The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28
WANTS CITY SCALES.
Question is Put by A Citizen Who
Answers in His Own Belief
That We Do.

This is the time of the year when
everyone is wondering whether he is
getting his moneys sworth-especial-
ly those who have no surplus amount
of money after the hard winter this
year. IT you have the money you GER
tainly would like to get what you
pay for.
don't care whether you are SELL
ing coal, grain or stock, or buying
the same, you naturally want what is
coming to you. Now, there have
been many questions arise concern
ing the amount of coal that has been
given for certain amount of money,
also feed and other things that are
too heavy to be weighed on small
scale and the buyer has no way of
telling whether he is getting the
quantity he should have or not. He
is at the complete mercy of the man
who owns the scales.
/ have heard Of kick after kick
from people who said they had paid
for a certain quantity Of goods and
claimed they got no where near the
amount as near as they We're able to
guess and as long as they were
only guessing they had to let the
man that owned the scales have his
own way.
Now, / tell you what Leon ought
to have, and they need them bad,
and that is city scales. These scales
would pay for themselves out of the
fees charged for weighing, and also
a small profit to the city, and then
every one would be satisfied with the
weights.
If man is honest city scales will
not be anything against him. They
should be the very thing the coal
man, the feed man, the stock man
should be in favor of, as an honest
inspection will hurt no honest man,
but will always be to his credit. If
he is dishonest he should be in Jail,
in place of selling coal or feed to
poor people who have hard times
keeping three jumps ahead of the
collector. Think of the washerwoman
getting short weight; think of an in
valid getting short weight; think of
man taking one or two dollars out
of your pocket on every five or six
dollars worth of coal you buy, and
you will begin to realize where you
are at, and that city scales are what
you need, no matter what it costs
to maintain them.
The city council. should not only
put in city scales but they should
pass an ordinance providing a heavy
penalty on any one giving short
weight. They should make this law
SO it would make the man unload
his load inside of thirty minutes
after it is weighed, as he would not
have time then to drive around to
some other coal house to unload
some of it and have your ticket
marked the time it was weighed. If
they say TOO much expense" tell
them the street lights, the public
schools and other city improvements
do not pay! very heavy dividends to
the city direct, but the people more
than get back their money by having
them. City scales will come nearer
paying something back to the city
for their use than any money the
council can spend on improvements.
Now, if you believe as / do, | tell
you what you do, and you are not a
good citizen Of Leon if you don't do
it. If you believe in city scales you
60 to some of the councilmen and
make a kick, also tell the CONNER
cial Club, and if enough of you will
do this we will have city scales. If
the people will all make kick at
once to some councilman, over the
phone or otherwise-just say, 81
want city scales'-and you bet we
will get them, for the city council
wants to give Leon what her citizens
want. A Citizen.