The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12
Old Scale 70 Be RESUMED.
0eeepf Agreement among bak~ss 10
sell ossy TWENTY-FIVE for ~ Has
Been BYek~n and They Give sstfee
They WuT sell ut Former Price.

Sensitive r~spss y 20 r-lEat have feared
that q sakxrs trust inzp~nsea cvsr the eity
Ct sea.sle reed not worry themselves long
sr sbozt the matter. TIE law OK supply
ami sefn1aa whtci regulates u1nst es me
affairs is the sasssaea@ WORD. IL recognizes
b. sas bakers, and fhsy have given notice
tia; tins old scale Of twsa;y-eight loaves
Tor 81 20 the grocers VIII be resumed To-
nsorYou. Flour has nearly resumed IL
porsnal price. ard this fact L. given By TIE
takers as the causs Of their action.
Tires weeks age. sixteen ef the prtnca-
-! bakeries OF Seattle met. through their
perpetrators. ard agreed upon . scale Of
weight snd prices which should govern
their transactions n tss star OF lsso'' .t;h
their cgssfosarrs Before tssat day they had
bs=a selling fweafy-efght 5~ceB; ieaYes 90
the groceries for 81. Flour. affected syn
pa;heficziiy By the furry In wasas wn!ea
sent sae cereal up - ti.ss Per baa@hsl. vas
higher TRAN formerly. and the bakers saw
IA their raiod's eye the pe~ss oaiiiY OF fran
Gal sssipwfsek between the CONSUMER, Sho
Aems nlsd just a. big a loaf AZ usual fer
8 cents. and the -four MIL man. who want
ID q big advance ger barrel on his -four.
Then cane tbs slufup in wheat and -four
al over the country. and once more the
bakers srs fe<iirx aagDy.
A observation-disclosures reporter yesterday
usads the rounds Of a number OF the oak-
cries In the c2fy with view to ascertain
Ing the averags weight Of the loasss sold
90 rich and poor alike for cent? The
Saturdays baking and the work OF gsttins
Il eelivsTed 10 their customers kept the
bakers on the go all day, but the reports:
sf.stfa Ia attn
establishments visited. where huge plies
OF the nicely Drowned leaves were 10 DO
seea-
Ii was a~csrfsined that fhe scale OF
weiElx varies greatly among thu b1aeriea.
ard tiaat little or no attempt - made 10
adhere sto one standard o. weight Tor a 5
cSns ioas. Tile bakers freely admitted. too.
that the scale adopted D. taefn May z Was
unfair to ths consumers under nil the cir
euHsssanees. and that after the FIRST weeks
trial or tho agreement entered into be-
tween the sixteen bakeries IT was a5an-
dsned and each member % the comblna-
ton made his own terms thereafter with
his opsAAsnsgs
There In no established standard OF
weight eor a leaf % bread In this state
said a Pike street baker yesterday. "of
course there s. an idea current among peo-
pie generally that seen; leaf OF bread
should weigh pound. or sixteen ounces.
Most OF the bakers. however. ignore such
rule. and IA consequence. the sizes OF the
leaves vary with the humor or disposition
Of the maker.
'Jt il usual for baker 70 allow one
pound and two ounces for the leaf before
4 ~ baked. In mos; OF tho bakeries, the
bread In accurately weighed. one loaf al a
time. JUS; before II ia placed in the oven
Ordinarily, loaf measureI under such
conditions weighs Just about pound when
Il comes from the bake oven. OF course
The weight varies with difreren, Arms
Then this baker took loaf treyn hts
Showcase and placed 1t on the scales. 1t
weighed n tfif's over ore pound
In another bakery tho reporter was told
that ga the proprietor made no representa-
TINS to HIS customers as TO the weight OF
his loaf. tho matter was simply one In
which each baker should exercise his dis
erection. For my part" said this baker.
81 do not feel called upon 10 make my
leaves OF any particular size because the
ether bakers do not do not claim that
80 bread weighs a pound, more or less
III wefrf - loaf for ven. however" and
shis he proceeded 10 DO. II was nearly two
ounces under weight
Another baker said. THE sssA OF the
Leaf was reduced triie In some eases
whsn Hour went up IN price. New that
prices are normal again. The size OF the
'oas VIII be increased 70 what Il WIS for
merly."
The general disposition among the bakers
visited yesterday WAS 10 frankly and freely
give al Information requested. I. was an
parent that sr saSsrle eases the bakers xere
not satisfied with raising theft price, 70 tina
groceries. bu, tina, they had reduced the
she OF the leaves fglae ~ as IN cover tina
snra charge placed by the mill men and
3ohheFs on -four