The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-17
. Lbs, PASEEDOAUD And ALL
DlIRY CO.'S REPLY TO CHARGE
o. GIVING SHORT WEIGHT.

shemsld FaFms Net Giving Away Gratis
PAper and PaFamne ThatCost aDoO .
carload -Packngru Are solsi fer rive
Po@shs Bcrauss They NFeso known.
The Shsmsld Farmz-SlaWson-D Decker
Company. which sells milk and butter
in Brooklyn. Il charged with selling
short weight butter IN an afidavit filed
yesterday IN the Adams street court
Brooklyn Tho anldavit was made by
Lee J. Mills. a city weighcr. under the
direction Of Francis NJ Mccoy. acting
chief Of the bureau Of weights and
measures.
In the aaidavit the wsiEhsr ssts forth
that he bought and weighed several 60
called two pound packages Of butter
sold BY the company and that his weighing
showed that none Of the packages con-
tanned two pOunds q buttsg' he says
that he weighed other packages az the
comnany's main once. s7a West Fifty-
seventh street. Manhattan. and found
them all .shy Of the weight 81 forth.
The afhdavit says
Some months ago the dsponsnt was IN
formed that said corporation was selling
its butter N packages that did not contain
a. much butter a. the coufpany's announce
ment represented them 20 contain. and that
such Aalss were IN violation Of law and
constituted a swlndie on the public q
Brooklyn
AFTER rsnaivins thia Information the de-
ponent made at nFst q geneFal Investigation
20 assure himself whether there vas any
foundation for tho complaint or not. He
visited two q their stores IN Manhattan.
aud there ofichlly weighed a number o.
their so-ealled twO-pound boxes Of butter.
THIS weighing showed that none o. the
boxes contained two pounds Of butter
He then laid hia Information before the
District Attorney Of kings county and made
purchases Of these twO-pOund boxas IN four
oS said branch stores IN Brooklyn. and on
chlly weighed these packaEes. and thh
Weighing showed that none Of those pack
ares or boxes contained two pounds Of but
ter. but that me butter vas short 20. SO.
~ and a. ounces. the four packages being
shoEt i1,S ounces. 10 ounces constituting
pound
Deponeni then went to the headquarters
Of said company. % S7t West Twenty-
seventh street. Manhattan. and there con-
verssd with one n 8. Halsey. who said that
he was vice-president Of the company and
In charge there
Deponsnt then weighed divers II such
boxes Of butter then and there: that b. Ia |
the headquarters Of the company. IN the
presence Of said y. =. Halsey. and the on |
cial weight taken In each instance showed
that none 81 the boxes cOnta med two pounds
OG butter. Az this time and place depofent
-a.n "a
wherefore depOnent lays this informa-
tioa against said company and pTays the
subpoena Of this court and an ofiicial
inquiry 70 ascertain whether Or not - ID
company b guilty Of crime. and n 80
what.
A summons for the purpose Of investi-
Eating charges thus Get forth waa granted
By Magistrate righe In the Adams street.
court later in the day.
Lotion Horton. presidsnt Of the com
pAny, said last night at his home. III
West Seventy street;
About two weeks ago q man came 1
10 20 So me saying. the Mayor sent me /
up 20 aae you, 20 which ! returned: In
deedi' and asked what I could do for
him. thought a the very least it must /
be- an appointment 20 some once. But |
he disappointed me. He merely asked
u We sold butter. and where we sold "a.
70 turned him over 20 Ben HalRey. who
has charge II al our merchandise. Mr..
HalHey told me to-day that ~ had about 4
twenty packages Of butter on hand. 1
which hadn't gone out. The man weighed .
eighteen u them. All weighed over two
pounds.
Now, please remember that the prin- Il
ciple OF our butter business Il this: from
the churn to the table the butter = never
for a rnouBerut aNnuaad Now under III
can you weigh the butter without weigh 4
ing lie envelOpep Our butter q pu' in
cartons Of heavy pasteboard. all paraf
fined. They cost SEQ q carload, and we
are certainly not gotngto give them away. II
No. the packages aro not Labelled two
pounds. They are merely known a.
tWO-pound packages. We make no claim
that they weigh a full two pound.