Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . nce the Queens Hotel, Gait, Ont.,was closed some weeks ago, travellersvisiting the town have found great diffi-culty in getting accommodation. Nowthe merchants are taking the matter inhand and they are going to throw opentheir homes to travellers. The grocerymerchants will accommodate the grocerytravellers, while the shoemen will lookafter the shoe travellers, and the mer-chant who handles various lines are tolook after the travellers who call uponthem. They will supply them with mealsand if it is found impossible for a travel-ler to get accommo
Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . nce the Queens Hotel, Gait, Ont.,was closed some weeks ago, travellersvisiting the town have found great diffi-culty in getting accommodation. Nowthe merchants are taking the matter inhand and they are going to throw opentheir homes to travellers. The grocerymerchants will accommodate the grocerytravellers, while the shoemen will lookafter the shoe travellers, and the mer-chant who handles various lines are tolook after the travellers who call uponthem. They will supply them with mealsand if it is found impossible for a travel-ler to get accommodation for the nightat the local hotel, he will be shelteredin the home of the merchant who is hiscustomer. DE LAVAL CO. SUFFERS FIRE LOSS Damage estimated at about $75,000 byR. N. Mitchell, manager of the firm, wascaused to the premises of the De Laval JOINS GLIDDEN FORCES C. S. Sturges, formerly of the Eagle-Picher Lead Co., Chicago, and Sherwin-Williams Co., has been appointed salespromotion manager of the Glidden Comt-pany, Cleveland, With winter coming on, furnaces to clean, and aslies to carry out, every householder will be interested in a windowdisplay like this. Washing machines make a nice central plan around which to build the display of galvanized ware. October 11, 1919 45 Strike Effects Being Felt Here General Opinion Seems to be That the Worst Effects Are to Come—American FirmsAdvising That Business Will be Accepted Only at Prices Prevail-ing at Time of Delivery THE opinion seems to be fairlygeneral in the trade that the worst•is yet to come, as far as the ef-fects of the steel strike on Canada areconcerned. This weak has seen somerapid changes in prices and latest ad-vices being sent out (by American firmsstate that nothing can be promised inthe way of deliveries. Some firms aresending out word that the only way inwhich they will accept business is atprices prevailing at the time of. deliveryand that deliveries are indefinite. As far as the strike itsel
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