The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-11

The contemplate whine with which the
Union replies to the conclusive showing of
the ARGus of yesterday, in reference to the
market reports, has set those who have TAX
en- any interest in the controversy to laugh.
ing at his silly attempt asa rejonder. Hisonly
conceivable defense was to sustain the cor
rectuess of his own reports at the expense OF
those of the Gazette. The Union does not
seem to be aware that the GazetS employs
a man whose sole business is, to arrange,
compile, read and revi,e by copy, the full
market reports received over the line; that
in this very speciality OF market reports, that
newspape, grounds it's principal claim to pub.
lie patronage. That every provision is made
lad every precaution taken to make these
reports in srably correct. And as a proof
that they are mainly correct, the Gazette
has become the principal organ Of reference
with business men in the whole state Of
Iowa. And yet the Gazette differs from the
infalliblo Union widely, materially and al
most entirely in the same report received
over the same line. But the Union never
errs 1t is impossible for it TO diverge the
estimation of hair from absolute correct
ness in everything. Snch purbind couces
as this is subjscting it's editor tQ the ridicule
Of everybody.
Now we could if we had space show in.
Vulnerable discrepancies between the market
report of the Union and Of those Of Chicago
papers of same date. We have space to
notice but one item, q more glazing differ.
ence than the rest, between the report ofthe
Union of Friday morning and that Of the
Chicago Times of Thursday. The Union
quotes No. . red fall at 81 Is; and
the Chicago Times dated the day before and
containing ostensibly the same report quotes
the same grade in the same language, No.
2 red fall 81 90 to$l.05; difference of Is
cents on the lower grade of No. 2, and 10
cents on the higher We put to the Union
the same question it put to us with more
meager reason for so doing. Suppose any
body was to purchase wheat
on the basis Of his report, transmitted
over the Western Union line and
sustained with emphatic asseverstions
to be exactly correct, where would he come
out? We do not for moment pretend to
be infailible in our market reports. We
merely contend that ours, for what it pur.
ports to be, an afternoon statement Of the
then condition of the markets, is quite as
correct, and we believe even more so, than
the closing quotations in the Union, consid.
ering the accidents Of transmission in both
reports. The mere statements Of the
Union, sustained by his Insignificant array
Of facts as to our report, being fabricated
one, the public may take it for what it on
ts face appears to be worth. We have
shown wide discrepancies between the
Union aud other newspapers printing the
same report. Is the Chicago Times with
its facilities, and the Davenport Gezette
with an experienced commercial editor, to
defer to the Union in correctness, which,
because it is the Union, is tcrsooth not liza
bic to error2 Intelligent people can form
tLer own conclusions from the premises,
and they will not be very oreditable to the
Judgment and comon sense of the Union.