El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-05


Paso who assert that the Mexican
bread Il evsn worse. But whether we
make the worst or the next to the
worst bre I'd, It Is a fact that cur bread
IL poor end that we cannot equal the
peasants of Europe much less ElrO-
pean bakers, although ours Ia the pest
grain Of the world and our millers and
bakers have the finest machinery.
Thfs Is excluding corn bread which Or.
diuarily Is well made, digestibie, full
favored and rich in nourishmens. II
is true that the millers are rehniug eli
the virtue out OF corn
meal as they have done
from the wheat but still it makes
good bread. An important feature
of the Paris exposition is
90 be q convention of all
who have do with bread
stuffs, of seedsmsu, planters, makers of
agricultural implements, m1llers,
bakers aud those who make machiaery
for millers and bakers and OF all those
who buy and sell bread stuffs. Bread
ssufJs and bread making will be discus-
sed in every detail. A record OF the
proceedings will be pu olished and dis
tributed and IL is hoped that the stand
ard Of bread in the English speaking
countries will be raised by the
diffusion of this practical intel
millers will learn to leave some
of the good in the whest and bakers
will learn to bake bread with a long.
slightly elastic crumb and crisp.
firm, nutty crust. The moist, soggy
crumb and thin, tasteless, lifeless crust
of American bread IS q disgrace to the
Intelligence of our women Who are
theoretically the bread makers and at
least are the bread buyers. Ia few
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come and set up bakeries one may get
wholesome bread. The prevalent
American complaint, Indigestion or
dyspepsis, would not be so prevalent if
our bread were better. Let any one
take the crum from hot rolls or bis
cults and pinch 1t or roll 1t between
his fingers, it loses all fiber and thread
and becomes like dough so little has it
been acted upon by the heat. 1t Is
practically raw dough with weak
crust. Rarely is any of our bread we'll
baked It is said that in Germany not
only Is bread thoroughly and slowly
baked but it Is not sold until twenty
four hours after it has left the oven, so
suspicious IL the nation of hot, moist
bread. It Ia true that the Americana
travelling In Europe scorn the black
bread of the peasants. 'Pumper-
Nickel, a favorite black rye bread of
sour, but it Is nutritious and digestibie
and we'll baked. Granting pumper-
nickel to be impossible for American
paIates, the finer breads. the white
and the lighter rye and brown breads
are delicious in flavor and texture as
we'll as digest BILE and nourishinR and
every American must acknowledge it
TO be go.
statement to the women OF our land
thai their housekeeping economy Is
threatened by Sis, 900, 900 worth of
trusts which do most greedily consume
the housekeeo funds and wrong
the digessions of her household.
. AIMED beef, tea trusts, canned fruit,
cheese, butter, biscuit and sugar
trusts are cited as her most dreadful
enemies. In fact among the readiest
friends of housekeeper are these
same big manufactures. AS rule q
woman likes to put up her own fruit
And make beef tea fresh from the
beef, but long ago she stopped
putting up vegetables because the
factories could do it so much better.
Oae of the great forward movements
Of this generation has been the man
that have taken much OF the
heavy burden of labor from woman's |
heir own candles and soap, wove their |
carpets aud linen, tended gardens, put |
way their vegetables aud fruits, knit
stockings and patched quilts. They
had to spin, dye and weave as we'll as
make up cloth. They had to milk the
,ows, tend 60 the milk, the milk rooms
Ind to all the utensils and make the
,utter and cheese. These and thou
ands of other manufactures big and
title they had to carry on in their own
homes where today they are done for
actories Dairy products are an ex-
,elIent example. The labor of caring
or COWS aud milk products and of
Keeping dairies clean is as heavy and
'rduous as any that woman ever has to
10 and they are glad
,aopgh not to have to do it.
The big diaries are as rule
steamer and their products more whole
'ome and much cheaper to get than |
,heir multitude of duties. In another
vase, today instead of having to bend
over garden patches wedding, and |
aunting for the omnipresent bugs and |
hen standing over hot stoves and lift |
ug heavy kettles, most OF her garden |
ng, canning and preserving Is done for |
aer by big factories controlled by |
trusts. With her best efforts In the |
winter season her bill of fare would be |
indeed If she could not |
rely on canned vegetables and the |
pickles. sauces, chseses, crackers,
,weets and meats and fishes put up by |
he big companies. The larder of the |
today has thousand |
in it that were impossible to |
her great graudmother-than to the J
big factories which not only bring |
Goods from far away countries to her !
ioor but bring them for q price easily |
within the economy of her good mans |
Trusts are not angels plight, |
put no one ought to be more thank |
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