Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-25
UNFAIR PRACTICES
CHARGED TO FIRMS
Federal Trade Commission Sum
mons 38 Manufacturers to An
swer for Alleged Competi-
ton Sitting.
Nv Associated Press 10 Every Evening

Nv Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington. Feb. 25.-Complaints
charging unfair trade practices were
issucd today by the Federal Trade Com
mission against thirty-cight manufacture
ing firms. as the result of a long and in
tenSive investigation which has revealed
"a very serious and unhealthy condition
in certain lines of industry" Ii was the
largest number of complaints ever issued
nj one time by the commission. The
firms arc gwen 80 days in which TO reply
and are ordered to appear for hearing
April =.
Thirty-iour of the complaints were
against yarnish makers, three against
manufacturers of printing ink and one
against soap factory. 4 large number
of other eases still are under consideration.
The t,hddcn Narnlsh Co. of Cleveland
OHIO, was charged with attempting TO
stinr and suppress competition by "sys-
tcmatIcally and ON a large scale giving
employees OF customers. prospective Gus
TONERS and competitors customers gratu-
itlcs such AS liquor cigars, meals, theatre
tickets. valuable presents and entertain
ment Secret payments" also were
alleged to have been made TO employees to
influence purchases from the Glidden
Narnsh Go. or To stop purchases from the
company competitors.
Virtually identical complaints were
issued against the Columbus Narnish
Go Columbus. Ohio: Flood and Conklin
Co, Newark. y. j.. Walter L. Trainer
Co. Philadelphia; y H. Graves Corpor-
alton Philadelphia; Van Camp Narnish
Co. Cleveland, Ohio: sun Narnish Co.
Louisville. Ky. Lilly Narnish Co, Indian,
apolis. Ind. McCloskey Narnish Co.
Philadelphia; Lindcman Wood Finishing,
Co, Shelbyvillc, Ind: Adam and Vernon
Co Chicago; Valentine Co, New York:
bridgeport Wood Finishing Co, New
Milford, Conn: George -. Wetherill
and Co. Philadelphia; Reliance Narnish
Works. Newark, Y j.: Blackburn Narnlsh
Go Cincinnati, Ohio; Frank W. Thurston
Narmsh Co, Chicago; Grand Rapids
Narnish Go, Grand Rapids Mich;
National karnlSh Co. Long Island City;
Standard Narnish Works, New York;
Navcr and locwcnstcin. New York;
Boston larnlsh Co. Boston. Mass; ;
Louisville Narnish Go, Louisville, Ky;
Murphy Narnish Co. Newark y. j.;
Marietta Paint and Color Co. Marietta,
Ohio q Ncil Oil and Paint Co, Mil
vauk,c Wis Grand Rapids Wood
Finishing Co. Grand Rapids. Mich. !;
lorhc, Narnioh 90, Cleveland. Ohio;
laNrcncc-McFadden Co, Philadelphia: +:
Pratt and Lambert, Inc, Buffalo, y. Y:
Rockford Narnish Co, Rockford, ILL.,; /;
harlc- II Long. Jr.. Co, Louisville.
ny AuIt and Wiborg Co, Cincinnati. all
manufacturers of varnish and kindred
products
The lssex NarniSh Co. of Newark, y.
! Was charged with having been guilty
81 the same practices and in addition
with having paid employees large sums of
money 10 adulterate and spoil varnish.
lacquers and japans sold or offered for
sale by lts competitors.
Attempts 10 stifie competition by
rratultieS and payments of money TO
employees were charged against the
EaglC PTlnung Co, Sigmund-D Dllman
Go, and J NJ Huber, all manufacturers
oi printing ink, Of New York, and against
the Warren soap Manufacturing Co. of
Boston