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 woman, clerk in a dry goods establishment, is told to misrepresent the quality and age of the goods on the counter on penalty of dismissal. An aged mother and younger children are dependent upon her. Where does her greatest use lie?

The employer, on the other hand, says that he is compelled to these methods by competition. He must do as the others do or fail. One wrong always leads to another.

Neither employer nor employee is free. Here we observe the necessity of the establishment of a human law which shall support the law of heaven—a law which shall deepen and widen the construction of the statute forbidding theft, for theft