New Britain herald., 1916-05-30
ENFORCING SQUARE
 DEAL IN BUSINESS
How Federal Trade Commission
 Gives Little Fellows a Show
(From an article by Joseph E. Davies, chairman of the federal trade commission)

(From an article by Joseph E. Davies
 chairman of the federal trade
 commission.)
 Not long ago two young men, who had saved some money out of their wages, embarked in a small manu- featuring business themselves They found difficulty in procuring certain raw materials as advantageously as their former employer could. The par ty furnishing the raw materials, they said, had an understanding with their former employer. This, they claimed, was unfair competition.
 They filed complaint with the fed- eral trade commission. After inves- tigation it was ascertained that the reasons assigned for refusing to fur nish the raw materials were that the young men did not have credit or cash to buy. When this fact was made clear, the young men afranseu to pay cash. Thereupon the party complained against agreed not to dis crirninate against them further in any way but to furnish them raw mater ials on an equal basis with their competitors. There was no formal hearing. no Iong-draWn out litigation; the young concern could not have stood it. The whole matter was ad justed within a few weeks and the small industry afforded a chance, on an even footing, to work out its sal vation.
 Another case. A laEge corporation engaged in a certain manufacturing practice which in a single state was costing it's rival, an independent, thousands of dollars every month. The matter was taken up with the copor- ation alleged to be offending and the matter settled. The offending cor poration agreed to desist in it's prac- tice not only as to the single inde- pendent directy affected, but as to all others similarly situated. The small Ter company was saved. The large corporation was not haled into court; there was no publicity, no interference with the normal course of business; and the whole matter was disposed of speedily and satisfactorily.
 These are typical cases Illustrating the daily, routine work of the fed eral trade commission The proce- dure is purposely made as simple as possible The relief is speedy. Red tape is cut out and results obtained by
 
 ally: complaintants and those com plained against sit around the same table with the commission.
 The satisfactory part is that the spirit of the commission has been ac- cepted by business to be a spirit of accommodation and helpfulness. The good faith of the commission has been accepted; and the business interests which we have come into contact with 1 have been open and fair in their de- l sire to accommodate themselves to the 1 law For years business and it's re- l lation to government has been the ob l feet of criticism and attack. That pe- riod has largely passed. The con- 1 structive era has come,
 Jolt For Prosperity Knockers.
 Facts brought to light by the bu- | reau of foreign and domestic com | merce effectively answer the claim of 1 the prosperity knockers that Americas | huge foreign trade consists almost en- l tirely of munitions of war sold to 1 the belligerent nations of Europe.
 It is shown conclusively that the | bulk of the new business does not con- l sst of munitions and that the trade 1 increases to neutral nations, compared l with the business done with these na- tions prior to the European war, are l even larger than the increases to the | warning countries 1
 Our exports to Europe may be di- | vided into three groups: 1st, munitions l of war such as ammunitions rifles guns. artillery; 2nd, articles not actu- ally implements of warfare which are s,,nplied to the nations now at war primarily for use in belligerent activ- 1 itv. such as copper, chemicals, mot ] ors. and 3rd, articles which would | have been exported in the regular