New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-11
MAINTAINING THE PRICE OF BREAD
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WEIGHT OF THA
IOAvES SOLD BY WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL, DEALERS

RETAIL DEALERS.
I'p to a late hour last night no reduction IN 'ns
price OF bread had been made by the memoe"
OF the wholesale Bakers Association. so iar ~
could be found out Neither had any OF the srocers
or other retailers OF bread received any notice or
intmation that a reduction would be made. lhey
still have to compete at great disadVan'ase
vi,b those small bakers who sell their bread
product over their own counters. and VINO are
II seems constantly increasing the size ana weight
OF their loaves. until the loaves OF the "ho'esas
Bakers Association appear as biscuits IN compA''
ison. $3.50 IN
all the bread they make over their own eoun.e's
il was earned that many OF these places haa
signs In the windows offering two-pound loaves
of the best and freshest bread for cents. Sample
loaves were purchased and weighed, ana IN every
case were found to lack Few ounces u wv
claimed weight. A scent loaf bought In the w.
tional Bakery, in Ninthave, weighed one pou""
eleven and one-haf ounces.
A fine loaf OF homemade bread which 'he ."
porter bought in John d. Hennessy's bakery ~
Ninth-aye for cents weighed one pound ana fou'.
teen ounces This was about the average weight u
the caves purchased in the small bakeries
Several OF the retail grocery stores were tnen
visited and loaves of bread were purchaseu ""'s
had been supplied them by one or more Oh 'n'
firms OF the wholesale Bakers Association ins
lOayeS, upon being We!sHeu, "eie to"AN ~ '~-'
in weight averaging one pound and two ounces :.
will be seen by this that there Is pronounce.
difference In weight between the hve-cent oa'es Y.
the Wholesale Bakers Association ana those VI
the small Independent bakers. In fact, me o'e'
ence is so great that II bears out the statement
made in The Tribune Friday that. although .ns
wholesale bakers receive only cents ioai i0'
their bread and the retail bakers cents. the wio
sale bakers actually receive more on eacn pou"S
owing to the difference in weight. 49,. ,o.vss
given above II will be found that while me ts 80.
bakers receive about cents a pounu III ~
bread the wholesale bakers receive 3's cents ,s..a
All of the bread purchased IN me var ou s, - and
nalatable The quality of the solid two-pouhu ~
of homemade bread bought for cents from md
retail baker was found fully eqdai IN taS,e of
quality the little onepound two.Su'S e us sum
tns wholesale baker purchased for the same su mss
The small bakers as well as the ,ase' '"N'
the best -four which can be bought, ,,ro Al, the
At the American Bakery COMPANY ~ s'v, a.ovnonnd
West Side yesterday II was said tnat 'ne s"aS ~
loaves OF their best bread viii be reduceo "
cents next week. ,.,, ,args wholesale
bakery in East Seventy-hfth-st sara s,h;isSed 10
the frm thought wei. OF the suggestion .Sers
The Tribune that. instead OF the wno' 60 the
reducing the price of the ioaves' they '"e'e"
weight Of them - - 49, Wac, side OF
the city than on the East Side Fewer grJ,eet uhy
in bread In consequence. II has been ash hstsres
peope do no, buy their bread In the teta,l AT, money
IL they get so much more t 10. , many OF
the ncope have credit books on the groee''e"
bakers do a cash business mostly. ,Lsr who Ii
Frederick Eger, the Eleventh-aVe oanss,,is,ion 10
a member of the Wholesa.e nahe,s the price OF
SSrsed nv | cent a loaf provided the grVs.sILs
agrss 70 buy outright all the bread they 's"s