Putnam patriot., 1928-02-09
(GRIFFIN NEWS BUREAU) Especial Correspondence to The Putnam Patriot)

nation for such a type and issue certificate to this effect.
 When a type is disapproved the bureau will notify the manufacturer, set forth the reasons for disqualify- ing the device and give him an oppor- tunity to support his application. The bureau will then reconsider the matter. If the machine is again dis approved the applicant has thirty days in which to take an appeal to the secretary of commerce who shall decide and instruct the bureau ac- cordingly.
 The need for the provisions of the bill is apparent, Foor Leader Tilson declares, in the large number and and the diversity of state laws con corning weights and measures and devices. A manufacturer, he points out, may produce a scale which is le gal in some states and illegal in others. In cases like this the man. ufacturer must increase the cost Of the product to the consumer by mak- ing the changes necessary to permit it to be marketed in other states.
 Mir. Tilson points out that the bin will aid not only manufacturers but also the consumers of weighing and measuring machines, because with standardized production the cost of manufacturing is cus down.
 The proposed change in the Ian guage of the bill will make no differ ence in the administration of the pro visions nor will it in any way defeat .I. i'd just an assurance that no loophole is left whereby advocates of the metric system of weights and measures might take advantage.
 Merchant Marine Bill
 Congressman Richard r. Freeman of New London promises his support for the merchant marine bill, intro duced in the House by Representative Wood of Indiana, which would estab- fish training school for merchant sailors and he will do all that he can to bring the school to New London and combine it with the coast guard academy there, if the bill passes Con- gress.
 Representative Wallace White of Maine, chairman of the committee on merchant marine and fisheries to which the Wood bill has been refer red. is less optimistic of the posslbili- ties of the schools establishment.
 ''I cannot state what the attitude of the committee will be toward the bill." he said. "because it is all guess work. The Wood bill has just been introduced and referred to the com mittee. It provides for the establish ment of the school, but no definite location has yet been contemplated"
 Candy Eaters
 Connecticut candy eaters are eon- suming twice as many bon-bons, cara mels and other sweets including the lowly lollypop, as they did two years ago. 1t is reported by the United States department of commerce after a survey just completed in the candy industry.
 Figures for the state show that during 1926 those possessing the sweet tooth spent more than twice as much money for candy in that year as they did in the year before. The value increase in sales of candy in the state amounted to about $3.- 040,000. Connecticut is the only state with such remarkable in- crease. Although New York still re- mains the greatest candy-consuming state, Connecticut's neighboring state, Massachusetts, takes sixth place in the amount of candy consumed. Con necticut people as a whole may be- loyal to home industries but SO far as candy is concerned they exhibit a marked preference for candies manufactured in other states, as fig- ures of the survey show.
 The purpose of the survey, accord ing to the chief of the division of the commerce department. is to ana lyze the nations candy selling meth ods with the idea of eliminating waste and directing sales efforts along the most efficient lines for the benefit of the manufacturer, whole saler, retailer and consumer.
 Club Taxes
 Connecticut club members paid the federal government $222,b b2l in in- ternational revenue taxes on club dues during the last calendar year, according Co information just made public by the bureau of internation- al revenue of the treasury depart ment.
 The greatest source of internal re- venue from Connecticut, the report shows, is taxation of estates. This source produced S1,065,999 during 1927. The next most profitable source of revenue is the tax on club dues The tax on theatre admis- sions and admissions to other places of amusement brought in $l44 .94S.
 Tobacco manufacturers in the state turned into the treasury tillsI $I42,275, a decrease under that of the year before which amounted toI $16S,4I4. Of the amount for last year, $132,302 was collected on cigars, S9,959 on manufactured tobac co and snuff, and SIP on cigarettes
 Taxes on bonds of indebtedness, capital stock issues, etc, amounted to $33, $50 in the state. and the taxes on sales and transfers of capital stock, s56,SS6.
 Manufacturers of playing cards in the state paid the federal govern ment only S2s2, but taxes on automo- piles and motorcycles brought in sii5.748.
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