Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-21
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s.. UNEARTHED AT HEARING
Ordinance Committee Listens TO
50 arguments Pro and Con OH
Wrapping OF Loavcs.
UNIFORM WEIGHT is SOUGHT
Bakers Claim Product Not So Pala-
table With Covering, While Women
~ Urge New Plan-Tahlcd Pending
Pufccll's Action.

Some O. thc deep secrets OF bread
making came 20 light las; y sht when
housewives and bakers ot the city
spoke pro and con on The ordinance
before tho Committee on Ordinances
of the City Council in which : is aimed
20 have all bread soit N the c:;y a
uniform woichi % sixteen ounces. and
requiring that every loaf De wrapped
N dust snd germ proc: con;atuer
After 4 ,e-s;hy discussion between
the housewives and bakers on tho
price - HCG-. me number 81 lcaNSs Cf
bread \ -a---' y-e -s-S.srs c,t,fs.,r.
or Sp!rT- ana winter wrtR,- ana what
ordtlsrcS ~ ne tSAls 10 aw7G!, TIL,
ssSal; y -,se-s-c - rs Ae.S by COM
I1's<ic--7 5. T. Fl-ca',. q rnr State
cs2s-t-1s-- So DSi-y ,ri Food Pro-
euct< t7a s1es-S @. .es state on
Resds Letter From Levy.
HrsN James Vac Durham represents
taS tbs tioUssN IVES l-caSuc. addressed
me c,o-,--,.ttes. advocating the uni
fo-n ans S-ap7ed loaf. She decla-, i
because now The consumers were
merely paving their money for bread
without Knowing just wat quantity
they were receiving. and spoke FOR the
EFaqped ica; as = sanitary precautiou.
reading letter from Dr. y. c. Levy
Director % Public Welfare, in favor
OF the ordinance. Mrs. Durham also
;old OF legislation adopted by other
cities along the lines OF what was
Lawrence Paul, former member %
he Richmond City Council, and who
IS now a deputy Inspector OF weish,s
and measures, told of the varvin g..
weights of bread as hc found them in
his tour OF duty. and also spoke at
length on the unhealthy conditions he
found surrounding some OF the dis
tribution OF bread in the city. He
emphatically urged the passage Of the
ordinance.
Secs Increase in Cost.
Stating that wrapped bread was not
as palatablc as the unwrapped leaves.
and il the ordinance was fnvorably
acted on there would he an increase
in. cost to the consumers Of $1,000 a
day on all of the bread sold in Rich
mond: c. J. Corby, of the Corhy Bak-
Ing Company. headed tho delegation
Of bakers oprosed to the law.
shown that tho people Of Richmond
do not want wrapped bread. and this
was corroboratcd by j. I. Node. REPRE-
sentine Nolde Brothers. Mr. Node
Il campaign in the city for the wrap
ped loaf" but that while the sales a.
first were heavy, they have fallen off
10 such an extent that not more than
40 per cent OF their bread was now
wrapped.
Weights Fluctuntinr.
At tho meeting OF the bakers with
the State Comm issioncr Purcell. tho
question OF having the label on the
bread show its weight Will be taken
UP. Al this time the weights vary
according 10 the baker. from eleven
ounces to seventeen ounces.
Bakers declare that the only way
uniform price for a loaf is main
tanned Is to vary the weight OF the
leaf. If the weight is fixed. it means
that the price Will have to rise and
fall as fluctuations in the price u
materials occur.
Speaking for the ordinance were
Mrs. Walter Beverly. OF the Fedora ton
Of Mothers Clubs; Mrs. Stuart MichauN,
of the Housewives League, and Mrs.
John II. Anderson. Jr.. Of the Renters
and Consumers Protective Association.
j. j. Mattern. OF the Bromm Baking
Company, and j. y. Brown. Of Er.ct-
stein and Brown. with Mr. Corby an
pearcd against the ordinance. CHAIR
man Marx Gunst. OF the Ordinance
Committee. will call n i/e,ins next
week TO consider the question.