Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-01-24

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rqltlhg N6eit, resort to all sorts q aodees
u 0ec9sv6 the poblis, ssa take " appeAs
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taoeAntf ~ Otablished bsyond question.
thofeD oeed wheel 10 held st Chicago that
Vas grown in luinois or Indiana. Some ID
brought there from Northern Iowa, Mime
sofa 'endt Wisconsin which il excellent, and
samples q .this are shown 20 refute the ale
goaoniehat there is no good Chicago wheat
Tne NJ 0edge in this way Il that Of selling
0reeD Bay wheat Chicago dealers have
pn1cAye4 slevstor receipts from Green Bay,
and offer wheat from that region which is
excellenA The 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,
and show thsu samples grain which they
o6ef for ssle-not 1 bushel Of which belongs
ksVRGsty 0UUUUK vH~ SuSokV WuCets - w.
procured further north and west on purpose
to be used in this way TO deceive the east
srn public. or 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 that no Chi
cago wheat will be ground or stored in this
city next season. Our millers have had
enough Of it the past fall, and declare that
they could not furnish barrels and pay
freight for all that might be given them to
grind and take risk OF selling the -four. II
will be for Buffalo, Oswego aud 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 q basis OF truth, and is therefore
worthy of attention. In view Of the 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 An opportunity to officially recon
mend railroad connection with St. Louis, in
order to escape what he is pleased TO term
the extortion of and monopolies connected
with Chicago Railroad lines. OF the nu
merous meetings held among farmers and
grin shippers, scarcely one has failed di-
rectly or indirectly, to dcnounce Chicago
for its real or supposed completely in the
ware house monopoly In all, the system
Of grain inspection has been unsparing
ly condemned, and extorton and swindlng
charged those through whose hands grain
passes after reaching the city. To cap all,
there comes the charge from an inhcntial
and disintcrcsted new spapcr 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.
~ 10 0OOut ttiuc iOJ tuc UuSlHcSS Iicu VI
this city to inquire how much truth there
10 in all these denunciations and charges
If true, il is quite certain that the great
body Of Chicago business men have no sym
patty with or partnership in these transac
tons. 1t is therefore propc, that these mcr
should take steps at once to find the caust
Of all these complaints against Chicago, and
then to apply arcmcdy.
There is no doubt Of the fact that Chica-
80 Is cursed with the mos, reckless and un
scrupulous grain SPECTATORS that were evel
known. In every moral respect they are
on an exact level with men who habtually
bet on faro. They occupy themselves ex.
clusively in gambling on the margin 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-
spectabity.. 1t is to their operations
that we owe the fact that the people OF
other cities have about the same opinion of
the Chicago grain market that is usually
entertained with reference to 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 'greeny," but the wheat
gamblers ruin their thousands, and make
our grain market the most unreliable and
dsreputablc on the continent.
II the legitimate business mcn OF Chi
cago-those interested in it's permanen,
prosper.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, for tho
sake Of present profit, TO drive the trade
dependant upon our city to other points
The reputable and honest business men O
this city must make common cause witt
the people of the northwest against all cor
porations and classes whose operations ar
driving trade in other directions. Gu
wheat gamblers, our elevator mcn, ant
some Of our railroads are to-day laborlnl
might and main for st. Louis and Milwau
kec. 1t is for our reputable business mel
to say how long these classes, thus laborin
for the interests Of rival places, shall
tolerated and patronixed. Times
GEvERA AL NEWS.
TnE oldest clergymen in Boston is Faith
er Cleveland, in his ninety fourth year