Evening journal., 1888-10-18
rAE BREAD We EAT.

II is human nature TO take advantage
Of every excuse to exact more money, but
we cannot refrain from reproducing the
following sentiments from the Phladel
phia North American and to take the
opportunity to endorse them The
North American says;
The bakers should be slow about raising the
price of bread or reducing the size of the loaf
on account Of the advance in wheat. IL Is
purely a speculative rise and will therefore be
short-lived. hut the real question is whether
il will pay the baker 10 advance prices. He
cannot deny that he still makes handsome
profit with -four al high price To increase
the price OF bread means reduced sales, for
hundreds Of poor people win either do their
own akingor use less bread. The baker must
ahercfOre consider whether he win not make
more money by maintaining his present sales
AT a smaller profit than by selling less at a
larg profit II is an old business motto that
quick sales and small profits are best. and the
baker would do well to remember it.
The rise in the cost Of barrel Of flour
is about % per centum. which in five
cent loaf of bread would mean an increase
of at least one cent. This may cover the
profits Of the baker But the increased
cost Of nour is only temporary and as a
matter Of business foresight, il strikes
ms, that the bakers would do better to
forego their profits for month or 80 than
foshock their customers and unsettle and
probably ALLEVIATE many Of them by put
Ting on the extra cent The increase
would certainly induce many housewives
10 return TO the good old custom Of their
mothers and bake their own bread and
such an experiment, even il it should not
result in permanent habit, would cost
the baker more than he would gain bv
the extra cent for the brief period during
which this damaging furry in wheat
shall continue.
1t is an i'll wind, etc If the present
unexpected, unnecessary and wicked in.
crease Of cost of wheat shall have the effect
of inducing the housekeeper to bake her
own bread, to learn to make genuine
''home-made bread, it will prove bles
sing in disguise. There is no doubt that
abe Intelligent housewife can bake better.
that is more nutritious bread than the
ordinary loaf obtained at the bakers
Indeed, much Of the bakers prod
net is not it to set before
n worbingman to eat, and the good wife
has discovered this fact no doubt long
ago and has acted upon the information.
We question whether the good wife win
feed her Woodworking husband on bakers
bread from one end of the week to the
other We believe that the good wife
has aa knraa1f
and the requisite knowledge
and experience to bake good
home made bread for her husband. If the
other wives, Of the unfortunate husbands,
viii get wisdom through the present hard
ships and learn 70 bake good homemade
bread. the wheat gamblers win have rem.
dered great service to the said husbands
and to their families and to the country
as wen.
This is our deliberate Judgment after
refecting upon the quality Of at least
three out Of every five loaves Of bakers
bread that It has been our misfortune to
help to eat. The daily press is teeming
just now with reports Of beautiful wedk
dings, and we are glad TO see that the
young folk and some Of the old folk, too,
are getting married But we have thought
sometimes that this question Of good
bread was Of sufficient Importance to
make the baking Of it one Of the condi-
lions on which marriage is based and that
in addition to the questions which
the officiating person now asks
of the bride-elect the further cues.
fion should be put: "Will you bake sweet
and wholesome bread for your husbandy'
The young woman who cannot or will not
obligate herselfto do this is not yet ready
TO enter the married 81 ate.