The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-06-09

name Of the California Fig Syrup Co,
may be purchased from all leading
druggists IN original packages Of one
size only, price fifty cents per bottle.
county treasurers. and they, IN turn, for
the town treasurers, who are supposed
to seal for anyone who has standards
they want tested, for fee The law
has become a dead letter, said Alr Hazen,
land i ridiculous. He quoted at length
from the records Of the sessions Of the
national conference, showing what has
Ibeen done and giving expressions Of opin.
ion from persons Of authority.
The speaker said that what was need.
ed IN Vermont is legislation in line with
the best IN other states. We want one
man with authority to enforce this law.
The state treasurer Is a. present the Gus
todian Of the standards Of the state, and
+ he IS the man who should be sent to
Washington as delegate 70 the confer
fence. An appropriation should be made
to enable him to Do 50.
+. A. Fischer, head Of the division Of
weights and measures q the bureau Of
standards. was ne next speaker After
speaking briefly Of the scope and work
oi the bureau, ~ turned to the matter
Of special inspections ID The states.
About a year ago. an appropriation was
made by Congress Of $4,000 for the pur-
lpose 81 making inspection Of weights
and measures m the states Of the union
50 Gar. rs states ana 50 cities nave been
covered. In Vermont. the places visited
aro Barre. Burlington Rutland, IS.
Johnsbuy and Moetpelier IN al 81
them, said Mr. Fischer, The conditions
are about alike Of the scales. 20 per
cent. were inaccurate and Of these S.
per cent were short weight An 81 these
figures are averages Of the results in the
five places. ii one city two samples Of
print butter showed 10 and 1873 ounces
to tie pound ana sold for tie same price
IN smother place. the hafpoun8 prints
were short. ii some instances. liquid
measures were used IN place Of dry
measures Beans, apples and other fruits
sold 10 bulk were wrongly measured by
Iusne TIE wrong number of pounds for d
bushel An 81 pump was found 30 per
cent short THE most significant state.
meut 81 tie whole meeting perhaps. was
that made by Mr. Fischer e the effect
that IA every group II 5.oaa people there
rs loss d $1,000 per year = al their
butter IS bought il prints
The speaker went on 70 say that If one
man n 4 place + dishonest I forces TIE
Others 70 make some kind Of a eonces
SION either ~ cutting prices Or short
weight TIE only protection IS inspee
tion ana fieid supervision
Mr. Ilazen said that as long as Yer
mont has no adequate laws the state
win be dumping ground for shippers
They cannot send snort weight OF short
measure goods into ether states that
have the profession, 80 they send them
here and we have 70 pay for a part Of
TIE stuff consumed 10 the moro fortunate
states.
Mr.. Fischer read some figures, which
showed tie conditions which exist IN the
package trade Rice, corn and wheat
were taken up. and it was shown that
while they cost around 5 cents a pound,
when sold raw, when sold n the various
package forms the cost runs Co as high
As a5 cents pound Other forms 81
package goods were shown to cost much
more when put up in package than
when sold in the raw state This was
taken to be one Of The causes Of the high
cost Of living, By Gov Prouty Where
our fathers lived on the raw stuff, we
have them served in an attractive pack
age and pay three times as much
Mayor James Burke Of Burlington
spoke regarding conditions IN his city
He said They had man who was sup
posed to inspect and seal weights and
measures, but that he did it only when
the state Of his finances prompted him |
to do the work and collect tho fees. m.
stances Of short size ii milk bottles and
in other lines have been reported May.
or Burke wanted to see action taken to |
put this state on par with the best n
this matter
Perley L. Pope Of tnis city spoke re-
qarding short measure II fabrics and il
packages He said that sg-iuch cloth
seldom measured Chat width and other
measures were short IN CHS way the
dealer was giving short measure every /
day. but could not help himself
Inspector II S HoIbrook, the man
VINO has been making the inspection IN
The state. was called on. he said that
the honesty OF the general store man
in The state was not questioned, but he
instanced a case to show That there are
some men who should BE- looked after by
a state officer with power to enforce
the law He went into a store and
found an the scales and other apparatus
in frst-class shape. He noticed some
packages If goods. which the