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Show uir 'nr in tm mi Mu. Mlwlsh there was a law to compel manufacturers to tlo etcu intnibvrof a pair of shot to its mate," said a well known j bbr to tlio writer a few days ago. ! do not llh re there Is a shoe dialer In the country but that 1ms lost cutntners, pat if ate mil money through the uxatlous mlMJiatltig of shoes. "Years ugoflU sIidm were tlvil In pairs anl lied togllier they rvnslntl until they were sol 1 to tho wearer. Then cartons mine in and tying went out. "The oil way was not as mat os the new, nnd It w us supposed that tlo carton plan obt Uted nho necessity of tying; but If )oti could se tho amount of bother nnd tr mble whlrh cornea from inUmattng In a store you would not wonder at my disMtisfaMion. It frequently haptens that goods Itecome mip1aced a nine Is overturned or steral cartons ar indls-i indls-i rimtnatt ly tumbled togethi r 1 hen the I mutchingnudinatingaroharrletl) done, with tho natural consequence of separating separat-ing the mates, "Ttiewi goods go to onr enstoraers, and wheu the mleinaiing is dlwotircd the j carton is sent Uwk, ffun hundretls of miles, at our exinM, and allowances ' ihinandid I tell yoit th manufacturer onght to Ik obliged to tlueaUi p.ilr t- gether carton or no i-arton, nnd I am IhlnLIng wrlou-ly of demanding this of tvtry manufacturer who makes goods fur us. "The tylrg con honestly and quickly done by machine nowalays, anl the benefit Is ro great that there is no reason why it shoul 1 not liuooiuo unUcnwh |