Show SUPPORTER or OP S san an franci francisco au august ag the passing ot of andrew carnegie brings to mind the fact act that he had been tor for years an ardent advocate of world standardization in weights and measures through the adoption of metric units andrew carnegie was a member ot of the metric committee ot of the notional national american association ot of a manufacturers which strongly urged metric standard standardization standardisation Iza tion at the olne the committee met lie he made the following statement the metric system of weights and measures is one of the steps forward that the anglo saxon race Is bound to take sooner or later our present weights and meas mes inherited from Dri britain tain are unworthy an intelligent nation today the advantage america possesses possess es over britain in the decimal dollar system as compared with their pounds shillings and ahil pence would be fully equal equalled led by the adoption of 0 a metric system of weights and measures carnegie believed that world standal of weights a and I 1 1 I measures would aid greatly not only the lie cause of world trade but bill also that of 0 world iio peace ice on another occasion he be said tile the old weights and measures are a discredit to us we meshall Ve shall inevitably adopt metca liter giani it if for no other reason than as an aid to pence peace but they dould enormously aid our world trade |