Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . d by Newfoundland and Canada be produced by the crushers during the error oi Canada, in 1663 wrote home to becoming one. next three months has already been sold. WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERSPLEASE M ENTION THAT YOU SAW THEIRADVERTISEMENT INTHISPAPER V 10 CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL DEATH OF TWO WELL-KNOWN HARDWAREMEN. The Late Mr. James Ferrier. WE btiefly referred in our last issue tothe death of the late Mr. JamesFerrier, which information onlyreached us by wire as we were going topress. We are now enabled to furnish our readerswith some further parti
Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . d by Newfoundland and Canada be produced by the crushers during the error oi Canada, in 1663 wrote home to becoming one. next three months has already been sold. WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERSPLEASE M ENTION THAT YOU SAW THEIRADVERTISEMENT INTHISPAPER V 10 CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL DEATH OF TWO WELL-KNOWN HARDWAREMEN. The Late Mr. James Ferrier. WE btiefly referred in our last issue tothe death of the late Mr. JamesFerrier, which information onlyreached us by wire as we were going topress. We are now enabled to furnish our readerswith some further particulars of his com-mercial life, and also an excellent photo ofthe deceased., Mr. Ferrier was born in Montreal Septem-ber i, 1823, and was, therefore, over 78years of age at his death. He commencedbusiness in partnership with the late as wholesale and retail hardwaremerchants, under the name of Bryson &Ferrier, on June 1, 1844. For many yearsthis firm had a large and profitable business,fand rr^any well known names in the hard-. THE LATE JAflES FERRIER. ware world received their business trainingunder them. Mr. James Crathern enteredtheir employ at this time, and remainedwith them until he commenced the business,now so well known throughout Canada, ofCrathern & Caverhill. These were the days when travelling wasdone for the most part with stage or sleigh,and, during the season of navigation, byboats. The customers came to town andpersonally purchased their supplies. Therewere no commercial travellers and railwayfacilities were exceedingly limited ; tradefollowed, for the most part, the naturalwater routes. The relations betweenmerchant and customer were more personalin their nature than now, and lifelongfriendships and attachments were built upbetween them. The bulk of hardware, iron and steelwere imported from Great Britain and thearrival of the spring fleet of sailing vesselswas an important event in the commerciallife of the day. The merchant who hadthe stock obtaine
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