Smyrna times., 1857-08-26
tT PRooREss IS our Nor

0F PROGRESS is OUR MoTP0,-and he that
lres to stop our headway ia that respect Will Gnd il
uphill game told the cIlIzens o this ,tv snme
mouths ago. that Wilmington by naiure vvos dayirnaI
lO be manufacturing cIty, in our line of lbe Shoe
business as well as shp-buIlding and machinist This
city produces the Desc maeral for OTIS and Shoes
aud the shoe manufacturers come here fnr mn sIoct
from all paris of the country partcularIv sn Gno tho
Fast they pay their expenses here and 6ack nov the
freight OF our stock there, and Hunuiuclure n INTO
Boots and Shoes aud pGy the freight back ogn;n and
then under-sell our manufacturers here altoyether
This state Of things ali wrong The Stae ur Mas
sachusetts goes IN Tor manufacturing, and puts herself
IN defiunce CT competition, and say by industry We
thrive ); and that IL and wan. Wilmington Ia oc
cupy this same portion. We have the ndvaniage nf
Massachusetts; we produce the best Leather and
Morocco IN the Souutry. and Why not compete with
her and keep our trade at home and this caI be dome
by falr competition only. Suppose The shoe de- aers of
this city should all combine 10 nut IN the prices Oi
bOots ana ohoes 10 point that suits ihem which of
course would be at high figure and thus shut out
cOmpetltlOn Tie consequence would be the business
~ Ould fall into as low and degencrulet n condiiio a.
1t was when Game 10 this city, nearly eight wears
ago. that moment the shoe dealers or any other class
Oi business men combine put their prices be Ond ar
prices that mnenl the trade commences 10 leape this
any other cIty, that is foolish enough TO do any such
thing. Stop competition, and what is the cOuse.
queuee-s hat that you now get for S5 would cost YOU
st. and coat that now sels at ST. would cost YOU 80
and 50 il would DO with everything that "a a need Il,
eat drink or wear. The poor man labor which /. th,
last thing " rise would be the first THU 10 suffer nn
suffer most by this operation. II you will put up the
pO0r mans wages II proportion, then will be the fra
man 10 join IN putting up the prIccs but not l then
am democratic on this point; the greatest good to
the greatest number Is our text-if ran distribute
some iO00 or l2oO pairs of Boots and Shoes weekuo
Tue lnhauilansOt this city und the surrounding cOuI-
try, and am going to do IT, gentlemen at fair prices
and there Is 10 use OF your kicking squeang about
II any more. II you have brt ins enough 10 com.
pete with Us in manufacturing Boots and ShOes wly
then come and buy Of me and # you will Ro do tins
whose fault Is 1t few days ago | bought quite
number Of cases of Boots and Shoes thai we're solt
under the hammer, from parties who h. d Jailed of
course they were sold aT below their first cost-need
| tell you bought them ut a sacrifice did This
is how can sell good article 50 10 " as do am
continually having lsaId 10 me- hy donr YOU put un
your Wices iii you would do it, all the rest Of the
Boot and Shoe dealers would get the price up and
you would sell just many That is not So [ am a
believer III the doctrine that cOnpeIitOn is the life of
trade, and shall act upon Just 50 long az can pro-
duce Boots and Shoes cheap just SO On3 am going ~
sell them cheap. small living profit is all ask
and long as can do This, just long will keep the
business IN Second street. and keep the trade at home
that Is, III Second street. | am manufacturing and
buying quite extensively all kinds o Boots and Shoes
and VIII sell at wholesale 10 any Shoe Dealer all the
varOus kinds Of Boots and Shoes that retail will
put them al wholesale prices they can retail
al the same prices that do. ID vel MAJ what COLL
slder ialr living profit Tor myself Morocco Boots we
retail at S.l23 This buhers the Shoe dealers to do
It and make IT pay and they think hard OF me i0r do.
ing 1t. will wholesale Morocco Boots to anv dealer
30 he can retail them al Sl.l21 pair and make de-
cent trolit on them at thaand surely this iar aud
| honorable But the difficulty the Vay with the
most OF then they have sald much bad about me
tor the past seven years that they are AFRAID to come
into my stIre but they need be- for care sl as
much about their talk the weight Of 1t amounts to-
and that was just nothing sL all SO gentlemen come
on. and will put you in way sell cLeap and do
business right. and heIpme keep our trade at hO a.e
Just call and the Ladies fancy colored and black
GaierS, which am selling at IS cents par; could
| llst a. well get 81 20 for Them rs a hut
cheap IS our text, and Gents Boots for 81 rs pair and
hlen Congress CATERS Tor 81 IS pair Just call and
LOOK ct them whether you buy or not ; we can sell
them without much trouble and we have many things
TO sell just as low price Please call at FLANfGEN'S
Cheap Boot and Shoe store, No 10 West Second street
| (sIgn of the large black boOt) Wilmington n.