The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-02-09
DAVENPORT AS A PORK MARKET,

hanared ,ks,, was elerrd here that loo, atser tue
sNner baasting VI having he'll tins place dsssa1s q
A erlces. knowing This uaAla attuste iAe bss
e orr merchants IL ;ira the sers Highest lrise III
saerca 81 Is Tor has pork IN iN;s p4RSe asl 70
asd pFiee IA tse iatsg i$ce, hit 10 spite ils ast-
tha,.is of ,iusC-tne Al the fa!resi calcssttan, INC
farmer aada S. n Tia sails 81 his RsFN NAls, he"et
ass stssssi and t.sfaTa hli--Aethna gained bot sac
graduation ota fe.;s iaeit's u amnesty isM@fds
rs tfcsstf also saws tsst ta rtc>s OF ror IN nay-
anf 81 have sseis a.aegs - eslts ar aaadfea Nor
isss4 lie Arse the Ifses.' AaN NJ def to s-'-
s;ie = asose Ills sssegHsa.
We make the above extract from IN ar
iie.e in the Masculine .JasrAal as text up
on which to eife. few remarks With re-
gard Il the pork markets Of cur respective
cities Our cotemporaries do Ms personal
IL very great injustice, not less in the sen.
tenee with Which they commence The ahsye
laan in tAeir quotations from such gaseous
articles as Tie one contained in the Iowa
Rsporssr We never have, Intentionally or
uniaten,ionall. ta our knowledge, done the
s,rahe Of pen injustice = the city 81 citl-
zeas OF Muscatne, nor is such our intention,
The individual who hanled the hogs from
Linn county was Mr. S. d. Mclaughlin.
lie did not inform our merchants ot the tact
that he had been to Iaseatiae aaiit aftar Ne
aa3 so!d his govk. He then told theta that
he had hauled il To AMscatine and the best
offer made him there was s3,50, until he
started for Davenport, when in order to pre-
vent his coming here some one offered him
S3.65. With regard 70 what the farmer
saa.s by the operation, We weu!l iast rel
mark, that tie Was SD well satisfied with the
price he obtained. that he not only returned
to this city with two loads more, bat induced
several oil lis neighbors to come along with
him. As sur nsigLbo7s seem to Le lovers OF
Justice we trust they will give us an exhibi-
ton Of it b. placing the above fasts before
their readers, as our merchants are Wiling
10 testify to their truth.
With regard to proving that "the prices
Of pork in Dayenpor, have been alsea5s p
cents more than he Museatine prices we
confess that that would Depend measnraby
upon the veraeity of our contemporaries. II
their quotations are reliable then cur asser-
TOMS unquestionab!y correct. Ofthe truth
u which fact cur neigabors can satisfy
themselves b. I COMPARISON of the prices
current. The last number OF the Joseagi
quotes pork 53a5@ $50. Among the cdi-
t9rials of tie paper, in speaking upon the
subject, we find the remark, We notice
Slight advance in prices-s3,50 to $50 be-
ina the price it present. Evidently PROV
iag ;hc prices II pork to have been still
lower. For some weeks the quotations fur
aished Us by our merchants as being the
prices paid here, have been and are still
s3.-aT 100. Extend this comparison back
since the pork season commenced and un-
less the circumstance may have evaded our
sight. our contemporaries will find tn same
facts staring them ii the face and FraFing
the truth Of our assertion. NON 10 We" Of
the above facts, We ask, are Rot'ou friends
rather fastin accusing the .'patriarch of the
Iowa editorial fraternity" Ut being glilty Of
""tl,ui FeTFe5s''h ana ii''s'e ''s'e ~. 1'or'
sae q seaS.st'eh s''oH'a '.sss i~' ''i''e '-'5
a'l.I 'ae!
y Al'e upon 'i'1 S""J'e', 's'"''' :, y
MAJ a'io'et s'a'l axe v ''ie't o'''
Ky = wiring Y oe 'ilaNii5a Dc % - ''u'''-
ard that Ii, tin, during the present season
alers sha@ or 'so4sa"a A15s An's 0i
brought 10 Inc D4'ehPoFI faa'Ne' y lisn
"l'3 were previous! ~ '.iE ~ o'' - s-"'''s
'heiF Pofh n Aasca'lhe. S1SA las.s A'a!
hot " Feil7''es ~ me li'efell''i''s y. . ese1
I.hs' 0a' we l'Ase 70 INFORM 'Aei' '''@' =
export pas !lst awakened . 'lss rue ii''o,'
eS's aid t!iae !. 'hey "lah Y fs'aiN III '''"V
q the broad scope u country "lA'Il ii.'' GU
haaity been pouring Is produce ''''' '.'1''
iafs' hsy nave s'' 70 exert ''isii'S'-'' C
more man they nave Go1ie 'hi9 !elf'
As cur neishooFs 81 '4e JaNTNs. fa2'e
Win good aeai o. uic''oh aa a.ueie ron
tEe Iowa ''i'y hsfoF1f anu mus s''e = an
Importance WHICH y otherwise Wouia ny
cine article more leEr.lIily than intended