Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1936, Page 6

% by customers, ti BUSINESS CODE " BENG RESUMED iNork Done by N. R. A. Now £ Returned to Federal Trade Commission. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. 4 The N. R. A. nas been wiped out by #he Supreme Court, but its work in etting up business codes still con- inues—with a minimum of friction fand more co-operation between indus- Wtries and the Government. 4 This work has been taken over, or Prather resumed, by the Trade Practice “Conference Division of the Federal “Trade Commission, with Judge George | McCorkle in charge. = In the N. R. A decision the Su- :preme Court really decided a kidnap rcase and restored the child to its le- +gitimate parent, because the N. R. A. sactually took over a Federal Govern- “ment activity that has been in oper- fiation since 1919. ¥ More than 150 trade practice con- «ferences, setting up business codes, whave been held under Federal Trade ¢Commission auspices for industries of | - varied character, comprising member- ships of from several hundred to many gthousand—many of them the largest »and most important in the country. Voluntary Conferences Held { Even during the N. R. A. regime, ~while the activity of the Trade Prac- itice Conference Division was slowed down to a considerable extent, some sof these voluntary conferences of in- dustries were held, and resulted in the spublication of fair trade codes, notably the wholesale drug industry and the ¢ Wholesale tobacco trade. The drug oindustry, with about 400 members of jthe industry present, representing #90 per cent of the annual volume of 4business transacted, condemned such Lunfair trade practices as selling below cost with intent and effect of injuring 4 competitors; using false and mislead- #ing statements by way of advertise- f ment or otherwise; commercial bribery; defamation of competitors and dis- § paragement of competitors’ products; *® unlawtul price discrimination; posing as & wholesale druggist when not P qualified to be so classed; imitation { of trade marks, trade names or other »identifying marks of competitors; Jusing “marked up” or “fictitious” prices; representing certain prices and f terms as “special” when in fact they vare “regular” prices and terms; sub- @ stitution, without-permission, of drugs gor allied produeg for those ordered practice having a J o tendency to mislead purchasers, and | § constituting a method dangerous to » the public health. 4 The wholesale tobacco trade—rep- | Tesenting 96 per cent of the industry | ? in the United States—has adopted a | code since the demise of the N. R. A. | ; There has been renewed. revivified | o Interest in these voluntary trade prac- | » tice conferences since the Supreme | ; Court decision wiped out the N. R. A. | with some 30-odd conferences held, f which the commission is about to : approve. The commission has also | received inquiries — perhaps 250 — which may develop into conferences, gome of them close to appointment. It is also believed that the Robinson- Patman act will stimulate applications | ! for conferences under auspices of the commission. The new act greatly broadens the law against price dis- | crimination, and one of the most fre- | quently requested rules in conferences —selling below cost—appears to be clothed with restrictions which will, it is believed, have a tendency to slow | ' down this method of competition. Other Codes Approved. Business codes approved by the ! commission since the exit of the N. R. A. include, besides the wholesale ! { tobacco trade, the fire extinguisher | appliance manufacturing industry— those in attendance representing 75 ! per cent of the industry, with an in- | i vestment of approximately $7,500,000 {and 3,000 employes; the vegetable ivory button industry, the cotton con- verters industry and the buff and pol- ishing wheel industry. A few of the industries whose pro- ! posed codes are pending are private home study school industry (corre- spondence schools), the petroleum in. dustry, the fertilizer industry, the fruit preserving industry and the radio receiving set industry. This shows the | scope and magnitude of the business interests covered by the codes which | the commission has considered since | it took back this function from the | N.R.A. | Three vears ago the Federal Trade | Commission issued a trade practice conference book, for which there has been a great demand throughout all | industries. A revised edition of this book is made imperative because of the increased interest in the trade | Practice conferences since the cur- ' tain fell on the N. R. A., and it is soon to be issued. The trade practice conferences are | in charge of Judge McCorkle, who has been with the commission since it was organized in March, 1915. When this JYoluntary co-operation between busi- hess interests and the Government started 17 years ago the conferences | were originally designated as trade | submittals. However, they seemed to { win the approbation of the business people and industries began to see the advantages of co-operation in | eliminating unfair methods of com- { petition by agreements, as well as RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ATLANTIC CITY. AVON COTTAGE. 3407 Pacific Ave. Overlooking Ocea Pree bathing. Airy rooms adjoining $25 to $40 weekly double. . Carrie Ford. Prop. oard: modern convenienc: 0 week ends; three meal [ { ) { i I | i ' } 1 ' H i § { | ] | ! i EDUCATIONAL. 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