Show 1 BEW RE OF CHEATERS CHEATERS' SCALES BUYERS TOLD In States State's Campaign Against Unscrupulous Merchants ir S w wr c. c y S S S I I f i S 4 5 S S. S w S g AS 1 4 S r 1 tm i U M 4 HOW V STATE MAKES SURE SCALES ARE TRUE WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THESE BOTTLES LOOK ALIKE SEPARATELY NOT TOGETHER Cleon Bosworth clerk watches Inspector Stevens Shopper should have full view of scales dial State Ins Inspector Guy P. P Stevens warns of trick box bom 4 a I I SI SL L. L HOUSEWIVES URGED TO CHECK ALL PURCHASES New Equipment Will Help Protect Consumer Now Now that the season of fruits and vegetables and berries Is at its height yum the housewife will willind find ind her purse more prosperous if she makes certain that she is re receiving receiving re- re standard measures instead of deceptively constructed short short- weight measures now being foisted on purchasers by some peddlers road side stands and grocers grocer Likewise continued Guy P. P Stevens Stevens Ste Ste- vens Versa chief weights and measures measures- inspector for the state state department of agriculture now well along Inthe in inthe inthe the 1938 inspection campaign in cooperation with municipal sealers of Salt Lake City and other communities communities com corn the housewife should Inspect in inspect inspect in- in carefully all scales which weigh her purchases making sure aure that she has a clear view of the dial New Equipment As the state Inspectors moved to protect the home from foodstuff bilking Clifford W. W Wall city seal eal- 1 ci 4 WATCH THE HAND How fingers juggle scales scale er en of weights and measures said Monday that new weighing equipment equip ment for heavy scales testing would be available for the first time Tues Tues- day Modern cities Mr Wall said have spent thousands of dollars for such equipment but Salt Lake City's new outfit cost less than including installation in a truck It was designed de- de de designed signed and constructed under his supervision and will be used for bi bimonthly bi- bi monthly monthly checking checking of the city's 95 heavy scales Formerly it was possible possible pos pos- sible to make checks only at intervals intervals inter inter- vals of eight or nine months The equipment includes new liquid measuring devices for testing testing test test- ing gasoline pumps and similar dis dispensing dispensing dis- dis apparatus Forty gasoline pumps have been condemned since last January 1 for short measure Mr Wall said Scales Seized A room in the basement of the state capitol is crowded with off off- balance scales seized in recent months some geared to start weighing weigh weigh- hag ing at half a pound more or less and some with half the figures on the dial erased We need public support to suppress suppress sup sup- press such practices entirely he went on To Io do an efficient job r. r i iM THESE SCALES CHEAT Inspector Stevens seized devices any department of weights and measures must have community in in- in tere terest t. t 0 He said that proper weighing and measuring was of vital importance to the pers person n of low income Watch His Hand HandA HandA handA A slight pressure from the venders vender's hand on the tray of the scales practiced against one consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer for a year would make an appreciable difference in his food expenditure he said Watch th the clerks clerk's hand when dealing with venders you do not know |