Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-24
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fhaAAts hr0sabsishSd bsyoad question.
thokep esed wheeA 10 held st Chicago that
vas grown in HinOis or Indiana. Some 10
brought there from Northern Iowa, Mime
eots ssnd5 Wiseonsin which 10 excellent, and
samples q this are shown to refute the ale
laaonsehat thers is NO good Chicago wheat
To NJ AAdge in sbis way IL that Of * ling
0reeD Bay vheas.- Chirago dealers have
prrcAre4 elevstor receipts from Green Bay.
an0 offer wheat from that region which is
excellenA Tia attention OF the eastern
public having been called Of late BY the
press TO the condition Of the great bulk Of
Chicago wheat, the owners Of the foul mass
are extremely nervous. They seize upon
EASTERN men, whom they find in Chicago,
ana chow thsp samples cfgrain which they
odef for ssie-not bushel OF which belongs
properly among the Chicago wheat. It was
procured further north and west on purpose
70 be used IN this way 70 deceive the east
ern public. Of course, no miller or grain
dealer can be cheated, but those not famil-
lar with the tricks OF the trade may be very
easily imposed upon. We have the satis>
faction of assuring our citizens thaI no Chi
cago wheat will be ground or stored in this
city next season. Our millers have had
Annnmh IF h. C~lI ...l .1.oIora hat
they O0uld not furnish barrels and pay
freight for all that might be given them to
grind and take risk Of selling the flour II
will be for Buffalo, Oswego and eastern mil
iers to operate to their hearts content IN
this precious article"
There Is doubtless, much exaggeration IN
this article from our Rochester contemporary;
but it has basis Of truth, and il therefore
worthy Of attention. In view ofth many
things in the composition Of the Chicago
grain trade, the statements in this article
possess considerable force.
Just at the present time, there seems to
be vast amount Of complaint expressed
with reference to Chicago And along the
Mississippi river, from st. Paul to the Ohio
the towns arc turning their attention to St.
Louis. Even the Governor Of Iowa has
taken m opportunity to officially recon
mend railroad connection with St Louis, in
order to escape what lie is pleased to term
the extortion Of and monopolics connected
with Chicago Railroad lines. OF the nu
merous meetings held among farmers and
grin shippers, scarcely one has failed di-
rcctly or indirectly, to dcnouncc Chicago
for its real or supposed completely in the
ware house monopoly. In all, the system
Of grain inspection has been unsparing
~ condemned, and extortion and swindlng
charged those through whose hands grain
passes after reaching the city. To cap all,
there comes the charge from an inncntial
and disintercsted newspaper in the east that
our grain dealers have on hand inferior
wheat, which they are attempting to dis
pose Of by the substitution of false exam
pies.
Il is about time for the business men Of
this city to INQUIRE how much truth there
10 in all these denunciations and charges
If true, it is quite certain that the great
body Of Chicago business men have no sym
pathy with or partnership in these transac
tons. 1t is therefore proper that these men
should take steps at once to find the cause
Of all these complaints against Chicago, and
then to apply arcmcdy.
There is no doubt Of the fact that Chica-
so Is cursed with the most reckless and un-
scrupulous grain SPECTATORS that were ever
known. In every moral respect they arc
on an exact level with men who habitually
bet on faro. They occupy themselves cx-
clusively in gambling on the IN .rgn Of
wheat; and in no case whatever do they
add any thing to the wealth Of the city
They regulate values upon fictitious basis
Of supply and demand, and hesitate at no
means to win when they have bet their
money upon rise or fall
For the credit Of Chicago, these gam
blers, like gamblers at poker or faro, should
be excluded from associations with re
spectabiity.. II is to their operations
that we owe the fact that the people Of
other cities have about the same opinion of
the Chicago gram market that is usually
entertained with reference to a Peter Funk
auction shop. Raids by the police on
wheat gamblers are exactly as necessary as
raids on gambling bells: and more, in fact.
The keeper Of tie regular hell ruins only
here and there "grccny," but the wheat
gamblers ruin their thousands, and make
our grain market the most unreliable and
disreputable on the continent.
IL the legitimate business Ecn of Chi
cago-thosc interested in its permanent
prospcri.y--desire to retain for our city its
supremacy, they must at once undertake a
course Of reform. These wheat gamblers
must be put down, the warehouse monopo
ly broken up, and the railroads so schocled
that they will not be permitted, foI tho
sake Of present profit, TO drive the trade
dependant upon our city TO other points.
The reputable and honest business men Of
this city must make common cause with
the people Of the northwest against all cor
porations and classes whose operations ART
driving trade in other directions. Ou
wheat gamblers, our elevator men, ant
some Of our railroads are to-day labor,nl
might and main for st. Louis and Milwau
kee. 1t is for our reputable business mel
to say how long these classes, thus laborini
for the interests Of rival places, shall b
tolerated and patronixed. Chicago Times
GENERAL NEWS.
Tine oldest clcrgymen in Boston is Faith
er Cleveland, in his ninety fourth year
still active in the duties Of his charitabl
profession. He Was an office holder unde
Washington.