St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-09-04

cease to ply the river and even the railroads
would find our town an improbable station.
| Then it should be remembered that it this
result would follow such action by the whole
people, like action by an individual has a
tendency to that result. And also remem-
| that every time you spend a dollar IN your
community you make it possible for some
body else to spend dollar, and that dollar
may pass through twenty hands in a day,
and in many instances purchase the neces-
saries of life; but when you send it away
from home it may never come back:
BUY AT HOME.
Recently freight car was run on a siding at
Welsh, La, and groceries received from Chicago
mail order house were distributed among number
of purchasers A similar consignment was expected
| to reach Lake Charles this week. This movement,
should it grow, would ruin the prosperous cOmmunl-
ties of West Louisiana and would convert that sec
ton OF Louisiana into the cattle range which it was
third of century ago. as the Lake Charles Amerl-
can declares
| But the plan will not succeed, although tempo
rary damage may be done local trade and the whole
community suffer until the matter adjusts itself.
The individual who in lures his community by aiding
in such scheme certainly Injuries himself, for no
person long prosper from the decay of his COM
munity. Sooner or later the disease which he has
assisted to foist upon his community will attack him
and he will suffer, just his neighbors suffer-
ing. The idea of the purchasers by mail order was
of course that they could get groceries cheaper from
the mall order mouse than they could from local
dealers, and this perhaps true of certain articles
priced low to attract the individual trade But Chi
cago firms not in business purely altruists
and if they their atruism would not necessarily
be in the direction Of Cacasieu They will more than
make up some articles what they sacrifice on
others, and the total bill will be smaller than if
the goods purchased at the local stores, while
| buying by mail is like buying ga pig in poke, -
whereas If purchasers buy at home they person
ally sample the goods before purchasing. The Lake
Charles Press cites a which furnishes good
example of the futiity of this sort of dealing Some
time ago drummers from distance arrived at Able
vile and solicited orders for groceries, and offered to
sell sugar and coffee actually below the market quo
tatlons anywhere. These two articles the bait
and attracted many fish. Some were smart enough
to order only these two articles, but many persons
ordered full grocery lists most of the articles being
little higher than they were priced at home. But
the unusually cheap coffee and sugar to more
than counterbalance the high price of the other
articles. When the freight with the goods pur-
that the mail order house had for some reason
| run out of sugar and coffee and could not supply
these articles. But the high-priced articles arrived
promptly and had to be paid for Now the drummer
for mail order house stands very good chance of
getting free suit of tar and feathers at Abbeville
| according to the Press
The attempt in Calcasieu will not be so crude,
perhaps, but it will fail nevertheless. AS
the victims of the scheme find that they buy no
cheaper, and have not the usual opportunity of in
spectng goods before purchasing the arrival Of these
cars will cease. 1t will soon dawn upon these people
that while they taking chances the quality Of
goods they to receive, the house furnishing them
advance or upon delivery of goods and takes risk
whatever The people of Calcasieu would do we'll
to learn their lesson quickly for they will save money
/ by looking into the matter at once