Show AW AN OLD affliction the follow following wg reminiscent of twenty years ago proof that am the mb short weight oft P is 16 by no m mew i gs a now new desema disc in this loc locality alky the letter to is taken from the back fi file lea of this paper exir lakic LAKE OITT march editor deavet sowing evening avam ws I 1 have seen been several allusions in your paper at different times alm to the noce saty that exists tor or ta publio ablio weighing scales and an ordinance to regulate the the same rame and it is in a matter of surprise not only to myself but to many others that the suggestion has bag not long otate been acted upon circumstances of daily occurrence point to the absolute necessity for public weighing wales scales it to neither my design nor my desire to make igny isny ny charge against coal dealers as aa a 14 class believing as I 1 do that as a body they are as aa honest as the rest real of mankind but mistakes mistaken are apt to occur in other institutions besides tami ites and that they frequently creep into the question of how many hundred weight of coal it takes to constitute a ton of that article is i too frequently demonstrated to admit of denial there is a certain too in connection with of this nature they are almost invariably one sided I 1 could cite a number of instances if it were deemed advisable to do so no but in writing this note I 1 do not wish to assume the role either of an accuser or dictator but rather to stand in the position of a sugg ester it does not make a 4 person feel fed in a very good humor however when after suspecting that he was receiving short weight of fuel all winter he should take the trouble or 01 satisfying himself by having a supposed ton of coal weighed wei and find it to be near nearly lyone one sixth short of weight especially when that individual had bad been using a very large amount of coal during the cold season yet such things have occurred errors of this kind would probably be avoided by the establishment at or near the railroad depot by the city ot of public weighing scales and the passage of an ordinance requiring coal dealers to have their loads weighed and that they should present to the purchaser a certificate of weight eight received at those scales the consumption sun eption of coal is becoming and is even now extensive enough I 1 should think to enable the city by charging a small amount for each load weighed to conduct an affair ot of this kind without any expense and I 1 am of opinion that the outlay incurred by its first establishment would soon be refunded I 1 do not doubt that all respectable coal dealers would he gratified at the establishment of public weighing scales as it would be the means of securing and maintaining confidence between them themselves be ives a nd and the public |