Show I THE Thu RISE OF OP PROSPERITY REPORTS of wholesale trade in ten communities in March show that sales Bales were about 23 per cent above a y year ar ago says the Springfield Re Re- publican Figures FIgure like these show I that retail merchants all over the country have been buying freely They indicate a general confidence that tho the people are arc going to be able to buy an excellent volume volume of goods for the the year Times like these are the occasion when enterprising men branch out a little and take advantage of ot this rIsIng rising ris rIs- ing tide of prosperity They have havethe havethe the confidence to advertise freely backed by the knowledge that the people are well able to buy goods and will do so when they are Informed Inform inform- ed of ot the special values that any merchant mer men chant is s offering The signs of In inflation nation and financial danger are not in evidence It is a time when energetic business men should be able to gain rewards for their enterprise without running risks of being Involved in a financial Long island navy yard I I II smash v |