The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-01-16
Consumer Notes
Issued Weekly by Consumers
Counsel Division, A. A. A.
Washington, D. c.
Start a Consumer Market News
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Throughout the country, consumers
are now asking how they can so about
getting consumer market news SER
vice in their city-a service that tells
consumers daily by radio what fruits,
vegetables, and other foods are most
plentiful on retail markets.
The recipe for such a service calls
for 1) accurate and up-to-the-minute
facts about foods available in the To-
cality; (2) accurate knowledge of food
values; (3) ability to make these facts
and this knowledge Understandable in
simple form to busy consumers; (4)
time on the air.
Consumer organizations that want
to get consumer market news ser
vice in their city are recommended to
follow these lines:
First, you should work up a ten
tative outline of the kind of consumer
market service you want in your city.
A committee from your organiza-
tion should present the tentative pro-
gram to various agencies which are
in a position to cooperate through
providing assistance in securing in
formation, radio facilities, and in
making the broadcast known to the
.homemakers.
If there is a Federal market re-
porter in your city, discuss the plan
with him. If not. write the Agricul-
.tural Marketing Service in Washing
ton to review your plans. Your plans
should be presented to other agencies
such as WPA authorities, the head of
'the home economics department of the
school system, representatives of the
State Extension Service, and if they
exist, your State Department of Mar
.kets or your City Department of
Markets. The local Chamber Of Com
'merce, farm organizations, and organ
izations of dealers in farm products
should be able to provide valuable
assistance.
It's then time to call together q
working committee to put the con
sumer market service over. This
working committee should be made uE
of consumer representatives and per
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ization that has expressed an inter
est in the project Such commit
tee should then consult with rcspon-
. sible city authorities.
How an actual consumer market
service looks in operation is told il
an article in "Broadcasting Food
T. Facts" The article, which describes
the market service in New York City
is available without charge by writing
the Consumers Counsel Division, u
S. Department of Agriculture, Wash
[. ington, d. c.
How To Buy Broom
, 1t pays to examine the tibcrs II
: brooms before you buy.
/. Brooms are made Of broomcorn-
> which looks like stiff straw-and o.
+, Palm fiber, especially Chinese palm
. fiber.
In broomcorn broom, look to see
if there is a mixture of curly anc
rough fibers Best quality will have
only a few fibers with split ends, an'
the splits will be short
The Bureau of Home Economics
says a palm fiber broom will last sew
eral times longer and will be NOR,
satisfactory to use than broomcorl
brooms, though they cost more. For
one thing, they don't flip up the dir
and dust so much when you sweep
They wear down more evenly.
You can tell Chinese palm iibc
broom by the metal jacket attached tc
the handle into which the tibers are
set. When the fiber wears down, The
metal jacket can be removed and thC
rows of stitching and binding tina
holds the fiberS together can be rippcc
out to get more wear from the broom
If you buy palm fiber broom, picE
a light weight one, and one with Ions
fibers.
Dipping palm fiber brooms in watcl
once a week will help preserve tn,
fiber. Hang them to dry on the handle
= end, never on the sweeping end. Dc
not wet broomcorn tibcrs.
On The Air
= CONSUMER TIME, the weekly
consumer broadcast that tells you
how to buy and how to make youl
dollar go further, will bring listeners
facts on soaps and securing powders
and information on how to pick or,
anges for juice, during its broadcast
on Saturday morning, January II.
The broadcast goes on the air al
,1l:15 a. M, Eastern Standard Time
over the Red Network Of the National
Broadcasting Company. 1t is sponsor,
ed jointly by the Consumers Counsel
Division Of the L. S. Department OF
Agriculture and the General Fedora.
tion Of Womens Clubs.
Donald +. Montgomery, Consumers
Counsel, will also be heard in his
weekly statement to consumers.