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dealer the case was not prosecuted. The goods were with- 

 drawn from sale. 



8224. 8246, and 8258. These goods were sold under guaran- 

 tees by the E. D. Pettingill Sons' Company. The company 

 made an assignment in 1908. The goods were purchased by 

 them from manufacturers outside of the State. The cases 

 were dropped as the company responsible for them no longer 

 exists. 



8225. The makers presented affidavit that the benzoate of 

 soda was added to the finished product and accurately weighed 

 in. They account for the excess in this sample by faulty mix- 

 ing which involves the assumption that other part of the same 

 batch would show less than .i per cent benzoate of soda. As 

 the excess was only .07 per cent the affidavit was accepted in 

 settlement. 



8226. The makers made affidavit that the excess of sodium 

 benzoate was due to faulty mixing. Examination of goods 

 in their stock by their chemists showed some to run over and 

 others to run under and in one lot no benzoate of soda was 

 found. Affidavit accepted in settlement of case. 



8401. Makers made affidavit that they had used no preser- 

 vative since 1906 in their catchup and that these goods must 

 have been made prior to 1906. Other samples of their goods 

 were found (see 8399) to contain no preservative. Affidavit 

 was accepted in settlement of the case. 



The differences in price between the different catchups may 

 be due to the retailer from whom the goods were bought but 

 the marked differences in the weight of the contents of the bot- 

 tles is due to the makers. In general no weights are given 

 upon the bottles. Pint bottles which should hold 16 ounces 

 of water are what the makers seem to desire to make 

 the buyer think he is getting. These "pint" bottles hold all 

 the way from 13 to 19 ounces of catchup. The smaller bottles 

 in many instances are so fluted and shaped as to appear full 

 size. In one case the half pint bottle was plainly labeled to 

 show the weight to be 71-2 ounces which it over ran as the 

 contents weighed 8.2 ounces. 



