Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1918 — FROM COMMERCE REPORTS [ARTICLE]

FROM COMMERCE REPORTS

Practically all the gold and silver has disappeared in Portugal, and for that reason the country is on a paper basis. New Zealand has just closed a very successful oyster season. Forty thousand sacks have been taken from different beds. German shipbuilding companies are preparing to reconstruct the German merchant marine, the first step beiqg to consolidate their finances.