The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-03

To THE READERS OF THE BANGOR DAILY .r
r8 WIG AND CoURIEa;
1t 81 pears that the communication OF "P," and
tie answer to he same, in tn Boston Daily Adver-
tser, has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May 3Otb, from "a Merchant
Of Bangor" who pitches into the Merchant cf Bos-
ton" as iolows.-"I wish 10 der ounce some OF his
statements, ard inform said Merchsnt that an arti.
Gle more heocily shaded so,th truth than his would
have greater eject upon the business community
IN this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this Boston MeIchant's' communication, that he is
not one that class Of Bostcn Merchanfs sppealed
to in the letter OF ths Bangor correspondent, P.'
VIZ, The regular and honorable Merchants O. Bos-
ton" z. w. q ~ u
Now to begin wirb, as guessing seems TO be the
order the day, allow the "Boston Merchant, to
say thatd should judge, from the style ofTH1s Ban
gor Merchants communication, that he is one Of
tue s'gners to the Bangor Gil cular and i, a WhAe-
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer. tFcr further particulars see Book of OBJ
II so, then his devotion 10 the interests of the poor
aeenceLess hetaiters of Maine, who. according 10
ms IDEAS get impefed upt n ly the 81 MILE VII
LAINs. sMAcKs A LITTLEof ser interest, and HIS
~ not go FUre and disinteresfta regard for the
welfare OF the retailers he would have US suppose
Now that the people and retailers OF Maine have
.aken hold OF Till matter and The tide of censure
has turned rather strong. ON the Bangor Singers
the M reliant ofBoston' Q bear the doubt OF bis
being 'regulsr and honorable VII hout a large
a'o'snt " suffering. on the ground OF 'let those
laugh who win' ,,te& ~.
The complaint about any quantity Of 'youpg
squirts with which The country is flooded, and who
generally sell goods on commission" ]" ard similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS ofALL
TIE articles written to jassJy the driving out
nom Maine OF ecerybody acita samples. Sensible
men are not 80 easily imposed upon by "YoUse
SoUIRTs,"' ard UN4I IL the Petailers ef Maime
asst projection By dD, the will be Sut Little PROOF
that the Bar gor Merchant's assertion is correct,
that the retae rs may be soindled and hunabggged
aoithout marcy by the numerous scalIywags and
broken-down mei chants who cannot comns and a re-
spectabls tuati3n at homo" he s.Boston Mer.
chant" has abeter opinion of the Retailers of Maize
q an to suppose Them to be such fats ready to be
fooled by eyery body and any body, as descrbcs BY
he Bangor MerchaLt is it not an insalt TO
the isteiiig nee oftte Betaers OF Maine to fnsinu
ate tkst thsy cHaot take care Of hepsse ves2 Now
u such state OF aft irs GOULD EXIST, is not the
remedy plain, that whether the swindlers 10 tn
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere would
not The Re alters act under tie simplest rules of
common sense, 10 refuse to buy or order of the
young squ'rts' unless they uld produce satSsac-
tory erideAce that they. represent responsible /
haslses esf i8 a s,sefg es ~
Finally tie finishing touch i put on to the wloe
communication BY the statement about ,counte-
lumptrs v no never understood the fir rudiments
OF commercial transactions wifh Vhieh the country
Is H. fest d. ye2, you ignorant csuater-iumper
you HAVE Worried good, worthy, and peyy scise
Bangor Merchant" into REGULAR RuDIM sNrAL
MuDDLE and he DON'T WANT Tho State Of Maine
''iu,e ted with commercial transactions" or .rudi.
me- !" NIL IS tha sGsaers get Il
~ ''--i'iss e D-se pnd y frs all right to
rHasneat into anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any other
Qno property made holy under sanction Ct tho
han ksrs and Eeddicrs Art chap. 4f.-ss
But suppose We change this soblect, which may be
getting tirssone to one that is aivcys refreshing