The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-13
The Seeds Of Progress Hdue Been Planted
Cooper's Message To ksokuk
Sounds Note Of Warning That Citizens Must r Their Part In
& Order to Reap the Benefits.

have you believe that anything can
be said that would detract from the
splendid services which Mr.. Johnstone
has rendered this community and the
enterprise by his ever readiness to
help in every possible way.
There was one member of the COM
mittee, however, who. at the outset,
I found unusually difficult to con-
vince as to my suitability for the
position in the undertaking which
sought. This member of the COM
mittee must have come from iIissouri, /
and his name was William Logan, and
before was able to secure his sane
tion for my control of the franchise 1t
was necessary for me to give him my
personal word that would, somehow
or other, succeed, come what might.
1t may also interest you to know
that long time before the culmina-
tion of the work of financing, the
funds that had been supplied byi
| friends of mine in Canada were eX-
| hausted, and 1t became necessary for
me to make use for the last three
years Of this work of personal savings
! covering some years of labor; and 1T
/ may also interest you to know that on
! more than one occasion. when the
! outlook was disgustingly discouraging,
/ recharged my sand-box by looking
at Judge Logan's picture in my study
and remembered the promise that |
had made him, and as far as my ef-
Il forts for this power development are
i concerned | can tell you that they
4 would have failed but for the hard
and unselfish work of William Logan,
of Keokulx Iowa.
, There is also one other PERSONAL
fly that | want to speak Of, namely,
Mr.. Meigs. I wonder if the citizens
of Keolluk realize that it was Mr.
| Meigs' engineering sense that first
s grasped the fact that ii anything
i broad and capable was ever to be
I'll done with tile natural ceIsditioit2 shat
l. exist on the Des Moines rapids. II
a must be done by building dam clear
r across the rapids in the vicinity OF
/ the present lock, at the foot of the
D rapids
l. 1t takes an engineer to appreciate
the full value and scope of an opin,
f ion of this sort, and there can be nc
o question that Mr.. Meigs engineering
|, sense and Judgment has had much tc
I do with the success of the project.
= Before taking UP in detail some
il suggestions that / have in mind, there
e is another matter which deserves te
o be brought to your very serious no
e tice
A little while ago l spoke to yo'
j. about the anti-corporation feeling il
n the United States, and stated that il
=, my judgment in large degree there
D is no justification for this feeling.
e That there are some corporation
o in the United States that have com
a. mitted wrong there is no question
b. but to indulge in hasty generalities
le based solely upon individual happen
r ings is an American fault recognize,
ID the world over
w One of the most pleasant eXper
e ences that I have had Throughout
,e this whole labor, however, ha
Of been found with the official
h of a very large corporation, the Oh
ct cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
re There are two kinds of friendshl
~ in this world, and these two kinds
se friendship | think all OF you VIII IN
le mediately recognize when | mentio
- them.
One is the kind of friendship ths
Nv q fellow gets when he Is successful
ly There are always a lot of people Dor
ob the next morning into very SINGER
81. friendship toward you after it hs
ed been announced that you have su
he ceeded. Then there is the oth'
if class of friends, not nearly as nuf
in erous as the first class, WI
al are friendly toward you whe
ie- you are struggling TO suceee
IN and in this class the Burlington ra
ng road distinctly belongs, because
what they did always to aid my e
De. deavors.
he 1t is a pleasure to state to you th
tie from the very beginning every
icer of the Burlington road, from t
co. president down, has always gone 0
HI Oh Ills way w pioihPNie. o'u w. W
In the theory that the enterprise is
ne good thing for its territory, AID til
I'D in face of the fact that our plant
to. eventually in commission will redu
to the annual tonnage of coal by ov
)se three million tons per year I'll
he fact just mentioned is of especial !
of portance to the citizens of keokuk
to this time, because if YOU are to ha
ors the industrial development in t
ist valley that the building of this ds
his will justify. the best results can OF
be obtained by the hearty co-ope
for tion of the railroads, and of this
I'M operation know that You may
en- absolutely assured.
not From what ] know of the otl