PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATIONS

The Michigan Ph. A. heli its thirty-third annual meeting, at Grand Rapids, June 9-11. The Stevens Bill was endorsed. The location for the 1916 meeting will be decided by the Executive Committee. The following officers were elected for the ensuing

year:

C. H. Jongejan of Grand Rapids, president; W. H. Fox, Coldwater, first vice-president; Roy Collins, Frankfort, second vicepresident; John Steketee, Grand Rapids, treasurer; D. D. Alton, Fremont, re-elected secretary.

The Alabama Ph. A. met at Selma, June 16-17. The Travelers' Auxiliary was organized for the purpose of giving greater publicity to the work of the association. The newspapers will also be given items of interest to the public regarding pharmacy. The 1916 meeting will be held at Gadsden. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year:

President, L. L. Scarborough, Anniston; vice-presidents, W. S. Vance, Gadsden; W. N. Vernon, Selma; treasurer, S. C. Toomer, Auburn; secretary, W. S. Bingham, Tuscaloosa. Executive committee L. M. Snider, C. Horton, Gadsden, and H. F. Shackleford, Brewton.

The North Carolina Ph. A. met in thirty-sixth annual convention, at Durham, June 15-16. The Stevens Bill was endorsed. The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law received praise as a masterpiece of legislation. The 1916 meeting will be held at Wrightsville, June 20-22. The following officers were elected:

President. E. L. Tarkenton, Wilson; first vice-president, E. G. Birdsong, Raleigh; second vice-president, G. A. Matton, High Point; third vice-president, S. E. Welfare, Winston-Salem; secretary, J. G. Beard, Chapel Hill; treasurer, G. E. Burwell, Charlotte. Executive Committee: C. J. O'Horne, Greenville; L. L. Haywood, Durham; P. A. Lee, Dunn; Jesse Carter, Aberdeen; J. G. Beard, ex-officio, Chapel Hill; member of Board of Pharmacy: C. P. Greyer, Morganton.

The Florida Ph. A. convened at Jacksonville, June 15-17. United States Senator D. U. Fletcher gave the address of welcome. A number of papers, principally on trade topics, were read and discussed. The 1916 meeting will be held at Tampa. E. G. Coe, of Hastings, won the trip to the A. Ph. A. convention as a prize, donated by the Groover-Stewart Drug Co., of Jacksonville. Officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year as follows:

President, M. M. Taylor. Tampa, re-elected; vice-presidents, W. A. Rawls, Pensacola; E. G. Coe, Hastings; D. G. Brown, Lakeland secretary. Joseph H. Houghton, Palatka; treasurer, W. M. Johnson, Gainesville. Executive Committee: G. W. Ramseur, Palatka; William D. Jones, Jacksonville; Macon Thornton, Ormond.

The New Jersey Ph. A. held its forty-fifth annual meeting at Spring Lake, June 15-18. About three hundred persons were in attendance. The initiation fee was reduced to one dollar and the annual dues increased to $2.00. An effort will be made to amend the Pharmacy Law at the next session of the legislature. The Stevens Bill was endorsed. Dr. William Mansfield gave an illustrated lecture on "The Medicinal Plants Grown in New Jersey." The association has 936 members. The 1916 meeting will be held at Long Branch. The newly elected officers of the association are:

President, Charles J. McCloskey. Jersey City: first vice-president, Garrett J. Byrnes, Maplewood: second vice-president, Daniel H. Hills, Spring Lake: secretary. Frank C. Stutzlen, Elizabeth; treasurer, Edgar R. Sparks, Burlington.

The Texas Ph. A. held its thirty-sixth annual convention, at Houston, June 15-18. Considering the distance traveled and the location of the meeting, the attendance was large. Dr. E. F. Cooke, president of the Harris County Medical Association, assured the pharmacists of hearty co-operation in efforts to better conditions. Mrs. E. Clinton Murray read a glowing tribute to The Druggist.

About fifty new members were elected.

The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Law was discussed at length and approved by unanimous vote.

Hugh Craig, editor of the Journal of the N. A. R. D., made an interesting address on "Pharmacy Conditions," with suggestions for improvement.

Robert H. Walker, secretary of the Texas Board of Pharmacy, submitted a report. He urged further efforts for more desirable legislation.

A memorial session was held at which Robert H. Walker delivered the annual memorial address. The proposition to reorganize the house of delegates of the A. Ph. A. on a basis of state representation was endorsed. The retiring secretary-treasurer, Professor E. G. Eberle, editor of the Journal of the A. Ph. A., declined re-election. He reported a balance of $1,200.00 on hand.

Dallas won the prize of $25.00 for the largest attendance.

The 1916 meeting will be held at Ft. Worth. Galveston was a close competitor.

W. H. Cousins, president of the Texas Board of Pharmacy, delivered an address on Commercial Pharmacy, in the course of which he said:

"The best friend the craft has today is the jobber a man whose name is seldom mentioned in oral counsel or printed page. He is the man who alone has made it possible for most of us to succeed. He is the man who bet a hundred to one on us when it looked like the track would cave in the middle in spite of all that could be done."

The election of officers resulted as follows:

A. M. Fischer, of San Antonio, president; C. E. Craycroft, of Sherman. first vice-president; W. G. Wilman, of Brownsville, second vice-president; Mrs. E. B. Dwyer, of Houston, third vice-president; Tom J. Snell, of Cooper, fourth vice-president; W. H. Cousins, of Dallas, secretary-treasurer; J. W. Graham. of Austin. home secretary; Miss Lum Shipe, of San Marcos, historian.

W. G. WILMAN, PH. G.

R. H. Walker, of Gonzales, was elected a member of the board of trustees, the other members being Cecil V. Rogers, of Dallas, and F. A. Chapa, of San Antonio.

The Travelers' Auxiliary of the Texas Ph. A. had

an attendance of seventy-five members.

The entire membership was instructed by the

president to report to the secretary any members of the organization ill or in distress.

The election of officers for the new year resulted as follows:

L. S. Calvin, Dallas, president; George Reynolds, Dallas, first vice-president; John A. Rippetoe, Dallas, second vice-president; E. J. Houston, San Antonio, third vice-president; George K. Butcher, Dallas, secretary and treasurer.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Texas Ph. A. voted to start a scholarship fund for a lady student in the Pharmacy Department of the state university. The cash prize of $25.00 won by the Dallas members for having the largest number in attendance was added to this fund.

The new officers are:

President, Mrs. G. T. Reynolds, Dallas; first vice-president, Mrs. J. W. Cleveland, Houston; second vice-president, Mrs. Herman Dreiss, San Antonio; secretary (re-elected), Mrs. W. H. Wentland, Manor; treasurer, Mrs. W. D. Adams, Forney.

The Oklahoma Ph. A. held its eighth annual meeting at Tulsa, May 25-27. Senator S. H. Rutledge, of St. Louis, addressed the association. Much interest

was manifested in the selection of candidates for the Board of Pharmacy, from which list the Governor must fill vacancies. The entertainment included an ostrich race and a barbecue with deer and bear meat. The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year:

President, Eugene Watrous, Enid; vice-president, R. L. Sanford, Marshall; secretary-treasurer, Augustus Woodmanoy, Oklahoma, who was re-elected for a third term.

The Delaware Ph. A. held its twenty-ninth annual meeting, at Wilmington, June 4. The Stevens Bill occupied much of the time. Dr. Adolph Miller, of Philadelphia, and Professor E. Fullerton Cook, gave special addresses. The officers elected to serve for the ensping yeare were :

President, Albert Daugherty, Wilmington; vice-presidents. James T. Challenger, New Castle; James W. Wise, Dover; H. P. Luff, Felton; secretary, Miss Norah V. Brendle, Wilmington; treasurer, Oscar C. Draper, Wilmington. Board of directors-John M. Harvey, Wilmington; Erdmann Hoffman, Wilmington; George W. Rhoades, Newark; W. H. Chambers, Lewes; James T. Challenger, New Castle.

The Indiana Ph. A. met at La Porte, June 22-24. Dispensing physicians, itinerant medicine peddlers and similar detriments to pharmacy were scored. The dentists of Indiana were held up as an example of what can be accomplished by organization. Out of 1,542 dentists in the state, 892 belong to the association. The 1916 meeting will be held at Indianapolis. The officers elected to serve for the ensuing year are as follows:

President, Charles Genolin, Nashville; vice-presidents, W. S. Markowski, Delphi; A. J. Frazier, Muncie; Ira White, South Bend; secretary, William F. Werner, Indianapolis; treasurer, Frank H. Carter, Indianapolis. Executive committee: J. A. Aubrey, Hammond; J. Lovett, Huntington; Wood Wiles, Bloomington.

MARKET REVIEW

The drug and chemical market, as a whole, continues in an unsettled state with many further sharp advances principally on Phenol derivatives. The active buying by representatives of foreign governments, particularly England and France, have created a variety of views as to price on some of the more staple items and they are paying big prices to get the goods and forward them to their own country.

Evidence of the increased exports of the United States is shown by the statement showing the recordbreaking American export commerce during the fiscal year ending June 30 and showing a United States trade balance for the year ending June 30, $1,094,422.792.00.

This is the greatest in its history and shows an increase of $623,800,000.00 over the year preceeding and $428,000,000.00 more than the best previous record made in 1908. Exports totaled $2,768,643,532.00, an increase of $404,000,000.00 over the preceding year.

Imports, however, showed a decrease of $219,700,000.00 against the preceding years.

How much of the exports shown consists of drugs and chemicals we, of course, cannot state at this time, but we feel at liberty to state that they played no small part in this vast sum.

Domestic purchasing is still comparatively light and is generally confined to what one might term "hand to mouth" operation. Some of the principal foreign purchases are items including Acetone, Coal Tar derivatives, Permanganate Potash, Narcotics, Anaesthetics, Anodyne and Disinfectants. Also noteworthy of mention is the scarcity now prevailing on Epsom Salts. Manufacturers have practically withdrawn from the market and are confining their efforts almost entirely supplying goods on contract.

The principal changes which have been made within the last month are as follows:

Acid, Citric.

Declined; having received a few parcels of this commodity from abroad second hands have reduced their prices to practically the same basis as the manufacturers of this commodity in this country. The output of domestic manufacturers, however, is quite inadequate to meet with the demand of this now seasonable article, therefore, the asking of the second hands is practically the basis of the market. This decline can only be looked upon as a temporary one for as soon as the recent arrival has been taken up and with no definite prospect of further supplies the prices will again be higher. Crystal form is quoted in kegs at 80c to 90c per pound with the usual advance for the smaller packages and powdered form at 2c per pound higher.

Acid, Oxalic.--Advanced; holders of this commodity have assumed firm views as to price and with the American manufacturers unable to cope with the demand, and the impossibility of securing supplies from Germany or England, sales are now being confined to prices of 45c to 50c for crystal and 48c to 53c for the powdered.

Acid, Salicylic.-Advanced; now being a staple and seasonable chemical and meeting with considerable demand for preserving, available stocks in this country have been drawn to their extreme and now the market is practically bare of supplies and such supplies as are available in second hands are held at much higher prices. Buyers for export are paying high prices for such supplies as they can get. On the actual market value of Salicylic Acid with the limited quantities that are available quotations are now being made at prices ranging from $2.50 to $4.00 per pound, but some chemical houses continue to list at $1.75 to $1.90 per pound—however, they have little or no supplies to offer at the figure at which they list this commodity.

Amyl Acetate.-Advanced; this item is in very short supply and much more firmly held by sources of supply. The pure grade is now being quoted at 75c per pound, with the technical at $4.00 per gallon. Antipyrine. Advanced; with stocks in this country of this Coal Tar derivative practically exhausted, holders who still have supplies are commanding very high prices and stocks are available only in a very limited way. Although very few pound lots are

available, it is quoted at $15.00 to $16.00 per pound and in ounces at $1.00.

Bromides. Advanced; the growing shortage and advances in price on Bromine have been brought to bear on the askings of manufacturers of the Bromide preparations and they have raised their prices sharply. While all Bromide preparations are limited in supply, particularly noteworthy of mention is the extreme scarcity of Potassium Bromide Crystal, of which the local market is practically bare of supplies. Ammonium Bromide is now quoted at $1.80 per pound; Potassium Bromide, granular, $1.67 per pound and crystal form, such as is available, at $1.77 per pound; Sodium Bromide at $1.67 per pound all in one pound boxes or cartons and Strontium Bro- | mide crystals at $1.65 per pound container extra.

Beans, Vanilla.—Declined; although the keeping quality beans continue to hold at previously quoted figures in this journal some few lots of the 1913 and 1914 Mexican Crops are being offered at a little lower price, although this reduction, it has been noted, applies principally on lots of recured or repaired beans. The demand from extract makers has not been what it usually is this time of the year, and cuts are offered at a lower figure. It is, however, expected that with the re-establishment of the Carranza government in Mexico, making active the exchange rates in normal proportions, curers will ask higher prices as crops are not up to standard. The Mexican Bean, 71⁄2 inch, is quoted at $5.00, the 8 inch at $5.50 and the 81⁄2 inch at $6.00 per pound in small lots. Bourbons are still being held at former prices by Paris operators, despite the persistent reports that stocks on the island of production continue heavy, as the supply in that center has been greatly lowered of late by increased takings by European as well as by American consumers; 71⁄2 inch Bourbon Bean is being offered at $3.75 per pound and the 8 inch at $4.25 per pound in small lots. Tahati are unchanged at $2.25 to $2.50 per pound. Caffeine. Advanced; with the manufacturers' supply almost completely exhausted second hands now practically control the market and they have advanced their prices to the extent that such small lots as are available are now being quoted at $9.00 to $9.25 per pound, with the citrated being offered at $6.50 to $7.00 the pound, container inclusive.

Beetles, Chinese.-Advanced; a seeming scarcity in supply of this fly it seems has induced holders to advance their prices slightly and quote it now at $2.00 to $2.25 per pound with the powdered 10c per pound higher.

Cantharides, Russian. Declined; through the reopening of navigation from Archangel and a replenishment of supplies together with a considerable falling off in demand of late, the holders in this country have reduced their prices to the extent that jobbers are now quoting at $6.75 per pound for the whole and 25 per pound higher for powdered.

Cumarin. Advanced; local stocks have been very much reduced and this item is now in scanty sup

ply. It has been reported that one manufacturer has withdrawn entirely from the market. $7.50 to $8.00 per pound is now being asked through jobbers.

Glycerine. Advanced; with the manufacturers devoting a great part of their time to the production of the dynamite variety and with no imports coming in, the chemically pure Glycerine has advanced 2c per pound and is now quoted in 50 pound cans at 25c to 26c per pound.

Flowers Saffron, Spanish.--Declined; the Spanish or Valencia Flower having become more liberal in supply, prices have been lowered somewhat to the extent that it is quoted at $14.25 to $15.00 per pound. The American has remained unchanged at previously quoted prices.

Magnesium Carbonate. We are informed that sources abroad will be unable to make further shipments of Magnesite, which will have a tendency to advance the price of magnesia and higher prices are looked for on both Carbonate and calcined varieties. It is estimated that prices prevailing at this time will appear very low in comparison with what will be asked within the next thirty or sixty days. days.

Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom Salts).-Advanced; there has been an extremely heavy demand for this commodity from the foreign countries and sales are still being made to their agents and they are paying big prices for the goods. The situation now has reached the extent that manufacturers have practically withdrawn from the market and are confining their efforts to supplying goods to dealers only with whom they have contracts to fill. It is being firmly held at 5c to 6c per pound in barrels for the U. S. P. Salts.

Mercurials. In consequence of the advanced cost as well as scarcity of Quick Silver, the domestic manufacturers for soft and hard Mercurials have advanced their prices.

Methyl Salicylate (Oil of Wintergreen, Synthetic). -Advanced; this commodity continues scarce and further advances have taken place in the period of the last thirty days to the extent that it is now quoted at $2.00 the pound.

Naphthalene. Supplies of this Coal Tar derivative continue more serious in scarcity and although the season has reached midsummer, there is still quite a demand for it. Prices on the ball have been raised to 22c to 25c the pound, with flake now being quoted at the same price as the ball, but in more scant supply than the ball form.

Oil Bergamot.-Advanced; the sharp advances in price in the Sicilian markets has influenced the asking of higher figures for this essence by local hold$4.60 to $4.75 the pound is now jobbing quota

ers. tions.

Oil, Cod Liver, Norwegian.-Advanced; the Bergen, Norway, interests having virtually cornered the supplies and holders have seen fit to ask higher prices for such as is available. Supplies

available are quoted at $82.00 to $85.00 the barrel, or $3.25 to $3.50 per gallon in less than barrels.

Advices from Bergen give the total 1915 fish catch for all of Norway as 66,800,000 fish, yielding 45,620 barrels of oil, as compared with 81,500,000 fish producing 49,285 barels of oil, for 1914. The total exports of Norway to date are reported to have amounted to some 47,000 barrels. One operator in Norwegian Oil has withdrawn from the market entirely and others may soon be forced to do so by the probable exhaustion of local stocks. The latest arrivals have included some fifty barrels, but this quantity is far inadequate to meet the present prevailing demands. A serious shortage can readily be anticipated and it is quite probable that higher prices will rule when the demand becomes more active than at the present season. The German country last year bought enormous quantities of Cod Liver Oil, but this buying has virtually ceased since they have recaptured Galicia, thus putting them again in possession of the Oil fields in that territory, taking care of their requirements for oil through this medium.

Oil, Lemon.-Advanced; the higher prices asked in the Sicilian markets for this essence has increased the cost of imports to the extent that local handlers have advanced their prices and in one pound coppers it is now quoted at $2.00 per pound.

Oil, Lime. Advanced; the material reduction in spot stocks of the distilled oil has induced handlers to raise their prices to the extent that it is now quoted at $2.25 to $2.50 the pound, according to quantity. The expressed oil remains unchanged at $4.00 to $4.25 the pound.

Oil, Orange.-Advanced; the higher prices asked in Sicilian markets have increased the cost of import to the extent that Oil Orange is now advanced and being offered at $3.00 the pound in one pound coppers.

Oil, Pennyroyal.-Advanced; a growing shortage of supplies has induced higher prices and is now being quoted at $2.00 to $2.25 per pound, with a firm market now prevailing.

Potassium Permanganate. - Advanced supplies through regular handlers are now practically unobtainable and stocks available are continually adadvancing. With no prospect of getting supplies from the source in Germany, it is difficult to esti mate what may be anticipated although it is expected that the item will be completely off the market unless some ways and means are devised that will supply this country from sources in Germany. It is quoted now at prices ranging from $1.35 to $1.75 per pound and held very firm at these figures.

Potassium and Sodium Tartrate (Sal Rochelle).—In sympathy with the recent sharp advances in prices asked for Tartaric products manufacturers of this article have raised prices average of 1c the pound to the extent that it is now quoted at 32c to 35c per pound in small lots.

Roots, Doggrass.-Advanced; shortage of this root

in domestic hands has influenced holders to advance their price to the extent that it is quoted now in small lots at 75c per pound.

Root, Ipecac, Cartegena. Declined; recent heavy arrivals from primary sources have induced a more liberal dealing with first hands in this country and prices have reduced to $4.00 to $4.25 the pound. The Rio grade, however, is still held very firm at $6.50 to $6.75 per pound and is scant in supply.

Root, Kava Kava.-Declined; recent arrivals of stocks have induced a more easy dealing in price and holders have reduced their prices to the extent that it is now being held at 45c to 50c the pound.

Silver Nitrate. Declined; with a slight reduction in the cost of bar silver a corresponding reduction on this item has become effective and is now quoted in one ounce vials at 45c and 16 ounce vials at 412c per ounce.

Sodium Benzoate.-Advanced; there is very little supply available, granular is now quoted at $4.02 the pound and powdered at the same price, containers inclusive.

Seidlitz Mixture.-Advanced; in consequence of the recent advance in tartaric preparations the manufacturers of this item find it necessary to advance their prices 2c the pound.

Santonin.-Advanced; this item is short in supply and with the continued shortage of Levant Worm Seed these high prices will continue to prevail fluctuating slightly only when at times a possible falling off in demand may influence a slight reduction. Crystal is quoted at $65.00 per pound with the powdered $1.00 per pound higher.

Seed, Celery.-Advanced; between the operators in Marseilles and a serious reduction of stocks in this country only a few weeks before the beginning of the pickling season, we find local importers and large holders inclined to higher prices, and they have already made advances which are expected to be followed by much higher figures in the near future, unless supplies are materially replenished within the near future. This, however, does not appear probable in view of the situation in the primary market. 30c to 35c the pound is now being quoted by the jobber in small quantities.

Thymol. Advanced; with the market practically bare of supplies holders of such scant supplies as are still available are asking $16.00 a pound.

Vanolin. Advanced; supplies of this article for prompt delivery are very small and the manufacturers and holders have raised their price 15c to 20c the ounce during the past month. It is now quoted at 65c to 70c the ounce.

White Lead.—The consuming demand has continued normal and buyers in spite of reports about depression in many lines continue to purchase in jobbing quantities to get the benefit of the low prices. A decline of 2c the pound has just become effective. making the prices for standard brands in 500 pound lots for 500, 250 or 100 pound kegs 72c per pound,