Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-22
The Stave Machine A gain
with the
Sfar.Spangled BansAeFl
lNuscati,,s. March 24. |


MI. MAHfN: As the press is means ny which
good morals, law and order, de-, are established
aud m maintained, SO also l, is the hest means thos
can be used for correcting erroneous Impression
Therefore small spacein your excellent paper 10
earncety solicited, for the purpose Of placing cer-
tain matters and characters in their true lieht--ns
there has been much said in certain quarters with
10 he pas, few weeks 10 prevent merchants and
others from shipping -four packed in machine
made barrels. in consequence Of their being subject
to deduction Of 20 to 25 cents per Dbl on Aour so
shipped. aud that -four has been shipped from T.
Washburn * Sous Mill and treated in like nan
nes, ope ating as o serious injury TO the barrel
manuiactory. That this false impression might
ne corrected, few certificates have been obtains
from persons whose truihfuiEess will not DC qus..
toned, showing to soue extent al least tho nature
WM. BEvARD.
Muscaiine, March "a, 1853
hear that there is a report in circulation 10 tic
effect that we have shipped -four 10 81 Louis this
Spring in barrels made at G w Hunts Slave and
Basre Factory, in this city, and that the flour was
scratched and 20 cents deducted from the barrel in
consequence Of the -four being packed in machine.
made barrels. This report is exceedingly unjust
towards me and Mr. Hunt, aud is raised in orue,
to injur. US both, as it is wholly without founda.
ton and basely false. have not shipped. nor has
any one else. one barrel of -four made at the N.va-
do Mill since il FIRST started. further state tia,
for the last eight years have bern using -four bar.
rtls made by different coopcrs in this region Of
country. many Of which have been good barrels
bnt hava never seen any that bore any compoYiop
with the barrels that Mr. Hun, is now making. -
For strength, perfection and nca.ness they excel
any thing in the shape OF -four barrels have ever
seen. u. WAsHBuny.
Muscatine, March "a, 1883.
hereby certify that Samuel Bamford Informed
me this day lhsi -four sh pped from Washburu
4 Sons Mill, tins Spring. was scratched in ST
Louis and ~ cents deducted from the price, in
consequence Of s being packed in machine bar.
reis' JoHS BUKkR.
Nuscatine, February !. 1859.
have used the machine-slave Gouf barrels made
at Quincy ILL.,. Of which, in regard 10 shipping oud
souring -four, there was no complaint.
D. r. Mum.
Wefnse shipped no -four up 10 this date,
(March "a, iSo3) OslLviE & ST.. JoHS.
Muscotine, Auguet IL, 1852.
Messrs. furious d Preftyman, kDavenport.)--
We, the undersigned, do certify that VIC have been
making -four barrels Of the machine. dressed slaves
Of Messrs Hunt d Bevard, and the slaves were a.
good i not better than the split slaves Joseph
Bennett has been using the barrels for year and
better, and he States Us that he would rather have
does not like them now is because he canno, pay
for wha. he has already got, and he cannot &c,
any more until he pays up. That's all,he trouble
with the barrels that we know Of. We never
neard OF II until we wanted our pay on them, be-
fore which nc did not find any faul, with them
He sent man TO engage 10000, at 40 cents per
Dbl. Yours, &c 3. B.mronpJs
JAS. BuxKn.
S7AYE MACHINE AHEAD.-RALSE THE
FLAG!
AN In addition to the above, wish you 10
fifHpublsh The following certificates, obtained ia
NSSt Louis. which viii place this matter be-.
yOnd question forever after, and put TO silence
and shame the peridious detractors Of honest in.
dus,ry. Notwithstanding the barrels have soured
hour and cut up sundry other curious antics, Theses
certificates shiw that there is. to say the least
leefle "ro,enness in Denmark
WM BEvARD.
st Louis, April liz, 1853
Messrs Ogilrie q 81 John--Geats: The gig
barrels, containing -four, received from YOU on tho
9th instant, per Wisconsin, were made from ma.
chine slaves, and we consider them fully a. good
as any barrels We have been 10 the habit Of receiy.
ing from the upper rivers. No COLLECTION was
made 10 the -four In consequence OF being in barrels
Of he kind named above.
RnoDxs, PEsnAa & Co.
:. :. 81 Louis, March 81, 1853.
Messrs Farmer d Do0litfle-- Gents. In answer
to yours of2Sd ultmo, in relation TO the Muscatins
machine Hour barrels. we would say that they are
decidedly the bcst packages for -four that we haze
received this year. in every respect.
Yours, respectfully. w L EwIs. 4 Co:
81 Louis, April IL 1863.
Tbs Is to certify that |. Ledden Davis. Flour In,
sPecior for the city or 81 Louis, did. on March 81.
1858. inspect (S6) fifty-six barrels of Aour for
WI Ewing 4 Go, branded "Ncvada Mills. Mus.
cai'ne. Iowa., and on April s, 1883. (2l2) two
hundred and twelve barrels. Of the same brand and
place. with the exception Of a4N twenty. -four 5.
rels OF the lot. which wera branded Family Flour
TO the best Of my recollection. both lots werei !
tho best order Of any lot Of barrels Tia, had ever
come under my notice, fiom above the Rspids.
And! would fusher say, tha, the barrels br.uS.
cd "Albion Mills." from Burrows 4 Pretyunsn,
are generally 10 good understandable order. All the
barrels spoken OF above are the machine bsfrsls.
L Davis, Flour Inspector.
Dwelling House for Sale.