The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly BY Consumer
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, d. c.

A Tin From Cincinnati Consumers
Representatives of Cincinnati con-
sumers now sit at council tables with
other important interests in the city
industry, labor, and trade.
More than Sc conferences benefting
consumers and retailers, wholesalers,
and manufacturers, have been held
under the sponsorship of the Con-
sumer's Conferences. Of Greater. Cin-
cinnati which has also presented 30
weekly radio programs.
Delegates from the conference have
attended variety. of gatherings, the
kind to which consumers ordinarily
are not invited. These include meet
ing Of retail grocers and butchers, a
convention Of department store admin
istrators, and a dry cleaners meeting.
The conference is cooperating with
other civic organizations to get a
smoke abatement ordinance passed.
In addition to educating consumers
in the quality of goods they buy, it
has supported consumer legislation in
the city, State, and Nation, and has
sought to secure informative labels on
commodities.
In year the conference pushed
the purchase of Government graded
meat for consumers up to point
where Cincinnati is among the first 10
cities in the country in the amount OF
quality-graded meat it consumes. I'm
til the Conference began this, work,
not a pound of graded meat had been
sold in Cincinnati.
How do consumer achievements in
your community stack up against this
impressive list?
Cans For Canning
If you're going in for canning op-
erations in a big way you will find
it more economical to use cans rather
than jars.
But be sure you know which type
of can to use for different types OF
fruits and vegetables, cautions the
GUIDE.
Most vegetables, fruits, and meats
can safely be put in the plain tin cans
made of thin sheet metal plated with
tin. But some foods, such as red
colored fruits and vegetables, fade
when heated in this type of can, al
though with no bad effects on the
food.
This means you should use enamel
lined cans to preserve the appearance
Of these foods, and to prevent ex,
cessive darkening or corrosion of the
cans.
For keeping red-colored fruits ano
beets red, and to prevent pumpkins
and squash from corroding the can
I. use sanitary fruit or 'R ename
2, cans, which you can tell by their deeI
gold color and bright finish. w
For corn, succotash and Other
products use &C. (or corn) ename
cans, which haye light gold color
and dull finish. These prevent th'
foods from discoloring. Never. us'
'C'-type enamel cans with acid foods
or with chicken or meats containing ;
large amount of fat. These cause tn
enamel to peel off, making the foo
unsightly, though not injuring it
quality.
Paper gaskets on cans have a sligh
advantage over rubber gaskets TO
hand sealing, but have the disadvan
tage of falling out of place or beini
wrinkled.
When you buy tin cans, ask TO
sizes No. 2 No. 21a, and No. g. Thes
are the sizes that can be used in mos
hand-sealing machines.
To The Freckled
If your first sun freckle is sigma
for trip to the drugstore in scare
of a bleaching cream or freckle re
mover, take heed of the notice recent
ly issued to manufacturers of mercur
bleach cream by the Food and Dru
Administration.
All mercury creams from now o
must carry warnings. No such prep
aration should be applied when tn
skin is cut, bruised, sunburned, O
sore. Nor should cream be use
after depilatory has been appliet
The application Of mercury crear
over large area of the skin is ais
udHScIouS.
People who use the creams shoul
stop using them the moment an
irritation appears.
Labels on these creams, the Foo
and Drug Administration says, shoul
advise consumers to test the cream
before they use them, and direction
for testing should appear on the Ia
bells with warnings.
In no case, the Food and Drug Ai
ministration says, should the, creal
be applied vigorously. Where, it
applied, it should be put on in yer
thin layers, and should not be left o
for more than half hour. At tn
end of half hour the cream shoul
be removed with benzine or OIL
Mercury creams, the Food an
Drug Administration says, cannot b
expected TO have more than tempol
airy bleaching effect on the ski