The Portland daily press., 1865-06-07

Ths Wise Msn Of the East % CAST on rHx KEN.
NEBEol are making good the old saving. give
monkey rope enough. and he will soon hang him. /
self' This "band OF brotters, have come ont in
card in the Boston Daily Advert err. and. CLAIM
ING TO OWN The STATE OF MAINE. are p1orAr.s
ING TERMS TO thscapf aiIsts of Boston. New York,
and ALL OUTSIDE BARsARIARs J" Tho. saw. awe,
the UNDERSIGNED hereby give notice to al Runners
or ictors of Orders by Samples not residents of
this State, that we will copplsin If and prosecute
any one for selling Offering for sale any goods,
wares or merchandise as above within the linn is of
this State east ofthe KenLo bec river. We also de-
clare that we viii shun all Jobbers and Manufac
era who send Runners into this State as far as we
cam ;s ssss 49, ~
1t has been q itatsd in State and Wall streets
whether this was not another phase of the Rebellion
breaking out "East of the Kennebec,"-so bkethe
spirit Of the shareholders of the South does this def
ance to the customs nd civilization Of commerce ap-
pear. They "crack the whip with the GOOD old
crack of South Carolina, and the ..s..ss IS
WHITE SLAVES, -.
l. Q. the RErAIIERs . y MAINE, are lin the imagin-
Z alton of these woIthics) ,ssIsFi -
: " SUPPOSED TO TREMBLE!
L What cay you, Retailers Of Maine, to this bare
faced attempt to cut you of from the privilege of
ordering goods in your own places OF business by
by SAINT leo shown you, putting you to the trouble
to 60 to the Wholesale dealer, or order Gin the
dark, without samples, or take the stuihat is thus
attempted TO be forced onto you by those EAST Of
the Kennebecw Have you no rights or privileges
unless grantedyon by the Lords Of Gre ltion who
at some time q1ietly got law put into the Statutes
that they might rule therest of the Inhabitants Of
the Statef Look to it that the next Legislature
: wipes out this Anti Republican Statute. ein
What say you, Hotel Keepers and Livery Stable
mon Of Mainesd Will not your business suffer fur
the benefit of the monopolistss sve you n,
rightsf 1t is expected that an am ndment /, to be
made to this Statue by these East of ths Kenne-
bec,n that fac will be put upon you if you harbor
or put up Drummer, unless somebody owns the
goods he Offers who has lived five years in the State
of Maine What cay ycu interested in Railroad
Stocks in Maine Win this n nd to make any more
travel, when nobody cut of the State can tr avel
with samples unless with passport signed East Of
the Kennebsci" Whatsay ths Agents Of the East
I ern Express Company, ami the Company ITSELF
Will not this doctrine, If carried out, reduce your
business for the dement's OF the few "ownerss East,
&cS What say the hundreds of trsyellingagenfs
who are thus thrown out of employment, Maine
men bora arc bred, p .yng taxes and holding Coun-
ty Licenses to sell, but after all, having right to
sell unless the goods are osened BY somebody who
hasiiTed FIVE YEARS in the State. Ale your rights
tobe sil 'tgotbled up by those East OF the Ken
nebecW Finally, what say the ppoplef Must you
who are busy on your farms and in your workshops
be deprived of the low prices and good goods that
you will al,cays get aohere there Is competition?
Or do you wish to make q few men virtually "Iulers
yer YOU, to set the prices and give You the quall-
ties they please poor good. the way they canmake
the most money cut Of its Sf a5 s
See to it that the representative. from your TO IN
or district in fayer Of "wiping ojt,' this sblue
law put tito the statute without your knowledge
or cansenta naGs les 5eS S5s
Ladies Of Msiael Whatever else may be done in
this matter your retailer nj procure for you ha
fashionable, durable and stylish boots andssthoes
with ~ S..seHcl9 Tg5 ~ " ~ p5s ffa'fa FsHs