The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
ONCE MORE! e.. q
HAWKING and PEDDLING!


| To THE READERS OF THE BANGOR DAILY sasib
4 esWHIG1AEoD DCeURIEs: ss tt .s5..55 aa.sss. Il ~
! 1t appears that the communication Of IF, /" and
the answer to he same, in ths Boston Daily Adver
tiser, has called out article in the Bangor Daily
| Wing and Courier of May 3Oth, from "a Merchant
ofBangor," who pitches into the MeIchantof Bos,
! tonaaas 5ollows-sI wish TO den ounce come OF his
statemt nts and inform said Merchant that an arti
Gle more heartily shade c,th truth than his would
have greater effect upon the business community
In this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this 'Bos TON Merchants, Communication, that he is
not one Of that class Of Bosttn Merchants appealed
to in the letter OF the Bangor correspondent .P.'
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants o. Bos-
TOM ss' Aiat e4A et Easea
Now to begin with. as guessing feems TO be the
order ofthe day, allow Il 9 Boston Merchant" to
say that 4 should Judge, from the style ofTBrs Ban
gor Merchants cohmuBication,' that he is one Of
the s'gnsrs to the Bangor ch cular, and i,a Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY LIKELY a Boot and Shoe
Dealer. tFor further particulars see Book off OBJ
If SO, then his devotion the interessof the poor
detsaceLss Retoiters of Maine, who, according to
his ideas get impcted upen by the 81 MI LIE yrL.
LAINs, sMAcKs A LITTLE Of ser interest and HIS
is not SO pure and dsssnterested regsrd for the
welfare OF the retailers he would have us suppose
Now that The people and retailers Of Maine have
taken hold of tlis matter and The tide OF O. insure
has turned rather strong on the Bangor Singers,
the m rchant of Boston bear the doubt o his
being regular and honorable, wi. hout a large
daaossnt Of suffering, ON the ground o. let those
laugh who win.' sl G
sThe complaint about s'any quantity of young
squirts, with which The country is flooded and who
generally sell goods on ctmmssion !" Oh d similar
statements are the great staple AReUMENTs Of ALL
the articles written to justify the driving out
ffom Name of Everybody acith sompIes. Stns5ble
men are not SO easiv imposed upon by "YoUrG
souIRTs." and UNTIL the Retailers Of Moine
ask protection by Josc there will be bat little RooF
thar the Bangor Merchants assertion is correct,
that the retailers mag be sacinded and hunsbugged
without mercy by the numerous scallywags and
broken-down merchants who cannot comm and re-
spectable situation at home.o The Boston Mer.
chant" has abetter opinion Of the Retailers of Mai
Il an to suppose them to be such Fats ready to be
fooled byegery body aud anybody, as described BY
ne Bangor Mere ha1 ;''and is it not insult to
the intelligence OF the Beaiiers of Maine TO insinu-
ate that they cannot take care Of themselvesl Now
V such state of aft irs GUILD EXIST, is notthe
remedy 50 plain, that whether the swindlers nth
samples were from hanger Or elsewhere. would
mot The Retailers act under the simplest rules of
oo--iAon ssAso, W TGnse W oUy OF OFdeT OF tne
young squirts' unless they could produce satisfac-
tory ecidence that they represent responsible
houses A ~ p 3f'sA g SOS
Finally, the finishing toach is put on to the whole
by the statement about .scounter-
jumpers tho never understood the first rudiments
Of commercial transactions ssith oaich the country
is irfestSd" Yes, you ignorant counter-jnmpersl
You HAVE worried good worthy, ana gery cise
Bangor Merchant" into RvGULAR RuDMRETAL
MUDDLE and he DON'T WANT the State of Maine
''insested with commercial transactions" or .srudi
ments.'' url ss the snsners get their infpira ion
aud samples from Bangor, and toen rs all right to
'Indiaaent into anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any other
kind u property made holy under sanction ef the
Havkars and Peddlers Act, chap. Al
But suppose we change this subject, which may be |