. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . e partof the daily routine of keeping the fam-ily alive, ought to be the very last tosuffer from delayed payment. As a mat-ter of fact, they are the very first. Peo-ple who can still spend money upon thetheatre, the opera, concerts, and otherforms of entertainment, are letting theirgrocers, butchers, and milkmen go un-paid, thus contributing to the very con-dition which makes them is no longer any reason for ti-midity ; but if there were, the duty ofpaying ones small debts with as greatpromptness and as deep a sense of re-sponsibil
. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . e partof the daily routine of keeping the fam-ily alive, ought to be the very last tosuffer from delayed payment. As a mat-ter of fact, they are the very first. Peo-ple who can still spend money upon thetheatre, the opera, concerts, and otherforms of entertainment, are letting theirgrocers, butchers, and milkmen go un-paid, thus contributing to the very con-dition which makes them is no longer any reason for ti-midity ; but if there were, the duty ofpaying ones small debts with as greatpromptness and as deep a sense of re-sponsibility as one pays ones largedebts would press still more impera-tively. It is a great deal more honor-able to have a small bank account andno unpaid bills in the house than tohave a large bank account made up bykeeping money which belongs to otherpeople. The first duty of an honorableman in a time of stringency is to seethat he is not transferring to those whofurnish the necessities of life the burdenwhich he ought to bear himself.— W. OSCAR LABELLE, PETERBORO Who Has Left the Road to Join the Kingan Hardware Company, Peterboro. TRAVELER BECOMES RETAILER. W. Oscar LaBellc, who representedLewis Bros., Montreal, east of Toron-to, for several years, has become amember of the old established firm ofthe Kingan Hardware Company, Limit-ed, Peterboro. The city is a fine cen-tre of industry, situated as it is on twolines of railways, and with unlimitedwater power, is bound to extend itsmanufacturing scope. The Kingan Hard-ware Company conduct a large business,and Mr. LaBelles wide experience, bothretail and wholesale, should prove ofgreat value in extending the firmsoperations. CONDENSED OR WANTADVERTISEMENTS. RATES. Two cents per word first insertion; one cent perword subsequent Insertions. Five cents additional each Insertion where boxnumber is desired. Contractions count as one word, but five figures (as$1,000) are allowed as one word. Cash remittances to cove*- cost must
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