Show WANTED THE MARKET RATE prospective bankrupt sought informs t on before H s fa lure according to mr john claflin pres ident of the H B claflin company his father the founder of the house made roads a strong effort to maintain personal relations with his customers he al ways encouraged buyers to come to him for a friendly talk and as far as possible he advised them concerning the matters in hand one day a customer called and as he entered the private office mr clat claf lin looked up from his bis desk and called hello bow how are you feeling today mr claflin I 1 never was better better how is s the business 7 an that different mr claflin I 1 ki ir must ut have a failure what a t A failure how is that i haven ayou t you made moneys I 1 used to mr claflin but not now business is bad very bad mr claflin and I 1 think I 1 must tail fail well now I 1 in sorry but will it be a bad failure 9 how much will you pay ah ali that is what I 1 want to see you about how much are they paying no now mr Claf Claflin fin 7 |