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Show II JEST1T1 WEIGHT 1 WILL BEiiW Coal Dealers Arc Preparing 1 Measure Aimed at the I Railroads. ' V- I - Destination rrcigltts to coal dealer I will bo maudatory 'on the part of the k railroads if a hill boinp prepared by I the local coal dealers, aided by "W. E. I Farr, city sealer of weights and meas- ! uros, passes the legislature. Convinced . ; that they aro suffering a gross injustice I ' through the present system of minol i weights onlv and no provision for the I I losses that ' occur in route from the J mjuce, the dealers are preparing for a ! linal stand in the matter. ; Charges that the dealers lose four to i flvo tons of conl to every carload ship- f incut received, owing to losses along I tho route of sbipmeut havo been made I oonstantly in the past year. At a re- , cent intorBtato commorco hearing in f ' Salt Lake testimony was introduced to r- . that effect and in h'is annual report the ' ' :itv sealer of woigllts and measures 't ' called attention to nurnorou6 instances 'in -which t,hc coal dealers bod. lost, so j ' heavily through lack of destination weights that eomo of them have actually ( ' been confronted with businoss failure. The inclination on the part o some . ' dealers to short weight the consumers 1 1 is caused chieflv through a desiro to rc- S cover partially at least on the loss they - suffer at the hands of the railroads ! themselves, it is sa&. I '. "The arrogance of the rnilroads in Tefusing common ."justice tlo the daalors J has become unbearable,5 declared Mr, Farr yesterday. "Something must be I done to correct tho evil, and T under- J , stand the dealors have boon assured of J: suflkiont support in tho legislature to v accomplish their ends." i |