THE BREAD BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 239, 2 July 1908, Page 8

THE BREAD BUSINESS.

• , WHY NOT A DAYLIGHT TRADE? ' i of bread-baking, as ancient and honourable, as any other in existence, is not favoured'much-by the youth of this country as /a means of a livelihood. Boy#, it ia said,'seem to drift into trades more than, they did a quarter of a century ago, and the oakjng trado almost depends on lads that drift into tho business. They assist the driver, got into the habit of frequenting the bakehouse, and ovontually get a job in some capacity 01* other—tho rest is mcro evolution. The great objection to tho trade has nothing to do with the trade at all (which is, if anything, a not unpleasant call;ing), but is on account of the custom that . has grown up which makes' it night-work. Thero is really no legitimate reason why this should bo so, and .it would bo instituting an industrial reform if some bakor would start a daylight bakery and boom it as such. ■ In tho course of l a casual discussion on the matter one speaker stated, that tho consumption of new broad was ono of tho chiof causes of half-a-dozen ailments ■ that the stomach is'.heir to, and yet half the community makes a. point of getting and eating new bread in preference to all other, and so night-baking has come about, making a world of dyspeptics and "livery" people, who cannot imagino what, has gono wrong inside. 1 ' What would: be simpler than setting the ferments in the evening, mixing in the morning, and baking in the afternoon. The bread baked the . previous afternoon would not be stale, or anything like "it, -the next day, and .would .be far more healthy an articlo of food than now bread so soft (in somo cases quito warm) that it is diffipult to cut into slices. It is breaking down a trade tradition to 'dispense with dai;k-hour baking, but it is one that tho trade, the. masters, and the public 6hould gladly welcome. -' ' <

A BUSY MAN.

Mr. H. Denhard was very busy when called upon by a reporter. " I-can't spare you much time," ho : said,'" I anv up to my eyes in the work of loading iny carts!" This indicates the "effectiveness" of the strike. THE WARSHIPS SUPPLIED. Mr. M'Parland said-that his ..staff was nearly complete, and he was doing wonderfully well,, although not doing his usual business as yet. He was able to supply tho warships yesterday, although ho was unable to do so on Tuesday. "Itis a pest'l" said, Mr. Tonks, referring to tho'strike. to a' reporter. His bakehouse is . deserted, and there is no sound of. busy men. ' Everything is clean, quiet, and cold. " Some of us will have to leave the trado if this goes on," he said. Mr. Tonks referred to the. hardship in that the masters had always to meet their, responsibilities, but this did . not apply 1 to-the men appa- , rently. ;. He believed, in paying good' wages to • good men,.but good men only. THE WORKERS FIRM. Mr. Collins; secretary of tho Operatives' Union, told.a reporter last evening that the men ; were quite determined to remaiff out. In reply to a question regarding the ovens the Union were going to use to minimise public inconvenience, Mr. Collins replied that they had been unable to secure any bakers' ovens. '