The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-16
; YOUR DOLLAR
. By Consumers Union

January is the month of white sales
i. especially sales Of sheets. There
fore Consumers Union tested SO
brands for it's members. One fact Gu
discovered is that while heavy muslin
sheets will give more wear per dollar,
percales may make up for their high
er price in lower laundry costs and
greater comfort.
Whether your choice is muslin or
percale, you need information about
how brands compare-informatio you
seldom get in the store GUS tech
nicians got such information by a
series of tests which simulated actual
wear. Sheets were rubbed and pulled
and tested for shrinkage. Weight and
thread count were also considered in
the ratings.
Best Buys among the percale sheets
were PequOt at $1.75, Wards Deluxe
at $1.29 plus postage, and Macy's at
$1.26. Best Buys of the muslins were
Fruit of the Loom Extra Weight at
$1.49 and Penney at SIC. Several types
of Pepperell., and Fieldcrest were
among the Acceptable sheets.
Union Made Sheets
For many of the sheets sold under
store brand names, Gu was unable to
get labor facts. The following sheets
are union-made, according to inform
alton received. Fieldcrest (Marshall
Field; Pepperell-union contract in
plant manufacturing muslin sheets;
Pequot-has union contract establish
| ing the most advanced employment
conditions in the industry.
Gu Starts Newsletter
Beginning early in February, Con-
sumers Union will publish a weekly
newsletter reporting to consumers ex-
actly what is happening to the price
and quality Of goods they buy. Prices
have already risen, Gu points out,
and in time Of war preparation and
defense spending, there's tendency
i to overlook consumer interests. Yet,
with huge stocks of surplus goods in
many lines and with millions of men
unemployed, Gu can see no honest
reason why American living stand
ards should be lowered. The news
letters purpose will be to protect liv-
ing standards in two ways.
First, it will help each reader
spread his dollars further by provid-
ing advice on what, how and when to
buy. Second, the newsletter will keep
consumers informed of attacks,
whether conscious or unconscious, up
on American living standards, and
will indicate line of action against
such attacks.
The newsletter will be easy to read
and will contain simple brand name
ratings of selected staple items. The
subscription rate is 81 for SO weekly
issues.
Aspirin
Bayer's aspirin at SOC a hundred
tablets may relieve headache. So
will Certified aspirin at &c or a lit
tie more per hundred, or PremO at
15c. Aspirin is standard product, as
required by law, no matter what the
brand name, price or advertising
claims. In testing % brands Gu found
that all of them fulfilled legal require
ments for the amount of acetyl-sali-
cylic acid present.
Although aspirin is relatively safe
pain-killer, no pain-killer should be
relied on unless you find out from a
doctor that some more Fundamental
remedy is not needed. In addition, nu-
merous people are susceptible to as
pirin and suffer disturbing effects if
they take it at all.
Part-Wool Blankets
Three part-wool blankets pass over
, U. S. store counters, for every all
wool blanket sold This 3 to 1 ratio
, does not mean that the average
American is a poor Judge Of quality
nor yet that he is trying to use up
the cotton surplus. 1t means mainly
that three buyers out of four cannot
afford all-wool.
Mores the pity, then, that part
wool blankets give less wear per doll
ar than all-wool. Gu tested IA part
wool blankets, ranging in price from
81 to SO and found that the best of
them had only about half as much
resistance to abrasion (rubbing) as
did the poorest all-wool blanket tested
the preceding month. Part wool
blankets quickly lose their nap, and
with it most of their warmth-retain-
ing qualities. 1t pays to buy wool, if
you can.
; Gu tested part-wool blankets TO,
resistance to rubbing and pulling
instability and weight. Best Buy
found uac tho Cannan- on sNiIl1