New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-01
Administrator Declares the
Best Public Can Expect Is
16Ounces for 10 Cents
Price-Fixing Board
Declared 1t Possible
Bakers of Country Protest
Price Decreed by the
President

est bread the public can expect this
winter. Herbert C.. Hoover announced
so-night, is a l6-ounce loaf for ten
cents, possibly for eight cents, despite
The statement of the Wheat Price
Committee which declared, after rec
rmmending the $500 price for wheat
that il was possible 10 make and sell
14-ounce loaf for five cents.
With wheat ut its present price,
Biz. Hoover said, the cost Of barrel
ef family -four ought to be reduced at
least 50 or IS. Bakers -four could not
be reduced much in price, he thought.
Only the elimination of wssteful dis
tribution methods and cooperation
among bakers, retailers and con-
Burners. he asserted, would MAKE 1t
possible 10 Lave a standard l6-ounce
toaf and price of eight cents.
c. I. Corby, who is serving for the
bakers Of the country as a voluntary
did to Mr.. Hoover. said tonight that a
sixteen-ounce loaf for 10 cents would
represent a slight reduction IN present
prices. Standardization, he said, would
Be hard to bring Gbout, since varying
costs in ingredients that 90 into bread
have made II necessary to increase or
feduce the size of the loaf.
Await Administration Plan
No move will be made toward price
reduction. Mr. Corby said. until the
FOOD administration has announced its
blans for dealing with the baking IN
Sustry. It may be month before the
programme is ready 1t was learned To-
hight. -,
srg themselves in readiness Sald
.fstement bv Mr. Corby. "to effect the
coreervation of wheat. They have been
eo0perating with Mr.. Hoover and have
eupplied data and facts TO assist the
food administration in perfecting It's
plans relative TO bread.
"The bakers respectfully request the
public TO disregard the many ridiculous
statements about bread emanatng from
unavoidable sources and ask that they
await the announcement Of the Presl-
dent relative TO the nations plans lor
bread production
The country's millers have agreed to
mold their profits on flour TO 70 cents
a barrel. Under this agreement M
Hoover said, -four should retail IN New
York at from S11.15 to S12.l5 oarrel'
The price Of bakers patent hour 10
email bakers and retailers ne s Si
should be from SlO.35 TO SIi'Zo' ne
average retail price Of family patent
a. IN New York from April to Au-
fyrst has been Sl5.36. At preSenI
fakers' patent is selling in New YORK
"a iobbers at S1O.65, which would make
A. cost small bakers and retailers about
Sll. 40. ,r.
dor the food control act, except IN $50
Lated instances, the food admlnlstra-
tion has no control Of prices from the
zinc flour reaches the wholesaler until
Il is sold bv buyers and retailers as
bread a price reduction can be &C
ron,nIished only by voluntary action oy
bakers and retailers, and by the as
eistance of the public in eliminating
waste. ,
Flour prices in cities other tnan ne"
York. Mr.. Hoover said, probably Will "
about as follows, based on the Ne"
York price: Boston, ~ cents mo6e'
Pittsburgh, 10 cents less Ne" VI
leans. 25 cents less; Chicago 90 cen' S
less; Minneapolis, 90 cents less anu
Y,
OF bread prices and prospects oil
seduction, Mr. Hoover said:
at the prospective prices for nour
r. is improbable that a full sixteen
ounce loaf can be delivered TO the con-
s,,r,er for less than 10 cents per loaf,
rnless the consumer will join wlthstne
Sak.rs and retailers in eliminating
needless cost. 1t may be possible 10
yeduce the cost of bread by about TWO
cents per loaf if cooperation OF 'he
bakers. consumers and retailers can De
secured TO secure standardized ioaI'
Ind if wasteful practices when nave
grown up out Of competitive CohuIIIois
ean he eliminated and a reduction IN
fradit and delivery be brought about.
"Some bakers Of large volume and
with special delivery conditions may
eyen be able to increase this saving
somewhat
L. s. to Buy Wheat Soon
"The baking of large loaves under
ron-delivery and cash sales conditlons
In large sections of Europe would per
init the sale Of bread At the bakery
door of a sixteen-ounce loaf from this
prospective price of -four at SIX cents;
The higher labor cost fuel costs ana
methods of distribution through retail
ers, delivery, credit and other eNPen,,
give rehandling systems OF the united
States enhance the price,.
The Wheat Corporation, organized
pnder the food administration TO pur,
chase wheat for the government and
for the Allies, will start operations TO-
morrow. although IT actually Will DO
little business. il was said to-day, be-
fore September 10. go,
Seed wheat, il was announced, VIII
not be held TO the price schedule tNed
by President Wilson. II is realized
that seed is of a better grade than or
binary classes, and no effort will be
r.ade to control the price. Farmers Will
reouire about sO,OOO,000 bushels for
.1..t,... fnM nj .nriny cronS this year.