Year: 1877

| LAWRENCE, KANSAS, June ). 1876.
EDITOR CHIEF:-As You are aware, 1 have been
subscriber for your paper for 20 years. and am
also faithful reader of the same. take and read
your paper partly because your views of public
and measures usually in accord with my own, or
if not in accord, your criticisms to be honest and
worthy of consideration and partly because like to
| read old as am your miscellaneous selections. Now
because like Your paper, wish to correct an i'm
precision YOU TO have about the bill relating to
weights and measures, passed last Winter / will
not say that job is impossible in its execution but
do say that it not intended. have tried get
a law enacted upon that subject every year have
been in the Legislature, and introduced the bill last
winter. Our State, far as l know is the only one
that has not law of similar character; and expert
ence has shown me that no law is needed than
this. Heretofore it has been impossible ,ore fraud
in weights measures to the satisfaction of a court
there standard. l might weigh a load of
wheat on my scales, and find / had 50 bushels, but
the purchasers ales would make but IS bushels and
his would govern. 1t was impossible to prove that
my scales were right, that his were wrong and
dealers know this fact very WELL Several years since
when wheat . bushel, sold several hundred
bushels to miller. l measured every load at the
sranary, and all the same. 1t good wheat, and
weighed over 60 lbs. to the measured bushel by my
scales; yet the miller made load that measured IS
bushels weigh but 50 bushels, making loss if my
scales right of ten dollars ON q load But
what could dol believe lost enough in that one
transaction to have paid for full of standards,
but could not prore it.


Again: have charge of another mans farm. he
owner lives East. shipped what measured at the
machine, and weighed at the Railroad, 1l0 bushels
of wheat to miller. lie made it weigh but 100 bush
els. Now, had reported to the owner ITO bushels,
md SanI him, fraioJ
vouchers for ITO bushels and the millers vocher for
100 When the owner gets all the returns and vouch
ers he must have unusual confidence in my integrity
he will to the conclusion that cit her stole
that ten bushels, in partnership with the
miller. have given my own experience, because
it is convincing, at least to myself; but might
fill your paper with similar experiences of others.
Our lawyers told that under the old law there was
remedy 1t was impossible to prore frand in
weights, however much might believe it existed.


This law was intended to be as inexpensive As Dos
sible 1t makes the County Clerk sealer and the fees
go towards his salary, and the law provides that all
in of his salary shall go to the County as his
salary is in nll for all services Whatsoever required
by law"
No man is required, in some States, to have his
weights sealed. He Is only liable when his weights
do compare the standard. If he is certain his
weights are right, he need incur expense.
believe this law while it met and will meet with
opposition from such dealers dishonest is in
the interest of all the producing classes and all 9th
ers who honest. From my observation and expe-
rienee have come the conclusion that there is
fraud enough prsctieed in weights and i'm
this State, every week. to buy complete set Of stan
dards for every County; and while such a law will |
not prevent all frand Of this nature it certainly will
do great good, as believe


Very truly.


c. ROBINSON