El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-07
Use EIectra-V Vita and Be Strong

this way the manufacturer is able TO
save a little cloth Three or IouE
inches cut off the tails of batcn OF
SO. 900 dozen shirts make DIG ol1leI-
ence in his profit
Recently the government bureau OF
standards under authority oDtaIheo
from congress. made a thorough eA-
animation of the weights and measures
in use in 1913 cities, the inquiry cover
inr all the states. Its officers, golhS
into shops and other places OF ouSl-
ness. found that so percent OF All ING
retail scales were lhcoIIec.' 80
percent of these were against the Gus
toner. The scales in stores patron
lied by the poor were particularly PAD,
many of them being set 1ast from
one to two ounces in the pound IheIe
were even extra short" scales for use
on Saturday nights. when people were
supposed to be too much IN hurry
to notice that they were being cheated
Many Frauds In Scales.
There were a good many spring
scales with springs adjustable 10 sun
the dealer; likewise computing scales
with false computations other scaIes
were found TO balance only Wneh
equal weights were placed in the cen
ter of each pan. A shift OF the
weights to right or left altered the
balance. Such devices were heIpeu
out to the disadvantage OF the Gus
toner.
weights that are honest to start WIN
become quite otherwise by getUng
rusty or worn This may be helped,
however, by drilling holes through
them
Many yard sticks examined were
found to be short by half an men OF
so. Counter tacks. supposed to rep
resent a ward. were often hardly more
than SO inches apart Cloth tape nea-
sures were shrunken or inaccurately
divided. Such measures ought never
to be of cloth, but Of metal
LIQUID measures in many cases were
bent and dented in, or had their DOT
toms turned upward, the result oelng
that they held less than they were
supposed to contain. Some hao Iaise
bottoms or false sides. wooden airy
measures were cut down to reduce
Their depth. and bushel baskets OF
seven eighths of even three quarter
bushel capacity were very common
Berry boxes and other small fruit
containers proved commonly TO De az
to so percent short Then SIZE -
not regulated by law in any way, ana
manufacturers of such boxes cater 10
the requirements of the trade me
automatic cheese knife which IS set
TO cut two or three ounces unoer
weight for each pound is an inter
estine novelty for purposes OF fraud:
Another ingenious device Is that OF
reducing the capacity of oil cans by
n1acinn- a block of wood in the bottom
crt TO fit. Potato crates are made IN
short sizes. But most fascinating OF
all is the kind of scale known as the
ssiunkuan's Joy which weighs light
when he buys and heavy wnen ne sens rs.
Tobacco seems to afford specially
attractive opportunities for cheating
II must be that users of the her
nicotian" are careless of quantity SO
long as they get the particular article
+hAv seek. In New York City the
legislative commission. visiting large
number of tobacco shops, found max
the scales incorrect. and in many IN
stances these were supplemented oy
short weights. It's report states that
not Is percent of the packages OF to-
bacco on the market are OF fuli
weight.
The recommendation made is that
every housewife should provide her
self with a good scale of 10 POUNDS
capacity. which will weigh to ounces
Also she should have a peck measure,
a half peck, a dry quart and liquid
quart All Of these she can have test
ed by the local sealer of weights and
measures. Whatever she buys oy
| measure or weight she should welgI
| or measure at once upon its delivery
| It is a matter of only a moment, anc
| in this way she can find out immedi-
I ately whether the people with whom
| she deals are treating her honestly.
So widespread is the movement il
| behalf of honest weights and mea
| ures that &c states during the las
| year passed laws in relation to tn,