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Show 8EASLEY DECLARES - MERCHANTS HONEST 3. D. Beaslcy. oil inspector and city sealer of weights and meaaurea. takee exception ex-ception to the atatement of F. S. Hoi-brook, Hoi-brook, federal weight and measure Inspector, Inspec-tor, to the effect Uiat local merchants sre very lax In the matter of giving full weight and measure. Mr. Beasley says he went around the cllv with Mr. llolbrook. and that they iound only a few Instances wherein weights snd messures were faulty. In these Instances. Mr. Besaley eaya. the . short weight waa a matter of poor adjuat-a, adjuat-a, . ment of scales rather than any dealre on ' the pari of the mrivhanta to be dishonest. |