Canadian grocer January-June 1910 . pon to carry thisout is the buying. Being in the samecity with several wholesalers, it is notnecessary to order such a quantity of anylines of goods that cannot be sold outwithin thirty days. As a consequencehe buys in small lots, and in this wayfinds no difficulty in taking the regulardiscounts, and never allows the whole-saler to have any credit. Mr. Weldon admits that the completemonthly turnover is not realized yet,but believes that as business grows, andthe matter of stock control becomes afiner science, that it can be accomplished. Because one has alwa
Canadian grocer January-June 1910 . pon to carry thisout is the buying. Being in the samecity with several wholesalers, it is notnecessary to order such a quantity of anylines of goods that cannot be sold outwithin thirty days. As a consequencehe buys in small lots, and in this wayfinds no difficulty in taking the regulardiscounts, and never allows the whole-saler to have any credit. Mr. Weldon admits that the completemonthly turnover is not realized yet,but believes that as business grows, andthe matter of stock control becomes afiner science, that it can be accomplished. Because one has always done thingsa certain way is no excuse for continu-ing to do them in that way after it hasbeen proved wrong. Try imagining yourself in your clerksplace and see what kind of an employerjou are making. The good employergets the good service from his clerks. The service of a clerk must pay aprofit just the same as the goods soldmust. If you are paying a clerk a salaryequivalent to all the money he makesfnr yon, where do you come in?. TEA PIOKTNG IN JAPAN. No. 1.—Scaling raw tea leaf just brought from the field; No. 2.—Fanning lightleaf off; No. 3.—Weighing package of cured tea. ii8 THE CANADIAN GROCER. Getting Full Value From the Store Telephone How it Should be Used to be Made a Profitable Investment—Its Relation to Salesmanship—Should be Attended to Only by aCareful and Capable Person—The Limit Which Must Not beExceeded—Retailer Predicts Big Future for it in ScientificRetailing. Taking orders over the telephone hasgrown to such proportions in the gro-cery business that it is admitted one ofthe most important departments, andas such demands an attendant who willget as much business as possible out ofthis convenient invention. J. F. Holloway, proprietor of a gro-cery store at 1265 King St. West, To-ronto, felt that he was voicing an opin-ion that was shared by the progressivegrocers throuyliout the country when hesaid that. Everybody realizes the rapidity
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