Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . there will be no in-crease. The same is true regarding variousstamped wares. Increases have beenstaved off. Will it be possible to pre-vent new high prices becoming effec-tive? As was pointed out in HARD-WARE AND METAL some time ago,the prices last named—-some months ago—would perhaps continue in force untilmaterial then in hand was stocks reduced as before outlined,and with only immediate and near fu-ture raw supplies in hand, prices cannotdecline. Furthermore, with industrialunrest still maintained in the States,and upon Which ma
Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . there will be no in-crease. The same is true regarding variousstamped wares. Increases have beenstaved off. Will it be possible to pre-vent new high prices becoming effec-tive? As was pointed out in HARD-WARE AND METAL some time ago,the prices last named—-some months ago—would perhaps continue in force untilmaterial then in hand was stocks reduced as before outlined,and with only immediate and near fu-ture raw supplies in hand, prices cannotdecline. Furthermore, with industrialunrest still maintained in the States,and upon Which market the Canadianmanufacturer must needs depend, thereis no possible hope that prices can de-cline for a long time to come; the ten-dency is decidedly otherwise. Europe Needs Canadas Products, SaysWalter B. Ramsay CANADA to-day has a trade andcommercial duty to perform insupplying Britain and Europewith goods, just as she had for morethan four years a military duty in aid-ing the Mother Country and her Alliesin meeting the Teuton menace. We. WALTER R. RAMSAY President A. Ramsay and Son Company,Montreal, and Chairman of the ExportBoard of the Canadian Paint, Oil andVarnish Association. have vast natural resources, which canbe manufactured to meet foreign aswell as domestic needs, at prices whichwill mean prosperity for all our people. In exporting, the Government of Can-ada has set us a good example by estab-lishing large credits in Canada forRoumania, Greece, Belgium, Italy andFrance, against which large quantitiesof merchandise and food have alreadybeen purchased; and when these creditsare exhausted, and if our products havegiven satisfaction, we should be able to carry on, as nearly all Canadian banksare very keen to help, by giving creditto shippers, covered by negotiable se-curities. Getting After Orders The countries of Europe, and also thecolonies, are greatly in need of Canadasproducts at the present time, and theseorders can only be secured by personalrepresentation
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