Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1917 — NEW WEIGHT LAW IN EFFECT [ARTICLE]

NEW WEIGHT LAW IN EFFECT

Grocers Can No Longer Use Old System of Measuring. The new law regarding weights and measures, passed by the recent legislature, went into effect Wednesday, April 18, and weigh or count is now the order of business.

Inspector Frank W. Tucker of Noblesville is making a tour of the state acquainting the grocers and others with the terms of the new law, but the and venders are supposed to follow the law after the above date whether they have been personally notified rby the inspector or not. In some cases, particularly bananas and eggs, can be sold either by weight or numerical count, but in the'case of vegetables, they must be weighed. The law fixes the weight of a bushel of apples at forty-eight pounds, which is the first time a weight has ever been fixed in the state for this staple. The dealers no longer have any usefor dry measure and bottomless measures are not to be in his possession. All berry boxes miist be filled full for a quart or pint, and the boxes contain as many cubic inches as a dry measure pint or quart. Mr. Tucker recommends that every housewife in the state provide herself with a pair of scales and weigh the articles which she buys. No honest dealer will object to having his weights verified.