The Washington times., 1895-06-03
BREAD UNDER WEIGHT
Slight Deviations from the Stand
ard Found in Several Places.
SOME LoAyEs IN EXCESS
When Fresh Bread Weighs Heavier
Than When Dried out-In Spite
of the Recent Advance In Price
Two Loaves Are Sold for Nickel
and Seven Cents.

Bread at two loaves for nickel, three
cents a loaf and two loaves for seven cents
was on sale in considerable quantities in
Washington yesterday, in spite OF the recent
advance by the Exchange bakeries, in
Guiding all the big concerns instown. A
great deal of the bread was trifle short
in weight. This was not confined to the
cheap bread.
The people of Washington look to The
Times to expose unfair business methods and
SO bring about a correction OF abuses. This
duty is sometimes disagreeable and involves
trouble with those who are discovered in
improper practices, but it is one of the most
important public functions of a newspaper.
A few days ago letter was received by
The Times complaining of short weight in
bread. The law fixes the weight of the
standard loaf of bread in Washington at one
pound, the double loaf is thirty-two ounces,
and the quadruple, sixty-four. A short
age from these figures renders the baker
liable to fine of So for every loaf found
to be thus short. The writer of the letter
said:
Il know several bakers whose bread is
near a quarter of pound light. One
baker, who eeps at 2141 Nmthstreet north
west. and also Gardner's stores, Ninth
and Florida avenue and Fourth and north
east; also Earnshaw's store. Thirteenth
and northeast; also Bakers grocery.
Seventh street, opposite Pomeroy street
northwest -
LoAVFS SHORT IN WEIGHT
"A reporter was directed to bay bread and
have it weighed double loaf of Haven
ner's Quaker bread at 0ffut & Tribby's,
Second and c northeast weighed nearly
thirty-four ounces on the grocery scales,
two ounces above the limit Three double
loaves of Havenner's from the bakery
retail department, Were all a little short
weighed separately and when put on the
scales together the shortage amounted to
nearly four uroincesin the six pounds, making
an average of two-thirds OF an ounce to
the loaf A double Quaker loaf from the
bakery also weighed a little short The
scales upon which this bread was tested
were apparently quite accurate and would
hardly be questioned by anyone least OF
all by Manager Graves, of the bakery. A
milk loaf bought at Kraft's, 161 Center
Market, weighed the even pound
Quaker loaf bought of Carl Hoffman
weighed sixteenth over, and round loaf
of George Seitz & Son, $50 Center Mar
ket, weighed quarter of an ounce over.
A milk loaf from Fred Fogt, No. 3. Center
Market, weighed the exact pound, an ex
cellent loaf, appa rently, from George
Klenk, at Center Market, went nearly a
quarter Of ar ounce over weight A
Vienna loaf from f. Gundesheimer, No.
14T Center Market, weighed about three
quarters of an ounce light, and Charles
Schueiders Vienna loaf was light by nearly
one-sixteeGth of an ounce. All the bread
bought at Center Market was weighed at
the scales OF the Sealer OF Weights and
Measures, Mr.. F. A. Bond.
But in these purchases the points COM
plained of had not been touched, and they
must be tried.
TWO LoAVES FOR A NICKEL.
AT No Al Ninth street is Joseph Burk-
ley's little bakery. His wife explained
that he does not make "steam" bread like
the big bakeries, but only home made.
They have been in sthe business fifteen
years in Washington, four years at their
present. place. One of their patrons ex-
plained that they have family OF thir-
teen 10 provide for.
a a-half cents a loaf and it Is retailed at
Gardens Markets, Florida avenue and
Ninth street northwest and Fourth aud Fl
northeast at three centsa loaf and at L L.
Bakers, Seventh and p Pomeroy northwest,
! at two loaves for a nickel. Mr.. Baker
| weighed two loaves and they were about
| two ounces short. He also weighed a loaf
| of Hayenner's and it was about an ounce
| short also.
A loaf of Hoffmann's went over weight a
| little At Gardens Ninth and Florida
avenue place loaf of Foos' bread also
weighed a little above the requirement.
! At j. T. Earnshaw's, Thirteenth and H
streets northeast, j. G. Meinberg's and
Haas Star Bakery bread was sold at two
| loaves for seven cents. Haas bread
! weighed little below the sixteen ounces
and Weinberg s little above. AT Gardens
! Fourth and H northeast, Haas bread also
| weighed a little light. 1t was sold at 3 l 2
! cents per loaf. AT Zimmerman's dairy,
146 street northeast. loaf OF Charles
! Schneider's bread of the morning delivery
weighed at z p. m. was slightly under
! weight and a loaf of the afternoon
delivery was slightly over.
This, taken with the variation in Hay-
enner's, shows that the bread is rather
above the limit when first sent out, and
when it has dried little it falls below.
| The law does not say when the bread shall
be weighed.