PROTECTING THE CONSUMER
Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices ""ITOU won't find very many of the X following items, if any, in your...
...Veofem Capsules" and "Cer-ene" are cures or remedies for painful or delayed menstruation...
...and "Dr...
...The Federal Trade commission has ordered S. M. Laboratories Co., Seattle, and B & T Sales Co., Indianapolis, to discontinue misleading representations in the sale of medicinal preparations advertised as treatments for delayed menstra'ion...
...Louis, to discontinue certain price discriminations in violation of the Rob-inson-Patman act in the sale of bakers' yeast...
...Among such representations according to findings, were use of the word "bureau" in their trade name and description of the building in Denver where they conduct their business as the -'United States National building...
...Under the commission order, S- M. Laboratories Co...
...Prohibiting misrepresentations In the sale of correspondence courses in forestry and of other courses preparatory for civil service examinations, the Federal Trade commission has issued a cease and desist order against Ray Renniston, Denver, Colo., who sells such correspondence under the name Rayson Service Bureau...
...and an effective treatment of, piles...
...aiycirenaii-Forte," "Inhaledrin-Compositum" and "Aerizon," recommended as treatments for asthma, hay fever, sinus discomfort and bronchial irritations, in connection with a device designated "Atmozon Aeriner" [or administering the preparations, has been ordered by the Federal Trade commission to cease and desist from misrepresentations...
...The Federal Trade commission has ordered Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St...
...Theodore Ratlin, Inc., New York, engaged in the sale and distribution of certln medicinal preparations designated "Glyclrenan...
...Van Vleck's Ointment", "Dr...
...However, if the customer bought only part of his requirement...
...that their use insures immediate and lasting relief with no return of suffering, and win remove or correct the cause of piles...
...The commission finds that advertisements in newspapers and periodicals, and in other statements, all of which purport to De descriptive of the remedial, curative or therapeutic properties of the preparations, the respondent has represented they are cures or remedies for the ailments enumerated and that the preparations are absolutely harmless, no matter how often used...
...The order also names as a respondent Martha A. Ren-nison, who formerly was associated with Rennison in the business...
...Failure to reveal in advertisements that use of the respondent's preparations may result in serious and irreparable injury to health, also is forbidden...
...when in fact it is the "United States National Bank building...
...1940...
...Van Vleck's Pills," represented as remedies for piles, has been ordered by the Federal Trade commission to cease and desist from misrepresentations concerning the preparations...
...Findings are that the practices prohibited under the order occurred prior to Mar...
...The order against the Indianapolis firm, which is composed of Howard L. Brewer and Albert L. Tribbett, trading as B * T Sales Co...
...Commission findings are that: The corporation sold bakers' yeast to its customers under a schedule of prices ranging from 25 cents a pound for monthly requirements up to 150 pounds to 14 cents a pound for monthly requirements of 50,000 pounds and more...
...Van Vleck Co., Jackson, Mich, engaged in the sale and distribution of medicinal preparations known as "Dr...
...Van Vleck's Muco Cones...
...Commission findings are that representations of these respondents implied that they were an agency of or connected with the United States government, when such was not the fact...
...For example, a customer whose monthly requirements might be 1.400 pounds and who purchased all of it from the respondent, would pay, according to scale, 20 cents a pound...
...prohibits advertisements representing that their preparation "Menstru-Eze" is a cure or remedy for delayed, difficult, painful or irregular menstruation or that it has therapeutic value in the treatment of such conditions or in relieving incidental pain...
...that application of the preparations conjointly constitutes an "absorption treatment" which removes piles without surgical aid...
...Through the use of statements and other representations, the company represen:ed, the commision finds, that the preparations, used conjointly, are an effective and scientific- cure and remedy for...
...The respondents' advertising matter was found to create the impression that their course in forestry was intended for and adapted to preparing students for examinations and positions in state and federal forestry services, when in fact only graduates with degrees in forestry from recognized institutions having full four-year courses in that subject are eligible for such positions, a fact which the respondents did not reveal to applicants...
...The commission's findings are that these products contain the drugs ergot, oil of savin and aloln in quantities sufficient to cause serious and irreparable injury if used under conditions prescribed in the advertisements or under customary or usual conditions...
...Certain minor positions in such service also have requirements as to education or experience that are not fulfilled by the training offered by the respondents...
...In truth, the finding* continue, the preparations are not cures or remedies for piles, nor do they constitute a competent or effective treatment thereror, other than to give some small degree of relief by means of the analgesic properties thereof and the prevention of constipation...
...that they constitute safe, competent or effective treatments therefor, or that use of these product* will provide safe or sane ways of self-medication in obtaining relief from this ailment...
...These prices did not necessarily depend upon the quantities actually purchased from the respondent but upon the monthly requirements of yeast of the respective customers...
...The commission finds that these representations are misleading and untrue, that the preparations do not constitute competent and effective treatments for the ailments, in excess of furnishing certain temporary relief, and that by reason of the existence of epinephrine and ephedrine In the preparations, their use over a long period of time may produce such prolonged vasoconstriction as to cause tissue damage from anoxemia, with secondary inflammatory reactions...
...from the respondent he would still pay 20 cent* a pound, regardless of what portion of his requirements he so purchased...
...is prohibited from disseminating advertisements jrhich represent that "Neofem Liquid...
...Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices ""ITOU won't find very many of the X following items, if any, in your advertising filled daily papers, but these reports from the Federal Trade commission tell a story of interest to every consumer about practices of certain business organizations and how the FTC acts to protect consumer interests...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
