plies to the same are on file at the office of the Fong Wan Company. 

 They may be read by any person who so desires. 



A great campaign was conducted against the Chinese herbalists 

 from 1929 to 1932. The postal inspector sent out letters to entrap them, 

 and on the assumption that the herbs possessed no curative qualities, 

 the postal authorities issued fraud orders, stopping the mail of several 

 Chinese herbalists. A chemist from the east testified that he had sub- 

 jected the herbs to chemical tests and analyses, but had found in them 

 no remedial value. In July, 1931, the prosecution used this testimony 

 together with evidence rushed from Washington, D. C., to San Fran- 

 cisco, in the indictment of a San Francisco herbalist on eight counts. 



This case was tried on July 24, 1931, in the Federal Court. When 

 the defendant was faced by a number of postmasters and chemists from 

 eastern states, he became frightened and pleaded guilty. He was put 

 on probation for 5 years and thought himself lucky. While this case 

 was being tried in the Federal Court, Fong Wan sent three gentlemen 

 and one lady of high repute to court to get a line on the case and learn 

 what the special agent of the medicos and the postal inspector were con- 

 triving. The special agent of the medicos confided to the lady that he 

 had the strongest evidence against Fong Wan. 



Five days later, on July 29, 1931, Fong Wan was indicted on 16 

 counts. The medical men exhibited their ignorance with regard to 

 strabismus (cross eyes) which, according to Chinese theories, is gen- 

 erally due to a blood infection that causes the nerves of the eyes to be 

 drawn to one side. The prosecution had 3 counts against Fong Wan 

 regarding this particular form of eye trouble alone. Fong Wan has wit- 

 nesses with regard to three cases of strabismus in each of which he 

 was successful. Fong Wan was confident that he was able to refute all 

 charges. 



Besides the postal inspector from Washington, D. C., a chemist and 

 a number of postmasters were brought to San Francisco from various 

 states. When they assembled in court, Fong Wan mistook them for 

 another panel of jurors. Pharmacologists, professors from two uni- 

 versities, physicians from Oakland, an interne, and a diagnostician all 

 testified against Fong Wan. 



In conducting this trial of Fong Wan, the prosecution spent a huge 

 slice of the taxpayers' money. The federal jury not only returned a 

 verdict of "NOT GUILTY," but, through the testimony of the pros- 

 ecution's witnesses, the trial proved to the authorities that the Fong 

 Wan herbs had marvelous curative qualities. 



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