The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-12-25

not limited to any particular class, but
was general. The buyers were GaGeroa5
IN their purchases.
A tour of inquiry developed the most
enthusiastic expression of satisfaction
ffow'5 trade?
Splendid"
Unprecedented"
Couldn't expect to have it bette
lave sold more goods during the
week than since we've been il BUSINESS
People have been buying a better
class of goods"
These remarks should be credited to
! the sellers of dry goods, furniture,
shoes, clothing, millinery, etc.
| lows trade
We are selling more bread and cakes
than we ever did and to people who
have had in the past little money to
spend.
How's trade?
"Ihe demand for groceries, especially
in the fancy line, has been most satis-
factory. Our sales show an increase
from the class who have not been in the
habit of indulging i'll what may be styled
luxuries."
How's trade?
Tip topl Better than could have been
expected. Have sold more than two
hundred turkeys during the week. Many
lof the buyers will have turkey for din
ner OH Christmas that only had az soup
bone last year"
And the query How is trade" was
answered satisfactorily except in two
instances, where each bewailed the clos
ing of the saloon.
While admitting that while trade had
been good and had exceeded their an
ticipations, each regretted the absence
of the saloon, and one in particular ex-
claimed IF we only had the saloon to
draw trade!'
Il is needless to say that no time was
wasted in argument.
Think of the saloon drawing the trade
to dry goods, clothing or a shoe
stofel s- -
From observation. at places where
toys are sold, there were seen women,
some with babies in arms, or leading a
child by the hand, and some were with
their husbands, each face being wreatfed
in smiles, in anticipation of Santa
Claus. It is no exaggeration to say, and
we will venture the assertion, that the
majority of those we have in mind had
not been on an errand Of shopping in
years, perhaps since they had been mar
ried. How happy they were in shop
ping.
How is trade?
Any body can get whiskey and beer
More whiskey and beer is drank today
than ever was known Beer and whis-
key is received every day by the car
load Some men since they can not get
their drink at the saloon have their jugs
handy and drink more whiskey or beer
than before prohibition. Your prohibi-
ton is farce and its not worth a..
The open saloon regulated would pro-
duce revenue for the city and there
would be less drinking
How is trader The whislSey and the
beer trade, who does il profit
How many drunks were visible during
the week when the streets and. the stores
werec roWded, when the restaurants and
the eating houses were taxed to their ca
pacity in accommodating the people who
craYed wholesome meal instead Of in
toxicants7 Only one
Ii the saloon were opened today, as in
the past how many good women and
their children would have been deprived
of the joys Of Santa Claus7
What percentage Of the earnings of d
toiler, i'll field or shop Or office, would
have been applied to sntoxicants instead
of Santa Claus, of toys, of bread and
cakes and shoes and hats and the need
fuls in family
How's trade, and who are the greatest
benefciaries
The brewers and distillers, the mid
dlenan, the renter, the saloon keepers
and their assistants, and we may add the
license paid to the city and the State for
the privilege Of making sane men drunk.
Is there any offset in this list of the
saloon traffic?
The answer is in the unprecedented |
result Of the Christmas trade, with no
open saloon at corners to lead to the
squai1dering of money which is now ap-
Piled in part to the things needful in ev-
cry home II is in the satisfaction ex-
pressed everywhere and by every one,
excepting the former saloon keepers and
their associates and the individuals who
persist in their ianentation that tae |