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adjusting the sale of this commodity. The subject of marked 

 weights on bales of hay was investigated in 1911 by the sealer 

 in one of our largest cities and he reported that from one 

 shipment he weighed up 18 bales billed as 1886 pounds, and the 

 shortage was 266 pounds, a little over 14 per cent. At $25.00 

 per ton this would have caused a loss to the purchaser of about 

 $3.30. In Massachusetts the seller was liable to prosecution. 

 The maximum for the first offence would be $50.00; second 

 offence not more than $200.00, and for a subsequent offence, 

 a fine of $50.00 and imprisonment for not less than thirty 

 days nor more than ninety days. (Chapter 163, Acts of 191 1.) 



We need a National Net Container Law framed to be equit- 

 able alike to the producer and consumer. Few of us stop to 

 think, when purchasing package goods, what quantity we are 

 receiving for our money. Our Commissioner made a limited 

 investigation in this line for the high cost of living commission 

 and I will give you a few illustrations of the cost of goods when 

 purchased in package form. 



Please compare them with the prices in bulk for like articles. 



Package. 



At the Rate 

 per Pound. 



Beachnut Bacon 



Rex Sliced Bacon 



Tuxedo Currants, 14 6-16 oz 



Velveteen Currants, 14 11-16 oz 



Baking Powders 



Cleveland, 8 oz 



Congress. 6 1-32 oz 



Queen, 7 11-16 oz 



Royal, 8 2-16 oz 



Rumford, 8 3-16 oz 



Crackers 



Cheese Biscuit, 8 oz 



Graham, 8 7-8 oz 



Oysterettes, 5 4-16 oz 



Oatmeal, 9 7-8 oz 



TJneeda, 5 17-32 oz 



Zu Zu, 4i oz 



Breakfast Cereals 



Cora Flakes, 11 3-16 oz 



Cream of Wheat, 1 lb., 12 7-16 oz 



Force, 10 10-16 oz 



H. O., 1 lb., 8 1-16 oz 



Hecker's Cream Hominy, 2 lbs., 14 3-16 oz 



Malto, 1 lb., 15 7-16 oz 



Maple Flake, 10 11-16 oz 



Beck's Rolled Oats, 1 lb., 13 9-16 oz 



Quaker Oats (Pure), 21|^ oz 



Quaker Oats (White), 1 lb., 4 9-16 oz 



Puffed Rice, 6| oz 



Cook's Flaked Rice, 9 15-16 oz 



Cook's Malto, 10 7-16 oz 



57.6c. 

 43 c. 

 13.3c. 

 15.2c. 



40 c. 

 35.8c. 

 27 c. 

 45.2c. 

 29.2c. 



30 c. 



18 c. 

 15.2c. 

 16.2c 

 14. 4o. 

 18.7c. 



14.3c. 



8.4c. 

 18 c. 



9.3c. 



4.1c. 



7.1c. 

 22.4c. 



5.4c. 



7.5c. 



7.7c. 

 31.4c. 

 22.7c. 

 22.9c. 



