New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1915-03-13
THE CENTRAL MARKET.
Editor Enterprise

~ hulIOT enterprise.
II Just a few words to vorr rea
II ers in regard to the conditions
Ii our town and surrounding cou,
a try as | see them compared wit
other places.
: First, ! want to say that b.
e lleve that our Central Market
J. a draw back to the town and cour
q try, insofar as the vegetable an
truck part Of it is concerned.
From what / can understand or
K object is to build up the farmin
INDUSTRY rather than to discour
age it. To do this it is necossar
= that the town cooperate with tn
. farmers.
All those who are familiar wit
= the situation know that we hay,
an ordinance prohibiting the pr
ducers of vegetables and tina
class of produce coming off of tn
farm selling their produce aror n,
town until after a certain how
which ! think is nine o'clock.
! TO do this it is necessary fo'
our truck growers to either 90 f.
the Central Market and stand AMI
wait for the customers to come to
him, as else wait till nine o'clocl;
to go to the families to sell thei'
products. | now want to aeh
how many families can he reach
before it is too late Ior the horse
wife to buy for that days dir
ner and she won't buy ahead fc"
the next day. Another thing,
this same farmer is spending the
best part of his dav in town try,
ing to dispose of his truck when
he should be busy on his farm.
The Central Market is too far
from my home as well as others
for us to send for our dinner veo-
etables unless we have servants
to send, and we all cannot have
servants, therefore it follows thai
their is a great deal of truck tina
is not consumed that world ey
change hands if we hal a fire.
and open market and the farm
ers were allowed to come in early
like the milk men and dispose Of
their goods, make their purchase,
from the merchants and go bac /
home to their work. /
Right here we encourage ~
industry as well as bring, tn"
II ade to town. when on the othe'
hand we discourage it and elm
nate a certain amount of consumn
lion that otherwise would exist
Now the farmer not being able
20 sell his truck having no con
for same, gets out of
he habit of raising even enough
or his own. use. He takes HE
chickens and eggs to the countr,
tore and sells them for as good q
rice as he could get in town.
'uys his merchandise from the
country merchant and goes back /,
Tome. This deprives our town
merchants out Of that, much 'brsi-
less. so
/ will refer you to our sister
owns. Lake Charles. Alexandria. !,
shreveport, Orange, Texas. Beau
mont and others where Central ,
farkets are not known. and b.,
owns that are prospecting and
1aking steady advancement. In )
ny of these towns the housewife :
an call up her grocer over the : !:
hone and get her groceries. veg l
tables, chickens, eggs and can
ven order a steak, roast or soup
one and have it all delivered .
ight at her door and in plenty /!
time for her noon day, meal. \
Now / think it is alright to (
ave a Central Market for those 1
best serves and to whom it is 5
onvenient. but think we should z
ave a free and open market for I
Verythlng, and encourage the y
lrmer to produce everything q
nat he could sell to the town v
eople and in that way bring the Il
ade to town which would event
llly bring us more revenues y
IAN the Central Market would L
'er give. ii
Encourage him to raise all the b
'oduce he can to supply ms and A
ten he gets the habit and with Al
little encouragement he will
on be able to raise a surplus to a.
lp to our northern markets. IN
Remember that our farmers are ia
e foundation of our town and if
do not assist them we canno. W
pect much business in town. al
| ask each and everyone to