The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-06-06
BOOTS AND SHOES
- THE e Ass
CHINESE.JAPAN
- M anifestO !


The "Wise Men ofthe Easslp tEAsr OF THE KEN
EEBEc!l are making good the old saying. givea
monkey rope enough, and he win soon hang him
self" This t'band OF brotherss have come out in
9 card in The Boston Daily Advertiser, and, CLAIM
Z ING TO OWN iHs STATE OF MAINE, are DfcrAr.
ING TERMS to thecapitalists Of Boston, New York,
and ALL OUTSIDE BARsARtAIs The FAY, "We,
the Undersigned, hereby give notice TO al Runners
or Solicitors of Orders by Samples, not resid ents OF
this State, that we will complain Ct and prosecute
any for selling or .cfrsrhg for sale any goods,
wares merchandise as above within the lin to OF
this State east fthe Kennebec river. We also de-
clare that will shnn all Jobbers and Manufac ur-
era who send Runners into this State, far % we
can 5oee
1t has been asitatedin State and Wall streets
whether this was notanother phase of the Rebellion
breaking out eEast ofthe KeEnebeo,"-so Lkeihe
spirit of the of the South does this def
to the customs nd civilization of commerce APP
pear. They crack the whip" with the good old
crack of South Carolina, and the
p@a WHITE SLAVES, 10 aHsod
|. Q. the RErAILERs GF MAINE, are lin the imagin-
alton ofthese woIthies9 SO O. Sn4Jt 90 7aa0 >.
= SUPPOSED TO TREMBLEl tasd
what cay you Retailers of Maine, to this bare
eAo y
ordering goods 10 your own places Of business by
by samI les shown You, putting you to the trouble
to. go TO the wholesale dealer, or order Gin the
dark, without samples, take the sfuthat is thus
attempted to be forced ontoyou by those "East Of
the Kennebecf" Have You no rights or privileges
unless grantedyou by theeLords OF craation, who
at some time quietly got law put into the Statutes
that they might rule ther st of the Inhabitants Of
the States Look to it that the next Legislature
| wipes out this Anti Republican Statute rs
| What say you, Hotel Keepers and Livery Stable
| men of Manel win not your business suffer for
| the benefit Of the monopolistss II ave you n,
rightss Its expected that an endment il to be
| made to this Statue by these East Of tbs Kenne-
bec' that Q fine win be put uponyou Ryou harbor
| or Put up Drummer, unless somebody owns the
goods he off rs who has lived five years in the State
1 of Maine. What say you interested in Railroad
| Stocks in Maine VIII this t. ed to make any more
| travel, when nobody cut of the State can travel
with samples unless with passport signed East of
/ the Kennebec?" Whatsay tho Agents Of the East
ern Express Company, ana the Company itselfs--
viii not this doctrine il carried out, reduce your
business for the benefit OF the fsw owners'' East,
| &C.? What say the hundreds of travelling agents
who are thus thrown out Of employment, Maine
men bora ard bred. p ly,ng taxesand holding Coun.
/ ty Licenses to sell, but after all, having right to
| sell unless tie goods are oarned ty somebody who
has lived FIVE YEARS the State. Are your rights
to be sls'sobblsd up by those East OF the Ken
nebeca" Finally, what say the pr oples Must you
who are busy on your farms and in your workshops
be deprived of the low prices and good goods that
you will GaCays get fchere there Is competition? :
Or do you wish to make few men virtually "rulers
yer you to set the prices and give you the qhalt
ties they please poor good the way they can make
the most money out of it, 9H K
See to it that the representative from your to wn
district is in faysrof sswiping oft this blue
law put into the statute without your knowledge
| or c1nsenty F1sgh
thus matter. retailer ill procure for you tbs
| fashionable durable and stylish boots and shoes
| with sr55s ult 't