From July 17, 1910
TRICKS OF THE SHORT WEIGHT AND SHORT MEASURE MEN: Comm’r. Driscoll Wages War on Hucksters and Dealers Who Cheat in Their Sale of Foodstuffs (PDF)
This is an interesting overview of the tricks salesmen used to cheat their customers. By using containers with false bottoms, they created the illusion that there was more product than there really was.
Say it ain’t so, Clem: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A00E3DB1E3AE633A25753C1A9649D946396D6CF
Jocelyn
8 Aug 10 at 4:40 pm