...tried to define in general terms what methods of competition are " unfair," so that " a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." This certainly has been prudence on the part of the Commission, for, in the debate upon this...

...later in the act. Sec. 5. That unfair methods of competition In commerce are hereby declared unlawful. The commission is hereby empowered and directed to...the interest of the public, it shall issue and serve upon'such person, partnership, or corporation a complaint, stating Its charges in that respect, and...

...partnership, or corporation has been or is using any unfair method of competition in commerce, und if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding...the interest of the public, it shall issue and serve a complaint as therein provided, and if upon the hearing the commission shall be of opinion that the...

...reason to believe that any person or concern is using unfair methods of competition it shall proceed, " if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." The language just quoted was incorporated in the bill in the conference and was not in it...

...Commission act the Commission is given jurisdiction, when it has reason to believe that " any * * * person, partnership, or corporation has been or is...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." Section 4 of the act defines a corporation as " any company or association, incorporated or...

...exception. Under the-unfair-mcthods-of-competition section of the Trade Commission law appears this clause: "and if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." This clause was put into the act in conference between the two Houses of Congress. It becomes...

...Trade Comm. Act). Power is also given to the Commission to suppress "unfair methods of competition .... if it shall appear to the Commission that a proceeding...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." (§ 5 Fed. Trade Comm. Act.) * See Report of Senate Committee on Judiciary reporting Clayton...

...reason to believe that any person or concern is using unfair methods of competition it shall proceed, " if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." The language just quoted was incorporated in the bill in the conference and was not in it...

...reason to believe that any person or concern is using unfair methods of competition it shall proceed, " if it shall appear to the commission that a proceeding...in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public." The language just quoted was incorporated in the bill in the conference and was not in it...

...Held, That the method of competition complained of having been permanently discontinued, it does not appear to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public. 2. Public interest — Competitive method discontinued. — On application for the issuance...