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Show VEGETABLE MEASURE IS NOT RECOGNIZED Inspectors Will Look Into Reports of Purchasers That Peddlers Do Not Obey Law. Housewives' who think they have been riven siiort weight by peddlers of fruits and vegetables mar report to the state dairy and food bureau, which will dispatch dis-patch inspectors to the scene, weigh the doubtful purchases and, if they are under weight, will take post-haste after the of-reiiduig of-reiiduig peddlers. "Of course." said Dairy and Food Commissioner Com-missioner Heher C. Smith, who is also ex of lick, sealer of weights and measures, "we don't want to g-o sloshing around town wtiuhliig potatoes and tomatoes lust for the fun .nf the tiling. If purchasers actually believe they have been short-weighted, short-weighted, wc will be glad lo investigate at once if reports are made to our office at the. capitol." This interest of the sealer of weights and measures In the business methods of vegetahie peddlers is founded on the report re-port that many of the truckers are selling sell-ing by pecks and bushels, which is against the law. The state law does not recognize iiuarts, pecks and bushels. All large fruits and vegetables must be sold by weight. |