The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC

WE, a SUB-COMMITTEE, appointed at a numer-
ous MEETING of the GROCERS and TEA-DEALERS
of LIVERPOOL, held to REBUT the sweeping CHARGES
made by certain Members of the Town Council, beg to lay the
following statement before the Public :
In the first place we utterly and entirely disclaim the idea of
Mr. Hindley's being OUR Representative in Council, as set
forth by Mr. S. Holme. Mr. Findley is simply the Represen-
tative of North Toxteth Ward. Had we a Representative in
Council, he would, we trust, have protected us from the shame-
ful attack made, by explaining the reason why the Grocers are
obliged to weigh paper with sugar, and thereby be branded as
sellers of short weight. . _

The practise of weighing paper with sugar has been adopted
from time immemorial, and we find formidable difficulties in
adopting a change, as A is all but the universal practice pur-
sued by every Grocer in the kingdom, as proved before the
Recorder at the late appeal case. _ _

The paper costs fou-rpence per lb. Two pounds of paper will
fold 961135. of sugar. This 21bs. of paper is weighed with the
sugar, so that 961bs. of sugar, with the paper, is charged as
98Ibs. Our customers are not losers by this method, because
they get better sugar than they would if the paper were not
given, besides they have their own remedy, by bringing a vessel
for their sugar, as the paper would not then be weighed.
It is invariably the practice of all our sugar refiners and
wholesale grocers to weigh paper with loaf sugar.
Could we for a moment see our way clear in changing the
system we would gladly do so, as it would not make the slight-
est difference to us whether we weigh the paper and sell better
sugar, or give the paper and sell worse sugar; but unless the
latter were unanimously adopted, every one must see it would
act injuriously upon those who commenced giving the paper,
as the tradesman who still persisted (and there is no law to
prevent him) in weighing his paper, would be able to sell better
sugar than his neighbour who was giving it, thus giving one
tradesman an advantage over another.

That there are fraudulent tradesmen in-our community we
freely admit : there are fraudulent persons in every community;
but that the whole body of grocers should be designated as
knaves and rascals, for the action of a few, we do think unjust
in the highest degree.
In conclusion, we sincerely hope that the suggestion of the
Mayor will be carried into effect with regard to the providing
of scales in the different markets where purchasers may have
opportunities of testing the weight of their groceries, &c., free
of charge.
Signed, on behalf of the meeting,
-FIRTH WOODHEAD, Chairman,
DANIEL WEAVER,
JOHN ROBINSON,
HENRY TATE,
THOMAS MEACOCK,
TROMAS R. HEIM

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