The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-09-06
EEansrilIa and Eaw Alhanv.

on Stills. the New Albany Ledger
attempts reply to our article refuting
its previous assertions that We were
jealous Of the louisville, Mt. Carmel
and St. Louis Railroad. Most of the
Ledger's reply is irrelevant and of no
consequence. One or two paragraphs,
however, we copy as indicating what
desperation will do for news
paper in the department of the men
dacious. The Ledger says:
Evansville, we are aware, is exceed
ingly favorably situated for trade,
having no rival city of Importance
within two hundred miles of it, while
New Albany has several within
much shorter distance; yet, with all
her advantages, she has not yet
reached either the size OF Importance
of New Albany. She may well sell
few more goods, but her long and
appalling list Of bankrupt merchants,
which daily filed the columns of the
newspapers last year, proves either
that her business men did not know
how to do business, or that Evansville
trade is only the Tefuse-the sweep
ings-that other and more important
places would not have There is far
more substantial prosperity 10 New
Albany to-day than there is II Evans
vile. Her commercial business is on
a better basis, and If not so large is
far more profitable, because it comes
from better class Of customers. Her
/ manufactures are on a much larger
scale, and constantly increasing.
There is far more genuine wealth In
New Albany than in Evansville.
Tho Evansville editor Is pleased to
4 say his town is not Jealous OF New
/ Albany. Well, We suppose il would
/ be difficult TO get 4 woman 20 sag she
was jealous Of her hus band or tower.
4 Such q sentiment is usually shown
more by actions than by words; as the
act of Evansville ia endeavoring to
foist her old broken down Straight
! LiRe Road upon the people of Glib
son, who, however, were not to be
bitten twice by the same snake.
1t is evident, from the tone OF the
Evansville papers, that they are dread
fully afraid Of anything in the shape
OF a railroad that shall lead to impor
tant commercial cities 1t is only
with the small towns Of Indiana
i Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois
that they desire railroad cOmmunica
ton. They dread competition, which
they fear will take from them wha
little good business they now have
But it must be evident to all but tn
gougeTs in busiDess-those who are
] compelled to Guy as we'll as those VIII
sell-that the New Albany and 81
, Louis Railway will be an advantage
! 1t will open up to the retail dealer
Of Evansville and its vicinity compel
: ing points-New Albany, Louisville
Cincinnati, st. Louis, &c and thos
who have produce to sell will not b
compelled TO take just what Evans
Vile dealers choose 10 pay. We re
peat, then, the New Albany road wi
= be of advantage TO Evansville, b
} which we mean those OF her eitizeni
and those in her vicinity, who wis
to sell where they can sell deaTes
and buy where they can buy cheapes
The Ledge1s says Evansville has NJ
yet reached either the size or impor
ance Of New Albany sell impor
ance, we presume the Ledger mean
At the last annual election, the 70
of Evansville was 1907. The 80
cast in New Albany was 3,075.
other words, the vote Of Evansyil
was nearly fifty per cent. larger tia
? that of New Albany. The return
made Of children for school purpos
show a similar preponderance of poI
ulation in favor Of Evansville.
view of these facts, We respectful
0 submit that the amount Of assuran
D required to sustain the Ledger in /
assertion that Evansville has not y
reached the size Of New Albany,
most wonderful. But this manifest
I foolish and false assertion is but on
par with most OF the Ledger's articl
> So far as the JOURNAL is copeernt
, there has been no effort to foist Il
: old broken down Straight Line Ro,
5 upon the people Of Gibson County
: The friends Of that enterprise will c
, onerate Us from any such charge. Y
l. have no objection 10 the people
II that county being bitten by the NJ
Ie Albany snake, if they prefer it, to b
n ing bitten twice by the Straight Ii
1t snake. We apprehend it will be
O. hopeless case Of snake bite with t
Fl New Albany serpent, owing to
venomous character.
The Ledger's insinuations that q
e business men are " gougers," is
y uncalled for as it is ungentleman
- We have never cast any such reft
tions at the integrity Of the businr
* men of New Albany. We have alw'
: supposed them to be honorable n,
e. But if the Ledger Is a representa-
- of their feelings and expressions,
~ have misjudged them entirely, a
- given them credit when they desery
= none. On this point We do not u
= pose to enlarge. We say to I
!. Ledger " Cease, viper you gna7
~ file"
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