Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 18, Hammond, Lake County, 9 July 1917 — Page 8

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This action was taken upon the receipt of the followm;

letter from the Commercial Economy Board:

CQUICIL OF NATIONAL DEfENSE.

June 5, 1917.

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Gentlemen: In the present emergency, the importance of husbanding the wheat supply is such that all wastes of wheat, no matter how small, must be stopped. With this necessity in view, the Commercial Economy Board has conducted an inquiry into the wholesale bakery practice of taking back unsold bread from retailers. The investigation covered representative bakeries in all parts of the United States. It appears that approximately 4 per cent of all the bread delivered by wholesale bakers is later returned to them, and that at least one-third of this is sold for animal feed. A portion of the bread returned is sold at reduced prices to charitable institutions and the poor. The Board points out, however, that with the cost of carrying this bread to and from the retailers eliminated, the baker could afford fully as well as now to sell the. same amount of bread at the same reduced prices. . With few exceptions, the bakers consulted agreed that the waste of labor and human food involved in the practice of accepting returns is detrimental to the public interest and should be discontinued. . This also is the conclusion of the Board and of the Council of National Defense. j You are therefore hereby requested, in common with all other wholesale bakers, not to accept returns of unsold bread on-July 10th and thereafter. COMMERCIAL ECONOMY BOARD OF THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

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