Hand Knitting Yarn Industry
16 CFR Part 177 · Trade practice rules · in the Code of Federal Regulations 1949-1977 (13 annual editions)
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Chapter I—Federal
any unfair trade practice specified in
this part.
Group II
§ 176.101 Statistics.
The industry records its approval of
the compilation and distribution of all
proper and lawful statistics, subject,
however, to the prohibitions and limita-
tions set forth in §§ 176.18 and 176.21.
§ 176.102 Repndiation of coutracts.
Contracts, either written or oral, are
business obligations which should be per-
formed in letter and in spirit. The re-
pudiation of contracts by sellers on a
rising market or by buyers on a declin-
ing market is equally reprehensible and
is condemned by the industry.
§ 176.103 Regulatory laws.
The industry hereby records its ap-
proval of proper cooperation of industry
members in affording such mutual as-
sistance to each other as is consonant
with law in complying with applicable
Federal and State requirements for, and
the proper preparation of, information
and records required or in aid of such
compliance.
§ 176.104 Forms of contract.
The industry records its approval of
the preparation and publication, in co-
operation with suppliers and customers,
of proper and lawful forms of contracts
for voluntary use, which forms will leave
open for negotiation by the respective
parties all terms and conditions thereof,
including prices, discounts, and other
terms or conditions of sale; and provided
further, that such forms, and the use
thereof or any action in relation thereto,
shali not be in restraint of trade.
COMMITTEE ON TRADE PRACTICES
§ 176.201 Industry committee.
The provisions of §16.1 of this sub-
chapter shall be applicable to an indus-
try committee established under this
part.
{21 P.R. 1174, Feb. 21, 1956)
PART 177—-HAND KNITTING YARN
INDUSTRY
Group I
Sec.
177.0 Definitions.
177.1 Misrepresentatlon as to character of
business,
1772 Deceptive labeling and misrepresen-
tation of product,
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177.3 Deception as to place of origin.
177.4 Identification and disclosure of fiber
or material content.
1775 Misuse of words “zephyr”, “tweed”,
“crepe”, “cashmere”, “mohair”,
“angora rabbit”, and “angora rab-
bit hair’.
177.6 Short welght, short measure, and
misrepresentation as to quantity.
177.7 Representing retail prices as wholee
sale,
177.8 False invoicing.
177.9 Commercial bribery.
177.10 Coercing purchase of one product as
@ prerequisite to the purchase of
other products,
177.11 Consignment selling.
177.12 Exclusive deals.
177.18 Imitatlon or simulation of trade-
marks, trade names, etc,
177.14 Defamation of competitors or dis-
paragement of their products.
177,15 Discriminatory returns.
177.16 Prohibited discriminatlon,
177.17 Aiding or abetting use of unfair trade
practices.
COMMITTEE ON TRADE PRACTICES
177.201 Industry committee.
AvuTHorIry: The provisions of this Part
177 issued under secs. 6(g), 5, 38 Stat. 722,
719; 15 U.S.C. 46(g), 45, unless otherwise
noted.
Source: The provisions of this Part 177
appear at 138 F.R. $295, June 18, 1948, unless
otherwise noted.
Group I
§ 177.0 Definitions.
As used in §§ 177.1 to 177.17 the terms
“hand knitting yarn” and “consumer
unit” have the foliowing meanings, re-
spectively:
(a) Hand knitting yarn. Any yarn
used in hand knitting, hand crocheting,
hand weaving, hand rug making, hand
tapestry making, or similar handiwork,
which contains, purports to contain, or
in any way is represented as contain-
ing wool, reprocessed wool, or reused
wooi.
(b>) Consumer unit. Any bali, bundle,
sKein, tube, or package which contains
a quantity of hand knitting yarn (as
hand knitting yarn is above defined)
and in such form is sold to consumers
for use. ;
§ 177.1 Misrepresentation as to charac-
ter of business.
It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry to represent, di-
rectly or indirectly, through the use of
§ 177.2
the word “mill” or “mills,” of the word
“manufacturer,” or any other word, term,
or representation of similar import or
meaning, in his corporate or trade name.
or otherwise, that he is a manufacturer
of hand knitting yarn or that he is the
owner or operator of a mill, factory, or
producing company manufacturing hand
knitting yarn, when such is not the fact,
or in any other manner to misrepresent
the character, extent, or type of his
business.
§ 177.2 Deceptive labeling and misrep-
resentation of product.
It is an unfair trade practice to use, or
cause or promote the use of, any trade
promotional literature, advertising mat-
ter, guarantee, warranty, mark, brand,
label, designation, or representation,
however disseminated or published, which
has the capacity and tendency or effect
of misleading or deceiving the purchas-
ing or consuming public, directly or by
reason of deceptive concealment or non-
disclosure of fact:
(a) With respect to the grade, quality,
quantity, weight, yardage, size, fiber or
material content, place of origin, dura-
bility, washability, colorfastness, resist-
ance to shrinkage, immunity to moth
damage, construction, processing, manu-
facture, distribution, use; or
(b) Which in any other respect has
the capacity and tendency or effect of
misleading or decelving the purchasing
or consuming public.
§ 177.3 Deception as to place of origin.
(a) It is an unfair trade practice to use
any word, phrase, symbol, depiction, or
other representation, indicative of a for-
eign country or other geographical lo-
cality of origin, as descriptive of any
hand knitting yarn, or of fiber or mate-
rial contained therein, which has the
capacity and tendency or effect of mis-
leading or deceiving purchasers or pro-
spective purchasers into the belief that
the yarn, fiber, or material so referred
to originated or was produced in such
country or geographical locality when
such is not the fact, or which ts false,
misleading, or deceptive in any other
respect.
(b) When fiber or material contained
in any hand knitting yarn is produced
in one foreign country or geographical
locality but is spun, manufactured, or
processed in another country or geo-
graphical locality, and reference to the
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origin of such fiber or material is made
in the advertising, labeling, or marketing
of the product, such reference to the
place of origin shall be nondeceptively
qualified or so stated as to show, clearly
and truthfully, that the spinning, manu-
facture, or processing was performed in
a different country or geographical local-
ity from that of the origin of the fiber or
material (all to the end that misunder-
standing and deception of purchasers
may be avoided or prevented), as for
example:
Made in U. B. A.
of Wool Produced in Scotland.
(c) Imported yarn or merchandise is
also required to be properly marked as
to foreign origin in accordance with the
provisions of the customs laws or regu-
lations, and other applicable provisions
of law or regulation relating to the mark-
ing of imported artlcles; and no misrep-
resentation or deception, directly or by
implication, shall be practiced in the
marketing of such yarn or merchandise
in the channels of trade or to the con-
suming publlc.
§ 177.4 Identification and disclosure of
fiber or material content.
(a) In the sale, offering for sale, or dis-
tribution of hand knitting yarn, it is an
unfair trade practice to deceptively des-
ignate or misrepresent the fiber or mate-
rial content of such yarn or to fail to
properly disclose the fiber or material
content thereof in accordance with the
following provisions of this section.
(b) Disclosure of content in labeling.
The content of any consumer unit of
hand knitting yarn which contains, pur-
ports to contain, or in any way is repre-
sented as containing “wool,” “reproc-
essed wool,” or “reused wool,” shall be
shown on a stamp, tag, label, or other
means of identification, on or affixed
thereto, in accordance with the require-
ments of the Wool Products Labeling Act
and the rules and regulations promul-
gated thereunder.
(c) Disclosure of content in advertis-
ing and invoices. Where nondisclosure
of fiber or material content of hand
knitting yarn, or of the fact that any
fiber or material contained in such yarn
ig reprocessed or reused, in advertising,
trade promotional lterature and in-
voices, has the capacity and tendency or
effect of misleading or deceiving pur-
chasers or the consuming public with
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respect to such content, disclosure shall
be made therein by setting forth the com-
mon generic name of the fiber, fibers, or
material contained in such yarn, quali-
fled by the word “Reprocessed” or “Re-
used” where applicable to the fiber or
material referred to, and showing either
the percentage by weight of each con-
stituent fiber or material or listing such
constituents in the order of their pre-
dominance by weight.
(1) Alternative method of disclosure
of content in advertising. Where ad-
vertisements refer to products in classes
or groups, the content may be disclosed
therein by a short statement nondecep-
tively set forth showing the content by
classes or products, as for example:
Hand knitting yarns of mixed wool and
silk; others of reprocessed wool and rayon;
also wool and rabbit hair—Respective con-
tents shown on the label.
(2) Alternative method of disclosure
of content in certain invoices. With re-
spect to disclosure of content in invoices
provided for in this section, if, because
of a multiplicity of items of different
fiber or material composition, it is im-
practicable to have the content of the
different items set out on the face or back
of the invoice or otherwise specifically
listed therein, a statement in lieu of such
specific listing of content in the invoice
may be set forth in such invoice to the
effect that the seller warrants that each
and every item coming under §§ 177.1 to
177.17 and covered by such invoice
is properly marked and labeled. as
to content in full conformity with the
applicable requirements: Provided, Such
products are so labeled and marked. The
following is an example of the above-
mentioned statement to be set out on
invoices under the provisions of this
paragraph:
The seller hereby warrants that the con-
tents of the products covered by this invoice
are clearly and truthfully disclosed and
marked on stamps, tags, labels, brands, or
other means of identification, attached to
the respective products, in accordance with
applicable requirements of law and trade
practice rules.
§177.5 Misuse of words “zephyr,”
“tweed,” “crepe,” “cashmere,” “‘mo-
hair,” “angora rabbit,” and “angora
rabbit hair.”
It is an unfair trade practice to use
the words “zephyr,” “tweed,” “crepe,”
“cashmere,” “mohair,” “angora rabbit,”
Trade Commission § 177.5
and “angora rabbit hair” contrary to the
following respective provisions, or the
identification and disclosure provisions
of § 177.4, or in any other manner which
has the capacity and tendency or effect of
misleading or deceiving purchasers or
prospective purchasers:
(a) Zephyr. The word “zephyr” shall
not be used to describe any hand knit-
ting yarn which is not all virgin wool
worsted yarn of a fineness not lower than
that prescribed for 64’s in the Official
Standard of the United States for Grades
of Wool and Wool Top issued by the
United States Department of Agriculture
(1 CFR Part 31).
(b) Tweed. The word “tweed,” or
any other word or term of similar im-
port, shall not be used to describe any
hand knitting yarn which is not com-
posed wholly of woolen fiber and which
is not of the distinctive pattern or type
which produces a tweed effect when
knitted.
(c) Crepe. The word “crepe,” or any
other word or term indicative of silk,
shall not be used to describe any hand
knitting yarn which is not composed
wholly of silk, the product of the cocoon
of the silkworm; Provided, however,
That such term may be used truthfully
to describe the type of construction or
finish of hand knitting yarn if such term
is legibly, clearly, and nondeceptively
qualified in immediate conjunction
therewith by the name of the fiber,
fibers, or material comprising such yarn,
set forth in the order of their predomi-
nance by weight.
(d) Cashmere. The word “Cash-
mere,” or any other word or term of
similar import, shall not be used to de-
scribe any hand knitting yarn or any
fiber contained therein when such yarn
or fiber is not composed entirely of the
hair or fleece of the Cashmere goat, sub-
ject to the further provisions set forth
below in paragraph ‘g) of this section.
(e) Mohair. The word “mohair” shall
not be used as descriptive: of any
hand Knitting yarn or any fiber con-
tained therein when such yarn or fiber
is not composed entirely of the hair or
fleece of the Angora goat, subject to the
further provisions set forth below in
paragraph (g) of this section.
(f) Angora rabbit or angora rabbit
hair. The term “angora rabbit” or “an-
gora rabbit hair” shall not be used as
descriptive of any hand knitting yarn
or any fiber contained therein when such
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§ 177.6
yarn or fiber is not composed entirely of
the hair or fieece of the Angora rabbit,
subject to the provisions set forth below
in paragraph (g) of this section.
(g) Required qualifications respecting
use of terms “cashmere,” “mohair,” “an-
gora rabbit,” and “angora rabbit hair” in
mized yarns. The word “cashmere,”
“mohair,” “angora rabbit,” or “angora
rabbit hair” may be used truthfully to
describe that portion of hand knitting
yarn composed of the hair or fieece so
designated, if clearly and non-decep-
tively qualified by setting forth, in im-
mediate conjunction therewith, the other
fiber or material content of such yarn in
accordance with the provisions of
§ 177.4,
§ 177.6 Short weight, short measure, and
misrepresentation as to quantity.
(a) To the end that purchasers may
be correctly informed and deception re-
sulting from short weight or short meas-~
ure in consumer units when sold to the
public may be avoided and prevented, the
quantity of hand knitting yarn con-
tained in any consumer unit shall be dis-
closed by tag, label, or mark on or affixed
thereto, clearly and non-deceptively
showing the correct weight of the yarn
therein; and the yarn therein contained
shall be sufficient to provide the full
weight of yarn so stated on the tag,
label, or mark without inclusion of more
than 10% moisture (such 10% moisture
content being equivalent to 11.1% mois-
ture regain): Provided, however, That
in the case of yarn containing acetate
rayon, nylon, or cotton, such above-men-
tioned moisture content limit of 10%
shall be reduced 1% for each 25% or
fractions thereof, by weight, of acetate
rayon, nylon, and cotton contained in
the yarn: And provided further, That
tapestry, Mending, and embroidery
yarns, in quantities not exceeding 50
yards for each consumer unit may be
tagged, labeled, or marked according to
linear measure only.
(b) Under this section it is an un-
fair trade practice to sell, offer for sale,
or distribute hand knitting yarn which
does not contain the full weight of yarn
indicated on the consumer unit, or
which, in the case of tapestry, mending,
or embroidery yarn, does not contain
the full linear measure stated on the
consumer unit in which the product is so
sold, offered for sale, or distributed.
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(c) It is an unfair trade practice to
cause hand knitting yarn to be offered
for sale, sold, or distributed under any
tag, label, mark, or representation which
is otherwise false, misleading, or decep-
tive as to weight or quantity.
(da) Nothing in this section shall be
construed as limiting one in the use of
any particular method for reeling or
packaging consumer units of yarn when
such method of reeling or packaging re-
sults in having such consumer units con-
tain full weight of yarn on the basis of
not more than 10% moisture content,
equivalent to 11.1% moisture regain.
§ 177.7 Representing retail prices as
wholesale.
It is an unfair trade practice for
any member of the industry to adver-
tise for sale, offer to sell, or sell hand
knitting yarns at prices represented to
be wholesale, through the medium of in-
voices, letterheads, statements, labels,
printed matter, advertisements, or by
the use of the words “wholesaler,” “man-
ufacturer,” “jobber,” or “broker,” or in
any other manner, when in truth and in
fact such prices are not wholesale prices,
or to otherwise misrepresent the price of
such yarns.
§ 177.8 False invoicing.
Withholding from or inserting in in-
voices or sales tickets any statements or
information by reason of which omission
or insertion a false record is made,
wholly or in part, of the transaction
represented on the face of such invoices
or sales tickets, with the effect of thereby
misleading or deceiving purchasers or
prospective purchasers, is an unfair
trade practice.
§ 177.9 Commercial bribery.
It Ils an unfair trade practice for a
member of the industry, directly or In-
directly, to give, or offer to give or permit
or cause to be given, money or anything
of value to agents, employees, or repre-
sentatives of customers or prospective
customers, or to agents, employees, or
representatives of competitors’ custom-
ers Or prospective customers, without
the knowledge of their employers or
principals, as an inducement to influence
their employers or principals to purchase
or contract to purchase hand knitting
yarps manufactured or sold by such
industry member or the maker of such
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gift or offer, or to influence such em-
ployers or principals to refrain from
dealing in the products of competitors
or from dealing or contracting to deal
with competitors.
8177.10 Coercing purchase of one prod-
net as a prerequisite to the purchase
of other products.
The practice of coercing the purchase
of one or more products as a prerequisite
to the purchase of one or more other
- products, where the effect may be to
substantially lessen competition or tend
to create a monopoly or to unreasonably
restrain trade, is an unfair trade
practice.
§ 177.11 Consignment selling.
It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry to use the prac-
tice of shipping goods on consignment or
pretended consignment for the purpose
and with the effect of artificially clogging
trade outlets and unduly restricting com-
petitors’ use of said trade outlets in get-
ting their goods to consumers through
regular channels of distribution, or with
such purpose to entirely close said trade
outiets to such competitors so as to sub-
stantially lessen competition or tend to
create a monopoly or to unreasonably
restrain trade: Provided, however, That
nothing in this section shall be construed
or used as restricting or preventing con-
signment shipping or marketing of com-
modities in good faith and without artifi-
cial interference with competltors’ use of
the usuai channeis of distribution in such
“manner as thereby to suppress competi-
tion or restrain trade.
§ 177.12 Exclusive deals.
(a) It is an unfair trade practice for
any member of the industry to purchase
-or otherwise acquire the stock of hand
knitting yarn of a competitor or com-
petitors of such industry member from a
customer of such competitor or competi-
tors, whether such acquisition is effected
by acceptance of such competitive yarn
in exchange for that of such industry
member or extension of credit or grant-
ing of other concession in Meu thereof,
or otherwise:
(1) Upon any express or implied con-
dition, agreement, or understanding that
such customer will discontinue handiing
competitive products and will handle
such member’s products exclusively; or
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(2) As an inducement to such cus-
tomer to discontinue handling competi-
tive products and to handle such mem~
ber’s products exclusively;
and where the effect of such acts or
practices may be to substantially iessen
competition, or tend to create a monop~
oly, or to unreasonably restrain trade.
(b) It is an unfair trade practice for
any member of the hand Knitting yarn
industry to make a saie or contract for
Sale of hand Knitting yarns, or fix a
price charged therefor, or discount from,
or rebate upon, such price, on the con-
dition, agreement, or understanding that
the purchaser thereof shall not use or
deal in hand knitting yarn of a competi-
tor or competitors of such member, where
the effect of such sale or contract for
sale or such condition, agreement, or
understanding may be to substantially
lessen competition or tend to create a
monopoly in any line of commerce.
8177.13 Imitation or simulation of
trade-marks, trade names, ete.
The imitation or simulation of the
trade-marks, trade names, brands, or
fabels of competitors, or of the exclu-
sively owned styles, designs, or patterns
of competitors which have not directly
or by operation of law been dedicated
to the public, with the capacity and
tendency or effect of misleading or de~-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers, is an unfair trade practice.
8177.14 Defamatiou of competitors or
disparagement of their products.
The defamation of competitors by
falsely imputing to them dishonorable
conduct, inability to perform contracts,
questionable credit standing, or by other
false representation, or the false dispar-
agement of the grade, quality, or manu-
facture of the products of competitors, or
of their business methods, selling prices,
values, credit terms, policies, or services,
is an unfair trade practice.
§ 177.15 Discriminatory returns.
It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry engaged in com-
merce to discriminate in favor of one
customer-purchaser against another
customer-purchaser of hand Knitting
yarns, bought from such member of the
§ 177.16
industry for resale, by contracting to fur.
nish or furnishing in connection there-
with, upon terms not accorded to all
customer-purchasers on proportionally
equal terms, the service or facility
whereby such favored purchaser is ac-
corded the privilege of returning hand
knitting yarns so purchased and receiv-
ing therefor credit or refund of purchase
price: Provided, however, That nothing
in §8177.1 to 177.17 shall prohibit or
be used to prevent the return of mer-
chandise by purchaser, for credit er
refund of purchase price, when and be-
cause such merchandise has not been
properly labeled by the seller as to fiber
or material content, or has been other-
wise falsely or deceptively labeled or rep-
resented, or when and because such mer-
chandise is defective in material, work-
manship, or in any other respect con-
trary to warranty or purchase contract.
§ 177.16 Prohibited discrimination.
(a) Prohibited discriminatory prices,
or rebates, refunds, discounts, credits,
etc., which effect unlawful price discrim-~
ination. In the marketing in commerce
of hand knitting yarns of like grade and
quality for use, consumption, or resale
within the jurisdiction of the United
States and subject to subparagraphs (1),
(2), and (3) of this paragraph, it is an
unfair trade practice for any member
of the industry engaged therein to dis-
criminate in price between different pur-
chasers where the effect thereof may be
substantially to lessen competition or
tend to create a monopoly in any line of
commerce, or to injure, destroy, or pre-
vent competition with such industry
member or with any person who know-
ingly receives the benefit of such dis-
crimination or with their customers.
The inhibitions against such discrimi-
nation in price shall be applicable irre-
spective of whether the discrimination in
the price itself is effected in the form, or
through the means, of rebates, refunds,
discounts, credits, allowances, or other
form of price differential.
(1) Nothing, however, contained in this
section shall prevent differentials which
make oniy due allowance for differences
in the cost of manufacture, sale, or de-
livery resulting from the differing meth-
ods or quantities in which the hand knit-
ting yarns are sold or delivered to said
purchasers.
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(2) Nor shall anything contained in.
this section prevent persons engaged in
selling products in commerce from select-
ing their own customers in bona fide
transactions and not in restraint of
trade.
(3) Nor shall anything contained in
this section prevent price changes from
time to time where made in response to:
changing conditions affecting either (i)
the market for the products concerned,
or (ii) the marketability of the products,
such as, but not limited to, actual or im-.
minent deterioration of perishable goods.
obsolescence of seasonal goods, distress.
sales under court process, or sales in good
faith in discontinuance of business in the
products concerned.
(b) Prohibited brokerage or commis-
sions. In the selling of hand knitting
yarns in commerce, it is unfair trade
practice for any member of the industry
engaged therein to pay or grant, or to:
receive or accept, any commission, brok-
erage, or other compensation, or any al-
lowance or discount in lieu thereof, ex-
cept for services rendered in connection.
with the sale or purchase of such prod-
ucts, either to the other party to such
transaction or to an agent, representa-
tive, or other intermediary therein,
where such agent, representative, or
other intermediary is acting in fact for
or in behalf, or is subject to the direct
or indirect control, of any party to such.
transaction other than the person by
whom such compensation is so granted
or paid.
(c) Prohibited advertising or promo-
tional allowances, etc. In the selling of
hand knitting yarns in commerce by any
member of the industry and in the course
thereof, it is an unfair trade practice for
such Member to pay or contract for the
payment of anything of value to or for
the benefit of his customer as compensa-
tion or in consideration for certain serv-
ices or facilities furnished by or through
such customer, unless such payment or
consideration is available on proportion-
ally equal terms to ail other customers of
such member competing in the distribu-
tion of such products.
(1) As used in this paragraph the cer-
tain services or facilities referred to are
such as are furnished by or through the
customer in connection wlth the process-
ing, handling, sale, or offering for sale,
of such industry member's products.
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(d) Prohibited discrimination in serv-
ices or facilities. In the sale of hand
knitting yarns bought or resale, with
or without processing, it 1s an unfair
trade practice for any member of the
industry to discriminate in favor of one
purchaser against another purchaser by
furnishing certain services or facilities
upon terms not accorded to all pur-
chasers on proportionally equai terms,
(1) Said services or facilities referred
to in this paragraph are such as are con-
nected with the processing, handling,
sale, or offering for sale, of the hand
knitting yarn purchased, and the term
“furnishing” as used in this paragraph
shall be construed as including contract-
ing to furnish, and contributing to the
furnishing of, the services or facilities.
(e) Inducing or receiving an illegal
discrimination in price. It is an unfair
trade practice for any member of the
dndustry, in the course of commerce in
which he is engaged, knowingly to in-
‘duce or receive a discrimination in price
which ts prohibited by the foregoing pro-
visions of this section.
(f) Exemptions. The inhibitions of
this section shail not apply to purchases
of their supplies for their own use by
schools, colleges, universities, public
libraries, churches, hospitals, and chari-
table institutions not operated for profit.
(Sec. 2, 88 Stat. 730, as amended, secs. 2, 8, 4,
49 Stat. 1527, 1528, ch. 283, 52 Stat. 446; 15
U.S.C. 18, 18a, 18b, 18¢, 218)
$177.17 Aiding or abetting use of an-
fair trade practices.
It is an unfair trade practice for any
person, firm, or corporation to aid, abet,
coerce, or induce another, directly or
indirectly, to use or promote the use of
any unfair trade practice specified in
$8 .177.1 to 177.17.
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§ 177.201 Industry committee.
The provisions of § 16.1 of this sub-
chapter shall be applicable to an indus-
try committee established under this
‘part.
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PART 181—HANDKERCHIEF
INDUSTRY
Definition.
Sec.
181.0
Trade Cammission § 181.0
Group I
Sec.
181.1 Fiber identification.
181.2 Fictitious prices.
1813 Exclusive dealing arrangements to
exclude sale of competitors’ prod-
ucts.
181.4 Selling below cost.
181.5 Palse invoicing.
181.6 Inducing breach of contract.
181.7 Defamation of competitors or dis-
paragement of their products.
181.8 Misrepresentation of tndustry prod-
ucts.
181.9 Misrepresentation of business sta-
tus.
181.10 Commercta] bribery.
181.11 Consignment distribution.
181.12 Unlawful combination in restraint
of trade.
181.13 Use of “loss leaders.”
181.14 Prohibited discrimination.
181.15 Decepetive labeling or marking.
181.16 Disclosure in respects to “seconds.”
181.17 Misrepresentation of men’s hand-
kerchiefs tn respect to size.
181.18 Use of term “hand-rolied.”
181.19 Imitation of trade-marks, trade
names, etc.
181.20 Discriminatory returns.
181.21 Tie-in sales.
Group II
181.101 Record keeping.
181.102 Forms of contract.
181.103 Repudiation of contracts.
181.104 Dissemination of credit informa-
tion
181.105 Recording of trade-marks.
COMMITTER ON TRADE PRACTICES
181.201 Industry committee.
AuTHoRITY: The provisions of this Part
181 issued under secs. 6, 5, 88 Stat. 731, 719:
15 U.S.C, 46, 45, unless otherwise noted.
Source: The provisions of this Part 181 ap-
pear at 14 F.R. 784, Feb. 18, 1949, unless
otherwise noted.
§ 181.0 Definition.
Handkerchiefs, as referred to in this
part, include all types and kinds of hand-
kerchiefs for men, women and children
made in whole or in part of cotton, linen,
rayon, silk, nylon, wool, or other textile
fiber.
Nore: Paper products, including facta!
tissue made of paper, or the manufacture
and marketing thereof, are not to be con-
sidered as coming within the scope of these
rules. Such exclusion, however, shall not be
regarded as a determination, express or im-
plied, of the propriety or impropriety of the
application of the word “handkerchief” to
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