PROTECTING THE CONSUMER
Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices YOU won't find very many of the following items, if any, in your...
...Through representations, the complaint charges, the respondents have represented that their preparations are a cure or remedy for impotence or lost energy, indigestion, rheumatism, asthenia, neurasthenia, gout, sciatica, general debility, neuritis and arthritis, and that the price at which the preparations are offered is a special or reduced price much less than that at which they are customarily offered for sale...
...The corporation also agrees to cease and desist from use on its tires or the wrappings thereof, or in connection with the advertisement, sale or distribution of such tires, of any mark, stamp, brand or label which imports or implies that such tires contain more plies in their construction than they actually contain...
...The Falls Rubber Co...
...Nu-Enamel Corp., stipulates that it will desist from representing that "Nu-Enamel Enamelized Paint" is the first basic improvement In house paint in more than 400 years...
...Nu-Enamel Corporation, a paint products manufacturer, and Herman J. Reich and A. W. Render, trading as Magic Iron Cement Co., a dealer in casein glue, both of Cleveland, have entered into stipulations with the Federal Trade commission in which they agree to discontinue certatln representations in the sale of their products...
...Watch for this interesting feature in The Progressive: The Eagle Pencil Co., Inc., of New York has entered into a stipulation with the Federal Trade commission in which it agrees to cease certain representations in the sale of pens...
...that the respondent corporation was the first to discover the process for using tung oil as a base for paint, enamel and varnish...
...that lead and oil paint, or "even the best grade" thereof, produces a "shocking" appearance or that the three basic ingredients of Nu-Enamel possess certain distinct virtues not found in ordinary lead and oil paint...
...manufacturing and distributing automobile tires, has entered into a stipulation with the Federal Trade commission in which it agrees to desist, in connection with the sale or distribution of certain of its tires, from marking, stamping, branding or labeling such tires with either the phrase "Silent Safety Six" or "Heavy Duty 6." or with any other phrase of similar implication tending to convey the belief that the tires so referred to are composed, constructed or equipped with six plies...
...Hiram Carter, Inc., and S. Fred Griffin, president and principal owner of the corporation at Elmhurst, Long Island, N. Y„ engaged in the sale and distribution of medicinal preparations designated "Old Surgeon's," "Old Surgeon's Remedy" and "Old Surgeon's Double Duty 'Remedy," are charged in a complaint issued by the rederal Trade commission, with misrepresentation...
...that "Nu-Enamel Enamelized Paint" will last three times as long as lead and oil paints...
...Representations attached to the concern's products allegedly Indicated that they are "fully pre^shrunk...
...The complaint alleges that these representations were misleading because the respondent's shirts will shrink appreciably when subjected to ordinary laundering: the buttons are not genuine ocean water pearl buttons but are fresh water pearl buttons, which are of lower quality, and the shirts are not of superior grade or quality...
...of Akron, Inc...
...The company also is alleged to have used the term "Silkenspun" to designate its shirts, when In fact they contain no silk but are made entirely of cotton...
...Herman 3. Reich and A. W. Render, trading as Magic Iron Cement Co., in the sale of their "Magic" casein glue, agree to cease employing in advertising matter the word "waterproof" or any w-ords of similar meaning or implication as descriptive of their glue which is not waterproof, and to desist from the use of such word in any manner conveying the impression that their product is impervious to water or its effects...
...The respondent stipulates that it will discontinue use of the descriptive designation "Iridoid" as applied to pen points, and will cease use of this word or any other coined or fictitious expression the effect of which is to imply that the pen points so designated are made of or tipped with any purported substance having special or exceptional qualities...
...Findlay, o...
...Alleging misrepresentation in the sale and distribution of shirts, the Federal Trade commission has issued a complaint against Louis Baskind and Co., Inc., New York City...
...Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices YOU won't find very many of the following items, if any, in your advertising filled daily newspapers, but they tell a story of interest to every member of the consuming public about practices by business organizations and how the Federal Trade commission acts to protect the public interest...
...The complaint alleges violation of the Federal Trade Commission act...
...The complaint alleges that the preparations possess no therapeutic value in connection with the treatment of the ailments named in excess of possessing slight laxRtive and analgesic properties, and that the price at which they are offered is in no sense a special or reduced price, but the regular and customary price at which they are sold in the regular course of business...
...that the buttons on the shirts are genuine ocean water pearl buttons, and that the shirts are of superior grade or quality...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 18
