The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-10
THEFTS BY HONEST PEOPLE.
THE rNCONSTDERED TRIPLES JUir
EJERlBODY SHIPS rP.
How New York Trndesmcn nre Daily Pun.
dc~ed and How home G"t Even Win Is
pur,riug l'ubIic-t Curious Calculation.

Jcrrd and How home Get Even WIN
pHrring Public-t Curi"is Calculation
"'rhcrc are hundreds oi thousand Of d'
lars stolen every wear ia Ncw York.. and most ~
il bv rroilc who regard themselves as honc-'
snid Il lrndins trndesman Of this city toar'uou-
cr for TUE SuN.
"You would like to know how, ch Well, IN
tell YOU. The thcr,s I'm talking about are Of
articles often not worth u cont hut when thou-
sand such articles are stolen the loss becomes
considerable read In to-day's paper that tic
sales OF whiskcy yesterday were 3oD barrels
That's below the average. Now when whiskey
ia sampled men will try dozen barrels from Il
lot often carrying sample away with them lin
bottle. of counsel. 1t is reasonable TO say that.
after repentcd samplings, Il gill has been taken
| from each barrel without being allowed for.
| Three hundred gills make nearly ten gallons.
which at 81 Il gallon would be $40 Il day, or iGOa
wcck.
Now. take sugar. The commercial reports
savthnt the receipts of the pnst twenty-five days
have been twc'll make the numbers oycnl 1900
hogshcnds. 200 boxes. and l02oO0 bags-say
nbout Boon 600 pounds. The samples proper
may be allowed for Ivy the brokers. but you
know how easy il i--und how natural-to taxa
a lump or Il pinch of sugar when IT is lying
around. suppose the quantity thus taken ut
the warehouses. IN the wholesale ANA retail
groceries. aud in the icilnerics amounts but
one lump or its equivalent in every ten pounds.
From the 1000 OUO pounds sold in twenty-lly
days, 5Ou.OO1 Jumps have been stolen There
are not lOU lumls I'm pound. but, calculating
nj tina, rate. 5000 pounds Of sugar have been
ricsel or rih he'd away IA 'wcnty-fm dnys;
and that ut live cents pound - clui 10 '@'o- '
-" Cotton brokers allow for every SAMPLE they
take. hut Ill" bale; are I.du,'9 ~ Nv't , Ny
FRS, ragpirAcrs. ana smal Ivy ai3uhn r,tuh
and WOOL bales. The, manage To III Their
.Ust tH.ttra tafl4 A
some Of me brnktrs' offices don't forgot that
cotton Is worth mon riihri ana anihpivs
ihcrr il CONSUMPTION OF tw" hundred any
ninety balls OF 'uii, r'r ",y uup ,,gi u ,,r
bale: they viii H--rc-at" on" huhlrrd Nni
forty-iiye pounds. which at IN. r'n,' Il pnu.l
seven dollars and Il quar;Dr u day, or oven
; / money. to .ortv dollar W"eS.
{ enpit,inrs n work on hat they horr Il hole in
Y the liral OF tho barrel take YW !ihH "uE'r.
arnn'r 10 b. used Is a sample: but they yer,
I'll II forget. nnd empty it .nioa bag whiei. when
- h.,i pound Of Gpur a LAY To- each Of New
Norks milipn Wal 10 mas, h'ill ml"9In
INT one pound be tt.oii from every I'm barrels.
tnrn Two nun .rri and i.iy pounds. or more
Il , '"', cstima,od ,nai ID, cnst looO farmers
2: wagons. trucks. and cii- tl"n~lmH procure l.
and about ii.- '.ty ,N"i> d"y. H." many 70
III t,,fns turnip4 ct e. DO you ~uulm~r ar -uut IL
y III ~ street lny-f '.m tld thHt ~"ric boys
" steal them in nun..rs 'gl, ,'iH l,,', sl ,
% - W. i.l..n lru.d ,...l D.t-.n' Ia ia thrr
~ amount e. lu" 90! ga ~, zen ",,''., 'n
- INK .oar r,u'- i"r tnr aprl"' .n2 y, ',. -
Is rotnto,- per ,luuit ;i.d GA ti', Of "ehi lnf
e. ,','A turnip leaving "w ti' INC o'h Ns,ta
al o. -. tl.r l,.ut Wl. .' - NorlA % rfnriur
i Stolen per day. ot cr .t 80 ,''r w"'s. Then
auoW ;ic -'iin' in.H unt los VIVA, - tAN'h rom
u 90" marx = ;nd r Y ~ '''l. sI'' -S; "r j, ~
20 ~. rHi-ns. al'-oni.. prum. ,'lei fruits u.
appropriated 10y tur si".'f". .N,n'i ~ p, WI. e