The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-11-16
Consumer No+es
Issued Weekly by Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
How To Wash Cotton Velvet

You can keep your cleaning bills for
cotton velvets down to a minimum if
you learn how to wash them.
First, make a thick suds of mild
soap in lukewarm water. Then dip
the velvet in and out of the soapy wat
er until you think it's clean. Don't
rub or squeeze the material.
Repeat the process with new suds, II
the jacket is very dirty, and rinse the
garment in lukewarm water, being
sure to change the water often until
all soap has disappeared.
Don't wiring the velvet dry; lay it
between bath towels until most Of the
water is absorbed in the towels. Then
shake out the jacket, holding the in
side of the fabric to prevent MASKING
of the nap Hang the garment on a
wooden hanger where there is good
circulation of air, and when it is most
dry, brush the cloth in the natural
direction of the threads with medium
stiff brush.
1t is best not to iron the velvet, but
to hang it over steaming kettle or
in a shower bath filled with steam.
Another way to steam the garment is
to wrap moist cloth over a hot iron.
and pass the fabric over the steam. II
you are lucky enough to own steam
iron, lay the velvet side down on the
ironing board, and pass the iron over
the fabric, holding it close to the cloth
but not on it.
The Magma Carta Had Il Word For
Consumers
How to get standard measures Is
a problem as old as the Magma Carta
When King John at Runnymede lr
1915 signed the Magma Carta, he
promised to install in England sys'
tenn of uniform weights and measures
writes the Guide.
One clause of this historic docu
ment reads: "There shall be one meas
ure of wine and one of ale through
our whole realm; and one measure OF
corn, that is to say, the London quar-
ter: and one breadth of dyed cloth
and russets, and haberjeets, that is to
say, two ellis within the lists; and il
shall be of weights as it is of meas
ure."
The United States is some 724 years
behind this achievement, since it still
does not have legislation making one
system of weights and measures man
datory throughout the country.
While the United States has beer
tagging behind, the world has gone
ahead until today consumers are now
asking not only for standards of guam
tity but also standards of quality fol-
the products they buy.
ID. f. Montgomery, Consumers
Counsel of the Agriculture Adjust
ment Administration issued the fol
lowing statement:
Raw cane sugar prices have declined
sharply during the past month, bu
only a small part of this decline ha
been passed on to consumers IN tn
form Of lower retail prices. Producer
appear to be getting a declining shar
of the consumers sugar dollar.
By October 81, the price Of ray
cane sugar at New York had droppe
back to its pre-war august 1889
level On this same date, however
cane sugar at wholesale was quote
six-tenths of cent pound above pre-
war levels and consumers appeared t
be paying almost cent a pound NOR
than they paid before the beginning
of war.
This sloWnesS to pass OH to conSum
ers reductions which already have oc
Cured in the price of raw sugar IS /
decided contrast to the prompt actlo
in boosting prices Immediately aftc
the war began. In early Septembe,
despite large stocks of sugar accumu
lated at pre-war price levels, the pric
to consumers promptly jumped on
and quarter cents on the average
In a great many isolated cases muc
larger increases occurred in price
charged consumers.
Somewhere along the line huge in
ventory gains were made as reta
sugar prices scared to their highes
level since 1929 The failure now t
readjust selling prices will no doub
be explained by the statement tha
there are on hand large stocks o
sugar purchased at higher prices thai
those now quoted. While this may b
true, it should be remembered tha
when prices were boosted in Septcm
Der the increase in many cases oc
Cured before sellers had eXhauste,
their stocks Of low-pricc sugar.