Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1914 — He Couldn't Make It Out [ARTICLE]

He Couldn't Make It Out

A typical case of the confusion caused by the buying methods in vogue was mentioned by a dry goods man the other day. For a month or more he had noticed the expression of despondency on the countenance of a friend who attends to the Western business of a large Worth street house. They met a couple of days ago and the latter was asked as to the condition of business. “I don’t know what to make of it," said he, “but it seems to me It has been pretty bad.” To this followed the query: “How do your sales show up?" “That’s the queerest part of it I have figured them up three times to make sure I was not mistaken, but my sales are $16,000 ahead of last- year’s. I simply can’t understand it" Before making his calculations the man had been convinced that his business showed a large falling off.