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t |--- Weight - Taylor Milling Company Mr. A. S. Halsted: Los Angeles, B_ [ o - ircf — December 1, 1926 Referring to the attached documents which are - 1st - Public Weigh M a s t e r ’s Certificate of Weight executed on a form approved by the Dept, of Agriculture of the State of California and which Certificate is stated to be a recognized authority of accuracy under the California statutes. 2nd - A letter from Supt.J.E.Ensor of the Trans-Continental Freight Bureau Weighing & Inspection Department instruc­ting the Los Angeles agents of the various lines to discontinue the practice of recognizing these weight certificates as a basis to be used in applying freight” charges. The attitude of Mr. Insor caused by his inability to induce the Taylor Milling Co. to consum­mate a special weight agreement with the Weighing & Inspection Bureau. 3rd - A copy of P.F.T.B.Circular 10 series which includes the third introductory paragraph of the Rational Code of Weighing Rules referred to by Mr. Insor. 4th - Letter from Agent Begun on the subject. The Weighing & Inspection Bureau was instituted by the carriers for the protection of the carriers in securing authentic weights on shipments on which to base their freight charges. The question on which I would like to have a ruling now is, what our standing in the_aauriis -yyould-bs jf the Taylor Mllling_J3jftfflpany, as an example, refuse payment of f r e i g h t ’charges on weights in excess"of those "shown i i f t h ^ c e r t i f i c a t e a u T E o r T z e H ^ W B*TEen3aIlTornTa jppi ip statutes. W o u l d we be in position to enforce by court action our sistence"Ithatllh„e^Taylo~r"”HiLllhg Company either pay the freigHT~~~ charges based pjaL^taljghta^ ..railiaicL .companies e 1t.hp»r atrpoint of shipment or some intermediate point or destination, as the case may be, or eJ.se place their Weigh Master under the jurisdiction of Mr. E n s o r ’s Weighing & “lnspection Bureau to the entire disregard of the Public Weigh M a s t e r ’s Certificate of Weight secured at Los Angeles? W. F. Lincoln