The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-11-13
Are Merchants Ungrateful

"What you all dom 80 much howl
ia about?" asked the indignant part,
with the red nose. "Why are you al
doin' so much hellyachin' about buyln
at home? | don't see as the Ion:
suff rim home merchant is adoin' IS.
much hollerin' in your advertiser
columns. An I'll bet sack O rec
rice that he sent you statement or
the first that was written on a bill
head printed ont of town." Apropo.
of which Is the following from thu
Lake Charles Press:
Editor Davis Of the Jennings Her
aid takes occasion to call to the at
tentlon of the people the manner in
which the merchants usually accept
a fight made in their behalf by the
newspapers in the perpetual fight
against the "maiI-order houses" and
is not at all mild In his statements.
The Herald's editor goes at the
merchants of Jennings in this style:
THE newspapers of the country
can not be Io"al to the community if
they do not oppose the mail order
houses and work in tue interest of the
local retailer. Neither the country
nor the towns will prosper as they
should unless the consumers trades at
home. This being true it is only
right and just to the newspaper that
they should receive the support Of
the retail merchants, but they do not
get it.
The Herald has advised its readers
to buy at home and scarcely a week
passes without an article appearing
opposing the mail order business, and
today combination exists among
some Of the merchants to starve tails
paper, If we had depended solely on
the retailer for support, instead of
the publication of the
Herald and at a profit, except When
tryi4g to run daily, we would nave
closed he shop within sixty days af-
ter the first issue. The support OBJ |
tanned from other business lines in !!
the city and from outside has inside it
possible to conduct the Herald. !
Today you can look over the Herald |
and you will not find an ADVERTISE
neus Ct il dry goods Or grocery house
n its columns, bot III spite CT this
tact the earnings of the Herald are
arger COW than at any time during its
existence.
cite neighboung town of Crowley
las good newspaper and it has been
lighting the battles oI the home mer-
chant, for years and is still at it, but
What are the local merchants doing
'or their best friend? Locking over
Tuesdays edition We found three aud
, half columns OF advertising repre-
senting the merchantie business IF
Crowley. Ii The newspaper publisher
we're AS narroW as sone men in the ,
Mercantile business they would all
Use the farmers, the mechanic and
he laberer to buy where they could
get the most for their money, but II
IAN be laid to their credit that they
ire always found working for the up
building of the eunmunily IA which
hey are published.
"The- Herald, the Signal and other
which fail to receive sup
port at home eau get along without
he business man who refuses his
support but 1t shows mighty mad for
,ne busines; man.
OF course, advertising is strictly a
business proposition, ard no newopa-
Jermau would ask patronage unless
IL felt that his paper would render
value received in full. Joi, work is
on the same basis
But after all, u Is 4 fact that 'h
merchants fotow the po,lcJ' tEe news
Japefs a,iyocate: Bat at home?
Is it not fact that frequently til
merchants scnd away for pGintil g
bat could be executed n n"M!y n
|, just as low prizes at home! IAI,
trartice oons not Obtain III Lax
Charles e any great eAt.Dt, but j
,hou!d not b. followed IL one single
Instance.
The same argument that applies to
s,ying from The holne merchants,
.i,pIits equally to buying from III"
om,' printer, lie home farmer, and
very other homi busines, mau. =
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