Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . o make it an electricsystem; and these two gentlemen are nowbuilding electric railways in Jamaica, hav-ing obtained a charter from the Governmentof that island. In Argentina and Chili has an option of constructing rail-ways amounting to more than $20,000, from works of this kind, differentinstitutions in Canada have claimed hisattention. He is on the board of the Bankof Montreal; a director of the CanadaLife Insurance Company; a governor ofMcGill University, and a governor of theRoyal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Besides his many pr
Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . o make it an electricsystem; and these two gentlemen are nowbuilding electric railways in Jamaica, hav-ing obtained a charter from the Governmentof that island. In Argentina and Chili has an option of constructing rail-ways amounting to more than $20,000, from works of this kind, differentinstitutions in Canada have claimed hisattention. He is on the board of the Bankof Montreal; a director of the CanadaLife Insurance Company; a governor ofMcGill University, and a governor of theRoyal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. Besides his many pronounced traits ofcharacter—for it need not be said that withso much force, ability, success and Scotch,Mr. Ross has much individuality—one of hisstrong points is his Canadianism, and this,notwithstanding that he is Scotch by birthand lived in his native land for years afterattaining manhood. The changes in themanagement of the Dominion Coal Co. andthe Dominion Iron and Steel Co. are, nodoubt, partly owing to this feature in MR. JAMES ROSS, MONTREAL. They afford an example of the interest hehas always shown in nationalizing ourindustries, and bringing the huge enter-prises he is connected with, as much aspossible, into Canadian hands. MR. J. R. BOOTH. We are very well accustomed, whenlooking over a sketch of a prominent Can-adian business man, to read, he came toCanada in such a year. It is a decidedrelief, then, to come upon a gentleman inthe front rank of our commercial affairs,and find that there was no need for him tocome to Canada, he having been so fortu-nate as to have been born here. Such a man is Mr. John R. Booth, TheLumber King of Canada, as he has oftenbeen called. To become a lumber king requires the same methods of procedure asto become a merchant prince. The formulais, Mind your own business. Mr. Boothhad this by heart when he went to Ottawafrom his birthplace, Waterloo, Quebec, in1857, being 31 years of age. The first thing he did in Ottawa was
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