A Chicago tailor displays a sign which announces that he makes
trousers at “$1.75 per leg.” Inquiry reveals the fact that altho
he uses a goose he is not foolish enough to furnish trousers
with only one leg. One can not get trousers at his shop except
their two legs be properly sewed together and one pays $3.50 for
them. But the tailor compels editors to read his sign.
This fable teaches that two things even apparently complete when
separate ought to be brought together if they are to be made practical.
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