Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-27
WAsHINGToN c THURSDAY OCTOBER

| defense of his product that 1t contained
more nutrition than the machine made
bread ard more nearly approached the
| homemade article In quality and appear
ance.
The article in The Star yesterday was
all right, said Mr.. klenk a small baker
and stated the conditions fairly"
Mr.. klenk has always sold his bread, he
says, at cents a loaf.
Figures Showing Increase in Price.
In an interview late yesterday afternoon
Mr.. r. ]. Earnshaw, member of the firm of
Earnshaw & Leary, millers' agents and
commission merchants, and also owners of
the Boston Baking Company gave to a
Star reporter figures which show the in
crease in the price of flour as handled by
this firm from October D. 1902, to the pres
ent month. They are copied from a record of
sales which the firm has consummated with
various large merchants as the agent of a mill
In North Dakota and in every instance the
record shows the flour to have been of the
same grade, and the conditions of sale the
same. The figures are interesting not only
because they show the gradual increase, but
also the fluctuations in the price. The price
per barrel on the dates given is as follows:
October % 1902, A.05; October %, 1902
s4.15; November 10. 1902, $40; November
u, 1902, $25; December Is. 1902 81 20: De-
cember 30 1902 S4.15; April I, 1903. $40;
May ., 1903. s4.15; July s. 1893 s445; Sep
tember Z, 1903. s4.75; October Q. 1893 s46J:
November 8, 1903. 81. 40: December 10. 1908:
$4.70; January II. 1904, $3.50; January -,
1904. s4.95; February 4, 1904, $40; February
II, 1904 $5.25; March ). 1904, s.. 40; April IA.
1904, $3.50; April -, 1904. $40; May %,
1904, s5.13; June IA, 1904, s5.O5; July IL,
1904, s. 40; August 2, 1904, 1925; August "a,
1904, $6 10; September 1. 1904, $3.50; Septem-
Der %, 1904, $3.50; October u, 1904, els;
October %, 1904, $40.
Believes Public Has Wrong Idea.
''1haSe
self. show the actual increase in the price"
said Mr.. Earnshaw. land they will be con-
firnaed by Gait & Co, flour merchants of
this city, and others whom l know /
think the public has got wrong idea of
the present state of the market
Mr.. Earnshaw also referred to the reports
In The Star since Monday of the falling off
in the sales of bread
Il confess" he said. that We did sell
much less bread or the first two days after
the increase of one cent on a loaf There
was falling off of about 121s per cent ON
Monday, the first day. But this was re-
duced to about 10 per cent Tuesday. and to
per cent today wednesday,. We are
gradually getting back to our normal
sales.'
Mr.. Schulteis Gives Figures
"The Washington bakers are justified in
demanding an advance of / cent loaf on
their bread said Mr.. Albert Schulteis one
Of the largest flour handlers in the Dis
trict, land / will give you figures that
don't lie to prove my assertion. We will
| take the month of October. 1902, as the
low-water mark and October % Qast Tues
day., as the high-water mark in the price
of -four. Between the dates named the ad-
vance in the price of flour per barrel has
been $265. This means an increase In the
cost of bread production of cent a loaf in
| the matter of flour alone, as a barrel OF
flour should yield 2S5 loaves. This, In my
opinion, is ample justification for the ad
vance in the price of bread from to q
cents, and from to 8 cents in the case of
the former 4-cent loaves."
l It was also the opinion of Mr.. Schulteis
I that IL the price Of bread is forced down
| to a rate lower than that now charged 1t
would result in forcing many of the small
bakers out of business. In substaniiatIon
of his statements Mr.. Schulteis furnished
the following figures. showing the increase
| in the price of flour, per barrel. from Oc-
tober, 1902 when the figure was SO. 75. The
first increase was IN December 1902, when
the price was $3.50. This rate continued IN
force until May, 1903, when the price ad-
vanced to $3.50. The succeeding advances
In 1903 were: In June, to 81; July, $40;
August September and October, the same;
November. $430 and at the close of the
year, in December, the rate was $3.50.
Advances in Present Year.
As shown by Mr.. Schulteis figures, the
advances In the present year have been:
January, $4.6O per barrel; February, $3.50;
March. So; April, s5.05; May, $50. In June
there was a drop in the price from $50 70
$3.50. In July the figure had advanced 10
So; August 10. to $3.50, and August %, -
SO. The next advance was on September 90.
when the price quoted was $6.10. The next
| jump was October 20, when the price
went to $3.50, and on October %, to S6.4O
Baker Demands Jury Trial.
An information was filed in the Police
Court several days ago against Louis Sachs,
who conducts a bakery at 632 street
| northwest, alleging that he had violated
! the provisions of the law respecting short
weight bread. 1t was alleged that the
police and a representative of the sealer of
weights and measures found fifty short
weight loaves of bread In the defendants
| bakery. The presence of the alleged short
weight bread in the bakery the prosecution
contends. is offer of sale under the law.
Attorney TObriner appeared for Mr.. Sachs
and demanded jury trial. He said he
would reserve the right to withdraw the
| plea as he would probably attack the infor-