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Show Nothing Too Small to Steal. "The old saying that nothing Is too small to steal is exemplified in our business," said a manufacturer of custom cus-tom made clothing. . "Our thread gives us lots of trouble". We have to keep a watchful eye upon It. The case in which it Is kept is under the supervision supervis-ion of our most trusted employe. If he chose to be dishonest he could rob us of 85000 a year' and we would be none the wiser. We would, perhaps, notice that we were using more thread than usual, but the excess might be attributed to other causes. - "We have to check out every spool we give to our tailors. Even at this we are In danger of having a cheaper grade substituted. The difference In the price of the spools may. be only 1 or 2 cents, but it offers a temptation if the scheme can be worked on a large scale. Some years ago we were forced to the conclusion that a t ence'- was being operated to dispose of stolen thread. .The spools were sold by peddlers ped-dlers from house to house. This suspicion sus-picion caused large establishments . to have each spool stamped with dyes which cut into the wood, stating that the thread was stolen frorn such and such a shop, the name of which was stamped on the spooL" New York Press. |