February 1, 1929

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BUSINESS & INVESTMENTS

Adequate Flow of Credit Vital to National Progress

CREDIT, rather than actual money, is the great motivating force in business and industry. It is estimated that fully ninety per cent, of the business of Canada and the United States is done on credit or the instruments of credit. The credit of a business enterprise is one of its most valuable assets, and at the same time one of the most perishable, if constant care is not taken to preserve its integrity. By A. W. BLUE10 min

The Man Who Named Petersville

THE dreary old men who make speeches at school openings and civic celebrations always use the sentence: “No one who does not know about Colonel Peters can understand Petersville.” That vague compliment has been in the currency of local oratory ever since Colonel Evelyn Peters died in the year 1857, of a stroke brought on by a fit of temper that followed an election. By FRED JACOB23 min