Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-11-11
Ira de Of Elnyenporf.

The Davenport Ga2dfe of Thursday, Sd inst, con-
tains almost column and a-haf over the signature OF
Burrows x Prettyman, intended as reply to some
observations made by US week or two ago, called
forth by the insnuations of the Gazette against our
proposal to open road from this place to Poston and
Walnut Groves In mentioning the name of this firm
as controlling the Davenport market, in consequence
of which there little or no competition there. we
did not mean that they any more dishonest than
other monopoizers. We have no personal acauaint-
anee with them, and never heard anything derogatory
t, their characters other than above stated. Our re-
marks directed to the city of Davenport and not
10 them.
They charge the editor of this paper with being
liars we give single extract from their article to let
the readers judge of their veracity:
eve ourselves have taken in at our mill and ware
houses since the 9th day of last August from wagons,
20, Az bushels OF oniOns-whch more onions than
the Mnscatiners sawls,09s bushels of barley
which is barley than has been taken in at Mus
catine in one hundred years !-57 $50 bushels wheat
which we believe is more than twice as much wheat
as every mill and merch mt in Musctine have taken
i'll since harvest" .
Wlew! What whopper! The onion argument
is strong We "fess' ON that on account of its
piHigsncy. OF course, this is an "extingusher."--
How unfortunate it is that we provoked such dsclo
sure fla Musc;tner could just get sight at "them
onions" itwould no doubt make his eyes water''--
Oh, dear We never will recover from such a blow !!
Barley '-"one hundred years" Boo-hoo!
We will acknowledge that more onions and barley
ae raised in the vicinity of Davenport than near this
placeindeed, we know of no farmer hereabouts who
raises onions other than garden product while near
Davenport, understand, whole fields are cultivated
but in the staple articles of commerce (wheat and
corn) we will not yield the palm.
The article of Messrs. b. & p. exhibits throughout
the most silly and puere jealousy and envy towards
this place-such as we hope will never be exhibited by
any Of our citizens The most friendly relations should
exist between the two places. In our zeal for the
prosperity of this place. have endeavored to incte
an honorable competitor.
Messrs. b. & i. say they "have been much amused
for ayear or two at the numerous silly things the
Muscatne papers have publ shed at different times of
great city Of Muscatne, and at their depreciation
of the business of the little town of Davenport :" Such
an assertion is untrue the Muscatine papers have
never alluded to Davenport in snch amanner. Onthe
contrary We have frequently spoken in terms of praise
of our thrifty ncighbor.
The abuse heaped on us personally, we pass over i'm
silence. We do not desire to engage in war of
words with our neighbor, and shall hereafter endea
to avoid it by pursuing the tenor of our way
We satisfied that Muscatne viii as heretofore oc
,upy commanding position among the commercial |
titles OF Iowa. and will not be found behind when her
statistics are trrahfuily compared with
NY neghboring place,