Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . Vol. IX. MONTREAL AND TORONTO, JANUARY 30, 1897 No. 5 J. BAYNE MacLEAN, HUGH C. MacLEAN, President. THE MacLEAN PUB. CO. Limited. Fine Magazine Printers and Trade Newspaper Publishers TORONTO; MONTREAL: 26 Front St. W. Board of Trade Building. Telephone 2148. Telephone 1255. John Cameron, General Subscription A. G. Campbell, General Subscription Agent. AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS RECIPROCITY with the United Statesis again becoming a much mootedquestion. It is also a most importantquestion. Canadas best market is the home market.

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Hardware merchandising January-June 1897 . Vol. IX. MONTREAL AND TORONTO, JANUARY 30, 1897 No. 5 J. BAYNE MacLEAN, HUGH C. MacLEAN, President. THE MacLEAN PUB. CO. Limited. Fine Magazine Printers and Trade Newspaper Publishers TORONTO; MONTREAL: 26 Front St. W. Board of Trade Building. Telephone 2148. Telephone 1255. John Cameron, General Subscription A. G. Campbell, General Subscription Agent. AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS RECIPROCITY with the United Statesis again becoming a much mootedquestion. It is also a most importantquestion. Canadas best market is the home next best under normal conditions isnaturally that which is nearest to us. Andas the United States is right at our doors itnaturally follows that, in its broadest sense,it should be, next to the home market, ourbest customer. That it is not so at the moment does notalter the case. Remove the abnormal con-ditions, and the fact would soon be proved. These abnormal conditions have not allbeen created on the other side of the

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