Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . imports fromthe differeut countries during 1901, 1900and five years ago : IMPPORTS OF BRUSHES, 1901, 1900 AND 1>.I7. 1S01. 1900. 1897. Great Britain 816,032 815,982 812,294 Austria-Hungary ... 3,029 895 3,480 France 67,972 57,362 31,091 Germany 26,632 2«,266 45,861 Japan 1,537 4,621 2,568 United States 76,025 80,821 38,782 Other Countries 76 174 72 $191,303 8188,227 8104,158 The largest increase, it will be noticed,is in the imports from Prance, being 118per cent. Next in order comes the UnitedStates with an increase of over 90 percent. The Canad


Hardware merchandising (January-June 1902) . imports fromthe differeut countries during 1901, 1900and five years ago : IMPPORTS OF BRUSHES, 1901, 1900 AND 1>.I7. 1S01. 1900. 1897. Great Britain 816,032 815,982 812,294 Austria-Hungary ... 3,029 895 3,480 France 67,972 57,362 31,091 Germany 26,632 2«,266 45,861 Japan 1,537 4,621 2,568 United States 76,025 80,821 38,782 Other Countries 76 174 72 $191,303 8188,227 8104,158 The largest increase, it will be noticed,is in the imports from Prance, being 118per cent. Next in order comes the UnitedStates with an increase of over 90 percent. The Canadian Customs tariff onbrushes is 25 per cent., which, it is claim-ed by the manufacturers, is not sufficient,especially in view of the competition ofthe cheaper makes of European brushes. Venetian red, obtained by roasting ironsulphate, was produced in the UnitedStates in 1900 to the amount of 14,696short tons, about 2,000 tons more thanthe average annual production of the pre-vious four vears. CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL 61 OliS i A Leading Ingrain Frieze in Our New Line ldmsutcessful p *fr |V r*fl % A large stock of our mdrfsutcessful patterns in all grades is now ready for shipment. We have a set of samples specially prepared for mailing and expressing. A postal from you will bring these samples (free). Or if you wish to place a large order we will send a traveller to see Our goods and our prices will command your orders and will bring you good profits. All orders placed with us can be filled immediately. These facts are worth remembering. FT A. N U F A .CTTJ F XF. 62 CANADIAN HARDWARE AND METAL


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