The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-28
MANUFACTURER
SPR|hs FRAUD 4
Inland Meat Company lnves'
tgates Weighed Buckets

Proprietors of the Inland Meat COM
pany have been investigating the pro-
position of the false bottom and the
extra pieces of tin in the lard buckets
being sold in the city and believe they
have solved the problem.
1T is true that these buckets are
purchased from the wholesalers by the
piece but there are several different
grades of buckets" said Mr.. Bauer of
the Inland Meat company this noon.
'It appears that the buckets we have
been using were ordered for grade one
buckets but in reality are grade two,
with the extra tin put on to make
them come up to the standard weight.
"We were as much surprised as any
one to learn about those false bottoms
but when the various buckets being
used in the city are weighed, it will
be found that the consumer is suffer-
ing none by the weight Of our buck
ets."
Mr.. Bauer then placed one of his
buckets with the extra bottom ard
tin, on the scale, and it weighed one
pound and a trifle more than two
ounces. He then placed a bucket used
by the Walla Walla Meat company on
the scale and it weighed one pound
and four ounces by the scales in the
market or the Inland Meat company.
Mr.. Bauer was of the opinion that
his company had not been given a
square deal by The Statesman, but
tMr. Mooney, to whom the representa-
tive of The Statesman talked yester-
Day, admitted that The Statesman
inan had gone to the market yester-
day morning and showed him about
the false bottom and that, rather than
make the disclosure in the front room
where there were customers, the
Statesman representative had carried
the pail into the back room where Mr..
Mooney was shown what the bucket
contained. Mr.. Mooney also admitted
that none of their men had said any
thing to The Statesman representative
further than what was reported last
night. but both of the gentlemen said
they did not think the story would be
published and were rather of the Opin-
ion that it should not have been and
that some one had an ulterior motive
in making the disclosure.
"Of course it is a fraud" said Mr..
Bauer but the customer is not suf-
fering for the scales show that our
buckets with the false bottoms, weigh
less than the other buckets used in
the CITY, The fraud was perpetrated
by the company which sold the buck
cts for they received first grade price
for second grade bucket
1--WE are not the only ones who have
been using those buckets in Walla
Walla Walla, but somes of the other
firms have not used them for several
months but l am sure none of us knew
that they had false bottoms and ex-
ira pieces of tin. We are the ones
who are being defrauded for we paid
a first grade price for a, second grade
pail.
THE buckets are not the kind We
want to use any way but they were in
the stock when 1 bought in here and
we intended to use a different kind as
soon as these were sold out.
"Other dealers are attempting to
make the people believe they are be-
ing cheated out of six ounces of lard
when they buy from us, when as a
matter of fact our buckets with their
false bottoms weigh less than the
other 10-pound buckets
Mr.. Bauer was laboring under the
impression that the Statesman was
endeavoring to irjure his company but
was assured that he was mistaken and
The Statesman will take pleasure n
giving the same publicity and prom
inence to anything he cares to say
in regard to the matter as it gave the
original story.