The Washington herald., 1913-06-05
WRAPPED BREAD
PROVES POPULAR
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the large bakeries offered TO grant the
Increase In wages on condition that
the unionists would promise to oppose
the wrapped-bread bill, which was in
troduced some time ago in Congress.
This agreement was made. and the in
crease was granted. On May IS a cir
cular letter was sent by the Central La
Dor Union to the merchant bakers of
Washington, urging them to oppose the
wrapped-bread bill.
Letter to the bakers.
This letter was as follows
There has been introduced in the SEN
ate of the United States bill, the object
of which is TO have all bread sold in the
District of Columbia wrapped in sealed
paper.
| The Washington Central Labor Union
representing roo trades unionists has
instructed its legislative committee to OPP
pose the passage of this bill as needless
legislation and an unnecessary expense
to the purchaser. who will be compelled
to defray the cost through an added
price in case the bill becomes a law.
We intend to use all honorable means
al our command to prevent the passage
of this bill, and will cooperate with you
to accomplish this result.
I II. however, we 1dl IN our purpose
to defeat this bill, and it ultimately be-
! fully ask that you will wrap the bread
that you sell in paper bearing the label
of the Journeymen Bakers. IL is our
object to work in harmony with the
employers, as we know that better re-
suits will accrue to both the employer
and employe.
We would be pleased to hear from
at
matter. Wishing you success, 1 remain,
Very truly yours. -
John B. CoIpoys. Secretary"
But although most Of the bakers are
opposed to the wrapped bread scheme,
the process WINS forced upon them
when. short time ngo, the General
Baking Company, which includes
among its fundamental policies the
sale of wrapped bread throug bout the
country, announced that beginning
June B ID would introduce the project
In Washington. This forced the other
large bakeries to pursue the same pol
icy in order to offset this move of a
revival to cater to the public demand
some Bread Not Wrapped.
II is understood that the General
Baking Company is placing on the
market more wrapped bread than the
other bakeries combined. but as the
concerns refuse to give out figures
with respect to sales, this rumor can
not he confirmed. None of the firms
is wrapping all of its bread The
General Baking Company is wrapping
a large percentage and expects uIti-
mately to wrap IL all. The Corby
Bros. Bakery is wrapping only a lin
tied amount, and the Havenner Bak-
ing Company is likewise following
this policy. The Holmes Bakery has
had wrapped bread on the market for
several years and intends eventually
to wrap its entire output. Officials of
the bakeries say they are putting out
only small am6unt at first. so as to
feel the puhlic's pulse with respect to
the innovation. II is expected that the
bakeries will fight vigorously against
the compulsory bread wrapping bill
when it comes up for consideration.
and will attempt 10 prove that there
is demand for IL. The Weinberg
Bakery is placing a limited amount OF
the wrapped product on the market
and will increase the output if the de- |
mand warrants IL.
An official Of the Corby Bros. Bak- |
cry said yesterday afternoon that the |
demand was rather light, but that the |
bread had hardly been given n fair I
trial.
We put the bread on the market sole |
" TO meet the demand of those urging |
the wrapped product" he said only |
a small amount of our bread output is !
being wrapped. l am unable TO say how !
many loaves were sold on the opening /
day of the scheme. as the daily report !
is not yet in my hands
l. Rittenhouse. local manager Of the
General Baking Company, stated that his
firm was responsible for the simultane-
1T is our policy the country over"
he said. Ito sell wra pped bread. When
we announced some time ago that we
would introduce this policy here, the
other large bakeries were compelled to
fall in line. 1t would not he polite |
for me to announce the number of
loaves OF bread We sold on the day
which we inaugurated the process but
IL may he of Interest 10 know that
product were disposed of. The gro
GERS are naturally I'm favor Of the In
noVntion, as il saves them the trouble
and expense of attending to the wrap
ping process. Before long we expect
to wrap all of our output"
The greatest demand seems to be in
the Northwest section of the city. The
Southeast ranks second. The demand in
the Northwest and Southwest Is much
nSnter, the grocerS declaring that Gus
toners prefer to purchase the unwrapped
product, so that they can see what
they are getting"
None of the wrappers of the bread now
on the market is marked with the union
label
Grocers Favor scheme.
The sroccrs are almost unanimously
in favor of the wrapped bread scheme.
Il saves them the trouble of perform
ing the process themselves and, Incl
saves them the expense of
The wrapping material, which, in large
groceries. comes to a considerable
amount annually. From hygienIc
as well ms from an eco
homie aspect, the grocers see the nd
Fantages Of the modern sanitary
But the success or failure of the {
depends upon the people ,
themselves and not upon the middle
men. AS to the extent of the demand
II present there is a variance of opin-
on. In some sections the customers
ire enthusiastic over the innovation
md are seeing TO IL that their grocers !
supply them with the wrapped product,
while in other communities the people
ire not thoroughly familiarized with the
process, and are showing some hesitancy
ibout the purchasing of the sealed
lrticle.
AT our store there is only mod .
crate demand for the wrapped prod
let" said one of the officials of the J
irm OF G. G. Cornwell e Son. l415 II 8
street Northwest, when Interviewed