The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-24
A POUNDS A POUND.

A POUNDS A POUND.
The supreme court of the United States has
handed down a decision in South Dakota case,
reaffirming the power Of the state to fix stand
ards of weights and measures. In this the
principle of contents Of contalner' is con-
cerned, the state having a law that pound
can of lard must contain pound OF lard Inc
packing companies resisted the law to the nm
al court losing the decision In the end. w elghts
and measures were once determined by chance,
perhaps, or by local custom, but uniformity
was finally established and maintained, and
now what the citizen wants to know is that
when he buys pound Of anything he is getting
a pound. and not merely a package. Inc
careless buyer has been the excuse for sys-
TEN of merchandising that is now being over
hauled through the enactment OF such laws as
that of South Dakota. Package goods will still
be sold, and with advantage to the consumer,
but the right of the state to fix standards can
not be gainsaid or limited for that reason.
The William Hale Thompson forces, with the
aid Of others, at the Illinois republican state
convention at Peoria wrested control from the
Deneen faction, and so there is comparative
ly new political combination IN the saddle, com
posed of United States Senator Lawrence
Sherman. Frank O. Lowden and Mayor Thomp
son. The Thompson forces, with the balance
of power, held out for the national committee
ship. and their demands were finally granted
the bargain being sealed when Thompson voted
with the Sherman-Lowden faction at mid
night conference Thompson returns to Chi
cago, riding cock horse and his hat decorated
with a great big feather. Those who are
''agin" the mayor are now expected to shrink
o%o{0n
When two women disagree in statement OF
fact what's to be dones That was the question
that confronted the Chicago civil service com
mission investigating the charges of Mrs. Page
Waller Eaton, former superintendent OF soca
SURVEYS, that Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe, com
missioner of public welfare, had levied upon hel
for one-t third of her So 900 salary for the bene
fit of Mayor William Hale Thompson's sister
jin-law, Mrs Margaret E. Mivelaz. The com
mission had recourse to the Scotch verdict
not proven, because it was ''the word OF one
witness against another But the end of the
case is not yet States Attorney Hoyne
is to have his innings, an unsavory mess viii
be kept alive chiefly for the deectation of those
people who like their spice fresh from the mill
Old timers will not have to comb their mem
ores 1OI TecOlleCIIUu OIL UeOISo w IeCh, dutHoi
Tof 'Peck' IS Bad Boy who has just passed
away Peck was at one time governor of Wis
consin, but his fame rested more on the author
ship of reproducing book than any
act of his as a state executive. Humor saves
the day, sometimes, even as government is the
price of civic well being.
One of ''the health hints" INDUCED in by {
Chicago paper that seeks to regulate the per
sonal habits of its readers. advises people tc
drink more water Just So And a great many
! Iowans have been drinking more water-sinc.
January first 1916.
About the only time that Wall street gets or
the front page nowadays is when the brokers
engage in confetti battle and smash hats in
a holiday frolic.
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