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Standard Mills, Inc.

Volume 63 · 63 F.T.C. 978

Citation
63 F.T.C. 978
Docket
8484
Complaint
1962-05-02
Decision
1963-09-30
Document type
final order
Case type
consumer protection
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5)
Industry
upholstery fabric jobbing
Outcome
cease and desist
Relief
cease_and_desist; affirmative_disclosure; compliance_reporting
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(b) The debtor's wages attached;

(c) The debtor's wages garnisheed.

4. Using forms or any other items of printed or written matter which simulate legal process.

It is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order. By the Commission, Commissioner Anderson not participating.

IN THE MATTER OF STANDARD MILLS, INC., ET AL.

ORDER, OPINION, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT

Docket 8484. Complaint, May 2, 1962—Decision, Sept. 30, 1963

Order requiring New York City converter jobbers of upholstery fabric—buying from mills the raw, unbleached grey goods which they then contracted with finishing mills to color and pattern and finally sold to furniture manufacturers, department stores, decorators and upholsterers—to cease the unqualified use in their trade name of the word "Mills", and to accompany the name on letterheads, invoices and labels with the words "Converters, Jobbers, and Distributors of Fabrics—not Textile Manufacturers or Mill Owners" in type ¾ the size of that used in the trade name and immediately under the name; and with a choice of using the same qualification as a footnote, preceded by an asterisk on all other printed matter.

COMPLAINT

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Standard Mills, Inc., a corporation, and Arthur J. Smith and Lloyd Smith, individually and as officers of said corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondents, have violated the provisions of said Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint stating its charges in that respect as follows:

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Standard Mills, Inc., is a corporation, organized, existing and doing business under the laws of the State of New York, with its principal office and place of business located at 461 Park Avenue South, New York, New York.

Complaint 63 F.T.C.

(b) The debtor's wages attached;

(c) The debtor's wages garnisheed.

4. Using forms or any other items of printed or written matter which simulate legal process. It is further ordered, That the respondents herein shall, within

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