The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-10
WILL SELL BREAD BY WEIGHT
Merchants of State to Vote on Proposed
Change of Name of Association
Souvenir Program Issued by Asso-
citation Credit to Kenosha Meet.

The coming convention of the Wiscon<
sin Retail Grocers and General Mer-
chants Association to be held in Ke-
nosha beginning week from next Mon
day is going to be the most important
session of retail merchants ever held in
the state. More merchants are going
to be In attendance than ever before
and the program for work and play is
going to be the most notable ever Of
fered to the retailers Of the state The
most important part of he convention
program is going to be the action on
various resolutions demanding legisla-
ton for the betterment of the retail
trade in the state. A series of resolu-
lions were presented to the Association
at the meeting at Oshkosh last year.
The most important of these resolutions
is a demand for the sale of bread by
weight and a committee of which Will
liam s. Schmitt of this city was a mem
Der has drawn up bill to be presented
to the legislature provided the bill is
approved at the Kenosha meeting. The
provisions of the bill are as follows:
Section l. There is added to the stat
utes new section to read: Section l. A
standard loaf of bread, composed chiefly
of wheat or rye, for sale shall be sixteen
ounces in net weight. No such bread
shall be sold or~offered or exposed for
sale within this State except in half,
whole, or double loaf size, containing,
respectively, eight ounce, sixteen
ounces and thirty two ounces net weight,
unless the same is conspicuously marked
or labeled 50 as to show the net weight
thereof. The provisions of this sub-sec-
tion shaO not apply to forms of bread
weighing less than four ounces nor to
what is commonly known as estate
bread, I" sold as such.
2. The dairy and food commissioner
and city sealers of weights and measures
shall enforce the provisions of this Sec
ton. For the purpose of carrying out
and giving effect to said provisions,
the dairy and food commissioner may
prescribe reasonable, uniform rules and
regulations, including reasonable toler-
ances to be allowed
8. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this section or any of the
rules or regulations prescribed by the
dairy and food commissioner under au-
thority Of said section shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and upon con-
victirr thereof shall be punished by
fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars nor more than one hundred dollars,
or by Imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than ten nor more than
thirty days.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
one year after passage and publication.
Another matter which was considered
at the Oshkosh convention was the prop
osition of selling eggs by weight instead
of by the dozen. This resolution will
not be recommended for passage by
the special committee of investigation
as it is declared that after canvass
of the merchants of the state it was
found that they were opposed to the new
plan.
Another important matter will be the
question of changing the name of the
association and giving it wider powers.
This resolution promises to bring the
most interesting debate in the Kenosha
convention.
A souvenir program of the coming
convention has been Issued by the State
Association. It is an exceedingly beau
tiful souvenir Of the convention and
contains many matters of interest. In
addition to the program arranged for
the convention it has many articles re-
lating to Kenosha and its various feat
ures as a city. It contains pictures of
many Kenosha buildings and of mn
who have been instrumental in making
the convention an assured success.
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