The Donaldsonville chief., 1915-01-23
THE MARKET-DAY MOVEMENT.

matter, and the prospect is that
/ nearly every progressive city and
town in the state will eventually
have its monthly market-day for
the exposition and sale Of the pro
ducts Of it's surrounding lands.
| Baton Rouge made a successful
start in this direction on the 18th
inst, and in view of the fact that
| Donaldsonville' next market-day is
close at hand-Saturday, Jan. 80, be-
ing the appointed date-We deem
it opportune to quote from the circu.
lar letters of the Baton Rouge Cham
ber of Commerce some of the de-
tails and objects of this interesting
project:
"The Chamber of Commerce be-
lieves that this movement will not
only be of immense value to our
| farmers, but Of great convenience to
purchasers of the farmers products,
I: in knowing where and when they may
| be found. and especially in this
case, as the Baton Rouge market day
| is expected to become a permanent
institution.
/ Hitherto the complaint from our
/ farmers and producers has been tnat
! they were discouraged in trying to
raise a diversity of farm products
| because of the lack of marketing ia
cilities which, in reality, IS
most logical reason, as there is no
business sense in producing some
| thing for which there is not a ready
| market. not merely for a few pro-
ducts, but for any and everything of
raise and wishes to dispose of. 1t
| is to endeavor to bridge over just
this very difficulty that has suggest
ed to the Baton Rouge Chamber of
Commerce the Importance and me-
cessity of establishing regular mar
ket day, on the second Tuesday q of
each month, when the producers and
buyers Of farm products may get
together and do business; not just
nov and again, but at regular and
stated intervals, SO that market day
may become a fixture firmly estab-
lished in the mind of everyone whose
business leads him in such d1rec-
ton.
"Look around and see what you
have and get it into shape for the
market on that date. There is al J.
most certain to be buyer for what,
you may have to offer, no matter
what it may be, provided it is a
marketable product.
"Let us start this market day prop
osition right, and it will very soon
take care of itself, as it will be
found, in the very near future, to
be a business necessity for both
producers and buyers of the products
Of the farm.
1T will be impossible to reach
everyone interested by letter. Don't
forget to tell your neighbors about
the monthly market; they may have
something to sell, or they may want
to buy. The market is the place to
do either or BOTH
All the foregoing applies as well
to Donaldsonville and Ascension par
ish as to Baton Rouge and East Ba-
ton Rouge, except that our next
market day will be Saturday, Janu-
airy 80, and the place for the dis
play and offering of country pro-
ducts is the Donaldsonville market
house, a landmark in this section of
Louisiana.
The first essential to the full sue
cess of this important enterprise is
the earnest cooperation of the
farmers of the surrounding country.
Donaldsonville's housewives and cit
izens must also extend assistance
by purchasing as freely as they may
be able of the produce offered II
accustomed to buy 5, 10 or Is cents
worth Of potatoes day, or every
few days, for example, why not pur-
chase a peck or a bushel on market
day? By SO doing they will assure
themselves of a ready supply of the
commodity for some days or weeks
to come, besides materially aiding
the farmer from whom the purchase
is made and providing him with a |
sum of ready cash which he may ex-
pend in Donaldsonville to supply |
some of his own needs or those Of |
his family.
There is promise of much mutual
benefit for the people of town and (
country to be derived from the mar /
ket day movement in which Donald
sonville has been a Louisiana pio-
neer, and all that is required to in
sure the reaping of this benefit is mu-
tual endeavor and harmonious effort
toward the success of the progress
sive project.