Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-11
DRUGS M|SBRANDED
If LABELS ARE UNTRUE
Nor May Circulars Accompanying ing
Bottles of Medicine Contain
False Statements.
RULING nY SUPREME COURT
Decision Follows Ten Years Of Liii-
CATION in Attempt to Regulate
Statements as tO Curative Effects
of Drugs in Interstate Commerce.

WASHINGTON. H. G.. Januars 10
The Sher!cy amendment OF i9v2 to the
Federal pure food law. dcclasin. druas
10 be misbranded If the package or
label bears or contains false ana fraud
uicnt statements regarding ~. cura
tive or therapeutic effects thereof. VAS
upheld as constitutional to-day by the
supreme Court
The decision. which was rendered ~.
Justice Hughes. follows ten years Of
legislation and litigation ia an attcnp,
/" regulate statements as 10 the curative,
chcct OF medicines in Interstate com
merce. Numerous actions acnl,s, drut,
. concerns are expected 10 foll,w it,
FOR Il time II was urged by ,;ovcru-
hment officials that the 1905 purc food
: LAYS covered the point. but .hc Supreme
Court decided that the 1906 law applied
only TO nisbrandimr ~ 10 .ho ideutit,.
or composition Of drugs
Ia response 70 a resulting message
, from President Taft. Congress i'm 1910
enacted the Shcrlcy amendment. which
the Supreme Court held today s;rucls
| precisely ut Measurements either on
''i' i"oci or III printed circulars ac-
coinpanying medicines.
We lind no ground" said Justice
Hughes. FOR saying that Congress may
NOT condemn Interstate transportation
Of swindling preparations accompanied
| 10y false and fraudulent statements. as
well as to lottery tickets"
The decision was announced I'm tho
case of Chicago drug concern. which
shipped medicine from Chicago 10
Omaha, described in an ACCOMMODATING
circular as compound which II knew
had cured and would cure tuberculosis.
ANTITRUST SUIT DISMISSED
| WITHOUT PREJUDICE
The governments antitrust suit, be-
gun in the New York Federal court be-
Tore the war. against European steam
| ship lines engaged in carrying steer
| age passengers. was dismissed to-day
| BY the Supreme Court on the ground
/ that the alleged general pool agree
ment had become void Of actualitics''
~ the war
| Chief Justice White directed that the
decision Of the lower court should he
vacated without prejudice 10 the gov
crnmcnt's bringing another suit should
, it SO desire
! The, case came up on appeal both by
the government and by the steamship
lines from the decision of The lower
court. holding that tho pooling agree
tnent was reasonable restraint or
trade. but that the sending out OF
lighting" ships was Il violation of the
I law
/ The defendants were twelve British
/ German, Dutch and Russian STEAMSHIP
, lines and their principal officers or
agents in the United States.
NORTH CAROLINA COURTS
| UPHELD BY DECISION
The court affirmed the $4,000 judg-
ment OF the North Carolina courts in
| favor of James 7 Horton. an engineer
against the Scaboard Air Lin" for in
jurics sustained By the breaking OF II
water glass on locomotive.
courts in favor OF w. l.. Lloyd against
the Southern Railway for $1,000 for
injuries received while running an en-
ein' from Spencer on a trial trip was
affirmed.
I Judgment OF court decided IN favor
OF the Commercial National tank OF
New Orleans, in litigation with tho
Canal-T.ouisiana Bank and Trust Com
i.any and others, over proceeds OF cot
ton pledged by Dreuil e %, cotton
dealers, for loans from both banks.
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