The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-16
BOOTS AND SHOES.
ONCE MORE!
HAWKING and PEDDLING!
To THE READERS OF THE BAsson DAILY
WIG AND CoURIKg:

WIG AND COURIER:
1t appears that the communication OF "P, " and
tnesrswer to he sams, in tn Boston Daily Adyer-
user mas called out an article in tire Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May sOth, from "A Merchant
Of Bangor, who pitches into the IN chant of Bos
ton" as follows.-"I wish 10 denounce some OF his
sateme nts, and inform said Merchant that sn arti-
Gle more Aeavily shodsd sst IN truth THAI his woud
have gre atsr eject upon the business community
in this vicinity. should juds SO from the style Of
this Boston Merchant's communication, that he is
not one of that class Of BosfeA Merchants appealed
to in the letter Of the Bangor correspondent, 'P'
viz, Ths regular and honorable Merchants Of Bos-
ton" sere
Now to begin with, as guessing seems to be the
order ofthe day, allow tie "Boston Merchant" 10
say that 4 should judge from the style of THIS Ban
gor Merchants communication that he is one of
the sgners to the Bangor cit cular, and il Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer For farther particulars see Book off OBJ
If then his devotionto the interests Of the poor
detenceless Retailers of Maine, who according to
his ideas, get impcsed upon by the 81 Nj LIE VII
LAINs, sMAoKs a LITTLE Of se.f interest, and HH
is not SO pure and disinterested regfrd for the
welfare Of the retailers 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 his
being regular and honorable without large
amount u suffering. on the ground o let those
laugh who win.'
The complaint about ''any quantity of young
squirts, with which he country is fc oded and who
generally sell goods on mmission," arc similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS Of ALL
The articles written to justify the driving out
from Name of sverybody scith samples. Sensible
men are not 80 easily imposed upon by "YoUEs
souIRTs," ard UN IL the Retailers II Maine
ask protection By tasc there will be but little
that the sBanetr Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers may be sWindied aud hnmbugged
acithout mercy by the numerous scallywags and
broksn-down merchants who cannot command re-
spectacle situation at home" The sBoston Mer.
chant" has abetter opinion Of the Retailers of Mai
Il an to suppose them to be such fats ready to be
fooled by every body and anybody, as described by
The sBangor Mere haI ;'andis it mot insult to
the intelligence ofthe Betailers Of Msine TO insinu-
ate that they cannot take care Of themselvesf New
II such state Of af4irs O. ULD EXIST, is not the
remedy plain, that whether the swindieIs Nth
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere would
not the Retailers act under the simplest rules of
common sense, 20 refuse to bug or order of the
young fquirts' unless they could produce satJsfac
tory evideMce that they represent responsible
heases I'll -.~l ~
Finally, tie finishing touch is put to the whole
Communication by the statement about Counter
jumpers " no never understood tho frat rudiments
of commercial transactions scitb which the country
is arrested" Yes, you ignorant counter-iumpers
you HAVE worried good, worthy, ana very toiss