. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. pricein dollars and cents. One of the accountsculled at random and which is a fair sam-ple of the items generally found in theseold account books, is given below. Theprice at which the commodity sold fol- lows the item and the amount of eachpurchase is then set out opposite inthree columns. This particular accountis dated October 27, 1851. The seconditem on the bill, it will be observed, isfor two puncheons of whiskey, which ap-parently sold at 2s 7d per gallon, or ap-proximately 64e per gallon. The figures119 and 133 following the item would 6 Tw
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. pricein dollars and cents. One of the accountsculled at random and which is a fair sam-ple of the items generally found in theseold account books, is given below. Theprice at which the commodity sold fol- lows the item and the amount of eachpurchase is then set out opposite inthree columns. This particular accountis dated October 27, 1851. The seconditem on the bill, it will be observed, isfor two puncheons of whiskey, which ap-parently sold at 2s 7d per gallon, or ap-proximately 64e per gallon. The figures119 and 133 following the item would 6 Twankey Celestial, No 2 puncheons whiskey, 119, 133—2 34 1 puncheon molasses, 120—%, y2 8 2 barrels sugar, 226, 248—40/ 7 50 lbs. crushed sugar—/6 1 4 boxes Valencia raisins—/ 4 1 40 lbs. currants—/6 1 6 boxes glasses—8/9 2 56 lbs. putty—17/6 .... 1 barrel pale seal oil—3/6 6 1 barrel B. S. oil, 33—2/9 4 1 box starch, 32 lbs.—/5 6 lbs. pimento—/10 6 lbs. cloves—1/6 15 lbs. pepper—6Vt ....50 lbs. rice—19/. A view of the four comers of King andBay Sts., Toronto, 1870—on right is a Bakers Tailor Shop. seem to indicate the number of gallonsin each of the puncheons. The amountof the item was £34 Is, which is some-thing over $160. An item for 56 poundsof putty appears about the middle of thepage, which was evidently sold on abasis of 17s. 6d. for the unit basis, theamount purchased being evidently halfthe usual quantity basis, apparentlythe cwt. of 112 lbs., as the amountof the purchase was 8s. 9d. This wouldmake the selling price approximately3%c per pound. The selling price ofputty to-day in 100-lb. drums is $,or approximately 4 l-3c per pound. Therehas, however, been a big advance in put-ty since war conditions have prevailed,as every hardwareman knows. In nor-mal times the selling price of putty was 10 lbs. indigo—4, 6 2 5 1 lbs. cassia— 2/ g 2 jars mustard, 4 8—13 10 20 lbs. E. salt—,/3 , 6 3 1 box tobacco, 141 lbs.—/9 5 5 9 4 b
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