Daily Republican., 1888-10-31
COST OF BREAD.
PROFITS OF EHn mANURAUxURnH
OF RLOUR.
Tho PToflls OF the Bhker-3hrinksg re IL
RlOur-WhAt "Keeps" Archie
stan Of Life.

Bread Is called the staf Of life, and
very properly 90, As In literal senfe II
constitutes the chief part OF the meal
Fond As most Ielple are OF vegetables
and meats, meal without bread would
aGt he considered full meal, and the
man who leaves the table without fln
Thing with his cake almost feels As II
he bad had DO meal. A couple Of slicet
# bread and butter would pafe for 9
dinner better than the most AbuodAnt
snd vAFlfd supply Of vegetable food
NJ hout bread.
The Importance Of bread makes the
staple Of which IL ia mAdt-R Rheat-au
Article of haitsr, Of sale and commerce
hst moves and regu'atss the market,
OF the world. Hence corners In wheat
like the recent corner made BY design
ing men, not only rhiae the Price OF
eheat but Of evtry other MAJ k0table
commodity. A corner In besf, pork or
lard Aff-cts the prices Of those cJmmOdi-
ties alone, but o corner In wheat Aff OTIS
ne prices OF sEything 1t even enteIs
hs stock market, and controls the
management Of railroad and internal
improvements
The rtcsut h1rFy in ths wheat mark t
has resulted in raising more permn-
uNhbiy tAo DNAIp VI hunb EOEu
than was expected, thou b It is now
showing some signs Of weakness apd
-four 10 announced tr fls cheaper. 1,
IA always n ore easy TO raj e the p Toe o.
sn article than to reduce that prioe after
II has been raised.
As the result OF the late rise In wheat,
6Our Of courss in sotivs sympAthy wen !
up IN q greater proportion IN prioe than
wheat, and noW the reople are pAylrs
either more for the ss as sized loayes
hey formerly got or they ale pAyiuE
the same and uaing greater humber o.
smaller loaYes
A representative OF the REPUBLICAN
es srday falling in with one OF tie
leAding bakers OF the city, asked hin
p ainly for an explicit and honsai
statement OF the amouht Of bread that
lIuld be- made from . barrel OF floui
costing Say O. 25 = barrel.
he Itadty Esienttd but BAid thu,
q juF o. 81 20 bHrrel could not ba got
s1o6pt by toe mixing prCc - this H.
~ mixing come Of the loser z AIDES of
H)ur with the higher grades iu suoI
S7.25
ants thing OF Masking eco pourds o.
bread from n ba rel OF four Of 1856
pounds has been completely exploded
ne said, in f. c. 1t cannot be done hOu.
estly aud fquaTely.
Ia the Brst place, he sSid, to max,
80 pounds OF bread from 1856 pounds Of
hO1r you must have no waste what
aver, and IN the second place you musf
not count any thing for duslinR and for
yehst
In tho uaiug Of every barrsl Of fl Iuf,
1, jabes 18 p~unds for duBtlng end 3
pCu % for yeast, and then he said you
nsbunt ght along with less than pOnbd4
Tor waste, such ss stioks TO tns hAfret
and duBls through the ] iiUts. Tbfsf
all make 20 pounds snd dedu uated frlni
,he hNrcol isave but I57 pouDos OF fl u
and 2b3 pounds Of bread irs cad of 2G0
pounis rs is claimed By srme, or II
another vlsH It would tsFs 225 paund,
I fiIur to turn ont go pounds Of
b. cad
'Haw 10 the Difference made up o.
row is 1B7 pounds Of ur increased t.
253 pounds Of bread" WAS asked the
1Aker.
"Well the difference IL made up IL
water and yeast entirely" lie said ,''you
see IL takes four buckets of water tC
make bsrreI OF -four into bread "
'Nl other ingredients u ed?" va
asked.
No nothing else used in tho dough
5us the vA'er and yeast, aud the latter
"a practically nothing but -four aud
water" wss the reply.
"Well then let us see, you count b
n0und to lCsf, and you sell lohf for
csntF, ard that brings you the aros.
sum Of $40 l2 From this you deduot
he pIiou OF the -four 81 % aud you havt
81 81 remaining for profit, isthas cor
rsot2"
Eyes, your calculation is correct a.
far Ss you have gone but there are other
expenses To c)me out Of that. There II
The coat OF coal for bAkinp, 20 cents for
hops, gas aud wear aud tear OF material,
which when all counted In reduces tbt
apparent preft Of 50 81 a barrel dosn to
= minimum cons dsIAhly below So per
barrel, and In this nothing is counted
for the cost and wear ard tear OF o team
uted In the delivery, and labor has No
been counted, 70 you see after all tn
is MOI mach prthi in q barrel Of hJur
baked into bread
Wishing to know something ehau
the profits OF the manufacturers Of fl ur
the baker wss asked how many hush,l
OF wheat 1t TOOK to make barrel
-four.
at takes" he said, "a bushels orab
according to quality, ,"Theu we cour ted
taking bushels Of wheat to the bR
reli ~ Bushels st 81 10 usr bu.ha
81 67l5 A barrel of -four 81 25; PROFIT
70 The manufacturer, 81 b711S per bsIIsl
Is that cOTrecl2
eyes, ss far ~ you have gone; bu
you have nOtoountsd the :labor aud th
VT ar and tear OF machinery and mAus
other little things which do not Apprar
upon the surface. II tD,
manufacturer makes 20 cents profit OF
tbs barrel, b sides 'keeps,' he thinks ht
is doing we'll"
Kseps2' What are they? That IL
q term that has an Indefinite meanins
and may mean q great deal"
"The 'Fasph' mean bran ard ship |
stuffs, and In them lay the most OF tbs |
profits Of the manufacturer"
The baker ElLcertly hoped that lime, |
would change, ~ there was nothing ~ |
the business at present, and If tEey do |
not chsnge for the bstseF he was in tn
market to sell out As very small msr
gin OF profit.
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Take good advlce.-I have suffered with
bad headaches for years ard have tried |