting work—which do costmore, that is all. The real change in thishardware line is one of service. Withthe price remaining practically constantthe efficency has advanced tremendously. HARDWARE AND METAL. The following items are taken fromthe issue of August 13, 1892:— The hardware firm of Chown,Farewell & Co., Belleville, has beenchanged to W. W. Chown & Co., is now on the road combin-ing business with pleasure as manygood business men do nowadays intaking their Note.—The firm of W. & Co., still do business in Belle-ville, but W. W. Chown himself is inEdmonton, Alta., where he conducts theChown Hardware Co. His son, R. , now in Belleville, is a pastpresident of the Ontario Retail Hard-ware and Store Dealers Association. It appears that counterfeit ten-cent pieces, dated 1891, are now incirculation. The only test is thesound. Editors Note.—With the rapid mod-ern depreciation of the purchasingpower of the dollar, the dime has be-come of such minor importance that thecounterfeiter to-day would not wastetime counterfeiting them. He deals innothing less than bills and would be in-clined to look upo
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