8002. Misbranding of cottonseed ealte. V. S. * * * v. Southland Cot- 
ton Oil  Co., a  Corporation.     Plea  of  guilty.     Pine,  $100  and  costs.
(F. & D. No. 11614.    I. S. Nos. 10868-r, 10869-r,  10871-r.)
On May 5, 1920, the United States attorney for the Western District of 
Oklahoma, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
District Court of the United States for said district an information against 
the Southland Cotton Oil Co., a corporation, Paris, Tex., and operating a mill 
at Chandler, Okla., alleging shipment by said company, in violation of the 
Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about December 5, 7, and 17, 1918, 
from the State of Oklahoma into the State of Kansas, of quantities of cotton- 
seed cake which was misbranded. The article was labeled in part, " 100 
Pounds Gross * * * Manufactured By Southland Cotton Oil Co., Head 
Office Paris, Texas."
Misbranding of the article was alleged in the information for the reason 
that the statement, to wit, " 100 pounds gross," borne on the tags attached 
to the sacks containing the article, regarding it and the ingredients and sub- 
stances contained therein, was false and misleading in that it represented 
that each of said filled sacks weighed 100 pounds, and for the further reason 
that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser 
into the belief that each of said filled sacks weighed 100 pounds, whereas, in 
truth and in fact, each of said filled sacks weighed a less amount. Misbrand- 
ing was alleged for the further reason that the article was food in package 
form, and the quantity of the contents was not plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside of the package.
On January 29, 1921, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $100 and
costs.
E. D. BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.