5620. Misbranding of " Hamby's Gennine Dawson Sjprings "Water Concen- 
trated." IT. S. * * * v. The Dawson Salts & Water Co., a cor- 
poration. Plea ot guilty. Fine, $50. (F. & D. No, 7205. I. S. No. 
5771-h.)
On May 5, 1916, the United States attorney for the Western District of Ken- 
tucky, 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 Dawson 
Salts & Water Co,, a corporation, Dawson Springs, Ky., alleging shipment by 
said company, in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended, on or about 
June 22, 1914, from the State of Kentucky into the State of Missouri, of a 
quantity of an article labeled in part, " Hamby's Genuine Dawson Springs 
Water Concentrated," which was misbranded.
Analysis of a sample of the article by the Bureau of Chemistry of this
department showed the following results:
Ions: 
Gram per
liter.
Sulphuric acid <SO*) 
100.00
Bicarbonate acid  (HC03) 
D. 20
Nitric acid   (NO?) 
0.19
Chlorin (CI) 
0. 22
Iron  (Fe) 
0.00
Calcium (Ca) 
0.56
Magnesium   (Mg) 
19.14
Sodium (Na) by difference 
11.32
Total 
131. 63
Hypothetical combinations:
Sodium nitrate  (NaNOs) 
0.26
Sodium chlorid (NaCl) 
0. 35
Sodium sulphate   (Na2S04) 
34.32
Magnesium sulphate  (MgSO*) 
94.76
Calcium sulphate  (CaSCU) 
1.70
Calcium bicarbonate   (Ca(HCOs)2) 
0.24
Total 
131. 63
It was alleged in substance in the information that the article was mis- 
branded for the reason that certain statements appearing On its label falsely 
and fraudulently represented it as a remedy for all diseases of the liver, kid- 
neys, stomach, and bowels; as a cure for dropsy, indigestion, dyspepsia, Bright's 
disease, rheumatism, gall stones, piles, and female troubles; as a remedy for 
all bilious diseases, fever and ague, dysentery of a bilious type, eczema, ob- 
structed menstruation, all" diseases arising from an inactive liver and kidneys, 
all liver and kidney troubles, and malarial diseases, when, in truth and in fact, 
it was not; and for the further reason that certain statements appearing in the 
booklet accompanying the article falsely and fraudulently represented it as a 
cure for jaundice, appendicitis, nephritis, Bright's disease, dilation of the 
stomach, gastritis or catarrh of the stomach, duodenitis or catarrh of the 
bowels, cystitis or catarrh of the bladder, dysentery or catarrh of the larger 
intestines, neurasthenia, chronic eczema, rheumatism, gout or gouty rheuma- 
tism, renal, cystic, or biliary calculi, stone in the kidney, bladder, or bile 
ducts, blood diseases, and every trouble arising from the stomach, liver, and 
kidneys; diabetes, albuminuria, and glycosuria, when, in truth and in fact, 
it was not. Misbranding was alleged for the further reason that the statements 
appearing on the label, regarding the article and the ingredients and substances 
contained therein,  to wit,   (on bottle)   "Hamby's  Genuine Dawson  Springs
Water Concentrated * * * (on carton) The Genuine Concentrated Dawson 
Springs Water * * * This remedy is * * * simply a medicinal water 
in a concentrated form obtained by concentrating the water from Hamby's 
Salts, Iron, and Lithia Well. * * * This water whoa diluted will have the 
same effect upon the system as the original water, * * *," were false and 
misleading in that they indica ted to purchasers thereof that it consisted wholly 
of concentrated mineral spring water obtained by concentrating the water of 
Dawson Springs, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid 
so as to deceive and mislead purchasers into the belief that it consisted wholly 
of concentrated mineral spring water obtained by concentrating the water of 
Dawson Springs, when, in truth and in fact, it did not, but consisted of, to wit, 
a mixture of concentrated mineral spring water obtained by concentrating the 
water of Dawson Springs and added sodium and magnesium sulphate; and for 
the further reason that the statements regarding the article and the ingredi- 
ents and substances contained therein appearing on the label of the carton, 
to wit,
"Analysis of Genuine Datoson Springs Water Concentrated.
Grains per 
U. S. gallon.
Silicic acid 
' 2. 6
Bicarbonate   of  iron 
55. 6
Oxid of aluminum 
2. 3
Calcium sulphate 
1, 483. 6
Sodium   chlorid 
74. 6
Magnesium   sulphate 
5,167. 3
Bicarbonate  of calcium 
368.8
Sodium sulphate 
3,324.5
Sodium   phosphate 
42. 7
Potassium sulphate 
1, 266. 7
Manganese bicarbonate 
28.1
Sodium   bicarbonate 
42. 3
Calcium   nitrate 
51. 0
Lithium bicarbonate 
Heavy Trace.
Sodium   bromid 
Heavy Trace.
Sodium   borate 
Trace.
Organic  matter 
None.
11, 910.1"
were false and misleading in that they indicated to purchasers thereof that the 
article contained per gallon, among other ingredients, 55.6 grains bicarbonate 
of iron, 1,483.6 grains calcium sulphate, 74.6 grains sodium chlorid, 5,167.3 
grains magnesium sulphate, 368.8 grains bicarbonate of calcium, 3,324.5 grains 
sodium sulphate, 42.3 grains sodium bicarbonate, 51.0 grains calcium nitrate, 
heavy traces of lithium bicarbonate and sodium bromid, and a trace of sodium 
borate, and for the further reason that it was labeled as aforesaid so as to 
deceive and mislead the purchasers into the belief that it contained among other 
ingredients the aforementioned substances in the quantities indicated, when, 
in truth and in fact, it contained more magnesium sulphate, less bicarbonate of 
iron, calcium sulphate, sodium chlorid, bicarbonate of calcium, sodium sul- 
phate, and calcium nitrate, and no sodium bicarbonate, lithium bicarbonate, 
sodium borate, and sodium bromid.
On November 27, 1916, the defendant company entered a plea of guilty to 
the information, and the court imposed a fine of $50.
C. F. MARVIN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.