The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-16

indebtedness which were WORTHLESS, Or near
ly so. 1t i 70 be presumed no usnlA a61
oonsisue TO d 4 for more than 81 noalhs,
and il hs should rstsss = = o y woulA
scarcely expsst TO b charged with violating
his contract.
Nor do ~ sspposs Mr.. Shelley (onssf ~
late Gas Light Oommittse) has many ousto-
msrs 70 whom he furnishes goods on these
terms. Eve will do Mr.. 8. the justice 70
say that he advised 10 to the course " took
and has approved 1t sinos.)
Lest the late Council should 10y claim TO
originality in their discovery, We would In
form them that the Same sprinoipls" wss
applied b. : man who had, for Ten years or
moro, patronissda Newspaper without pay
ing single years. subscription, whom the Cd
itor--6nding that tho moro Of swch patron
age he had the poorer be became concluded
to "cut of tbs gos!" i. o., stop tho paper.
Whereupon the delinquent, highly incsnssd,
waited upon tho editor threatening him with
prosecution for "violation Of the contract"
He (she patron) had strictly oonformed to
tho terms Of tho paper hs had taken the pa
per ten years; hadn't paid cent; he knew
his rights; the editor had no right to stop
the paper. And he pointed in triumph to
the following upon the 6rst page Of the pa
per: Ono PAPER DISCONTINUED TILL ALL Al
REARAaEs.ARx PAID I"
But seriously, do the citizens Of Ksokuk
desire to invite the investment Of capital in
manufacturing enterprises and to foster and
encourage such enterprise whom established
Other cities ind their chief element Of sue
cess in their manufactures. Take these away
from Now York and. Philsdelphis two
most important commercial cities Of the
Union--and with all their immense foreign
and domestic trade and commerce, they would
soon be surpassed BY tho manufacturing cit
ies of Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.
Drive out and discourage manufacturing
in Keokuk and it will mot bs long before :
single store in each Of the several depart
ments Of business will suffice 70 do eli the
business that will como TO tho city. The M
dersigned, - . resident Of tho CITY from it.
commencement, and having al his interests
here, feels that this il proper occasion to
speak plainly on this subject. He hes in
duced others to join him and invest large
amount Of capital in manufacturing busi-
ness, which il certainly in no way dstriment-
al to the people Of the city. Tho erection Of
our works has given to the city oharaster
~ . city it would not otherwise have pos
sessed has added to tho value Of property
and the comfort OF ito citisens has given en-.
ployment to labor, which has been literally
rsmunerased and promptly paid in casA, mot
. dollar being due for labor up to the let Of
the present month,-an should the GOAL
mines of the Des Moines valley prove to be
suitable for making gas, giving additional
additional employment to the lAborers Of our
State in mining coal, and business to our
railroad in Transporting the Same. Wehave,
through times Of discouragemens and disas-
ter, kept our fires burning, at great saori-
foe; have furnished quality OF re vastly
superior to that furnished any other city in
Iowa, and not surpassed BY that Of any CITY
in the United States, 1t cost Of 81 less per
thousand feet than Is paid BY the other CITIES
Of the State, the price being, oil things con-
sidered, lower than that Of any other city in
the Union,-as We haze shown tho Council
and shall take pleasure in showing any per.
son from the statements Of 81 gas companies
in the q. S. The undersigned has devoted
nearly four Of the best years Of his life to Ii,
enterprise, and We hoped and expected Il
receive reasonable return for our OUTLAY
and exertions. In this We have besn disap
pointed. But il We have made no money, til,
business has afforded us 6ne opportunit,
: for the study Of character. We have endsay
ored TO conduct the business upon correct AMI
! honorable principles, being At al times ready
"DUe haze done vrong to any man, to ~
store fou.told." Notwithstanding Ill this, ~
have experienced the usual lot Of I'll Gas Com
panies, to be abused by some few Of the hun
/ dreds Of consumers-usually BY those th
amount Of whose bills arc scarce worth "a
trouble Of making them out. Unfortunatsl
for the oisy, our business 10 not the only on
assailed BY those who do nothing thsnsslvs
and seem dssirous Of prsvsstiDg others fron
doing anything. Msssrs. Holloway ! Evan
! were compelled TO remove their boiler gar
. beyond the old oity limits, because they eoul
. not we'll carry on their business without ma
; king "noise." And efforts hsve been mad
. to prevent Mr.. Noel from erecting bic aloo
> hol distillery, ~ il might burn up. ! doub
. not many citixens Of Keokuk will now agrs
: with me, that the ssnoiss'' OF hamnering riv
: ets, or oven IN occasional fre would be 70