Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-09-20
CHE Gamk Cue.

-. .,s.os,ssaa INN ;,ss's@s5e !
Sf>HTysrTFVv3N%SS~
Two Dollars per Anmum Tas-In Advance.
TERMS IN pgTaIL, SEE FIRST PAGE.
~o~~So~~1~~~N~-~ -~>~~~<~~@~~~~~~c~
BURLINGTON:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 90, 1919.
>/~~~~~~N~~~~~ ~~-~~~-~~Io~~~
The Lower !" Gase' VS.. the Upper Ga.cs'' md
"Hinges.,
The remarkable airs recently assumed by the two
papers of Keokuk, reminds us Of the small boys
occasionally see in the streets with cigars in their
mouths. The latter are striving to attract attention
and be considered the possessors Of all the attr-
butcs Of full grown men. One ofthese juvenile dan
dy smokers was very handsomely rebuked by a lady
passenger on board steamboat not long since, by
being asked if he had another cigar. Somewhat as
tonished at such question, coming from lady, he
in turn asked the reason for such request. go,
Thoughts she replied, /" if you had another would
give it to my baby" The applicability Of this SINH
le all may see, when they are informed that one of
these papers actually compares Keokuk to st Louis
and Burlington to Alton, and mpdestly advises Bur-
lington to submit to its fate as Alton has done.-
There is certainly close analogy in feature Of
the smile, as both involve the art OF putting.
The idea of Burlington, with its four or five thou
sand inhabitants and hundreds of substantial brick
houses, being classed in rivalship with Keokuk, is
really laughabe. We are glad to see Keokuk pros
per- and Burlington has evinced its sincerity in this
assever alton by never having put single impede
ment in the way of its prosperity. We have look
ed upon the growth Of all our towns as promotive
of the welfare, prosperity and glory of the whole
State Of Iowa. While we have favorably and truth.
fully noticed the improvements that have made the
place of our residence thriving city, we have
never done it at the expense of any other commune
ty. No other proof of this need be adduced than
the fact that the articles have written in rela-
tion to the improvements of Burlington have been
extensively copied into papers throughout State
rs incentives to evoke the enterprise and Sc
cure the same results in other communities. Such
competition we like. II is fair and generous, and
will accomplish its end While they incite their
citizens to employ their energies in building up
their own towns, in imitation of this place, they
have never evinced the least disposition to depreci-
ate or injure Burlington in their ndations.
No. The thought of being envious of Burlington
on account of its prosperity and OF creating hos
tile feeling to its interests Matched in Keokuk.
Such childish querulousness as both the papers at
Keokuk displayed last week, will no doubt be APP
preciated by. all who understand her position and
her empty braggadocia claims Of being St Louis,
No. 2.
We should not dwell on this subject nor treat it
thus seriously, there not an apparent and ST.
Nulfc coN.> a.,
kuk papers, to injure the trade and character of
Burlington. They have made the few remarks that
have been published in relation to the mails in our
Burlington papers, the occasion of endeav oring to
array the citizens of the fertile valley of the Des
Moines against those who reside on the borders OF
the Mississippi above Keokuk. They seem to take
for granted that the whole Des Moines valley is trib.
uary to Keokuk.-that they have clear pre-emp-
ton right to the fruits of the whole soil of that de-
ghtful regon-and that it would be trea for its
cutvators to trade at any other point than at Keo-
kuk, or for any other point to seek tina, trade.
II their attempts to secure the trade of the Des
Moines valley were legitimate, and were founded on
honest competition, we should not complain. But
it is not So They by insinuation at least bring 10
bear prejudice that exists among demagogues all
05"AS-
county, and make of that to buia up themselves
and create hostility to Burlington. aLet the pot.
sherds strive with the potsherds''-et the dema.
gorues strive with each other-but to make their
quarrols operate injuriously on whole communities
and on the business of men who take no part in
their quarrels, is but the embodiment of dema.
gogueism and unfair dealing.
Burlington has had, and will continue to have
trade from the Valley OF the Des Mones. AS long
any portion Of the people of that valley see
that it will be for their interest to trade in Burlin
ton--as long as they they get as much fol-
their produce and can obtain goods, and better as
sortment of them, on fairer terms than they can al
any other point, they will trade there. N1isrepre
sentation may deter, it has deferred, some from
trading here for awhile, but whoever knows the
scorn with which such deception is treated by far.
mers when they once discover that they have
been deceived, will not marvel at soon seeing q
larger trade in Burlington from the Des Moines
valley than there yet has been. Many of the
farmers remember having driven their hogs through
the snow last winter until their swine lost flesh
enough to amount to half a cent pound, by extra
travelling, through the promise that they could OBJ
tain more for their hogs at Keoku than they could
4 Burlington, when il afterwards appeared that
Burlington prices and pay were actually the BEST
Farmers remember sach things. And our mer-
chants too remember how some correspondent "a
vorable to Keokuk gave the statistics of the Pork
trade In the two places in the Missouri Republican,
being careful to set down less number cut up in
Burlington than in Kcokuk, which was far from
being the fact. These very merchants can and we
believe they will make it for the interest Of farmers
20 trade here. aud when it is once known they do
this, their custom is secured.
We said the Keokak papers made what had
oeen said about the mails the occasion of thus ar
raging one section of the State against the other
They have not only done this, but the last Keok,k
Register has misguided language seemingly to
weave a web by which to entangle us in dispute
with the administration. We permit such an insin-
nation TO pass by barely abiding to it. We think
we can see through its object In regard to what we
have said i'll relation to the choice of Keokuk as
Distributing Post Office, we would again reiterate
it necessary, and as both Of the papers OF that
place have undertaken to argue the question: to in
uence the people to believe that that point is the
best not only for southern and northern, but the
whole eastern mail distribution, we will be excus-
ed for saying publicly. what might have been other
wise disposed of. We wish to say nothing about
Keokuk being the place of distribution for south