Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-07-06
James Farrell Speaker.


E-Mayor James f. Farrell ard sec
reary of the Chamber OF Commerce
was the speaker of the afternoon. IN
his address he urged the mcmbe"s fl
support the good motive Of the -oi,u-
ell Of defense, and too presented The
pledge of economy, which each baker
signed
The following is the address by Mr..
Farrell:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Bakers of Section Il of the State
of Illinois:
When was invited BY your chair.
man Mr., Goodman, who has been
chosen leader Of Section 81, which em
braces the counties of La Sale, Bu
reau, Kendall, Grundy, Putnam and
Livingston to speak to you a little
while this afternoon up on the urgcn.
cy call sent out by the State Council
OF Defense in matters pertaning TO
food conservation of the War f.msr.
gency Council of the Bakne Industry
! felt that a man better versed in
these matters could perhaps moro
clearly outline many of the import.
ant details that You will be asked 90
consider.
In reading the circulars calling this
meeting together, one of the factors
hpt 10 L. h..
minds of the officials of the Emo
gency Council was that Of a rule to
abandon the practice Of taking bach
uns1ld bread. Now, know very well
that in this section there il very little
or no bread returned to our dealers.
The one reason | thlnK IL because the
bakers in this section make it %
good that il is eaten 80 fast and
pleased the patrons 50 well that l.
they did have Il few un+Old lpaYeS
they would not have the nerve to re.
turn it. That is the kind Of bakers
we have in this community There
are some sections that may be affect
ed II y resolution of this Kind wa
adopted by the bakers Of this section,
but feel satisfied ,hat in this pre- sen
crisis dealers should be glad to eot
the sort Of bread that is made and
sold in this community.
When | was a young fellow
thought the acme Of perfection Woul1
be that of baker and | always re
GREETED that | did not learn the trade
you know there are some bakers III
the larger cities that have become $,
scientific in the art Of bread max
ing that they can almost MAKE bread
without the use Of -four | am posi-
tive that some process is used il
blosing up the size Of the loaf IN
] think that matter ought to be looked
into little bit. Another thing that
ought to be seriously considered a
this meeting after You have perGc ctet
your organization, is united stan,
OF the bakers on some sort of a plai
to raise their own wheat.
know very well that the baker
are at the mercy of the skilled brok
ers on the Chicago Board of Trad,
where a supply and demand cut very
little Ice. It's question with thos,
fellows In the exchange of jocKeynj
and the poor baker has to suffer b,
paying unusual high prices for then
commodities that is the big item il
their business You know bakers hay,
a peculiar working hours, many O
them from the smaller cities work ID,
greater part of the night in manufat
turing and making their products. an,
as soon as daylight comes they mus
get out and deliver II, and IN ven
ture to say right how that there ar
few millionaires among you gentle
ment here this afternoon.
1t strikes me that you gentleme
this afternoon ought TO he it'll
proud of the distinction of bcin
called together by the national boar
to take up matters tending to In
prove conditions, 1t sort Of gives
person the idea that the bakers ar
a mighty big factor in our govern
ment. You Aev1r see good thor,