. Hardware merchandising March-June 1919. and Electro-Plated Goods The prospect of an early resumptionof the normal export trade in this classof manufactures is looked upon as mostuncertain. Firms who produced the bestclass of stuff for the Canadian markethave, during the period of the war, beenoccupied with Government work to thedetriment of even the home trade. Theruling factor in the trade at presentwould appear to be the great scarcity ofskilled labor. Unlike its sister industry,the cutlery trade, the question of ma-chinery has little bearing upon the situ-ation. The plating industry is a
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1919. and Electro-Plated Goods The prospect of an early resumptionof the normal export trade in this classof manufactures is looked upon as mostuncertain. Firms who produced the bestclass of stuff for the Canadian markethave, during the period of the war, beenoccupied with Government work to thedetriment of even the home trade. Theruling factor in the trade at presentwould appear to be the great scarcity ofskilled labor. Unlike its sister industry,the cutlery trade, the question of ma-chinery has little bearing upon the situ-ation. The plating industry is a handi-craft demanding the highest class ofskilled manual labor throughout its pro-cesses, and until this is forthcoming inmore generous quantities productionmust be limited. True, in certain lines,such as spoons, female workers may beemployed with advantage, but until theunemployment benefit comes to an endthere seems little disposition amongstthe women to resume work while agoodly number of shillings a week isforthcoming from the The importance of theauto accessory depart-ment, not only in theretail merchants mind,but in the mind of thewholesaler, gives rise towhat may be considereda satisfactory method ofcarrying the many linesof fittings and repairsthat comprise a completestock. This photographshows tiers of stock binswhich house auto partsused for repairs and mayoffer a suggestion tosome dealer on just whatmethod could be em-ployed successfully in thetiuarters he is now will be noted that thebins are deep, and eventhe ends of each row aredivided off, thus utilizingspace which is often neg-lected and which may bejust the amount neces-sary to prevent crowd-ing. This method ofcarrying stock might beemployed with othergoods such as pipe fit-tings, valves, steam cocksand kindred lines. 46 May 31, 1919 EDITORIAL COMMENT WHAT IS BELOW SURFACE? ARE the demands being put forth by labor to-dayengineered by those who realize that their in-terests are linked up with the i
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