Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-10
The Saavc Machine Again
with the
Siar-SPamglel Hammer!

Nuscdtine March "a, 1853
MI. MANN As the press Is means by which
go Vi IN rails, law AMI order, tw, are est .bIiahe.i
aud maintained also u is the. hrs. means that
can be used fur correcting errUnaaas impressions.
Therefore a small space in yours seiient paper ~
earneeily solicited, for the purpose .ef placing
tain matters aud characters la th.g ,ru~ liGht-as
there has been much said in ccrnin quarters with
in he past Few weeks to prevent merchants aud
others from shipping flour packed IN machine
made barrels IN cons,q nsnce of their beyg subject
10 deductions Of 20 to % cents per Dbl All flour
sh pp'd. aud that il,u' has been shipped fsom 4.
Washburn x Sous Mill and treated in ike man
nrr oPc' aiing as serious injury ,e.ihs barrel
mandatory. That this false IMPRESSION might
ma corrected few certificates, ba4c pscn obtained
from persons whose .ruthfulness xii moi he ques-
toned, showing 10 soue extent al least the nature,
origin asid Truth of this report:
nm. BEvARD,
ftastatine, March. "a, 1888, /,
hear that there is report in calculation TO The
effect that we have shipped -four TO 81 Louis this
Spring in barrels made at G w Hunts Slave and
Basru Fac.ory, in this city, and that the -four WAS
scratched and 20 cents deducted from the barrel i'm
consequence Of the -four being packed in machine
made barrels. This report is exceedingly unjust
to~ards me and Mr. Hunt, aud 10 raised in orucr
TO injur, US both. as il is wholly without founda-
ton and basely false, have not shipped. nor has
any one else. barrel of -four made at the Neva-
ia Mill since i, first starved further state .ha,
for the las, eight years have bern using -four bar
res made by different coopers in this region Of
country, many Of which have been good barrels
bni hava never seen any that bore anycompasion
with the barrels that Mr. Hunt is now making.
For strength, perfection and neatness they excel
any thing ia the shape of -four barrels have ever
seen. z. WAsHBuas.
Masculine March "a. 1853.
hereby certify that Samuel Bamford informed
me this day tha,,tiour sh pped, from . Washburn
4 Sons Mil, thus Spsing. was scratched in Sc
Louis aud 20 cents deducted from the price, in
consequence Of is being packed in machine bar
rels. JoHx BUKER.
Muscatine, February / 1883.
have used the mschine.stave -four barrels made
at Quincy ILL.,. Of which, In regard 10 shipping and
sourng flour, there was no complaint.
u. r. M,LLkR.
We have shipped no Aour IN 10 this date.
March "a, 1850 .OelLvIE & ST.. Joux
4Mlscatine, August II, 1882
Messrs. BURROWS 4 Prettym0n, <Davenpost:) =
We, the undersigned, do certify that we have been
making -four barrels Of the machine dressed slaves
Of Messrs Hunt & Bevard, and the slaves were as
good 1t not better than tho split slaves. lose, h
Bennett has been using the barrels for year anu
better. and he states US that he would ra.hes have
them then the split slave barrels. her reason he
does mot like them now is because he cannot pay
for what he has already got, and he csnnot get
any more until he pays up. That's all II q trouble
with the barrels that we. know ~, We never
neard OF It until We wanted our pay on them. be-
fore which he did not find BHy fault with ihem.---
tie sent man to engage 10000, at 40 cents per
bill. Yours, Sc .. BAxroap.
Jas. BuksR.
STAVE MACHINE AHEAD!-RALSE THE
FLAG!
NM In addition 10 the above, | wish YOU u,
f4tnpubish the following certificates obtained in
SHYSt Louis. which will place this matter b.
yon1 question forever after, aud put TO silence
and shame the perfdious det.nctors Of honest in.
dustry. Notwithstanding the barrels havc soursd
flour and cut up sundry other curious antics taess
certificates sh " that ,hcro is.so say tho least.
leetie "rottenness in Denmark"
WIN. BEvARD.
81 Louis, April ~. 1853
Messrs OgilUie 4 81 John-Genh. The FL:
barrels containing dour. received from you on tho
9th instant, per Wisconsin, were made from ma.
chine slaves. and we consider them fully q good
as any barrels have been in the habi. Of receiv-
ing from the upper rivers. No objection wss
made 10 the -four in consequence Of being in barrels
Of he kind named above.
RHoDxs. P.GnAN & Co.
81 Louis. March 81, 1885,
Messrs Farmer q D00Aftte-- Gents: In answlf
to yours Of 23J utimo in relation to the Mnscaiina
machine -four barrels, we would say that they. ase
decidedly the best packages for fou, that we have
received this year. in every respect.
Yours. respectfully, :, w l. EwIxe 4 TO.
Isl Louis. April Ii. 1884,.
This Is to certify that / Lstden Davis. Flour In
spee,or Coz thecity or 81 Louis did. on March 81.
1885, inspect (56) filly.sx barrels Of -four fur
w L Ewing Il Go, branded Nevada Mills, Mus
| catine, Iowa." anal on April s, 1883, (2l2) two
hundred and twelve barrels. Of the same brand end
place, with the exception Of {24l twenty fur bar
relsoflhs los, which wess branded. amily Flour.
To the best Of nay xecolecsion. both lots were il
the best order Of any. 10. Of barrels aAa. had ever
come under nv notice 1.on shose the Rapids
Andi would further ssy, mai the hssres brand
ed "Aihon Mills from D0xsoHs 4 PEsnyman,
ore generally in good Understandable osi1ss All The
barrels Il oxen Of above are the machine ba,se,s.
! L. DAyIs. Fkour L,snerk0r