The Archive · 1937

Requesting Investigation

Already at this period women had discovered the value of informative material printed on food containers, ud they decided that facts just as explicit should accompany fabrics and goods made from fabrics. Members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and directors of cer-ain home economics schools, convinced of such a necessity, officially interviewed on the subject dry-goods manufacturers; but, for the most part, they met with indifference or antagonism. So Miss Julia K. Jaffray, chairman of Ultimate Consumer Goods ct the N. Y. Federation of Women's Clubs. asked the clubs for a resolution to be presented to the Federal Desirable Practices he stores could ill afford to have the Federal Trade Commission around their necks and they could afford even less to lose the confidence of their patrons. Moreover they saw he justice of the campaign and themselves became convinced that it was leading on to desirable practices. The next step, they perceived, must be taken by them. They must secure from their own resources complete and authentic information regarding what they bought.

They were ready to go even farther in heir demands than fibre content and decided to secure facts which The military influence is plainly disernitle in the cape which completes this ensemble. Note the broad shoulders. high collar and fur trimming.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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