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Show CHAMPIOft PIE EATERS. New Yorkers Consume Immense Quantities of Pastry and Bread. Ono hundred thousand plos aro eaten eat-en every day In Now York. Roughly speaking, that means 30,500,000 pies a year. More than twice as many upple pies ns any other kind nro eaten, says the World. Great as Is tho consumption ot pie, It Is exceeded by that or bread; 125,-000 125,-000 loaves Is tho lowest estimate placed ou tho number baked dally In Now York. Bakers who havo tried to estimate tho amount say thero aro hundreds or small baiters, each baking from 50 to 100 loaves dally, who are not Included In thi? estimate Thero aro more than 700 bakers in Manhattan Manhat-tan alone and nearly as many more 1c the otlior boroughs. Whllo by iur tho -greatest amount of broad oaten In Now York Is tho plnln white wheat hrend, many othei kinds are eaten extensively, rye, whole wheat and graham bread being the principal. |