Review of reviews and world's work . ly the I North - ed to make only Mf I mi it in the \ lion iplicd to th<- I THE BERRY BOX THAT GOES IN NEW YORK raised by a string to fit tightly beneath the open-ing, thus reducing the can exactly 80 percent. TAMPERIXG WITH SCALES The extent to which scales are doctored isalmost unbelievable. As a result of a carefulexamination of the weights and measures ofNew York recently, it was found that morethan half the apparatus used was false. Stim-ulated by the present short-weight agitation,the scale business is said to be experiencing anunprecedented boom. O
Review of reviews and world's work . ly the I North - ed to make only Mf I mi it in the \ lion iplicd to th<- I THE BERRY BOX THAT GOES IN NEW YORK raised by a string to fit tightly beneath the open-ing, thus reducing the can exactly 80 percent. TAMPERIXG WITH SCALES The extent to which scales are doctored isalmost unbelievable. As a result of a carefulexamination of the weights and measures ofNew York recently, it was found that morethan half the apparatus used was false. Stim-ulated by the present short-weight agitation,the scale business is said to be experiencing anunprecedented boom. One large manufac-turer of scales has announced that he is unableto keep up with the of scales have beenconfiscated in Xew York. Oneof the commonest deceptionsis merely to loosen the brassfronts of the scalesand slide theindex of degrees up or down,thus making the pound any-thing the dealer chooses. Manyles, again, are provided withadjustable adjustment s* reuswhich enable the salesman toturn the weight up or downbef
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