. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . In his quiet, pleasantand unostentatious way he would neverlet up when he thought a man shouldeither be an advertiser or a subscriberuntil he had obtained his signature toan order. Some years ago there was abusiness man in a certain town whom hehad all day been unable to see. He hadto leave by early train next morningand so after ten oclock at night helocated the merchants private place was in darkness. Nothingdaunted he vigorously rang the bell. Themerchant stuck his head out of the win-dow and enquired who was Itsthe represent
. Hardware merchandising (January-March 1908) . In his quiet, pleasantand unostentatious way he would neverlet up when he thought a man shouldeither be an advertiser or a subscriberuntil he had obtained his signature toan order. Some years ago there was abusiness man in a certain town whom hehad all day been unable to see. He hadto leave by early train next morningand so after ten oclock at night helocated the merchants private place was in darkness. Nothingdaunted he vigorously rang the bell. Themerchant stuck his head out of the win-dow and enquired who was Itsthe representative of The CanadianGrocer, replied Mr. Cameron, and Iwant vour subscription. And he gotit. Mr. Cameron was one of the mostlikeable of men. He was as true as THE LATE JOHN CAMERON. on Monday, February 24. He was 76years of age. Mr. Cameron was well-known by thebusiness men of Canada, and particu-larly by those in Ontario, to whichprovince his territory had been chieflyconfined during the last few the twenty years of his service. The Late John Cameron in HisWest India Garb. ho not only several times covered Can-ada from ocean to. ocean soliciting sub-scriptions for the MacLean trade news- ?. ———-—?? ? . ESS A fc_sVjHL HHpCKPk5*™^^S^^^^ f.$?~r;. ^JgRv - M f 1 9<t The Late John Cameron When in Scotland inof the MacLean Trade Papers. the Interest This was typical of the man. He couldnot rest. His heart was in his workup to the very last. Work was asbreath to his body. Last winter thecompany wished to send him to Floridafor a rest. What is the use of mygoing there, he remarked to the writerwhen the subject was broached. Imafraid I wont be able to get many sub-scriptions there. And because he didnot think Florida was a good subscrip-tion field he would not go there forhis health. He simply could not be in-duced to take a rest for purely restssake. Five years ago the company pro-posed to retire him on full pay, but hescorned the idea. Mr. Cameron was a persi
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