The Portland daily press., 1865-06-22
.BOOTSIA AND SHOES
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HAWKING and PEDDLING!
To The RxADERs OF The BAreoR DAILY

To THE READERS OF THE BAEaoR DAILY 1sysl
WHIe AND CouRIEs: lansb ~, i
II appears that the communication Of sP !" and
the swer to he sams in the Boston Daily kdver-
tser, has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May s0th, from "a Msrcnant
Of Bangor" who pitches into the .MeI ehantof Bcs-
ton" as follows.-'I wish TO denounce some of his
stateme nts and inform said Merchant that an arti-
ole more heavily shade tn truth tkas has would
have greater effsct upon the business community
in this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this Boston Merchaut's Communication, that he is
not one of that class Of Boston Merchants appealed
70 i'm the letter of the Bangor correspondent, 'P
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants Of Bos-
TOM, % afs 1ari e11is1r ~ smtunlA A
Now to begin with, as guessing seems to be the
order of the day. allow tie .sBoston Merchant to
say that.I should judge from the style ofrHts Ban
gor Merchants communication that he one of
the sgners to the Bangor eli cular, and 1, Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer. lFor further particulars see Book of OBJ
II then his devotion 10 the interests Of the poor
defsnceitss Retailers Of Maine, who, according to
his ideas. get impefed upon BY the 81 Nj LIE VIII
IAINs, sMAcKs a LITTLE of self interest, and BIS
isnot 80 pure and disinteressed regard for the
welfare Of the retailers he would have suppose
KtCPte
taken hold of ttis matter, and the tide Of csnsure
has turned rather strong. ON the Bangor singers,
the m rchaut of Boston bear the doubt OF his
being regular ard honorable without large
eznoaat u suffering. on the ground o. 'let those
laugh who win.' a asg7J ap9a1uo iii ~
The complaint about 'any quantity Of young
squirts, with which The country Is flooded, and who
generally sell goods on ctmmissiop, !" and similar
statements, are the great staple AReuxENrs ofALL
the articles written to Justify the driving out
from Maine Of everybody srith samples. Sensible
men are not 50 easily imposed sspoh by 'Youre
SQUIRrs," and UNi IL the Retailers IF Maine
ask protection By lao, thee viii be but little IRooF
that the Ranger Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers mag be soindled and humkugged
s0ithont mercy by the numerous scallywsgs and
broken-down merchants who cannot command re-
spectacle situation at homs.'' The "Boston Mer.
chant has abetter opinion Of the Retailsrs of Maize
than to suppose them to be sueh fats, ready to be
fooled by every body and anybody, as described by
the "Bangor Merchant; -and is IL not an insult to
the Intelligence of the Betaers OF Maine to insinu
ate that they cannot take care OF Themselves! Now
1 u such state of aft irs GOULD EXIST is not the
remedy 50 plain that whether the swindlers 10Th
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 sauirts unless they could produce sattsfae-
torn evidence that they represent responsible
h3uses sQas y
Finally, the finishing touch Is put to the whole
communication by the statement about counter
4 Jumpers who never understood the frat radiments
Of cial transactions soih soAch tAe country
Is infested" Yes, you ignorant countsr.iumpersl
YOU HAVE worried good, worthy, ana very ssise
Bangor Merchant into a REGULAR FUNDAMENTAL
MIDDLE and he DON'T WANT the State of Maine
'sinfested with commercial transactions" or .rudiy
ments. niunl ss the runners get their infpira ion
aud samples from Bangor, and then j's all right TO
radfnent into anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any other
kind 4 property made holy under sanction ef the
Hawkers and Peddiers Act, chap. a. 1at
4 But suppose we change this subject, which may be
getting tiresome to one that Is dlyays refreshing