Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 9 | Congress Adopts Standard Barrel

CONGRESS ADOPTS STAID1 BARREL Government to Exercise Control Over Weights and Measures WASHINGTON Jan. 13 For tha first time In history the federal government will eierclse its constitutional control over the weights and measures of the country under a, bin agreed to today by the house and which already has passed tha senate, establishing' a standard barrel for fruits vegetables and other dry com modi ties. Heretofore all efforts to pass measures through congress for that pur pose ha e failed. The standard barrel bill. Introduced by Representative Tuttle provides for a bar rei with 28) Inch staves and 171 Inch heads made of material not thicker than four tenths of an Inch. However any barrel having a capacity of 7056 cubic Inches will be considered standard. A 1 separate standard Is fixed for cranberry barrels, owing to peculiar problems of packing involved. Under the law It would be a misdemeanor misde-meanor punishable by a fine of $500 or imprisonment for six months, to sell or offer for sale In the United States a bar rel containing fruits, vegetables or other dry commodities, of less capacity than a standard barrel or Its legal subdivision. Goods packed for export In barrels built to meet specifications of the foreign coun try to which they are to be shipped are excepted.