The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-04

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To THE READERS OF THE BAEGoR DAILY
WHIe AND CoURIEs:
1t appears that the communication of "P, =, y and
tee answer to he Fame, in thu Boston Daily Adver
tser, has called out article in the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier of May 3Oth, from IA Merchant
of Bangor" who pitches into the Meichante Of Bcs-
ton" SIS follows.-sI wish 10 dtnounce some of his
statements, and inform said Merchant that an arii-
Gle more heartily shade ac,th trith thas his would
have agreatsr effect upon The business community
in this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this Boston Merchants communication, that he l.
not one offhaf cless Of Bost p Merchants appealed
to IN the letter OF hs Bangor correspondent, 'P.'
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants o. Bos-
ton" utef ia8iil. IalaaIai @9gI i9sEiJA -ME
Now to begin with. as guessing seems to be the
order of the day, allow tie "Boston Merchant" TO
say that should judge, from the style ofTHIs BAN
gor Merchsnps communication, that he is one OF
the s'gners to the Bangor eli cuar and Is a Waoie
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY Boot and Shoe
Dealer, lFor further particulars see Book ofJ. OBJ
fso, then his devotion the interests of the poor
defenceless Retailers Of Maine, who, according to
his ideas. get impefed upon by the 81 MI LIE VII.
LAINss sMAcKs A LITTLEof self intersst and his
isnot SO Euse and .disinteresfed regard for the
welfare of the retailers he would have suppose
Now that the people and rstdilers Of Maine have
taken hold of this matter, and the tideof censurs
has turned rather strong. on the Bangor Singers
the tM reliant of Boston cen bear the doubt OF his
being regular and honorable without large
an'ousst Of suffering. ON the ground OF 4et those
laugh who win.'
The complaint about any quantity Of tyoups
squirts, with which the country is flooded and who
generally sell goods on commission" )" and similar
statements, are the great staple ARGUMENTS or ALI
the articles written to justify the driving out
from Maine ofitvergbody sritb samples. Ssnsibie
men are not 50 easily Imposed sspom by "fouNa
SouIRTs," and UN3 IL the ,RetaileYs ,cf .Moine
ask protection ~ EGac, the will be 5ut little
that the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct.
that the retailers may be sscndled and haanba0ged
,0itaoat mercy BY The numerous scallywags and
broken-duwa meI chants who cannot command a re-
spectabls situation at hame.,' , he Boston Mer-
chant'' has abetter opinion OF the Retaiiers Of Maisc
ttap to suppose them to be such fats, ready to te
fooled byeseryb body and anybody, as described by
The Hanger MerlhaEt;''-a is IL not insult 10
the iRtellig nee ofbe Retailers of Maine to insinu-
ate tkat thsy cannot take Of themselves? Now
" such astate o! afr ifs GOULD EXIST, is not the
remedy sapkGiws that whether the sMindleIs so.th
samples were from BGngur or elaewhere,, would
not the Retailers act under the simplest rules of
common sense TO refiss to 5aiy or order of tho
young tquirts' unless they could produce satisfac-
tory egide,lee that they represent responsible
houses sd f +, sF s.45 gg., ,.3
Finally the finishing touch is put on to the whole
communication by the statement about Counter
Jumpers who mover understood tho frat rudimsnts
of eiai transactions aciM schich the eots su
ss5Afestfd. YeS, you ignorant ,counter-lumprrs 4
you HAVE worried good, worthy, ana gerry mise
"Bangor Merchant into REGULAR RUDmEHTAI
MIDDLE and he. DON'T wAEF the State of Maine
sinsested with commercial transactions or s'rud
nents " urlsss ths runners get their
and samples ffon Bangor, and then it's aB right to
'sssrs-s s'ssss svsy any other
kind property made holy under sanction Of the
Hav keEs and Peddlers Acf, chap. 44.tfssa - sfoas
But suppose we change this subject, which may be
getting tirssones to one that is atuGys feTeshiag