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Flour FraudS.-From our own observation,
and that of others, we have, for a long while,
been satisfied that much of the flour brought to
this city fails in weight from to 10 per cent
Independent Of the actual fraud committed by the
manufacturer, in such cases, upon the merchant
and consumer, and the subsection thereby to the
statutory penalty, there is the still worse effect of
lnJurlng the sale of our flour in the Eastern Mar
kets. 1t is OF vast importance 10 every interest
in the community that all the manufactured pro-
ducts of the state, and especially our staple arti-
Gle, should reach the highest standard in foreign
markets; and we hope that our millers will be-
come sensible that it is for their interest to put up
their flour in good order, and in proper packages,
and, above ALL to guard against any deficiency in
weight


We are led to make these remarks, at the pre-
sent moment, III consequence Of the following
certificate having fallen under our notice:


"Fyour Inspectors Office,
... Detroit, May 81.


This is to certify, that weighed ten barrels
of -four, branded 1876 lbs, from the Avon Mills,
and the ten barrels lacked lO4 lbs of the regular
weight, as branded.


II. +. PtRRY, Inspector.


IHos. GALLAGHER, Dept. Insp'r.


NoTE.-One barrel Of the above weighed in
Guiding the barrel, only 1914 lbs


We are also informed that nine other barrels,
from the same mills, weighed at the instance of
Messrs. Fross & Ives, fell short eighty-eight lbs.
On reference to the Revised Laws, we discover
that flour for expectation is not required to be in
spected. This is perhaps<well, such restrictions
Of trade being, in general, prejudcial; but it is
incumbent upon our merchants to watch narrow
ly, and to allow no -four to pass through their
hands which will not pass full inspection in the
Atlantic cities.-Detroit s4drertiser.