The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-03-24
NORWOOD GAMERS SAY NEW
ORLEANS IGNORES THEM
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'Af'N NiitAfh lAfWs
We have tried hard 10 get into the
New Orleans market with uur goods
but, SO far, have been unable TO do SO
declares w A West. vice presidsln of
the Norwood Canning Company. Nor
wood, la. One thing Ne note. how.
ever, the New Orleans wholesale gro,
GERS send their representatives 10 ns
every week for business, and they are
surprised IL they find that ne have seat
any grocery business out Of their eity.
Out Of total Of Ga ears OF canned
sweet potatoes, saurr kFaut, beans.
okfa etc that we have shipped slnee
September 1915, only one car has been
sold Ia New Orleans, and that vas a
car of okra which was sold on account
OF being oycr.stocked and II went AZ a
price Under cost 81 production
Mr. Wcst asserts that Within the past
few days, one New Orleans broser
wrote that he had some iobbers inter.
estcd in spots sweet potatoes and could
probably send them some business at
81 % per dozen delivered In New OR.
leans, We sold tso car loads Of the
same sweets at size a dozen, nj cur
factory, TO Lexington. Ny, firm with
30 cent freight rate. and on the day
following Ne sold Texas lobber three
ears at the same price with a le cent
freigh, rats.
II came 10 Norwood 30 years ago"
Mr.. West continues. Il Was then repre-
sonting New Orleans Wholesale gro
Gerry arm, and | have been a buyer af
goods from New Orleans ever since"
With much emphasis, be- adds 4 lnd
the wholesale grocera of my former
city the hardest men ia approach on
business matters that ! know. can go
TO Baton Rouge. Natehez, Memphis.
st Louis and ether cities and tell the
buyer OF any concern vislt that want
10 chow the products Of the Norwood
canning factory and without an excep.
ton, ! can get an audience. They want
10 see what We are putting up and
want 20 do business with us. But have
never been abIe 10 get a single New
Orleans Wholesale grocer 10 allow me
to eat a can Of anything We pack to
demonstrate what NC have 10 offer"
In making his declaration against
New Orleans as a market for Louis.
aita canned goods. Mr. West says he
loes not want Ia convey the impress.
sion that the Norwood factory IL on
be panpor list, for IL IL NOT. lie saya
he arm expects 70 sell goods only
ahen IL gives rs good goods rs IFS
competitors aud makes prices which
ire In Inc, iiut what strikes me az
'eing very strange" he says, lis this:
We have q canning factory In Louisiana,
se buy aud uso i4oulsianagrown pro
ihcts 10 manufacture, and then have Ia
% outside Louisiana to sell our goods
Mr. West says be Ii confident that
many Of the Orleans people in the gro
cry business, will call him sore
cad or something like that, but, we
ont want any of them to think that
re are asking anything of them but
air play, he says.
We can cell all Of the goods we can
aek without the Nes Orleans buslheas
ut wc believe that Louisiana goods
hould fiad sale IN Louisiana as
aadily rs In other states.
NJ c Bridges and W A. West con.
net the largest general mercantlla
usinoss Ia East Fcllclana parish.
ghen rayagos Of the boil weeyIl rem
cred the annual eot'on crop unproa.
'ble 10 farmers OF the Norwood see.
on, they were advised TO gros other
fops Bridges and West guaranteed
rem u market for every uunee OF stun
icy produced and established can.
iHg factory TO aid that purpose Asa
suit Of their forothought and friendly
lyIee. tho farmers IT that community
r. nov well OF and bat very little
lltun II grown.