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spection. The work of testing the thousands of gasoline pumps 

 and measuring devices requires much time and labor. The 

 most encouraging feature of it being the wholehearted co-oper- 

 ation given by the various manufacturers of these devices and 

 oil companies, with the result that these devices have not only 

 been remodeled and improved upon, but a number of entirely 

 new types have been put on the market, made to meet the 

 weights and measures regulations. The reweighing erf com- 

 modities in the various stores, and of loads of coal, as well as 

 checking up the peddler, who has been the cause of more 

 trouble to weights and measures men than any other type of 

 merchant. This class of trade is made up of individuals of 

 miscellaneous morals and dispositions. Many of them honest 

 and willing to do what is right, but we are sorry to say, a great 

 number with tendencies to increase their profits by trickery if 

 given a chance. So it is that they must be constantly watched 

 at all times. Many of them persist in using incorrect equip- 

 ment, others take chances and give short weight. 



This shows a few of the illegal weights and measures which have been found in 

 use in the state. They were all condemned and confiscated by the department. 



