The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-08-26

sent them with a bright brass button to
play with were we not afraid they would
swallow it, Ye m Ia n"
FRAUD ~ SELLING sHlncIEs.-Mr-
A. Glbert Of Cedar county, complain,
N the .dducrtiser that he bought VIVA,
purported to be 5000 which fell short
400. This does no. appear to be an
Isolated case Of the kind. He proposes
to 'have inspection laws passed a, the
next session Of our Legislature, requiring
shingles to be put up in punches Of 500,
and full count, and appointing inspectors
to see that they are Of proper length,
good material, and full count, and braad
them according to quality"
The idea appears to US to be good
one. - dnscstiae Journal. G. al assn
We intended TO have added few re.
marks on this subject, but received the
following communication from reliable
citizen Of this place, which supplied US
for this week. So long as our citizens
continue to give in their Experiences"
we shall only add "amen" to it.
Ma. EDIroR:-I was pleased to notice
in your last weeks issue communication
exposing the imposition that lumbermen
have long been practicing upon the citi.
zens Of our State. We heartily approve
Of the idea Of petitioning our Legisla.
,ure to pass a law appointing lumber In.
spectors for the differen, numbering ports
on the Mississippi. We hope to see pc.
itions early circulating, asking the Leg
islature to pass law tina. will prevent
this fraud and deception. In the first
place, our dealers in lumber are imposed
on in purchasing Of the article OF shin
giles, they to keep themselves safe, dispose
Of them according to the count at which
they purchased. So you perceive the con-
sumer is the one that is wronged, and sus-
tains the loss. The Muse ,tine lumbermen
being brought in contact with the keen,
shrswd Yankees ofthe pineries and 9TH
er northern numbering districts, partakes
Of this greedy avariclous spirit, and when
they come to dispose Of their lumber, they
will agree to sell you so many thousand
feet, but in nine cases out Of ten, in
thousand feets,i will fall short from two
to three hundred. Unless the purchase r
goes in person after his lumber and then
he must have some little experience, or
they will pull the wool over his eyes at
the rate Of one hundred feet to each thou
sand.
A lad was sent 10 Muscatine after lum-
Der, with orders to certain lumberman,
to bring so many feet, and to send fair
quality. Instead Of the lunberman act.
ing like an honest and honorable man,
he loads the lads wagon with poor, mean
wind shaken, miserable knotty material,
which fell short in measurement, and
charged from three TO five dollars more
per thousand than good lumber of the de-
scription sent after was selling at, and
this is but one Of many cases.
j It is high time that rascally acts OF this
character should cease. There is no
doub. tina. persons desiring to purchase
lumber, can do far better by going TO
Davenport or Moline than to Muscatine.
Il takes one day longer to make the trip
from this region, but you can purchase
lumber at enough lower rates and receive
fuller measure, as much more at least, to
compensate person well for the experi-
ment. The lumbermen of Muscatine
have had their harvest-they have waxed
FAT at their enormous prices and IN their
remarkable shrewdness in measuring and
now seek to kick the buyers tina. taltened
them. i.
The writer Of the above has only dealt
al Muscatine, and has had no experience
at Davenporte but the ru:aor was here
that mnch could be saved by purchasing
At Davenport, both in price measure, and
quality. This week Mr.. Ca,,ell tested
the report by sending teams 70 Daven-
port. and reports that he has been worse
dealt with than those at Muscatine. 81
II appears that until some law is passed
to guard the interests Of purchasers, the,
may grin and bear it, tor go where you
will you 6nd lumber dealers all Of plee'
-all tarred with the same stick.
Shall Tho Slave Trade be Ro-es'
tablished?
Two Of the leading papers oil the
South, the Richmond Enquirer aud sh'
Charleston Standard are now boldly ano
unequivocally advocating the Repeal OIL
all laws prohibiting the African slave