Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-02
FOURTEEN OUNCE
POUNDS OF BUTTER
c.nator seely Would Have Them
Used to Lubricate Jail
Doors.
ZINES AND IMPRISONMENT.
,,..,,d Provide Both for Manu-
~ .,. -, short Weight Goods and
For Dealers selling Them

.,,r seely the rotund sheep man
''"' ~, pleasant, is launching ms
nV" IN the upper house with a pi''
osie'' teammates greasing the hinges
WI ~ The county Jail with all shor'-we'sp'
hutter on the market ,.,o
sona,or seely is not particular WIG
.ha iau sentence. He wants 1t u
',,o,ude everybody who handles sior'
n.o,cbt butter whether mahuiac.u'ei'
Ns's .ier or retailer. The bill Is re-
WhoieSS' ~ me direct result OF the pruc,
SaIue Nuacad to have been general, atu
use, iH many cases within the pas.
po'el az selling 14-ounce pouhus.
NV INDIGNATION was stirred aoou.
FupnS on IN the question by the nshl
~ re,ailers to force the mhhuiac-
" ~ ln salt Lake and othcr utah
.pe. .s IN unshot their scales ana ue
io .nr ,nl weight \ promise resulted
I'm I'm the agitation that the prac''ee
would cease. o,,,.acd os am.
.,t IN ,he subject, although there nave
haen M prosecutions under u lor ions
line nm people have hesitated 10 ilihhe
,ro,,hlo for the corner Iroceryinai,
Lowing that the butter came 10 nun
an the narrowest kind OF margin aup
hat the price was boosted from a''-
other quarter.
sEELY's MEASURE.
senator seelys bill is rs follows:
"a hin for an act regulating the man
rracturo and sale OF butter, ana
,uIring all packages of butter 10 pc
marked with the name of the lnailulat-
nrer aud weight Of same, ana pip-
yidlnc nenalties for the violation oil TINS
act, ,.,,.,,ro ne
The state of utah
Section !. Each package on pul.e1
offered or exposed for sale ~ the star
of Utah shall have stamped upon the
wrapper or package the name Oh thc
maker thereof with address OF sahhe'
and The actual number Of ounces con-
talped I'm said package. Each square
mr. roll Of butter kept exposed or Of
fered for sale which is represented TO
rontain one pound In weight shall con-
tain full l6 ounces; and each square or
roll of buttcr kept or offered for sale
In This state, which shall be represented
,o contain two pounds in weight, snail
contain 80 ounces
sec >. Ii shall be unlawful for any
person to sell or offer to sell or fur-
njsh or deliver for sale any butter u1-
q less marked as above specified.
Il sec. 8. Whoever shall violate any of
# the provisions of this act shall be guilty
! pf a misdemeanor, and shall upon con-
MI ,ictlOn be punished by fine not ex-
MI reedlng $500, or by Imprisonment in
M The county. jail not exceeding six
ri months, or by both such fine and inn
81 prisonnent"
n PASSED ONE BILL,
n Hulanisk's bill. making II a misdt.-
mcanOr to violate any county or state
regulations finally, emerged from the
longest senate debate of the season still
alive Yesterday afternoon. 1t was some
what trimmed but Hulanisld was able
10 Withstand running fire of ques-
tons as 10 its Importance, whether or
not II was already covered by other
measures, and as TO whether there were
my specific need for il. He answered
Senator Walton who Is anxious TO pre-
vent all possible meddling with the
law and Senator b. y. Smith, who is
( rapidly entering IN the spot light as a
competitor 10 Senator Lawrence in his
CHOSEN iield Of laying down the law
ana the statutes on all questions. Here
loiore Lawrence has enjoyed "A mono
poly as an analysist OF unnecessary
lnkciins The bill finally passed with
NE VOTES of Senators Clegg, Park, Seely
and Williams recorded against it.
ON DEVELOPMENT WORK.
Benaer X. Smith rushed forward 10