Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-02-14
ALEXANDRIA,:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1924.


proceed 10 state 10 your correspondent Ho.
nesfa', the true causes Why Alexandria su-
per6ne -four stands nndeservedly low ia
some Of the markets where her merchants
trade 10. 10 doing this, shall con6ne my
remarks to matters of TACT, which have
come under my own notice within tb. last
twenty years.
shall not pretend TO deny, that part OF
the -four which comes to the Alexandra
market, is OF The lowest grade Of superfne;
yet, it is well known, this grade OF -four
is confined 10 the counties east of the Blue
Ridge /; and II IS also equally as well
known, that the greater part OF our supply
Is from the west side OF The mountains, and
comprises part OF the same kind of flour
which is taken 10 Baltimore, and there:
passes for their celebrated Howard .stIeet.
h also nay be said, with equal truth, that
there has been, for the last thirty years,
hard bread bakers in this place, who have
used entirely Alexandra -four during the
whole oil that time, and who have support
ed, during that long period. the highest
standing, in regard % lhe quality Of The A.
lexandria bread.
will ask your correspondent. ifhe has
not been in the habit Of shipping Alexan-
dria crackers, and other bread, manufac.
tured by Alexandria bakers out oil Alexan.
dria -four? and will also ask him, what
has been the character OF such bread, not
in one, but in every market he has ship.
ped il to?--His answersr, | think hazard
nothing in saying, will be, that it has the:
decided preference in every market be-
has sent it to. Assumingrthen, this a, the
true character of Alexandra bread, bow
shall we account for the low standing Of
our -four in other markets.? II cannot be
10 consequence oil the inferiority Of our SUI
per6ns-because we have il 10 proof to
the contrary. II is true, am no baker
yet all must agree that it require, good
of The one, in order to produce The other.
From these facts. Mr.. Editor, it would.
appear, that the practice now pursued by
mary OF cur shippers, { in opposition to
that which would be proper TO adopt. iG
order to sustain just standing Of our FOUR
must be the cause why We hear Of the ma
ny complaints against its character in other
markets. If the quality Of wheat will
justify the Inspector 10 raise the grade OF
our inspection, ], for one, would speak
in The Affirmative; but when this IS done,.
what good will it do n relation TO giving
it higher standing 10 other markets.
nOne-lor according 10 existing practice,
every description Of -four that comes TO our
market is shipped: to wit, super6De, fine,
middIiDg, ships.uff, and each Of these de-
seriptive grades, when old, sou:, aud un-
sound. Can it be possible, Mr. Editor,
while this is the case, that we shall ever
be able 10 raise the character OF our in.
spection, although our Inspector should do
every thing within bis conlrouI 10 obtain
so desirable an end? And least some Of
your readers should doubt the correctness
OF the statement have made, in regard 10
the shipment of the various grades Of -four.
| would mos, respectfully ask them TO cal!
on the wagon dealers, and think they
will voucb for every word have said.--
Ask also the wagon dealer, with what avi.
dity some oil the very men who complain
most buy up. all the coarse grades they
can get, at considerable advance, while
TO, that OF super6ne they seldom give more
than cost; ask them also. il they have not
been frequently called Oh BY a great and
celebrated comm ission house from Balti.
more, Tor the purpose Of making engage
m ents for all the coarse -four they could
get in given time? and, if I mistake not,
that very gentleman was the very first who
reduced the difference between fine and
super6ne to two shillings. And why then
this great outcry against the Inspector and
the low grade Of our -four, when the very
lowest grades are the kind they purchase
most freely?
There is an inconsistency 10 this bust
ness. and my own impression is, Mr.. Ell.
tor, that they care nothing about the cha
racter OF your town or -four, their high
toned declarations TO the contrary not.
outstanding; and although it would seem
as attaching more importance othe subject
than 1t can be fairly eatitlsd to, { will Dor