The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-26
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Obedaence to law is causing tinaa.
;ssal vSrrinent to manufacturing es.
tsbiishment which has had large pat.
soosge IN this State. The obedience
to}aw g l on their own part 10 NOT the |
trouble, bat they ere vexed By the fact
shst otbers who have not the same re.
gard forthe law are enabled TO under.
sell. The attention Of tho attorney
general hso been called to the way in
which the Law is disregarded.
Last February the Legislature passed
an rot to fix the weight OF corn meal
and to regulate the traffic in that com.
modify. 1t was declared that there
had bson no uniformity in the measure.
menus and while some merchants woro
selling 4s pounds for bushel, cshers
were using 46 pounds as the standard
OF measurement.
The act of Feb. %. 1909, declares
that the standard weight OF bushel Of
corn meal-whether bolted or unbolted
shall be 4S pounds. Any peraona
guilty of violating the provisions Of
this aot shall be deemed guilty lof a
misdemeanor and shall upon conviction
be punished By Gne Of not more
than 500 rby fine aud imprisonment
at the discretion Of the court, the /
imprisonment not to exceed 80 days.
The law is made to apply to the
aliquat parts of q bushel as will be
observed from the following extract
from section 2 Of the new acts SIT
shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to pack for sale, sell or offer
fer sale in this State any corn meal
except in bags or packages containing
by standard weight two bushels, or one
bushel, or one-half bushel, or one.
fourth bushel, or one-eighth bushel
respectively. Each bag or package
Of corn meal shall have plain
ly printed or marked thereon wheth-
or the meal is bolted or unbolt-
ed, the amount it contains in bushels
or fraction of q bushel and ne weight:
provided, the provision Of this section
shall not apply to the retailing OF meal
direct to consumers from bulk stock
when priced and delivered by actual
weight OF measure.
The law went into effect on the
first day Of April. Prior to that time
amilling company Of Wilmington, N.
q, sent to allits customers in South
Carolina o copy Of the new law OF this
State and advised them that it would
observe the law strictly. This concern
writes the attorney general that it
changed their quotations on meal and
offered to South Carolina merchants
prices on meal at 96 pounds per packs
age, u
Fora while this milling company
had no trouble disposing of its pro.
duct at SO pounds to the. package.
ssBut lately we a.3 having consider,
able trouble and are losing for the
reason that the Wholesale merchants
OF Wilmington deal exclusively in the
92 pound meal anu have been contin.
uously shipping it into your State.
The value Of 90 i ,.nd meal is about
51.2 cents less than that Of 96 pound
meal. This enables the merchants Who
handle the 90 pound meal to underseli'
those. who try to comply with the
law. #
The Wilmington correspondents
urge that if something is not done saF.d
unless steps be taken to enforce the
law, the situation will get worse..
?AThe intention Of the law was to COM
pei everybody to elluniform weights
in the State, and the failure co enforce
the law makes the matter much worse
than before the act vac passed. It
gives the dealetwho violates the Law
an undue advantage Of those who are'
trying to comply with the Law, and
we think the law ought to be enforced
or TO be repealed. THE State.
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