Evening journal., 1888-10-17
QUIZ DAILY BREAD.
It IA. Cone So Nearly ope-.fN". IN

IT Has Gone So Nearly one-sfSHs tn
Price tfnu ,sas Ady,tnc Il ieatS
Twice AZ Mnrh s-r varrel.
The advance Id wheat the ircre 'seo
price of -four and th0'ize of the haioI
loaf are topics of interest TO the home.
wife and her husband. A reporter Of
EVENING JOURNAL stattasl out yesterday
morning to work up an 0rticle applicable +,
to the situation in this city
At George j. Staib's bakery, ON Market |
street below Fourth. he learned that the |
weight had been reduced two ounces.
Charles Yetter. No. 1 East Fourth |
street. has reduced his iive-cent loaves /
one ounce. and his ten-cent loaves, two
ounces The majority of the bakers IN I
this city have reduced the size Of their
loayes from one totwo ounces while few |
others have raiseS the price on the usual !
loaf
The bakers must pay for their -four
from $3.50 TO STD per barrel according
to quality These prices ale gathered
from the price list OF the William Lea
and Sons Company, issue Of October q
The cost of pound of flour Mt this rate
would be B 40 cents yeast, salt and
other ingredients cent; labor | cont,
making a total OF 4 $40 cents for baking
one pound Of bread. At the same rate
49, ounce loaf would cost the baker about
3 AS cents, which leaves - cents ON
which to base profit after the expenses
of rent gas. coal and clerk-hire are de
frayed
The advance iii -four has not only
raised the price Of bread but it has AT
lecied the cracker manufacturers. J. ).
| Barlxley a Bro. and M & ~. Lang, cake
4 Il 4. Il
/ the EVENING JOURNAL reporter. They
have advanced their products one cent on
! the Wholesale price per pound. A member
Of the latter firm in speaking Of the adj
vance in wheat told Of customer who
short time ago paid Sc cents per bushcl,
and within week was forced TO pay
4 81 b for the same variety. Continuing
he said Flour we bought for So a bar
rel three months ago to-day costs ms 81
| Not only Is there an advance in flour but
lard has advanced b cents per pound
within three months.
10 illustrate the advance in -four, the
price lists of the William Lea and Sons
Company have been examined. Their
prices are those of the market. On
April17, flour was quoted as follows per
barrel:
Beat Fancy Roller Patent Flour ... $500
Clifton Il l. 4 Roller Patent Flour. 900
Poutaxat, r Patent Flour 1855. .tt... a.'N
Kirkwood ,sRoller Ground ..-..tt......t.s 40
Occidental, Roller Ground Ais. .sts-ssts 4.t0
Carolina FaYorite, Roller Ground ....... 80
Southern Extra, Roller Ground. .......ss.. 30
On July ?, there was an advance from
to 10 cents ON the above prices On
September 26, the quotations showed an
advance of about II per centum on the
July prices, as follows:
| Tlngt Fanny Rallap pafanf Flour 90 n
Clifton L 4 Il Roller Patent Flour IL. .-. ~
Poutaxat f Patent Flour. .......... ). 6s'
Kirkwood, Roller Ground +..... ......... Q q
Occidental, Roller Ground ...s -.s...... 30
! Carolina FavoTtc. Roller Ground ........, AZ
Southern Extra Roller Ground ..+. ... 2
The next advance was ON October
when a raise Of % cents on each barre
was quoted There was another jumI
quoted on October 3, when Best and
Clifton went to $685. per barrel, witt
, other brands in proportion The great
est raise Of any is shown by the lis
issued on Saturday October 6, after TIL
big jump in wheat. The quotations:
Best NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ..... S7i
| Clifton ..s.s .4s+ss s.ssss. a.s....s.s.. "a
HoutaXats -..+..--. .s..4.t.+ III
kirkwO0d ,... s-.....-.. s,.t...++... 81
Occidental .4+-... ........ o.
I Carolina FavOrite .s..s.-s..-. ss....s. l.h
" southern. extra. ~
: These prices have ruled the market ii
Y 10 date To-day n slight reduction i
wheat has lowered the price from 20 to
1 cents per barrel, with the following On,
> tations:
Clifton .........4.....-. ........ T..
Pnutaxat IS. .....s.. i. IS. g.
kirkWOod ...........- ..+... ..... t,.. o.
e Occidental ..4.... q.
Carolina faNorite .-....4.s. t.-t. -. o.
Southern Extra. ......... s............ o.
is In rsnIv IA n oupstion from the reporte