The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-12
JOBB|NG PRICE UP
BUT RETAIL SAME
Wholesale Price of Bread In.
creased to Four Cents
Per Loaf.
COOKIES ALSO AFFECTED
LOCAL BAKERS HAVE ISSUED 4
STATEMENT TO RETAIL oRoc
Frs OF THE CITY EXPLAINING
THEIR ACTION.
COOKIES ALSO AFFECTED

Although the wholesale price Of
bread will be raised from 3l5 cents to
4 cents loaf by the bakeries OF the
city. taking effect next Monday. the
dealers state that their prices will re-
main the same. The wholesale price
of jelly-cake, cookies. sheet layer and
strip cakes is also to be raised. but
the retail price will remain the same.
according to the dealers.
Onicials Of the baking companies
claim that the raise was necessary in
order that they make any profit. The
high price of wheat and -four IL large
ly responsible. However. other ingred
tents used by the bakeries. such as
eggs and the like. are also very high
for this season OF the year.
1t was at first believed by the bakers
that the price OF wheat would drop.
but now from all appearances, 1t looks
as though it would remain at its pres
ent high rate. While the bakers had
enough -four on hand to run several
weeks when the price first started up
ward, not so much thought was given
the matter until their supply ran short
and the necessity Of purchasing more
become apparent.
Issue a Statement.
The statement issued by the baker.
les to the dealers is as follows:
To the Retail Grocers OF Richmond
The Bakers Of the City Of Richmond
have for a number Of years been nam.
| ing a price on their product that ad-
mitted Of a profit only under the most
favorable conditions.
The flour situation in this country
has got to a point where there seems
to be no time at which a reasonable
profit can be made in selling bread Al
the prices that have heretofore pre-.
vailed.
Right at this time the situation ha<
become SO acute We have found 1t I.
impossible to maintain the prices w
have been naming. and effective Mon.
day. June 14th. the price Of bread t.
the retail grocer will be four cents pei
loaf The retail price will be fve cents
per loaf straight. and no bread will b.
sold six leaves for a quarter.
In the past the cake business ha:
also been conducted in Richmond with
out any profit to the baker. and In
fact. at a loss during a considerable
part of the year.
The material entering into the com
position of good cake. such as eggs
butter and -four. is as every one
knows. very high, and it is impossible
to bake a cake and sell it at the price
We have been selling and live. There
fore, effective Monday, June 18th. tht
price on Sheet Layer and Strip cake!
will be eight cents. Jelly rolls eight
cents and Cookies eight cents per doz
en- or sixty-fve cents per hundred
We will all try to make as good 4
| loaf of bread as We know how. and
to give you something that will salts.
fy your customers, and a sized Loaf
commensurate with the price paid
| 1t is absolutely impossible tonly un
| der the most favorable conditionsb &c
scale a loaf of bread small enough Il
| sell at the old price. and yield a pro
At to the Baker. A leaf scaled in this
manner. at this time. would be sc
small it would not be entitled to the
name.
! Hoping that you will appreciate on,
| position, and with kindest regards
we are.
| Yours very truly.
| JOHN BAYER.
RICHMOND BAKING co
JOHN ZWISSLER,
PETER HUSSON,
IKE MEYERS
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