Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-12
OWNERS OF SCALES TO BE RE-
LlEvED or PORTION OF
EXPENSE.
NO CHARGES TO be MADE
FROM MANY INSPECTIONS
All Scales Under 500 Pounds to Be
Tested Free-lncrsased Force Brings
About More Satisfactory Conditions
City Councils Can Not Compel
Weighing on Designated Scales.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to meS-RepupllcdH'
Des Moines, May -. = While the
dairy and food department is going 10
engage In scale testing in Iowa in
very more extensive way than ever IN
the past, yet the cost has been reduced
and most of the scale testing will be
without expense to the scale owners.
This was made possible by authority
of the legislature in granting one add
tional in the scale department so there
will be two inspectors travelling about
over the state.
The scales of less capacity than ooo
pounds, which includes all counter
scales and many Of the small ware
house scales, will be tested and pc
given certificates free by the state. In
spectors in other lines of work will pc
prepared to make tests of these scales
at any time and will do so as an incl
dent to their other work.
The scales of capacity above ooo
hounds and up to 1900 pounds will be
tested for a fee of 81; those over 4,Ooo
and up to and including $1,000 pounds
for SO each, and the others Of larger
capacity for IS each. The railroad
track scales will be tested for $40 EACH
The hopper and automatic scales IN
elevators will be charged 81 each.
There is a new provision in the law
which means that as to any scale
which bears the state certihcate OF
having been tested it Is public scale.
One may weigh on such a scale and
buy and sell on that weight without
being required to go to any other scale.
No city ordinance can affect this stu
alton. 1t will put a crimp in those
city officials who have at times sought
to REQUIRE weighing on certain scales
to the exclusion Of others.
These facts were brought out In
discussion of the weights and measures
law at the conference Of the food and
dairy department today.
It is the intention CT the department
to do quite a lot of railroad track ana
elevator scale testing this year. as 1t
was found last year that very many OF
these scales are not weighing &C
curately,
Government statistics as to some
kinds are shown not to be the most &C
curate possible, as evidenced by the
investigation into the swine situation
in Dallas county. The federal agents
reported about s., 900 head Of hogs In
that one county. When the survey was
made preliminary TO the fight on hog
cholera the state agents found $4,000
head Of hogs In the county. There are
25 900 people in the county as shown
by the census. II the same ratio as
between hogs and people is maintained
elsewhere IN the state Iowa has more
than twelve and half million head Of
4 hogs. Dallas IS the only county IL
which there has been an accurate sur
vey OF hogs.
Demonstrations Of mine rescue work
/! will again be given in Iowa by the
i limited States bureau Of mines as in the
past and there will be instruction II
rescue corps and to all miners. These
demonstrations will be made at differ
ent places in the mining counties OF thu
state. The demonstration for Poll
county and adjoining sections Of thu
mine district will be held in Des Nome:
and at the state fair park on June
when a. large number of miners will b.
present.
DR.. J. +. Gibson, state veterinarian
will appear before the investigating
committee Of the United States senat
lin Chicago next week with regard t
the details of management OF the foo
and mouth trouble in Iowa. The In
yestigation is being made with vie1
to determining responsibility for tn
epidemic and also with a view to show
ing whether or not it has been properl
handled by those in charge.
; AL. Urick, state labor commissioner
is engaged in the compilation an
: preparation of a list of the manufac
turers of Iowa. He hopes to have pre-
: pared a complete list Of all persons en-
: gagged in manufacture, all firms an
corporations, with information as
lines of manufactured goods; and thi
will be published. There is great de
mand for such a list and no satisfac
tory list has ever been made out.
80
There seems to be small hope ths
y the railroad south from Atlantic wi
= ever again be operated. A competer
engineer from Illinois went over tt
;, route and made careful investigate
of the entire situation. The report
saidGto be not veryssencpuraging. {
J, most of the road is in very bad cor
dition and the traffic to be expecte
over a part Of the line is Of small in
I. portance. There Is suit pending bt
fore the railroad commission involvir
the question put - has nc: been STousi
4. to a head.
a. The state board Of education wi
meet at Ames on Friday, when it
n. expected that Senator Jones, the ne
n. member, will appear and take part. tt
n. meeting at Anes Is for ordinary wo
n. and has no special Significance. It
a. presumed that Senator Jones will
n. resignation as member of the sta
& senate and that acceptance of t,
office will take him out of the race
the succession in the Mills Montgome
district.