The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-17
BOOTS AND SHOES.
. .sst ONCE MORE!
HAWKING and PEDDLING!

To THE READERS OF TIE BAnsop Many
I'm WHIG AND COURIER 1900 =. = 80

To TIE READERS OF TIE BAksoR DAILY ais 4
I'm WHtG AND COURIER t4a.eif -sl-r-c9
1t appears that the communication of IT" and
the answer to he aame in the Boston Daily Adver-
tser, has called out article in the Bapgor Daily
Wing and Courier of May sOth, from "a Mercnant
of Bangor" who pitches into the Merchants eff Bcs.
ton" as follows-sI wish TO denouuce sorne of his
stateme nts, and inform said Merchant that an at.
Gle more heavily SHADE 10Th truth thea his woa!d
have greater tffsct upon the business community
in this vicinity. 4 should judi from the style Of
this Boston Merchants Communication. that he is
not one that class Of Boston Merchants appealed
to in the letter of ths Bangor correspondent .P.,
viz, This regular ana honorable Merchants Of Bos-
TOM" f t ,r NJ III \
NOW TO begin with, as guessing feems TO be the
order ofthe day, allow tie eBoston Merchant to
say that should judge, from the style ofTaIs Ban
gor Merchants communication that he is one of
the s'gners to the Bangor ci cular and Il Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and shoe
Dealer. sFor further particulars see Book ofJ O.
If SO. then his the interests of the poor
defsncetess Retailers of Maine, who, according 10
his ideas, get impeted upon BY the s. MILE VII.
LAINs, sMAoKs A LITTLE Of SET interest, and HIs
is nots SO pure and disiaterested regsrd for the
welfsre OF the retailers he would have Us suppose
Now thst the people and retailers of Maine have
taken hold of Ills matter, and the tide Of osnsdre
has turned rather strong. on the Bangor singers,
the M reliant of Boston csn bear the doubt o. his
being regular and honorable wi bout large
amount er suffering. on the ground 4et those
laugh who win., A1s s7t f3ilE 1hs sfll-iil Il
The complaint about "any quantity Of young
squirts, with which the country is flooded and who
generally sell goods c,mmii SIGN, !" and similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS Of ALL
the articles written to JUSTIFY the driving, out
from Maine OF everybody aoitA samples sStnsible
men are not 50 easily imposed upon by You've
SouIRTs," and UN IL the Retailers cf Maiae
ask protection By Iaso, there viii be but little ROOF
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers mag be srixdied and husabugged
aoithoat mercy by the numerous scalywags and
broken-down merchants who cannot comm and re-
spectacle situation at home" The s.Boston Mer.
chant has better opinion of the Retailers of Mai
t. an TO suppose them to be such flats, ready to be
fooled by eyerJ body and anybody, as described by
the Bangor Mere haLt ;-and is 1t not an insultto
the Intelligence of The Betailers Of Maine to nsinu-
ate that thsy cannot take care OF themsetvess Now
If such state Of aft irs oeULD EXIST, is net the
remedy 50 plain, that whether the swindlers III
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere, would
not The Retailers act under the simplest Iulesof
common sense. TO refuse to buy or order Of the
young tqurts unless they could produce sotistdc-
torn evidence that they represent Responsible
hpstses aIGd i3sa49a s EtAG9 sa 81 pns
Finally, tie finishing touch is put on to the whole
| communication by the statement about counter
jumpers who never understood the frat rudiments
of commercial transactions Nth sohich the eossntry
is infestsd-" Yes, you ignorant counter-iumpers
You HAVE worried a good, worthy, ana gerry pise
| Bangor Merchant into REGULAR RUDrMENrAL
MUDDLE and he DON'T WANT the State of Maine
"inseAted with commercial transactions" or 'rudi.
ments," urlsss the runners get their inspira ion
and samples from Bangor and then its all right TO
Tu7imeat into anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any other
kind Of property made holy under sanction Ct the
Hawkers and Peddlers Act, chap. A baUa
But suppose change this subject, which may be
getting tiresome. to one that is atwogs refreshing