Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-05
puNlsHMENT METEp OUT TO AN.
OTHER BATCH OF VIOLA.
TORS OF LAWS.
NOMINAL FINES ASSESSED
FOR FIRST oFFENsEs
Nostruns Advertised ~ Cures Found
to Posssss No Medical vaIus-Orus-
asd Soda Water and Lithia water
Without Lithium-Frozsn Eggs ssiz-
ed and Condemned.
Isrecial Correspondence.l

lSpeClal correspondence
| washington. Sept. 5.-More con
dign punishment" has been meted OUT
to the offenders against the pure food
and drugs act
Swooping down on the violators OF
the law intended TO protect the puonc
against the doping of food products and
drugs, the department of agriculture
plus the courts have ben making II not
for those malefactors who have been
infracting the federal statutes.
A new lot Of notices Of judgment IN
pure food and drugs cases has oeen
given out by the department of agrl-
culture They make interesting read
ing.
Fined Nominal Sums.
For instance rheumatics the country
over will hail with delight the way the
government is setting its face nara
, against those transgressors who deai
i. ..:ish-andea cures for rheumatism. \
case in point comes from the eastern
district Of Wisconsin where the United
States attorney filed information
against a Racine medicine or remedy
cure which was labeled as "guaran-
teed to cure the most stubborn case OF
sciatic or muscular rheumatism II d.
rections are followed or money refund
ed" Analysis by the bureau Of chemis-
try showed the alleged remedy con-
cisted essentially of rhubarb and al
cohol and its ingredients did not pos
sess the power attributed to them. The
defendant was arraigned, pleaded gull
" and "a fine of $40 was imposed and
Immediately paid
Equally violent punishment was
meted out 10 an Illinois company that
manufactured certain capsules labeled
as radical and certain cure for rheu-
matism. positive cure for rheumatism
and the like. 1t was found by the bu-
reau of chemistry to be misbranded
and to IL ok the therapeutic properties
alleged for il. Moreover. it was found
to contain chloroform extract.
The defendant in this case pleaded
guilty and was fined $40 and costs.
Dragged Sooa Water.
A Chicago concern shipped what was
labeled soda water syrup COLA" which
was considered by the bureau of chem
istry to be both adulterated and mis-
branded. Ii was found. among other
things. TO contain cocaine. The defend
ant admitted the charges and admitted
the presence of the cocaine He alleged
il got III by accident. He was tried be-
! fore a jury and the jury found he was
not guilty.
A District of Columbia firm that had
in its posses sion 4 large quantity OF
rice coated with glucose and tale. after
seizure of the rice. got the goods back
On giving bon1 of $40 not to sell any
of II contrary' u the provisions of the
law
\ Wisconsin company for shipping
misbranded condensed milk was fined
s25
Lithia Water Without Lithium.
So-called 'ithia water was shipped
/ by a party in Naukesha. Wis. which
was labeled as being a cure for rheu-
| ,latism. gou., dropsy and certain other
| troubles 1t vas found to contain NJ
appreciable quantity Of lithium and no,
TO contain tic therapeutic properties
alleged for il. A fine of $25 was i'm
posed on a pisa of guilty.
| A fine Of so was imposed on 4
| Massachusetts irdividual for misbrand-
! ing of alleged lemon extract and va
nilla extract.
Agents Of thu department Of agri
culture found about forty cold storage
! shad on the premises Of r. w. Clay
! ton. on Louisiana avenue, northwest
| in this city. The government charged
they r.e;e composer in whole or In
! part "of filthy, putrid or decomposed
animal substance" The shad were
condemned and destroyed by the Unit
ed States marshal. with payment OF
costs by the defendant.
| A quantity of turpentine found in
the possession of z. D. Gilman, Of this
city. and found TO be adulterated and
| misbranded was condemned and or
dered destroyed.
Frozen Ess. Condemned.
/ One Of the most important cases
which has been up before the depart
ment OF agriculture for long time re-
| lates to 443 cans Of frozen egg product
| in the possession Of the Merchants
Refrigerating Company of Jersey City
| Examinations by the bureau Of chelnis-
| try Of samples showed it to contain
added suger and 10000 organisms
! per gram. 100 900 of the organisms be-
| ing of the as-producing type. The
! government charged the substance in
whole or part was filthy and decom-
posed Federal Judge Cross dismissed
! the libel and held the government had
not proven its case. The product was
released to the claimants. The gov
eminent has appealed. The case is i'm
/ portant by reason OF the large number
of cases arising under the pure food
law involving frozen egg product
which is a patented substance.
Several other cases are included in
| ~ Of In, raano