The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-16
At the Weekly Luncheon Hold at the
Hotel Iowa, Resolutions Were
Passed Criticising Con-
aressman Rainey.
HIS ATTACKS HARMFUL
Because Of Erroneous Statements
Made. Power Users Likely to be
Discouraged From Locating
In Power Zone.

/ Congressman Rainey Of Illinois,
who might have expectations OF boost |
! ing himself into the senate by attack
ing the Mississippi River Power Co..
don't know but he ought to know that
he is not only harming his own state
but Iowa and Missouri by his wild
and incorrect attacks On the power
company. Rainey's call for an 1nves'
tigation Of the water power company
is not opposed by that organization.
LIT Is welcomed and in our opinion IL
Rainey continues his attacks the Mis-
sipppi River Power Co. should insist
that the investigation proceed. 1t is
time for the public to get facts-not
Raney's fiction. 1t Is our opinion that
such action should be taken because
! OF the harmful effect that Rainey's
+ attacks might have-not so much
against the power company but the
communities which the company
serves. They are the ones that may
suffer. Very much of the hard
work that the industrial departments
doing might be neutralized-1n some
cases nullified-by the misinformaton
that Rainey is able to scatter broad
cast over this country by virtue OF
his congressional position. Manutac-
turers contemplating locations In the
mower zone can be frightened away
by the false statements that no bene'
Z fit has come to this section by virtue
LOT the development of electric power.
: industrial agents who have given
! weeks OF time to convince factory
: owners of Keokuk's advantage may
I have their wo-k destroyed by untruth-
> full reports. This applies not only to
, this city but to other cities In the
: power zone.
AS protest to Congressman
Rainey's methods the following reso-
: luton was unanimously adopted TO-
day at luncheon of representative
: business men OF this city at the Hotel
, Iowa, being introduced by j. Albert
q Kiedaisch
a We. the undersigned citizens
and business men of the city OF
+ Keokuk, gathered on this SIN
teenth day of April, 1914. protest
r against the misleading statements
V which have been made by certain
individuals of high authority In
the affairs of the nation, as we'll
as by private individuals. because
y of the detrimental effect just
y such statements have upon the
@ industrial development of those
a communities of the United States
e which are INN ediately benefiting
Z by the power produced and deliv-
J. cred to industries by the hydro
q electric power plant located on
s the Mississippi river between
D Keokuk. Iowa, and Hamilton, I'LL
s nois.
d Every community has right
g to- profit justly by those advan-
1, tages which national enactments
make possible. Because of the
e misleading statements made re-
e garding the rate charged for the
r. power delivered by this hydro
Is electric power plant, adverse SEN
IS timent has arisen in various por-
d tons of the country which has
l. been very determined to those
p communities Immediately ada
cent to this power plant. Indus
n trial development is consequently
:; seriously retarded. In addition to
I. this a great deal of effort has
Y, been rendered valueless without
n just cause.
); The citizens Of the Unit
10 ed states have right to take
H. the acts Of the various depart
u ments Of federal government seri-
III ous1y. The time to protest against
such enactments is previous to
=. and at the time such enactments
take place.
The hydro electric project at
this point has been duly author
lied and supervised in its con-
struction by the war department
of the United States. Conse-
ouently the people feel that they
have a right to realize beneft to
its fullest extent from the tang
fble results. The adverse senti-
ment has the effect of hammering
business to such an extent that
we feel we are sufferers.
Hence our protest.
The above resolution was signed .
the thirty-one business men prasel
and a copy will be forwarded to tn
house rules committee Of congress.
The spirit at the luncheon tod'
was indicative of growth. 1t is e
pected that the attendance will gro
to sixty for the meeting to be ne
next Thursday. Thirty-ons were pre-
ent today John Nagel presided al
connpltmented the movement.
]. said 1t gave the right expression I