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G1LBER? SLATER gres? injury has resulted to ?he ryo?s in ?he same dis?ric? ?hrough ?he adulteration of senna. The reviving indigo industry is also exposed to danger from a similar cause. I? is not, I ?hink, sufilcien?ly recognised ?ha? ?he experience of Europe, during ?he period in which commerce and ma?ufac?ttre were carried on by very small men, was ?ha? safeguards agains? adultera- tion were urgently necessary in ?he in?eres? of ?he very merchants and manufacturers ?hemselves. industries were founded in migrating from ?he continent, ?hese craftsmen made ?o ?he England by ?he firs? pe?i?ion Governmen? was Wholl 11ow crsasme corn.. nomic effected advance will by cooperation be mos? surely and rapidly between ?he people and ?he Government, ?hs? i? is $ common in?res? o! bo?h, only io send back io lhe grocer lhe portion of shell which has lhe mark on il, and she is supplied wilh anolher egg inslead, and lhe mark is reported to Hull, and from Hull io Copenhagen, and lhe Danish farmer who supplied lhe bad egg is fined heavily enough to leach him io be more careful in fulure. In conclusion I should like io poinl oul lhal eco- shop and buys a dozen eggs. and subsequently dis- covers ?ha? one of ?he dozen ?s a bad one she need monly ?ha? ?hey should be allowed ?o form a Gild, and to appoin? officers to enforce good material, good workmanship and good measure. They knew ?ha? ?he prosperity of ?heir ?rade depended upon ?he preslJge of ?heir goods and ?ha? ?he ?emp?a?ion ?o any single producer ?o lower ?he quali?y was very great. The same ?hing has been discovered by agri?ttl?uris?s. Thus, for example, practically every farmer in Denmark who keeps hens belongs to the Danish Egg Expor? Association and every egg is marked in such a way as to indicate ?he village where i? was collected and ?he farmer who supplied i?. If my wife in Oxford goes to ?he grocer's