Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-10-06
RACINE. &c.

mr. two since we had occasion to allude to
the incorectncss of the Market Reports of
Racine, as given in the Racine Advocate
This seems to have created quite an excite
ment at Racine, and as our readers no doubt
feel some little interest in the matter, we
copy what We find in the Advocate on the
subject, to show the eccentric manner in
which the excitement or Indignation of the
people of that city manifcsts itself. The
Adrocate speaks edtorialiy as follows:
! The Kenosho Telegraph is not satisfied with
our market reports, and hints that it has
way of finding out what wheat fetches in our
market, more truthfuIly than through the
/ ddCOcdte. We have no means OF knowing
what reporter it employs, but will suggest
TO the wheat buyers of this city that they
ought 10 k3.o,c.
\ correspondent has the following
Mr.. EDrToR lis it possible that the
ncn,l,. of this CITY know that the City Clerk
If Kenosla is here in the Telegraph Office,
rearcscnting the commercial interest of this
Mace TO "A certain extent? 1t seems to me
that our people cannot be aware of this fact,
that if they were they would submit to it no
longer The writer is not mistaken when
I he saws that such is the case, and that the
people of Kcnosha telegraph TO this office
and ascertain the prices of produce from day
( TO day, and openly declare that they will pay
more than they pay at Racine, let it be what
it may. OF course they are paying out 9TH
or peoples funds for their own benefit. This
the people cannot regulate, but they can reg
ulatc the impositions Of the office. Some
/ will say, how can it be done l will tell
you. Take the mild course frst-send
/ petition of our business men to the proper
officer of the Company, asking the removal
/ of the present incumbent, and If 1t Is not
properly noticed, would make a lively time
with such telegraph poles as stick within the
city limits, and leave the town to regulate
them through the town.
! 1t is of no use to whisper or talk soft about
such outrages. Talk plain and strong, and
/ then you will be heard. RooT RIVER.
Let us say to our indignant friends of
/ Racine in the start, that they are entirely
on the wrong track. We have never had a
word, directly or indirectly, from the Tele-
graph Office at Racine or here. Our infor-
nation came very directly from persons who
sold wheat in the Racine Market and were
the victims of their wrong quotations and
since we said what we did, another gentle
man who frequently trades at Racine, called
on us for the express purpose of warning Us
against publishing their market reports, as
his experience enabled him to assure US
that they were not reliable. Names can be
gicen if desired.
But the manner in which the Indignation
of the people of Racine finds vent, is truly
curious and instructive. 1t will be seen,
admitting the telegraph operator gave us
the information in question, that the truth
of his statement is in no respect called in
question. On the contrary, the whole tenor
OF the remarks seems to concede the truth of
the thing, and to be entirely instigatcd by
the circumstance that the facts of the case
are discovered. The people of kenoshs tel
egraph to Racine to ascertain the prices Of
produce, and the Operator replies Just as At
is. Simple Operator, 70 expect to live at
Racine and tell the truth Docs he not
know that Telegraph Office is established
at Racine for the express purpose of disscm-
mating falSchood abroad TO trap unwary
people And should he not, when people
of Kenosha Pig for dispatches to that place
for Information, and pay for dispatches in re
deceive them If he does not know all this
doubtless his successor, after the petition is
sent to the proper officers, will be shrcwd
enough to know what is expected Of him,
and act accordingly 1t is a pretty state of
affairs truly. A public confession from our
Racine friends that they can no longer live
and prosper and tell the truth! And more
over, worthy functionary, who has come
among them so recently as not yet to be in
doclrinated in their ccaknccSeS has commit
ted the bunder of telling the trnth, and he
is TO be banished forthwith. Well, well, we
are aware that our Racine friends just at
present are gricyousIy afflicted, but We do
think they are entirely mistaken as to the
remedy. Honesty, they will find in the long
run, to be the best policy; and to treat them
selves to a novelty if nothing else, they had
better try it.
And this indignant " Root River " would
make lively work with the telegraph poles !!
Sensible to the last! Would cut down the
poles-dcstroy the wircs-and break up the
whole business on the ine,-rathcr than the
truth should go abroad with reference to
what is transporting at Racine. If VIC may
Judge of the disease by the remedy proposed,
it is indeed desperate.
But enough said. Our extracts will speak
for themselves, and enlightcn. our readers
fully as to the unfortunate condition of our
Racine friends.