. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. another year the wholesale men would get together and by holding conference, one with another, be able to put the business on a better basis. It was his own opinion that the lumber business was on a poorer basis than any other that he knew anything about. Every other business had a price list to which the members stuck, but with the lumbermen every man had a list for himself Mr. J. G. Cane, Toronto, who also replied to this toast, remarked that he believed the retaile
. Canadian forest industries 1910. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. another year the wholesale men would get together and by holding conference, one with another, be able to put the business on a better basis. It was his own opinion that the lumber business was on a poorer basis than any other that he knew anything about. Every other business had a price list to which the members stuck, but with the lumbermen every man had a list for himself Mr. J. G. Cane, Toronto, who also replied to this toast, remarked that he believed the retailers had so many wholesalers calling on them all the time that they became tired of them. He believed also that if each branch of the trade would look more closely after its own business it would be very much better for the trade in general. Re- ferring to the cutting of prices he instanced the hemlock men of On- tario. Last summer, he said, the hemlock men had held several meet- ings in Toronto and had discussed ways and means of maintaining the price of hemlock. He had not gone to that meeting, because if he had he might have had something very unpleasant to say about the salesmen of the hemlock manufacturers. He hoped that the wholesalers would form an association to work with the retailers and he believed that if the did so, it would be a benefit not onlv to the wholesaler and the retailer, but to the mill man as well. Mr. John Donogh, Toronto; propos- ed the toast to the retailers, and said he believed it would be a good thing indeed if they could provide an op- portunity for getting together more frequently in the same sociable man- ner as they had on this ocasion, and discussing their various business af- fairs. Mr. Wm. C. Irvine, West Toronto, replied briefly to the toast. Address Mr. E. M. Trowcrn The toast to the "Provincial Re- tailers" was proposed by Mr. E. M. Trowern, secretary of the Retail Mer- chants' Association of Canada. Mr. Trowern made a very vigor
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