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shops, the fundamental position of which was that they would
sell genuine goods at ready money only, have occasionally suc-
cumbed to this form of competition for cheapness, and that some
of the reproaches which have been cast upon competition among
working men are due to the fact that their own order has yielded
to temptation.
The duty of legislature seems clear. There should be no truce
with those who sell unwholesome food, for this is a common
danger, induced by a very base appetite for fraud. But generally
it is in the interests of honesty and fair dealing to chastise those
who in trade sell, calling what they sell by a name which it is not.
It has been found necessary to check malpractices in international
trade, after loudly expressed complaints ; but it is certainly in-
consistent to condone identical practices in domestic trade.
shops, the fundamental position of which was that they would
sell genuine goods at ready money only, have occasionally suc-
cumbed to this form of competition for cheapness, and that some
of the reproaches which have been cast upon competition among
working men are due to the fact that their own order has yielded
to temptation.
The duty of legislature seems clear. There should be no truce
with those who sell unwholesome food, for this is a common
danger, induced by a very base appetite for fraud. But generally
it is in the interests of honesty and fair dealing to chastise those
who in trade sell, calling what they sell by a name which it is not.
It has been found necessary to check malpractices in international
trade, after loudly expressed complaints ; but it is certainly in-
consistent to condone identical practices in domestic trade.