Waitz and the Measures

"Waitz and the Measures" by Joseph Roth is about an inspector of weights and measures. He was a geyser who went around checking whether everybody was compliant with the weights and measure. It all came with a huge sort of what you would call the industrialization of rural life. "Dosto State made manifest its intention to use arms, if necessary, to punish cheats in accordance with the commandments proclaimed in the Holy Scriptures," he says.