The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-05-24
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The "Wise Men the Easil" (EAsT OF THE K I'm.
NEnEo are making good the, old saying, giyea
monkey rope esoagA and he win soon hang him.
cell" This band OF brothers" have come out In q
card In the Boston Daily Advertiser, and, OIL AIN.
ING 10 OWN MS STATE OF MAINE, are DIorAr-
ING TERMS to thecapitalists of Boston, New York,
and ALL OUTSIDE BARBARIAEs." The say, ave,
the UNDERSIGNED hlfeby give notice to al ] Runners
orsocifors Of Orders BY Samples, not residents Of
this State, that we will complain # and prosecute
any one for selling or Offering for sale any goods.
wares or merchandise as above within the limits of
this State east ofthe Kennebec river. We also de-
clare that we will shun allJobbers and Manufacur-
orr who aend Rannersinto this State, ID farEas we
cam IS.
IL has been asitated In State and Wall streets
whether this was not another phase of the Rebellion
Directing ont East Of the Kepnebec. p-so lkethe
spirit Of the shareholders Of the South does this def
ance to the customs md civilization Of commeroea p-
pear. They "crack the whip" with the good old
crack of South Carolina, ana the
WHITE SLAVES, o.
l. Q. the RETAILERS OF MAINE are lin the imagin-
alton ofthese worthies,) 81
SUPPOSED TO TREMBLEt o-~ os
What aayyoa, 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 SAM les shown you, putting you to the trouble
to go to the wholesale dealer or order Gin the
DARK, without sampks On take the stu that Is thus
attempted tob forced onto you BY those aEast Of
the Kennebecf" Have you no rights or privileges
unless grantedyou by the Lords OF Gre alton" who
at some time quietly got law put into the Statutes
that they rae the rest offthe Inhabitants Of
the States Look to it that the next Legislature
wipes out this Anti Republican Statute. AZ
What say you, Hotel Keepers aud Livery Stable
men of Maines Will mot your business suffer for
the benefit Of the smonopolistssF Have you ND
rightsM 1tia expected that an amendment i, to- be
made to this Statute by those EAST of tbs Kenne-
bee" that fine will be put upon you if you harbor
or put up Drummer, unless somebo y owns the
goods he offers who haslived five years m the State
of Maine. What sayEyeu Interested in IRairoad
Stocks IN Maine Wilfthis tend to make any more
travel, when nobody cut of the State can travel
with samples unless with passport signed East Of
the KennebecW Whatsay ths Agents of the East
ern Express Company, an q the Company itself2-
Will not this doctrine if carried out reduce your
business for the benefit OF the few "ownersn East,
&C.? What say the hundreds of travelling agents
who are thus thrown out of employment Maine
men born and bred, paying taxes and holding Coun-
ty Licepses to SELL but after all, having no right to
sell unless the goods are osoned by somebody who
has lived FIVE YEARS in the State Are your rights
to be all "gobbed up'' by those East of the Ken
nebecf" Finally, what sayythe pe pplsl Must you
who are busy on your farms and in your workshops
be deprived Of the low prices and good goods that
you will alssdys get aehere there y coapesitions-
Or do you wish to make few men virtually "rulers
yer you, to set the prices and give you the quall
ties they please poor pr good the way they can make
the most money out Of it?
See to it that the representative from your to en
or district is in favor of "wiping out" this bIue
law put into the statute without your knowledge
or consent? g
Ladies Of Maine! Whatever else may be done in
this mattersyour fetailer will proeurefo you tn,
fashionable. durable and stylish boots and shoes
with