The Portland daily press., 1865-06-20
BOOTS AND SHOES
.si5'' ONCE sMOREt &: &.
HAWKING and PEDDLING!

To THE READERS OF THE BAHeoR DAILY feiaK
WING AND CouRIKx: - S 07lliss.isag.i
1t appears that the communication of up !, and
the answer to he same, in the Boston Daily Adyer-
tiaer has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier OF May Both, from "a Merchant
ofBangor," who pitches into the Of Bos.
ton" as follows.-"I wish to denounee some of his
statements, and inform said Merchant that an arti
Gle more heavily shade sosth truth thas his would
have greater effect upon the business csmmnnity
In this vicinity. should judge from the style of
this Bosom Merchants communication, that he is
not one offhat class Of Bosfta INGREDIENTS appealed
to in the letter OF the Bangor correspondent, 'P'
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants OF Bos-
ton.", s,.fi.f.5lt si..s.,.i.ss-.,5S ~ ...
Now to begin with, as guessing seems 10 be the
order Of the day, allow tt 'sBoston Merchant" to
say that 4 should judge, from the style ofrH1s Ban
gor Merchants Communication, that he Is one Of
the sgners to the Bangor ciI cular, and Il Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer tor fartber particulars see Book of OBJ
If So then his devotion the interests of the poor
defenceless Retailers OF Maine, who, according to
his ideas. get impcfed upon by the 81 MI LIE VII
LAINs, sMAoKs "A LITTLE Of self interest, and HIS
| is not 30 pure and disiMteresfed regard for the
welfare ofthe retailers as he would have Us suppose
Now that the people and retailers Of Maine have
taken hold of this matter and the tide Of csnsure
has turned rather strong on the Bangor singers
the M reliant of Boston can bear the doubt OF his
being regular and honorable, wihou large
amount Of sss5sriag. on the ground o. flet those
laugh who win.' "a ~, $500. sss vs.
The complaint about "any quantity of young
squirts, with which the country is fc oded and who
generally sell goods on c,mmiesiop, p snd similar
statements, are the great staple ARGuMExrs Of ALL
the articles written to Justify the driving out
| from Maine of Everybody seith samples Ssnsi5le
men are mot so easilv imposed upon by "YouNa
| SouIRTs," and IL the Retailers RI Maine
ask protection By ta, there viii be but little ROOF
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct
that the retailers may be ssoindied and kambugged
s0sthoat mercy by the numerous scally wags and
broken-down merchants who canno. comm and re-
spectacle situation at home" The Boston Mer-
chant" has abetter opinion of the Retaers Of Maie
tfapto suppose them to be such fats, ready to be
fooled by every body and anybody, as described by
/ the Bangor MerohaLt;"-and Is 1t not an insult to
the Intelligence of the Betailers of Maine to ipsinu-
ate that they cannot take care Of themselgess Now
| " such state Of af.irs GOULD EXIST, Is not the
remedy so plain, that whether the swindleIs w.th
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere, would
not The Retailers act under the simplest rules of
common sense, 70 retsass to buy or order of the
young squirts' unless they could produce satisfde-
tory evidence that they represent responsible
henses S .st /. I0Haa sadu siis usxa IS $50 ii
Finally, the flashing touch Ia put ON to the whole
communication by the statement about sscounter.
jumpers who never understood the first rudiments
Of commercial transactions pith Dhich the countrv
Is infested" Yes, you ignorant counter jumpers!
YOU HAVE worried good, worthy, ana vere sciss
| Bangor Merchant" into RsauLAR RUBIN Entail