Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1907 — Report Favorable. [ARTICLE]

Report Favorable.

Hie impression that we have entered on a period of business contraction was n'ot confirmed by the semi-annual report of the H. B. Cl&flin dry goods house, which is generally regarded aa a good barometer of trade conditions. Hits report showed that the first half of the year had been one of the most prosperous in the company’s history, and that sales booked for future delivery were larger thaa on the corresponding date la any previous pear.