Smyrna times., 1857-07-29

! w PROGRESS IS OUR MoTTo,-and he thai
tries to stop our headway in that respect, will find il
ull Phih game. told the citizens of this cIty some
'"Uiihs ago. lnat wilmington by nature was designed
10 De manufacturing city, in our line of The Shte
business as well as shpbulldihg and machinst This
cry produces the best material for B OTIS and Shoes
ana the shoe manufacturers come here for our slock
Iro an paris OF the country particularly SO from the
East they pay their expenses here and back nav the
Irelght OF our stock there and nanuGlcnre II ,nto
poo's a'u ohoes' ana pay The freight back again. and
men under-sell our manufacturers here alt0getber
rms state Ot things is all wrong The State az Nos
saen'lsets goes IN for manufacturing and puts herself
10 10 oeilance CT competition. and say BY industry we
mriVe ana lhat Is so, and wan, Wilmington Ia oc
cupy Tins same pOsitIOn We have the n5 [,ntoos t
nias'achusetls; we produce the best Leather and
Mor'cco III the country. and why not compete win
her ana Keep our trade heme and this can be done
Dy iilr competition only Suppose the shoe dealers of
ihs city should all combine TO put up tie prices Of
ooots ana Shoes 10 point that SUITS them which of
course would be at high figure and thus shut out
competition, The consequence would be The business
NOud fall into as low and degencrated tonIIion aS
IL was when came 10 this city, nearly eight wears
ago. tha moment the shoe dealers or any other class
OF business men combine h put their prices be and t,
prices that moment the trade commences IN Ieoy a %
or any other city, thai Is foolish enough TO do any such
lhlig. sup competition, and what is the conse-
q1ehee-a mai that you now get for SIS would cost YOU
30 ana coat mat now sells at S4. would cost Won 81
and TO II would be with everything that need Ia
eat drink or wear The poor man. labor which is the
last 'hlng TO rise would be the first th 10 suffer and
he
poor mans wages proportion, then will be the first
man to JON III putting up the prices but NOT mi then
am democratic ON this point; the greatest good TO
the greatest number IS our text-il can dIsrIhuie
some 1000 or 1910 pairs Of Boots and Shues week Io
the Inhabitants oi Tins city and the surrounding Couu
Try, ana am gong to do IT, gentlemen, at fair prices
anu ihere Is use OF your kicking squealing about
IL any more Ii you have br ins enough 10 com. !
pete With US IN manufacturing Boots and Shoes VIII, |
then come and buy Of me and if you will not do tins
whose % lau1t m Is II lew days ago bought quite
number oi cases of Boots and Shoes that were sold
under the hammer, from parties who had failed; Of
course they were sold far below their frat
| tell you bought them at a sacrifice | did This
IS how can sell a good article SO low as do am
continually having SAID 10 me- why don't YOU put up
your pIces t-lf you would do it, all the rest of the
Boot and Shoe dealers would get the price up and
you would sell just us many That Is not So / am a
oeieFer ~ tne 1ocrhe lhat competition is the life of
Laue' anu shali act upon just 50 long as can pro-
uuce o"ols aud Shoes cheap Just long am gong 10
sell them cheap. small living profit is all / ask
ahu SD long as can do ihs long will keep the
business IN Second street. and keep the Trade al home
that III, IN Second street. [ am manufacturing and
buying quite exiensive all kinds OF Boots and Shoes
ana vi" sell at wholesale 10 any Shoe Dealer all the
various kinds of Boots and Shoes that retail | will
puI lhem at wholesale prices they can retail Them
al the same prices that do. I'd yoI mae what con-
'lder lar living profit for myself Morocco Boots we
reail at Sl l23 This boIhers the Shoe dealers 10 do
It and make II pay, and they think hard of Inc for do.
ing It. Will wholesale Morocco Boots to any dealer
sd ne can retail them at SlI23 pair and make de-
cent front on them at hal-and surely this is fair aud
honorable. But the difficulty in the way with the
most OF then 49, they have SAID much bad about me
or the past seven years that they afraid to come
hto my store but they need not be, for care lust as
much about their talk the weight of il amounts to-
md that was just nothing ct ALL So gentlemen come
Ia and will put you IN way to sell cheap and do
business right and help To keep trade at no ne
ust call and see the Ladies iancy cOlored and black
iaiters. which am selling at IS cents pair; could
lst as we'll get Sl2j for them to get IS cts but
heap is our text, and Gents Boots for 81 rs pair and
den Congress Callers for lbs pair Just call and
DOk at them whether you buy or not /; we can sell
hem without much irOublL--and we have MANY thinys
sell just as low in price. Please call at FLANfGEN9S
heap Boot aud Shoe store, No 10 West Second street
ugn Of the large black beOt) Wilmington.