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Where Manufacturers Can Develop Big Sales Sales Managers Call on Every Dealer Here Instead of hitting the high spots over several states far away, work your Southern territory first. Freight rates and trav eling expenses are in your favor. You will have the "edge" on competitors. Sell your goods in the South, easier, quicker, and to better advantage. Louisiana Is a Slate With Great Wealth Louisiana not only has the largest city in the South, but this city is the second largest port in the United States, and New Orleans is the largest banking city in the South. Louisiana is first in many respects: it has a greater area of long-leaf pine and more cypress timber than any state in the Union. There are vast quantities of oak, and other hard woods. Louisiana is a great cotton state, and produces the greatest amount of rice and sugar of any state in the Union. This state hah the largest sulphur mine in the world, and also immense deposits of rock salt. Its natural gas fields are among the largest in the world. The production of petroleum in Louisiana ranks the state near the top in the United States. Manufacturing is extensive, the val ue of manufactured products being almost a billion dollars. Statistics Population 1,7"' 009 Area in sq. mi, 45,409 Farms 135,463 <(/ s. Cnui isia Port Offices 1,137 (I/, a. PMtal Quid* 1910) Miles of rural roads 24,563 (Office of Public Hood* 1919) Miles of improved roads 2,700 >O)01c? of Public Roods I919i Miles R. R. lines 5,363 IInter?toi? Commerce Com. 1917) Autos and trucks 124,787 Telephones 63,890 (Ctn'v Ftmcl'c InduatrUt 1917) Electlly wired houses 44,800 IKUc't World Survty ItlOt Banks 324 How Many of These Dealers Do You Sell? General Store3 4,500 Grocera 4,246 Drug Stores 706 Hardware Stores 294 Auto Dealers 1,040 Clothing Stores 273 Confectioners 378 Department Store3 TO Dry Goods Stores 5'. 3 Electrical Supplier 58 Furniture Store3 630 Jewel era 253 Shoe Stores 272 Book & Stationary Dealers 353 The Manfacturer who Concen trates His Sales Efforts Here Will Reap a Rich Reward Louisiana has eight great trunk railroads. A great number of highways have been built in the last few years, and it is now pos sible to travel the state in a motor car and reach most of the dealers throughout the state eas ily and quickly. Louisiana is not dependent upon any one crop, as it produces four or five great staples. The state is well covered with newspapers, and the manufacturer who advertises his merchandise and makes the right sales effort will get business there. These Newspapers Will Help You Build Your Business Bigger in Louisiana Alexandria Town Talk New Orleans Item Baton Rouge State Times New Orleans States Lafayette Advertiser New Orleans Times-Picayune Lake Charles American Press Slireveport Journal Monroe News Star Shreveport Times
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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