New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-17

COAL MEN HAVE A LIVELY TALK OVER
HONEST WEIGHING.
VARIOUS PLANS SUGGESTED AND ONE AT LAST
ADOPTED BECAUSE ANY PLAN Is BETTER
THAN NONE'-TEYING To KEEP THE
QUESTION OUT OF POLITICS.

QUESTION OUT OF POLITICS
The cold snap had a cheering effect on the retail
coat merchants When they came t. the meeting q
the Retail Coal Dealers Exchange the City Of New
York last night they looked happy. 1t was the meet
ing at which Il hoped some measure would be
adopted as substitute the weighing plan recently
discontinued. and by the operation # which 'eaers
were protected against INSCRIPTIONS competitors
and purchasers were assured honest weight There
about thirty five members present at the rooms
NJ. 13l East Fifty-eighth-st. and member. when
asked why the attendance was not larger said:
"Theres use, They organized TO down our
plans, and can't stop them"
II was half-past o'clock when President James
Smoot called the meeting to order The minutes
Of the last meeting read. and these would
stand as q strong argument for good inspec-
ton and weighing system. for in them was In
cluded a report OF the Weighing Committee from
which 1t appears that merchants were detected
giving short weight. and others offered nmsy ana
unsatisfactory excuses for refusing to have their
coal weighed.
committee reported that the Exchanges din
ner would take place on March 4. and then the
meeting settled down to a consideration Of the OFT
discussed weighing plan.
Robert Thelforl offered the following:
Resolved. Tha. a committee Of ten be appointed
by the Board of Trustees Of the Retail Coal EX-
change to put in operation the weight plans for
merry in operation and known az Plan No. ana
Plan No. . for one year. providing the same l.
done without expense 70 the txchahge:: -, an
These plans provided for the appointment OF an
Inspector. who was to bc provided Win the proper
materials for doing the work. ana within I'VE dai :
after the receipt ~ any report rejecting upon the
honesty of any dealer 20 inform such dealer 10y
sending him copy Of the ranort ana give nm an
permit his scales 10 be tested with proper test
weights by the inspector and the plans made sew
S %a,sh provisions all looking 10 the one '""S "0
Immediately following the introduction Of Mr..
Th,lf IL resolution.
journ: some said because Tribune reporter was
present others because 1t was one way 10 staNe
off action. ,,,.., r,u,.
offered the substitute plan printed in The Tribune
February II. This Elliott plan mas been pro,
nounced mpracticable and unsatisfactory 10y many
of the leading coal merchants, ana was promptly
Mr Tbedford spoke earnestly for the old plan
and urged its resumption. but the obstructionists
were. on hand with a substitute for it, which was
offered by Louis Muller His plan provides for the
appointment Of a committee with power To- engage
counsel this committe" To- draft an airnu nU
~ To- include New-York city" The resolution. II
carried out will place the inspection Of coal weights
in the hands OF the o GW h I'VE atinr al"
jeremiah Pangburn arose to speak aEai d IN, ,nf
resolution but the opponents OF the old pan lalu
made t, adjourn. rollcalls were ordered. he was
interrupted for not talking to ne point, ana ,t
per nor the thread Of mis- talk. He showed how IN,
resolution virtually KILLED al WEIGHING i2r ,c ons
it was proposed 10 draft. the whole would become
Tammany anair. , -, ,, -,
A word in the resolution. and when ASK, vi
you allow a vote tonight? SAID No. .,-.
tho resolution was not Intended TO be acted upon
properlv-it is simply brought; here and introduced
t. make the weighing 81 coal for protective pur
poses Impossible"
who knew it would result in no good VG'inH ior IL
bccause. as they assert. any plan Is better uar
none