New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-04
LAWS AID TO
CURB FLOUR PRICE
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The CIV were mo,o c~,2nstic yesterday
b. :",'ersr'ng the. prophecy. But they
~. hesitate to begin. some one -
wanted % :ouch the mattel. pTofcrabi"
a Wholesaler. ard he contemplation VII
sproaI all over town within &C."
nodrs. That is What they said.
Meeting Of Protest Planned
Al The same inc sou can near
.umhlings and rumoTs II you listen
Of q possible breac famine OF ~"
East Side. The East Side Protec,i""
Association, with an Office AZ = PCT
S., il planning mas meeting m
Public School !, Just across the S'!ect,
SUNDAY afternoon, TO protest against
the raise in the price o! bread. Aaron
j. Levy. municipal Judge. is rSpvctc
20 preside. and several Representa-
lives. including George W. Lott. Henry
NJ Goldfocic and Daniel RiordaL, arc
expected 20 speak. according to rem
lCsentativcs Of the prOtectiVr society.
At the Offices Of The society YOU ma"
rear OF he criminal act OF the ba-
terg in taking the blood money' from
the poor by advancing the Dr'c" o.
bread There are reports that "thous-
ands of barrels" Of four are be'1H
held beck for Ton prizes By The larger
bakers. and therein driving the small.
fellow out Of business.
1t was explained, however. TIN; ne
mass meeting VI, irterdcd TO augmer'
the growing sentiment against the
prlce Of bread generally, and t. seek
suggestions for possible legislation at
Washington and Albany which would
tend TO relieve the 'l'L"t:un.
Rig Firms Nav Balk Rise
Hugo Fredericks, president Of the
Wholesale Bakers Association. de-
clared YESTERDAY that the advance 10
6-cent bread was imminent. He admit
ted, however. that he didn't know who
was going 10 start the movement, and
that all the bakers, wholesale and re-
tail, were waiting Tor some one to take
the initiative. Two reasons we're as
cribed Yesterday for this spirit of hes
itancv. One is that the members OF
the Wholesale and retail associations
fear that the large independent firms.
such as the Ward Baking Company and
the Shuts Company, will not follow
suit.
The other reason is that no concert
ed action can he taken eXpediently by
either association, as the inference
would naturally follow that an agree
ment existed among the bakers which
might be interpreted a. an act OF con-
spiracy TO Ak the price. The bakers
organizations are not inclined to firt
with the District Attorney in that
manner.
Representatives of the large indc-
pendent firms have declared that they
felt the advance had to come. and in
timated that they would act with the
ether bakers and advance the price
when the tine came.
IL was estimated on the Produce EX-
change yesterday that on March | there
will be on the farms l70,000.000 bushels
of wheat. Last year at that time there
were l5l 100000 bushels. II was esti-
mated that the present surplus export
crop amounted to 10000 900 bushels, of
which 250.000,000 had already been
shipped. This would leave 100000
bushels which can be exported before
encroaching upon the necessary home
crop.
Shipments at present are being made
at the rate of about ! 100000 bushels
day. which means that the available
crop for expectation would be exhaust
ed in forty days. The exportablc Ar
gentine crop was said to be about 90
001. 900 bushels, which is expected 70
relieve the situation IN this country
little. The lack of shipping facilities
was the only thing that prevented
larger shipments abroad it was said.
Flour Dealer Blames Farmers.
d. G.. Van Dusen. a large flour dealer
on the exchange. said:
THE high price Of wheat -four is not
caused by speculation. but by the farm
ers. particularly in the Southwest. hold
ing out for better prices. This is
pr we'd BY the fact that all the visible
supply is being bought up as fast as it
appears. The holding back by the
farmers, however, is preventing still
higher prices. for if they let it go it
would be purchased by foreign buyers
at much higher prices. The bakers are
fully warranted in raising the price Of
bread at this time"
The threatened increase in the price
o. bread in Newark went into effect
Yesterday. Most OF the small bakers OF
that city announced an advance of one
cent a loaf, while others admitted they
had cut the weight of their losves three
ounces. Representatives of the large
wholesale bakeries declared they had
no. ;rrroaSed thpir nrices