Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-01
PROSPECT OF BREAD
 IN THIS NATION
Early Reduction in the Price of Bread Is Not Anticipated by the Food Administrator in This Country
(By Review Leased WireJ.

! WASHINGTON. August 3l.-Proa poets of an early and radical reduc- tiOn in bread prices apparently van ished today when Herbert Hoover. food administrator. announced that the best the public may expect is a six teen ounce loaf for ten cents or pos sibility eight cents.
 Eight Cent Loaf.
 The eight-cent loaf of sixteen ounces ! is possible. MT Hoover said. if bak- CTS. retailers and consumers unite 70 eliminate wasteful distribution meth- ods and cooperate to attain a stand ardized loaf.
 The price of family four. Mir HOOy- CT said. should be reduced from the present price of wheat at least two or three dollars a barrel. Bakers flour will sell little cheaper than at pres ent.
 It may be month before the pro gram is ready 1t was learned tonight. Bakers To Help.
 "The bakers have been and are holding themselves in readiness said a statement by Mir. Corby. to effect the conservation of wheat They have been cooperating with MT Hoover and have supplied data and facts to assist the food administrations in perfecting it's plans relative to bread.
 The bakers respectfully request ths public to disregard the many ridicu lous statements abroad. emanatins from unreliable sources and ask tha they await the announcement of IL president relative to the nations pla for bread production"
 What Committee Thought
 Members of the price committs which recommended the price of go. fixed by President Wilson for wheat declared after their work was ended that the committee was convinced il was possible to make and sell four teen ounce loaves of bread for five cents.
 Millers Agree.
 Millers have agreed to hold their profits on flour to 25 cents a barrel Under this agreement. MT. Hoover said flour should retail in New York from S1175 to S1275 a barrel. The price of bakers patent flour to small bakers and retailers he said should be from $10.25 to SIPS.
 Average Price.
 The average retail price of family patent in New York from April to Au- gust has been Sl5.36. At present bakers patent is selling in New York 10 jobbers at SlO65 which would make il cost small bakers and retail CTS about $11.
 Limitations
 Mir Hoover made it clear that under the food control act. except in isolated instances. the food administration has no control of prices except up 10 the time the flour goes from the miller Co the baker.
 Economy Of Bakers.
 A price reduction can only be made through the economy of bakers and re tailers and by the assistance of the public in eliminating waste
 Flour prices in cities other than New York. Mir. Hoover said. New Works prices as basic probably will be as follows:
 Boston. 10 cents more; Pittsburgh 10 cents less; New Orleans 25 cents less; Chicago, 35 cents less: Minne- apolis 30 cents less and Kansas City 50 cents less.
 Of bread prices and prospects of a Mir. Hoover said:
 Hoover On Prices.
 At the prospective prices for flour it is improbable that full 16-ounce loaf can be delivered to the consumer for less than 10 cents per loaf unless the consumer will join with the bakers and retailers in eliminating needless cost. It may be possible to reduce the cost of bread by about cents per loaf if cooperation of the bakers consumers and retailers can be secur- ed to secure a standardized loaf and If wasteful practices which have grown up out of competitive cOndi- lions can be eliminatel and a reduc- lion in credit and delivery be brought about.
 Some bakers of large volume and
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