The Washington times., 1913-02-20

clared that they would put me out of
business in five days
AT the present time the bread We are
putting out for three cents loaf,
wholesale, is the equal Of the bread put
out by these larger bakers for four
cents and sold to the consumers for five
cents. L have never restricted any one
as to the price at which he should
sell my bread
Mr.. Dorsch said that he supplied the
Sanitary Grocery Company, the Con-
sumers' League, Enrich Beef Company
and Frank Mace, four of his largest
customers.
B. s. Graves, manager for the Haven
ner Bakery Company, said today that
his company had put out a new loaf Of
bread for a less price than that for
which they had formerly sold their
bread. This was done to meet a GER
tain class of trade which We could not
reach before he said.
Many people want a loaf smaller
than the one formerly sold for 5 cents
We have given them this smaller loaf.
The new loaves are lighter In weight.
We. are selling them for cents, whole
sale: and they contain about s cents
I'VE began to put out these smaller
loaves Tuesday. Thus far there has
been but little demand for the smaller
loaves. We still sell larger loaves for
cents each.''
A comparison of the scent sizes and
the smaller loaves showed that the S
cent loaves weight sixteen ounces. The
smaller loaves weighed thirteen ounces.
Casual examination disclosed no differ
ence in quality.
Charles ]. Corby, manager of Corby
Bros, bakers, was reported out Of the
city, and no one in the Office would
give out any Information.
No Standard Size Loaf.
1t was reported that NJ Holzbeierlein.
baker. had refused to reduce the price
OF bread in any way. and that he in
tended to make large loaf Of bread,
weighing eighteen ounces, to sell for 5
cents. Mr.. Holzbeierlein was sick in
bed and could not be seen today, but a
woman. who said she was Mrs. Holz-
beierlein, confirmed the report that the
bakery would make no reduction in
price or size of loaves. She declared
that her husband had been asked by
some Of the larger bakers" to make
certain changes IN the size of loaves Of
bread. and to sell a Scent loaf Mr..
Holzbeierlein had refused to do this. she
said.
Edward G. Yonker, manager of the
Sanitary Grocery Company, said the re-
duction in price Of bread was simply an
attempt to meet the competition of his
company. I'VE commenced to put out
bread at cents a loaf. three loaves for
been the object Of attack ever since.
In spite of this our brsed business in
creased 500 per cent during the past
eighteen months, ... 49,.
THE quality of bread we have been
putting out has been similar to that sold
by the big bakers for cents. yet we
sold it for cents. The recent rcduc-
ton Is merely an indication that they
could not compete with us.
There Is no standard size loaf of
bread nor any standard of quality
Some years ago, 1 understand, there |
were laws Covering these things. At
present each baker makes a loaf Of !
bread as good as he can for the money |
and continue to make the profit he
thinks he should have
Irwin Rittenhouse, manager for the
General Baking Company. said today
that his company had refused to reduce
continue to sell as before. I'VE cannot
make as good a loaf of bread as We
are now making for a less price, said
Mr. Rittenhouse. ''The new loaves be-
ing put out by some OF the other bakers
are OF less weight than those formerly
sold for 5 cents, and are. Of course, of
less weight than those we are selling. |
do not think the reduction in price or
the sale of the smaller loaves viii
affect the market very much The |
smaller loaves are not up to the stand |
ard we have maintained. and we do not [,
think Il wise to compete for the trade |
isfy.''
Fred Stohlman, manager OF Stohl- |
mans bakery, could not be reached to-
day.