New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-12-21
GOOD ROADS BRING
MORE BUSINESS.

! lHtv even nave W Walk ITOul LII
Southern Pacific depot to theil
hotel. Will such conditions ex
list much longer? Are we tax
payers going to stanu for it, We
are taxed heavily, and we have
! very little to show for it and this
same question arises every time
it rains. | have myself had bus
mess men to ask me what are we
going to do; the roads are i'm
passable, business is dead, JIG
shoppers in town. We have beer
saying this for years. and still
conditions are the same. Why
don't the business men get 10
gether, and if necessary close Up
our stores for one week, or even
a month and 60 to work and get
the money in some way and gravel
our streets, first Of all-then GET
busy on the country roads and see
that they are built up right. Buy
this, | mean that every dollar that
is appropriated be spent in the
right direction and with the ut
most care-being sure of having
the work properly done and at the
proper expenditures. Our first ex-
pertinent road has been failure, i:
has not been kept up and it's cost
is too well known to have to make
mention, it has taught us les
son-like so many things that
have failed in Iberia in recent
years and the proper thing for us
to do is not to let a reoccurence.
The business is there Mr.. Mer-
chant but you have to go to it to-
day. 1t does not come to you as
it did years ago. the mail order
houses are never dormant, they
are constantly advertising and
catching the prospective buyer,
either by catalog or ads and if
we who carry the line, as We
should. had roads in order that
the country buyer could reach
town they would not have time 20
sit home and study mail order cat.
alloys and send their money toI
Chicago and other large centers
for goods that we have here in
large quantities and in nearly ey-
cry instance at a much less cost,
with the satisfaction. also of see-
ing what they buy and with no
delay, as is often the case when
ordered from home. In some Sec
lions Of the country mail order
houses are not known, simply be-
cause the merchants in those
owns and cities see that the roads
ire kept in first class condition at
Ill times and it makes it a pleas
Ire for those who live away tol
each the merchants and trans
lct their business and get home
without the least possible delayl
Ind Inconvenience The above /
re well known facts, and we mer-
hants who want to make New
IBERIA City, can do as others !
lave done. There is no reason
Thy we can't. Lets get together, Z
II pulling On the same end Of the /
ope and with the proper spirit {
We can build roads and streets t
nd hold the people who still re-
lain here-and induce others tot
ONE here and invest in our Par
ii and City. IN
Another thing which is WORTH
lentioning and is alarming-isl Z
lis: Do you business men real
e how many Of our good citizens \
ave here every month for pla- |,
. that offer better advantages.
one cares to know this, all one Il
rs to do is to go to our freight
spots and he will see the house
I'D goods leaving from there.
here is a reason. Let us now
It to business, the war is over.
hat task was great one. wei
I'VE accomplished what vel N
arted to do and with every one
owing the same spirit as we L
we shown in this great conficr,
e can build roads and streets and II
AXE New Iberia attractive AMI
ing returns to those who live
thin its boundaries and make it N
place fit to live within. l trust
at ! may have the good will of
of our good citizens and let us l.
signate time to discuss this
d accomplish something which
ould have been carried through j,
ars ago. The time is here-the
ople are talking good roads and N
lille there are no roads at pres