The Washington herald., 1913-06-20
WRAPPED BREAD
HARD TO OBTAIN
Many Stores Do Not Handle
Product at All, and Others
but Few Loaves.
COMPLAINTS ARE MADE
Only Small Percentage Of Some
Bakeries Is Being Wrapped
BY Makers
COMPLAINTS ARE MADE

Persons interested In The washington
Herald's crusade for wrapped bread are
aroused over their inability 10 purchase
any quantity Of tbs wrapped bread which
several Of the local bakeries are now
placing on the market
1t In absolutely impossible to purchase
the sanitary product at many of the
stores in various sections of the city,
and where 1t is sold so few loaves ara
kept on hand that many persons who
would buy them were they on display
are forced to forego the benefits derived
from the use of the sealed product.
From careful investigation of the
bread situation in all sections of tina
city, II Is found that this situation a
especially true with respect to the bread
put on the market by the Corby Brothers
BAKERY. This bakery. which 10 one of the
largest in the city, has been advertising
extensively Of late. scattering broadcast
the impression that IL Is the pioneer In
the bread-wrapping movement and that
Tor the purpose Of catering TO public de-
mand II Is now furnishing large supplies
Of the sanitary product
Statements have been published in ad-
vertisements to the effect that sales of
the wrapped bread put out by the partic-
ular company have been enormous. In
terviews with officials of the BAKERY
reveal the fact that only a small percent
age OF the bread output Il being wrapped
This amounts to only a few hundred
loaves daily. The result is that, al
though the bakery claims to be sending
out vast quantities OF wrapped bread
to all sections Of the city, IN reality 1t is
leaving merely a few leaves at only 4.
"a rrha
At the Center Market on Saturdays the
situation is well illustrated. It has been
almost impossible to purchase wrapped
bread at any of the stands.
Unable to Buy IL.
A resident Of the Northwest section of
the city who Is intensely interested IN
The Herald's campaign. recently asked
for wrapped bread at his regular grocer's,
but was told It was not sold there.
Corby's Bakery was called on the tele-
phone and inquiry was made as to why
1t was impossible to buy the wrapped
product at the store In question.
I'VE will send as many loaves as YOU
want 10 your house at once" suggested
the employee
That's not what I want" responded
the customer. Il want to get the bread
at my corner grocery, SO that I shall
meet with no Inconvenience"
Inc Corpy company Is not the origina-
tor Of the wrapped bread movement. II
was the General Baking Company that
first announced several weeks ago that
it would introduce its wrapped bread
policy in the District The bakery did
not reach this decision because OF the
growing demand for wrapped bread, but
solely because Of the national policy of
the big corporation As a result Of this
the Corby Brothers bak-
cry, together with several others, were
forced to place the wrapped article on
the market in order to enter into COM
petition.
Many persons think that the bak-
cries purpose placing only a small
quantity of wrapped bread on the mar
ket. so as to make II appear that the
demand is small and that the people
generally are not clamoring for 10.
Such action would be a move to defeat
the bill now before Congress provid-
ing for the compulsory wrapping of
bread in the District.