The Washington times., 1910-09-17
Robert L. Corby, of Wash
ington, Reads Interesting
Paper to Delegates.
EXPLAINS PROJECT
" TO RAISE STANDARD
Says INSTRUMENTATION of Bread
Danger Should Be Entirely
Eliminated.

BALTIMORE. Md. Sept. I7.-Mem-
| bers Of the National Association Of
/ Master Bakers, who have been In
| convention IN Baltimore since Mon
day last, left for their homes today.
| after the largest and most success
fui meeting in the history of the as
ISOLATION.
At the closing meeting yesterday,
Robert L. COrby, of Washington, read
one of the most interesting papers
/ of the convention on ~Bread-makinE
70 please the PUBLIC, by practical
| and scientific baker"
Mr. Corby's article brought about
/ a discussion on the question of stand
| arcizatiOn Of baking materials. which
/ questions before the association dur
/ ing the coming year.
Corby's Address.
Speaking Of the Importance of haH-
[ ing everything done in a scientific
and hygienic manner. Nr. Corby said:
The baker must produce bread
/ that has an appetizing appearance,
I being clean and tasty, free from those
acid, gaseous OdOrs which are gen
orally brought about by Overfermen-
I tatiOn and are not uncommon 10 a
large number Of breads. I believe
I that Overfermentation Of bread dough
1 has done more to retard the sale and
demand for bakers bread than all
other causes combined
I am in favor Of stsndardizing all
I the materials used in bTead-msktng. and
would suggest that before the COnven-
| ton adiOurns Il appoint committee to
| investigate and formulate standards for
materials used BY the bakers OF this
organization
7 should say that bread-making 10
please the public Is a combination Of
many questions, and few are as fol-
I lows: Uniform good, sound, sweet. at
tractiFe bread, produced by the use Of
the highest grade Of materials and a
! thorough knowledge OF methods. and
/ application Of methods. known 10 give
I the desired results. determined BY IN
limited amounts Of fermentation"
Discussion Follows.
A spirited discussion followed the
/ reading OF Mr.. Corby's paper. and.
after a large number q master bakers
had expressed their views on the mat
Ter OF standard zatiol, IL Was9decided
/ 20 refer the matter TO the executive
! committee OF the organization, with
orders TO Investigate and report to the
/ Washing toaian. Mrs Amy c. RansOme.
I which VIII be held ia Kansas City, No,
/ in October Of next year.
| Another important paper read at
! the convention was prepared by a
/ ashiE gtoniaR. Mrs Amy c. Ransome.
/ II was read BY Mrs Theodore Cole
l This paper provoked lively discussion
/ Of several important points in connec-
/ ton with the production, handling,
/ being the use Of alum in the loaves-
/ The use OF this chemical was Instant
y denied BY many delegate Never
tIon-
Methods of Baking.
Its subject was The Relation Of the
/ Housewife to the Baker" and it con-
I tanned a heart-to-heart talk with the
/ baker delegates about their methods
/ Their system OF distributing bread
was severely arraigned as unsanitary
! and dangerous Sending out unwrap-
4 red bread IN the hands of a none-to-
I then the writer Of the paper had some
| critical remarks TO make about en-
| plOyes licking labels to stick on
/ bread
Bakers Favored
! The delegates popped up in lively
1 order to deny that the labels are
licked on They said that they are
. simply laid on the bread. and Just
/ naturally stick in the oven.
/ Mrs RaresOme's paper was devoted
/ particularly TO the analysis OF an in
I yesugattOn made OF the attitude OF
L housewives to bakers bread Sixty OF
/ these indispensable creations. the paper
said. were questioned, and of this num-
] Der the jority were In favor of home
3 made bread
This condition, 1t was admitted, was
/ largely due TO the pride Of the house
/ wife in keeping up bread-making ira
ditionS that have passed down from one
generation to another The tendency to
use bakers bread, however, il was said.
/ increases southwark. the explanation
/ offered being the inefRciency of cOIored
/ CO ~ 80 making
Six out Of sixty" read Mrs. Ravesome,
| "a, ". el.5Ie 10 bakers bread because
/ Of the uniformity Of the product. the IN
certainty of kitche- heiD I'D % -
( ing Of heat and labor made possible By
| its use
a source Of dislike to the bakers
= brpveIv lis the
handling Of the unwrapped bread in d.
COGnter by middle
mem At rural railway station in trans
Ter from train to delivery wagon, and
/ in dumb walters IN apartment houses
/ where 1t frequently rests on garbage
cans on its way TO the purchaser Il
I Is evident that bread to be satisfactory
10 the housewife must be handled in A
cleanly manner at bakeries from start
to finish and wrapped there before trans
! poTtatiOn-
One Cuts Of Crust.
''Fifty-three objected to UNFRAMED
bread, only two stating that there was
no serious objection If delivered in clean
/ baskets. One did not urge wrapping
bread because wrapping had increased
/ the price, and consequently added hard
ships to those less able to bear hard
ships, for it IS pointed out that the
largest users of bakers bread are poor.
OverwOrked women One replied that
/ she never thought OF using bakers
bread without cutting of all the crust,