The British Columbia Retailer
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issued: 2017-04-06
issued: 1924-06
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note: ™ British Columbia VOL XVI No. 10 Vancouver, B. C. JUNE, 1924 20c per copy; $2.00 per year. Sixteenth Year. Can You Afford to sacrifice accuracy ? 'A Hair Perhaps Divides the False and True"—and yet the merchant who uses a Toledo knows that even the "hairsbreadth" in accuracy is achieved with every ounce of goods bv puts on his seale. An accuracy maintained permanently over the long yeai*s of use. an accuracy that cannot become impaired through changing temperatures, or springs which lose their resilience, Toledo Scales weigh by gravity alone, weight • r^ • J T**) against weight, honest weight always. Ami that hairs-breadth of in-aecuracy—just as the drop of water wears away the hardest ruck, so will the constant drip of over weights wear away your profits. Protect yourself, customers and reputation bv using Toledo Scales. Write for full details of models, prices, allowances on old scales and casv payment terms. Canadian Toledo Scale Co. limited Head Office and Factory Windsor, Ontario. IFtoles Office and Service Stations Throughout the D minion. Vancouver Office, 424 Cordova St. West TOLEDO SCALES NO SPRINGS-HONEST WEIGHT "Standard" Paper Bags—3 grades We Manufacture and sell the foUowing 'Standard" Paper Bags Lachute A St. Jerome. Paper Mills: Que. Manufacturers since 1870 THEY ARE "MANILLA" "LIGHT KRAFT" "HEAVY KRAFT" actually Stronger, Tougher More Pliable, Moat Economical Moat Satisfactory It Paya to Use the Beat They Coat No More J. C. WILSON, LIMITED Manufacturers of PAPER BAGS. WRAPPING, TISSUE AND TOILET PAPERS for Wholesalers and Retailers. 1068 HOMER STREET, VANCOUVER, B C Phone: Seymour 781 7 MAKE BIG SALES BY FEATURING CROWN OLIV1 i Manufactured in British Columbia and Guaranteed by "The Perfect Toilet Soap ta THE ROYAL CROWN SOAPS, LTD. VANCOUVER, B. C. (924 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RETAILER 3 Picnickers, Campers and Cottagers Buy Them in Half-case Lots These farm fresh Canadian Sardines tell quickly becsase they are wholesome tad economical. They show a b…
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note: I/"' 1,ia"hl""* Thia entirely eliminates figuring out mark-up percentages with pencil and paper, a method waicn is mu only out of date, but which encourages errors to a very large extent. 0|« number Of failures whieh take place every year tn the retail business due in the majority of cases * ' mck of knowledge in figuring expenses and profits, •-.fates the necessity of a computator of this descrip- t in tion. Speaking al a Convention of retail merchants in Winnipeg, IV H. .Moon. Director of the Department of Community Building, and Trade Betterment of the Parmer's Review. Chicago, made the statement, "1 have learned this fact about the retail trade; a large number of retail merchants in the United States hav.. failed simply because they did not know* when or how ti. take a profit." Dr. Hindley, the well-known exponent of retail mer- ehandising ethics, at the Provincial Convention of the If. M. A , at Victoria in 11122. stated that a man go- mg into the retail business was taking a greater chance than buying oil stocks. Such statements as these emphasise that the margin between profit and loss, in these days of keen competition is very close, and accurate figuring is essential to the merchant if he desires to stay in business. Mr. K«is.s states that he hopes to have this machine 00 the market in the verv near future. MORAL RESPONSIBILITY It is customary for a thoughtless type of citizen, who has protected himself against financial loss by insuring his home or factory, to say: "Let 'cr burn; I'm covered!" Aside from the fact that this narrow viewpoint ignores the fundamental truth of the general distribution of the fire waste burden, it also overlooks another important aspect of the situation—that of moral responsibility! A property owner is never justified in jeopardizing the lives ami possessions of his neighbors by refusing to take precautions against fire. In the case of buildings where a number of people congregate, the moral responsibility becomes a matter of th…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0344891
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : Progress Publishing Co. Ltd.
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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