The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-19
BOOTS AND, SHOES
s. ONCE MORE!
HAWKING and PEDDLING!
To THE READERS OF The BAxaop DAILY
WING AND CoURIKR:

WHIe AND CoURKR:
It appears that the communication of "P. :" and
theanswer to the same, In tn, Boston Daily Adyer-
tiser has called out az article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May sOth, from "a Merchant
OF Bangor" who pitches into the Of Bos-
tomas folIows.-'I wish to denounce soms of his
statements and inform said Merchant that an arti.
ole more heavily shdd,d With truth thea his would
have greater effect upon the business community
in this vicinity. should judge ffom the style Of
this Boston Merchant'S communication, that he is
not one Of that class Of Boston Merchants appealed
{, in the letter Of the Bangor CORRESPONDENT. ,P'
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants Of Bos-
tom"
NOW to begin with, as guessing seems 10 be the
order the day, allow tie "Boston Merchant to
say that should judge, from the stgle ofrH.s Ban
gor Merchants communication that he Is one OF
the sgners to the Bangor eli cuar, and i, a Whole
sale Dealer, and. VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer For further particulars see Book off OBJ
If So then his devotion 10 the interests of the poor
defencekss Retailers of Maine, who, according to
his ideas, get imposed upe by the 81 MI LIZ W.
LATEs, sMAcKs LITTLE of SELF interest, and HIs
| Is not so pure and disiaterested ressrd for the
welfare Of the retailers he would have US suppose
Now that the people and retailers of Maine have
taken hold Of this matter and the tide Of osnsurs
has turned rather strong. on the Bangor Singers,
the I'M reliant of Boston can bear the doubt OF his
being regular and honorable, without . lar De
amount ef suffering. on the ground ol1et those
| laugh who win.' 49, y. 81
The complaint about "any quantity Of young
squirts, with which the country is flooded and who
generally sell goods ON eemmitsien, p and similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS of IL
| the articles written to Justly the driving out
from Maine Of everybody Nth samples Ssssibie
asen are not SO easily imposed sspos by you've
souIRTs," and UNTIL the Retailers If Maine
ask projections By lao, there will be but little tRooY
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers may be ssoindied and humbugged
s0ithoNt mercy by the numerous scallywags and
broken-down merchants who cannot command re-
spectacle situation at home" The Boston Mer-
chant" has abeter opinion Of the Retailers Of Mai
than to suppose them to be such flats, ready to be
fooled by every body and anybody, as described by
the Bangor Merehant;''-ahd is it notan insult to
the Intelligence of the Betailers of Maine 10 insinu-
ate that they cannot lake care Of themselvess Now
II such a state OF affairs GOULD HxIsT, is net the
remedy so plain, that whether the swindlers with
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere, would
not The Retailers act under the simplest rules of
common sense, to refuse to buy or order of the
young squirts unless they could produce satisfac-
tory evidence that they Sepresent responsible
thsases 8hf Jtt aaf d csis i41c .1e9lill astf
Finally, the flashing touch is put on to the whole
communication by the statement about counter
Jumpers who never understood the fret rudiments
Of commercial transactions scith chich the
Is isyestfd." Yes, you ignorant counter jumpers
YOU HAVE worried good, worthy, and very scise
Bangor Merchant" into . REGULAR RUpIMRNTAL
MIDDLE and he DON'T WANT tho State of Maine
''iHfested with commercial transaction" or 'rudi.
ments, !" unless the runners get their inspiration
and samples from Bangor, and then its all right to
rudiment into anybody sHoDDy SHOES or any other
kind Of property made holy under sanction CT the
Hawkers and Psddlers Act, chap. "A. a6 afgi
But suppose we change this subject, which may be
| getting treseme to one that ia oIspass setrssb;ao