Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24

| stated that his sales of bread this morning
dropped off fully 20 per cent; another salo
about Is per cent and several others gave
| the decrease of sales as ten loaves In a
hundred.
The remarks made by some of the Gus
| toners of 10th street store when they
were required to pay the additional penny
on each loaf of bread they purchased tooay
were varied and picturesque as the deal
er described them and some were In IAN
guage which is unprintable.
Everything has gone up but wages,
said one man.
First an advance in the price of coal,
next of meat. now bread has gone up. ana
milk will follow, they say.
Other remarks of a like tenor Indicate
that the consumers of bread have not &C
copied the advance in the price of bread
without protest, but as housekeeper ex-
pressed it:
What redress have we? We must have
bread to sustain life. 1t is necessity-an
absolute one.
Another remarked that the rise in the
price of bread would work the greatest
hardship to the poor of Washington wneri
the snow flies next winter, and wnen out
of-door work is generally suspended. Inc
speaker added asa fact that the luxuries;
such as cakes and pies. for instance. had
not advanced in price with the necessities
such as loaf bread, buns and biscuits
Views of Baker.
a leading baker, discussing the situation
today, stated that there is no relief in sight
until the next wheat crop is harvested. He
was decidedly pessimistic as to the outlook
and indicated that 1.-THE end is not yet as
the price might be further advanced during
the winter.
SHOULD the lion of England grapple with
the Russian bear as a result of the firing
on the English fishing vessels by the car
Baltic squadron, reported TINS morning, ne
said. "you may look for bowling prices lot
bread. Even now the war in the far east Is
having it's effect on our wheat supply
Russia is a great wheat-producing coun-
try, but the peasants who cultivate anu
harvest the CROPS are being drafted into
the cars armies in large numbers and the
crops will be correspondngly decreased
Should England become involved in the IN
ternational fracas, bread might take q
iump to 10 cents per loaf, and even event.
ually go higher.
I'VE are selling bread at just as low a
nrice now as we possibly can at the ruling
price of flour and labor III we solo IL d. q
lower rate it would be at a loss to us, ana
I want to say that hOuSekeeperS CANNOT
make bread at their homes as cneapiiy as
they can buy it. even at y cents ioaI.
The bakeries will not be able TO note az
curately the decrease in the sales or bread
as a result of the advance In price, ~ 10
stated until their drivers nave maue 'Il '.o
reports tomorrow. In the meantime 81
GERS arc said to be giving their orders ior
larger supplies of corn meal ana 0.ne.
commodities which can be possibly ut1iizeu
as substitutes for bread, wholly OF III d
measure. IL, 49, nd
vance in the price of bread, which went up
to 6 cents a loaf this morning, that .Ie
Accent loaf which was sold mere by cel.ai i
small bakers is now thing OF the pas
The nrincipal cause of this is said TO pe
recent raids made by the health autn0 ,,
ties as well as the high price OF nour. nv
inspectors found in some instances th'tt .Iie
4-cent loayes weighed two ounces, IN soihs