PROTECTING THE CONSUMER
Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices THE Federal Trade commission every week issues official statements telling...
...sec-T*>t»rv both of New York Respondent members of the association >>oard of directors are: R. N. Chipman...
...Memphis...
...VIM-O-COL CO...
...and r. e. Demmon G. E. Riches, and L S Hitchner...
...provides for federal inspection of coal mines...
...Utah) told a house judiciary subcommittee as he testified in favor of a bill introduced by Rep...
...Is alleged in a complaint l?sued by the Federal Trade commission against the Agricultural Insecticide and Fungicide association...
...of America, both of Al-lentown, Pa., entered into a stipulation with the Federal Trade commission in which they agree to discontinue certain representations in the sale of their products...
...New oYrk, engaged in the sale of cosmetics, has entered into a stipulation with the Federal Trade commission 'r> which it agrees to desist from use of the words "compounded by hand," or other words of similar import, to describe products which are not compounded by hand, or from use of the words in any way tending to convey the belief that the products referred to are in fact made or mixed by hand: from use of the words "skin food...
...Vt, to discontinue misleading representations in the sale of granite grave markers, monuments, memorials and mausoleums...
...Among representations which the respondent corporation agrees to discontinue are use of the words "Kara Kirman'' or other distinctively Oriental names as descriptive of rugs which are not in fact made in the countries or localities designated or implied, with all the essential characteristics and qualities of such rugs, and use of the words "Oriental Re-producUors", "Sarouk, Kirman, Kashan Reproductions...
...The respondent company also agrees to cease representing that its preparation is an effective treatment or competent remedy for sore throat or rhpumatism...
...Oklahoma City, Okla...
...N. Y. and Barre...
...president and treasurer, and June C. Heitzman...
...Here is this week's installment: PRICE FIXING CHARGED AN unlawful price fixing conspiracy in the sale of chemicals, fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides and related items...
...New York, who were charged with misrepresentation in the sale and distribution of fire extinguishers and chemical fluids...
...unless the representation is limited to such relief of symptoms of these conditions as may be afforded by its counter-irritant properties...
...Kennedy appeared on behalf of the pending federal mine inspection bill, already passed by the senate...
...Among the representations watch the respondent corporations agree to cease are: (11 Misstatements of the percentage of any fiber present in any product offered for sale: 121 deceptive concealment of the true fiber content or failure to make full and nondecep-tive disclosure of the fiber content of articles purporting to be wool (having the appearance and feel of being wooli, and (31 using the unqualified terms "Woolywarms" or "Woolies" or words of similar import as descriptive of girments when their fiber Is not eomrx>sed whollv of wool...
...N. Y.: J H Boyd...
...According to commission findings, the respondent company advertised that sales of its products were made by the v-s-endent directlv frcm quarry to cemetery: that the respondent companv operated its quarry and finishing plant: that all work turned out by it wss manufactured and finished by craftsmen in the plant and shops operated by the respondent and that its quarrying and manufacturing facilities placed it in a position to execute the highest grade of memorial work at the lowest possible cost...
...Louisville...
...Many purchasers, the findings point out, prefer buying directly from the quarrier and manufacturer in the belief that they may thereby obtain lower prices and other advantages not available when purchases are made through middlemen or wholesalers...
...Phelps Dodge Refining Corp...
...BLOSSOM PRODUCTS CORP...
...The bill, introduced by Sen...
...N. J„ chairman or the board of directors, and L 8. Hitchner...
...STERN BROTHERS Stem Brothers, New York, has entered into a stipulation with the Fed-era...
...Two of the cooperating companies...
...Richmond, Calif : G. F Leonard...
...Tenn : A. J. Flebut...
...Cleveland...
...Middleport...
...Ames" has been connected with the corporations or has, as implied, designed or sponsored th" products bearing such fictitious name...
...The respondents also agree to cease attaching to merchandise certain brands, labels or other indications bearing the name "Dr...
...Phelps Dodge Refining Corp...
...Blossom Products Corp., manufacturer of women's undergarments, and its wholly owned sales subsidiary...
...Coal Mine Death Toll Verv Heavy WASHINGTON, D.C...
...In addition to fatal accidents, Kennedy told the committee, there were 438,083 non-fatal accidents from 1930 through 1935 which left hundreds of thousands of men maimed and crippled...
...TETRINE CHEMICAL The Federal Trade commission has closed without prejudice its case against Mnurice M. Goldberg and Tet-rine Chemical Sales Co., a corporation...
...Brooklyn, and General Chemical Co...
...Trade commission to discontinue certain representations in the sale of Machine-made rugs...
...The stipulation points out that the respondents designated certain undergarments as "Dr...
...Closing of the case was ordered without prejudice to the commission's right to reopen it and resume prosecution should future facts so warrant MARKOFF SALES CORP...
...The Progressive each week prints FTC releases as a special service to readers...
...Pa.: Ans-hacher-Siegle Corp...
...American-Made Oriental Reproductions", or other use of the word "Reproduction" or similar word implying that the article referred to Is a reproduction, replica or duplicate of an original, as descriptive .if rugs which are not in fact reproductions of the types Indicated...
...told a subcommittee of the house committee on mines and mining...
...The closing order recites that It appears the corporate respondent has been dissolved and the practices as charged in the complaint discontinued...
...New York, its officers, directors and members, and against five cooperating corporations, the Allegheny Chemical Corp...
...n-v t. r. Oary...
...Association officer respondents are« R. N. Chipman, Bound Brook...
...MCDONNELL AND SONS The Federal Trade commission has ordered McDonnell and Sons...
...Elbert D. Thomas (D...
...Reading...
...N. J.: H. D. Whittlesey...
...Bound Brook...
...N"w Yor'< Among the products manufactured and distributed by the 26 respondent member companies and three of the five cooperating corporations are chemicals, fertilizers, various types of insecticides and fungicides and related items...
...Protecting the Consumer Federal Trade Commission on Guard Against False and Unfair Advertising, Other Business Practices THE Federal Trade commission every week issues official statements telling of its activities, but few of these statements ever get into the daily press...
...H. P. Mansfield...
...M. M. Neely (D,-West Va.l...
...These representations, according to findings, had a tendency to deceive buyers into believing that the respondents' products were made from granite produced from a quarry which it operated and had been finished in its own plant...
...a stipulation in which it agrees to discontinue advertising that its medicinal preparation "Milt's Num-O-Col Ointment," >s an effective treatment or competent remedy for pneumonia, influenza or common colds...
...or other words of similar imoort to designate a product which does not, In fact, serve as a food or nourishment for the human skin or tissues, and from use of the words in anv wav as to impl'- thit th" product will feed or nourish the skin or tissues to which it is externally applied...
...Ames" or other fictitious name or symbol, having a ?endency to mislead purchasers as to the origin or sponsorship of such merchandise...
...The Federal Trade commission has accepted from The Num-O-Col Co., Inc...
...when in fact no "Dr...
...Rayon Corp...
...Wi'.min-rton...
...and Tennessee Corp...
...Lee Geyer (D., Cal...
...Alexandra de Markoff Sales Corp...
...Ames Woolywarms...
...of Buffalo...
...manufacture and distribute monohydrated copper sulphate and certain other copper by-products and specialties which -je used in the manufacture of certain insecticides and fungicides...
...The measure, Kennedy said, is no different in kind and character from federal legislation on education, highways, agriculture, railroads, housing or vocational training yet in those instances "there have never been any accusations from the states that these measures invade state's rights...
...Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers iCIO...
...Between 1923 and 1939, over 29,400 men were killed in coal mine accidents...
...to abolish poll taxes...
...The releases from the FTC tell of many abuses in business, of the victimizing of consumers, and of false advertising...
...WASHINGTON, D. C—In view of the growing concentration of wealth the timeh as come when "the widest possible distribution of political powers is essential to the maintenance of a republican form of government, "Sen...
...and Tennessee Corp., all of New oYrk...
Vol. 10 • June 1940 • No. 23
