The evening world. Newspaper, January 11, 1906, Page 13

me, “Computing scales" set wrong by THE WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1906. MEASURE ROB THE PUBLIC pores, Official Report to the Mayor Says Wholesale | Frauds Are Practiced by Merchants in All Lines. ' Patrick Derry, chief of the Bureau of Weights and Measures, has just submitted a report to the Mayor that will cause the liveliest kind of a sensation in the community. He declares without the slightes: - 8) it equivoca. tion that the public has been and is being systematically robbed, particu- larly the very poor, by everybody from whom the poor have to make pur- chases of the necessities of life. He saya that the butchers, the grocers, | live, people who buy tea, coffee, butter, fish peddlers, poultry dealers, coal deal-| &¢.. by the half pound or pound ‘ers, produce merchants, and in et al frauds make a terrible al! lines of business, a regular “shell | qeuinst the customer. game" is worked dally. Scales are Mixed “Butter js ordinarily sold in the back Before hand so that a poor women Pay- | ang darker portions of the strc ing for a pound of meat, sometimes gets sh Cues Bee crate Oca ra tartan ante wey fie cieiemrer may be defrauded quite neatly, thus: peeetinhl ti8 ot heee: ‘The grocer takes from a tub of water i Calis Them Robbers. . eee wooden “plate” of the size called four pound, k aking “ Chief Derry simply calls them robbers Pp |, kept soaking “so that fet the worm kind, and as @ result an See oe not ici) 1t,"" places it Snvestigation looking toward swift pun- le and weighs ‘one pound fshment is already under way. or two pounds or even half a pound, as report of Chief Derry published} T@quested by the customer, gives it a City Record is as follows: pat or two, places it on a “‘one-pound ts not cheap, and a pound for the | Plate,” and sends the customer on-his @ pound is only what a poor|°F her way rejoicing, unconscious that woman should receive from a | the large water-soaked “plate robbed or a grocer; but by use of/him or her of an ounce or more scales adjusted for the purpose, | Welsht. ht weights on counter palencess Legal Welght Packages, Unfortunate people recelved only} ‘The public is also robbed by means soni fourteen, some others even | rgit-weight “packages.” is CH as ten ee wee ome Grocers put up during dul times cof- supposed were fee, tea, sugar, flour, &o, In packages actually paid for @ pound. or bags to permit of quick sales when Kop tlagperl eempred sd higel Lekren business is brisk. a jealere the wrong These packages ‘30 great, but beoamse of their ne- |as much as thee rane often ght practices the people, attracted {in as many pounds enone nt ounces by the seemingly low prices charged | placing upon the mere He Came Iby, by the robbers, gave them thelr cUs- Joan two and soon sie ec sometimes three 8. Gaalns (Galt elonee & listed Kind -o# [TCR™ Baper bags, and canciher. stapty bag 4s placed upon the scoop and on the counterpolse the weights. The sugar or other commodity ts poured into the empty bag until the scale balances, and | 8 the two or three bags on the cradle and the bag on the scoop have all been weigh nie eal custome pays for them pecal the commodity he wants Upon several occasions working force of the bureau Nant tehhout Werning made of the scales, oh ge pere iteti nap tte The Public Cheated. Butchers in the retail trade as @ rule ‘ese spring scales, most of which present to the view of the purchaser a dial upon which a moving hand indicates the weight of the object being sold. By removing the glass front and loos-| ®° Of the flah peddlers doing busines: ening @ Mttle screw, adjusting the hand| /) poh aptemnd under a trifle, tightening the ecrew again and paar the Bridge, and on one replacing the glass front, the butcher may rob hundreds of people out of an ounce or more in every pound of meat When the bureau was established my attention was attmoted to the man) complaints, some anonymous, made egainst retail poultry dealers in the va- rious olty markets, Washington Market partioularly, and I caused several in- pestors to visit that market and look at conditions, and as a result some polished so much that the properly and conforming when empty | twenty complaints inthe den oak and mahogany, bl: S| to the standards, but each day when | Sune nied againat deelore, cnavevery Gy HAS D SN | Coast has |S weoee oe) Sete manufacturers’ samples and represent the finest kinds commencing business a strip of fat OF! woox since the market scales have boon | BPrarewers, with brass | lower drawers; also French pattern of mercerized sateen to be had. setae’ to the unter os of tn pan | So Sak cae eee | ssn as | ee, Go eve ae $2.00 & $2.50 | All o the si - freme. TO) to any lady's boudoir. | ures ertieticadl: e ° or sl. Bon arte on ome | Sd ha nw the cue An E Sc to eostle the proprietor to rob bn ous | Sha Boe he exgoulon fu, Reveruhles n Early Cal < Value at to 15 cent. of the! for nai “| at thoeey hey, pay for nek, store Todi meee care Gis mp>ieans choleest pickings. When it is considered fant Que epulat, prices <@/] There are so many styles we cannot attempt to describe thems but we can say Heavy Paper Scales wyeet ten violations or GR aoe ino means the most astounding furniture yalues ever known in New | ye Seay oui ne paises Ruslly thasecat ao at tin race. Some Dutohers w: neat-looking | wore sot aguinst the cus Sus esse Places have @ sheet of paper on the | four ounces to two pounds. - ten- | 1: " <4 penny ‘nails era orgie of “Shocks |ia Durtast “ptisr' eda" bung “nya |p Sensational Specials in Carpets and Rugs. <| Last Shot TosMorrow at the sarod eas, cement, ge by [PD sae hatha TAG | Sth, al Patan a @ | Men'sand Women's Frociopy Samples, the poultry hanging rom the racks ECM onth yard. Special Pree’. .” OL.221Z EP OES: 4 F oa in front, > ing includine the new cw atest: |” aeusemts RUGS, in a ae @ | With the entire sample line of the best Hosiery Importer in New York ‘ Welghted Down by tron. bank Aa OR a 5 & City we have created sensational selling throughout the week. Never ¢ On that soale was placed s plese of Carne it) ery | | AXMINSTER es : has such Hosiery been sold for so little money. The last shot to-mor- ¢ Wrapping paper and beneath ley's. brass fahlonabie: ‘wor gt.83 @ $1. 37 Met patterne, Orie “Soc Sere row; the low prices of the week have been lowered still further. the go0ds just bought to be * “All Carpets Made. Lined and Laid Pr... i Choose at these prices: Teweighed and learned that they hai All Carpets Made, Lined and Laid Free, & | Choo: P! j just defrauded of tie | i> < 1244€ for values up to 35c. price of from one-half pound to two 3 Dounds o¢ 1 9 to 30 conta, a | > SPEAR & co 6th Ave. & 16th St. oe | ZSC tor values up to Soe. eckaas erie adie roie fraud and re | > Open Saturdays Until 10 P. M, Cinctnnatl. 4 | The first lot (at 12%6c.) contains plain ane fancy styles for men and women; fused to prosecute cri y: represented are nearly all the finest samples of Lisle threads. On er scale the 1 ears, @AAAAAAA AA. In the 25-cent lot are the very finest of imported Lisle threads and cotton; only favirerne ees Rats ly very” ‘and A MAA 4 MAAS one or two pairs of a kind; both men's and women's. On tals last scale the brass dial was SS swore un Millinery Clearance Provides marks on the face were ulmost invis- and customers not, sdlo could see whether jt indicated what the dealer anni or not a One thirty~ spring scale was 80 jgged that it ‘aa much es sev- suitoea ounces more than the wine pt hardware used ROU CAS ym, * Unbeatable Rat Exterminator VERD RATS! Bough oo Mats Mil them, all polson ao bon will nag oaike ‘kill ace will 4 OS td FOR HARD OF SOFT CORNS Liquid 250, Salve 150. Plasters 100. prosecution rarely, tf ever, follows. jeans of “adjusting screws’ often en- butohers and delicatessen store- to defraud customers of an or two on every purchase, FALSE WEIGHT AND SHORT | UALAAAAAAAAAAA? were short three and a half cubic FINANCIAL FRAUDS Assembly Bill Calls for All Facts in Organization of meausring dry goods sold by the are somewhat archaic, r and as the counters themselves are very often cut and transposed, or transferred from one ‘stock’ to anather, the nall-marked yard measures are very frequently worthless, jome dealers use what they call “yard sticks” and“ measures" ‘yar which dh not measure thirty-six inches, Ohief Derry concludes with a long statement as to the work of his burcain | the prosecutions pending and Its actual needs, He points out how difficult it ts | to make tests In the outlying sections, where conditions are worse. LEGISLATIVE BLOCK TO NEW WATER SUPPLY. (Special to The Evening World.) e| ALBANY, Jan, 11.—The legistative at-| bi ubecas’ the neenes ands tack on the plan of New York city to enlarge ita water supply by tapping the streams In the Cutsk!'l district will be renewed next week. Assemblyman Cun- ningh: of Ulster, intends to offer a bill to mpel the award in advance of the settlement of claims to owners of condemned lands of a substantial part of the damages. * Other measures, it is expected, will be introduced to mix up the situation and delay the proceedings for a settle-| oo! ment of the water supply question Corporations. (Special to The Ev ALBANY, Jan, 11 bribery, stock-watering ev"y growing out of the star chayber methods of and oonmdidating corporations, 4 blyman Ti jtors in the organization, These and | ih pertinent facta are to be m: c. proposed act." said Mr. sed. on |The Kins to: Money- Saving Chance YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD and 16th St. Now to quickly clear out all odd furniture pieces that remain. Smart Ps will eagerly embrace this Opportunity to snap up Spear's choicest DP lor suites, sideboards, chiffoniers, dressers, Bid metal beds, &c., at prices that do not even brin; Mind you, this is not a sale of old remnants or cheap trash thrown to- ® gether for “sale” purposes, all of which were manufactured expressly for finest trade. apents, you can suit your own convenience. Small occa: all we desire or expect. YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD, par. bookcases, china closets, bras: As for pay- ional sums are for this charming re: Spear’s regular prices ine, of New York, Intro- diced to-day a pill providing for pub- uuance of & the promoters and thelr compensation, together with the Interest of the direc: ‘Tomp- t@ MAM AA aAad but a genuine clearance of this season's goods, | Ice Skates. e 6 fWil tine of Barne jon Hardware Coe Si & Berry ates on be ready for the snap will bring. We ae 00, “at 3 nahue Racing Skate Here Are the Silk Remnants You’ve Bzen Waiting to Buy. all ade December and the Silk Sale of last week will be sprea out before you. g 19c, 25c and 39c Yard. or skirt. to offe Bpecial Tables—Main Atsle. Dress Goods; Prices Mail Orders on this group of specials: $1.25 Satin Face Broadcloths at prices. offering at simila not the 79c, kinds, give you the $1.25 inches wide. $1.00 AlleWool 50c Satin Bar i Black, navy, royal blue, reseda, me t, wine, brown and other shades, pO AED ea red, green and red, &c. proper weight for coat suits. Mix- tures and mannish effects in light, medium and dark grays. Black Dress Goods. lustre. Manufacturers’ Samples of Do You Hunt ? Biggest Bargains of Year. WOULD THE GAME LAWS OF THE SEVERAL STATES AND TERRITORIES INTEREST YOU? Do You Fish ? WOULD YOU KNOW WHEN AND WHERE TO CAST YO! boxes | LINE FOR ALL THE GAME FINNY TRIBE, FROM TH LAND- LOCKED SALMON TO THE SALT-WATER STRIPED BASS? WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT— ROD AND REEL CASTING RECORDS, TURF RECORDS, TROTTING AND RUNNING, ATHLETIC RECORDS, AND, IN FACT, GRAIN OF SAND IN FATHER TIME’S 1905 HOUR-GLASS? All the College Yells, Too! THE SEVEN HUNDRED PAGES OF THE oe M906..... World Almanac and oP ie Do You CareforSport? EVERY SPORTING RBCORD BROUGHT DOWN TO THE LAST A SERMON FOR BRAIN OR MUSCLE ON EVERY ONE OF Last call on these Clearance lots; New York—when it comes to values. $3.50 Velvet Hats at $1.50. © $1.95 Satin Hats at 98c, bi na rey Hats ie a ate PLUMES, in black, white, pink an jue— Sern $1.75 grades 13 inch, 8c. 17. 1.85. Main Floor, $3.00 $4.50 UR $10—which ig an average of less than HALF their actual worth. Oilcloth, Linoleum and Mat-« tings at Very Special Prices pay. Best bargains of the new year. I Oc Square A Sensational offering of the genuine 59-cent 35e imported and domestic, All perfect goods. No ot! tunity—any time. 2 5 ec 3 ina and Japan, kinds we sell regularly at 45ca yard. An in red, green, blue and old gold $5 Eyeglasses and Spectacles, Sp thoroughly seasoned. Sold regularly at 29c the square yard. places from ines elerke, ‘These goods ave Imported French Poriscoplo Louses, Mounteyl in xo-kt. Slid Gold Caused Frames, The eyeglasses have new offset clips, which slipping, The spectacles may be had with riding ples. We employ two of the most EXPERT OPTICIA ment. OP AVE. 21° 22°STRELTS. NEW YORK. As often as we’ accumulate enough Silk Remnants for a S-A-L-E we throw them onto special counters. So To-morrow the Remnants that accumulated avrg These Remnants are worth from 50c. to $1.00 the yard. Each one contains sufficient for a waist, dress It is the best assortment we have ever had Establish Low-Price Records. The prices are for Friday only—which is a point worth remembering. It may mean a trip to the store to-morrow—that you had not planned for; but you'll save enough to make up for the trouble. Positively no 79c Please do not judge these cloths by what some other stores are i When we say $1.25 cloths at 79c. we Black and all colors, 50 19e Cheviots, 3 Oe Plaids, 52 inches wide, sponged and shrunk, | 38 inches wide, nice for shirt waists, splendid for coat suits or skirts.| or children’s dresses. Handsome com- binations in green and blue, blue and Mixed al Par eae 25e 69¢ Mohair TailorSuitings, eT 5s aches\ Wide) ‘new Spring! tfetis in Sicilians, 3 Oc 44 inches wide, with a superior high Black, navy, marine blue, gar- net, cardinal, myrtle, brown, &c., &c. $1.50 Imported high lustre Chiffon'Broadcloth « 99c $1.25 Ails Wool German Satin Prunella Gloth +« 79¢ $1.25 Imported Silk and Wool @repe de Paris « 59c $1.00 Alls Wool Heavy 50-inch Panama Suiting « 49c 79c. All-Wool Giose Mesh 42-inch Voile «2» « 39¢ Black Sateen Petticoats” ict" Less than two thousand cf these Petticoats to be placed on sale at half price to-morrow. They are you won't find their duplicates in TRIMMED HATS, on the Second Floor, all reduced to $1.50, $2.75, $5.00 and One lot of each—and that’s enough, considering the prices you are to Yard for A. Sampson & Sons’ Oils cloth, in twenty of the best patterns; all in perfect condition and Heavy Cork Linoleum. Square Yard for Heavy nalines te Frat such oppor- uare Yard for Best Straw Mattings red ‘om 35¢ to fant selection; large and small carpet patterns rings; all are strictly first quality. Taira sioor, F7 00 eclal for Wriday and saturday. eo rent the glasses from tilting or bow or straight tem- se test your vision, Each pair of glasses is perfecth fitted and Malhen parte Encyclopedia) i735 sms: ae SOLID EYEGLASS CHAIN, WITH HAIR- epst. ai * ez se PIN or LDER ATTACHED—-SPECIAL FOR THIS SALE 50c SLEDS—All Reduced. Want to sell every Sled. in the store; so these “moving” prices haye been attached to them Boys’ low sleds, flat runners. Boys’ low sleds, spring runners. Girls’ high sleds, 3-dowel. Girls’ high sleds, 4-dowel, Flexible Flyers, size 4. 5 Steering Bobs, 6 ft, long. $5.9) Baby's Box Sleighs, upholstered. . 45.75 8a floor, Women, Buy Shoes in January! Our Greatest Clearance Now On. Planning a greater Shoe Store—on the Third Floor—makes necessary this Uamaryl Clearances Thousands of pairs of Shoes—our OWN REGULAR STOCK—way below our regular prices, We stand back of every pair—so the advantages of buying NOW are all with you. Our $2 Our $2.50 Women’: Women’s 9 ‘Shoes e 39 Shoes I. 7 Two thousand pairs, com-| Twelve hundred pairs of our fa- mous Medallion Shoes; bright prising Patent Coltskin Dongola kid; extension and bright Dongola kid] soles; new sory last ; sizes 216 to 8; to E; sorts; every size and every style that is good; new Cuban all leather heels, medium heavy soles— stylish from heel to tip of toe and unexcelled for wear, button or lace, One thousand pairs ot branded $3 shoes in- cluded at this price; patent leather and dressy kid- skin. , cinanaoe Our $3.50 Women’s Shoes, 1.95 Sixteen hundred pairs of $3 and $3.50 kinds; newest lasts; also the new high Cuban hee! novelty now so much in vogue; several lines represented in this lot—the most satisfactory shoes we sell. Sizes from 2% to 8; widths from A to E. Women’s $1 Colored Spats Men’s W.L. Douglas Shoes of Kersey Cloth; Lahey buttons; att We cannot break the prices on these seams reintorced; shades to match Douglas Shoes—but when you com your gowns; straps of same material sider that all you pay for them Is reinforced with kidskin; great valle atscoscheeesss 5QOC $1.95 and $2.49 a Paly Women’s and Misses’ Wool Gloves, 50c¢,75c &I1. 00 Qualities, 29c pair 4,500 pairs of Imported Samples in Women’s and Misses’ Fabric Gloves. Included in lot are Cashmere, Silk Lined; Knit, Plain or Fancy Weaves; Taffeta, Fleeced ®r Silk Lining; Silk, Silk Lined; 50c., 75c,, $1.00 values; at, pair..............005 29¢ Laces and Embroideries 95c Lace Waistings for 490c¢ We have about 150 pieces of these Lace Waistings for this Friday’s sale; just the styles now wanted, comprising Lierre, Oriental, Repousse, Point Gaze, Baby Irish and Valenciennes, in while, cream and ecru; desirable for Fancy y/ fe) Waists, Yokes, Sleeves, &¢.; values up to 95c.; all at......-.20.seee Newest French Valenciennes Laces. Two special items in fine Valenciennes Laces, now so scarce and so desirable; edgings and insertings to match, in the popular widths; large variety of pat- terns; values about half: ~ 39c, dozen yards—worth up to.. + 19¢ 55c, dozen yards—worth up to... Embroideries. 10c. yard for Embroidery Edgings and Insertions of Nalnsook, Cam- bric and Swiss; openwork effect, blind effects; 15c. and 18c, values, Friday at, yard Corset Cover Embroideries. 25c. yard for newest patterns of Corset Cover Embroidery, wide widths, with ribbon beading on top, including also about 5,000 yards of Skirt Embroideries, Embroideries for children’s wear, of Nainsook, Cambric and Swiss, in open- work effects, blind effects, French effects, eyelet effects, &c.; values 25e The Best $35 Sewing $ T y4 95 Machine to Be Had for e We were the first to GUARANTEE a machine for ten years—and this famous “Waltham” is the only machine that will stand’ so long a guarantee. Ball bearing in all working parts. Cabinet of solid oak in the drophead model; fitted with five roomy drawers, Look at every machine advertised as * special” in other Stores at from $17.95 to $24.95—then make comparisons with this one. That's the true test. Positively Guaranteed for 10 Years. No other make gives you this guarantee, or is good enough to do so. You are protected through double the natural life of any pieces of machinery, And if it lasts ten years it will last a lifetime—an oft-demon- strated fact. Basement. 10c Quite a Little Saved on These New Fangled Couch Beds., Chief points of advantage: Take up little room, oy strong and ser- viceable; ornamental and useful as couches; v andy when yor need an extra bed. Best of all—for to-morrow, styles are iltte priced, This Bed $2.85 |This Couch Bedand Mattress, $5.85 As a Double Bed. Front Dropped, for Sofa. “rt As a Sofa (with Gover). As Two Single Beds. a ppingle jor double bed it . jown. Makes &| Used as a single bed or couch, a double ‘attractive couch, when used with| bed, or two single beds. Complete with py fleured denkm mattress, Ideal oonstruc- rede: $4: 88s tion and economical in the space ft oc- Bolster Extra, cuptes. Less Bolater. Large Size Sliding Couches. Steel frame, 6 feet 54% inches wide when opened, when closed 27 inches, with National fabric hung on 60 steel tempered helical. springs. with hair mattress covered Oe denim, with extra tufts and stitch. } ing; regular value $12.50, BROS} —