Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

IN standard unit Oh
s.ndard size Of can for the sale
I'D cream, and to regulate the
' ~ conditions under which mix
Seam shall be handled.
nor-NDS of Portland: Mr..
h" Hection . of this bill says:
q When milk or cream IS pur-
= by measure at wholesale by any
s,n, or corporation engaged in
pieces of buying or selling milk
.sam or both tn" can or ''l'f YES,
tanning such milk or cream shall
~, u,arts and one pint and no
al, new cans or other vessels
BASED by any wholesale dealer in
oro.m TO be used for the pur-
y receiyins such milk or cream
'..rre purchased by them between
s,st dav of August, 1909, and the
rbsn this act shall go int" effect
n soptain eight quarts ana one pint
- mare and shall be tried, proved.
"a and marked as herein provided
rsn,lemen. it looks to me KIND OF
: ,ba, money in the whole State of
; =. o.n Inv milk only in just an eight
i, and one-pint can. We cannot
,,o, IN 7 think. | don't think the
] ..,i,u,on of Maine would allow any
thing If that should be submitted
Il, supreme court, that you can say
,rvhody in the State of Maine
A M, buy milk only in an eight
! ., and one pint can. I think they
NM saw it was all wrong That is
y vav look at it. | am reminded by
I sa,leman at my right that this bill
hos TO purchase by wholesale.
sse are you going to make differ
= ~ between wholesale and retail? 1t
Il, IN me as though the cans should
! If any measure and should be stamp
inst what they contained, no more and
has and that they should be bought
that measure and that they sould be
aled as this bill provides by the sealer
weights and measures and should
paid for at that amount, not giving
ttnt Of milk to everybody for nothing,
hi that there should be given just the
Gght measure and no more and no less
kme creameres buy the milk by
J height know of one concern that
hys carload day by weight. Now
III that concern has got to go out of
business and put their milk in eight
4aFt and one pint cans and haul it
Trough this country so that the trans
1Haton companies can get n little
Pore out of it think it is time that we
: Popped legislating altogether. / move
a the bill be indefinitely postponed.
H. M0CLTON Of Cumberland: Mr..
$saker, the section of this bill which
under discussion seems very neces-
" as 1t is w0rded, All milk and
ram bought and sold by the can" All
iR and cream which is bought and
aoy the can in the state of Maine up
present time has been bought and
VI IN cans that ranged in measure
sEhere from eight and one-haIf to
quarts and three gills Now if that
A anu cream is going to be bought
~la by the can, there should be
b .' standard size of can for that milk
Fought and sold by in order that
'a'er ana producer may be pro-
WV There may be Other ways of
e@s and selling milk as the gcntlc-
u from Portland has lust mentioned.
Wv De bought and sold by weight,
:" y" 1t is bought and sold by the
"H'ehts Of the milk. not by the
!" UT The amount; the value is
A'u ny IN" fat contents. Al the
Na' ''ne there are two sizes of
small and large. The small can
'm eight and one half To nine and
quarts. the large can is from
'm one-half To ten quarts. Now
N amer sells small can of milk
s'"'s' the man to whom he sells
.''Se does not take any pains to
l'h an eight ana onc-half size of
ne IS liable to send him a
a,',s '' can to fill for an eight and
Am. Auart can. and he is continual
lug These cans and has been filling
V' The last dozen years. until the
Il, y" large, the variation from
w. u ohe-half quarts to ten quarts
siils, that the Cumberland
'o'ectlon Association in their
'shment of the price made a
~ welded upon two sizes of cans
en 'driher should be paid for. a
has - anu large can. Now it
me mat it would be better to
h ana 'a'uard size of can by which
IN. cream shall be sold. IT INJURIES
kt ne farmer is willing to give
bis sm. ''s and one pint for eight
a mat protects the middle man
s'aohshes a can which is uni
1, oD. every New England State
h. l. .s and one pint and no more.
sfas, me present time from ten
n =, carloads of milk being shipped
d y =, Maine every day to Massachu-
n aa New Hampshire. and if this
an adopted ID it will be a uniform size
). and n it would be far better than
snss nle present time. move that
aIn ssadment which I understand is
a for :. ms Dill be Indefinitely post
ha t tV' IT., Its effect would be if adopted
s,o MOORE of saco: Mr.. Speaker
tt ,a the motion of the gentle
kaam sm Cumberland to reject the
d 'a mn I would say that think it
Important thing that we estab-
o on .nitorm size of can. Let
00t from Maine. to California
bin, can contains eight quarts.
hi IA =. and no more, without
f, 20 the avoirdupois of the Gentle.
b ssn,.w Ward Three in Portland.
aifass ufe on that. Let us stand for
\ tbe size of can. Laughter1.
evs, e state was organized. nobody
~. Known what tho s;,a - =