BAKERS IN CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 430, 12 February 1909, Page 7

BAKERS IN CONFERENCE.

; Mil, AV: A. KELLOW ON COUPONS. WELLINGTON WANTS NO' OTHER ■ ;V., tiSi'SXlsM;. ; I (BY TtlliEGllirn—PUKsa ASSOCIATION.) GftfistGhilriih, February 11. ' At tno'Bakel's'i C.OnfGfeiifio.ik Ws-repotted ..that Dri'.Masbii, 1 : Chief .Health Oiltcorj. had accepted ail invitation/,to'attend- tlio-Bitiiugs of the confotence to-morroW, ■A,: coiiijiiitteb: was. set;up to Report-'.on: 'a scheme:to appoint all oi'ga'ilising: secretary. :r .- '■•"■ Dltrilig it (iiscttssibii on technical education it was. stated that, there >Wotild j>o ; a ■ bakers!department, ill the new, college at Mokiandj: aiul that thsi'B iViiß a pl'bbabnity of .lihgtbn. Technical V College's making; similar .•pi-oyisidn:.,; Satisfaction; was * expressed ywith' this outlook, as. th'&:)praCticaL trMnihg' of; boys ill tho bakery trado is arinatter of: BDine .ditfi'pujtv).otWihg to the .earl j; hours/at Which sqifife bf. the operations' 1 of baking have t6 b6 taken.;;.'; '- ;'v : ■ Regarding tho cash, systein,'. Mr; W. A.; Kelloyv. gave -a r6prsS6tttative_ dfythft "Press" dn adcoilnt of .'its ,Wefa ..liligtdii.-. He said that the ; system, put briefly,:is that' a.Custotiier putChasds ;<jbtlppfie at .tho rate ;of 3s. -Id. a dteeli,- each coupon entitling the holder to, a 21b. loaf of a cash Vhluo of Sjdi, /Tho, discount Oil.,the ,'dOiich loaves is.vthUs 2di, of about 5 per cent, fdr every 2ib. loaf left at';the customer's house. The baker J s Irian collects a coupon,aiid tho ;ttaiisaction is. .closed' without - any . booking or credit being required. ;' .; ■ v ;. "I. believe," said 'Mr; ICelloW ( "that thefe .is not one: person in a hundred m Wellington Nvhowould go baeli to the old systeiii, aiid t think that if 1 Went back .t'o credit I would lobehalf; my/bustGniefs.; When the system Was first introduced, ,ther6 ; ;was ,some' oppose, tibiij but. tho housewives. Soft! saW .that, it Was a i sdund business. proposition ffdra their point of\view, . and thoy .Won't go'babic t« tile, old system, iindet niiy oonsidoratiori. Thoy aro sure '. that they pay , 6hly for: the.'bfe&d they receive, and they afo protected froni A I'■ nlimber: of annoyances ! Which wo are aware existed.-Midst -tho.cfedit system. Ftom the bakefS 1 pOult: of yioW' the btisiiless. lias never ; been on a Sounder'basis :in Wellington,- and. .1' believe, that it' is . the same ill othet places j'Where' the cash or coupon , system . :is ; 'in operation."":'' j}