Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-17
BREAD FOR THREE CENTS
One Eject Of the Asitnti for Cheaper
Bread-A Loaf rs Good
ms the Best.

The agitation cf the bread question has
| produced results. Though the large bakery
| establishments have made no sign that they
| propose to reduce the price Of bread to cor
respond with the great reduction in the
cost of flour, bread is being made and sold
| not for >, but even for 3 cents a loaf by
| men who have studied the situation and
convinced themselves that the people ought
to have and can have the benefit of the
low price of flour without deprivlng the
baker of legitimate profits. An establish
nent on Capitol Hill has put out 3-cent
| loaf, which is claimed to be equal to the
scent loaf. This practical move in the di-
rection of cheaper bread is described In a
statement sent to The Star by one of its
| readers, as follows:
/ notice in your issue of October Is, 1894,
your column regarding the bread ques-
| ton begins There is no change in the
bread situation today" 1t is not often that
The Star puts itself in a position to be
called down." but in this instance it is
necessary to do so. as a matter of justice,
not only to The Star, but to the people and
the young men who have come to the rescue
of the people of Washington, especially all
those who are the bread winners of the
world, who win their bread by the sweat of
| their brows The three young men referred to
have in the past two weeks established
themselves at the corner OF 4tIl anu n SGtclS
northeast and have been manufacturing and
selling bread at the very reasonable price of
cents a loaf. delivered in any part of the
city. Their bread is made of the best
materials and is first-ciass in every respect,
and they go so far as to use sugar, milk,
butter mot lard) and all that is claimed by
others to be so expensive. Their scale OF
wages is the same as paid by the largest
bakers in the city, and still they can live on
the small profits derived at this price. Now
| If The Star wants to add to the comfort of
| the people of Washington as IT has always
| done, without favor or frown, 1 would sug-
gest that you call on these heretofore over
| looked beneficiaries of the bread consumers
| of this great city and see what is being done
by them. 1t is true at present, as they will
acknowledge, they are small fish, but you
know small fish Qn some cases. have a dis
agreeable habit of growing, and who knows
but these young men-the originators of the
3-cent loaf-may yet turn out bread ba-
rons" as great as we have at the present day.
The people of Washington have wanted
| cheaper bread for long time They now
have the opportunity of getting bread that
has been tested tried, compared with the
best bread that could be bought in the city.
and which heretofore has been sold for 3
cents. You can now buy the same and far
better bread (Which is guaranteed for 3
cents. These young men are putting on the
market what will be known as the butter
| loaf. and they are willing to meet all COM
petitors on their merits. This is a small
firm, in fact, beginners but they throw
down the gauntlet to any and all who feel
inclined to oppose them. They are willing
to fight 1T out on a cheap basis. they
have started, and as they believe 1t benefits
both themselves and their fellow-men
would say in conclusion that, being bread
winner myself, l interested in the
prosperity of these young men, and / am
carrying out the old adage that "A doctor
should take his own medicine l am now
using this bread myself and do not hesitate
to recommend it to others. Where economy
is wealth tits folly to be otherwise.
In for the Dough.
The bread reporter, while making his in
| quries into the affairs of the bakers to-
day, was told many sides that the peo-
pie of Washington were entirely too much
concerned in the matter of bread. Bread
is for us to make and for them to eat"
said one. I'VE make and We sell it for as
much as we can get out of it. This is our
policy, and this is the policy which we in
| tend to pursue. You can talk as much
/ you choose about putting our business I'M
| der governmental scrutiny, but it's all bOch.
You can't do anything of the kind You
I ought not to NEEDLE with our bU sneEs. You
1 can't make sell bre I'd one cent cheaper
| than we want TO sell it," The baker with
| whom The Star man conversed intima ted
| that this discussion in the papers as to
| how much IT costs to make bread, and
! what II sold for, was already having a
| somewhat depressing effect on profits. I'll
| tell you what" said he, eve are in the
| business for the dough and don't you forget
| it. We don't bake bread for our health.
| ice with us. Eighteen ounces to the loaf
/ and tixra &c for 10 tbn pfe fptt