The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-20
FIND 100000
5 CENT LOAVES
ON SALE HERE
Inspectors Report That Al
most 1000 Bakers Have
Not Raised Price.
LETTER TO TESTIFY:
PERKINS TAKES HAND

100 bakers, with ovens having a daily
capacity OF 700. 900 loaves. who are re-
failing white bread Mt 3 cents for a loaf
averaging from eleven and one-half to
fourteen ounces in weight. according
TO reports made to Joseph Hartigan.
Commissioners Of Weights and Measures.
by his inspectors In the last three days.
There are, furthermore. 200 bakers,
With a daily oven capacity OF $4,000
caves, who are retailing loavee OF prac-
tically the same average weight at =
cents n loaf.
About 200 individuals. firms and
companies are In the business OF bak-
ng bread, the big companies supplying
he bulk OF the breao which il sold
over the counters of grocery and delica-
lessen stores, where, as a rule, 8 cent
bread now prevails.
The general welfare committee or the
Board of Aldermen, to which Alderman
Frank Dowling's proposed ordinance NIX
ing the pound avoirdupois as the weight
of a sta nda- "a loaf OF bread was referred.
discussed the Measure yesterday after
noon, Commissioner Hartigan suggested
that the ordinance be amended so as
10 provide for q standard loaf OF twenty
eight ounces and for one or fourteen
ounces, each with a tolerance OF 10
per cent. to allow for s~hrinkage. The
purpose of the two standard loaves. Mr..
Hart!gan explained. was to prevent
any serious inconvenience among bakers
who arc now baking two sizes. known
generally as 8 cent and 10 cent loaves.
Standards to Conform.
The Commissioners inspectors have
found that "a ) cent loa, averages from
IL to "A ounces. and a 10 cent loaf
from 90 to IS ounces. II n standard loaf
Is fixed at l6 ounces. he said, with the
arbitrary fixing OF sizes OF loaves in
nalf. ~three-quarter. double. triple, quad
ruple, auintuple and seNtuple. bakers
would be put to great expense In chang
ing their baking pans. In fixing the
standard weight OF loaves to conform
with the so-called 8 and 10 cent sizes.
he said, there could not be any objec-
ton on the part OF honest bakers.
Mr.. Hartigsn advised against the
marking of the weight on a loaf. saving
that seven-eighths OF the people wouldn't
look at the weight label. but insisted
that each loaf sold should bear the
name and address of the maker.
A public hearing on the ordinance
will take place in tho Aldermantc cham
Der next Wednesday afternoon NJ :
o'clock.
Commissions Hartigan's inspectors
IHn dCToSr d iotl '" - ''
which contains IA crystalline substance
with the appearance of sand. The loaf
was sent to the Board OF Health for
analysis.
Inspectors got I'VE cases where bread
labelled as we Ching 90 ounces weighed
In the n~eighborhood of 16 ounces. The
bakers will be prosecuted through the
police courts for violating a city ordi-
nance in delivering a quantity smaller
thar asserted.
Deputy Acknowledgement Becker said
last night that Joseph Letter, who failed
IN his sensational attempt to corner
wheat in ls9S. had promised TO testify
next Friday at the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
investigation into wheat, -four and bread
prices. Mr.. Becker had n long talk
with Mr.. Letter at Washington yester-
day, during which Mr.. Letter said he
thought the high prices Of bread were
due mainly 10 natural conditions and
only partly to artificial causes. Mr..
Becker conferred also with officials OF
the Department OF Agriculture.
Assistant District Attorney William
A. De Ford and Deputy Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Aaron y Colnon were
assigned Yesterday by District Attorney
Perkins TO work In association with
Deputy Acknowledgement Alfred l..
Becker in the prosecution OF the bread
price inquiry.
Looks Into Testimony.
MFR. De Ford has read the transcript, OF
the testimony taken at the Attorney
Generals investigation, in which II was
alleged tina a driver for the Ward
Baking Company instructed storekeep-
ers TO sell bread at 6 cents a loaf. Mr..
De Ford said that he Will ind out what
the facts and the law are before he de-
cides what steps TO take. II any. lie
will confer with District Attorney Per-
kins on Monday and will attend the
acknowledgements hearing on Tuesday
afternoon.
More than 100 women have taken free
lessons In bread baking from Miss
Emma q. Bossong, domestic science
teacher AT the headquarters OF the Ma
tional Housewives League. 20 West
Forty-hfth street, IN the last three or
four days. Many OF them are anxious
10 enter the lea CUES bread baking con-
test next week. An contestants are
requested TO register before next Tues
day evening.