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 SUMMARY SHOWII!G PERCENTAGES BY MONTHS

 AUG. 31 SEPT. 30 OCT. 31 LrOV. 30

New England 27.5 27.0 25.7 23.8
Middle Atlantic 32.0 34.4 35.1 3.2
New York City 34.4 32.8 32.9 341.8
Middle West 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.1
South 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.5
Pacific Coast .6 .6 .7 .6

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 CENSUS OF MANUFACTURER.S: The U. S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census, has issued census figures obtained in 1933 for the menu-
factur6 of pocketbooks, purse -no cz rd Cpsces.

 Statistics for 193T, with comroarative figures for earlier years,
are given in the following titles. All figures for 1933 are preliminary
and subject to revision.

 Summary for the Industry: 193L-, 1931. -nd 1929

 1933 1931 1929

Number of establishments 218 260 290
Cost of materials, fuel, and
 purchased electrir- ener,u $15,298,920 $22,600,617 $35,351,605
Value of products $28,299,004 $43,147,0-3 $68,627,515
Value added by manufacture $13,OCD,C84 $20, 546,236 $33,275,910



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 ADVERTISING EXPENTSES: It is a violation oi Trade FrEctice Rule 12 of
Article VIII of the Code of Fair Competition lor the Ladies' Handbaf
Industry if you pay to circulFrize your btEs thr t<,e medium of ary large
buying organization. The investigators are instructed particularly tc look
for such violations.

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 BLUE EAGLE: The use of the Blue Laple Insi!-nia on r-n- cards or labels
inserted in bags is absolutely illeLpl unless it is tre official label cf
the Code Authority of the Ladies' Hondoac Ind.stry.

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 MISBRA-DING: The Tanners' Council and the Code Authority of the
Leather Industry are cooperating with the Ladies' Handbag Code Authority
to step all misbrandinz of the kinds nnd qualities oi lertle-r.

 The Federal Trade Commission has ruled that cowhide splits cannot be
labeled "genuine cowhide" cr "reel cowhide". The Code Authority will defi-
nitely restrain any member of the industry from branding any split leather
genuine or real thru the use cf labels or by inserting into the bag a printed
ticket.
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