. Hardware merchandising 1895 . a new, thoughgreatly enar^ed, application of the time-honored tank system of storage ; so boilerand tank makers generally can take up thework without any special study or prepara-tion whatever. Besides, the field is a very extensive one,as we have intimated. An idea of the pro-spective consumption of steel in this direc-tion may be had when it is stated that in twoor three 100,000 bushel plants which wenow know to be building, two tons of steelwill be used to every 1,000 bushels of stor-age, or about 200 tons in each of the plantsreferred to. In smaller storage
. Hardware merchandising 1895 . a new, thoughgreatly enar^ed, application of the time-honored tank system of storage ; so boilerand tank makers generally can take up thework without any special study or prepara-tion whatever. Besides, the field is a very extensive one,as we have intimated. An idea of the pro-spective consumption of steel in this direc-tion may be had when it is stated that in twoor three 100,000 bushel plants which wenow know to be building, two tons of steelwill be used to every 1,000 bushels of stor-age, or about 200 tons in each of the plantsreferred to. In smaller storage equipment—as, for instance, at country mills, wheretanks for from 10,000 to 20,000 or 25,000bushels are likely to be in great demand,owing to the irregularity of grain receipts,lack of storage capacity, and high rates ofinsurance—the consumption of steel will beproportionately larger to elevator capacity. EVER! PART OF THE WOODYATT LAWN MOWER Is made from the best material possible to be got. EVERY MOWER IS FULLY WARRANTED. Sold by all the Wholesale Trade of Canada. 10 HARDWARE W. C. LATIMER. BY W. L. E. TWELVE years ago there landed inCanada a bright Irish lad, brimmingover with honest ambition and wellfortified with pluck and energy. His namewas W. C. Latimer, the subject of thissketch, and now a prosperous merchant inCreemore, Simcoe County, Ontario. Willie, for that is how his friendsfamiliarly address him, got his initiatorybusiness lessons in Draperstown, CountyDerry, Ireland. This was in 1877, whenhe was nearly 14 years of age, and he wasapprenticed for 5 years to Henry Leacock,a general merchant of that town. Afterspending nearly 6 years in Mr. Leacocksemploy, he resolved to see Canada, arrivingin this country in the fall of 1883. His first employer in Canada wasW. L. Coulter, Avening, now of Cree-more, with whom he remained abouteighteen months. Then he secured asituation with John Sharp, of Can-nington, one of the shrewdest andoldest business men in Onario. Hereit
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