The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-07-27
RETAIL MERCHANTS, ATTEN-
TON!

Louisiana in an effort to comply with
the request made by the War Indus
tries Board. Mr.. Taylor's letter fol-
lows:
eve enclose copy of a request to
every retail merchant who delivers
merchandise. Will you communicate
it to all retail stores in your State?
additional copies of the enclosed
forms viii be supplied if desired.
"Please advise Us Of the cities and
towns in your State in which the re-
tail stores have adopted these plans.
We are making IN honor list Of cities
and towns that are carrying out this
request in order to designate them
on = map in the Office Of the Con.
servation Division. We aall rely
upon you 10 keep us Informed Of the
places in which al the retail mer-
chants have adopted the program.
% that the chewing for your State
may b - good - possible.
"Very truly yours,
~. K. TAYLOR,
For Conservation Division"
The details Of the War Industries
plan to curtail deliveries in Louisiana
is contained in the following official
bulletin:
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL RETAIL
MERCHANTS.
every retail merchant in the
United States is requested:
~. To restrict deliveries to one
trip a day over each route.
81. To eliminate special deliveries
and restrict the privilege of return
ing merchandise to mot more than
three days
"3. To organize cooperative de-
livery systems wherever possible and
especially in the medium and small
sized cities and towns.
"The request for one delivery q
day on each route applies to all stores
that maintain any form Of delivery
service, including drygoods, clothing
or department stores and grocery,
meat and provision stores. Under one
delivery a day over each route, a de-
livery vehicle may leave the store
twice or three times day, but over
a different route on each trip. Not
more than one delivery a day is made
to any one section Of the city or
town. Delivery companies, whether
cooperative or individually owned,
are also requested to make only one
trip a day over each route.
'The restrictions on returned mer-
chandise is to be interpreted to mean
three days in the customers posses
sion. It is to be applied in all cases
except for error on the part Of the
seller or defective merchandise.
"The establishment of co-opera-
tive delivery system in every place
where it can be operated is requestd.
Where delivery system is operating
apd giving satisfactory service, mer-
chants are requested to avail them.
selves Of the savings that this form
OF delivery makes possible. Mer-
chants in larger cities who retain
their individual delivery service
should confine it, so far as possible,
to the central sections and adopt the
cooperative plan for suburban serv-
ice, thus saving long trips Of many
partially loaded vehicles.
Every merchant is requested to
put. this program into effect at once
in his store. Carefully compiled re-
ports from stores in both large and
small cities that have adopted these
plans show that substantial savings
have resulted. In this way these
stores have been able to operate with
. smaller force, as their men have
been called into military service or
engaged in essential war occupations.
They are helping to win the war.
Should any merchant desire fur
Their information, he should consult
with the State Council of Defense or
with the Conservation Division Of the
War Industries Board.
CONSERVATION DIVISION.
war Industries Board"