PROFITS ON BREAD
Profits on Bread NEW York bakers, as represented in the New York Association of Ma ter Bakers at a recent meeting, ado ed a resolution, the sentiments which are" worthy of emulation 1 every other...
...If the New York bakers carry into action the sentiments they have expressed they will be doing a service for that state that the consumers are not likely to forget.—Indianapolis News...
...A profit sufficient to insure the continuance of business, to pay reasonable wages and to provide for development necessary to the general welfare—that profit every industry should have...
...Sinco the beginning of the war, and before for that matter, middlemen have subjected themselves to criticism through the taking of extortionate profits...
...Profits on Bread NEW York bakers, as represented in the New York Association of Ma ter Bakers at a recent meeting, ado ed a resolution, the sentiments which are" worthy of emulation 1 every other dealer in necessaries...
...There is no question that, regardless of the effect, many middlemen have taken advantage of war conditions to exact, where they could, profits more than ever extortionate...
...This will assure a minimum price over the counter...
...The practice of charging delivery to overhead expenses shall be discontinued and the cost of the same bo made a direct charge to those demanding it...
...It this was an injustice in normal times, it becomes outrageous when the nation is at war and when all necessaries are soaring...
...The declaration of the New York bakers should put such men to shame and help to acquaint them with the sentiment of the country...
...But no business should be permitted to take a profit that swells fortunes at the expense of the consumer...
...This is the spirit that wins wars...
...The war has been looked on by some as providing a golden opportunity to get rich quick at the expense of any one who might help to that end...
...The declaration, passed unanimousl reads in part: "When hundreds of thousands of our fellow-citizens offer, not only their services, but their very lives, to our country, honest patriotic business men must forget tbe word profit...
...We herewith resolve to uphold the standard of good, wholesome, nutritious bread, and during war time sell same at cost of production plus administration expenses and the usual per cent, for depreciation and upkeep of our plants...
...We do not agree with so-called leaders of our trade in bargaining with the government for the last cent and becoming patriotic after their pockets are filled...
Vol. 9 • September 1917 • No. 10
