MISSOURI DEPARTMENT H. B. Linn is a prosperous pharmacist at Canton. W. S. Bragg, Jr., Ph. G., '13, is located with his father at Troy, Mo., and will take time to read letters from his classmates. W. S. BRAGG, JR. Doggett Drug Store conducts a prosperous business at Crane, Mo., of which Dr. J. C. Doggett is proprietor. Francis E. Tate, Ph. G., '11, of the Birchett-Tate Drug Company, Cardwell, Mo., visited St. Louis recently calling on teachers and classmates. Dr. J. W. Winn, Higbee, Mo., is active at the practice of medicine and also proprietor of a prosperous drug store. W. J. Day is proprietor of a prosperous drug business at Huntsville. Glenn Marquis, formerly of West Plains, is now located at Poplar Bluff. E. R. Bogan, Ph. G., is a thoroughly up-to-date pharmacist at Hayti, Mo. Dr. N. A. Farr, Des Arc, Mo., is interested in pharmacy as well as medicine. Wm. DeGaris conducts a wholesale and retail drug business at Hannibal, Mo. Dr. A. W. Teel, formerly of Jefferson City, has changed his address to Kahoka. Roy H. Hale is with P. D. Prather, at Columbia, Mo., and much interested in pharmacy. Roy H. Hale has changed his address from Keokuk, Iowa, to 811 Broadway, Columbia, Mo. Will J. Jones is proprietor of the Jones Drug Store, at Salem, and has a very desirable business. T. L. Parrish, Ph. G., is located with Payne & Denneny, at Fayette, and is anxious to hear from his classmates. Paul S. Witter, located with John F. Curry, at Moberly, is a careful student of current pharma.ceutical literature. Harold B. Rowe, Ph. G., '13, is located with H. J. Rowe, M. D., at Willow Springs, Mo., and anxious to hear from his classmates. P. R. Hawkins, of Clark, has a good position as pharmacist with the People's Drug Store, O. F. Woodson, proprietor, Stoutsville. O. A. Hedrick, who has finished the junior course at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, will spend the summer at his home, at Clarence. The George A. Kelly Company announces its removal to new offices and warehouses, at Anderson St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh, Pa. W. M. Rhoades is the new proprietor of the drug business formerly owned by Hinton & Hughes, at Springfield. Mr. Rhoades was formerly located at Sikeston. E. L. Higgins, of the E. L. Higgins Drug Co., Flat River, has been in business fifteen years. Mr. Higgins visited St. Louis recently, buying goods for his large business. R. E. Maupin, Ph. G., Pattonsburg, Mo., a gold medal graduate of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, visited St. Louis recently, calling on former teachers and classmates. George W. Matheson, manager of the Chicago Branch of the Emerson Drug Company, expects to answer roll call at the Missouri Pharmaceutical Trevelers' Convention at Pertle Springs, June 10. The Pertle Springs meeting of the Mo. Ph. A. occurs June 10-13. The board of pharmacy will hold an examination at Pertle Springs, Monday, June 9. The travelers will have their annual meeting, June 12. R. A. Davidson, Essex, Mo., was a delegate to the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, State Conclave, held at Sedalia recently. Mr. and Mrs. Davidson expect to report at the Mo. Ph. A. Convention at Pertle Springs, June 10. The Druggists' National Home, Palmyra, Wis., has a standing committee from the state associations. Messrs. William Mittelbach, Boonville, Sam Farrar, Lebanon, and Jesse E. Koppenbrink, Higginsville, represent the Mo. Ph. A. They have recently been appointed by President H. O. A. Huegel. Harold R. Rowe, Ph. G., '13, is pleasantly located with J. B. Ferguson, Willow Springs. He has time and inclination for letters from classmates. C. L. Cravens is with Hughes Drug Company, Excelsior Springs, Mo., and carefully follows pharmaceutical literature. W. O. Dysart is a prosperous pharmacist at De Witt, Mo. Paul S. Witten is pleasantly located with John H. Curry, at Moberly Mo. H. R. ROWE. Jesse E. Koppenbrink, Ph. G., vice-president of the Mo. Ph. A., has enlarged and greatly improved his place of business during the past six months. Mr. Koppenbrink is secretary of the Lafayette Co. Fair Association. Mr. and Mrs. Koppenbrink and their young son will report at Pertle Springs for the Mo. Ph. A. convention, June 10. MEDICINE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.-The nineteenth century worked for the individual. One by one each disease was investigated and the results applied to the relief of the individual patient. The twentieth century starts out with a broader conception of the function of medicine. It is working for the masses in the prevention of disease. Care of the public health has become the most important duty of the state. [Mayo in Boston Med. and Surg. Jour. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT M. Chamness is interested in the study of pharmacy at Marion. Charles W. Abney, Ph. G., '13, is with W. D. Abney, Marion, and anxious to hear from his classmates. C. W. ABNEY. Floyd Parks is located with A. D. Horstman, 300 South Fourth St., East St. Louis, Ill., and will be pleased to hear from his classmates. J. T. Livingston, Ph. G., '12, located with Henson Drug Store, at Murphysboro, Ill., attended the St. Louis College of Pharmacy banquet, April 22. W. J. Trevillian is an analytical chemist interested in pharmacy at Freeport, Ill. Roy Barnwell, formerly of St. Louis, will spend the summer at Creal Springs, Illinois. Henry A. N. Ratz, Ph. G., '98, is in business at Granite City, and will be pleased to hear from his classmates. Wm. Peters Mercantile Co. is a prosperous firm at New Memphis, Ill. T. J. Hurst is interested in pharmacy as well as medicine, at Cambria. His son is associated with him in the drug business. Frank L. Hassett has a lucrative position with one of the leading drug stores in Chicago. L. H. Buchanan, who has spent the winter at the Northwestern University School of Pharmacy, Chicago, is now located at Palestine, Ill., and will be pleased to hear from his classmates. E. H. Ladish, Ph. G., formerly a member of the executive committee of the N. A. R. D. and active in the A. Ph. A., as well as state and city organizations, has purchased the N. George Fry store at Wells and North Avenue, Chicago. assistant pharmacist and 2 of the 4 candidates for local registration passed successful examinations. Their names follow: Registered Pharmacists-George A. Bairnson, Thos. A. Bowers, John Carvelli, Harold P. Chapman, Edward Cizek, Frank D. Eby, Wm. A. Ferguson, David B. Finney, Maurice Fitzgerald, Benj. Gold, J. Everett Gordon, Alfred C. Gragg, R. L. Bryant. K. S. Chudznski, Herb. E. Hillebrecht, Walt G. Landaker, Benedict Levinson, Leon F. Levy, Geo. B. Meredity, Wm. E. McDonald, Thomas A. Neary, Victor B. Roth, Herman Schlachet, H. P. Skourup, Karl Stodden, Willard F. Turner, Wm. E. Van Nerde, Nathan Wolin, Max J. Wicarius, John Zwack, all of Chicago, and Herbert C. Ahl, Moline; Robert B. Bond, Libertyville; Alois H. Elzi, Quincy; Willis W. Griffis, Jr., Lake Forrest; Wm. N. Knapp, Minonk; Perne E. Peters, Albion; Lawrence A. Phillips, Harvey; Carl A. Seuring, Danville; M. D. Sweetland, Highland Park. Assistant Pharmacists-Louis Arnopol, August C. Bosch, Marshall T. Brekke, Geo. E. Buckman, James B. Casey, Chas. DeRosa, Edward F. Devlin, Walter A. Ende, Walter C. Fiedler, Philip A. Gordon, Walter L. Haller, Philip Hildebrandt, Albert J. Juhnke, Dell S. Kitteredge, Meyer Lander, Samuel Lebovitz, Wm. A. Liesch, Clarence McCord, Chas. J. Niesen, Ellis J. O'Daniel, J. Henry O'Leary, Irving F. Pearce, R. J. Pendergast, Wm. G. Rothe, Elmer E. Rueckert, Alfred E. Schultz, Nathan H. Stern, R. P. Grover C. Tomamichel, David Zurakov, all of Chicago, and Bond, Mt. Vernon; Harold V. Cleveland, Grayslake; Jeremiah G. Garrity, Spring Valley; Michael J. Kerwin, Joliet; Rosmer B. Porter, Rockford; Guy L. Pulley, Marion; Vernett J. Rees, Cairo; Jesse E. Rice, Oak Park; Thos. E. Ryan, Lincoln; Earl F. Shippy, Freeport; Kenneth Sprinkle, Villa Grove; LaClaire Sylvester, Chicago Heights; Ralph H. Thompson, Carlinville; Clarence E. Wiles, Kankakee. Local Registered Pharmacists-J. W. Billimack, Baldwin, and Edward W. Meyer, Cary Station. The next meeting of the Board for the examination of applicants for registered pharmacist will be held in Chicago on Tuesday, April 15, and on Thursday, April 17, an examination will be conducted for applicants for assistant pharmacist. The next meeting of the board in Springfield for the examination of applicants for registered pharmacist and assistant pharmacist will be held on Tuesday, May 20. The next apprentice examinations held throughout the state will be on Friday, May 2. NECROLOGY Brucker.-Carl Brucker died at his home in Passaic, N. J., March 23. Mr. Brucker was a member of the well-known firm of importers, Fritzsche Brothers, New York City. Healy. Dr. John Healy, formerly a St. Louis pharmacist, died suddenly of heart disease, at Sullivan, Mo., April 25. The doctor was walking along the street in usual health when stricken. Trunk.--Edward F. Trunk, the pioneer pharmacist of Denver, died suddenly, March 22, from angina pectoris. Mr. Trunk had been in business in Denver since 1893. The business will be continued by Fletcher B. Trunk. Schmitt.-Walter S. Schmitt died at a hospital in Chicago following a surgical operation, April 12. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois School of Pharmacy, 1901. He was thirty-two years of age, unmarried and leaves two sisters and many friends. BIRTH Fink.--The Fink Brothers, Holdrege, Neb., announce the arrival of an eight-pound sister, April 11. Candidates for registration will find F. D. Fink in exceptionally good humor at the next board meeting. ST. LOUIS LOCALS Dr. John Gutteman, Ph. G., is the new proprietor of Burkhardt's Pharmacy, at 6846 Clayton Road. W. H. Bissick has purchased the Gus Hoch Pharmacy at Clayton and Tamm Avenues. Joe McCullough Hobbs, Ph. G. '13, is located at JOE M. HOBBS. Traubel's Pharmacy, Jefferson and Chouteau avenues, St. Louis. Of course he is busy, but will manage to find time to read letters from his classmates. Eismann 135 1.27 5.10 44.08 Pfunder 135 .81 7.20 43.76 130 1.24 6.26 43.76 140 1.43 6.00 43.30 137 Jerome A. Wilkerson, vice president of the Alf. W. Pauley Drug Company, 14th and Madison streets, Louis, Mo., is gaining a reputation as an expert advertising copy-writer. Mr. Wilkerson would like to receive advertising matter from his classmates. George W. J. Knight, for forty-three years with the Meyer Brothers Drug Co., celebrated his sixty-ninth birthday, April 2. Herman A. Gralike had an experience with highwaymen just as he was closing his store, April 2. The men obtained $4.50. Miss Cressie D. Panhorst is pleasantly located with the Helwig Drug Store, 2804 Market street. Miss Panhorst will be pleased to hear from her classmates. L. A. Seitz, chairman of the Board of Trustees, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, in company with Mrs. Seitz, spent two weeks at Hot Springs, Ark., last month. "The Import Duty on Chemicals," was the subject of an address by F. W. Frerichs at the April 14 meeting of the St. Louis Section of the American Chemical Society. Frank Allen Haines, Ph. C., St. Louis, was called to his former home at Rockport, Indiana, on account of the death of his grandfather. Mrs. Haines accompanied him. The St. Louis College of Pharmacy will open its forty-ninth annual session, Tuesday, October 7, at 9 a. m. Students intending to enter should matriculate at an early date. Dr. Hugo Kinner has received a golden diploma from the University of Berlin. This university issues these diplomas to graduates on the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation. B. H. Griesedick, Ph. G. '11, looks after the prescription department of the C. J. Eigenbrodt Pharmacy, Page and Academy avenues. Mr. Griesedick would like to hear from his classmates. W. S. Barnickel, Ph. C., '03, has returned to St. Louis after spending considerable time in the gas and oil fields of Oklahoma. Mr. Barnickel is much interested in this line of chemical work. Robison Gibson Noll KANSAS CITY ITEMS Kansas City Association Retail Druggists.-A new era of good feeling was inaugurated among the druggists of Kansas City at the Coates House luncheon on last Tuesday, which was more generally attended than any recently held by the association. The gathering was honored by the presence of all five members of the State Board of Pharmacy and William Mittelbach, of Boonville, the first speaker, inspired those present with the high moral plane of the profession. Walter C. Bender, of St. Joe, plead for a more uniform scale of profits with all leaks eliminated. Charles Geitner, of St. Louis, pointed out the druggist's broad duties to humanity. Frank Warden, of Nevada, urged reciprocal registration between the boards of all the states, and C. E. Zinn, the State Secretary, spoke for harmony and unity among druggists, and for higher professional standards. The outgoing officers of the city organization were given a vote of appreciation for their services. The following officers were elected for the year beginning April 15: Albert N. Doerschuk, president; Harry R. Davis, first vicepresident; Joseph Parodowsky, second vice-president; Charles E. Graham, secretary; L. F. Zuber, treasurer. The executive committee for the year is as follows: W. M. Federmann, C. E. Zinn, Paul Hess, H. Y. Riddle, Jacob Goldblatt, R. S. Stevens. J. W. Giesburg. The association voted to hereafter collect only one dollar as annual dues for itself, and to let the National Association collect its own dues hereafter. All dues past due were remitted and the slate wiped clean for a new start. All those present promptly paid their dues for the new year and every druggist in greater Kansas City was invited and urged to now join this association for the common good, by addressing the secretary, Charles E. Graham, 432 West Ninth Street, with enclosure of one year's dues. A committee will report at the next meeting as to proper rental charges for windows used for special displays, with a graded scale of time rentals. This plan is being generally adopted in the east and Kansas City druggists should receive pay for windows devoted to manufacturers. A report will also be made on the plan of renting floor space for cigar sales to individual corporations. Several other committees will report on projects that will advance the interests of the retail druggists. Mr. Doerschuk advanced the theory that if manufacturers of patent medicines be appealed to in the name of the good will of the Kansas City druggists for their preparations, and asked that they intercede to withdraw their goods from active cutters here, that the proprietors would be glad to come forward with such efforts, and the retailers would be dissuaded from the plan of actively pushing and advertising patents to replace all the well-known proprietaries that are being used as leaders by cut ters. The moral influence of the retail druggists acting in unison against certain patents, is such that manufacturers can not afford to disregard this sentiment. Mr. Doerschuk also asked endorsement of a campaign for publicity benefitting the corner druggist who is always appealed to in emergencies, and who should not be disregarded because his price may be a few cents higher than that of a down town department store. Shopping away from home is against the conscience of the general public, and if cost of time and transportation is considered, the item bought at cut rate is in the end more costly than if bought at the store near home that furnishes without charge the small public utilities. The association will hereafter meet following the monthly luncheons to be given for all the druggists of Greater Kansas City, who will have due notice of each meeting. ST. LOUIS LOCALS "Unscientific Science of the Elementary School," was the subject of an interesting lecture by Dr. H. C. Drayer, at the April meeting of the St. Louis Biological Society. Joseph Maserang, proprietor of Maserang's Pharmacy, Taylor Ave. and Olive St., was spokesman for his class of 1888 at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy banquet at the Jefferson Hotel, April 22. C. W. Tritschler, President St. Louis College of Pharmacy Alumni Association, is busy with his official position. He is anxious to hear from graduates of the school, no matter where they are located. Harrison L. Kollme, Ph. G. '10, has been managing R. F. Valentine's Pharmacy, 112 St. Clair avenue, East St. Louis, Ill., since graduation. Mr. Kollme wishes to apprise his classmates and friends that his seventeen months' old daughter is showing an inclination for pharmacy. "Indigenous Drugs in the Vicinity of St. Louis," will be the subject of a lecture by L. P. Jensen, illustrated with lantern slides at the May 16 meeting of the St. Louis Branch of the A. Ph. A. Pharmacists from different sections of the city will discuss the crude drugs sold in their stores. At the April 18 meeting of the branch, J. C. Hoester discussed "Serum Theraphy." Among others taking part in the proceedings were Leo Suppan, Louis Lieberstein, Gustav Kring, Sidney Willette, Wm. K. IIhardt and J. W. Mackelden. THE PHYSICIAN AND PUBLIC HEALTH.-At all times, from the dawn of history, the highest function of the physician has been to guard those who entrust themselves to his care against the enemies of health, whether these come in the form of licentiousness, dissipation or disease, and for this service, mankind has always been willing to return a good compensation in both money and esteem. No man has ever been held in higher esteem in the world than he who could protect against impediments to health.-[Exchange. MARKET REVIEW Saint Louis, April 28, 1913. The advance of Spring has developed a greatly increased volume of seasonable business and although trading operations in the middle-west have been hampered by storms and floods, that have occasioned great loss of life and property, and seriously interrupted the transportation of merchandise, there is little if any change reported from other sections. On the part of merchants, this greatly increased volume of passing business is indicative of a growing feeling of optimism. One unsettling influence of no little importance is the Underwood bill for the revision and regulation of the tariff, from which no relief may be expected before it has passed both houses of Congress and is approved by the President. In anticipation of this revision, merchants have been arranging their affairs since last November, are now in an unusually strong position and prepared to meet most any emergency that may arise. Many provisions of the new schedules are being contested by interested parties, but in its entirety they are conceded to be clearer and simpler than anything of this kind in years. The price changes for the month have not been so numerous and about equally divided between advances and declines, many of which have been induced by the proposed changes in the tariff. Among the items of which specific mention is not made hereafter are the following now on the free list, which will be assessed duty as noted: Calomel, 15% ad valorem; caffeine, $1.00 per b.; ergot, 10c per Ib.; essential oils, 20%, except birch tar, croton and cajeput; lemon oil, 10%; buchu leaves, 10c; cod liver oil will be placed on the free list and downward revisions will be made as follows: Castor oil from 35c to 15c gal.; formaldehyde, 25% to 1c per b.; menthol, 25% to 50c per Ib.; castile soap, 14c to 10%; fractional changes on boric, citric and salicylic acids. A list of the principal items affected since our last report, a brief summary of conditions under which fluctuations occurred, and current quotations for quantities purchased by druggists follow: Opium.--Advanced; early advices regarding the damage to the new crop by drought following exceptionally late frosts in the poppy fields. with predictions for a yield from twenty-five to fifty per cent less than normal are now confirmed as gross exaggerations, for at least moderate gum yield is anticipated. In the primary market the tendency is upward, for with the outlook for only a moderate crop the bankers are co-operating with the op- erators in view of the holding for higher prices. The publication of the Underwood bill for the revision of the tariff, providing for a duty of $3.00 on crude and $4.00 the pound on refined in lieu of $1.50 and $2.00, the present basis, at first caused little if any change in market conditions, although now, with many buyers augmenting their stocks, local importers have advanced their prices sharply, with the outlook for a further upward revision unless present conditions and the outlook for the future is materially altered. U. S. P. gum is now quoted at $7.00 to $7.50; Karahissar high test at $7.50 to $8.00; granulated, $8.70 to $9.20; powdered, $8.70 to $9.20 the pound. Morphine; the undertone of the market is manifestly stronger in sympathy with the upward movement for gum opium. As the price of this derivative is lower than the parity of opium values, higher prices have been looked for since codeine was advanced forty cents over a month ago. The proposed tariff revision provides for an advance in the duty from $1.50 to $3.00 the ounce. now For the various salts the following prices are named: Sulphate, -ounce vials, 21⁄2-ounce boxes, $4.75; 1-ounce vials, $4.55; 5-ounce tins, $4.50; 10-ounce lots, five cents, and 25-ounce lots, ten cents the ounce less. Alkaloid, $6.70; acetate, $4.85; hydrobromide, $6.25; hydrochloride, $5.85; nitrate, $7.80; phosphate, $7.60; valerate, $6.86; diacetyl alkaloid, $6.65; diacetyl hydrochloride, $6.40; ethyl-hydrochloride, $8.15, all per ounce, for %-ounce vials Quinine; the demand is active, and prices firm, particularly in the middle west, where the floods have been followed by an epidemic of grippe, pneumonia and malaria, in the treatment of which quinine is used very extensively. The Amsterdam bark auction of April 3 resulted in a unit of 4.30 Dutch cents, one point lower than the result of the previous sale. Of the 13,818 packages offered only 42 per cent were disposed of. The results of the last sales are far short of the proposed minimum of 5 Dutch cents, although bark shipments have been curtailed very materially, those of March totaling only 962,000 Dutch pounds, the smallest since April of 1912, against 1,564,000 for February. For the first half of April the total is only 418,000 Dutch pounds. The sulphate and minor salts are now offered at the following prices : For one-ounce vials inclusive, except Sulphate: Alkaloid, 640; acetate, 67c; bisulphate, 34c; hydrochloride, 57c; phosphate, 61c; tannate, 41c; sulphate, 100-oz. tins. 231⁄2c: 50-oz. tins, 240; 25-oz. tins, 25c; 5-oz. tins, 29e; 1-oz. tins, 32c; 1-oz. vials, 34c; 11⁄2-oz. vials, 39c; 4-oz. vials, 44e: -oz. vials, 54c; 5-oz. tins and smaller packages in 50-oz. lots, 2c less; 25-oz. lots. lc less. Codeine; although an advance of forty cents has been recorded within a month, the price range is lower than the present parity of opium values, with the provisions of the Underwood bill for double the present duty, higher prices are forecasted. Alkaloid, hydrochloride and nitrate are now quoted at $7.10 in one-ounce vials; eighth-ounce vials, 20c higher. Phosphate fifty cents and sulphate, twenty-five cents the ounce lower. Cocaine. Declined; the sharp break in the price of cocoa leaves to lower levels and a continuation of the keen competition that has characterized the market for some time are reflected in the lower prices now named. Hydrochloride in 5-oz. cans is now quoted at $3.65; 1-oz. vials, $3.70; %-oz. vials, $3.90 the ounce. Alcohol. Declined; the keen competition of interests which have only recently entered the field has resulted in a further reduction for the grain product. Wood and denatured are unchanged, although there is a noteworthy shortage of all grades that will result in a general advance should the present demand be augmented to any great extent. The present prices for the various varieties follow: Grain, 188 barrels, $2.58; half-barrels, $2.63; 10-gallon cans. $2.78; 5-gallon cans, $2.87 the gallon, containers inclusive and subject to the usual allowance of ten cents the gallon for cash in ten days. Grain, 190°, five cents over 188°. Cologne Spirits, 188°, five cents, and 190°, ten cents the gallon advance over 188° grain alcohol. Wood, 95%, barrels, 54c the gallon. Denatured, 188°, 42c; 180°, 40c the gallon for barrels, subject to the usual advance for smaller packages. Aloes. Declined; the price range for the true Barbadoes variety has been reduced by the few holders of stocks in the local markets, for the purpose of stimulating the demand, which has been very light for some time. There is no change in the primary situation and a resumption of buying interest will no doubt induce higher prices. True bright Barbadoes is now quoted at $1.67% to $1.75; powdered, $1.77% to $1.85 the pound. Balsam, Fir. Declined; there is no change in primary or spot conditions regarding the limited stocks of the Canada variety, which are virtually exhausted, only a few barrels being available; holders realize, however, that the price has been advanced beyond all warrant and accordingly are now making concessions. The Oregon variety is in better supply on spot and in the Northwest, with the price range lower as a result. Canada is now quoted at $2.10 to $2.25; Oregon, 321⁄2c to 40c the pound. Peru. Declined; the arrival of more liberal supplies from |