General impressions of the country merchant . THE MAIN STREET OF BEAUTIFUL CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. -Di<t i i THE Business Mens Association of Canandaigua, the county seat of OntarioCounty, New York, is making a special effort to increase and hold the valuablefarm trade in the surrounding country. On the invitation of Mr. Lynch of the Canandaigua Drygoods Co. (see page15), our research representatives attended a very interesting monthly dinner and meeting,at which some 30 members attended. Hardware, furniture, clothing, boot and shoe mer-chants, implement dealers, manufacturers, druggists, banker
General impressions of the country merchant . THE MAIN STREET OF BEAUTIFUL CANANDAIGUA, N. Y. -Di<t i i THE Business Mens Association of Canandaigua, the county seat of OntarioCounty, New York, is making a special effort to increase and hold the valuablefarm trade in the surrounding country. On the invitation of Mr. Lynch of the Canandaigua Drygoods Co. (see page15), our research representatives attended a very interesting monthly dinner and meeting,at which some 30 members attended. Hardware, furniture, clothing, boot and shoe mer-chants, implement dealers, manufacturers, druggists, bankers and newspaper men talked overthe problem of bettering their city and getting more business. A committee reported on the estimated amount of money which went out of the townto mail order houses. One merchant stated that during the time a grange meeting was heldin town he had not seen a single sign of welcome or any window trims which would interestthe farm people or showed that the merchants knew they were there. Another stated that the mer
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