. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. o cities of Seattle and Tacoma. Mr. Clark gave a couple of recitationswhich enlivened the proceedings. Thosegathered around the board were mu«b HARDWARE AND METAL interested in one particularly, since itreferred to the experience of a class ofpeople in a far away land in which had once travelled. The recita-tion had reference to a peculiarity ex-istent in that land of some of the malepopulation joining in an elbow-crookingcompetition in the evening, with the re-sult that about five oclock on the fol-lowing morning there was a clinkety-clink
. Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. o cities of Seattle and Tacoma. Mr. Clark gave a couple of recitationswhich enlivened the proceedings. Thosegathered around the board were mu«b HARDWARE AND METAL interested in one particularly, since itreferred to the experience of a class ofpeople in a far away land in which had once travelled. The recita-tion had reference to a peculiarity ex-istent in that land of some of the malepopulation joining in an elbow-crookingcompetition in the evening, with the re-sult that about five oclock on the fol-lowing morning there was a clinkety-clink of ice in the water pitcher as awaiter came down the corridor towardsthe rooms where parched throats werelonging for coolness. The banqueterslaughed heartily at this strange andgrotesque custom. New President proposing the toast of our associa-tion, Mr. Martin, the newly electedpi-esident, happily expressed his thanksfor the honor which had been conferredupon him. He defended the retailers,for without them the trade could not be. R. D. DINNING,Secy. Hardware and Metal Associationof B. C. advantageously reached, and thus thewholesalers would not be in the positionto do such good business. Mutual co-operation would be of great benefit. Hepointed out that the object of the asso-ciation was not to raise prices, which somany of the public seemed to think, butto protect the interests of the retailerand to promote good fellowship. Replies were made bv Mr. Paine andW. R. Owen. Other toasts were: Manufacturersand Brokers, proposed by Carl Pen-dray and responded to by R. E. Jamie-son and R. A. Ogilvie; Our Friends,the Travellers, by H. H. Welsh, w^threplies from Messrs. Wallace, N. , John Whalen, W. C. Birdsall, ; Past Presidents. which was tohave been proposed by H. T. Kirk, withresponses from C. K. Snell, W. C. Stear-man, and L. B. Lusby; Our Em- ployees, by F. S. Lockett, upheld byArchie Venn, Alex. McQuarrie, GeorgeMarlow and F. Sayers. Mr. Kirks Return. The
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