The Portland daily press., 1865-05-12
BOOTS AND SHOES.
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NA CHINEsE.JAPAN
~ Manifesto I!


The "wise Men Of the Eastip (Elsr or TIE KEN
SEBEon are making good the old saying, give a
monkey rope enough, and he will soon hang him.
self" This "band OF brothers have come out In .
card in the Boston Daily Adver;iser, and, CLAIM
ING TO own THs STATE OF MAINE, are 'DIorAT-
ING TERMS to thscapitalists of Boston, New York,
and ALL OUTSIDE BARsARIAEs" The say, 1--WE,
the UNDERSIGNED, hereby give notice TO a Runners
or Solicitors Of orders by Samples, not residents Of
this State, that we will complain CT and prosecute
any on for selling or offering for sale any goods
wares Or merchandise ss above within the slmts of
this State east ofthe Kennebec river. We also de-
clare that we viii shun all Jobbers and Manufac ur
ers who send Runners into this State as far a. we
can /"
1t has been agitatsd In State and Wall streets
whether this was not another phase of the Rebellion
breaking out EAST Of the Kennebec. $50 like the
spirit Of the shareholders OF the South does this def
anoe to the customs snd civilization Of coamerce ap
pear. They "crack the whip" with the good old
crack of South Carolina, and the SME
WHITE SLAVES,
/. Q. the RETAILERS OF MAINE. are lin the imagin-
alton these worthies,) s94 -
n. SUPPOSED TO TREMBLEi a
What say you Retailers of Maine, to this bare.
faced attempt to cut you Of from the privilege d
ordering goods in your own places of business by
by SAMPLES shown you, putting you to the trouble
to 60 to the wholesale dealer, or order 'in the
dark without Samples or takethe stpfthat is thus
attempted to be forced onto you by those EAST o.
the Kennebecf" Have you no rights or privileges
unless grantedyou by the "Lords Of Gre ltion, who
atscme time quietly got law put into the stalutes
that they might rule the rest of the Inhabitants d
| the States Look to it that the next Legislature
| wipes out this Anti Republican Statute.
What say you, Hotel Keepers aud Livery table
| men of MaineY WIN not your business suffer fsl
| the benefit of the monopolists? II lave you M
rightss Itis expected that an amendment il to be
madeto this statnte bythose EAST Of ths Kenne
bec" that fine will be put upon you If you harbol
or put up Drummer, unless somebody owns the
goods he offers who has lived five years in the State
Of Maine. What say you interested in Railroad
Stocks in Maine Win this tend to make any more
| travel when nobody cut of the State can trave
| with samples unless with passport signed "East b
the Kennebec?" Whatsay the Agents of the East
ern Express Company ami the Company itself2
willnot this doctrine, if carried out, reduce you
business for the benefit OF the few "owners" East
&C.? What say the hundreds of travelling agent
1 who are thus thrown out of employment, Maine
men born and bred, paying taxes and holding Coun
ty Licenses to sell, but after a having no right q
1 sell unless the goods are osoned by somebody WHIT
has lived FIVE YEARS in the State. Are your right
to be ell "gobbled up" by those East OF the Ken
nebec?" Finally, what say the pc oplef Must yol
who are busy on your farms and inyour workshops
be deprived of the low prices and good goods tina
you will aIteays get sOhere there Is conepetitjoAf
Or do you wish to make few men virtually "rulerl
yer you, to set the prices and give you the quail
ties they please, poor good. the way they maxi
themost money out Of 1T Isl Blu
See to it that the representative from your to va
| or district is in favor of 'swipng out" this 'sblh
law put into the statute Without your knowiedg,
| or consent! OK
+, Ladies of Msinel Whatever else may be done il
this matter, your retailer will procure for you thu
fashionable, durable and stylish boots and shde
with