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Show Reducing Bread Prices. Englishmen of the Georglnn period had n drastic method of dealing with tho problem of dear food. In 1813 sev-, eral hundred summonses wero Issued by the lord mayor ngalnst bakers for selling flour nt exorbitant prices nnd many heavy Ones were Inflicted. Moreover, More-over, the lord mayor Intimated his re-bolvo re-bolvo to keep watch on tho matter until un-til tho price of flour was reduced to nn equitable level. Thero was not only nn attempt to keep down the brend prices by punishing bakers who tried" to mako too much profit In war time, i but serious efforts were made to reduce re-duce the quantity of bread consumed. Thus tho proclamation of 1800, con-1 detuning tho entlng of pastry, exports nnd charges all heads of families to reduce thu consumption of bread by nt lenst one-third of tho quantity consumed con-sumed In ordinary times, nnd In no case to sufTer the same to exceed one-quarter one-quarter loaf to each person In each week. |