Show THE katric SYSTEM la I 1 another column will be found a tetter astor from a correspondent in sevier county sou nty criticizing criticising critic ising laing some details in the french or metric system of weights and measures WO we are always pleased to give five every sije of a question that I 1 ie ap p for public and thia iffie metric system is jut juet now of great prominence by reason of the favor it rise found in the utah constitution and kagi slature and also albo to in the national congress CoD grese gress it Is ia true that last ledues wed nee daya treatment of the case by the house of representatives in washing og aon upon ibe be favorable favo rabie report of tue committee on co inaKe weights and wea surel was waa somewhat disturbing kut thip we would fain believe was wai lae mote more to a misunderstanding than to real hostility at any rate the movement for the adoption of a ration W intelligible accurate and universal unive raal ertem stem of weights and measures such aw A the metric system Is ie la Is growing with sure rapidity and the establishment st bith of the innovation to ie but a matter of very brief time As an indicating t the he interest tuat that is ie taken in the subject hon HOD clawson of tale city invites our attention to the fact that the dry goods economist th tha leading journal of Us its kind in america devotes a whole page pace of its issue of april 4 to the advocacy of forand favorable comments upun upon the measure now pending in Con congress grest and ami in this con lection it makes the he following lowine fol allusion to the work of a utah cham champion champeon plon in the senate an energetic campaign in favor of the passage ot of the hurley bill is being made by senator cannon the junior member of that body who enjoys the distinction of having been selected by the governor of the newest state in the union to push this progressive and enlightened legislation mr cannon finds that in the finance committee the bill has lound found many friends and it is a significant fact that senator aldrich aid rich one of the leading mem members bemberis beris of the committee ee has for several years been engaged in gathering a library devoted to the metric system which is is now one of the most complete in the country oln in this work he has haa been ably ass assisted istel by mr durfee the secretary of the committee who has made a special study of th the his tory of the adoption of the system in various foreign countries |