The Portland daily press., 1865-06-14
BOOTS AND SHOES,
10 ONCE MOREl 'asI.
HAWKING and PEDDLING!
To THE Readers oB.rHR BANGOR Danny
MHIG AND COURIEx.

To THE READERS BTHR BANGOR Danny
WING AND CoURIEs:
1t appears that the communication OF sP !" and
the answer to he came, in thu Boston Daily Adyer-
tiser has called out article In the Bangor Daily
Wing and Courier Of May 30th, from "a N srcnant
of Bangor" who pitches into the sMerehantef Res
ton" as 10llows.--"I wish TO denounee some al his
sateme nts, and inform said Merchant that an arfi
Gle heartily shaded sc.th truth than his woud
have greater efsct upon The business community
in this vicinity. should judge from the style Of
this Boston Merchant's' communication, that he ia
not one of that class Of Bostc Merchants appealed
to in the letter OF the Bangor correspondent, sP'
viz, The regular and honorable Merchants o. Bos-
ton. !" n ieis
Now to begin with. as guessing teens to be the
order ofthe DAP allow tie Boston Merchant, to
say that 4 should judge from the style ofTHIs Ban
gor Merchants Communication that he is one Of
the sgntrs to the Bangor eli cular, and IL Whole
sale Dealer, and VERY Likely Boot and Shoe
Dealer. For further particulars Book of OBJ
If So then his devotion 10 the interests Of the poor
defenceltss Retailers of Maine, who, according TO
his ideas, get impefed upt n by the 81 Nj LIE VII
LAISs, sMAcKs A LITTLE of SCI inherent and ms
is not SO pure and dis;nteresttd regsrd for the
welfre OF the retailers as he would have suppose.
NOW tutt sHc PtOptc UNA TttOtteTS OF mhlue nave
taken hold of tlis matter, end The tide Of
has turned rather strong on the Bangor Singers,
thu N rchaut of Boston can bear the doubt O. his
being 'fegular and honorable wi bout large
amount ef suffering. on the ground 0. Iet those
laugh who win, 88eifsstfl, ssa
The comp amt about f'any quantity Of .yousg
squirts, with which The country is flooded and who
generally sell goods ON csmmis sieD = or similar
the articles written to justyy the driving out
| nom Name of everybody scith samples. Sensible
men are mot 50 easily supposed sspon By 'sYoUNa
sooIeTs," and UN IL the Retailtrs II Maine
ask protection By tdsc, there win be BUT little
| thai the Bangor Merchants assertion is curreoE,
that the retailers may be ss0iadied and hunbugssd
soithout mercy by the numerous scallywsgs and
broken-down merchants who cannot command q re-
spectacle situation at home" The ssBoston Afer.
chant has sbetter 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 Bangor Mert hart; -and Is il not an insult to
the intelligence of the Betailers of Maine 10 nsnu-
ate that they caNaot take care Of themsslvesf Now
IL such state of aft irs O UID EXIST is not Ii )
remedy SO plain that whether the swindiefs ssstA
samples were from Bangor or elsewhere, would
not the Retailers act under the simplest rules of
common sense, to refuse to buy or order Of the
young fqurts unless ths y could produce satisfae-
tory evidence that they represent responsible
b'9ses -, ts ~. 1900 :
Finally, tie finishing touch ID put en- to the whole
Communication BY tue statement about Counter
Jumpers v no never understood thu frat rudiments
Of commercial transactions s0ith which the country
is infested" Yes, you ignorant csuHter.jumpers.
you HAVE worried good, worthy, and Gerry soise
Bangor Merchant" into RvGULAR EUDIMsNTAL
MUDDLE and he DON'T WANT ths State of Name
"insested with comrercisl transactions" or ''rudi
ments," urls the runners get their iufpira ion
and samples from Bangor, and then its all right to
,aadiment snto anybody sHoDDY SHOES or any other
kind ef property made holy under sanction cf the
Hawksrs and PeddIers Act, chap. A ~ ,as..xs +
But suppose we change this subject, which may be
getting tirssome. 70 one that is olpass refreshing