Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-01-14 | Page 14 | Will Wage Fight for ''Full Weight ''

WILL WAGE FIGHT FOR "FULL WEIGHT" State Dairy and Food Commissioner Sees Need for Bills Carry ing Changes. Partlalltj for the avolrdupo s standard of we ghts for all package foods wa& e denced yesterday in the de berations of t e state da ry and food comm ss on over the out! ne for awe ghts and measures bill to be Introduced during the present session of t e legis ature. Butter six teen ounces to the pound prom ses to be the feature of t e Ml Puch minor sttpu ations as fifty pounds of flour to tl e sack instead of forty e ght three pounds of lard to the bucket Instead of two and a quarter four gil s to the pint and. two pints to the quart of all 1 quors are being contemplated by the commission It was general y agreed at yesterdays meeting however that some strategic advantage m ght be ga ned by the e imi jiat on of some of these questions from the contemplated b the features e m nated o be held back as reserve ammunition for future leg slatlve campaigns The commiss on is unanimous n the op nion that the go den color of butter is not suff dent excuse for its sale ac cording to t oy we ght That the h 1 is designed as an opening wedge for lea s at on ntended ultimately to result in close adherence to standard s zes of we g ts and measures was exp ained last n gl t by Comm ss oner W ard Hansen bhorten ng of the b was agreed upon as anecessarv mod flcat on if it s to be made acceptable to the lawmakers at tl e present t me and butter was decided upon as the most serviceable commod ty for the purpose As p anned the b 1 vili require that th s dairy product be sold in packages of elg t, sixteen and thirty two ounces net weight Pro 1 s on w1 1 be nade tl at the exact number of ounces s a be stamped upon the packages as at present the difference be Ing that the exact number must be as st pu ated in the bill Bulk quantities will be excluded from the ru e.