Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — Oyster Season Here; Must Be Sold By Dry Measure. [ARTICLE]

Oyster Season Here; Must Be Sold By Dry Measure.

Now that the oyster season is here, and the bivalves are listed on the menus of the hotels and cases in various forms and prices, and included in the housewives’ plans for the daily meals, the following communication to city seals and weights and measures officials in various parts of the state yvill be of interest to all who wish to enjoy the luxury of oysters and at, the same time to keep within reason the cost of living: “The Oyster Dealers’ Association, after years of indifferent practices, is attempting to regulate their industry. I have just received a letter from them with the suggestion that I advise all dealers in oysters that all oysters must be sold by dry quart measure without any added water. All shippers are now selling oysters on that basis. Retailers must sell on the same basis. “Instruct all grocers and oyster dealers that hereafter they must sell all oysters by the dry quart instead of the liquid quart, and that they must be free from water. “Take up all the liquid measures, and if any dealer uses them after being warned, prosecute them for the violation of the law. “H. E. BARNARD, “State Commissioner of Weights and Measures.”