NO to everything in the above quoted post.
Did it have anything to do with clothing?
Nope.
Were the workers who dealt directly with the ponies the only ones putting this suggestion into practice?
Or was it something that other mining company employees were doing as well?
Did it have anything to do with language? Say, the suggestion had to do with words people should say (or not say, like swear words?) And that interfered with the commands given to the ponies?
Everyone
This is the answer.
**The miners stopped using profanity while giving directions/orders to the ponies and it was noticed that the ponies no longer fully understood the orders without the profanity. **
Solved.
Good one, Mahaloth!
A new business is growing strongly. In order to ensure success, the owners stop all advertising and marketing. Perhaps surprisingly, this works. Why?
Was there an effect on the price of what they sold?
Did the business stop advertising / maketing to a) Increase sales b) Decrease Sales (or reduce the rate of growth) c) something else?
Did customers figure they were now Going Out Of Business, with a last chance to get low low everything must go prices?
Something else.
Nope.
Was the advertising that was stopped:
billboards?
magazine?
tv?
radio?
newspaper?
internet?
on the product itself?
Was the advertising for:
product?
service?
travel?
politics?
I do not know what the company was using, but:
All advertising
Is the answer.
Would it help to figure out what the product/service was?
Yes, probably.
Were they an advertising company?
Nope.