Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-08-05
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MI. !tAEiS As the iitcsh Is means ~ Which
good III rails, law and order, DC, are CstabIiaItd
and maintained, so also II is the be>I means tia,
can DO used for correcting erroneous IMPRESSION.
Therefore small spacein your excellent paper j.
earnoeily solicited, Tor The purpose Of placing cc.-
tain matters and characters in Ihtirirue light-as
there has been much said in certain quarters with
in he past few weeks to prevent Merchants and
others from shipping aour packed in machine
made barrels, 10 consequence Of Their being subject
TO Deduction oi20 to 20 cents per bbi on flour STA
sh pped. aud that hour has been shipJea from H.
Washburn 81 Sons Mil and treated in Ike man
ner, opei alns a serious injury to the barrel
mandatory. Tha, this false impression might
ne corrected, few certificates have be- obtaicd
from pereons whose truihtulDess will not be gues-
toned, showing TO sone extent at least he nature
origin and truth of this report:
WM. BEyARD.
lh.ScatiRe, March "a, 853
hear that there is u report in ejaculation To ITO
effect that We have shipped flour to ST Louis Ibis
Spring in barrels made at G w Hunts Slave and
Basel Factory, in this city, and that tbe -four was
scratched and 20 cents deducted ION the barrel in
consequence Of the -four being pack ed in machine
nlde barrels. This report is exceedingly minis;
towards me and Mr. Hunt, aud is raised in Greer
10 injnrr Us both, as II Is wholly without fyupda.
ton and basely false. have mol shipped, Lor has
any one else. one barrel Of flour made al the Ncva.
ia Mill since IL FIRST started. further sla;e ihai
for the last eight years have bern using four bar
reis made by different c0opors in this region OF
country, many Of which have been good barrels
bnt hava never seen any that bore any c5apafiou
with the barrels that Mr. Hun, is nov makiue -
For strength, perfection and neatness they excel
any thing IN the shape of -four barrels have over
seen. T. WAsunrpx
lhsscaiine. March "a. 1858
hereby certify lhut Samuel BamfnJ informed
me this day thai four sh ppel from z Was,bum
q sons NM, this Spring, was scratched in S.
Louis and 20 GEMS deducted from Tie mice. il,
'ahseiaehce VI ; peiiig paC6ed IN machine bar.
rels. Iopy Errry
huscatiae, Felfuary 1858
have used the maciine,slsve ourbarrels MACE
al Iuihey. III, otwhch, In regard 10 ship ing aaa
sourIus -four, there was 40 complaint.
o +. MtlLEu.
We have shipped no -four up 10 Ibis da.c.
tMateh ii, 1889 0GlLvlK s. 81. Joux.
Muscattae, August Ia. 1852.
IhesSrs. Btrfo,os y PreHymaa, tDsyeGpofi:}--
We, the undersigned do certify thai we have teen
making -four hsrres Of the inlchiae.afessed .taycs
oil Messrs Hunt Il Beyard, and The slaves we've az
good laoi betier than The spId slaves Jaseuh
bennett his been Using toe harIels fss a year BEo
better, and nc states US that lie would ra,har Eo>,,
them than The split slave haiiels. fEercason ne
does not like them now is because be canno, nav
tor what ne has already got aud he cannot gel
any more until lie up. That sad The trouble
with The barrels that We know Of Wa never
neard OF II until we waited our pay on Them. is
fore which be did not find oay fsui, with ,her,.-
de sent man 10 engage 1900, ut 40 cents pts
Dbl. Yours, &c :. B6mrnnpr
Jas, BUKAa.n
STAVE MACHINE 4HE. iEt- R.t Esis THE
FLAG.
In, a.
Efi.publish the following CERTIFICATES, obtained IN
kLJSi Louis. which will place this mater be.
Sond question forever after, AID put 10 silence
and shame the peIidicus detraetor, Of honest ia.
dustY. Notwithstanding the barrels have sonreJ
flour and cut up sundfy other curious antics, these
certificates show that there is, 10 say The least,
teetle"roi,enness in DeRmalkw
MN BEyARD,
81 Louis, April IL. 1853.
AiesSrs Ogiirie 4 81 .loha-Ceiafs: The .l2
barrels, containing flour, received from sou ~ he
9th instant per Wisconsin, were made from ma.
chine slaves, andwe consider them iuy as good
as any barrels we have been in the habit oi Ierev.
ing from the upper rivers. No objection was
made 10 the ilour in consequence Of being Ia barrels
of he kind named above
RaoDEs. IIGRAm < Co
~ Louis, Marri3t. 1852.
Messrs Pariaer Il DooLine-- Gents. Ia answer
VI ~o1 uiuho, y. teiaiioil 10 the Al 1sEtinc
machine flour barrels, we would say thal DIZZY are
decidedly the hes, Packages for fou, that we have
received this year, ia every respect.
Yours, respectfully, w l. EwISs 8 %.
" Louis, April H. 1888
ibis 10 TO certify that I. Lodden Davis Flaur In.
specior for the city or ST Louis did, on March 81.
1858, inspect (56) fifty-six barrels Of Hour TOT
w Ewing q Co, branded Nevada Mills, Mus
caiine, Iowa" and on April 6. 1858, (sla) twa
hundred and twelve barrels of the same brand and
place. with The exception OF GAY lsYenty,s,uf bar
aes OF Inc lot, which were branded FaGnly Flour.
To the best of my recollection, both tola were :,
The best order Of any lot Of barrels Ia, had eve,
come under my notice, iom abo SO The Rapids.
And would further say, Eat the barrels brand,
ed "Aibion Mills from Esarows & Prsuyuan.
are generally in good merchanlable order. Allths
barrels spoken ofabo.e are the machine barrels.
l. DAVIS, Flour Inspector.