Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1916 — ORDERS TO BE CANCELED IN EVENT OF WILSON’S ELECTION [ARTICLE]

ORDERS TO BE CANCELED IN EVENT OF WILSON’S ELECTION

A number of traveling men have visited the Republican State Headquarters the past week, and several of them have related the same experience that they have had in taking future orders for toys and articles for the holiday trade. Such orders are generally taken with the understanding that they are not to be subject to cancellation. The traveling men report that they have been requested by their customers to take the orders subject tp cancellation on November 10th provided Hughes was not elected president, and in case that he is elected then the orders are to stand. The merchantff claim that the anticipated close of the European war will cause such a depression in business with Wilson as president that they will take no chances in stocking up goods that are not staple articles. 4/