The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-28
VICTORY WON FOR
HONEST TRADE
Council Grants Conveyance TO
the City SeaIeF.
AID IN TESTING WEIGHTS
GRoCERs' ASSOCIATION SENDS
IN A PETITION.

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See that every merchant and y
, peddler with whom you trade uses 9
> only weights and measures bear q
= ing the city stamp. All others =
= are illegal and may be fraudulent. y
= If you see the city seal is alb .
= sent, help protect the public by .
I , notifying The Herald of the viola .
= tiOl Of the ordinance. The infor- =
/ = nation will be transmitted TO the y
/ > proper authorities.
& VICTORY. or at least the first step
/ II toward d victory for honest deal
ing. was achieved last evening
/ when the council voted to purchase for
! the city sealer of weights and meas
| uTes the conveyance which he has So
J long and peTsistently asked FOR
1t was a victory for the housewife
/ who has long been anxious 10 have tho
question of weights and measures SO
adjusted that she viii no longer be the
. victim Of INSCRIPTIONS haWkeTs who
make profit by selling short weights
ar prices thar would bankrupt on hon
/ est dealer Tt was a triumph for the
merchants who have been working for
a speedy and efficient inspection of
weights and measures. which To tine
honest dealer means tbe beginning or
the end of a persistent and haTassiuE
competition which for years he has
. been obliged to meet. owing partially
/ to the former Indifference to the en-
/ fOTcement Of the ordinance and par
I TALLY to the lack of adequate means to
carry out the provisions of the law.
/ For many weeks a strong fight has
3 been Waged against seemingly re-
luctant council At last they yielded
/ TO the demands of honesty and justice
/ Purchase of Horse Authorized.
/ BY a vote of eight to six the council
/ last evening authorized the sesIer or
weights and measures To purchase q
/ horse and wagon. at a cost not t0 EE-
+ ceed $500 for the purpose of enabling
+ him TO set about the city and to test
( successfully and seal the weights and
/ measures of the 700 or SEQ merchants
and the 200 peddIers located throughout
/ the city.
Councilman Wells introduced the
following resolution.
/ Resolved. That the seaIer be and
is hereby authorized to- purchase for
/ the use of his Office horse and wagon
! at "a cost not to exceed S20G-"
/ There was some discussion. I'm which
/ Councilman Black took a prominent
part in opposition to the housewives
/ and honest merchants. He said he be-
lieyed that the hire Of conveyance
/ for a limited period was all that was
/ necessary A vote was taken.
Friends and Foes OF Honesty.
The roUcau resulted as stated above
/ COUncilmen Barnes. i. H. Davis Har-
tenstein. PreeCe. TUddenham. Wells
/ and President Hewlett voting I'm the
/ affirmative, and Black, A. i. Davis.
/ Dean Holiday. Martin and Wood
I against the measure favored by the
/ housewives and honest dealers
/ A committee from the grocars' asso-
/ citation, consisting of Benjamin Full
+ meT ". j. DOunellaH and r. IT
/ Wright, was present and presented r.
! petition to the council asking that the
/ sealer be granted a suitable convey
I ance for the thorough fulfiimeut of his
/ official duties. This was read just pre-
/ vious to the vote.
Meeting Of the Grocers.
/ The grocers held their usual weekly
! meeting at s o'clock last evening. with
/ over forty members present. The Ques-
/ ton of making this petition To the
I council was the first business tha-
I came before the meeting. Without
ldissenting vote they passed the Teso-
/ luton and authorized the president
/ Benjamin FUlimer. and the secretary.
/ AlOnzo Jensen, to sign the petition I'm
I behalf of the association The COM
mittee was then appointed to- carry the
I request to the council and 10 use ali
/ honorable means to have it granted.
/ This association is composed of over
/ seventy of the gToCsTS of the city. and
/ they expressed themselves iu mo un-
T certain tones as 10 the necessity aI
. prompt and vigorous action against the
/ swindle that is being perpctrated upon
+ the consumers Of the city by the use
/ of short weights and measures They
/ were strongly I'm favor of netIti0uing
! the council for the appointment of an
: assistant SealeF. Finally. however. IL
/ was deemed best to ask for but one
. thing at a time, using that as step
! ping stone To further measures I'm be-
. half Of fair dealing
Lynch Names Special Officers.
! At the council meeting last evening
/ Chief of Police William o. Lynch aU-
/ pointed nine men as special police upon
/ the recommendation of the ETocers' as
+ sOciatiOu. These men. whose duty
/ should be the apprehension of dishou-
/ est peddleTs and hawkeTs. were p. G..
Allen, F. II. Weight. AlFnzo Jensen
/ Thomas Davis, Benjamin FuiImer. j.
{ g. B0wdige Samuel Christensen, job
/ White and Richard Papw0rth- ST.
The council refused to confirm the
/ appointments at the session last even
: ing and referred the matter TO the
committee on prisons and police.
Stand Of Mayor Norris.
The veto by the mayor of the bin
passed at the last meeting of the coun-
( ell granting the sealer the hire of
/ conveyance for a limited period was
/ sustained. Mayor Norris has been
throughout the entire contest FOR prop
! err facilities for the sealer. the stauurl
/ friend Of the honest dealer and the uu-
protected consumer. He has never
hesitated TO bring an his influence IN
/ the end that the seaIer should have
+ every possible convenience 10 enable
him to institute square and honest
1 dealing among merchants and pedaler=
! wherever they may be found. without
favor or prejudice toward anyone.