, 1877-05-23
! ITS there no remedy, then, for this cheat.

then everybody would know what be was get
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way1'' -;
"Thctr weight could DO easily determined.
They arc made light, and generally Of uniform
sE1s 4 end, and yetght;n ...,.
so ~ to eanform nj u thc lawi i'A'S' o' s'A"eeo
"Thc packages adopted now arc the beat tt,nt
have been found. after years Of experiment, for
transporting tn, fruits, a., an .hsy arc Is nearly per
re9uiat tea'cra WHO have caused this dis
brokers' Take. lor INSTANCE. Tue peaches. They
come ~ b9skets which took alike yet sorne l,o!tt
IN this d with fruit-gtowers neross tho lake, who
put up Inc Qoo4la IN tflo 'snlue packages"
AR. JOHN y. MANNING.
kc broker In frsttts at Nos. III and 1f6 South
would more t1an hold out II they were dumped,
sna h,s a, customers in tho country ad dseovssed
Nh. r. c. SEARS,
OF No. ~ South Wator street, said:
anainet irregular forms 81 packages, and hayc
always inauo It point to discriminate III selling,
With q. I 4 %: lliled:, -
in quality II" '~'' 1''e' - '''' 'A'
"Uur gouls sell on Inspection, aud tho p,1r.
ellasSr uses his discretion. It Is 50 With
sucl, as eggs. etc. w1lerc wo hula over
the accounts, ia as to SEQ whether they llold
out u 4unlitv and count. It is ~ With tlttcr
as to weaht, and. II a box |. empty in a straw.
berry crate NC make IL euod.s'
"lIow nucl, do your st,nll boxes hold ~
"1le small berry-boxes aro lnten,led TO hold
never tried them" wv w. '''
live, Mr. sears measured two boxes. and 10Th
were found to run short about quarter Of a
pint:
what Do you think Of measuring berries
"Iou SEQ thug como in crates, twontY-four
boxes In them. To measure them out bY tlrr
tncaaure, as this ordinance pro,to6cs, wouft, ns
fs ws, F1ss sy 1fry yre serSu; n|ay
fruit"
'Afc the boxes uniformt'
"Gencra1fy, yes. II is very easy TO detect
ths ns IeFsmt sl.c efates By the way thy arc
and II they contain less, Of ct,ursc we know
0fs tncfo u iran'l. IG measure The small fruit
agaat' before We could sell IT, would provo q IT,
@ nate tc ,iy aH Il y t H. We % ~ ian oy es'
WOULD not n'casurc be alike bcuc'Ectal to
s'u"Gr sta.. aaaa eonauhierr
"Meaanrctaonts IN bGsTics would be entirely
u1sss tns,,sn ~ na5 oesn tfcu before nnd provcd
1e'use: 'n e.: Is Ike octt!nR asanst tia weather.
t99cilGr IN hut weather; a',d whllo the boxcs In
Will they were shipped might havc been heap
lnR luli. w!eh tl,ey 9ct they w,ll.l mt show
over et1. one,talf. The point ! make Is that tic
1tnlt l,aekft!"s snt1tild be Uniform IN : !zc. II
the boxes were honcst and honestly
t!ilcd when they, left tt'c, packer, the conmis-
eion @ men Or iackcra SHOULD not bc held respon.
slbtc, tof tug slrlnknEc Is III large measure
eausGu ny thc weather.. All that an ordinance
cuuid possibly accomplish IL TO have full aud
"nnn[.n ,sI'n,a s.s pacRaess,." ,,.
4o, I'M aoa o'oer 1su't thon stfhWbeFr1es; do
&S"t ono U'I IN aozer y, III. ,,,o,oxxr ;,.,n
;,,n,,s pns. an1y nse a9f'posco 70 hold fcspect-
toy ty ~ nnc.:"au. ~. ~, nai, and ,all peck but
tm.s tuss ~ oo% ho'o OUT anything lke thls 4uan-
t'ts' -. x.,, T.,
arr 59u M ~ 1esor OF change :"
..t. aa'' put Hust protest against tho boxes
grucrs ovn a% III II tns H. season As a te tt
bnq"s ri lip Y mnun \. ,,r Lhs.e ask o. efates aa
f nfuass. Gna IL y "ou'a ursc away tue tHii&-tFadc
'soo3 u nnn;. tn's e,ry;r snv r,oo,. ~
uneaai,,l nnomL ynu propose 70 ober the Inv r.
,Cctlain!y We c1n sc'l Our quart boxes, 1t
M5neJ atc not lll LOT rints, at tile satne price.
1aos n,nn n!nne 10 prevent liz from giving our
toods n"ay''
~: sann. OF slnn q Evans, 100 sontl, Water