New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-15
CUTTING IT'S OWN THROAT
THE RAKERs' TRUST MAKING MORE WORK
FOR HOME KITCHENS
HOUSEWIVES WHO WILL NOT PAY ENoRHTANT
PRICEs-GRoCERs APPROACHED By
THE COMBINE

THE COMBINE.
rbero / a faint break in the dark clouds which
have overshadowcd the attempt to obtain cheaper
broad for the masses and there is weakening
along the line Of the Wholesale Bakers Associa-
ton whi n has stood out stubbornly against
any reduction.
That the Trust has received a great fright from
the determined stand taken by those newspapers
which believe in the greatest good to the greatest
number is proven by the strenuous efforts Oh the
Trust to hold its trade by making many promises
of what it intends doing in the near future But
neither the retail grocers who deal in Trust bread
nor those people who have given much thought to
the cheap bread question: outside OF those VINO are
interested in keeping up the present prices, see
much in the promises of the Trust. and are OF the
opinion that ii merely desires to gain time. hoping
that the agitation will wear itself out and that 1t
will be left to reap it's present large profit on every
loaf Of bread it sells as II does at present.
While the Trust is delaying action. the wide
awake bakers not members of IT are taking all
the business and if things go for any length
of time the Trust will be justified in claiming. az
il uniustly and untruthfully does now. that 1t is
making no money.
NJ. Gallagher a grocer at No. 2l2 East Forty
second-st. said to Tribune reporter. yesterday.
that he had long insisted those bakers Of the
Trust from whom he buys bread that 1t was too
dear and that 1t bore natural relation to the
extreme low cost Of -four. They had made no re-
duction however. and he is ready to handle the
bread of any reliable firm not a member OF the
Trust which would put the price 10 four cents.
Here is an opportunity for live baker 10 gain n
customer
Conrad Hesse. OF No. 800 East Seventy-hfth-st..
said he had been hoping for cheaper bread for a
long time. but as yet none OF the Trust bakers
would make the slightest reduction. The Trust
charged him the when flour was
double high. and the loaves were no larger
Wherever the reporter went yesterday among
Trust bakers he heard the timeworn and stock ar
gument that the bakers OF the Trust should not he
asked lower the price OF bread now. they
were doing much less business than formerly. be-
cause people baking their own bread
they found 1t much cheaper TO do so. This Ia
the and 1; is caused by the greed OF the Trust
Itself. 1t is that housewives like TO increase
the work of their kitchens but like prudent women
they refuse 10 be swn1led into paying such an
extravagant price for bread merely to enrich the
members OF the Bakers Trust
One Of the conservative men who IL closely con-
nected with the bakery business. is Frank T. Tay-
lor agent Of the Sippo Valley Flour Mills. Of Mas
slllon. Ohio who has offices in this city He acknowl-
edged 10 the reporter Yesterday that his wife had
made in the house, Mr.. Taylor sells large quanti-
ties Of flour those smaller bakers who are not
members of the Trust. and Is afraid that II the
agta ton for cheaper bread kept mp II VIII njurc
| them and in the end really benefit the Trust by
| centralizlng the business
II IT, however. having effect just the reverse.
| as all those wide-awake smaller bakers VINO nave
lowered their bread TO -four cents loaf are doing
| more business than ever. and making more money.
Many Of the grocers have already reduced the price
to that figure rather than lose their trade. although
| Others are giving twenty-five tickets calling for
| twenty-five loavss of bread. for ST.