The Portland daily press., 1865-06-30
BOOTS AND SHOES
e . s..s ONCE MORE!
HAWKING and PRDDLING!
To rHn RnADnns or THE BAsson DAILY


To TIE READERS OF THE BANGOR DAILY
hes WHIG AND CoURlEe: rs vr..s
Itappears that the communication OF 'sP," and
the answer to he same, in tn Boston Daily Adver-
tiser, has called out an article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May 30th, from "a Merchant
of Bangor" who pitches into the "Merchantcf Bos-.
ton" as foilows-"I wish to denounce some Of his
statements, and inform said Merchant that ar;i-
Gle more heavily shaded a0ith truth thoa his would
have greater effect upon the business community
in this vicinity. should judee from the style Of
this Boston Merchants communication, that he Is
not one Of that class Of Boston Merchants appealed
to inthe letter of the Bangor correspondent r.
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants OF Bos
tom"
Now to begin with, as guessing seems to be the
order OF the day, allow the e"Boston Merchant" to
say that Il should judge, from the style ofTHIs Ban
gor Merchants communication, that he is one Of
the sgners to the Bangor eli cuar, and IL Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer. iFor further particulars see Book ofJ.OB.)
If then his devotion 10 the interests of the poor
defsAceless Retailers Of Maine, who, according to
his ideas, get impeted upon BY the s. MILE VIZ
LAIEs. sMAcKs A LITTLE of selF imterest, and HIS
is mot 80 pure and disinterested regard for the
welfare OF the retailers he would have suppose
Now that the people and retailers OF Maine have
taken hold OF this matter, and the tide of
has turned rather strong. on, the Bangor Singers,
the m rcbaht of Boston csn bear the doubt OF his
being 'tegular apd honorable, without large
-amopgt Of suffering. on the ground o. let those
laugh who win.' i
The complaint about s'any quantity OF young
squirts, with which the country is Hooded an who
generally sell goods on commission, y end similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS ofA
the articles written to Justify the driving out
from Maine of everybo6y witb samples. Sensible
men are not SO easily imposed sspon by you've
SevIRTs," and UNq IL the Retailers Of Meiae
ask protection By ldso, the win be 5ut little PROOF
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers mag be sscindled and huabagged
scithout mercy by the numerous scalIywags and
broken-down merchants who cannot command re-
spectacle situation at home' The sBoston Mer-
chant has abetter opinion of the Retailers of Maize
than to suppose them to bo such 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 insnu-
ate tkat they ccnnot lake care Of themseivesg Now
II such state Of affsirs GOULD EXIST, is not the
remedy so plain that whether the swindlers Nth,
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere would
not lhe Retailers act under the simplest rules Of
common sense, TO refuse to 6ug on order Of the J
young squirts unless they could produce sGttsfac-
tory evidence that they represent responsible
h@ases
Finally, the fnishing touch is put on to the whole
communication by the statement about Counter
jumpers vhoneEer nnderltood the frat rudiments
of commercial transactions soth okioh the country
is iafesttd" Yes, yeu ignorant counter-i jumpers
you HAVE worried good, worthy, ana gerry acise
Bangor Merchant" into REGULAR RUDImaNTAL
H.
'intested with commercial transactions or ..rudi.
ments, uEl IS the rasnsrs get their inspiraion
aat samples from Bangor, and then s's all right to
rudiment into angboGy sHopDY SHOES or any other
kind of property made holy under sanction Ct the
Hawkers and Peddlers Act, chap. A.
But suppose we change this subject, which may be
getting tiresome TO one that ID asways retreshing