The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-10-19
YOUR DOLLAR
(BY Consumers Union)

consumers Are consumer interests
Opposed to labor interests? To the con.
trary, says Consumers Union. Most
CONSUMERS are also either wage earn.
ers or farmers who must organize tc
earn more dollars, while at the same
time struggling to get decent value
for the few dollars they have to spend
GUS $4,000 members, polled in q
recent QUESTIONABLE, overwhelmingly
endorsed this stand. $3.50 of all re-
plying approve GUS policy of report
ing on the labor conditions under
which products are made, a prelim-
mary survey shows. Even in higher
income brackets ($5,O00 and over)
1920 of Gus members endorsed the
policy while 97&o of the members
earning $4,000 to $4,000 indicated
their interest in supporting organized
labor through publication Of these re-
ports.
War and Prices
On the basis of price trends to Oc-
tober 5th, Gu can offer a few buying
hints. Price changes may have alter
led the picture somewhat by the time
this column appears.
Don't stock up on foods. Pres
ent high prices may recede.
Buy wool clothing now-but
shop around to get it at the pre-war
price. Retailers bought their fall and
winter stocks before the price of wool
advanced, and there's no justification
for higher prices on these lines.
3.-If you need wool blankets and
rugs and plan to buy them anyway,
get them now. Prices are almost GER
tain to go up.
4.-Don't stock up on sheets and
cotton goods. In the face of a huge
cotton surplus and reduced exports,
it's doubtful if the price advances al
ready made in some lines can be held.
5.-Shoe prices will probably rise
and continue rising for a time. If you
need shoes, it may be wise to buy them
early.
Floor Wax
Will floor wax make your floors
germ-free? Can a floor wax be Slip
proof? What kind of floor wax gives
best results?
These are a few of the questions
Consumers Union has asked and
answered in recent tests. And con-
trary to the general impression, it was
found that a no-rub wax of good
quality is not only much easier to ap-
ply, but is also safer {no fire hazard) ,
more economical and quite as lasting
as paste or liquid wakes of the rub
bing type. No wax is slip-proof and
no wax can keep a floor germ-free.
Best Buys Of the no-rub type were
AII-Nu Floor Wax (do not confuse
with All-Nu Floor Polish, which is Not
Acceptable); Town Talk and Wards
Self-Polishing Wax compound. Com
plete ratings of 4SRo-rEb, paste and
liquid wakes appear in the October
issue of Consumers Union Reports.
Labor-AutO Radios
September YOUR DOLLAR errone-
ously reported that the Arvin auto ra-
dio was made under contract with the
United Auto Workers of America. AL
though few union members are
working in Arvin plants, the union in
forms Gu that it has not sought rec
ognition and has no contract with
Arvin.
Erus- Eruc
Contempt for human life and liber-
ties has nowhere been more glaringly
demonstrated than in a current Cali
fornia health experiment"
Twelve tuberculosis patients in San
Bernardino County, California, most
of them helpless because moneyless,
are being dosed at public expense
with Erus-Eruc, quack tuberculosis
cure in three parts-a liniment COM
posed of sassafras, kerosene and yell
low dye, an ordinary iron and wine
tonic, and eucalyptus inhalant.
Death certificates show that pre-
vious patients died. $3.50 contracts
and stories of mortgaged homes at
test the cXorbitant price asked for
Erus Eruc. Not one shred of scien-
tifc evidence supports the remedy
A licensed physician, DR.. Ross c.
Martin, and c. Eugene Grier of the
Board Of Supervisors of San Bernar-
dino County helped the Hurlberts,
owners Of Erus- Eruc, to evade laws
regulating the sale Of patent medi-
cines in California, escape punishment
after conviction Of prescribing with
out license, censor the new state
food and drug law so that it's provis-
ions would not hamper the sale of
their product, and as final gesture,
finance with public funds the present
grisly experiment which is likely to
result in death to helpless patients.
How long will a patent medicine
tamper with the health
protection of the people of California?
How long before public indignation
ends the influence of the Hurlberts and
their kind over the laws of the land