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that the said product is composed in part of a material or materials other than wool. The said corporation also agreed to cease and desist from the use on its labels, or in its said printed matter of the word "silk" either independently or in connection or conjunction with any letter, syllable, word, or words, or in any way as descriptive of its said products so as to import or imply or which may tend to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said product is composed of silk in whole or in part, when such is not the fact.

Respondent also agreed that should it ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (May 24, 1933.)

1059. False and Misleading Trade or Corporate Name and Advertising Correspondence Courses.-Respondent, an individual, engaged in conducting a correspondence school, the courses of which consist of instruction in business administration and management, and the preparation of pupils for passing civil-service examinations, and in competition with other individuals, firms, partnerships, and corporations likewise engaged, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondent agreed to cease and desist forever from the use of the word "university" either alone or in connection with any other word as part of or in connection or conjunction with his trade name; and from the use of any trade name containing the word "university" or any other word or words in his advertisements or advertising matter distributed in interstate commerce so as to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said respondent is conducting a university, or that his school is a university or extension university, as those words are commonly understood by the purchasing public; representing either directly or through salesmen or by any other means whatsoever that his courses of instruction are to be, or will be, given free to students, or that a certain student or students in each community has been or is selected to receive a course of instruction free, or without the payment of tuition, when such is not the fact; and from stating and representing that he gives free tuition and charges only for materials used in his course of instruction, when such is not the fact.

Respondent also agreed that should he ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against him in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (May 24, 1933.)

1060. False and Misleading Trade or Corporate Name and Advertising Radios, etc.-Respondent, a corporation, engaged in the sale and distribution of radios, radio equipment, phonographs, phono

graph records, and aluminim ware, and in competition with other corporations, individuals, firms, and partnerships likewise engaged, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondent, in soliciting the sale of and selling its products in interstate commerce, agreed to cease and desist from the use of the words "associated manufacturers" or of the word "manufacturers" either independently or in connection or conjunction with the word "associated" or with any other word or words as part of its corporate or trade name, or in its catalogs or printed matter, or in any way so as to import or imply that the said corporation makes or manufactures the products sold by it in interstate commerce, and from the use of the pictorial representation of a plant or factory in its catalogs or printed matter distributed in interstate commerce so as to confuse, mislead or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said corporation owns, operates, and controls the plant or factory in which the said products are made or manufactured and/or that the products sold by the said corporation are made or manufactured by it, when such is not the fact.

Respondent also agreed that should it ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (May 24, 1933.)

1061. False and Misleading Trade or Corporate Name, Brands, or Labels and Advertising Sweaters and Knitted Goods.-Respondent, a corporation, engaged in the sale and distribution of sweaters and knitted goods in interstate commerce, and in competiton with other corporations, individuals, firms, and partnerships likewise engaged in the sale and distribution of similar products, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondent, in soliciting the sale of and selling its product in interstate commerce, agreed to cease and desist from the use of the words "knitting" and "mills" or either of them as part of, or in connection or conjunction with its corporate or trade name in the sale and distribution of its products in interstate commerce, and from the use of the words "knitting" and "mills" or either of them in connection or conjunction with its corporate or trade name or otherwise on its letterheads, envelops, order blanks, or other printed matter or on its labels affixed to products distributed in interstate commerce so as to import or imply, or which may have the capacity or tendency to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said respondent owns, operates, and controls a mill or factory wherein is made the product sold by it in interstate commerce.

Respondent also agreed that should it ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (June 7, 1933.)

1062. False and Misleading Brands or Labels-Threads.-Respondent, a corporation, engaged in the manufacture of threads and in the sale and distribution thereof chiefly to jobbers and garment manufacturers in interstate commerce, and in competition with other corporations, individuals, firms, and partnerships likewise engaged in the sale and distribution of similar products, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondent, in soliciting the sale of and selling its said product in interstate commerce, agreed to cease and desist from the use of the word "silk" either independently or in connection or conjunction with any other word or words, or in any way on the labels affixed to its said product so as to import or imply, or which may have the capacity or tendency to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said product is composed, made, or manufactured of silk, the product of the cocoon of the silk worm, when such is not the fact.

Respondent also agreed that should it ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (June 7, 1933.)

1063. False and Misleading Brands or Labels and AdvertisingPewter, Brass, and Copper Wares. Respondent, a corporation, engaged in the manufacture of pewter, brass, and copper wares and in the sale and distribution of the same in interstate commerce, and in competition with other corporations, individuals, firms, and partnerships likewise engaged, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondent, in soliciting the sale of or selling its products in interstate commerce, agreed to cease and desist forever from the use of the words "old English" in any way which may have the capacity and tendency to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the products referred to are manufactured in or imported from England, when such is not the fact.

Respondent also agreed that should it ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against it in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (June 14, 1933.)

1064. False and Misleading Brands or Labels and AdvertisingFlavoring Products.-Respondents, engaged in the sale and distribution of flavoring products in interstate commerce, and in competition

with other partnerships, individuals, firms, and corporations likewise engaged, entered into the following agreement to cease and desist forever from the alleged unfair methods of competition as set forth therein.

Respondents, in soliciting the sale of and selling their products in interstate commerce, agreed to cease and desist from the use of the word "extract" either independently or in connection or conjunction with the words "lemon", "pineapple", or "strawberry" as descriptive of their said products and which may have the capacity or tendency to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said products are extracts and/or products in concentrated form composed or made respectively from the juice or the fruit of the lemon, pineapple, or strawberry, when such is not the fact. Said respondents also agreed to cease and desist from the use of the words "true fruit", "orange", "grape", "apricot", "raspberry", or any of them, either independently or in connection or conjunction each with the other, or with any other word or words or in any way as descriptive of their products so as to import or imply or which may have the capacity or tendency to confuse, mislead, or deceive purchasers into the belief that the said products are composed respectively of "true fruit" or the juice or the fruit of the orange, grape, apricot, or raspberry, when such is not the fact.

Respondents also agreed that should they ever resume or indulge in any of the practices in question, this said stipulation as to the facts may be used in evidence against them in the trial of the complaint which the Commission may issue. (June 14, 1933.)

DIGEST OF FALSE, MISLEADING, AND FRAUDULENT ADVERTIS. ING STIPULATIONS1

0332. Vendor-Advertiser-Gallstone and Bladder Remedy.-E. E. Paddock of Kansas City, Mo., vendor-advertiser, is engaged in selling an alleged home remedy for gallstones and gall bladder irritations, and in advertising represents:

"Gall Stones and Gall Bladder Irritations. My home treatment has been successfully used for over 30 years for cause of gall stones of the liver and catarrhal inflammation and infection of the gall bladder.

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a mild, pleasant, effective aid to Nature to stimulate the organs to greater activity and to induce the flow of healthy bile, in which gallstones do not long remain.

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a treatment that assists Nature to build up the overworked organs to function normally again and rid themselves of stagnant sediment resulting from an inactive liver and gall bladder.

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when in truth and in fact said statements are incorrect in certain respects and exaggerated and misleading in others.

In a stipulation filed with and approved by the Federal Trade Commission this vendor-advertiser admits making such representations and agrees to cease and desist from publishing or circulating, or causing to be published and circulated, any statement which is false or misleading, and specifically stipulates and agrees in soliciting the sale of and selling its said product in interstate commerce to cease and desist from representing in advertisements or otherwise:

(a) That said treatment is an adequate treatment for gallstones, gall bladder disorders, or liver disorders.

(b) That said treatment will get at or correct the cause of gall

stones.

1 Of the special board of investigation, with publishers, advertising agencies, broadcasters, and vendoradvertisers. Period covered is that of this volume, namely, July 18, 1932, to June 18, 1933, inclusive. For digests of previous stipulations, see vols. 14, 15, and 16 of Commission's Decisions.

For description of the creation and work of the special board, see vol. 14, p. 602 et seq.

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