The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-20
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IA Chapter On Weights and Meas
ll1eS.
How Tradespeople Intentionally and
Internationally Rob Others and
Sometimes Rob Themselves.

lent locality. afforded our reporter yesterday an
to have dnite an interesting chit
with him on the subject Of the inspection Of
weights and measures and the Incidents which
attend the by Ito means sasy function.
The appliances of an inspector Of weights
ana measures are quite simple. though some
what costly aud consists Of three or four sets Of
standard scales-beam and balance standard
weights. some Of which weigh fifty pounds. q
barrel measure oil the capacity Of three and
sluarter bushels, D set OF dry" measures. from
ii peck to bushela set Of liauid measures
from pint to d gallon, respectively OF copper
and brass and a heavy brass yard stick. These
ars Gil furnished by the State and made after
the standard patterns furnished by the United
States Government, which are deposited Of the
Etate-H But these do not constitute oil
the implements to be- found In the inspectors
ofI1ee, and It was an array OF measures OF DIFF
ferent shapes and sizes and metal. which
prompted our reporter to interview Mr.. La
mantin. The standard implements were GER
tainly interesting. But what was the meaning
Of these odd measures2" asked our reporter.
THESE, answered Lamantia. are
CONDEMNED MEASURES.
aA Fla printed labels pasted on them Indicate,
heeause they do not correspond with the stand
ard. Some OF them are under the capacity.
while. stngularly as 1t might apDear to sou.
others are over," and whenever l find such
Heize i'd am directed to do under the law,
under q penalty Of two hundred dollars.
I4amantia then proceeded to practically illus
trate the difference between the condemned
measures and the standard evlhehcing 10 me
s,ast of RHon measures for exam pft,. that some
+srara f1fle ell and d half over and others AE
much under the standard.
That dealers should 30 inclined 20 use short
fxt1r rAf,n
they should give mOre thln the MEASURE DID
not strike hun as exnctly human: ana Us sq
saia the geua inspeotpr You cn un
derstanu why THEY may cheat purchasers but
not why they may chsat themselves. We'll.
fhis ID purely accidental LII 30 far n tho dealsr
III nnneernan for In many cases IN III really
Innocent The trouble arises from the fact that
Dealers viii frequently buy their measures IRON
the first tinsnitn they come across. nnd failing
To have them inspected until the Inspector
comes nround. ore kept III Ignorance 81 thsir
capacity which my % over ,,t as W sra as na b
lid violation Of the law, which READS: j,
1'SEuTIoN gg23 Ii s fol blulen To sell. or chuse
In ID aid. measures aud Weights, unless they
liI.ye been tried and stamped BY persons au-
pointed for that purpose. under the penalties
imppgsd by Til second preceding sscttpn.'
I'D tho case Of weights and scales tho same
rarnrSiai ut ran be made fol- our iunkstol es sell
second hand articles which. to all up pearances.
isw hi # ia spInetitIles very diff cult TO i'm
pose IL. ALI regular EeAle deaors III the city
IN I'M navantnre iii purchasers I'd buy from
Than alone. for the Inv applies to the pur-
cnnaer Us well ~ 70 20 vendor; ,.aaaa. a,.
Nv rapmlar dealers to compare with tho s.and-
ard?n now asked our reporter.
.,nrnea. rhs Howe. Fairbanks ana FORSYTH
oeaiaa are nil very aueurate and there is only
TIA Union scale thnt ID defective. but there IL
no agency here Of this last named SCALE which
ls genofalay that aecnnt nra III Al
and ~ palnas Oh LINZ ~ ,.o r ,nhol =.
MAKE them WV tna III ati M aanh = AVN
y " se aHae shania be-
THOROUGHLY TESTED.
fnr a alieht arrangement in the mechanism of
come III tho bssf. scales may deceive unless q
srllrp 4 scale which would give your exnct
weight ii your stood on the middle Of the Plat
form Or on three Of is four corners. would
show q difference Of from on, llt'een to twenty
arhiah was due to d arrangement III the getrng
.,, tlp "a IN Il nraatieal scale maker uf this
.,s,u ~ and hay, nenetlted by it,
I1ow do the peoIe receive you when making
-, ,sy i"s 80 ,,astion ronnds. Mr. Iamanlia 2.
1.Mn "a "a anng the merahants" answered tho in
a,aa.nr AT ind II m eaay going business.
s,t,e. ne,na rnceiqed With nIeas,,r., md nor
alWhysh psin n,nsp str,ka tha c"rner uroarv
ley w Mo fnr flea sometimes. The small
s.irs anant liza i,Janecfnr ruile away nnd IN
ftsxxn ha.r
ine Ilno na ha,nncas and mes1raa have
Irregular week.-mrs., uts.hlF ~ an y ~ 81 g maa
~ m,,asr,r.,a ,1pon these neope and happens Ia
discpyer in inaccurate implement. he gets all
the abuse me- can conveniently shoulder. aad IN
sotnt, cases lie IL glad to get away with IL sound
heau.''
Lamantia now proceeded to explain how
scales and weights we're. tampered with. but i
srna the old story of leading the scoop sdc Of
fhe scales or drilling OF III. weiRhts. He then
III, me- to d more Interesting subject.
X
90 80, -,
three 9, Mu'iu ~ LUZ W. =. w. - ~ i1na y
n saata nrndncinp three lin mt.nsnrps Of about
tha - naeity Of Eli. which upon beipg tested
ahowaa y shortage uf one third Of a gill 80.
n,, aaa fhat while Won arc paying We cents fol
yo,,r sg milk you are getting only about three
1on,,s, srn,th in il tr1s that the tnilkmpn dom
a ,e thasa msas,,res ills. but dirieps or donz
ss sa tanths. or twpithsl; bnt the law knows
w. s,,.h ana only ,ha gill measure 81
i In su dmsnston. Our paopls,' continued a.
la'aan ~ tho az 1isAo- -
9'''as' - CHARCOAL DEALERS.
who directly violate the law by peddlinR around
sheir charcoal IN sacks, tn. dry b,rrel ana ~ IT,
divisions alone being recogntzas by law Inc