Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-28
Views of Citizens.

Views of Citizens.
The Evening Star has received many COM
munications from business men and SUBJ
scribers, who give their views on the bread
question One who signs himself Wheat
Bread says:
II have noted that the majority of bakers,
-four dealers and others interested have
stated that barrel of -four will or should
Weld 26O loaves of bread. Now, If the bak-
ers will be able to make a good profit at
those figures will Messrs. Corby Bros. give
their net profits on barrel of flour out of
which they claim to make 800 loaves of
bread as shown by sworn statement as pub
lished by Gait Co., the agents of the
-four The grocer with whom 1 buy my
daily morning bread informed me that
Corby only Joined the other bakers under
protest and against his will-but he joined
just the same.
| "WilI Messrs. Corby Bros give the ex-
pense attending the making and baking of
a barrel of Ceres flour yielding 800 loaves
| of bread showing their profits, as against
| the profits of the other bakers whose bar
rel yields go loaves? It's up to them.'
G. Rupert of 22d and G streets north
bread business, writes in a somewhat diff
ferent vein. After saying that he is no
| longer in the bread business, he says:
when l was baking bread ten years back
! we rever used milk sugar or lard, and
always had a good, wholesome loaf fit for
| royalty. We delivered our bread in the
| morning and received payment then from
| the stores and private families who were
our customers. Now the poor drivers have
| to go over the same route twice, once to
deliver and once to collect. This is plain
| talking Who is to blame for all this
double expense for lard, sugar and milk
which are now used to make a toothsome
loaf of bread. and for the time lost to go
over the routes to collect But the pnhIic
is used to so many different kinds of brea d
| they must have them while good, old-fash-
Toned bread has no show at ALL"
Mr.. Rupert. however, thinks that there
should not be more kicking against 6-cent
bread than against higher prices for eggs
butter and other foodstuffs.
Declares Increase Not Justified.
One consumer spoke to a reporter as fol-
lows: su0n
Being a bread winner, have followed
this bread question most carefully, and in
spite of the many arguments and the great
array of figures produced by the trust
bakers. 1 am convinced that the increase
in the price of bread is justified by the in
crease in the price Of flour. MANY OF INV
friends, also bread winners, say the same
thing.
THAT collection of figures furnished NV
Earnshaw IL Leary and published in The
Star yesterday was extremely interesting. It
certainly does show that there has been an
increase of 81. 80 per barrel in the price Of
flour since October %. 1902 ~
1--WE might go back hundred wears or
more and produce figures to show that the
present price of flour Is a decrease instead
of an increase.
There is another statement the bakers
make. and It appears that they are foolish
enough to think the public believes them.
They say that IN their big up-to-date plants,
chinery, and with their facilities for buying
-four by the car loads, It cost them rnore
to make a loaf OF bread than it costs the