Show tac is suggested t tb holu hold a general meting of alithe all nil the canned goods gooda packers pacers of the country t to 0 consider various questions pertaining io to trade the principal cipal being the tho establishment of a uniform standard of weights the SL bec iguls lios trade journal Ao endorses i the suggestion in this tills way we are aro of the opinion that such a convention could be mado made of geat benefit to the trade at large and the public generally the ek extent to which the practices of short I 1 weights and adulterations adulte rations are carried la Is a disgrace to the packing fraternity not only packers of canned good but of manufacturers very generally anything which will tend to tho the abolition of the system of short weights and adulteration te cannot but be vastly beneficial to everybody when the tho fraud has been carried to stich such an extent that a can of meats marked I 1 ib lb weighs pac package ge and contents but butlo 10 or 11 ounces and a ib lb bin can ean but buo 22 or 23 ounces it is certainly time to prepare for a re reform forni |