The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-26
|DES MONIES CAN'T
have ALL CREDIT
Dubuque Paper Takes up Rate Case
Review in Behalf OF River
Cities and Demands
Credit Due.
'KEoKuK IS RESPONSIBLE
Contention Of This City in Rate Cases
and Work Of Dewitt
Brought Vic
tory.
KEoKUK Is RESPONSIBLE

er than Dss Moines and the greater
Des Moines committee. This is the
view that the Dubuque Times-Tele-
graph has taken on the stand. in a
seething editorial in reply to the one
appearing in Des Moines paper, in
which the flowers are freely handed
to the Des Moines committee.
Ths fact that John Dewitt, then
manager of the Keokuk Industrial AS
ISOLATION, went to Des Afoines and
spent two days In the office of Cliff
ford Thorne, chairman of the Iowa
commission and that the case prac-
tically hinged on the contentious of
Keokuk, seem to be lost sight of.
The credit Of winning the case should
go to the river cities, and Keokuk de-
serves no small part of the credit.
According to the Dubuque paper
which has taken the trouble to delve
| into the record of the interstate com.
merce commission, the Des Moines
committee in spite of its boasts was
defeated, at every turn.
The following is copied from the
Dubuque Times-Telegraph:
Says the Des Moilnes Capital:
Inter Iowa cities are entitled to
congratulation in that they are to re-
ceive rates which according to the
Associated Press, are sweepingly re-
duced. Likewise rates to Mississippi
river crossings have been materially
cut. The greater Des Moines commit
| tee and 3. C. Wylie, freight rate com,
missioner of that organization are
entitled to credit for this victory
which means a saving of millions Of
/ dollars in freight rates.
Incidentally 1t might be remarked
that the greater Des Moines commit
tee took up this case and fought j
! through, not for Des Moines, but fol
Mississippi river points and for inter
/ Tor cities in Iowa. Certain newspa
pers which make it point to knock
Des Moines at every opportunity
/ please take notice."
1 The Telegraph Herald would le,
this statement pass as som sthing o.
boast and bunk to be expected from
the city Of Des Moines, but because
I it confers upon an organization anC
an individual, credit properly be
4 longing to others, we shall take the
pains to prove by the interstate com
merce commission itself that tn,
greater Des Moines committee no
only did not succeed in doing any
thing for the rest of Iowa, as blatant
ly boosted, nor for the cities on tn,
Mississippi river, but that whereas
the men charged with the duty o
looking out after the rest of Iowa ant
for the cities on the Mississippi dii
succeed in accomplishing what the.
went after, the greater Des Nome
committee dismally failed to get TO
Des Moines single concession
sought.
We have heard SO often that thu
hundreds of thousands of dollar
spent for Des Moines in state fair ap
preparations is for the benefit o
Iowa, that the $4,000 900 it is sought t
spend out of the states treasury t,
beautify Des Moines in the improve
ment of the capitol grounds is 70
the good of Iowa, and that the wei
fare of Iowa is bound up in De
Monies, that the patronizing Of tn
capital city has become extremel
offensive and is in way of inducin
nausea.