The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1916-01-22
HOW TO CHANGE
FOR THE BETTER
Sincere Suggestions and Practical
Patriotism Shown by Judge
W. ?. CassedY.

W. D. Davis, Chairman Board
Trade, Brookhaven, Miss.
Dear Sir:-Your letter received
notifying me Of the action of the
Board of Trade on my resignation
as a member and Chairman of a
Committee on Markets, declining
to accept same. The action voices
confidence for which | am thank
full, and please accept for yourself,
and tender to the Board, my appre-
citation of the sentiment expressed.
| declined for two reasons; 1st-
| did not think that my ideas were
in harmony with the Board; 2nd-
| did not think that | was the man
for the place, and my selection was
clear evidence to my mind that the
Board was not considering the i'm
portance of the matter seriously.
However, care nothing for the
thoughts of others in the consider
alton of business problems, for if
they take a wrong view of it, that
is their misfortune and not my
fault. The thing that counts is
results, and it makes no difference
who does it or how, so we obtain
the results. If the balance of trade
las expressed in former letter. is
against us, the thing to be accom-
plished, is to change it in our IA
vor.
1t is a self evident fact that the
way to do this is to make more
products and ship more, and
to have a market for
every product the country will
produce, and there will be no
trouble about the production. No
man is in business for brotherly
love. He is in it for profit, and to
make living out of it. This ap-
plies to the Farmer as well as the
Merchant. The greater the profit,
the greater the production. No
sane person should expect mer-
chant to give more for produc
thar. he could get for it, or far
mer to prduce it at loss, but each
should have a reasonable profit.
There should be committee on
markets created and they should
specifically find out the following
facts 1st-What kind of prod
ucts there are in the country for
sale, and in what quantity. 2nd.-
Where such products can be sold,
in what quantity, and for what
price.
There should be an active enter
prising young man as secretary of
this committee and charged with
the duty of ascertaining, and keep
ing a record of who has products
for sale or who reasonably expects
to have products at stipulated
time for sale. At the same time
he should correspond with any per-
sons that would likely be interested
in the products for sale and be pre-
pared to put the producer in touch
with a purchaser. There should
be established a large bulletin
board at some designated place,
where advertisements could bel
placed on it, either in writing,
printing or chalk, showing what is
for sale or what is wanted. In
this way put the producer and the
purchaser in touch with each other.
If the matter of markets could
be handled even without profit to1
the merchant, it would in the end
pay, for the more money that is
distributed among the people the
better will be the sale for regular
merchandise. In the infancy of
this diversified industry, the mer.
chant ought to be satisfied with
coming out even, until it gets on
its feet.
l am not the man to be chair
man of this committee, not even to
be on it, for ! have never engaged
in the mercantile business; ha d no
experience in the line of mercan-
tile business or markets. This
committee should be composed of
for this is their busi-
ness, to buy where they can buy
and sell where they can
oct most You should have a