The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-27
A BREAD TRUST ORGANIZED.
The Combine Incorporated With
$500, 900 Capital


TRENTON, \. J, July with the fl
ing here OF papers OF incorporation for the
National Bread Company is laid the
foundation for what IS understood VIII be-
come a Bread Trust The capital stock Is
fixed at S}gyJ,g1J and is said TO be fully
paid in
According to report. the community pro-
poses first 10 control the bread output
Of New York city. jersey City. and New
ark. and then. # conditions be favorable
it expects TO extend TO Chicago. St Louis
and other important cities Of the United
States Several OF The large bakeries O.
New York, il IS said, already have been
absorbed on a division Of stock basis and
it is added that II The resulting fight for
( control other bakeries VIII be forced INTO
the combination or else suffer through
the usual methods OF competition
The certificate o. Incorporation shows
THAI ex-Judge Augustus Van Wyck ac,ed
as attorney for the new company The
iucorp0rators who. it IS heIie.sd, are
acting In that capacity for prominent n
uauciaI interests. are: Joseph II Strange,
Of Orange, y. J.; Paul F Lorder and
John Joseph Roach. Of Jersey City
Those supposedly having direct COnneC-
ton with the company were disinclined TO
give much information about its objects
a person said to be interested in the
scheme refused 10 say Who is back Of the
company or to name any Of its probable
/ directors.
According 10 him. however, the company
/ was organized for q double purpose-drst,
/ to consolidate all the large baking firms
/ under a parent company. which should
/ divide territory among its members and
so do away with intsr-COmpauy compeUi-
+F1.r 1IF ,7fsT-50-s md sarDud To
( plot a patent bread-making machine
/ which. it is stated, kneads bread without
/ any handling and at the same time in
/ creases the baked loaf 30 per cent in
/ weight over the present one with a given
! quantity Of -four
I The scheme VIII be for the various bak-
/ ing companies 10 give the national com
/ pany a portion OF their stock, said 10 be
large. in return for which they viii gain
the use of the patented machine, which,
( il is asserted does away with about 80
per cent of the labor and viii also be
! given an exclusive territory for the sale
/ OF their variety OF bread, by which they
/ VIII save the cost Of competition IL other
! districts both III haIQIlng and delivering
] their product and IN the waste in the Va
/ rlyus shops. The member companies VIII
/ run under this plan as subsidiary com
/ panies to the parent concern, which VIII
/ get the profits of its portion Of the stock.
J This, however, may be but step TO
J system OF absolute CgltTO! OF the BAKING
! companies by the general corporation,
! which with a start OF a heavy percentage
/ ownership, would be in an excellent posi-
! ton TO acquire a majority holding.
4 question as TO where the bakeries
! would come IN led 10 the explanation that
/ If the baker could take l95 pounds of Hour
O nj with the n=w machine make $50 TO $50
! pounds of bread instead Of only 20
/ pounds, his present product, and could
! save half in men and much in cost of de-
! livery. his balance Of stock would net him
/ more than the whole thing does now
The idea Of pounding an 50 or 50 extra
pounds Of bread into l95 pounds of flour
| led 10 the next question. Just how il was
done the man with the supposedly inside
| Information did not know exactly He
| thought that the new way of making
| bread by pounding il instead of kueading
/ the dough by hand made the gluten alb
SOrh more water and that made u lsr.
heavier. But ~ insisted that il WAS bet
! ter bread. had been tested by eminent
chemists, who had declared il superior to
/ the Old kinds At any rate, he said, il
! was better than handmade bread and he
| thought perhaps the days Of hand-knead-
! ing Were over except for the small baker
/ les The price OF bread would not be af-
/ feCtcd, he briieved-the company would
/ he satisfied with that extra - pounds Of
| weight by way Of profit. Water was APP
| pdrently cheap. from the COmpany's point
! of view.