The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-27
YOUR DOLLAR
(BY Consumers Union)

Canada Dry's Information Please"
program has more sparkle than the
beverage, Consumers Union found
when testing 26 brands of ginger ale.
The famed "pinpoint carbonation"
rated only fair when compared with
other, cheaper brands.
Ratings were based on amount and
duration of carbonation, flavor, and
other factors. Among the lower priced
brands of good quality are Belfast
New Century Beverage Company,
BOhack's, Par-T-Pak (Nehi Corp.),
Myer, krOger's Latonia Club, Grisdale.
Union Made Soft Drinks
Almost 1000 firms make soft-drinks
some employing only few. workers.
That is one reason why the industry
is less than 35 % organized. 1t pays
to look for the union label, though, be-
cause it's your only assurance Of
decent living standard for the workers
who made your sparkling drink.
Wages of Sc to SIG for 52-hour week
are paid in unorganized plants, while
a $35 minimum, 40-hour week is the
average in union shops. And fair
weekly wage is especially important
because most workers in the industry
get only 6 months work year.
The United Brewery, Flour, Cereal
and Soft Drink Workers of America,
AFL, has contracts with the follow
ing manufacturers: Canada Dry (out-
side New York State), Hoffman, C&C,
Myer, New Century, and Quaker Bot
Ting Company. In the New York area
9-10 Of the bottlers have contracts
with local 368 of the above union. A
complete list of union-made beverages
around New York may be obtained
from the union, at % East 18th St.,
New York City. The international
Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chau-
ffeurs, AFL, has contract with Can
ada Dry of New York State.
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Talcum Powder
Talcum powders consist mainly of
finely ground and perfumed tale. Most
brands are pretty much the same ex-
cept for smell, Gu points out in it's
June issue. And yet, you can pay
Slice per ounce (10c for big box) or
33c per ounce. ($1.25 for a small bot
tle).
Gu determined to find out if the
perfume was worth all that difference.
And SO 1O5 women-mostly white-col-
lar workers-were given sniff at
samples of the cheapest and the most
expensive brands. They were not told
the brand or price. 8 had no prefer
ence, 81 preferred the expensive
brand, 63 preferred the dime store tai
cum which sells at just 1/4Oth the
price.
Other substances besides perfume
are sometimes added to talcum
powder, boric acid and olive oil, for
example. Starch, which is used in a
few brands, cakes on the skin and pro-
vides breeding ground for bacteria.
Best Buy talcum powders can be
found on most 10c counters.
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Hay Fever Cures
Hay fever is an allergic disorder.
Pollens Of plants to which person is
sensitive float in the air at certain
seasons. Sneezing, watering eyes and
dripping nose result when the pollen
reaches the persons mucous mem
branes.
Getting away from pollen is one way
to dodge hay fever. Those who can
afford it go to pollen-free areas such
as the White Mountains. Those who
can manage to stay in one room can
install an air filter. Masks and nasal
filters are sold, too, but these don't
protect the eyes, and in any case are
apt to be as uncomfortable as the dis
order itself.
The most practical hay fever cure
for most people is immunization by in
lection. A physician determines, by
careful history and skin tests, to which
pollens the patient is sensitive Gradu-
ally increasing doses of solution of
these pollens are injected before the
hay fever season starts, so that the
patient builds up an immunity. This
method works in about so Of cases.
For the unfortunate 20 &c who can't
be immunized there are drugs which
may cut down, to a certain extent, the
tears and sniffles, but often with un-
pleasant effects. Such drugs should
be administered only under doctors
care, and patent medicines should not
be used.
Ionization," first tried out few
years ago, has proved harmful to some
and not too helpful to most hay fever
patients. Treatment with caustics
should also be avoided.