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Show BUTTER WEIGHT DECREASES, BUT THE PRICE SOARS ON When tho stnto food commissioner tested test-ed an alleged pound of creamery butter but-ter In his ofllco recently, ho discovered that tho butter, minus the wrapping paper, pa-per, weighed 131 ounces- With thc wrapper ft welghod HJ ounces. A thorough thor-ough Invest Igulion will bo conducted by tho Inspector to discover wby Iho weight of butter goes down when the prico of thc commodity goes skyward. The commissioner tested a quant! ly of brandy Monday, bnt Uie results will not bi completed until today. |