Show BREAD A IN A FRENCH CITY recently marseilles returned to the old old fashion of regulating by law or ordinance lie the price of bread the occasion of the interference by the tho municipality with the private business bustness of tho the bakers inas was this th price of broad breadstuff stuffs s declined considerably sider ably but tho the bakers maintained their prices the working population of the city growing restless the municipal council appointed a commission of composed of dealers in grain flour and of bakers to inquire into the condition 0 of the business and fix a price of bread the price thus made a few months ago was 40 centimes per kilogram of the best quality of broad fine white wheat heat and 3 centimes for second quality mixed rye bread which correspond to 4 cents a pound for best anda and 3 cents for second quality the tile bakers grumbled but submitted the prices of grains continued declining for which reason the commission a fortnight ago again reduced the price to 37 1 and 27 centimes cen times or to 84 and 2 aj cents per pound of best and becony quality the bakers objecting a deputation of them met the commission of in the presence of t the a mayor the outcome odthe of the conference was that tho the bakers bemons trances were declared to bo be not founded on facts and the commission maintained its price the bakers appearing sulky and threatening the may mayor r told them they could go on a WE strike ko any day lie ile had perfected all his arrangements to supply the people with cheap bread in case of emergency gency Y |