Federal Trade Commission Dismisses Philippine Mahogany Case-Four Years Litigation Wins Recognition of Philippine Woods

On July first The Federal Trade Commission at Washfgton entered a decree dismissing the complaint of the Commission aqeinst The Gillespie -Furniture tompany, of Los Angeles, Californla.

Two inches of news stuck away in lost corners of the news pages of the daily press, sufficed to tell the biggest story in the history of the philippine-American lu-mlber business. For the Gillespie Furniture Case was the test case asked for by the proponents of the Philippine hardwoods, after the Federal Trade Commission had decided that these Philippine woods must not be called "Mahogany',, and after a Federal Court had reviewed the findings of ihe Commission in the matter, and affirmed them.

'- But the Philippine prop,onents convinced the Federal Trade Commission that in'the first hearings of the case, which started in August, 1927, great injustici was done the cause of the Philippine woods in the evidence that was taken. They suggested that if given the chance they would demonstrate that there was griat justice in their ilaim to the right to call their wood Phiiippine Mahogany, and would also prove the high quality and great valie oi'their , wood.

So the Commission permitted them to try the case over again in the name of the Commission versus the Gillespie

Furniture Company, of Los Angeles, and this time the Philippine people were on the job, and'made a great showing.. They. made numerous demonstrations at tle hearings to show that instead of being an inferior wood, as wis alleged many times-at the first-hearings, Philippine Mahogany possesses wondrous qualities of valuable sorts, is difi-i- cult even-for experts-to distinguish from the old Mahog- anies, and n9 public injury is done by calling it its trade la1e- of Philippine Mahogany, no cliim being made that it is botanically of the Mahogany family.

The dismissal of the case means that since The Gillespie Furniture pompany does not commit ofiense by advertising and selling their wood, as Philippine Mahosany. anvone else has the same right and privilege. So ?hitippine Mahogany it is from now on.

Philippine iVlahogany has been hugely benefitted by thc litigation. Previous to the Federil Trade Commiision investigation, unfounded and false opinions concernins these woods were freely distributed. The litigation itself, and the effort developed by the Philippine folks to show the qualities of their woods, has donC wonders to soread the fame of Philippine, to the end that thousands of manufacturers are now using Philippine who formerly would take no interest in the wood because of the things they had heard against it.

School Architecture to be Demonstrates Value of

Exhibited

Schools, public buildings, and churches are included in the special exhibition of the work of Marsh, Smith and loyefl, architects, which opened July 1 in the Architects Building Material Exhibit, F;ttfr aira Figueroa streets, Los Angeles. The display consists of photographs and coiored renderings of buildings recently completed, and will feature the mod.ern trend in school architecture.

Schools of today are planned in a functional manner and sqpply the needs, both in arrang'ement and equipment, which are necessary in up-to-date school routine. Heretofore the uniformity of the exterior appearance has been the aim, and this has necessarily been a handicap to proper development. The_many possibilities for efficienly attd com- fort in modern school planning are well illustrated in this exhibition and will be on display untii July 23 in the Architects Building.