not remiss in their duty? And if the public officials The Rule of "Not Too Much." hope it is not too late to effect a real clean-up and to would they do it, if the police or other officials were to bad uses after he has sold them, nevertheless, it is an important element will be not only to clean up has about lost faith in their sincerity in that regard, convince the public that they mean business. And, they set about to show their earnestness. Well, let us the disorderly retail stands, and now that the public business men, as if, for instance, as I showed some assuming a responsibility far beyond that of other 123 course of action on the part of brewers that by pro- are negligent, who gets the blame? The brewer! It ceeding in this way the brewers are doing what the the half-world. But the brewer occupies an exceptional gation on his part to see that his goods are not put goods to a dressmaker who made clothes for ladies of position, and while there is, perhaps, no moral obli- once, but to keep your house clean forever after. time ago, a dry goods dealer should refuse to sell It is true and that is one of the criticisms of this public prosecutors or the police ought to do. But, business clean. is going beyond the limits of ordinary business and really a matter of self-protection to keep the retail