Evening star., 1924-05-26
INSPECTORS CHECK
SCALES AND BOTTLES
Penny Weighing Machines of City
Declared to Be Accurate,
After Tests.
MILK CONTAINERS SHORT
Many Condemned-National Con-
MILK CONTAINERS SHORT
Many Condemned-National Con-
ference Opens Here.

The penny scales on which the
woman with a tendency to avoidupois
sazes with horror as the dial mounts
wen up toward the 200-pound mark
? are accurate in Washington today.
special attention has been given
py the superintendent of weights and
measures of Washington to insure
accuracy in the scales which are
1ound scattered through the down.
'o"n stores and on street corners. In
aooltlon the inspectors of weights and
measures in the Capital have taken
'oeclslve steps during the past year
10 eradicate in so far as possible. short
measure milk bottles.
Auuresslng the opening session of
me national conference on weights
standards today. George NJ. Roberts
superintendent of weights and meas
ures, declared his inspection force has
oeen particularly active during the
scales. So effective has their work
peen, Mr. Roberts said, that by far
the greater part of the penny scales
IN the city today are accurate. Those
Which We're condemned for .naccuracy
nave In some cases been removed to
other cities, where the laws are not
so stringent as in WASHINGTON. he
added
Milk Bottles Condemned.
Mr.. Roberts said there has been
noted in Washington a tendency on
the part of both manufacturers of
milk bottles and GaIrymen TO reduce
the size of milk bottles below the
tolerance" allowed Large numbers
of milk bottles under size have been
condemned and destroyed by his de-
partment, he added.
Presentation of medallion to DIR
>. w. Stratton as testimonial for
MS services to the government while
director of the bureau of standards
set for today, was postponed until
" "ednesday, when DIR. George X Bur-
CESS, president of the conference and
present director of the bureau, an
nounced DR.. Stratton would not be
able to attend the conference until
wednesday. Secretary Hoover, who
was also scheduled TO address the
conference this afternoon, will not
make his talk until Wednesday on
account of illness.
A recent decision of the United
states supreme Court affecting the
oread-we light law in Nebraska will
not AFFECT the present laws relating
10 weight of bread in the District
of Columbia, in Mr.. Roberts opinion
Mr. Roberts paid tribute to the eff
n
spectors, but said the work of the
department had been hampered by
lack of transportation. In addition.
ne said large truck for the accurate
weighing of coal was needed.
Conference Is Opened.
Opening the conference DR. Burgess
called the attention CT the more than
zoo delegates to the bread-law deci-
sion of the Supreme Court and an
nounced that the forenoon session
tomorrow would be given over al
most solely to discussion of the deci-
sion and it's effects. He also an
nounced that tomorrow afternoons
session would be dispensed with and
the delegates taken on a tour of the
city by automobile, winding up at
the Washington Base Ball Park,
where the delegates and guests will
witness the base ball game
Speakers this afternoon included ].
Q. Emery of Wisconsin, Z, j. Saldana,
executive secretary of the insular
government of Porto Rico; r. F. Bar
ron of Minnesota and William Smed-
ley of Pennsylvania. Luncheon will
be served at the bureau every day of
the four-day conference, and the
laboratories of the bureau are open
to the delegates when the conference
is not in session.