The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1859-07-14
Iowa Farmers college.

Under tho above head Mr., Sue Foster
one Of the trustees Of the Agricultural
College from Muscatinc County writes
a letter to the Muscatine journal giving
short history of the meeting and acts
Of the Board while at Des Moines.
Near the close Of his communication
lie says: s'In the meantime We shall
find that no county in the state is pleas
ed with our location bit Story. We may
expect to hear Of all sorts Of false reports,
and slanderous remarks. We suppose
that no place would give satisfaction at
first, for many arc generally disappointed
in not getting it.
This, to US, is unimpcachablc evidence
Of either dishonesty and trcachcry or "a
tai and willful laundering in tn, location
Of the Agricultural College. It is an
acknowledgement of prostitution ofthc
important Office which the Board held, a
betrayal Of the trusts reposcd in them,
violation Of the rights Of the State, a
base dereliction Of duty.
Such vc say is the true import Of Mr..
Fosters letter. IF they, in the exercise
Of their official duties, had manifested
true regard for the best interest Of the
entire State, why this indirect confession
Of guilt, and early NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in one Of the leading Journals, in ad
vance Of any complaints which could
have reached their cars why this
effort to cover up something; why this
exhibition of a guilty conscience why
say shat no county IN the state is pleas
cd with our location bit Story" why
say. eve may expect to hear Of all
sorts of false reports and slandcrous re-
marks, unless he was convinced there
was cause for the same?
We have before said that We believed
that this Board had not discharged its
duty in an upright manner for the best
interest Of the state, and that there was
something mysterious about it, we re
peat the charge and say that this letter
Oh Mr.. Foster, serves to more fully
strengthen our belief.
The whole tone Of his letter is an
effort to convince the public Of the wis
dom O. displayed in their selection, and
leaves the impression upon the minds Of
the uniformed taat the appropriations Of
Story county was the most liberal Of any
offered, such at least was gathered from
it by the editor of the Journal, for in
his editorial notice he says
ely the communication Of our fellow
citizen, Mr.. Foster, ono Of the Trustees
Of the Iowa Farmers College, it will be
seen that the institution has been located
in Story county, which made the most
liberal proposition for the same"
This We are happy to inform the Ed
itor and the numerous readers Of his
paper was not the case. Tama County
offered to donate forty thousand dollars
and issue her bonds for the same, besides
about FIVE thousand dollars from private
individuals. Bonds were 6lea with the
secretary Of the Board and all their acts
done as required by them; and yet the
comparative small sum Of fifteen thousand
dollars offered by Story County seems
palmed offupon the public by this Foster
as tho greatest sum offered. Thus arc
the public served by many Of its
officers.
! We arc not alone in denouncing the
action Of tho late Board. The Oska-
loosa Herald says: "The way this insti-
tuition is managed, VIC arcinclined to the
opinion thatit will be q constant drain
on tho State treasury, and that MISSIONER
ilpasses into private hands the better
So say VIC.