The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1918-01-12
Presence Of Thriving Cities Near
By, Important 10 Residents
of Country.
MERCHANTS 90 Their PART
Town and Rural Community Are De.
pendent Upon Each Other-co.
operation Alone Brings Pros.
-perity to Be'h.
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| Residents Of towns and cities every
| where are beginning to realize NOR,
| acUtely the fact that. except unde
very unusual conditions. their commu
mites viii prosper ana develop onl,
IN proportion to the prosperity and de
vcl"pnle4r that genes to the farming
sections which surround them, Reul
ring This fact, commercial clubs and
chambers Of commerce have in recent
years been deyoiing as much of their
aiteAtion to developing the country
districts as they have to securing new
industries and attracting new resi-
dents. They know that as the coua-
try about the towns becomes more
talGk'y settled and as lAp farmers ba-
coHe more i.Easi,erops the more money
Will be spent in the towns and the
faster these towns will grow. 1t is
largely Cor this reason that the resi-
dents of the fowls and cities have
asef doing mere and more to aid the
farmers III et".-iils fieser erahs ana
IN improving marketing conditions.
The towns ard cities have contributed
more and more literally toward the
building of good roads in the country
disIri.ts ana Grsu nGia 4 large lart
OF tbs eSna4>s Of 1aAtntaiaiu. arr.
cultural experts - assist the farmers
IN growing hiEsnF crops and getting
more money out of their crons When
they are placed Oh the market.
p, Not one-sided Proposition.
But th,s IS t.'s4 4 pHs-sited propnsl.
s:3.. II The city IS derfndent upan
'he country. al Is the country depend
ent upcci tue City. What tAe farmer
raises Is worth absolutely nothing to
him unless he can sell it at a price that
will pay him 4 faiT return on the
money and time invested " rs pts.
duct.oa. The farmer without nlas=
kets, would he IN tie same fix as a
stoTekeeper without e4SIaaasfS: In a. |
most every case the farmer Is de- |
pendent upon tie pear-by town or CITY |
for market for at leas. HE Cerish- !
able products. |
In the language OF the street, it is
| ffty-f:fty proposition. The town
needs the country and the country
needs the town. The farmer needs the
assistance of the storekeepers of the
own in securing a market for his
PRODUCTS. He needs the assistance of
he storekeepers Of the town in getting
'ood roads sy+s which he may haul his
products without i0Ss,.1 more time
han the products are worth. He xf4t4.
leeds the assistance OF the storekee,,.
RS In helping him over q period Of
financial stringency
Storekeeper Needs Farmers Trade.
On the other hand the storekeeper
ceds tic business of the farmer. He
oes not ask tho farmer to sell him his
roducts on crecit e*e:2 though at the
me he may be hard pushed tor cash
nd may need more credit badly. II. |
oes not ask the farmer to help him
uiid a sidewalk in front of his store.
e does not ask for the business OF ],
lie farmer provided that lfa can sell
re farmer the goods he ncet.a ut as
wv a price as he can secure them for
sewhere.
But does he always get the farmers
;siness? Ask the mail order man :
the big city or ask the postmaster
the express agent in any town or
ty IN the country. They could. IL
ey would, tell Of thousands Of dollars /
ut away to the big cities to pay for
'ods that could be purchased lust as
eaply and much more conveniently
the nearest town or city. These =
ousands OF dollars, when sent to the
Ill order houses in the big cities,
yer come back. They do not help +
build good roads past the farmers
uses. When the next crops arc har-
sted, the mail order man won't buy :
V of the farmers products. The "
tatoes. the tomatoes, the melons and
ler things that the farmer raises !.
" lie and rot upon the ground 50
as the mail order man is concerned,
No Credit From Mail Order Man.
The mail order man went sell ,ha -
'mer cents wcrsh Of geosas on
days credit no matter how badly =
farmer may need the goods or how
-e ready cash he has to pay for
IN. # the farmers house burns
"n, 'the l4.s., order man is not 60
to sell him any :E.nher on credit
that he may build a4orl.ur Leme,
VIII take what cash he can get the
mer to send him and there his Ia
est in the farmer ends. II the firm
has no money to pay for what be