European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse By Sid Moody associated Pressw ha1 Ever became of the the whole thing i in ind did says Ray Loyd of ii c i i i Antoc turfs a Goci Fol of i hair new products Are to built a Corii probably All Pathi to mods on supermarket shelves will in us As Well As Pound , vol Ira Mic Nelly. An omnibus Jade toll Lobo but Cal on Ihn Spring by Congress cont Airm a Pra i Kin requiring 42 agencies it the Yeti Vermont to basically go Murn Tiv r _ i 30, 1993 thai a Cludus Iho do Parlmer of Dolins j. The biggest buyer of Ifim All in hearings last summer no org uni re opposed the metric. Portion of Ilie Hil a9l anyone knows i hand tour incite line a lie Clarc will America Over to Iris inc the inva Nablo answer inevitably when nobody can say. Con Giese 15 Tia nod by the con Stjulion Vilh Sci gals and measures Cun Grcar Congress and old habits Are in the m inc conversion act of 1e175. Cuny 3 declared in the policy of the unit Cal Stales to coordinate and plan. Iho Volant Arv stress added conversion to Tho Melric this bold pronoun Cement toothless As a professorial hockey player was Akin to idling Iho nation s 4-year-Okjs eat your Broccoli because it s Good for you. But you can Slick to ice Cream if you want. Americans by arid Largo preferred Vanilla to by or Lobo metric is called America s longest debate. Congo Cha Varju plod Iho Miler in 1896. Bui Iho nation s Large trading partner Britain and its pm rare wore Pound inches. Tho United slates went along Inch pounds led and Lead the world because of inc standards and technology Hal ship porn says Charles Wilson director of engineering Lor the Industrial false nor Institute by Iho 1900s, however. American Industry was expanding overseas Inlo a fagely Mirc word in 1909 the United slates Envoi text $ 14 Btl on in measure sensitive products and imported Only $6 billion Bui by 1975 in was Eal maled Iho Nal on would surfer a 1600 Jion toss in foreign l i nf1 because it was not metric in 19? 1 in Mui onal by eau of Slawiak i. Write official said and Pound arc based i Mir measure comp cled a length metric 1 meter 1,000 millimetre 1 me or 1,000 Neier 1 Koto meter customary 1 foot 12 inches 1 Yang 3 tart 1 Yard 3d inches 1 mile 5,280 feet 1 Inch = 2.54 rant meters 1 oot 03 meter 1 Yard 0.9metbf 1 Miloa 1.6kllometera i 0.04 Inch 1 meter 3.3 Teal 1 renter 1.1 Yards Kilometre = 0.6 Miles weight Mot Etc 1 ,000 a Fanis = 1 Gram 100 Cento ams 1 Gram 1 000 Grams = 1 kilogram ioookxjrajti3= 1 Tonna Cux Only 438 grains = 1 ounce 16 ounces = 1 Pound 2000 pounds = 1 Chicago try we Granc 1 cures = 28 warns 1 Pound 0.45 kilograms 1 quart a 0.9 liners 1 Lon 0.9 metric sons 1 Gram 0.035 ounces 1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds 1 liter 1.06 quails 1 metric ton 1.1 tons volume metric 1 liners 1 liter = 100 centimetres customary 2 cups = 1 pint 2 pints " 1 quart 4 quarts = 1 gallon b pints = 1 gallon comparison 1 Teaspoon = 5 Muiir litre t Tablespoon = 1 5 mini Illier 1 ounce = 30 nitwit of 1 Pink = 473 a or lbs 1 quart 946.3 Mia Kars 1 gallon = 3785 no listens Maine system uses vat Givs scale j c to measure Tanpa Ruttura. In the celsius scale 0� represents the reeling Pool of water and 100� c represents the boiling Point of water. Ihrcke year study of Melr Bation two years laser general motors announced in would make metric cars the 1975 act originally set a 10-year schedule for conversion. Heavy lobbying particularly by Trade unions and Small businesses ick this out while Iho act Sot up a 17 member Melric Board in was Only empowered to Conall assist How can you do something in in s not mandated asks Molenc hard liner Luuis Sokol past president of the pit Var u s Mctizic Asso Calion. We Don t make Speed Limi Luor the income la voluntary. The metric Iward just became b debating Sociol " we missed an oppor Lucily 13vfi& ago Gerald his Olf Ico of Melric prof Ennis 1h.1t Lour person opt Alion no the Commerce depot Lyonl is whal survives of the ctr Board that once Hod 100 employees arid a t3 million annual budget Flond Reagan Cut Oil its sunds in 1982 metrication should have been presented in terms of Trade instead of coi for manic says Underwood focused on Iho pock Cibock instead of the agony of converting Iho housewife s Cipf to Jolt Bui i believe in free Enterprise kalhor Ihan government Delate " we Felt hid Ono mily of the prone of conversion was completely says Bob Woods research Dirc Clor for the International Broth Chood of electrical workers. Machinists and carpenters Wuu have to buy now tools they d be fired Lor Mismas Urtig. Above All. Foreign Melric goods would pour in "01 course Ihal o what happened says Sokol. Jus whal Melric conversion Nalio Naty Diphl Cost Eorms impossible to calculate. Oho estimate was $35 bit Linn ovcr30yua a Tho Poni agon has said in would Cost 1ho defense Industry $18 billion. If acc to urls of Hal in the first so Yea 1? Tho Sicot Industry had a figure loss billion in 1q73 but said actuality was nothing close to the original estimate the Ford motor company started Wlsh a Mel Calion department which became a Selton Ihnn a group and then says George Baumgartner. Whose Job As Melric planner was done away with last year. The Cost was negligible. Everything is now metric except the speedometer and tue Ems. Our biggest problem is How to spell Sci. Let re pm Lound Tho accounting costs for conversion Cost More than conversion says Sokot Tho pharmacy cubical Industry which converted in the 1950s, said inc Cost was lower Ihan cd peeled and produced savings through fewer mis Lavos. Easier employee in aiming and improved records. Small businesses on Iho of her hand Don l have the economies of scale. Mac Tine tools can Cost s2 minion says Wilson of inc Fastener Institute changing Dies is very expensive so you Wanno make As Many items As you can Wilhour having to Lear to machine up to Maxe another size. Tho u s uses 200 Betlran Lasle Norfi a year it would Cost billions to Slock dual John Dobro. Where Uno mood was head of standards spent one to Laird the value cells Sheet pails on annual inventory. Part cd that Cost is insurance space heat i girl. Standardization reduces these costs. We used to Hare about 70 screw sues. Mctie cation reduced thai to 12 or 15. Which meant economies n buying in bulk number of tuns and errors for the Nalion it s almost ire Poscie to figure a coot Bui Weli Guro each 11 Tillion in Manul alluring Means 30,000 Tow anything lha metrication docs to improve Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday april 17.19b6
