The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-15
BOOTS AND SHOES.
: ONCE MORE!
HAWKING and PEDDLING!

ask- eIsEs's moiaE5IissAlsa afsA
To rHs READERS OF THE BAEsoR DAILY IS
WING AND CoURrEs; 81
1t appears that the Communication of "P," and
the answer to he sans, in thu Boston Daily Adver-
tiser has called out article in the Bangor Daily
Wing aud Courier Of May soth, from "a Merchant
of Bangor, who pitches into the Merchant CT Bos-
ton" as follows.-'I wish 10 depounce some Of his
Statements, and inform said Merchant that an ari-
Gle more heavily shodsd cith truth tAas his ouid
have greater effect upon the business community
in this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this Boston MeIchant's' communication, that he is
not one Of that class Of Boston Merchants appealed
to in the letter OF the Bangor correspondent, Pr
viz, Ths regular and honorable Merchants o. Bos-
ton" 9Ge III $3.50 IT. sttHoaz3e ans
Now to begin with, as guessing teens TO be the
| order ofthe day, allow Il . sBoston Me-chant' to
say that should judge, from the style ofrH1s Ban
gor Merchants communication, that he is one of
the sgners to the Bangor eli cular, and Il Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer. lFor further particulars see Book of o b.
so, then hisdevotion 10 the Interests of the poop
dersncehss Retailers of Maine, who, according to
his ideas. get impefed upon by The sAMrIE VIZ.
LAISs, sMAoKs LITTLE of SELF interest, and ms
is not so rure and disintsrested regsrd for the
Now that the people and retailers of Maine have
taken hold oftlis matter, and the tide OF censure
has turned rather strong, on the Bangor Singers
the IN rchaut of Boston can bear the doubt o. his
being regular and honorable wi hout large
amount " suffering. the ground let those
laugh who win fas aa q HiH#~ h3e
The complaint about "any quantity Of young
squirts, with which the country is flooded and who
generally sell goods on commission 2 and similar
statements, are the great staple ARsuMENTs Of AL
| the articles written to justify the driving out
from Maine of tverybody Nth samples. Stnsibls
men are not 50 easily imposed upoa by 'sYogEG
SouIRTs," and UN IL the, Retailers cf Maine
ask protection By iaac there viii BE 5ut little Roor
that the Bangor Merchants assertion Is correct,
that the retailers may be ssoindled and ht,bugge
scithout mercy by the numerous scallywags and
/ broken-down merchants who cannot command re-
spectable situation at home" The Boston Mer.
chant has abetter opinion of the Retailers of Mai
T. an to suppose them to be such RATS ready to be
i fooled by every tody and anybody, AZ described by
the Bangor Mere hart land is IL not insult to
the intelligence ofihe Betailers of Maine 10 insinu-
ate that they cannot take core or thepselvesf Now
If such state of at irs O. ULD EXIST, is not the
remedy 50 plain. that whether the swindleis 10Th
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere would
not The he:afers act under the simplest rules OF
common sense. to retitss to bug or order of the
young squirts' unless they could produce satisfae-
tory evidence that they represent responsible
hsuses rs
Finally, ire finishing touch is put on to the whole
communication by the statement about 'scounter.
Jumpers no never understood ths fr.t rudimsntl
of commercial transactions Nth sOhich the country
is infested" Yes, you ignorant counterjumpers
/ vu -.
Bangor Merchant" into REGULAR FUNDAMENTAL
MIDDLE and he DON'T WANT the State of Maine
''infested with nercisl transactions" or 'srudi
ments, !" uflass the runners get their inspira ion
aud samples from Bangor, and tn as all right to
rudiment into anybody sHoDDy SHOES or any other
kind + property made holy under sanction Il the
Hawksrs and Peddlers Act, chap. Al
But suppose we change this subject. which may be
getting tiresome to one that Is aIseaus refreshing