Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-10-19

/ assertion that during the month of October
more produce will have been brought into
Davenport, tor sal. ard shipment. than at any
other point on the Upper Mississippi during
any !uo months Of he Whole year. or more
tLsn any other tao points curing the one
month.-Dauenport Goz tie.
DaveHpsr: 10 = great town, q handsome
town and business town -ln fact Is IS literal y
astonishing to contemplate the size Of its col
poration limits. But seriously, We frankly ac-
knowledge that Davenport does more business
thap any other point IN the otste-b. cauee che
has larger population. large par, of thl.
bu.iuess, however, is nov done by that ubiQui-
tious villain, Agent Men specul. .ting in
money wree ed from their conhding depostors )
to the amount Of hundreds Of Thousands OF dol
lars do under the name OF Agent" Agent
keeps store, Agent carries on carpentering and
makes clothes, aud possibly, blacks bcots.-
Shy lock has been abroad in the city, and ha.
taken his poucd of flesh But while We admit
that Davenport do the largest amount OF
business, we claim that MuscAtine does tn.
bet business of anr other city 10 the State
Furthermore, we claim ths, the receipts OF
grain in Muscatine are quite equal to those Of
Davenport Oar merchants pay better-they
pay cash up-never asking the iarmer to tax.
part In goods, bu; give him his money. lesv
ing b 10 free to purchase where he will. W.
regret that We have not been 10 the city long
enough ;ogive the receipts for the two mon, ,hs
and that We have not been able. owing to alb
-ence, to give the whole amount received dur
ing the time We have been publishing .Kus
eatiae Reyiew.
We copy the above extracts in full for the
purpose of.paying our attention to the latter to
The extent it demanos. The assertion made by
the Gazette which calls forhtthe remarks Of the
Rssiew is true to the latter. as We believe, and
as We have frequently asserted. Our belief lie
strong that Davenport receives and ships more
grain and produce d"ri~g the Uhole year than
any other two peints in the State. large or
small. In the RevieU article we find notl ing
which tends to contradict the statement made
by the Gazette, or the statement made ~ US
The fact is, neither can be truly coHtradictsd
But the Revies Chains large part Of the us :
ness done here is carried on by that ubqul-
tious villain, Agent" What this has to d.
with the extract taken from the Gazette We
fail to perceive. 1t does not come in contact
with 1t in any particular. Besides the state
ment is not true. If there is an agent here OF
any great Eastern concern, buying wheat or
produce. and it would b. very strange indee
II there 10 not, we cannot conceive any posi-
bic objection thereto. An agent 10 sent here
with cash in his pocket, with which he pur-
chases produce at high rates-paying the cash
do,on for what he gets. Is that not q legii
ma te way of doing business He takes our
Z roduce aud leaves US the money therefor.
Does it make any difference to US whether b.
is the agent or the principal. Surely we can
discover 70 possible objection-ss the Reuiew
seems to. The assumption that the money 80
used is "wrung from con6ling dspositors," is
simply ridiculous. Which Of the produce buy
ers of this city are operating in that way p
Pray tell US. Which Of our merchants, who
are dealing in dry goods. groceries. or what
not. ore included in that category Who
have .'wrang from confding depositors." the
money upon which they are operating 80 sue
cessfuly! Pray bs q little more explicit in
this assertion. We deny it. Give us the
proofs Of your assertion. We claim that the
business of our city today is healthy, solid
and flourishing. The dead branches have been
Topped off and the condition Of Davenport wa.
never more promising than it is at the present
time. We do not deny that Muscaiine is do.
ing sound businsss-we beliey. it but it Is
a sma. place yet. compared with our city and
cannot be expected to do One.halt the bueiress
which is done .ers 1t is clsimed by the Re
'iew that the receipts Of grain there are quite
equal 10 those of Davenport" Upon what
uasis is it claimed? Tell if you please. You
,u l;sh no figures You make no ex.rtions to
30 lleet the facts, n1d 49, you have the cool
mpudenes to claim receipts are equal to
,urs. Why don't you give US some proof =
Mere ass srtions in the abaence OF all proof is
mere gamLeon. II you, indeed believe you
are rig ht give US the figures. Will you do it?
Can you do it :?
The Repiew insin yates that producers are CON-
osiled to take store pay for their grain. This
. strictly untrue iR word aud in letter so
much 80 indeed, that We wonder at it. coming
Is it does from the pen of man Y ho mas had
AXE it upon Us to say tina. there is not dimes
worth oi produce brought to this city for sale
hat there ID not cash waiting tor it, and al.
ugh prices There may be- instances where
produce is turned for debts. or where farmer
'els produce to merchant With whom he
loss his trading, but in no instance is pro.
1ucer required to take barter Of any kind for
what he may have to cell. He can get his
:csh Of regular buyers with which to pay his
1ebts-his little store bills-with with to pur
,hase goods. and all that, conseq nsntly there is
40 necessity even for turning produce on &C.
,ourts or n notes, and is not done only BY
Agreement of parties in which the farmer has
,hs power to decide for himself. We have de-
1osed too much space to the above unfoundsd
but We couldn't we'll help it. The
nj: statements are too glazing to leave un-