498  Notes  on  the  Dasheen  and  Chayote.  { A^uJg°uusrt;  VgT9m' 
ever  accomplished,  it  may  well  be  urged  that  such  a  method  of 
competition  violates  Section  5  of  the  Commission  Act  since  it 
prevents  distributors,  wholesale  and  retail,  from  engaging  in  price 
competition  on  such  goods  after  they  have  passed  into  their  hands 
and  deprives  the  public  of  the  benefits  of  competition  in  the  dis- 
tribution of  all  such  goods. 
"  It  might  also  be  urged  that  when  price  maintenance  is  ap- 
proached from  the  standpoint  of  an  unfair  method  of  competition, 
regard  must  be  had  to  its  effect  when  employed  by  many  manu- 
facturers rather  than  when  employed  by  one,  and  that  in  this  view 
it  results  in  the  elimination  of  price  competition  in  the  distribution 
on  a  vast  and  constantly  increasing  number  of  commodities  of 
common  necessity. 
"  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  effect  of  the  Colgate  decision  be  to 
legalize  the  fixing  and  the  enforcement  of  the  maintenance  of  resale 
prices  other  than  by  contract,  the  desirability  of  the  enacting  of 
legislation  recommended  by  the  commission  becomes  even  more 
apparent.  In  the  commission's  previous  report  it  was  stated  that 
the  unlimited  power  both  to  fix  and  enforce  the  maintenance  of 
resale  prices  may  not  be  made  lawful  with  safety  to  the  public. 
The  interest  of  the  consuming  public  in  the  enacting  of  such  legis- 
lation is  therefore  more  vital  at  this  time  than  when  recommenda- 
tion was  previously  made. 
"  William  B.  Clover, 
"  John  Franklin  Fort, 
"Victor  Murdock, 
"  Huston  Thompson, 
Commissioners." 
NOTES  ON  THE  DASHEEN  AND  CHAYOTE.1 
By  Heber  W.  Youngken,  Ph.D., 
PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
Within  comparatively  recent  years  the  United  States  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  has  introduced  into  southern  horticulture  two 
exotic  vegetables — the  Trinidad  dasheen  and  the  chayote. 
The  success  attending  their  experimental  culture  and  the  steadily 
1  Read  at  the  annual  convention  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, Buena  Vista  Springs,  Pa.,  June  26,  1919. 
