The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-08-15
Tho Dubuo ne Times Again.

The Dubuque Times Again.
In our paper Of August first, was copied
. slanderous article from the above named
sheet, charging the most fraudulent con-
Duct upon the grain buyers of this city,
and we called upon that paper for "PRooF
of its statements, reference to authority,
or a retraction of its libellous article" No
reference to the matter was made by them
until the 9th, when We find the follow
ing article:
at will be remembered that little more than q
week since published article headed Frauds in
the Grain Trade" referring to rumors which were
current here. OF cheating in McGreeor. Our cotem
porary the North Iowa Times, copies IL entire and
gronounces i an "'nfa%S nc, ..Sde,.. mot worthy a
denied in toto A. are hound to suppose that our
neghhor states only what he knows. aud A. We have
We cheerfu,iy give him the benefit Of his denial.
To prove TO the Times. however, that the stories
have foundation and that they did not originate with
those 'facts asked for: member Of Of the hest
business firms Of McGreeor, made statement to this
effect in CITY within the past ten days that he had
been absent from home three weeks before he left
two grain buyers had been indicted for using false
weights and had away to escape arrest; how many
| more hsd been detected he was un"ble to say his
driven out Of the trade by their inability to paw ~
high prices did their neighbors. We ran give the
nam. Of hotel keeper living IN village Of Fayet.s
Mcdregor, and that In some unaccountabie manner
fell short foe bags: Tho men referred to are both
been some reason for crediting these rumor :"
No! The Times will admit no such thing.
And again, "in the name of the TWENTY
FIVE grain buyers and FIFTY mercantile firms
of McGregor," we demand of you the
name of the member Of one of the best
business firms of McGregor," who made
the statement you refer to above. Let us
know who it is. Give us his name If he
is a reliable" man as you say, he will back
up his statements, and il he has made such
statements he is probably not afraid to give
his name to the public. That firms from
other cities, perhaps from Dubuque, have
left the trade here, because they were una
bic to compete with McGregor men, We
have no doubt, but the statements which
the Time, saddles upon the ''member of a
McGregor firm" we deny in toto. The
whole story is false from beginning to end,
and was got up, manufactured to order,
by citizens of rival towns, for the purpose
Of injuring McGregor trade and McGregor
buyers, and for no other purpose whatever.
Will the Times favor the public with the
gentleman's name? Again, we call upon
you to give the name of the man in Fayette
county, who lost flee bags. Let the public
have all the facts. What we, as journal
lists want, is this: We want McGregor and
Dubuque to stand on their merits as bust
ness points We have never used other
than kind words towards Dubuque, pub
licly and privately, and we regard this pub
lication of SANDER on our city as the result
Of an over weaving jealousy on the part Of
Dubuque, toward a city with whom they
are unable to C mpete in many classes of
trade, and we do not deem the remarks Of
fered by the Times as any apology what
ever for its wholesale and unqualified SLAM
der of the week before. If any men or set
of men in McGrcgor, in the wheat trade, or
any other business, have been guilty of dc.
frauding their customers, we hope they
will be not only exposed, but properly pun
ished, but we insist upon the pro.f before
they are pronounced guilty.