Koolish v. Federal Trade Commission

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

We are asked to review and set aside an order of the Federal Trade Commission relating to the use of push cards and pull cards in the distribution of merchandise. Petitioners vigorously deny the right of the Commission to enter the order for the reason that, they assert, no element of chance enters into the sale of merchandise by themselves, and there is no showing of injury to competition, essential to the jurisdiction of the Commission.

The plan of operation here used differs from the one studied by us in Chicago Silk Co. v. Federal Trade Commission, 7 Cir., 90 F.2d…