Rampant Roguery In Trade

lio „New iork correspondent of tliu liochcsler bemocrat tay8 tho bulnesa nen of Gotham are verg dishonest. Thia ie knowa froru a close experienca. They lavccertain "tricks of trade," as they ire callcd, whieh iro nothing less tban abso.uta etealing. Boxus of' castüe soap and similar goods re sld to couutry ecusuuiers, who litlle blok that they p!,y for box and all at lull pnce. The cheatiog on tare is outrageous. Tc;i ia ohestt is e.stimated at W pounds tare, whicl) is ahvays alloncd ty the ïmporler, hut a country dealer seldom gets more than 18 nouii.ls. On half eLcsts 12 pounds ia allowed, nhile at the same time the dealer marks the chest up a pound or two. This markmg up of weight corrcsponds to the niarkin down of tares. Casks of sugar, wliich few country tnerchania eau weigb are often marked up 20 pouuds, amf sometimos 50 pounds. TLcy teil a good story of ol& II II 1 a well-known groceron the nonh side, who was notorioue for bis bolduess d this line. The old man becaiue at oiie time somewhat pious, at:d wheo 10 suoh a frame was asked by a clerk who had sold a cask of suar, if ho "shonlJ go it 20 pouods ?" No, ny, wastiic repty, doirt go over 10, for I'm undcr coticcru of mind." Molasaes, spirits, turpeoline, and oth er liquida are gauged up, which is vcry easily dOi;e. An origital gauge mark of '}' 31 giillons can bo eusily aitered iuto 34, by usiug a gauser's ''scubo" q a ncat manncr. If that is uot enough, a turn of the seube cari diange tLe 31 ii'to 3ö. As a general rule, with many dealers from oue to tLree gaüoas aro made in each cask. Provisión dealere steal in a different uianner. Barrt'li of maukerel are