Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1873-04-25
A WRITER in the Conservative over the
signature Of Farmer" says concerning

A WRITER in the Conservative over the
signature of Farmer" says concerning
Mr. Donnan:
do not see how criticism of his
public acts can be construed into person
atty. He, in the first place, puts himself
in position for criticism, and should eX
pect it; but if he did not, your subscrib
ers expect you to condemn those acts not
in accord with your best judgment, and
to commend his worthy acts.
We endorse the above without hesta.
ton; but when Farmer" goes further
and says, on the authority of the Con.
serratige alone, that we have protested
against such criticism of Mr.. Donnan or
any other man by that paper. or, as he
states it, have taken the Conservative "to
task for an alleged insult to our Repre-
sentative" he simply shows himself to be
bigoted partisan. He evidently has
not read the BULLETIN. If he had he
would have known, LIST, that we lave
not charged the Conservative with Gin
sulting" Mr. Donnan; end, that what
we did lash that scurrilous sheet for was
that, not content with facts, it adopted
and furthercd until, compelled to retract
it, an Infamous fllschood concerning Mr..
Domains action in Congress with refer.
encc to the salary matter; 3rd, that
so far from deprecating criticism" of
the acts Of any Republican, high or low,
we have invited the Conservative to fire
away, with the assurance that so long as
it kept truth on its side we would not
protest.
And now a word of advice to Farmer"
The next time you rush into print, try to
know something of what you are talking
about, else you may, in addition to lack
of sense, be justly charged with motiv es
of the mcanest partsanship. Above all
do not 60 for your facts to a paper, which
habitually inverts facts and comforts the
language of its opponents, when you can
easily arrive at the firth by reading both
sides. Your clap trap about ''obliga-
tions"-which you can not, and will not
attempt to namc-has an ancient and
fish like smell, and will catch nobody
Your impetuous entrance into the lists of
editorial controversy indicate that you
deem your weight necessary to turn the
scale of battle, and so far we accept your
attack upon the BULLETIN as compli-
ment. 1t is the misfortune Of our cotem-
porary however, that an ally which SO
accurately estimates its exigencies, can
not bring it more succor.
THE Belle Plaine Union admonishes
the people of that town in the following
fashion, regarding the condition of their
growth and prosperity as u community.
The monition will apply as well to this
community:
Elk Governor Washburne, Of Maine,
lately said in q speech at Minneapolis,
Mimi, that one hundred thousand dol.
lars invested in manufacturing does more
to attract population than million dol
lars invested in trade. Probably this
opinion is not far out Of the way, and it
very clearly suggests the policy necessary
for this town. Build manufactories-is
the condition of our growth. But how
are we to get men to invest capital in
manufactures here? BY offering them in
ducements equal, at least, to those OF
ncighboring towns. We can only do this
by the aid Of competing railways, which
shall cheaper fuel and freights and place
us ON an even footing with the most
favored" localities. flour citizens arc
blind to these facts, choose to pay two
prices for their fuel and extra charges on
every ton of freights which they send
and receive, they may wake up some
fine morning byand-by to find themselves
"Out in the cold"