Honest Clothing by Legislation
In an article on "Honest Clothing by Legislation" in the Independent, by Senator Francis E. Warren, from Wyoming, the writer's first two sentences are: "The tendency of the day is in the direction of fair dealing. National and State legislatures enact legislation intended to insure to the consumer of food products purity of such products, and a knowledge of their ingredients." Now if it is true that "the tendency of the day is in the direction of fair dealing," why do we need legislation to compel fair dealing? If the tendency, the drift, the current, was truly that way, why not have "honest clothing" without legislation? Of course men want honest clothing, and they will join with the Wool Growers' Association to secure it by legislation, if need be; but this is in the interest of self-protection, not fair dealing. Once men could get honest food and honest clothing without legislation. The fact that legislation is so vitally necessary, proves that the tendency of the times is away from fair dealing.