Excerpt from Operating Expenses in Retail Hardware Stores This study of the retail hardware trade was undertaken by the Bureau as part of its general plan for gathering reliable information on operating expenses and management problems in retail and wholesale businesses. The uniform accounting system that was published in 1918 constitutes the basis for the work. It is very similar to the uniform accounting sys tems that the Bureau has iss led for other retail trades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.