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had been notified that the meeting had been called off and I 

 found myself at that time up against a most perplexing propo- 

 sition of the year, however, through the courtesy of J. C. 

 Connors of the W. & L. E. Gurley Co. of Troy, N. Y., D. C. 

 Palmer of Detroit, Mich., H. S. Dame and A. E. Scown, both 

 of Boston, we were enabled to explain to the local sealers as- 

 sembled with us the proper use of scales, the faults, the adjust- 

 ment, and many other points which were of much interest and 

 benefit to the local sealers. At that convention the State Seal- 

 ers Association, which was organized in 19 14, was given new 

 life by the election of new ofiicers and the following resolutions 

 were adopted : 



Resolved, That this association endorse the bill presented in 

 Congress empowering the National Bureau of Standards to 

 regulate the type of weighing and measuring instruments, and 

 be it also 



Resolved, That the tolerance and specifications as adopted by 

 the National Conference on Weights and Measures be recom- 

 mended for adoption in the State of Maine, and 



Resoh'ed, That this association record itself as being in favor 

 of the sealers being put under Civil Service. 



Committee on Resolutions, 



JOHN W. GILMORE. 

 CHARLES A. WEBSTER. 

 A. A. WALTON. 

 H. J. HOVEY. 

 J. H. MURRAY. 



In the month of June, the Agricultural Department was in- 

 vited to make an exhibit at the Exposition held in Portland, at 

 which time the bureau of weights and measures was repre- 

 sented and, with such devices as it could command, endeavored 

 to show the purchasing public the many ways that the weighing 

 and measuring devices had been made to defraud. For the 

 work done there we have received letters from many, offering 

 their hearty support in behalf of weight and measure inspection. 

 In this report will be found a photograph of the exhibit shown 

 at the Exposition in Portland from June 7 to June 19. 



Until the past season it has been possible to sell produce in 

 most any sized box, and the consumer never knew whether he 



