St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-07-26
BUTCHERS GIVE.
REASONS WHY
NODELIVERY
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:


Replying to letter in last issue con.
cerning meat delivery.
To begin with, We think that the
writer of that article has misjudged
our way of carrying on business, In
stating that our present plans are
not modern. Our estimation of a
modernly conducted business, is one
which benefits the consumer and
dealer to the greatest extent Such
are the plans we have in operation
at present.
The only advantage offered by the
delivery system is the probable sale
of larger quantity of meat. This
one advantage is counteracted by SO
many disadvantages which the pub
lie as well as the author have failed
to consider.
OF what advantage is it to the
dealer to sell few more dollars Of
meat, with the expenses of deliver
ing exceeding the profits on the
meats tc be delivered.
With the abolishment of the de-
livery system we butchers have in
creased our cash sales fifty per cent,
at the same time decreasing our
credit sales about the same per cent.
True it is that the growth of the
town is an additional advantage to
the merchants of the town, but
where our method of not delivering
meat can effect the growth of the
town is beyond us to see. The fami-
ly, or families, that have left Gov
ington or hesitated to come here on
account of the meat delivery, are
better off to the community away
from here.
1t takes industrious people to
make an Industrious town, and that
is what we want.
Moreover, if the consumer prefers
to use cured meats on account of the
small inconvenience of going or
sending to the marEet every morn
ing or evening, they deserve no bet
ter. The majority of the families
you have reference to about using
cured meats have some one in the
family that is physically able to go
to the market.
The author of the article l., have
reference to in the beginning Of this
article, states that the people would
be better satisfied if the butchers de-
livered Surely the author must
have been in the habit of going to
market CT else very small meat
consumer, for there are always
troubles and misunderstanding at
times between the housewives anu
the butcher exceptions to all rules) :.
With our present system the house
wife has no one to please but her
self. She comes or sends to the
market and sees what she is getting.
Another wild and far-fetched
statement is made when the author
states that "the butchers would in
crease their business with the same
shop force expenses and the extra
profits would be more than enough
to pay for the operation of a deliv-
cry system" We wish that the au-
thor would please submit his plans
to us for carrying on the delivery
wagon to meet the above statement.
In reply to the statement that the
bakers, dairymen and grocers could
offer objections to the delivery sys-
TEN, but do not, we have to say that
the operators of every line of bust
ness carry on their business to their
advantage, if they are business men,
regardless of what the other fellow
is doing.
And last, should we decide to put
on the delivery system again, which
is not likely to occur, it would be
necessary for us to advance the price
of delivered meat at least five cents
per pound, in order to meet the ex-
penses of the delivery wagon.
THE BUTCHERS.