Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . The advertiser can now administer agraceful turn down, and under pro-tection of his agreement can do so with-out offending the solicitor or injuring hisbusiness. If the clubs secretary is indoubt as to the worthiness of a proposi-tion, he passes it on to a committee ofthree, who are unknown save to thepresident and secretary of the club. Thiscommittee has the final say, and thesolicitor who is denied cannot know justwhere to place his wrath. Mr. Whitten says the merchants ofLincoln stand by the agreement veryfaithfully. They like the plan. Underit
Hardware merchandising October-December 1910 . The advertiser can now administer agraceful turn down, and under pro-tection of his agreement can do so with-out offending the solicitor or injuring hisbusiness. If the clubs secretary is indoubt as to the worthiness of a proposi-tion, he passes it on to a committee ofthree, who are unknown save to thepresident and secretary of the club. Thiscommittee has the final say, and thesolicitor who is denied cannot know justwhere to place his wrath. Mr. Whitten says the merchants ofLincoln stand by the agreement veryfaithfully. They like the plan. Underit they have saved a great deal of money,and they have more money for legiti-mate advertising. 50 ACCEPTS NEW POSITION. Fred E. Ellis, who represented theGurney Foundry Co., for four years andthe Gurney-Tilden Co. for nearly twoyears in Western Ontario, has resignedfrom the latter company to accept aposition with Albert Welch & Son, To-ronto, in whose hardware and stovestore he learned his first lessons abouthot air and hot water Fred. E. Ellis, Toronto. In his new position Mr. Ellis willhave charge of the outside work, super-vising the installation of heating plantsand calling on the trade in the city onbehalf of the jobbing department of thefirms business. During the five years spent on theroad in Western Ontario Mr. Ellis hasmade some warm friends, who will beglad to learn of his acceptance of andsuccess in the new position. AMEND SILVER MARKING ACT. Manufacturers of silver plated wareare endeavoring to secure the adoptionof several amendments made to thegold and silver marking Act. Theyclaim that gold and silver goods arebeing brought into Canada from theUnited States and other countrieswrongly marked, sometimes marked asa better quality than they really are,therefore selling cheaper, and hurtingthe local trade. They ask that it bemade a criminal offence for goods being-shipped into the Dominion unless thevare stamped at their true value. Thispoint is covered by the
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