The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-06-29
mupurnc,uring Meeting.

Man ~ fMCturln8 MeepnR'
A not very large crowd gathered at the
Court Hcase last Saturday evening to con-
slider the manufacturing interests OF the city.
Geo. r. Todd, ESQ.,, was called to the Char,
and Mr.. 4. Welchman appointed Secretary.
Mr.. Todd stated the object of the meeting,
s,d submitted variety of considerations in
favor Of building up manufactures IN our
le;ky. lie was followedby Reddington, Sam
III, uawkina Tsylor, D. W. Kilbourno, DR..
nsGseia, and others, al of whom were N
favor q proaotiag ~ manufacturing inter-
ssss q thc city. h was specially insisted
that manufactures vsre necessary to the
.xrekth and prosperity of the city, that we
ou1 10 hold out special inducements for
ths investnens of capital, that above all
pfopsrty -owners ought - offer land at the
very lowest prices, ana that thisvas parsio-
ularly iavorabis sime for establishing manu-
failures On account 81 ths abundance Of la
Dor, the lon kets Of wages. ac.
There Inuch uuanimity Of sentiment
on these Is >. could be expected, and
there was = fair prospect of raising commit
tees for ss.erAl ussfal purposes. BakeSr
ortuaatelJs sentiment was drppped mich
ID he nssting into . gener al nass. ~.
Ki,hoarns in the course Of his resesas asked
whore the money ~as to come ire. 1Sue
there vas great abundance IN
cities. But it wan HURDLE go ~
cspitalis,s would not invss =
= preseps, and that TIL W ||1
teeaM aol AourisI e.
sElI = ~ TniG. This
lead $3.50, which SCI ~ e
ansoy Anp,e, Qr, oshe'
esatl1 - ~ cherish thu
absurd = u : basbarousage. Perhaps
it was inpropk TO pitch such topic in't
such mixed crowd, but We do not consider
II improper to remark upon the uncalled.for
absurd and demag speeches Of McGu
gin and Sample. I'll
In the frs. place, with the cunning charac
teristic Of certain class Of politicians, the,
thought they saw IN Mr.. Kilbo6S1e's remarl
and the applause which followed, 60
conspiracy to injure and trample dow
Democratic PARTY. They were sure thai
was : wicked motive to enIap the De-
Gratis present, and the Doctor rose in til
might Of bis ensTgy~a1e will not say wraah-
70 pestect the innocent Democrats and coun
terscttbe ~iles q ~ inai1ious foe. He do
clarea that this wN 6ot manufacturin,
country and never sonld be manufacturing
country, ard thereupon he proceeded in word
Of learned length aud laundering sound t
snunciale absurdiiies than which create
nes3 issued from the "buccal cavity" 0
man. he specially elaborated that old dodg
Of chariatans in Political Eeonomy-whic
has been sxploded thousand and one time
-thasO DC price Of the article is increase
preeibsly By the tamount Of the duty. Thi
h4nid, when our whole history is full o
r. Nike this, to wit: The duty on cotto
i = 1t ono time was about twenty cents pc
AZ " ], and the cloth was retailing for six a
ansd6 the country ~ duty on nails WAS fou
81 Or Eve ocnts per pound and the nails wcr
(retailiDg fs lsR 81 half, and so o
through cords and cords Of statistics.
But the Doctor, after blowing up Bank
sk,,high, made grand summerse. and woun
up With stirring appeal in behalf 81 tn
q 1aaufactuhng interests Of ksokuk. The
$:=: :; HriR Our prosperity depende
- &. And thus the head apd taiicf III
psesA didn's<agree. The ~ smashed i
~ Nd totally; or, rash~, hifperformapc
- Ike the grand and lofty tumbiing Of
- on his head, who gyrates and flourish
{sss il tho cir in the most iDoredibl
=, giving pasticalsr conspicnity to tn
reelneiss portions Of the body, an
- 1fsnd spring coming up all RICH
The Doctor may be great O.