Identifier: hardmerchmarjun1917toro (find matches)
Title: Hardware merchandising March-June 1917
Year: 1917 (1910s)
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Subjects: Hardware industry Hardware Implements, utensils, etc Building
Publisher: Toronto :
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
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pipes, cocks and valves. 914. Belting, oils, fats and greases.—An-exporter at Turin would buy belting, belt-ing fasteners, oils, fats and greases, lubri-cants. 915. Leather.—A boot manufacturer atPrato is seeking for names of manufac-turers and exporters of leather for boot-making and brads. 916. Chemicals, colors and varnishes.—An agent at Turin would handle chemicals,colors, varnishes, soapmaking materials,pnraffin oils, greases, boot-polishes, gums,drugs, pharmaceutical specialties, anilinedyes, etc. 917. Metals.—A party at Genoa wouldbuy on his own account or represent oncommission manufacturers and exportersof metals, belting backings, engineeringarticles. 918. Leather, skins, tallows, etc.—A Brit-ish merchant at Genoa would represent oncommission exporters of leather, skins,tallows, fats, oils, wood, pig-iron, steel andother metals. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE TiOR SALE—1,000 LBS. GOLD LEAF (600 FT.)binder twine, at 18%c per lb. N. Willard& Co., Prescott, Ont.
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J. W. Walker, Belleville, has been doing business in this store for fifty-five years. 70 June 30, 1917. Veteran Manufacturers and Distributors Brief History of Some of the Old Established Manufacturers and Wholesalers-Were in Business Long Before Confederation—Records of Growth and Business Changes. -Many MANY of Canadas hardwaremanufacturers and wholesalershave been doing business for up-wards of 50 years. In a few cases theestablishment of the firms dates back60-70 or even 100 years. Following area few brief sketches of old-establishedCanadian firms: THE JAMES SMART MANUFACTUR-ING COMPANY. The James Smart Manufacturing Com-pany of Brockville, Ont., was organizedin 1856. At that time Brockville wasthe end of steel in the building of theGrand Trunk westward from Montreal.The company manufactures iron- goods,hardware and furnishings. The founderof the company came from Aberdeen-shire, Scotland, and Ontario at thattime was known as Upper Canada.Stoves were manufactured in the earlyday

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