New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1912-02-03

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/ Charles s. Hernly, President OF
New Castle, Ind, industrial AS
ISOLATION. has just given the Sen
alto Postoffice Committee an IN
teresting recital of industrial de,
yelopment. He said that Ne"
Castle was a sleepy country WI
lage with a population of 3,4oo III
1900 1t is now a thriving cl's
having about twenty-five import,
ant. diversified industries and
poptl ation. of something more
thas $4,000. Though houses nave
been rapidly built, last year al
automobile company, employing
two thousand hands IN their plant
found it necessary to invest
$50 600 to provide homes fol
their employees. The success OF
New Castle caused many other
towns to follow its example, Mr.
Hernly's services have been asked
bv commercial clubs IN nearly
every state. Under his direction
Brazil Evansville and other In
diana cities have succeeded IN To-
eating important industries. Mr.
,Hernley said that one OF the hrs'
things they did not do was 10
send for a lot Of mall-order cata-
logs. Lack of public spirit, he
said. would deaden any town
Local merchants had always been
active in such development. Any
system which disables them IRON
helping in such movements, sup
porting their local newspapers
and extending credits sssary
in growing towns, will result IN
a 1--we town are worth much more
decreased home markets for farm
products. labor, etc. Lands near
than lands near a dead town.
Anv rate which would enable the
government to operate Parcels
Post otherwise than at great loss
would be so high as to make 1t
impracticable for transporting
farm products. Merchants and
farmers prefer to sell goods and
products through personal in
spection. Whe1e the; farmer
might save a few cents upon ear
riage of goods bought from some
mail-Order house, he would lose
much more through deadening of
the town and sending its resour-
ces to large mail-order centers.
| The proposed carriage Of par
GELS by the Government for con-
Germs a thousand miles distant at
the same price as that charged
for a few miles would weaken
home ties and loyalty to commun-
ity interests. It would build up
large mail-order concerns to the
depreciation of local values.
Nearness to good live town adds
to contentment on the farm. In
crease of great cities and conse-
quent misery of many unemploy-
ed are largely due to dullness OF
many small towns. Great cities
furnish gravest danger. Car,
riage Of first and second-class
mail at a cost regardless of dis.
tance might be justified by their
diffusion of intelligence neces.
sary for stability of republic.
The present carriage of mer-
chandise up to four pounds re-
gardless of distance was only in
cidental; for samples, for infor.
nation purposes, etc. This has
been so abused that it might be
more lust ito transport even mer.
chandise under this limit at rates
| proportionate to distance.
The chief argument used to 10.
cate industries in the Central
West has been that thereby such
concerns would be nearer the cen
tiers of population and markets
IF the Government should haul
! much merchandise at rates re.
| CARELESS of distance, there would
| be little inducement for factory
to locate or establish a branch In
the West or South. Factories
would congregate where labor and
power are cheapest. The pro
| posed system, he believed, was
"protection to home industries .
reversed to destruction of home
industries.
"Parcels Post" he said. els
the entering wedge Of Govern
ment ownership and Socialism. ,
1t will necessitate large increase
of force and equipment. It's chief
. advocates have istroduced bills
| providing for Government opera.
ton Of transportation lines, in
cluding public highways, "at low
est rates regardless Of distance. .
If the limit be increased to eleven
pounds, why not 100 pounds
It has been said that eleven lbs
is the weight of gallon Of whis-
| key, jug and container.
Advocacy of Government en-
trance into express-carrying bus
/ mess is naturally followed, he
said, by Socialistic demand for its
ownership and operation Of tele-
graph lines, telephones, railroads.
coal mines. etc. 1ndividualism,
initiative and self-reliance would
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