Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-01
The Sfave Machine Again
with the
Star-SpaMgled Bannery
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WI. aiAHIN As Inc press Is means by which
good morals, law and order, DC, are established
and maintained, so also i, is the bes, means that
can be used for correcting erroneous impressions.
Therefore small spacein your excellent paper is
earncetiy solicited for the purpose of placing GER
lam matters and characters in their true ght--as
there has been much said in certain quarters with.
IN he past few weeks TO prevent merchants and
others from shipping flour packed in machine
made barrels in consequence Of their being subject
to deduction of20 to 25 cents per Dbl on -four so
shipped. aud that -four has been shipped from z.
Washburn Sc Sons Mill and treated in like man
ner, operating as a serious injury to the barrel
mandatory. That this false Impression might
ne corrected, o few certificates have been obtained
from persons whose truihfuness will not be ques.
toned, showing TO soue exten, at Ieas, the nature,
origin and truth of this report:
WM. BEvARD.
Myscatine, March "a, 1883.
hear that there is a report in circulation to the
effect that we have shipped flour to st Louis this
Spring in barrels made at G w Hunts Slave and
Basrel Factory, in this city, and that the -four was
scratched and 20 cents deducted from the barrel in
consequences Of the flour being packed in machine
made barrels This report is exceedingly unjust
towards me and Mr. Hunt, aud is raised in order
TO injur, US both, as il is wholly without founda
ton and basely false. have not shipped, nor has
any else. one barrel of flour made at the Neva-
da Mill since il first started. further state that
for the last eight years have bern usIng -four bar.
rels made by different coopers in this region of
country. many of which have been good barrels
bnt hava never seen any that bore any companion
with the burrels that Mr. Hunt is now makine. -
For s.rengthy perfection and neaness' they excel
any thing in the shape Of flour barrels have ever
seen. u. WAsHBUns.
| M..-~t.-e, March "a Is6a
hereby certify that Samuel BamforJ iform.l
me this day that four sh pped from u Washburp
q sons MIL this Spring, was scratched In S.
Louis and 20 cents deducted from the nr;ce =,
consequence OF being packed in machine bar.
res. L., ua'
Muscaftne, Eel ruary 1858.
/ have used the machine-save flour barrels male
at quincy ILL.,, OF which, In regard to shipping and
sou'ihg hour, there was no complaint.
w.,, d. +. MILLER.
STRIPPED no Hour uD 10 this date,
(March a. 1852 OGILvIS a. Sr. JouS
/ Muscatine, August IL, 1852.
Nesrs. BurrotcS d Prettyn,an, tDavennort.l
We the undersigned. do certify that we have been
making nour barrels OF the nachine.lressed stavcs
" messrs Hunt & Bevard, and the slaves were os
good u not better than The split slaves. Josenb
Dehneu mas been using The barrels for wear ana,
oeuer' ana he states US that he would rather hny,
mem 'nan me split staye barrels. The reason he
eoes no. IKE them now ID because he cannot nav
| 'of what he has already got, and he cannot 90,
any more until he pays up. That's all Tho ,ra,s,a
with the barrels that we Know Of wv. 49,
neard OF It until We wanted our paw ON ,hcm I've
lore which he did not find any faul, with .,bcm -
Dbl. Yours, sc s R, .n's per
| JAS. BuKEn.
'iA'1 MACHINE AHEAD!-RAESE THE
FLAG!
I'm In addition TO the above. w;sh ,o, -
ktfspuhlish the following certificates ol,,;aa !.
kyot Louis. which will place this matter he.
yond question forever after, and nut 10 silence
and shame The peTlidious deiractors of honest -,
uus'ry. notwithstanding the barrels have sooreJ
flour and cut up sundry other curious antics ,hssa
certificates sh W that there is. TO say the least !,
Leefie "rottenness in Denmark"
WIN. BEvARD,
| =, ~ LOUIS, April IL, 1853
Messrs OSSiHie 4 st John-Gents: The 81.
caHe's coh'ain'ne Hour, received from you on the
Din instant, per Wisconsin were made from, r,,
chine slaves, and we consider them fully no caoa
as any barrels we have been in the habi, Of recey
ing from Inc upper rivers. No objection was
made 10 me Hour in consequence of being in barrels
OF he kind named above
| RHoDEs. PhGRAM g. Co.
| ~ Louis, March 81, 1883:
Messrs Farmer d Dooiittie-- Gents. In answer
10 yours OF 23d ulimo, in relation 10 the Musca,;ne
machine Hour barrels, we would say that they are
decidedly the best packages for aoar tina, we have
received this year. in every respect.
| Yours, respectfully. w L EwISs g. CO.
| ma, ~ Louis, April Ii. 1858.
IBIS Is to certify that l. LedJen Davis Flour In.
spec,or for the city or St Louis did, on March 81
iSo3, inspect (56) ffiy.six barrels of -four 10,
w IL Ewing q 20, branded % Nevada Mills Nh.
ea'ine, Iowa., and on April 6, 1853, (2l21 two
hundred and twelve barrels, of the same brand and
place. with the exception of CAY twen,y.four bar
TO the bes, of my recollection, both lots wero /,
the PES order OF any lot of barrels TIA, had eve,
come Under my notice, fom above the Rsp.ls.
ana would further say, that the barrels bral d.
Ell Albion Mills" from Burrows & Pr,uymap.
are generally in good merchantable order. An The
barrels 81 oxen of above are the machine barrels
- L DAVIS. Flour Inspector
Dy Express.
70 received direct from New York, a large
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