Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-15
Flour Inspectors Nofice.

,c Pehaities oil the law regulating the Inspection OF
oh" persons Offering flour for inspection
VINO nave iaied to comply with lis reauyitions and
IN consequence also of understanding that the Flour
inspector of New York Ito which civ are ,;o,
OF our hour IS sent,) very strict in i,nnosp v-,
possioe penalty ana onerous expense on our -four
Vii proper TO coll the attention of oil concerned
10 the following provisions of the law ON the spb;ef
anu 10 urge the necessity of their being arctly com
p'lea VIII; also To endeayor to induce Merchants ia
pay particular attention To having -four shipped in rool
been inspected. "-'o' l. 'i"S
Sc 3 requires that all holed wheat -four i,o,l, 4, ov in
speS'Cn Tor expectation, shall be neIchs,ale o. due fnces
au wtlion any mixture ot ouf or the fir of ,
other gln ,ifaa wheat under peray OF cr,,,r,,o
en ''oafs Tor each barrel recoverable by motion OF The spe
oi' vi zen Gays t-tice IN Any reco :; lie flour To- H.
500 Oy tle Inspector Tor the benefit OF ic C,,u,t,j
A;G T. requires all Hour barrels for exportaon r., No. ,
oil seasoned materials with Ten hcop M, led with T-
nails IN each chinc hoop, and three nails N 80 ~ '
nidera Peliaiy of ~ cts The barrels to i've ~ br,'
~ tie slaves and The lead ia inches in diameter bsiri
- inches IN length and the diameter Of the head ia nc!
ee p requires the hbls Ia lie branded tine i and net;
weight undo pen1syof5 ~ cts 49,.
Sec Il, requires each barsel or -four to co,, Ios ,
anu e"Sh han baueI9 ~ pounds uncr penalty cI CENTS Tor
10y p' Hehcien' u;iaer3, end Of II cts Tor every bound
Sec requires the barrels TO be weighed and the
thereon Ii any person shall put lss or rro,, tar, m "a
'ae disadvantage OF the puTc,ase he sha for, snJ
ue inspector upon snaeha or at the request purchaser
% h .ne f'Ti, and IL hess less quantity of -four
packing and ePackns aud the other penalties
II VIII De seen by Sec 3, that if the Inspector as
certas tal Hour OF other grain than wheat Inns been
mixed with the wheat -four, the owner is subject tn
penalty of ten dollars for each barrel besides forfeit
ing the Hour Farmers and Iacrs should therefore
ee particularly careful to separate rye corn cats and
! all other grain from wheat before grinding IT,
The future to comply with that part of the law
which requires the barrels to be made of sooeo,,ed
materials, Is the of nearly al the other pennl
ties that are incurred. F-~
Where -four is packed in barrels that re nor well
seasoned penalty for short weight is almost cer,,i
Trsll Al II motif H.
although the tull quantity of flour may have been mt
N them will be found short time that the bar
re IRON the evaporation OF the sap have lost several
pounds.
And should II be inspected umediatc ely after mack
ing, while the Teight holds ont, the merchant who
buys would sustain the loss, on its beiner repspect
ed in the place to which he sends IT, The interest ne
the merchant therefore, requires the strict enforce
ient OF t::s fa:; q: the law well of those which
prescribe the manner in which barrels are 70 be booo
ed and nailed, and their dimensions.
trust that those concerned Will be careful iereaf.
ter to comply with all the acquisitions oil the law
should any person, however froan any cause fail to
DO so, 1t IS my nperious duty TO enforce the nanal
ties whether incurred from fraud carelessness ar ;
norance, Is the law leaves NE no discretion on he
subject.
would recommend to those who have -four 20 in
spect mat has lam any time after being packed and
Weghed to re-weigh 1t immediately before submit
ting 1t for inspection This would save them in many
cases from mourning penalty, aud me from the disa
| greeab!e duty Of entorcngit.
! Merchants who purchase -four for sliippinn. and
the captains who receive it, seldom pay sufficient nj
tention to the order IN which the barrels are in when
shipped.
ittrcquently happens, when -four contest to be shin
ped that has lain in store some time after hcnu in
spected tat the barrels from not being properly sea-
soned when the -four put in them, nre f,pnd tn
have shrunk, and become so inlirm that in nettinc
them out OF the store transporting them TO the vessel
and shipping them, they sustain injury which If NOT
cmedied will subject the merchant to expenses on be-
! ing reinspected. The hoops ret knocked oe.tba
heads tall ont and spill the four which is partlv lost
ana what is put back is mixed with dirt thai ma
cause II TO be refused being offered for rein spec
ton besides being liable 10 penalty for short weirht
20 prevent this merchants shipping -four should be
careful to have al barrels requiring It recoopred and
10 seeing that the draymen laborers and sailors han
die The barrels carefully; and they should also be mar
tcular IN having -four that has lain arv time in store
alter being inspected, re-weighed before shipping it.
lhese precautions will savethem from incuirinr bur
densome and vexatious expenses when the -four comes
/ TO be renspected.
Captains who sign bills Of ladng for flour ms BEING
slupped IN good order, when il is not in GOOD order
(which they frequently do should be held bound for oil
damages that may be incurred BY it's not be;n Eond
IN good order at the port of delivery as much as if the
damage had been incurred after they received it. II
Is their duty 10 refuse signing bills of ladnO for hour
as being in good order when It is not and the resoon
sIolllty should fall on them for so doing.
II Is impossible for the Inspector to prcveut flour
heng shipped in bad order, (even if he had the power
TO DO SO, which he has not) where the injury ocl
ours after It has passed inspection. Nv duty avn
determined strictly TO execute; and IS the duy If
the Farmer Merchant, Miller, and all others concern
ed to aid me in sustaining the character of our f. M
IN Tery requisite; that even those in,erestedy n
lous OF the high character it holds aud who seeSto
deprecate the price by burdeuing it with ouelbr
expenses, with the view of enabling their -four bett,
70 compete with it in their own markets. may seek in
vain for pretcXts 60 do so.
EDMUND WALSH
Flour haspscfO7, Richmond