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Domestic News
November 29, 1828
The Delaware Register, Or, Farmers', Manufacturers' & Mechanics' Advocate
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
What is this article about?
Albany's Corporation passed a law requiring bread loaves to weigh 1, 2, or 3 pounds to stop bakers from raising prices and shrinking or degrading loaves when flour costs increase.
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Bread. The Corporation of Albany have passed a law, ordaining that all the bread manufactured and offered for sale in that city, shall be in loaves of one pound, two pounds, or three pounds. The regulation will prevent any imposition by the bakers upon the public, who, when the price of flour has risen, not only increase the price, but diminish the size, and sometimes the quality of their loaves. If the buyer knows that there is a standard weight for the loaf, the price asked for it will be a criterion by which he may judge whether or not the commodity costs more than the value of flour should permit it to cost.
What sub-type of article is it?
Legal Or Court
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Albany Bread Law
Loaf Weights
Baker Regulation
Flour Prices
Standard Weights
Where did it happen?
Albany
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Albany
Outcome
the regulation will prevent imposition by bakers upon the public by standardizing loaf weights, allowing buyers to judge if the price exceeds the value of flour.
Event Details
The Corporation of Albany passed a law ordaining that all bread manufactured and offered for sale in the city shall be in loaves of one pound, two pounds, or three pounds.