Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-20
COMMERCIAL
orO. OF TIE wna. June 10. 1880.

The attempt 70 agree upon a Uniformity Of weights
and ching like attempts or form
universal language The result would very dssraJls no
doubt the din ;ues many says The
Phadel a Ledger that Without power pDwsr possessed
dominlon you'll be utterly sbl leg
enlightened disnisresi preisn
In the mater Of c1nsge. decimal be
perfect In Itself considered iI only misfouas being TIA. there
other nao system that agrees With H. b, With regard 10
wsghtI ami 10 plight Hardly say t-o
States alike A. the JDaiIon Of the Consultation uniformity
10 I, Eel, d.raSle. povr 70
regulate pa, Into Of c. ngcsI and Jet has IA
the language OF Ju1g story rem Insdn m,aJars dor
mant although "a matter Of great public oonVsaeae" Bot
every state Legislature has nkersd time and IN for n.
INTEREST," against comm ,.
almost aere i5le extent 10 TIL, Stat. coal ,,, I'm
pTtInt article OF commerce and have all tso dg 81
varying hundred and forty poInd man Who
by aud sell b. the other, makes proa out ~
the ambiguity Ia Ibis the convenience Of the deelm ,,,
may pleaded IN favor Of State law STU neeesI.ry an
found keep what unies.ood In dealing By vol,,
and eoantre tina. miner the Ola ,v
Of g'oss weight 70 stu adhered 70. In spite tnEsn,
State Legislative enactments.
Blu. In grain Of al kinds require, slight tn,si
edge ONLY Of the maks but fine laws State ana
r very las leg salgs enactments - buy aud By s ~
earren great danger Of being grossly de, All
calculations The Jusi "Shee there special szseas,,
the contrary all Of things In dfrent gt.t
10 JIy instance variation no lsss tia, f. n
weight In itB legal equiv In State g. D. IA
e L0uasa 81 aud la California 50 Ia other state, h.
than other dG;rens weights or seven d,,,,
standards the United In the ysh.oa Il , z.
Do In Connecticut - IS lbs 10 wAhngn Tsrhory. album.
legal ~eght bat the last legislature refused Il 10 In
New Jersey standard 30 d. fndiln varies from . d IN
Illinois TO s. 10 In New York. Ia Pennsy being g Bas
WheatsI 20 % In Ill no Is Ia Penhsylyi D. Ia Kan
lucky CoyerSeei aud wheat vsry only from 70 o. D. Po
uniformly ~ ia all the sa.e dried apples vary f,s
"a b 10 IoEa IS wsconn and died peaches from g IN
Wisconsin to % D sn Iowa We have given here bat ,l,b,
specimen ohe general discard Ia prices c,Bt
In one city, and buys By telegraph Iousand bushels
New Orleans because the Ia Pail, si.
he hnis that he loses than oard ia quantity By a. a.
ofh L,slture Of Louisiana or esc OF this "a
make each ate pat the pounds the buiAe loser ami
lower without regard lard 10 o.t, for
Instance from thirty our thirty SIX pounds oen The s.us
@or Ia made the standard Tas hardly have g5oi ,i.,
upon farmers who oHgto feel that ther crops AZ be-
Low the mar II thsy do up 80 lbs man bus,
lot Of dried peaches In Wisconsin, and underakes to retail thea
measure be will probabl, fan a. least d..
pounds Of actual loss In each buhr bu, ia
Iowa he viii this Bal Ia lei apple, the gain will be yas
pounds Il he buy ID Wisconsin
Ia France they decimal spplleI 10 eysytsnr
measured II u fixed uniform and convenient But hols.
In Chicago shoalI ship ldei bucsShea By the
Lawrence Liverpool and another house 10 PhidephS should
do In. thing there would difference egh. poun
weight OnesNhn every bu,lsl shipped from the ports
There why Congress, should lglAts mAt,l
and make uniform decimal system Tor the counry and all "a.
States.