Government Labels Hog Cholera Cure a Fraud

Evidence of what appears to be a well-organized campaign to delude farmers throughout the country into buying an alleged cure for hog cholera, under the impression that this has been investigated and approved by the United States government, has reached the Department of Agriculture. Articles praising this medicine, 'Benetol' by name, are sent out widespread to newspapers. These articles are so worded that it appears as if the Department of Agriculture has received reports from the state of Minnesota showing that the medicine had proved most beneficial. As a matter of fact, the one report received by the department was an unofficial and unsolicited statement sent presumably from the promoters themselves. The department attaches no importance whatsoever to this statement. It has no reason to believe in the efficiency of any proprietary cure for hog cholera and does not recommend any. In view of the evidence that the attempt to create this false impression is persistent and widespread, all hog owners are warned to communicate with the United States authorities before accepting as true any statement that the government recommends any treatment other than the serum already mentioned.