which is the present price per lb. bottles; ozs., 87c; powdered, 20c higher.

Senna, Alexandria.-Very firm, with continued light supply from the primary markets. Price has been steady at 17 and 20c.

Shellac. The rapidly increasing consumption in all lines of industry owing to the passage of the denaturized alcohol bill, has during the last few months rendered it if possible more of a speculative article than heretofore. The most important fact in connection with this article is the wonderful strides America has made in the quantity taken from the world's production, at least 60%. The total importations for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31 are in the neighborhood of 110,000 cases. The promised substitutes admittedly contain from 20 to 30% of rosin. Quotations in this market are for VSO, in cases, 634 to 70 to 73c; T. N., in cases, 51 to 56 to 60c; powdered, 59 to 65c; Bleached, in barrel lots, 48 to 53 to 58c; ground, in barrels, 68 to 70 to 72c.

Turpentine.-Year opened with a price of 73c for barrels. Declined 1c in January, reacted in February to 76c. sold off to 73c in March, continued fluctuations obtained throughout the year; market at this writing is 75c for barrels; 85c for 10-gal. cans; 89c for 5-gal. cans; packages inclusive.

INDIANAPOLIS DEPARTMENT.

Reminiscences of a Local Secretary.

The Atlantic City meeting of the A. Ph. A. selected Indianapolis for the 1906 meeting and the writer for local secretary.

The members surely wanted to go there or the selection would not have been made in the face of the fact that other cities had been making an effort for the meeting for some time before, and were in earnest in

their desire for the convention.

The advice on all sides to the local secretary was to begin early, and he took time by the forelock to such an extent that by January 1, 1906, he was confident that his moral and financial backing would be such as to satisfy the most critical visitor if there should be any such.

As plans worked out and the time for the meeting approached, the local secretary either from egotism or nerve, felt confident that everything was alright.

Force of a Cyclone.-Careful estimates of the force of a cyclone and the energy required to keep a hurricane in active operation reveal the presence of a power that makes the mightiest efforts of a man appear as nothing in comparison. A force equal to more than 400,000,000 h.-p. was estimated as developed in a West Indian cyclone. This greatly exceeds the power that could be developed by all the means within the range of man's capabilities. Were steam, water, windmills, and the strength of all men and all animals combined, they could not even approach the tremendous force exerted.

uneasiness although very desirous of a good showing.

As you all know the convention met and is now a matter of drug history.

The total attendance was three hundred and ninetyfour (394) largely cared for at the Claypool Hotel, which was selected as headquarters.

The most anxious moment to the local secretary was incidental to the first meeting on the afternoon of the first day. He was afraid things would not be ready, and done considerable wire pulling to get the Palm Room in order, after that his mind was easy, rooms were always ready as desired and things worked smoothly.

The ladies committees had reins well in hand for all of their entertainments and showed business head and sagacity. One instance of faint heartedness only came to the notice of the local secretary, and that occurred about the middle of the week. One of the ladies on a local committee became very much excited at the fear of a slight bobble in one of the local functions. In reassuring her she was asked, "If we had slipped any cogs yet?" She said, "no." Well we don't propose to slip any now, she was informed.

From day to day, as the program both social and business was carried out at Indianapolis, and the dessert served in the shape of a trip to French Lick returning on Monday, we have reasons to believe that the cogs worked smoothly and without slipping.

The uniform courtesy and good feeling extended by all in attendance will live in the minds and hearts of all who participated in caring for them, and if there were any anxious moments they were surely forgotten when the time for action was at hand.

The many kind greetings and letters received have been ample remuneration to all who gave their time and efforts so freely.

The writer is especially grateful for the kind words drug journals and the advice and assistance received of commendation received so universally through the

from individuals.-[FRANK H. CARTER, Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind.

EDITOR'S TABLE.

The Mich. Ph. A. has, as usual, a rich fund of information and instruction in its annual report. The volume for 1906 is at hand with a number of pages of advertisements as the only marring feature.

Proceedings at the Conference between the Deputation from the London Chemists' Association, etc., etc., and Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Held at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel, London, June 21 and 28 and August 2, 1906.

The Penn. Ph. A. is one of the most prosperous state associations in the country. The volume of proceedings for 1906 contains 320 pages and is published without advertisements. The secretary is J. A. Miller, Harrisburg.

Practical Disinfection is the title of a very instructive circular recently published in revised edition by the Illinois State Board of Health. Copies can be obtained from the secretary, James A. Egan, M. D., Springfield, Ill.

The Neb. Ph. A. Proceedings for 1906 reports the Silver Anniversary meeting. The exceptionally interesting proceedings are somewhat marred by the alternate pages of advertising matter which is interspersed. Oscar Baumann, Grand Island, is the secretary.

The Kansas Ph. A. Proceedings for 1906 have been mailed by Secretary A. E. Topping of Overbrook. It is a neat appearing as well as interesting volume. The entire expense of publication is borne by the association without accepting ever advertisements.

The Drug Known as Pinkroot is the title of Part V of Bulletin No. 100, issued by the Department of Agriculture from the Bureau of Plant Industry. It contains information of interest to every druggist. Copies can be obtained by application to the Department of Agriculture.

The N. J. Ph. A. issues a very interesting and wellappearing volume of proceedings bound in cloth. It is pleasing to note that the volume is devoid of the advertisements which mar the appearance of so many state association proceedings. Frank C. Stutzlen, Elizabeth, is secretary.

The Ark. Ph. A. Proceedings for 1906 present a very interesting pamphlet of 132 pages of reading matter. Advertisements detract from the appearance of the volume, but are not scattered through the reading matter in the objectionable manner some times followed. Miss Mary A. Fein, of Little Rock, is secretary.

Tenn. Ph. A.—The proceedings of the twenty-first annual meeting, just at hand, contain a number of practical papers and interesting discussions. The volume is neatly printed and well illustrated. The entire expense of the proceedings is borne by the advertisements which it contains. The secretary is E. F. Trolinger, Nashville.

Second Report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum. Andrew Balfour, N. D., B. Sc., F. R. C. P. Edin., D. P. H. Camb., Director, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Member of the Epidemiological Society, the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health, and the Association of Economic Biologists, Medical Officer of Health, Khartoum, etc. Department of Education, Sudan Government, Khartoum, 1906.

This is an exceedingly interesting and profusely illustrated work dealing with the results of the investigations on disease bearing insects which transmit disease germs to human beings and other animals. The Extra Pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott, revised by W. Harrison Martindale, Ph. D., F. C. S., and W. Wynn Westcott, M. B., London, D. P. H., H. M.'s Coroner for Northeast London. Twelfth edition. London: H. K. Lewis, 136 Gower Street, W. C. 1906. (All rights reserved).

This is an exceedingly convenient volume for physicians and pharmacists, which has no corresponding work in the United States. It gives in a nut shell just the information which a physician desires about British pharmacopoeial remedies. Attention is also given to such U. S. P. preparations as are used in England, and many unofficial preparations are included. Charaka Samhita.)—Translated into English, Published by Avinash Chandra Kaviratna, Editor of Charaka-Samhita and of Susruta-Samhita (in original) with Commentaries; Bengali and Hindi Translator of Charaka-Samhiti and of SusrutaSamhita; Editor of Chikitsa-Sammilani (Medical journal in Bengali); Practitioner of the Hindu System of Medicine, etc., etc. Calcutta: 200 Cornwallis Street. Printed by B. N. Nandi at the Kaviratna Press, 12 Simla Street, Bye-Lane. 1905. (The right of reproduction is reserved).

We have just received parts XXXVII and XXXVIII. We recently called attention to the fascinating interest which the work has for pharmacists and physicians. It is pleasing to note that the parts are issued more promptly than they were during the past few years.

The Ohio Ph. A. Proceedings for 1906 is at hand. No state association issues a more substantial looking volume than the one credited to Ohio. It is bound in cloth, well printed, absolutely free from advertisements, contains carefully prepared lists of members, one alphabetically arranged, the other according to geographical location. It also gives much information about the board of pharmacy work. The papers are interesting and the discussions carefully edited. Theo. D. Wetterstroems, secretary, Spring Grove Avenue and Cooper Street, Cumminsville, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Toxicology, The Nature, Effects and Detection of Poisons, with the Diagnosis and Treatment of Poisoning, by Cassius M. Riley, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in Barnes University and Dean of Barnes College of Pharmacy; Member of the American Medical Association; Member of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged-With Illustrations. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co.. 1012 Walnut Street. 1906. Price, $1.50 net.

This is a new edition of and exceedingly practical volume for both pharmacists and physicians. We reviewed at length previous editions in these columns and will say, this time, that the revised work contains additional illustrations intended to make the text more

clear.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any Territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act; and any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $500 or shall be sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, and for each subsequent offense and conviction thereof shall be fined not less than $1,000 or sentenced to one year's imprisonment, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 2. That the introduction into any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or shipment to any foreign country of any article of food or drugs which is adulterated or misbranded, within the meaning of this Act, is hereby prohibited; and any person who shall ship or deliver for shipment from any State or Territory or the District of Columbia to any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, or who shall receive in any State or Territory or the District of Columbia from any other State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or foreign country, and having so received, shall deliver, in original unbroken packages, for pay or otherwise, or offer to deliver to any other person, any such article so adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or any person who shall sell or offer for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States any such adulterated or misbranded foods or drugs, or export or offer to export the same to any foreign country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for such offense be fined not exceeding $200 for the first offense, and upon conviction for each subsequent offense not exceeding $300 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That no article shall be deemed misbranded or adulterated within the provisions of this Act when intended for export to any foreign country and prepared or packed according to the specifications or directions of the foreign purchaser when no substance is used in the preparation or packing thereof in conflict with the laws of the foreign country to which said article is intended to be shipped; but if said article shall be in fact sold or offered for sale for domestic use or consumption, then this proviso shall not exempt said article from the operation of any of the other provisions of this Act.

SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the collection and examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States, or which shall be offered for sale in unbroken packages in any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or produced, or which shall be received from any foreign country, or intended for shipment to any foreign country, or which may be submitted for examination by the chief health, food, or drug officer of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, or at any domestic or foreign port through which such product is offered for interstate commerce, or for export or import between the United States and any foreign port or country. SEC. 4. That the examinations of specimens of foods and drugs shall be made in the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, or under the direction and supervision of such Bureau, for the purpose of determining from such examinations whether such articles are adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act; and if it shall appear from any such examination that any of such specimens is adulterated or misbranded

within the meaning of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall cause notice thereof to be given to the party from whom such sample was obtained. Any party so notified shall be given an opportunity to be heard, under such rules and regulations as mya be prescribed as aforesaid, and if it appears that any of the provisions of this Act have been violated by such party, then the Secretary of Agriculture shall at once certify the facts to the proper United States district attorney, with a copy of the results of the analysis or the examination of such article duly authenticated by the analyst or officer making such examination, under the oath of such officer. After judgment of the court, notice shall be given by publication in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations aforesaid.

SEC. 5. That it shall be the duty of each district attorney to whom the Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act, or to whom any health, or food or drug officer or agent of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia shall present satisfactory evidence of any such violation, to cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts of the United States, without delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as in such case herein provided.

SEC. 6. That the term "drug," as used in this Act, shall include all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for internal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of either man or other animals. The term "food," as used herein, shall include all articles used for food, drink, confectionery, or condiment by man or other animals, whether simple, mixed, or compound.

SEC. 7. That for the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated:

In case of drugs:

First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of strength, quality, or purity, as determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary official at the time of investigation: Provided, That no drug defined in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary shall be deemed to be adulterated under this provision if the standard of strength, quality, or purity be plainly stated upon the bottle, box, or other container thereof, although the standard may differ from that determined by the test laid down in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary.

Second. If its strength or purity fall below the professed standard or quality under which it is sold.

In the case of confectionery:

If it contain terra alba, barytes, talc, chrome yellow, or other mineral substance or poisonous color or flavor, or other ingredient deleterious or detrimental to health, or any vinous, malt or spirituous liquor or compound or narcotic drug.

In the case of food:

First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength. Second. If any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the article.

Third. If any valuable constituent of the article has been wholly or in part abstracted.

Fourth. If it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated, or stained in a manner whereby damage or inferiority is concealed. Fifth. If it contain any added poisonous or other added de leterious ingredient which may render such article injurious to health: Provided, That when in the preparation of food products for shipment they are preserved by any external application applied in such manner that the preservative is necessarily removed mechanically; or by maceration in water, or otherwise, and directions for the removal of said preservative shall be printed on the covering or the package, the provisions of this Act shall be construed as applying only when said products are ready for consumption.

Sixth. If it consists in whole or in part of a filthy, decomposed, or putrid animal or vegetable substance, or any portion of an animal unfit for food, whether manufactured or not, or if it is the product of a diseased animal, or one that has died otherwise than by slaughter.

SEC. 8. That the term "misbranded," as used herein, shall apply to all drugs, or articles of food, or articles which enter into the composition of food, the package or label of which shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding such article, or the ingredients or substances contained therein which shall be false or misleading in any particular, and to any food or drug product which is falsely branded as to the State, Territory, or country in which it is manufactured or produced.

That for the purposes of this Act an article shall also be deemed to be misbranded:

In case of drugs:

First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the name of another article.

Second. If the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed, in whole or in part, and other contents shall have been placed in such package, or if the package fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any alcohol, morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any such substances contained therein.

In the case of food:

First. If it be an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article.

Second. If it be labeled or branded so as to deceive or mislead the purchaser, or purport to be a foreign product when not so, or if the contents of the package as originally put up shall have been removed in whole or in part and other contents shall have -been placed in such package, or if it fail to bear a statement on the label of the quantity or proportion of any morphine, opium, cocaine, heroin, alpha or beta eucaine, chloroform, cannabis indica, chloral hydrate, or acetanilide, or any derivative or preparation of any of such substances contained therein.

Third. If in package form, and the contents are stated in terms of weight or measure, they are not plainly and correctly stated on the outside of the package.

Fourth. If the package containing it or its label shall bear any statement, design, or device regarding the ingredients or the substances contained therein, which statement, design, or device shall be false or misleading in any particular: Provided, That an article of food which does not contain any added poisonous or deleterious ingredients shall not be deemed to be adulterated or misbranded in the following cases:

First. In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced.

Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations, or blends, and the word "compound," "imitation," or "blend," as the case may be, is plainly stated on the package in which it is offered for sale: Provided, That the term blend as used herein shall be construed to mean a mixture of like substances, not excluding harmless coloring or flavoring ingredients used for the purpose of coloring and flavoring only: And provided further, That nothing in this Act shall be construed as requiring or compelling proprietors or manufacturers of proprietary foods which contain no unwholesome added ingredient to disclose their trade formulas, except in so far as the provisions of this Act may require to secure freedom from adulteration or misbranding.

SEC. 9. That no dealer shall be prosecuted under the provisions of this Act when he can establish a guaranty signed by the wholesaler, jobber, manufacturer, or other party residing in the United States, from whom he purchases such articles, to the effect that the same is not adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, designating it. Said guaranty, to afford protection, shall contain the name and address of the party or parties making the sale of such articles to such dealer, and in such case said party or parties shall be amenable to the prosecutions, fines, and other penalties which would attach, in due course, to the dealer under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 10. That any article of food, drug, or liquor that is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, and is be

ing transported from one State, Territory, District, or insular possession to another for sale, or, having been transported, remains unloaded, unsold, or in original unbroken packages, or if it be sold or offered for sale in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or insular possessions of the United States, or if it be imported from a foreign country for sale, or if it is intended for export to a foreign country, shall be liable to be proceeded against in any district court of the United States within the district where the same is found, and seized for confiscation by a process of libel for condemnation. And if such article is condemned as being adulterated or misbranded, or of a poisonous or deleterious character, within the meaning of this Act, the same shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the said court may direct, and the proceeds thereof, if sold, less the legal costs and charges, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, but such goods shall not be sold in any jurisdiction contrary to the provisions of this Act or the laws of that jurisdiction: Provided, however, That upon the payment of the costs of such libel proceedings and the execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond to the effect that such articles shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this Act, or the laws of any State, Territory, District, or insular possession, the court may by order direct that such articles be delivered to the owner thereof. The proceedings of such libel cases shall conform, as near as may be, to the proceedings in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury of any issue of fact joined in any such case, and all such proceedings shall be at the suit of and in the name of the United States.

SEC. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver to the Secretary of Agriculture, upon his request from time to time samples of foods and drugs which are being imported into the United States or offered for import; giving notice thereof to the owner or consignee, who may appear before the Secretary of Agriculture, and have the right to introduce testimony, and if it appear from the examination of such samples that any article of food or drug offered to be imported into the United States is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act, or is otherwise dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or is of a kind forbidden entry into, or forbidden to be sold or restricted in sale in the country in which it is made or from which it is exported, or is otherwise falsely labeled in any respect, the said article shall be refused admission, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refuse delivery to the consignee and shall cause the destruction of any goods refused delivery which shall not be exported by the consignee within three months from the date of notice of such refusal under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may deliver to the consignee such goods pending examination and decision in the matter on execution of a penal bond for the amount of the full invoice value of such goods, together with the duty thereon, and on refusal to return such goods for any cause to the custody of the Secretary of the Treasury, when demanded, for the purpose of excluding them from the country, or for any other purpose, said consignee shall forfeit the full amount of the bond: And provided further, That all charges for storage, cartage, and labor on goods which are refused admission or delivery shall be paid by the owner or consignee, and in default of such payment shall constitute a lien against any future importation made by such owner or consignee.

SEC. 12. That the term "Territory" as used in this Act shall include the insular possessions of the United States. The word "person" as used in this Act shall be construed to import both the plural and the singular, as the case demands, and shall include corporations, companies, societies and associations. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society, or association, within the scope of his employment or office, shall in every case be also deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such corporation, company, society, or association as well as that of the person.

SEC. 13. That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and seven. Approved, June 30, 1906.