Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1937, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937. 3. URGEDTOFiX CONTATNERS' SIZES Action to Assure Canned- Food Buyers Protection Asked at Parley. Pederal action is needed to simplify the task of making sure that buyers of canned foods get their money's worth, the Twenty-seventh National Conference on Weights and Measures was told today. Inconsistencies in the present maze of can sizes and systems of measure- ment were described by George War- ner, Wisconsin's chief inspector of weights and measures, as ‘“nothing short of ingenuity to deceive the pur- chaser.” Warner exhibited to the conference delegates 52 cans of different sizes be- ing used in the sale of foods. He proposed a Federal law standardizing £uch cans at seven sizes, ranging from one-fourth pint to 1 gallon. “If the people realized that they were not getting accurate measure- ment in the canseof food they are buying now,” Warner said, “they would demand that these cans be earefully checked It is impossible under present conditions for officials | to give the consumers or the honest packers any protection now. Mak- ing try-outs on this vast number of cans would be a task far beyond any bureau of weights and measures in the country.” Milk Can Exhibited. ‘Warner exhibited a can holding 13% fluid ounces, which is used for packing about 75 per cent of Wis- consin’s output of condensed milk. This “favorite can” was reduced in size from 16 ounces in 1933, he said, adding that it was difficult to notice any difference in the size unless the eans were standing side by side. The price of canned milk was not reducead proportionately, he said, so that Wis- consin producers gained about $3,- 500,000 by cutting the can size Cans of food usually are labeled in | terms of avoirdupois weight, because that makes the quantity appear greater than if it was labeled in terms of liquid measure, Warner | added. He pointed out that the favor- | ite milk can he exhibited was cor- rectly labeled ‘net weight, 147 ounces,” although it actlually held only 13% fluid ounces. He indorsed a bill sponsored in Congress by Representative Sauthoff of Wisconsin to fix standard sizes for “metal containers for canned fruits, vegetables and canned milk in order | to prevent fraud and deception.” He #aid State laws would not be sufficient to remedy the situation, because canned foods are distributed over wide areas. State Officials Confer. Warner spoke at the morning ses- sion of the conference, following a reneral discussin of problems con- fronting State officials in maintain- ing weight and measure standards. The conference declined to indorse & proposal by J. H. Meek, director of the Virginia State Division of Markets, that Congress be asked to appropriate $800.000 to aid the States in enforcing Wweight and measure standards. Under his proposal the Secretary of Com- merce would distribute the money to match State funds for administration of approved laws. Numerous delegates objected to what they termed an in- | vasion of State rights by this super- vision A demonstration of equipment de- veloped by the National Bureau of Btandards to test large truck and wagon scales was scheduled for this afternoon. The more than 150 dele- gates attending the conference were to motor to Annapolis, where the &cale-testing unit was to be demon- strated in a check of the Naval Acad- emy's 40,000-pound motor truck scales, The conference opened yesterday with an address by Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, director of the National Bu- reau of Standards, outlining proposed legislation to fix definitely standards for determining the length of an inch and the weight of a pound. D. E. Montgomery, consumers’ coun- sel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, told of efforts to in- .terest consumers in the need for bet- ter supervision of weights and meas- | ures. James O'Keefe, inspector of weights and measures of Chicago, de- scribed recent efforts in Chicago to assure honest weight in sales of coal and similar articles in truck or wagon Joad lots. | DEGREE IN OPTOMETRY | Western High Graduate Attended Pennsylvania State College. Albert F. 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Young people’'s conferences also will be held tomorrow, Friday and Satur- day in conjunction with the conven- tion. Other pre-convention meetings to=- day included & morning session on al- cohol education under the direction of Miss Bertha R. Palmer, director of an executive meeting of national offi- cers with Dr, Ella A. Boole of Brook- lyn, world president of the organiza- tion, Executive meetings today and yes- terday were devoted to arranging final details for the convention. Delegates were arriving today from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries, and it is ex- pected close to 2,000 will be here when the convention opens. Among the arrivals yesterday afternoon were Mrs. W. T. G. Brown, Kingston, Ontario, honorary secretary to the world union. Representatives of Japan, S8iam, New Zealand and Australia already are in the city. MO unruly Now! 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