St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1919-08-09
Believe That Meat Delivery
Is an Unfair Demand
To Make of Them.
WANT PART OF DAY
OFF AT THE LEAST
Shipyards Brought Trade
But Non-delivery Made
Cash Sales.
Editor s. Tammany Farmer: ::

1t was not our intention, on pub
lication Of our first article, to star
an argument through your paper, bu
since some one pretending to be {
citizen of Covington is trying tc
cause trouble between the butchers
and consumers, and is striving C
we also feel that we can use your
paper to ou1 advantage and by so do
ing clear ourselves in the eyes of
the public Of bad opinions that might
have been caused by the letter in
the last issue of The FARMER and
signed Citizen"
First, We wish to call the readers
attention to said "Citizen's'' letter,
and express their opinion of it. We
| ask you to do this in order that you
might zee how Mr.. Citizen has tried
to develop his points.
He tirsG pretends to develop II
point on the fact that our business
is not modern. His idea of a mod
ernly conducted business is one
which tries to please the customer.
In other. words, the dealer is to do
nothing to his advantage. Well, this
modernly conducted business wouid
work o. <. with one class OF people,
but since there are SO many classes
that it would not be long before
business operated simply to please
the customer would go to the bad.
We wish that the author would in
modern in our town.
Mr.. Citizen then advances the
argument, or rather attempts tG
make reply on the increase of our
cash sales. He says that non-deliv-
cry is not responsible for the money
situation, but puts the blame on the
shipyard. True it is that the skip
yard brought people to Covington
and increased our business. This
we do lot deny. But why have our
cash sales increased and at the same
time our credit sales decreased?
Ask Mr.. Citizen to explain this. The
shipyard was responsible for the in
crease, bu- the non-delivery was re-
sponsibte fer the decrease
Mr.. Author states that he is sorry
to think that it is beyond us to see
where non-delivery affects the growth
OF the town, but at the same time
only Offers an excuse of statement
to prove this point. We are con-
vinced that it is beyond him to see
this point.
True it is that we could accept
telephone orders at certain hours,
but we, through experience, do not
agree tina! a time could be set which
would no: interfere with our waiting
on customers who came to market,
nor with cur nights rest.
With delivery this would be the
only iue of business in which the
dealer would not get part of a
day off each week He would have
Sunday evening when he rings the
answer is very often Mother IS at
the show or out riding. She will call
when she comes in." If you care
to 60 out you will have to wait until
mother comes in to leave or either
make an extra trip to mGther's on
morning. Under present Op-
Grafton the butcher has Sunday even
ing to himself. Now, reader, if y5u
were butcher, which is one of the
hardest and most discouraging
trades out, would you, after consld-
ering the above point, would you
consent to deliver again, even though |
there would be probability Of you |
making an extra dollar. What Is
the use OF making it if you cannot |
enjoy it after it is made.
A plan was submitted by the |
author by, which he proposes we
could deliver with the same shop |
force. The plan is so far from meet
ing the demand that the aIthcr
would have saved a good joke On |
himself If he had presented it to one
Of the butchers for consideration be
fore putting it in print.
We know through the greatest |
-"Experience"- that it re-
auires a greater shop force when we
delivered than with the non-delivery |
system, which is in operation for t'in |
past year, not considering the in
crease in business brought on by the !
shipyard.
When we stated in our last article
that the delivery would call for an
increase in the price of meat, NJ.
Citizen came back at US in his article
hat this would be reasonable if we
had lowered the price last year when
we stopped delivering.
We wish to inform the author. ve
say author for surely the public was
aware OF the fact, that when we
stopped delivering last year the price
If fresh meats was advancing all the
time.
And lastly, does not the house.
wife come or send to the curb marx
et twice Q week, SO Whv can't she
come Or send to the butcher saoo
also?