Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-03-16 | Page 16 | State Confiscates Patent Medicines

STATE CONFISCATES PATENT MEDICINES Bottles of Decoctions Are Taken From Stock of Bankrupt Drag Firm aji Mutely Violate Foods Act Musty dusty hnttleri of Cure alia jomed es guaranteed by tha bewh skered man if acturers shosa faces vere en grated on the wrappers to eh a so any thing front p mples to Br ght s d s&ase ware piled b h in the off Co of Hcber CI Smith state dairy and food com Iejbb oner at tho cap tol yesterday They -were patent medic nes of yes teryear conf seated by the comm ss on or from a bankrupt stock held by the "Utah Assoc ation of Crad t "Mm For years they hail evidently lain on back1 shelves of a back number drug store and. were among the tangible assets when the eatabl shment fa led Poas bly a nlaeknesn in demand for these so cret d scoyerieS and maryetous rem ed en brought bankruptcy The conf scat on waa made with tho co operat on of the crod t assoclat on "Walter Wr cht manappr of the asso e ation agreed w th Co 11 bb oner Sm th that much of the good? would have to lie. destroyed aa in violat on of modern awa Inventoried at the pr ces pnblshed by the manufacturers the haul woild represent S50D to $(300 Hardly a boL tie In the musty lot but ivhat wan la beled Free $100 or Pr co $150 Much of it violates the food and drug acts and nearly all the federal and state seta wh cb proh bit the label nc nf pat ent medicines as cures unless they do actually cure uhich they do not