The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-20
Pll|K PROGRAM T0R
SEAL[RS MEETING.
State Inspector Stweart,
/ Here Today, Tells About
the Plans.

AeIe AOudy, 1enS AUOuC
the Plans.
State Inspector Of Weights and
Measures G. b. Stewart, arrived in
Fairmont last evening and has charge
OF a committee meeting this morning
for the purpose OF arranging the pro.
gram for the early convention Of seal
ers to oe held at Charleston, Febru,
airy fourth to seventh. This meeting
was held in w. D. Straight's office
county sealer of weights and meas
ures, who is also vice president OF the
State Sealers Association e. A.
Brooks, from Wheeling, was also pres.
ent. Mr.. Brooks is secretary OF the
convention. The program which will
be printed later, shows that some oil
the best informed men in the United
States will be present at Charleston
to speak on various phases OF a rapidly
growing work that Of constantly i'm.
proved weights and measures in the
j State of West Virginia. The conven.
ton is manly for the purpose Of
schooling sealers in the different
weighing and measuring devices. New
and more improved devices are demon.
strated and their advantages discussed
and many Interesting addresses are
given.
This year, among the speakers who
will be preesnt, are F. Reichmann
who will read a paper on the impor-
lance of correct measuring. According
to State Inspector Stewart, Mr.. Reich.
mann is one of the best informed men
in the United States on weights and
measures and is given the credit for
placing them on their feet in New
York. DR.. Wagner, assistant commits
sioner Of weights and measures Of
the State of West Virginia, will speak
on larger view Of the department
OF weights and measures. DR.. Wagner
is professor Of physics at Morgan
town University Last year the con
vention was held at Huntington with
about 20 present There are alto
geth about So sealers in West Vir-
ginia. Prof Titlow plans thoroughly
+; interesting paper on the relation Of
weights and measures to agriculture
Prof Titlow is teacher Of agriculture at
Morgantown University. Prof. Titlow's
address will endeavor to prove in the
most advantageous manner, that when
a farmer buys fertilizer, for instance,
he gets full ton because ola correct
measuring device.
There las never yet been national
meeting attended by representatives OF
various States in an endeayor to have
all weights on equal basis so that
| the same number of pounds to q
bussel, for instance, would enable
farmers to sell as cheaply as anybody
else all over the country. The Bureau
of Standards at Washington has plac,
. ed number of articles on standard
basis Of measure but many states feel
they prefer controlling their OWL
, standard on many articles Potatoes
are now sold by Washington stipula
ton in 100 pound weights. Last fall
some little trouble was had at Wheel
ing when sacks of potatoes came in
by freight and were found to contain
but 140 pounds in what was said to be
two and one half bushel lots. They
were held up by the State Inspector
and through communication with
, Hoover. the 100 pound weight stand
ard was arranged. Now all potatoes
are billed to merchants in 100 pound
!! lots. G.. w. Stewart said this morn?
ling that wher the time arrived when
state officials got together on these
matters, apples could not be sold 4S
pounds to the bushel in Ohio and SO
pounds in W est Virginia The State In
soector also said that West Virginia
had the most complete list Of weights
per bushel Of any state in the Mon
Added to the speakers on the con
vention program for next month is the
name OF R. w Romig, Of Pittsburgh
from the Fairbanks Company who will
speak on the question Of installing
heavy capacity scales for mines and
railroads. Howard Bowman will dis
cuss the inspecting and testing of rail.
road scales-a very important subject
according to the State Inspector.
A general idea Of the work accom-;
plished in the State during last year
ian be learned from the following re.
port taken here and there in different
cities wherever Mr.. Stewart CHANGED
to be. The report does not cover the
entire State but simply portions of It,
Butter held up for shortage, 1929
pounds; corn meal short. 6,239 pounds;
strawberry baskets, under size, 50,S72;;
meat, such as bacon, short in weight,
425 pounds; gas pumps put out Of com
!, mission for registering wrong, So. One
of these gasoline pumps in Wheeling
| took II strokes to fill q 10 gallon
measure, one gallon at o stroge. "A
man buying gasoline was paying for
li17 gallons and getting 10. Handcuft
scales seized. 1871; corn flour. short in
packages, 2,176. i26 arrests were made,
Including one or two in Fairmont
This is Just small percentage Of the
work done to give an idea Of what is
going on in the state. G. B. Stewart
and E. A. Brooks expect to leave
Fairmont for their RESPECTIVE homes
this evening.
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