Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire.

He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1885 to 1887 and in the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1889. He served as president of the League of Republican Clubs of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1897. He studied law was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

John Buchanan Robinson (May 23 1846 – January 28 1933) was a Republican member of the U. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.