The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1914-09-04
How Much Shortage is
Allowed the dealer
By Lucius P. Brown
State Food and Drug Commissioner

sion of 1918 is an Act to prevent
frauds in weights, measures, ETC.,
and to endeaYor to assure the Gus
toner tt at the dealer is giving him
the weight which he ought to have,
when he is purchasing. This Act
directs the State Sealer and the Su-
perintendent of Weights and Meas
ures to fix and determine a reason
able variation for the weights of all
classes of commodities. These have
been de, ermined for the larger part
of the goods sold within the State
of Tennessee, and are given below.
Thase variations mean, of course,
that when any amount OF the COM
modities named is weighed, the
weight must not very from the true
weight by more than the proportion
stated, For instance, fresh meats
may not vary from the weight which
they are represented to be by
more than two per cent. Thus 10
lbs. weight of fresh meat must not
be less than 9 s 10. or 8 lbs. and IL
OF. These variations of course are
allowed because it is impossible to
do weighing with exact accuracy in
every case, no matter how hard the
dealer may try. Here are the varia'
tons allowed:
Food Stuffs.
Butter, in prints, wrapped, ! OF
on the pound or 3 per cent,
Groceries, confect .oneries, and all
other articles handled by grocers,
confectioners, etc, when sold in
one pound lots or fractions thereof,
at a price not exceeding 40 cents
per pound, J OF. per ID. or 3 pei
cent.
All articles same as above sold a
over 40 cents per pound, 3 s OF. PEI
pound or approximately 2 per cent
All commodities of this characte
which are weighed, in lots from
pound to 10 pounds, Ii per cent
Same, in lots from 10 pounds up.
per mt.
Meats, fresh, 2 per cent.
Meats, cured, I per cent by weigh
} on ret weight, not including wrap
ping, strings, etc.
Ice, when cut from blocks an
rot in original blocks made b
manufacturer, 10 per cent.
Ice, when sold in original blocks
no tolerances allowed below 81
II pounds, since these blocks are man
featured to go to the dealer with
/. weight of 300 pounds or over.
IS Salt, when SOLD in barrel lots,
per cent by net weight, not incluC
d ing barrel This applies only
r. salt not sold for food purposes IL
man or other animals.
Feeds
Hay; baled, timothy, and tin
othy and clover, 1 per cent.
d Hay, baled, CLOVER or alfalfa,
per cent.
Hay, baled, clover and 9th
10 grasses, II per cent.
Corn, hulled or cracked or wh
mixed with other feeds and sold
burlap bags weighing y OF, u T
cent.
Same, in sacks. J of per cent
Oats, in sacks, ] of 1 per Ger
in bags, II OF burlap), Il I
cent. All other grains same
oats.
Ali other feedstuffs, whetf
cracked or not, sold in sacks, 3 o
per cent. Same when sold in =
bags, i per cent.
Coal, coke and like products
- i per cent.
I'll Hardware.
W Up to and including lib. pa
~ ages, 2 per cent
W Up to and including lob. pa
~ ages, II per cent.
10 Above 10 pounds, 1 per cent.
Dry Goods, Notions, Etc. Sold
Linear Measure.
When sold in one yard lengths
oru of an inch per yard,
as When sold in more than l y
IN up to and including 4 yards, { /
AZ per yard.
on When sold above 4 yards, Ill
'nd an inch per yard. All these tt
E taken on the total number OF VI
and will apply when sold in b
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