The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-22
AMONG THE BREAD MAKERS.
What They Say About Old Hutch's
Eoueeze-A VARIETY of Opinions.

w hat Iney say ABOUT OIA I1uVCh
squeeze-A Variety of Opinions.
| II is only those bakers in Savannah who
are able to stand the recent Unprecedented
| fluctuations in flour that will keep up dur
| ing the high prices. One baker has already
| closed down, and gone to collecting what is
due him, and others are expected to follow
| suit, if there is Lot decline in the flour
market Yesterday the bakers seemed TO
be in q little better spirits. Some of them
! said that the decline of about 20 cents on
the barrel last week is expected to be fol-
| lowed bv greater decline this week
The SUPERINTENDENT of the Savannah Steam
Bakery said that he has not been making
his loaves larger in consequence of the
decline, and would not until he sees how
flour is going If it goes low enough TO
warrant the scaling off of more bread to
the loaf, he will be among the first to give
the public the benefit of the larger loaf. He
is of the opinion, however that -four was
only fuctuating when it dropped 20 cents
on the barrel, and he does not look for
bona flde decline in the market at once.
~ believe that flour h&s reached the high
est point d is on its way down" said Mag.
John Schwarz. "Loaves will gradually in
crease in weight as the price of flour de-
creases" Maj. Schwarz thinks that the
decline in flour will continue until the old
prices are TtHcDtu. 1Ilt IlSt III llOuI anu
lie SEEMING the weight of the loaves, he be-
lieve will eventually teach the people to
buy bread by weight instead of by the loaf.
Five cents buys 4 cent loaf oftener than
it does a cent loaf, although the loaves
may seem to be the same in size.
Maj. SchwarG said that he has been try
ing to make the people believe that buying
by weight is the only correct way of know
ing how much bread person buys, but the
nvAla OF am, tfrh 20 IL
about the matter, and it is their fault if 1t
requires greater number of loaves to
satisfy them than the -four justifies.
c. A. Vetter said that as the price falls
he will make more bread for nickel He
believes, though, that the price of flour
will be some time in getting back to where
it was before the rise. He does not expect
a return to the old price before
May. II have recently equipped myself for
baking Pies said he, ''and | can stand the
high price of -four. There is comparatively
very little flour used in pies, and the cent
pie will be made larger or smaller as the
lemon, mince, cocoanut, prune or cranberry
gets dear. They are the principal ingredi-
ents in the pie.n
Mr.. Vetter said that he began the pie
business the last Of last month, and he has
sold since then 1900 pies. He did not seem
low down in spirits over the bread situa-
ton, but he will be glad, he said, when the
decline comes, Ill order to escape being sn-
noyed by people who imagine the baker is
cheating them out of cents every time
they buy a loaf of bread.
Capt. John Derst thinks that the -four
boom is about over and that the decline
from now on will be rapid. He said that he
will give the people the benefit of every
Jump" down in price. and he hopes soon to
be supplying his customers at the old
prices.
a. Kessel has made little if any change In
his loaves. His supply of -four, bought
when flour was cheap" is still on hand
He was not compelled to "scale off, If,
when he runs out Of his present supply, the
market has not declined, he will be forced
to g. Gale off" as the others have done. He
does not look for an early decline, how
ever.
Mrs. P. Schafer said that she has not in
creased the weight of bread yet. She does
not fhink the bread question matter for
the public, and would not talk about the
matter.
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Herman are giving
the people the benefit of the decline in -four,
and will increase the weight of their loaves
as flour declines