Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-04-15 | Page 4 | Object to Boosting of the Staff of Life

OBJECT TO BOOSTING OF THE STAFF OF LIFE Chicago, April 14. Bakers are not taking at all kindly to the game of boosting the staff of life, now being played on the board of trade. A wholesaler In speaking of the situation, sit-uation, says: "The wholesale price of bread a', four cents a loaf, was fixed by tlir bakers several years ago when flour was selling at $3.25 a barrel. Thro was a good profit In It then, and tlio standard weight of a loaf of bread was fixed In this city at one pound by ordinance. About one-half the cost of bread comes In tho wasos and tho cost of delivery, and the other half Is material. Later, there was a movement move-ment to take off the legal restrictions as to the size of a loaf, and the matter mat-ter is still pending In the state court. "Wages have increased during the past live years, and have gone to a point where they cut a deep hole In the profit on bread, and now flour la up to from $5.60 to $5.75 a barrel, and the profit Is all gone, unless the bakers bak-ers turn out a loaf weighing not moro . than ton or eleven ounces. Above Chat, there Is no profit at all."