5938. Misbranding of " Eastern Star Maple Flavor Sugar Batter Mixture." 
U. S. * * * v. William T. Bailey, Frederick O. Bailey, and J. Royal 
Bailey (Marshalltown Syrup & Sugar Co.). Pleas of guilty. Fine, 
$25 and costs.     (F. & D. No. 8173.    I. S. Nos. 10685-1, 10574-m.)
On June 6, 1917, the United States attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district an information against William T. Bailey, 
Frederick O. Bailey, and J. Royal Bailey, trading as the Marshalltown Syrup 
& Sugar Co., Marshalltown, Iowa, alleging shipment by said defendants, in 
violation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about November 9, 1915, and Feb- 
ruary 18, 1915, from the State of Iowa into the States of Kansas and Nebraska, 
respectively, of quantities of an article labeled in part, " Eastern Star Maple 
Flavor Sugar Butter Mixture * * * Put up by Marshalltown Syrup & 
Sugar Co., Marshalltown, Iowa," which was misbranded.
Analyses of samples of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this depart- 
ment showed the following results:
Solids by drying (per cent) ' 
89.40
Nonsugar solids (percent) 
17.04
Sucrose (Clerget)   (percent) 
56.07
Reducing sugar before inversion  (per cent) 
16.29
Commercial glucose (factor 163)   (per cent) 
36.31
Polarization, direct at 26° C.   (°V) 
+115.9
Polarization, invert at 26° C.  (°V) 
+ 43.2
Polarization, invert at 87° C.  (°V) 
+ 59.2
Solids by refruitometer (per cent) 
91.38
Nonsugar solids (percent) 
^       18.20
Sucrose (Clerget)  (percent) 
53.63
Reducing sugars before inversion, as invert (per cent)        19.55
Commercial glucose (factor 163)   (percent) 
39.75
Polarization, direct at 28° C.  (°V) 
+121.0
Polarization, invert at 28° C.  (°V) 
+ 52.0
Polarization, invert at 87° C.  (°V) 
+ 65.0
The products contain more than 25 per cent glucose. 
Misbranding of the article in each shipment was alleged in the information 
for the reason that the statements appearing on the label concerning the article 
and the ingredients and substances contained therein, to wit, " 25% corn syrup 
* * * small amount of corn syrup to prevent crystallization," were false and 
misleading in that they represented to purchasers that it contained not more 
than 25 per cent of corn sirup, and for the further reason that it was labeled 
as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief that it con- 
tained not more than 25 per cent of corn sirup, whereas, in truth and in fact, it 
contained more than 25 per cent of corn sirup.
On December 18, 1917, the defendants entered pleas of guilty to the informa- 
tion, and the court imposed a fine of $25 and costs.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.