The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-06-19
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
cheaper brands.
Ratings were based on amount and
duration of carbonation, flavor, and
other factors Low-priced brands of
good quality are Belfast New Cen
fury Beverage Coz, Bohack's, PART
PAX (Nehi Corp, Myer, Kroger's La
tonia 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 $3.50 organized. The I'M
ion label is your only assurance of a
decent living standard for the work
| ers, since wages of Sc to SIG for a
52-hour week are paid in unorganized
plants. A $35 minimum, 40-hour week
is the average in union shops. And
fair weekly wage is especially i'm
portant because most workers in the
industry get only six months work
a year.
The Init Union of the United Brew
cry Flour Cereal & Soft Drink Work
ers (AFL) has contracts with the fol-
lowing manufacturers: Canada Dry
| (outside New York state) Hoffman,
C&C, Myer, New Century and Quaker
Bottling Co. In the New York area,
$40 of the bottlers are under con-
tract. The init. Bro. of Transfers
Chauffeurs Stablemen e Helpers
(AFL) has contract with Canada
Dry of New York state.
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 its
June issue. Yet you can pay 8/1Oc
an ounce (10c for big box or 33c
an ounce ($125 for a small bottle)
Gu determined to find out If the
perfume was worth all that difference.
And so los women-mostly white
collar workers-were given sniff at
samples of the cheapest and the most
expensive brands. They were not told
the brand or price. Eight had no pref
erence, 81 preferred the expensive
brand, SO preferred the dime store
talcum which sells at just 1/4Oth the
price.
Other substances are sometimes
added to talcum powder: boric acid
and olive oil, for example. Starch,
which is used in few brands, cakes
on the skin and provides a breeding
ground for bacteria.
Best buy talcum powders can be
found on most 10c counters.
HAY FEVER CURES
Getting away from pollen is one
way to dodge hay fever. Those who
can afford 1t 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
itself.
The most practical hay fever cure |
for mots people is immunization by |
injection. A physician determines, by |
careful history and skin tests, to
which pollens the patient is sensitive.
Gradually increasing doses of solu-
tions of these pollens are injected be-
fore the hay fever season starts, so
that the patient builds up an immun-
ity. This method works in about 500
of cases.
For the unfortunate 20e6 who can't |
be immunized there are drugs which |
may cut down, to a certain extent, |
the tears and sniffles, but often with |
unpleasant 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.
You cannot control what you do not |