7069. Misbranding of Hall's Texas Wonder.    U. S.   *    *    *   y. 6 Dozen Pack 
ages of Hall's Texas Wonder. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 9627. I. S. No. 5935-r. S. No. 
C-1043.) 
On January 23, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court 
of the United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation 
of 6 dozen packages of Hall's Texas. Wonder, remaining unsold in the. original 
unbroken packages at Wichita, Kans., alleging that the article had been 
shipped on or about November 14, 1918, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, Mo., and 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of Kansas, and charging
misbranding in violastion of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The article 
was labeled in part: (On bottle) "The Texas Wonder * * * E. W. Hall, 
Sole Manufacturer * * * St. Louis, Mo.," (On carton) "Great Discovery 
for Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheuma- 
tism, Gravel. Regulates Bladder Trouble in Children." (In circular) "Louis 
A. Portner * * * testified he began using The Texas Wonder for Stone 
in the Kidneys * * * and tuberculosis of the kidneys. He was still using 
the medicine with wonderful results, and his weight had increased    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample from a previous shipment by the Bureau of Chemistry 
of this department showed it to consist essentially of oleoresin- of copaiba, 
rhubarb, turpentine, guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the statements regarding the therapeutic or curative effect of the article, 
appearing on the labels of the bottles, cartons, and circulars, were false and 
fraudulent in that said statements were applied to the article knowingly and 
in reckless and wanton disregard of their truth or falsity so as to represent 
falsely and fraudulently to the purchaser, and create in the mind of the pur- 
chaser thereof, the impression and belief that the article was in whole or in 
part a compound of, or contained, ingredients or medicinal agents, effective, 
among other things, to produce the therapeutic effect claimed for it on the label, 
carton, and circular, when, in truth and in fact, it contained no ingredients 
or combination of ingredients capable of producing the effects claimed for it.
On April 10, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment of 
condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court that 
the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.