7160. Misbranding of   Texas    Wonder.     TJ.    S.    *    *    *    v.    36    Packages    of
Texas   Wonder,     Default   decree   of   condemnation,  forfeitwre,   and 
destruction.     (F. & D. No. 9617.     I. S. No. 5622-r.     S. No. C-1036.)
On January 21, 1919, 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 a libel for the seizure and condem- 
nation of 36 packages of Texas Wonder, at Burlington, Iowa, alleging that the 
article had been shipped on or about December 4, 1918, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis, 
Mo., and transported from the State of "Missouri into the State of Iowa, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part: (On carton) "The Texas Wonder, Hall's Great 
Discovery, for Kidney and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and Lame Backs, 
Rheumatism, Gravel. Regulates bladder trouble in children," (in circular) 
" Louis A. Portner * * * testified he began using The Texas WTonder for 
Stone in the kidneys * * * and tuberculosis of the kidneys * * *. He 
wTas still using the medicine with wonderful results and his weight had in- 
creased."
Analysis made in the Bureau of Chemistry of this department of a sample 
of the article showed that it consisted essentially of oleoresin of copaiba, guaiac, 
rhubarb, turpentine, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements, borne on the carton and included in the cir- 
cular accompanying the article, were false and fraudulent in that it contained 
no ingredient or combination of ingredients capable of producing the thera- 
peutic effects claimed for it.
On November 12, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judg- 
ment of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the 
court that the product should be destroyed.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.