Canadian grocer January-June 1892 . ight last week a guest of the hotelhanded in a message. The operator countedthe words and announced that the chargewas 150 cents. The gentleman handed overa $10 bill, which the operator mistook for a$1 bill, and gave him back 50 cents. Thegentleman left the hotel without noticingthe mistake. Presently he discovered it andreturned to the operators desk. Wasnt that a $10 bill I gave you awhieago? he said. The operator opened his drawer and look-ed at the bill. Why yes, he exclaimed ; I thought itwas a one. Here it is, and he handed overthe bill. Now I owe you
Canadian grocer January-June 1892 . ight last week a guest of the hotelhanded in a message. The operator countedthe words and announced that the chargewas 150 cents. The gentleman handed overa $10 bill, which the operator mistook for a$1 bill, and gave him back 50 cents. Thegentleman left the hotel without noticingthe mistake. Presently he discovered it andreturned to the operators desk. Wasnt that a $10 bill I gave you awhieago? he said. The operator opened his drawer and look-ed at the bill. Why yes, he exclaimed ; I thought itwas a one. Here it is, and he handed overthe bill. Now I owe you 50 cents, said the gen-tleman, tf Oh, no you dont, said the operator. Oh, yes I do, replied the gentleman. The telegram was 50 cents, you know,and he handed over a half dollar and walkedoff. Im into that fellow 50 cents, remarkedthe operator to the bookstand keeper, andI cant make him see it. Not much, returned the bookstand man. Hes into you 50 cents, and the operatorhas been trying tc figure it out ever since. THE CANADIAN GROCER. STATISTICS GAINSAYTHE PATRONS ASSUMPTIONS. Editor Canadian Grocer. Sir,—The object of our society, say thePatrons of Industry, is to come to the assist-ance of a long-suffering public who are beingbled white by the retail merchants, andalso to put trade on a cash basis. In myopinion the intention of the founders andofficers of the P. of I. was to create and tomaintain lucrative positions for the heads ofthe order at the expense of the retail mer-chants. I am strongly opposed to combina-tions, be they for the purpose of enrichingthe manufacturer and the distributor at theexpense of the consumer, or to impoverishthe manufacturer and the distributor for thebenefit of the consumer. In their ranks thePatrons undoubtedly have many men whohave raised a howl of indignation against theWholesale Grocers Guild and kindred asso-ciations. Now these same men will join theranks of a society whose members want tomake riches for themselves by extorting itfrom othe
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