The Society has now a membership of 609 which is 151 less than the membership one year ago. The total receipts to date, since the beginning of the fiscal year Sept. 1, 1888 are $50, 487, 47 against $43306, 29 for the same period last year.
A great increase of business has occurred in the furnishing department. This is due to the fact that the Society is now able to carry a large stock, whereas when this department was first opened its stock was fair sized in a few lines only. It is also largely due to the well known high character of the goods offered for sale.
The Society now buys direct from the best American manufacturers or imports through the special agents of the leading foreign producers without difficulty; and a close examination of the stock in the department will convince anyone that excellent goods are offered at low rates and that the department has come to stay.
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