A^ovlmb4rPhi9i9  )     ^kin  Reactions  for  Tuberculosis.  759 
Hon.  Charles  E.  Hughes,  who  argued  the  Colgate  case  in  the  Su- 
preme Court.  The  Beechnut  Packing  Company  has  announced  that 
if  the  case  goes  against  it,  an  appeal  will  be  taken  to  the  Supreme 
Court.  Probably  the  Federal  Trade  Commission  will  take  such  an 
appeal,  if  the  case  goes  the  other  way. 
This  case  raises  one  entirely  new  question.  The  Beechnut  Pack- 
ing Company  has  extended  the  "  Colgate  Plan  "  and  not  merely  does 
it  refuse  to  sell  to  price-cutters,  but  it  refuses  to  sell  to  dealers  who 
are  supplying  price-cutters,  even  though  these  dealers  may  them- 
selves adhere  to  the  suggested  price  schedule.  This  additional  step 
in  price  protection  has  never  come  before  the  courts.  So  far  as 
this  feature  of  the  Beechnut  sales  policy  is  concerned,  the  question 
at  issue  is  not  only  whether  it  violates  the  Federal  Trade  Commission 
Act,  but  whether  it  violates  the  Sherman  Law.  In  so  far  as  the 
right  to  refuse  to  sell  to  price-cutters  is  concerned,  the  only  ques- 
tion at  issue  is  whether  such  a  refusal  is  contrary  to  the  Federal 
Trade  Commission  Act.  So  far  as  concerns  the  right  to  refuse  to 
sell  to  one  who  is  in  turn  supplying  price-cutters,  there  are  two 
questions  at  issue,  viz :  The  first,  whether  it  violates  the  Sherman 
Law,  and  the  second,  whether  it  violates  the  Federal  Trade  Com- 
mission Act. 
THE  SKIN  REACTIONS  FOR  TUBERCULOSIS.1 
An  exhaustive  report  on  the  value  of  the  Moro  and  von  Pirquet 
tests  for  tuberculosis  is  given  by  J.  W.  Allan  {Glasgow  Med.  J  our., 
1918-19,  90-1,  321,  25;  Dec-Jan.).  Moro's  test  consists  in  rubbing 
into  a  limited  area  of  skin  an  ointment  containing  Koch's  old  tuber- 
culin. Von  Pirquet's  test  consists  in  the  inoculation,  through  an 
abrasion  made  in  the  skin,  of  a  solution  containing  Koch's  old  tuber- 
culin. A  large  number  of  cases  are  described,  the  results  presenting 
considerable  variety,  and  the  author  concludes  that  slight  or  early 
cases  give  the  best  response.  Advanced  cases  with  pyrexia  fail  to 
give  a  reaction.   Allan  concludes  in  the  following  words : 
"When  we  get  a  positive  reaction  in  cases  where  the  bacterio- 
logical report  is  negative,  it  is  to  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  failure  to 
detect  T.  B.  is  not  a  conclusive  proof  that  the  patient  is  free  from 
tubercle.    The  same  applies  to  a  negative  result  from  auscultation 
1  Reprinted  from  The  Prescriber,  September,  1919. 
