Mein retaliated by accusing the Merchants' Committee of using the nonimportation agreement for illegal profiteering. The irritated readership ransacked the offices of the Chronicle, and ultimately, it ceased operations in 1770.
In response, Mein accused the Merchants' Committee of using the nonimportation agreement for illicit profiteering. This angered the public, who attacked the Chronicle offices and forced it to shut down in 1770.