The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-20
PETITIONS BEING CIRCULATED BY
 BAKERS OF CITY
Securing Endorsements of Their Plea-Citizens Write Weatherly-Interesting
 Letter from Fulghum

Petitions are still being circulated, 1t IS stated, by the bakers of the city asking that the city commission amend or repeal the bread ordinance compelling them to make a 14-ounce loaf. They state they will have to decrease the loaf size or in- crease the price. and prefer to decrease the loaf.
 This move is opposed by City Commis- sioner Weatherly, who states as his belief that the public must be safeguarded and
 the only way to do so is to have n stand ard sized loaf and then the bakers can charge for 1t what they please, the same as d grocer charges more or less for su- gar, instead of decreasing the amount
 which goes to make up a pound. Several letters have been received from view. One Of these is given below from A. w. Fulghum;
 Hon. James Weatherly:
 As you have invited the consumers of
 bread to express their opinion as to re- ducng the weight of loaf of bread or | raising the price, I herewith give you my views on same. There must be reason
 able profit on IA ounce loaf of bread sold by the baker to the retailer at say 1 cents. and by the retailer to the con | sumer at cents. l am an old man now, but well remember when the baker would exchange a pound loaf of bread for a l pound of flour. "As l understand it. the standard weight of loaf of bread as required by city ordinance Is II ounces. The baker
 may make up l4 ounces of dough and call
 weigh the IA ounces after baking and
 drying out a few hours Let the law be enforced requiring a standard loaf of II ounces and severe penalty for violation When it is up to the baker to make his bread of a standard weight as required by ordinance 1t will also be up to the baker to fix his price to the retailer and the retailer to his customers. The retail price, of course, would be based on cost One cent a loaf should be good profit for | cash. but this will be regulated by com petition.
 Now speaking of cash the writer
 and his family adopted this plan some- time ago. Not dollars worth of gro- ceries have come into my house but what has been paid for in cash and find that
 our saving has been fully 10 per cent, besides at least another 10 per cent in quantity bought, naturally we buy just what we want no more. so there Is little waste. Now as to the pennies: A 6-cent, or 9-cent article Is usually sold at 10 cents or three for quarter leIf we only want one We get one, and pay for it at l. 6 or whatever the cash price is, and then the competition. You
 would be surprised at the large number
 of first-class grocery and produce stores
 being established all over the city
 Look at the Friday papers and see the
 numerous cash bargains advertised by the
 cash stores. You would be also surprised
 to see the crowds of people taking advan-
 tage of these low cash prices. These
 times in my humble opinion. are teaching
 economy as well as the saving habit
 something that the people of our city are
 just beginning to learn, for I really be-
 lieve there is not city in this country that is near the size of ours that does, or
 has been doing for years the credit busi-
 ness that the city of Birmingham does
 Why not buy our bread like we do sugar
 coffee, rice. potatoes. flour, meal, etc,
 by weight, pay for what we get and be
 sure to get what we pay for. Very re- spectfully. A. w. FULGHtrAY T