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New-York tribune., 1905-12-24

over two bottles which were peeping out of ~
picnic basket. portraying Little Enily's PFC.
nic' scene. But those bottles contain only
lemonade" protested the advance man. "How
do you know demanded the marshal, they
may hold cocktails or rum, for all you know.
And the picnic basket was properly doctored."
Next the marshal would clear the city 90
spitters in true Chesterfeldian style. Instead
of arresting the offender against the splitting
ordinance. little card presented to hirnS
calling his attention to the fact that he wasi
violator of the law. But this graceful plan
did not work smoothly, because there an
other city ordinance which forbade the distri-;
button of circulars pamphlets or cards in this
fashion.
tuberculosis was the marshaPs next point Of
attack. Twice week the patrolmen were called
before him and instructed in how 10 recognize
a tuberculosis germ. and how 20 exterminate it.
Then Marshal Stebbtns turned his attention to-
the evils of quiet game Of pitch. Again and
again, openly, in the Offices and public Iouugins
rooms of some of the best hotels he had seen
games going on where sometimes as high as
eighty-three cents were won In an evening. He
summoned the hotel proprietors. put his foot
down. and the pitch games ceased.
But it is not alone in his literary efforts and
purifying crusades that the marshal has been
original. He caused fence 10 be built in the
Police Department. to preserve his dignity and
make him inaccessible to ali except those who
lad the password. He forbade the police Of
hcers looking over the prisoners, thereby pre-
venting certain patromen from "joltying'' WITH
fair offenders, and also preventing them from
getting q useful knowledge of faces that they
might have business with al other time
He also issued an order that the officers count
II cir buttons at stated intervals. for one
evil day there theft in a butchers Shop
and in that shop picked up patrOlman 3
uniform button. Instead of riding horseback
he headed his platoon of police in a buggy, in a.
recent parade, giving the men the order before
he started Men, follow the wagon" He is an
ardent enthusiast Of the fingerprint system and
every arrest must dip his thumbs in black
ink and then make impression white.
paper.
In spite Of his idOsynoracies and laughter
provoking qualities Marshal George NJ Stebbins
shows a breadth of vision and a sympathy which,
are seldom found in a police officer More than
embryo criminal has been turned into the
straight path through his efforts a11 indliness.
and many young man and young woman have
him to thank for new start IN life.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24
PART Y.
EIGHT PAGES.

"a person who Injuries or defrauds another
by knowingly delivering less than the
.rsntity he represents is guilty of a misde-
-,sgnor."
rb;s law is to found In Section $50 Of the
o,sl Code of this State, and yet IL is violated
:. the present time by thousands Of grocers.
.+rFers and confectioners in this city every
day.
The housewife goes TO grocer, for example
s,5 asks for a pound CT raisins. She has reao
his advertisement that on such and such day
he would have cut rate sale of seedless raisins
- 10 cents a pound. the same as sold elsewhere
at u cents" On one Of the counters the boxes
- raIsins are heaped up. with g big sign sus-
pended over them. which reads; SPECIAL
SALE TO-DAY ONLY-A SACRIFICE"
The bargain hunter fights her way through
tbe surging crowd OF shoppers. all fascinated by
.hs same bait and for fear she will not come
across such bargain again in her lifetime she
huvs ten times more than she wants. Days go
by. and at last perhaps, this student of domes-
t,c economy realizes that, after all, she was
svindied; that instead OF paying 10 cents a
pound she really paid 1211 cents or half a
cant more than was charged at other stores; that
these pound" boxes did not contain sixteen. but
only twelve ounces.
The young man enters candy store to buy a
box Of bonbons for his sweetheart and asks for
a pound Here is a pound of our very sweet
est" says the shopgirl. smiling, as if she d.
yined the intent of the purchaser. Yet. should
this young man be matter Of fact enough to
weigh the candy and the box separately. he
would often find that four ounces of that i'sweet-
est pound" consisted OF pasteboard.
In some butcher shops a customer encounters
so many schemes to defraud that no matter how
4 CTTI
Should he ask for a roast OF beef for example.
va4ch il weighed on<<the scales before his
eyes see the hand of the dial register what he
believes is six and three-quarter pounds. and
nav for that amount. yet for all that he may get
only five and one-quarter pounds. He may have
been fooled by what is commonly called the re
,-arsa5 dial 4rir,
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24

money for article which bears the name of
q packer with whose business integrity he is
personally familiar he buys a pig In poke.
Should you desire to learn the tricks which the
packers Of canned goods impose the public
you should visit the office OF the buyer of big
grocery store time when he is examining
samples. The buyer will take up of
tomatoes. for example. weigh it in his hand, and
say: Here is brand which is packed to retail
at 10 cents a can. 1t has a fancy name, and is
put up by So-and-so Packing Company, of So
and-So. n. Y. You the name and the ad-
dress the label. Now, here is another of
the same size, at 15 cents. II has more modest
name, and, according to its label, II is put up by
another concern at another address. Now.
matter Of fact although the 10-cent weighs
more than the 15-cent can, the latter contains
more tomatoes. The cheaper can is nearly half
filed with water, and water weighs more than
meat
But how about the s07and-sO R Packing Com
for putting up goods that way?"
The SO-and-So Company is a fake pure ana
simple, is the reply. ut means absolutely
nothing II has. perhaps. not even a paper eX-
istence The packer of the cheap can uses the
name merely as a mask. AS matter Of fact, the
same packer puts up both these cans. although
his real name appears on neither. When buy
canned goods | never look at the label. l ask
Who is back of the label who is the packer, and
then 1 open the samples and see what's inside
When the 10 and the 10 cent cans are dumped
into separate dishes the reason for the diff
what appears to be soup and the other heap
Of solid tomatoes that look if they had hung
on the vines only yesterday
, Similar tricks are played with nearly all the
different kinds Of canned fruits and vegetables
A federal law was recently passed which pro-
hibits the packer Of one State using the name of
another State address his label Yet, in
spite OF this, 1t is said that Maryland corn is
still put up Maine corn, although packed al
Baltimore Maine corn has the reputation OF
being the sweetest and tenderest on the market
Another trick to achieve the same results is
coming into still greater favor. because 1t Is
perfectly safe. Maryland corn and also Western
corn which is inferior 10 Maryland corn, are put
up Maine. style
Cheap peas are packed with q slack fill, some
cans containing even more water than peas
The law interpreted offers no foothold
for one who would fight the 'pinching OF
food Not long ago Sprague, Warner & Co.
the great wholesale grocers of Chicago, refused
10 accept a large order of packed goods because
they were below the legal standard of weights
and mea sures The packers fought the grocery
men, and took their fight to the courts. The
packers won. The court held that the short
weight packages had been accepted SO nearly
universally by the trade representing what
they assumed to be that their failure to measure
llD 10 the legal standard not Illegal.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24
THE BOTTLE TRICK COMMON.

Should the housekeeper take the trouble to
measure the provisions she buys in bottles she
would be astonished 20 see how their contents
shrink Let her take an ordinary quart bottle
Of catchup for instance, and pour 1t into a
standard quart measure, and II will often fall
away third or half pint Olive oil will often
Be found TO dwindle IN the same way. Prac-
Tically su The bottlers Of foreign Oh have adopted
what IS called the Bordeaux measure, accord
ing 70 which so-ca1Ied quart" bottle contains
tEsuty instead Of thirtyAtwo ounces; pint"
twelve instead Of sixteen ounces. and a half
pint" six instead OF eight ounces. Even these
sizes have been "pinched," and certain botuers
e&1l eighteen ounces quart, ten ounces a pint
and Eve ounces hah-pint.
When the Californian oil manufacturers first
put their wares In the Eastern markets they
used the imperial measure which contains thir-
v-t|o ounces and Is UP to the legal standard
AZ consequence they began TO suffer The i'm
porters of foreign olive oil used the Bordeaux
measure, and were thus able 10 charge so much
lower prices that customers said: What is the
use OF brvins American oil when we can get the
foreign of cheaper?' Finally OF the Cali
toria botters OF oil for the sake OF self preser-
Va1ion adopted the Bordeaux size and forced
practically all OF their rivals 10 do the same
indeed. those VINO hung out to the last against
pinching'' were accused by some of the others
oi aculteratng their oil
"Eow can they compete with us?" the
pinchers" said How can they give more than
We DO and not use a cheap adulteTant2'
Most Of those who cater 10 the high priced
trade OF this city testify that the smaller the
oottle. or the more it is pinched," the higher
Is the quality attributed by their customers TO
iis contents and the better prOportionate price
car be charged for IT,
There are various devices to make a bottle
appear 10 contain more than il really does.
Bottles for havoring extracts are made with
sch heavy panels that their measure is cur
talie3 oue-foliTth or one-third Bottles for am
aolie and washing fluids are made extremely
1as, So that when they stand The shelf of
gFocery with their broad sides toward the eye
laeg appear twice the size they really are.
Sottles for wine have long, slim necks and high
f..-4r
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24
MANY SHARP TRICKS.

To such a tremendous extent have some food
manufacturers and dealers introduced short
weight tricks" 10 deceive the consumer that
more conservative men OF the trade have taken
alarm Deception in trade is a two edged sword,
aad at the same time that it cuts the public 1T
hurts the dealer and manufacturer who refuse
to use such q weapon.
When bother of olive oil. for instance, uses
bottles smaller than the full quart, pint and half
pint size he can undersell his competitors until
they too use smaller bottles.
A war against the food pinchers.'' as the
short weight men are called out West, has just
been started in North Dakota. and it is likely to
-each Washington before the present session
ends According 20 dispatches from Bismarck
Y d the officials OF the North Dakota Expert
r1ent Station are at work on bin to prohibit
the sale of short packages and bottles in that
State According Investigations made by the
North Dakota Food Commissioners. great
many manufacturers Of different package goods
are putting out articles supposed TO weigh a full
pound but in reality an average OF ten and one
half ounces In some brands of baking powder
reIstfJelI- shorter weights are found. Small
parkages in many instances are from one to two
ounces short of the supposed weight
Cartons or boxes Of dried fruit were also
found which were supposed 10 weigh ten
pounds but which actually showed a net weight
Of only eight and one-haf pounds, 80, C9nee ee
packages we're obtained which were q full 10
per cent short. Bottled extracts. supposed to
be Of two-ounce size, showed only one and one
half 10 one and three-fourths ounces. At pres
ent there is no means of reaching these food
pnchers" as there is no law recurring them TO
mark packages with the real weight OF their
contents The passage Of such a law OF national
scope the North Dakota commissioners beIfeVa
would put the short weight food package out OF
business.
Among the grocers of this city there are many
who would lend support to such a measure and
who would even urge that 1t be SO sweeping as
70 hit the small size bottlers." Henry Z. Tay-
ior head Of the grocery department or SlegeI-
Cooper Company for example, IS at work on
bII 70 compel the use Of bottles containing fun
measure Such an act, he says. ought TO pro-
vide that the glass manufacturers must blow
n the bottom of each bottle figures indicating
its real capacity. A quart bottle should thus be
marked al ut" and pint bottle Il pit In ad-
dition every glass manufacturer should have
G registered number, and he should also blow
IN this number II a bottle falls short, accord
tngiy the responsibility may De traced home
Mr. Taylor says the glass makers would favor
such q measure because II would reduce the
number Of their moulGs.
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24

ter of fact the meat weighed only five and half
pounds.
Certain kinds of computing scales" are now
agents say, VIII pay for themselves in a
month. They cost from $50 to $40. Most or
them have a barrel shaped attachment which
revolves just SO far when weight is placed on
the pan.
On the customers side there is practically no
guide to tell the weight except a little red line
a pane of glass As the inside barrel turns
according to the weight, one may tell the weight
by the figures which are to be read beneath the
line. On the groCer's side is long horizontal
slit. in which appears string of figures, each
corresponding to a certain price a pound
The slit is wide enough permit one TO see the
price for a full measure and also for the next
smallest short measure" In this way a
butcher may skin a customer or 3 cents, says
the agent of the machine. and the poor devil
win never know it,
Some OF the old fashioned butchers still
weigh with their hand" but this species of
high finance is passing away before the comput-
ing machine.
HOW GR0CERS PINCH" THEIR SUGAR.
Grocers nowadays sell many of the common
foods by the package, such sugar, coffee and
tea. Those who handle packages done up for
them by the refinery give full measure az the
sugar is weighed and packed automatically by
machines and full weight is guaranteed Some
New-York tribune., 1905-12-24
THE CAN HIDES MUCH.

The purchaser Of canned fruits and vege-
aoies las even less opportunity OF telling
saether he is going TO get cheated than when
q RssXs bottled goods. Uniess he Pays his
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
That Timid Feeling.

Yesterday run of considerable
magnitude was caused on New York
bank 1t is said to have been occa-
stoned by the spectacle of long line
of people anxious to make deposits.
Other people, with their money al
ready in, saw the crowd, jumped to
the conclusion that run was in
progress, and soon there was mob
and sure-enough run, SO violent as
to be close TO riot.
The psychological fact that an ex-
cited crowd of men and women is
a collective idiot has never been salts
factorily explained. It's level of in
telligence IS that of the lowest men
tality in it. 1t chooses the brainless
as bellwether, and follows regardless
Of reason or direction. Still, in the
present instance there was some
shadow of excuse.
Depositors in the East Side banks
of New York are not of high grade.
II may be assumed that they are not
especially in touch with affairs outside
their own little world. However, they
must learn few things that float
about as matters OF common knowl-
edge. In the last short term of weeks
there has been an expose of stupidity
and crookedness on the part of bank
ers. The tale has been told Of how
they have dissipated the fortunes of
all who had trusted them Perhaps
the teeming East Side had heard the
story.
In addition to this, the integrity of
the whole fabric of the financial struc-
ture has been wantonly assailed. The
statement has been freely and repeat
eddy made that the country is at the
mercy OF conscienceless capitalists
who ought to be in jail; that every
scheme Of development is scheme of
loot; that every institution in which
savings are placed is using these saw
ings to promote projects for robbing
the owners of the funds; that fraud is
the essential to success, and that hon
esty is of utility only in that it fur
nishes avarice victim
Count all this SO much vapor, and
1t nevertheless will have a disastrous
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
soNNETs OF AN ENGAGED GIRL.


Last night-how long ago it seems-he
brought me this;
1t makes my finger fairly seem to
/ wonder what a stone like this one
weighs?
It's larger than May Thorne's is, Or I
miss
My guess by half a mile. What blissful
bliss
1t vas that filled me when he stopped
to raise
My hand and slipped this on. seemed
TO gaze
Through heavens portals rs we clinched
TO kiss.
How early he departed. though! There
may
Have been some cause of which he
was aware,
And he alone. for have found today
Two brass suspender buttons lying
where
He pressed me to his heart and failed
to say
So much Ionged to hear him murmur
there.
I think that we should quarrel: I must
blame
Him for some fault, and pout and
make him fear
That L have ceased to love him, dear
old dear,
For, after all. is loving not a game
That must be played by rule if one
would claim
It's sweets in fullest measure? IT'S the
tear
Preceding bliss that makes 1t more
than mere
Mild satisfaction by fairer name.
I'll hint at dreadful things I've heard.
and when
We've been estranged day or two I'll
That he is innocent, and fondly, then,
With outstretched, eager arms, he will
return,
And I, eiasped to his manly breast
again,
Win snuggle to him; filed with I'M
concern.
Chicago Record-HeraId.
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
PRESIDENT WILL
GREET D|PL OhATS
Regulations to Govern the
Reception Tonight.
PROMISES TO BE BRILLIANT
Personal Gossip of the Day-Dates Of
Coming Events-BacheIors
cotillon, Weddings.
PROMISES TO BE BRILLIANT

The diplomatic reception at the White
House viii be, it is thought. the most
brilliant in honor OF that body, given In
many years
Almost the only change made in the
arrangements for the reception is that
carriages viii not be admitted TO ths
grounds of the White House until s.45
O'Clock instead OF $50, as in previous
years
Carriages will approach from the north
Pennsylvania Avenue1, on East Exeea-
tive Avenue, and enter on the east side
OF the White House, opposite the Treas
ury- Pedestrians viii follow the same
route Carriages VIII be afte-.ward park
ed around the Efiipse N tae White Let.
Two carriages will drive under the
porte-cochere at the same time Coach
men VIII be provided with numbered
checks, which must be preserved BY
them in order 70 regain adrnittance 10
the grounds Guests viii also be pro-
yided with tickets OF the same number
as their carriages These they should
carefully preserve, in order 10 call their
carriages which viii depart from the
same entrance Carriages wiz be called
by electric signal.
After leaving eloaks IN the cioakroon.
guests are requested TO fall in line and
pass I'D the grand staircase
Guests holding special carriage cards
VIII enter the grounds by the southwest
gate, and the house by the door under
south p0rticO- Carriages will -apr1roac1
this entrance by Seventeenth Street
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
Cutting District Allowances.

All the news from the Capitol in
dictates that Congress intends to in
volve the District in the national
skimping process. II there are no
funds for Aberdeen, Miss, or Zee
land, Mich, neither shall there be any
the fact that local taxes are to be
spent in one instance and only nation
al funds in fhe other instances is to
cut no ice.
Assuming that Congress has fixed
upon this policy it would be waste
Of breath and printers ink to argue
against it. And granting that the
policy is to prevail it is pleasant to
think that its operation is to be ac-
complished without great damage to
District institutions as they now
exist. The most serious harm in pros
pect is that the Districts corps OF
public school teachers will continue
TO lose valuable members because
the salaries paid are too low to mold
their services Otherwise, the Dis
trict can look on the proposed reduc-
tons without dismay, however keen
its regret
Some apprehension may be aroused
by the determination Of the House
Committee on Appropriations to excise
the allowance of $4,000 fer a high
pressure fre-protection service. Con-
gress would do well TO make that
Observation-Disclosures Every rea-
sonable increase in the Capitals Sc
curity against great fires is profit
able investment; and Balt1more's
dreadful catastrophe ought to make
such investments particularly attrae-
Live.
But there is no need for alarm If
the high-pressure service is not OBJ
tanned tomorrow or next week. The
District pays annually about $3.50, 900
for fire insurance Its rate is 63 cents
per $1,000, the lowest rate in the
United States and Canada New York,
| which has the next lowest rate, pays
| 70 cents AS long as insurance COM
panies regard the city as so well Sc
cured, Washington need not worry.
| It has the best practical evidence OBJ
tafnable that its fre-fighting equip
ment is good, and the personnel of
| its fire-fghting force competent
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
More Dead Than Living.

Estimates are made that the dead
il the cemeteries of New York exceed
the number Of living in the combined
boroughs. The estimate is startling.
II suggests that the problem of dis
posing Of the dead remains to be
solved. Compact as are the plats
where graves are side by side, when
these graves reach into the millions,
and the community whence they must
be filled becomes even more popuIous
the space Will be needed for the living.
There is another side to the matter,
too. Science has demonstrated that
many diseases are characterized by
the presence Of germs capable, not
only of conveying the malady, but of
retaining their vitality an indefinite
time. Hence, the mere corrupting of
earth, water, and possibly of air, is
attended by the more serious danger
that the deadly germs survive to
fasten themselves anew upon the It's
sue of survivors.
There is sentimental feeling in
regard to the preservation of a ceme-
terry, but ii is apt to disappear with
a generation or two In all the world
there is nothing more desolate than
an abandoned or neglected graveyard,
given over to brambles, moss, and
leaning slabs. The body placed in
the ground goes back in time TO its
original elements, but that the process
is consistent with sanitary require
ments is not so sure Nor is the
quicker process, that in a few mo-
ments reduces TO clean ashes, purified
by fire, repellent, when the two are
compared.
The Washington times., 1905-01-12
Eavid-Frank-

Miss Florence Frank, of this city. was
married last evening at $50 o'clock at
Freund's 10 Samuel B. David, OF CIeve-
lanc. Ohio
The ceremony. at which only the i'm
mediate family were present, vas per-
formed by Rabbis Louis Stern and
Abram Simon, of the Eighth Street
Temple
The bride wore a white lace robe and
carried q shower bouquet of lilies of the
valley, extending from a white prayer
book. The only attendant. Miss Jennie
Sanger. of this city, was clad in q white
net gown and carried pink roses. The
groom was attended by his brother
MIR. and Mrs David viii reside in
Cleveland, Ohio
The out-of-town guests were-
Mrs. Barbara Frank, OF Boston, grand
mother OF the bride; Mrs George
Adams OF Boston. an aunt of the bride:
Mr. and Mrs Herman David. of Cleye-
land, the father and mother of the
groom, Gordon Frank. OF New York, a
cousin of the bride, and Miss Wei. OF
Philadelphia.