Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-09-19
Council Of Defense
Urges Early Buying

every merchant in the United States,
who carries any holiday goods, has
been asked to advertise their Christ
mas goods and to have same ready
for selection during the early part
of September. Citizens are urged to
make their selections at once, ex-
cept the toys for children. If you
don't make your Christmas selections
soon you are not only going to be
considered unpatriotic. but you may
be unable 70 have your Christmas
package delivered until long after
Christmas. The National Council Of
Defense has given instructions to the
State Council of Defense and Mayor
Sullivan received the following
notice relative to the Christmas buy
ing, in which he urges the citizens
of Bogalusa to follow:
The Council Of National Defense
has heretofore emphasized the neccS-
sity of restricting Christmas buying
during the coming fall for certain
specific reasons which it has stated.
These reasons are in breif the ne
eessity for saving labor and material
in the manufacture and sale OF
Christmas gifts and of saving the
transportation and delivery facilities
necessarily involved in the large vol
une of Christmas purchases.
After conference With representa-
tives of leading industries and re-
tail interests concerned, it is found
rnat the manufacture CT goods j or
the coming holiday season has peen
substantially completed, THAI the
transportation Of the goods to the
point Of sale is also largely done,,
and that much of the material used
for Christmas purchases, especially
in the manufacture of toys, IS the
waste material derived from pricr
processes of manufacture.
The retail interests represented at
the conference have agreed not to in
crease their working force by reason
OF the holiday business over the av-
erage working force employed By
them throughout the year, and not
to increase the normal working
hours of their force during the
Christmas season. They also agreed
to use their utmost efforts to con-
fine Christmas giving. except Tor
young children, to useful articles and
to spread the period for holiday pur-
chases over the months of October,
November and December. In order
to "a eve the transportation fa-
cilitie Of the country from con
gestio in the latter half OF Decen-
Der, Oh would be so hurtful to the
iAtera-- s Of the nation that it can
not be permitted, the retail interests
at this hearing have
agreed to cooperate further in the
campaign heretofore and now being
carried on under the auspices Of the
War Industries Board to restrict de-
liveries and to induce their custom
ors to carry their own packages
wherever possible.
The retail interests to which re-
ference has been made have fu1the
agreed to make an encouragement to
the above substantial effect in their
advertisements commencing in early
September and repeating same week
ly thereafter. The above suggestions
if faithfully and Loyalty put into ef-
feet throughout the country will
make possible a continuance of the
holiday custom without endangering
the national interests thereby. The
Council of National Defense well CO.
operate in carrying out the suggested
It looks to organized bus
mess bodies of every nature and
throughout the country actively TO
join in the movement as providing
means whereby that cooperation be-
tween the government and the peo-
pie can be had, which alone will per-
nit the continuance Of holiday bust
ness, on such scale, and by such
methods as are consistent with the
national welfare. The announcement
is definitely conditioned upon loyal
and thorough cooperation in spirit
and in letter on the part of sellers
and buyers throughout the country