The Portland gazette., 1818-07-28

\ week IS they want II, who are only paid or g..
urdoy afternoon, and sometimes not 50 wens.
| that-tor when they work for the tolcn, they has~
to take orders, and not get their pay under |.
| II months unle IS they can turn them to the sh,s
keeper, (who is under the necessity sometiaf,
| of keeping them from 10 10 months,) for a ma,
| sel Of meat and other necessaries. What will.
| the effect if the shopkeepers are not allowed
sell them piece of meat II is obvious. ns.
must 90 acshout, or travel mile to the mark,
to buy 25 or so cents worth of meat, and sha,
they get there, what then they cannot buy u
the colntTyr,en, for want of money-they mn..
therefore 20 to Butcher, and get trusted, iflhr
can, and give extra price for it is well know.
that Butcher will not sell so cheap as a coun-
tryman, by 70 or % per cent, as they have the,
meat drest nicer, and in better order, and ought
have more-the writer has often given them 0aot,
for that reason but many are glad to take suet.
as Is not quite so mace, fit is wholesome
is the counryman to do. he comes to rnarAat
in the morning, with pe4haps 2 or 3 lambs o.
Calves or lot Of Poultry the gentry selec,
what they pdnt-but what is TO be done withthe
rest, that is not quite so good perhaps and vii,
not suit the gentry's palate. The poor man can
not buy it, (tho perhaps almost famished for wan;
Of morsel of neat) for he has no money --tha
shopkeeper cannot buy it, and trust the poor man
till be gets paid of Saturday afternoon, provided
he works for an individual, or 6 or IL months j.
he works for the town, without subjecting him.
self to fac of tco dollars.
What possible effect can it have on the mar
ket at large, for half dozen lsie shopkeepsrs at
this part Of the town occasionally to buy fresh
meat to supplylpOor people, even ifa gentleman.
should happen to see piece that suits him, and
the price silits, what harm can it be to sell to him
ahe writer has often seen citizens buy meat in
the street, and come into his shop to weigh it who
have given more for 1t than the shopkeeper
would have asked him for the same qsality.-H
is often the case that countryman comes to
market In the morning, ia busy time OF the
year and brings a lamb, to buy some necessaries,
who would be glad to sell it l-2 or cent below
the market price, for the sake ofgetting home to
do days work, and wants the very articles we
have for it but he cannot do it because the
S tDo dollarsn are in the way. He is liabla
therefore, Of being detained al day to dispose Of
the very meat he might have sold in half an hour
And what benefit results TO the citizen, by the
countTymsn's losing his days work surely none
for if the countryman has to lose his day's
work, he viii not pedde out his meat below price.
as he would be glad to do provided he could dis
pose of the whole TO an individual, and 90 home
TO work. The shoPkeepers are ready and vii.
ling 10 give the Gosntrymapa fair price for his
meat, and pay him in goods, such as he wants,
De dl Tie Jtsh 1f4 tTOHUSt OF SeLklng the meat
II order to turn orr goods into cash, or oftenef.
into poor mans hands, whom we have to trust;
but all this we are willing to do for an honest he
lng. You are about to say to US, that we shall
not get living al all, for If we are not allowed
to buy ofths countrynlen the articles they have
20 sell, what inducement have they to come back
one male, (after they have been dozen to your
market to sell their meat) and buy goods Of US /,
At present we do but little, and stop but few,
OF the many country people to trade with us
but If you are determined to say we shall not
buy Of the country people, yoE naay as sceH shus
up otT doors, and say to poor labouring man.
you thali not eat any meat. Many other cases.
might be stated, but word to the wise is suffi-.
cient. When contemplating upon this subject il !.
brings forcibly to my mind the Scribes and Phar-
isees Of DID, prosecuting the poor lliterate fisher
msn Of Galilee.
Submitted, with due respect, by
Trader near Vest Market Ro1v.
-qn iTnprarenIsnt upon The "Epieran'' an re
Boston Sentinel
Bold Putnam once pursued wolf
And slew him in a cave;
Bolder wolves now Putnam chase
Add wound him-in his graYe.-Phf!. Union
For The Gasene.
Mr.. SHIRLEY,
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