The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-20
Letter from a su h,c rane r.


the following. We are always glad to hear from
those who, like the writer Of the following,
have grievances to make known or suggeeliSns
to offer: 1
GosPoRr, MARION Co., April 2, SO.
FRIExD DuxHAM:-
write to give you . few words Of caution.
Be little more careful in your quotations. You
quoted Hungarian Grass Seed at &2a2, so Der
bushel. Ny nearest neighbor, = Democrat,
reads my paper occasionally. He noticed the
price, ,hrashed out 40 bushels and started for
Burlington. 80 miles on his way people TOLD
him it was but IS cts in B., and about the same
in keokuk, land they were making oil Of it in
the latter place. He gave up the trip-came
back, aud damned the Hawk-Eye. told HIM
thought the Hayk-Eye would not deceive the
people designedly. l showed him the paper Ct
Feb'y. 10th, quoting as above, and on the
strength OF it he started agan-made large cal.
culations Of what he would purchase with the
proceeds. When he arrived at Burlington, all
that Keith, Robinson Co. would give him was
el,2s.
Last evening was to the oaicc-got my pa
per-was reading the Hawk-Eye-my neiehbor
opened the door, poked in his head, and inquir.
ed the price Of beef At Chicago? l turned 10
your paper and read dressed beef 24a4. lie
says, write down to the editor and tell him that
Pc - lie. How do you know saysI. Be.
cause have seen . man from Chicago who says
it 10 gross.
Now, Mr.. D., hated to hear the Hawk-Eye
discredited in any such q way. Your market
column Is OF more importance than any thing
else in the paper to US in the interior, and hope
you will be careful to have yeur quotations al.
wsys correct and reliable.
He says that the shortest time his paper has
been on the road is eight days, and the first
number, AZ days in coming besides, many Pc.
pers have been lost altogether. He is justly
irate over this great delay and irregularityl
Provisions are the most abundant aud money
the scarcest here Of any place among the many
! have seen in the last Is years, in as many
States. As for the gold mine in CLARK County
1t is not credited here.
As for Buchanan men, they are scarce here.
! know Of none that are willing to say word
in behalf Of "Lecompton." heard an old Dem.
ocrat say positively that he lad been canvassing
and could end but two Buchanan men, aud they
were going to call convention, to meet in
some dense hazle brush thicket, to consider the
propriety Of importing sufficient number for
Yours, &C.,
J. B. C"s*
Our Trend in Marion fails to consider the fact
that between the making of.thc quotations here,
allowing time for the paper to reach him, which.
be says. 10 never less than eight days, and giving
an equal length Of time to his Democratic neigh.
Dor, who borrows the Hawk-Eye, to thresh out
his seed and bring it to Burlington, sufficient
time intervenes 10 account for the difference in
price which he finds. As to the fault-finding
with our Chicago quotations itneeds no answer.
Our quotations are correct. They are derived
from well-informed sources, and can be relied
on. Besides We are unable to see any discrep.
sncy between dressed beef by the quarter At a4
a. aud cattle At 3 gross.
Ii may be proper here to remark that We take
considerable pains to secure correct quotations,
and, ~ general thing, ours can be relied upon.
But We have, occasionally, been deceived by in.
terested parties, who have purposely led Us into
misquoting. We have no corn exchange-no
place where buyers and sellers meet for the pur.
poses Of trade and where prices are made pub
lie. One dealer may be giving one price and
another different one. Under these circum.
stances, il 10 impossible always to have our fig
ures right to . cent. But our friends can RELY
upon them as near enough for all purposes. But
we do not guarantee them for week, much less
= month.