Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-19
FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

One OF the denominations to the LORD
denounced 10 holy writ Is tha sIn Of
short measure ana short weight j is
form O., theft that Is sleahng and
mean IN iha extreme. Il was condemned
By the Mosaic law and Numbered
against BY tie Jewish prophets
We shan % DO unrlghicousness IN
Judgment IN meteyari 10 weight or IN
measure
aust balances just weights. o Just
ephah and O Just hin. shall SO have.
Lev XIX, $3.50. also Deut XIV lS-lt.
Micah (H iO speaks Of wicked ball
anossa edeceltiul weights" and "the
scant measure that is abomInable, and
the book OF Proverbs declares:
"A false balance IS ab0minatlon TO the
Lord but a Just weight Is His delight
These admoultlons are brought to
mind by the actions Of some people IN
this State and even in this city, A short
time ago the writer was In grocery
store on business street. when an hon
est.appearing farmer brought IN some
butter. which looked as u 10 had just
come from O creamery Il was present
ed to the siore-keeper IN pound
squares. and was about 10 be placed In
the refrigerator when the merchant
taking a squln. al one Of the pounds,
placed a In the scales which gave a
verdict Of l3A ouncesl These were the
pounds" Of butter that customers were
TO be served with for sixteen ounces.
II It had not been for the measure 10 the
eye Of the store-keeper.
a half-sack Of -four Is supposed TO
weigh fifty pounds, Or foriy.elght on
the general market rule as 10 four
while q full sack Is supposed TO weigh
plump nlnety-elght pounds. But COM
plant Is made that half and full sacks
often weigh much less than the regular
quantity and the number branded on
the sack is thus a palpable fraud. Hon.
est millers and honest dealers do not re-
sort to such cheats as this, OF course.
We hear Of similar shortages IN meas
ures Of milk aud other liquids. and In
The weights Of coal potatoes meat ana
other articles Of common consumption.
while the devices as to hay are as nu.
merous as they are deceptive. An this
is indicative Of a dishonest spirit. which |
Is Just as "abomlnable" 10 the sight OF
Coo today as II was In by-gons ages |
aud Is worse now than under the claw |
OF carnal commandments. because a |
more perfect ard much higher law has /
been introduced 10 the Christian faith /
We fear that persons who have em- /
oraeed the latter-day Gospel. which Is /
The pure religion Of Christ restored /
with advanced light because Of the /
progress Of centuries. are not allogether /
tfee from the wrongs touched upon lp
ms article II they indulge IN this .
species Of Injustice and extortion can
they truly claim TO have come out from
The world' Are they not yet carnalq .
can they sim the voice Of conscience
10 Their souls? And how do they feel /
Fnen they 1.-THE themselves Of that "in. .
,e'est which they have gained By tax. /
ing advantage OF their nelghbor?
a Mormon ought to be known
everywhere, as one who deals honestly
walks uprightly is fair In an his deal. /
.nss. VINO is temperate. honorable and .
truthful. who acts on the square" ana I
nViaes by "the compass" whose
'elgh's are sixteen ounces to the pound
,na whose measure Is twelve inches To-
ne loot and three feet to the yard ana
'hose oushel means sixty pounds OF co.
aioes or Of wheat.
a religion that does not regulate tho
iolns' OF men and women In their reIs.
IONS with other people. does not make
nu0n Oh a communion between them
'nd lhe Lord. He that loye,h God low
~ H,S iellows And he who cheats
i noi'als viii cheat the lmmortals If he
Jas NE chance. Confidence win never
= . established among me until they
,laC cue, In good faith. the prscep,s of
ne another. -"