Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
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lacking 46l pints Of the quantity shown
on the label.
cent. and 2. 400 cans containing the equiv
alent Of 4SO cans less than IL should have
done.
Molasses. the shortage in quantity is
given as 21.5l per cent. but the total
quantity is not given. SO the shortage
cannot be accurately estimated.
Peaches were also packed short. 19,4OS
cans containing 6,914 pounds less than
the declared quantity. or being 2.765 cans
short Of what the consumer had to pay
for.
Peas betrayed a shortage IN g. 94s cans
of 1920 pounds, or 6.605 cans taken out
Of the consumer without his knowledge
or consent.
Pineapple also ran up heavily. 125. 424
the advertised quantity, or being 3s,3l3
cans containing 1865 pounds less than
cans shy Of living up to the label declara-
ton.
Preserves as a class had fallen under
the same form OF graft, 45.64S cans
packages being shy the equivalent or
5197 properly labeled packages.
Tomatoes were treated in the same way.
the shortage in 1884 cans being 50.a31
pounds. or lI.10O cans. and In 1880 al
legged gallons the amount that was miss
ing was 2,760 gallons
Sirup, like molasses, one cannot esti-
mate on because no quantities are given,
but it Is stated that the shortage runs
from 3 per cent to % per cent, giving All
average that meant much increased profit
and dishonest profit TO the packer.
Water was even the subject OF shortage.
S18 quarts OF a mineral water being ex-
actly 163 quarts shy OF its declared con-
tent.
Comment on these shortages would be
superf1uous. the figures speak for them
selves In tones that should reach every
housekeeper in the land.
L
Passing on to the subject OF drugs and
drug products, there are 20 distinct juds-
ments affecting these. -Four thousand one
hundred and Ave dollars was collected rs
fines from the offenders in this class, and
very considerable quantity OF drug
preparations was destroyed, though the
figures are not given save in two In
stances. The fines ranged downward from
$780, which was chalked up against ono
of the headache cure firms which mis-
branded as well as adulterated its prod
uct. the misbranding taking both tho
form Of false statements as to the effect
on the system Of preparation, and the
form Of deception as to the component
parts OF the preparation This was tho
common form Of misbranding. The facts
speak for themselves.
OF all the drug products affected by
the judgments Of the courts In cases
brought by the board the group classed
as headache remedies is by far tho
most numerous. No less than fifty-one
judgments affect some form Of cure. tab
let or powder. alleged to instantly euro
headaches. Fines to the amount OF $3.50
were imposed on the offenders who mis-
branded their goods and deceived tho
public thereby, the first fine. $500. being
the largest yet imposed In any OF these
cases.
the different drug products for the mis-
branding or adulteration OF which tho
board brought action in the courts. but
they ranged from aceton and anadol. all
the way through cocaine preparations
and plaster pads to saltpeter. None OF
the remaining cases are especially WORTHY
OF note. for the reason that the greatest
punishment the offenders received was
the publicity they got at the time OF the
trial, except in the instances noted OF
fairly heavy fines. BY long odds the
food product decisions far outweigh the
drug product judgments in every posi-.
BILE way as interesting and as Immediately
valuable TO the American household