The Portland daily press., 1865-07-12

To The READERS OF THE BAHeoE DALI
WAIe AND CoURiER:
II appears that the communication OF "P, I" and
the answer to 'hesams. in the Boston Daily AdvOr-
tser has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May 9otf, from "A Mercnant
Of Bangor" Hho pitches into the Merchant Of os-
tom as. 1ollows.-''I wish TO dspounce some ofhis
statsm' nts and inform said NE reliant that an Ar-
se more heavily shod,d 70 u truth than his would
Ave gre a'sr effect upon The business community
IN ms vicinity. should Jud . from the style Of
WI boston AsJchant's' communication that he Is
not ohe etttsi ciass Of BosteF Merchants appealed
% n tno ist'st Of the Bangor correspondent, 'P.'
w. Z ns rtsoas aud honorable Merchants o Bos-
ton " eal 't
Nc~ TO begin With. as guessing seems to be the
ordsrPfthe oay, allow tie" boston Me.shant' 10
say that ! sn uiu J@eRe' nom The style ofTsIs Ban
gor Merchants comm lieason,' that he is one Of
gu rs to the Bangor CT cplaT, and i, Whole
SAFE Dealer, and Why Likely Boot ana shoe
De ile- tFor fbrther Particular ste Book otJo.Bl
If So then biz cevct ion the interests Of the poor
deftHcel,ss Pefai'e1s Of Maine, who. According 10
his idss. set impsted uptn ~ the - MILF W.
LAIN. sMAcKs LITTLE Of ser interstt aad ma
is 20. so iWie and disinftresttd regard for the
iwelfire oithe retailers as he would have ~ suppose
N W that Tie people and rstaiters o. Maine have
AIKEN told Of hi mate', and the tide Of egnsuFe
has torned rather strong on the Bangor Singers,
thu I'M rctant Of Boston can bear the doubt 0. his
being 'feeuhr ara Honorable wi bout large
Gmouat u suffering. the ground O. fet those
laugh who wia.' 5ll ll.ll .-ll.i..l. I 1-i -s
The comp amt about ''any quantity Of young
squirts,' with which he country is flooded, AID who
generally cell goods on cemmifsioD," srd similar
-tatemsnts. are the great staple AReUn ENTs Of ALL
the articles written TO justify this driving out
nom Name Of Everybody tCith samples. SCasible
men are not easilv imposed Wpoa by "YoUNe
SouIRTs," and UN IL the Petaiiers II Nome
ask proteciiOM BY iag the WIN be but little fRooP
that the Bangor Merchants assertion IL eerrect,
thatthsTetailtrs may be ssciRdlea and hansbiggsd
ioithost mercy by the numerous ssallywags and
! broken-dowa merchants who eaaro como and a re-
spectsbls s tuAri IN at home" The Boston Mer-
clant' has abetter opinion ofthe Retailers Of Marie
T. au TO suppose them 10 be such ttts ready TO be
fooled by ever, boiy and anybody, as dtsCribea by
Tho Bangor Merthal - and is It not insult 10
the atolIig nee OF he Beaiers of Maine to insinu-
ateikatthsy cs,Rot take care Of themsetvesf Now
fiD such state an lrs GOULD EXIST, Is no. the
remedy g. ptai1s that whether the swindleFs s0.th
samples wee from Bangor or elsewhere. would
not she Re ailers ae' unGfr the simplest rules OF
4 common sense TO refuse TO bNy or order Of the
young lqu rts' unless they produce sattsfac-
foro eridenee that Trey represent respoHsibls
houses Ia.litn5 lItlQ llt .9lal LlGll.-.- .e t
Finally, the finishing touch is put on to the whole
c)mmuncAtion by the statement about counter
jumpers no never understood the fret rudiments
OF commercial transaOtcns Nth ivsich the country
Is islest.d" Ye., you ignorant counter-inmpors
YoU HAVE worried good, worthy, ana verv Oise
Bangor Merchant into q REGULAR RuDIMEETAL
MIDDLE and he DON'T WANT thu State OF Maine
"iufe ted with commercial Transactions" ''rudi.
meats" upl IS the runners get their inspiration
aud samples from Bangor, and then ifs all right 20
rudineat sato anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any Other
kind property made holy under sanction Of the
Has kers and Psddlers Act, chap. A.
l. But suppose we change this subject, whichmay b
getting tresome. 20 one that Is dLl0dys refreshing