Smyrna times., 1857-10-21

OF PROGRESS Is OUR MOTTo,-and he that
res stop our headway in that respect will find il
uphill game told the citizens of this city some
months ago, that Wilmington by nature was designed
10 be manufacturing city, III our line OF the Shoe
business well shlp-bulldng and machinist. This
city produces the best material for Boots and Shoes
and The shoe nufacturers come here for our stock
from all parts of the country, particularly so from the
East they pay their expenses here and back pay the
freight OF our stock there, and manufacture II into
Boots and Shoes and pay the freight back again. and
then undersel our manufacturers here altOgether.-
This state OF things Is all wrong The state oil Mas
sachuseits goes in for manufacturing and puts herself
IN defiance Of competition and sayF By industry
thrive aud that Is so, and wan Wilmington TO
cupy this same portion. We have the advantage Of
Massachusetts; we produce the best Leather and
MOrsccO in the country, and why not compete with
her and keep our trade az home, and this be done
by fair competition only. Suppose the shoe dealers of
tins city should all combine put up the prices Of
Boots and Shoes to point that suits them, which of
course would be ut high figure, and thus shut out
| competition, the consequence would be the business
WOud fall into as low and degencrated condition as
II was when came TO this CITY, nearly eight wears
ago. that moment the shoe dealers any other class
OF business combine put their prices beyond fair
prices that moment the trade commences leave this
any other city, that foolish enough TO do any such
a thing Stop competition, and what is the cOnse-
quence-a hat that you get for SIS would cost you
Sc and that now sells at S4, would cost you So
and SO il would be with everything that We need TO
eat drunk wear. The poor man n'slabOr which Is the
last nlI9 10 rise would De the st Uni 10 SuIer anu
suffer by this operation. If you will put up the
poor mans wages proportion, then will be the rst
to JON in putting up the prices, but not till then
am democratic ON this point: the greatest good to
the greatest number our text,-if can distribute
some 1000 1900 pairs of Boots and Shoes week 10
the inhabitants OF this city and the surrounding cOun.
try and am going to do It, gentlemen, at fair prices,
and there OF your kicking squealing about
it any II you have brt ins enough 10 COM
pete with us in manufacturing Boots and Shoes, why
then and buy Of me- and you will not do this,
whose fault is il few days ago bought quite a
number of cases of Boots and Shoes that were sold
under The hammer, from parties who had lailedi OF
course they sold far below their frat c0st,-need
tell you hOught them at a sacrifice t! did This
rs how can sell good article SO low as | do. am
continually having said 10 me, why don you put up
your prices iii 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
believer IN the doctrine that competition Is the life of
trade. and shall upon just SO long as can pro-
duce Boots and Shoes cheap just so long am going 10
sell them cheap. small living-prOft is all ask
aud long as can do this, just SO long Will Keep the
business in Second street, and keep the trade at homo
/ that is, in Second street. am manufacturing and
buying quite extensively all kinds OF Boots and Shoes
and will sell al wholesale 10 any Shoe Dealer, all the
various kinds OF Boots and Shoes that RETAIL Will
put them wholesale prices they can retail them
the prices that do AID yet maze what con-
slider fair living profit for myself Morocco Boots we
retail at Sl2A This bethers the Shoe dealers to DO
it and make il pay, and they think hard of me for do
| ing It will Wholesale Morocco Boots TO any dealer
so he can retail them at 81 l24 pair and make de
cent IrOt them that and surely this is fair and
honorable. But the difficulty in the way with the
OF then they nave said much bad about me
for The past years that they afraid TO come
into my store but they need not be- for care just
much about iheIr talk the weight Of IL amounts TO
and that was just nothing at all. So gentlemen come
on. and will put you IN woy TO sell cheap, and dc
business right and 10 keep our trade at no
Just call and the Ladies lancy colUred and blact
GaIiers. which am selling at 10 centsa PAIR; cOult
just a, well get 81 rs for them TO get IS cts, bu
cheap our TEXT and Gents Boots for 81 IS pair and
Men Congress GaIters for 25 pair. Just call ant
look az them whether yOu buy ar nOt We can sci
10 sell just Us low price. Please call at LANIGEN'S
Cheap Boot and Shoe store No 10 West Second street
sign Of The large black boot,) Wilmington.