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The regulation and mutual adjustment of the conditions of the several branches of the industrial system are wholly done by the General Government . At the same time , however , the regulation of the conditions of work in any occupation is effectively , though indirectly , controlled by the workers in it through the right we all have to choose and change our occupations . Nobody would choose an occupation the conditions of which were not satisfactory , so they have to be made and kept satisfactory . '' * * * * * While we were at the factory the noon hour came , and I asked the superintendent and Edith to go out to lunch with me . In fact , I wanted to ascertain whether my newly acquired credit card was really good for anything or not . `` There is one point about your modern costumes , '' I said , as we sat at our table in the dining hall , `` about which I am rather curious . Will you tell me who or what sets the fashions ? ''