The Washington herald., 1913-06-21
WRAPPED BREAD
Law PROBABLE
Senator MeCumber, Father
Of the Measure, Is En-
thusiastic.
NO OPPOSITION IS KNOWN
Only Small Quantity Of Article, Paper
Covered, Is Offered for
Sale Now.
NO OPPOSITION Is KNOWN


The passage OF the bill providing for
the compulsory wrapping of bread in
the District is virtually assured. in the
opinion of Senator J. McCumber Of North
Dakota. author Of the measure.
The enactment Of the bill will be the
crowning elimination of The Washing
tol Herald's long fight for the placing
of the sanitary product on the market.
Senator McCumber is enthusiastic over
the question OF wrapped bread. and Is
especially desirous that his bill become
law as soon as possible.
II see not the slightest possible objec-
tfon to the proposed measure, said the
Senator last night. There has not yet
come to my ears the slightest opposition
to the enactment Of the bill. The propo-
sition is an admirable one, whichever
way you look at. 1t. The wrapping OF
the article would protect the consumer
from filth and germs. and would in
manner prevent the spreading OF infec-
tious diseases.
Viewed from the standpoint OF the
baker, 1 see not the least objection to
the bill. The bakers cannot say the
wrapping OF the product imposes any
unjust burden upon them. for the cost
OF adopting the process is an insigniti-
cant one. The cost at most would not
exceed penny on 100 loaves.
Because of this fact there would be
no grounds for the reduction OF the size
of the loaf Although uniformity in the
size of loaves is another matter, 1 Will
saw frankly that / do not think the en-
actment OF the bill would cause the
bakers to decrease the size OF the
product.
MY attention has been called to the
| fact that some of the bakers now placing
wrapped bread on the market have
slightly decreased the size of their
loaves, but If this is SO i have been
unable as yet to detect It, We use the
wrapped product at our household ex-
clusively."
Bill Is Indorxed.
Senator McCumber has received many
letters from washingtonians indorsing
the bill and thanking him for introduc-
ing il. The District Commissioners have
approved the measure and will urge its
adoption. Col Haskell, Superintendent
of WEIGHTS and Measures, has also in
dorsed the bill. The Senator says that
he has not yet heard a single word
against the bill.
The text Of the bill is as follows:
1T shall be unlawful for any person,
1
manufacture or baking of bread to be
sold for food in the District OF Colum-
bia to remove such bread from the build
ing in which II Is baked or manufactured
before inclosing II in a suitable sanitary
wrapper or package that will protect II
from dust, insects, or other contamina-
ton. Provided. That 1t shall be unlaw
full for any dealer or other person to
sell. deliver. or cause to be delivered in
the District of Columbia any bread in
tended to be used as food unless the
same is inclosed in a suitable sanitary
wrapper or package that will protect II
from dust. insects. or other contamina-
ton, and any person who shall violate
the provisions of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction
thereof for each offense, shall be fined
not to exceed 800. or imprisoned not to
exceed three months, or both, in the
discretion of the court"
Five local bakeries are at present
placing on the market small quantities