The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-21
BOOTS SHOES
ONCE MORE, s.s "a
HAWKING and PEDDLING!


To THE READERS OF THE BAseoR pA1rr
WHre AND CoURIEs: kit
II appears that the communicated Of 81. y and
the answer to he came. in thu Boston Daily Adyer-
tiser. has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May sOtb, from "a Merchant
of Bangor" who pitches into the reliant Of Bos-
ton" as iolows.-"Iswishfo denounce some of his
stateme nts. and inform said Merchant that an arti
Gle more heartily shadsd sofh truth tkau his would
have greater sffsct upon the business community
in this vicinity should judge from the stsle Of
this Boston Merchants communication. that he is
not Of that class Of Bosft 1erchoafs appealed
to in the letter OF the Bangor correspondent, .Pe
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants OF Bos-
tom" "a Dslaagqils 81 81 Il sNa7bBA asJ
Now to begin with. as guessing seems 10 be the
order oftbe day, allow tt Boston Merchant to
say that should judge, ON the style ofrHIs Ban
gor Merchants communication that he is one of
the s,gntrs to the Bangor cb GUAR and III Whole
sale DeaieT, and VERY LIKELY q Boot and Shoe
Dealer. tFor farther particulars see sok of % BIZ
If then his devotion the interests of the poor
defencesess Retailers of Maine, who, according to
his ideas. get impoled upon by the 81 MI LIZ W.
LAINs, sMAcKs A LITTLE Of self interest, and HIs
isnot 80 pure and disinterested regard for the
welfare Of the retailers he would have US suppose
Now that the people and retdilers of Maine have
taken hold ofthis matter, and the tide of crnsurs
has turned rather strong: on the Bangor Singers,
the IN reliant Of Boston can bear the doubt Of his
being regular and honorable without large
a'aoHnf " suffering. on the ground OF let those
| laugh who win.' "a ~ s.
| The complaint about "any quantity of young
squirts, with which The country is flooded. and who
generally sell goods on O. mmission, )" and similar
fame A
the articles written to Justify the driving out
from Maine Of trerybody scith samples. StRsibls
men are mot 50 easily imposed epoa BY tYoUss
SouIRTs," and UNs IL the Retailfrs II Maias
ask protection BY soic, there will be but little
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct
that the retailers mag be ss0iadie and hanabus ged
scithout pssrcy by the numerous scallywags and
bIoken-down merchants who cannot comm and q re-
spectacle situation at homs.,f The *Boston Mer-
chant" has abetter opinion of the Retailers Of MAR
tf to suppose them to be such flats, ready to be
fooled by every body and anybody, as described by
/ the Bangor Merthart;'-an is 1t not an insult to
the intelligence of the Betailers ofMaine to fEsinu-
ate that they caanot take cure o. themsevess Now
II such state Of aft irs GOULD EXIST, is mot the
remedy 50 plain, that whether the swindlers 9th
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere, would
not The Retailers act under the simplest rules Of
common sense, TO REFUSE to bug or order of the
young squirts' unless they could produce satisfdc-
tory evideace that they represent responsib'e
h-4ssesJf 8aaI E2 AAAE rgly0o {89Iaavl
Finally. the finishing touch is put on to the whole
Communication by the statement about Counter.
jumpers no never understood the frat rudimenta
of commercial transactions NTH oaich The sosatry
is INFESTED" Yes, you ignorant counter-jumpcrsl
i YOU HAvE worried good, worthy, and Gerry s0iss
Bangor Merchant" into RpsuLAR RuDINkrTAL
MIDDLE and he DON'T WANT ths State Of Maine
"infested with commercial transactions" or '.rudi
ments,g mil So the snnners get their Saspiraliou
ami samples from Bangor, and then if's all right to
ruttiment into anybody sHoDDr SHOES or any other
kind Ct property made AoiY under sanotlon sf the
Hawkers and Pedders Act, chap. a. roi esls-si
But suppose we change this subject. which may be
getting tiresome to one that Il alvays reffsshias