Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . oduction of scissors, razors, surgicalinstruments, cutlery, files and drop forgedtools will shortly be- in operation on ascale never previously attempted in thetrade. Makers of files find it impossibleto keep pace with the demand, and althoughsooons and forks are being turned out bythe million, the demand is still well aheadof the supply. Although there appears tobe an insatiable demand for the cheapdrop-forged tool, such as pliers andpincers, in the supply of which Sheffieldhas supplanted Germany, the same satis-factory report cannot, be made c
Hardware merchandising September-December 1919 . oduction of scissors, razors, surgicalinstruments, cutlery, files and drop forgedtools will shortly be- in operation on ascale never previously attempted in thetrade. Makers of files find it impossibleto keep pace with the demand, and althoughsooons and forks are being turned out bythe million, the demand is still well aheadof the supply. Although there appears tobe an insatiable demand for the cheapdrop-forged tool, such as pliers andpincers, in the supply of which Sheffieldhas supplanted Germany, the same satis-factory report cannot, be made concerningthe more costly high-speed steel tool, forwhich there is a lessening demand bothat home and abroad. Lamps.—A rapidly increasing export tradeis being done with all parts of the worldin both vehicle and hand lamps. Motor and Cycle Accessories.—There is alarge and growing export trade in thesegoods at the present time. Hollow-Ware.—Good business in overseasmarkets is being done in the galvanizedhollow-ware trade. 68 December 6, 1919. Sees Record Paint Business Ahead Never in Our History Has Such a Volume of Spring Orders Been Booked so Early,Says Fred. Moore—Manufacturer Expects That Prices Will be Steady. I NEVER was as hopeful of a tremendous paintand wall finish business as I am for the nextyear, said Fred Moore. President of Benja-min Moore & of Toronto, to a representative ofHARDWARE AND METAL, when discussing theprospects of the trade for the coming season. Judging from the angle which he gets of thedevelopment of the trade—the angle of business thatis already booked for spring deliveries—he predictsthat it will be a bumper year for the dealers wholinn die paints. Never in his history, he says, has business beenbooked so freely as it has been during the last twomonths, and almost without solicitation. New build-ings, both in factory and dwelling constructions, theusual trade that develops from year to year, and thedying out of the hope that there is
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