Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1917 — NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT MAY 1 [ARTICLE]

NEW LAW TOOK EFFECT MAY 1

Grocers Have No Further Use for the Old Style Measure. si The new “sale by weight’’ law enacted by the last legislature went into effect yesterday and a great many articles heretofore sold by measure must now be sold by weight. Among the different classifications of articles that must be sold by weight are fruits, dried fruits, cereals, seeds, nuts, ice, coal, coke, lime, salt, sugar, butter, lard, meats, candies and other commodities usually sold by weight. Section two of the law provides that all strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and currants sold or offered for sale shall be sold by avoirdupois weight or in uniform sized baskets, boxes or other receptacles containing one quart or one pint standard dry measure.

Section three of the new law fixes the penalty for violation of the law at $lO and costs for the first offiense; $25 and costs for the second offense, and SIOO fine and costs and thirty days imprisonment for the third offense. The act makes it unlawful for a merchant or other vendor to even possess any of the measures customarily used in retail stores. The only exemptions made in any case are for apples, sold by the standard United States barrel or standard box, cranberries sold by the barrel, and farm products peddled from house, to house by the producer. Following is a list of the. standard weights that are made a part' of the new law. Housewives are urged by the state commissioner of weights and measures to provide

themselves with a pair of accurate scales and preserve for ready reference a list of standard weights. The list follows: GRAIN —Bushel ■' Pounds Wheat .........60 Barley 48 Buckwheat .... ...... . , .50 Corn (Im ear till Dec: 1) 70 Corn (in ear after Dec. D.... 68 Popcorn 56 Shelled corn .. . . . ..... 56 Kaffir corn 56 Rye ........ 56 Malt Rye 35 Oats 3 2 Rice, rough .. ....••••••••••• 4 3 SEEDS Alfalfa ........ .60 Blue Grass .... .. . ... ••-• •• • -44 Clover .<. .... .s . . .... .1 ••• •60 iHtemp .. •. . •... • ••••• ••• • • - 44 Herds-grasA — 4 3 Millet . ...\..... .......... .50 Flax ..... A .-•. •• • • - 5 ” Rape A .... A. .. . ......... -•. .50 Red top grass \ 14 Sorghum. . .... .......... ••. .50 Orchard grass 44 Timothy .....• •••• •> • • • 4a Beans . .60

Soy soja beans ... .. •...... . .60 Cowpeas NUTS J Hickory 50 Walnuts ... . . ..... — .5® VEGETABLES Carrots ... , . 50 Cucumbers ....<8 Beets . .. 60 Onions ........ .57 Parsnips ... . --- - • -55 Potatoes ...... ............. 60 Sweet Potatoes ............ -- 50 Tomatoes . ........ ........-.60 Turnips ...... .- - - 55 fruits Apples ... ...... .-•--• -••• • -68 Dried Apples . ... —'Try. ....... 25 Peaches . . .*. . . ---•- • • ...... -6® Dripd Peaches \. v 33 Pears . ..50 Quinces .. . . ..... ..- - - ... - - -6® SMALL FRUITS Cranberries ..... ......33 Gooseberries 60 MISCELLANEOUS Corn Meal 50 Middlings, fine . ... . ........ .60 Middlings, course .....30 Bran ..- • • ..... .. . ---- -- • • -20 Coal . -80 Charcoal .20 Coko 60 Salt ....50 Salt, fine 5» A barre] of flour weighs IS6 pounds; one-half barrel 9S poundp; one-fourth barrel. 49 pounds; oneeighth barrel, 24iA pounds. Sorghum molasses, 11 pounds per gallon; maple molasses, 11 pounds per gallon. Hay, straw, ice, coal or coke, 2,000 pounds to the ton.