l^O AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



think enough of themselves. Most sealers think this is a small 

 job and they proceed to enforce the law in a small way. To my 

 mind the sealer is the most important officer in the community, 

 and there is, no reason why he should apologize for doing the 

 work. The position is just as important as you want to make 

 it. I always had cards printed and when I went to a place I 

 gave the man my card, and said, *T am the sealer of weights 

 and measures; I have the control over your scales." If he had 

 any packages done up I would test them out. If he had any 

 baskets on the floor for delivery I looked those over to see how 

 he was doing business. From time to time we would take a 

 couple of weights in our pockets and walk around among the 

 various places and see how the scales were being used. The 

 sealing of these scales does not amount to a great deal. It does 

 not make any difference what kind of a scale a man uses if he 

 gives the customer full weight. That is what we are after, — 

 to see that the customer gets full weight or measure. If the 

 sealer will just drop in here and there and look at the scales, 

 and look at the packages and see that they are full weight, it 

 will accomplish a good deal. I know that the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, Mr. Roberts, and the Deputy Sealer, Mr. Pennell, 

 will always back you up in anything you want to do that is 

 within the law, and you can always depend on them when you 

 are looking for information ; and when you want any backing 

 you have the backing of the whole Agricultural Department. 



Some very interesting remarks were made by Mr. Day of the 

 Emery Waterhouse Company, and also by Mr. Greene of the 

 Fairbanks Company, who emphasized the importance of having 

 uniform laws in regard to weights and measures in the dififerent 

 states and of having definite instructions given to the local 

 sealers in sealing and testing scales. 



The local sealers from dififerent parts of the state were also 

 called on, and were listened to with much interest, many help- 

 ful suggestions being made. 



