that a sample of the compound or preparation described in such statement be procured and chemically and microscopically examined; and thereupon the said secretary of the tacuity of the school of pharmacy shall cause a chemical and microscopical examination of such compound or preparation to be made by some member or members of the faculty of said school of pharmacy. A full and complete report of the results and facts disclosed by such examination shall be prepared and signed by the member or members of said faculty making such examination, and such report shall be transmitted by the said secretary of said faculty to the board of pharmacy. If such report of examination shall show that the statement filed by any manufacturer is untrue either as to the ingredients composing the compound or preparation described in such statement, or as to the method or process of compounding or preparing the same, the board of pharmacy shall refuse to issue a certificate to the manufacturer filing such false statement, and, if a certificate shall have been already issued, the board of pharmacy shall revoke such certificate and the same shall be of no further force or effect: Provided, that any manufacturer who has been refused a certificate or whose certificate has been revoked under the provisions of this section, shall, upon the payment of a penalty of one hundred dollars and upon filing with the board of pharmacy a true and correct statement as provided by Section 2 of this act, be entitled to a certificate in the same manner as if such false statement had not been made.

Sec. 7. One-half of all fees, fines and penalties accruing under this act shall go to the board of pharmacy to defray the expenses of the board of pharmacy in the same manner as fees and penalties provided by existing laws, and the other half shall go to the School of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, to defray the expenses of making the examinations herein provided to be made.

Sec. 8. Nothing in this act shall be construed as in any way removing or modifying any restrictions or regulations imposed by existing laws upon persons selling drugs or poisons.

Sec. 9. Nothing in this act shall imply to nor in any way interfere with the practice of any physician, or prevent him from supplying his patients such articles as may seem to him proper; nor with the exclusively wholesale business of any wholesale druggist.

Sec. 10. Nothing in this act shall be construed so as to prevent any person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture of compounds or preparation of drugs or chemicals outside the State of Illinois complying with the provisions herein contained, and any such manufacturer residing or doing business outside the State of Illinois shall be entitled to the same privileges as manufacturers in the State of Illinois may enjoy under the provisions herein contained.

Sec. 11. Nothing in this act shall be so construed as to apply to any compound or preparation of drugs or chemicals which may be compounded or prepared in accordance with the United States Pharmacopoeia, the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary, when such compound or preparation is sold under the name by which the same is described in such United States Pharmacopoeia, the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary.

Sec. 12. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 13. This act shall be in force and effect on and after the first day of October, A. D., 1899.

Grateful Naval Pharmacists.

Dr. Geo. F. Payne, of Atlanta, chairman of the A. Ph. A. Committee on the Status of the Pharmacist in the Army and Navy, has been presented with a handsome diamond stud by a committee of the pharmacists in the U. S. Navy, as a token of their appreciation of his efforts in their behalf.

Dr. Payne has been indefatigable in his efforts to improve the position of the pharmacists in the U. S. service and has succeeded in creating a widespread interest in the subject. It will be recalled that last June a bill was passed by Congress providing for 25 "Pharmacists" in the navy, with the rank and pay of warrant officers. The work on behalf of the army pharmacist has not yet brought about any improvement, but the agitation is still being conducted with the greatest vigor and skill.

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OBITUARY NOTES.

Hervey Coke Parke.

Detroit, Mich., Feb. 17. The report of the death of Hervey C. Parke, president of the great drug firm of Parke, Davis & Company, at San Diego, Cal., was at first hardly believed by his friends and relatives of this city. He left Detroit in his usual good health and later reports stated that heart disease caused his demise. He left here on January 21 to go to his ranch near San Diego, which he visited annually. His son, Ira, accompanied him. The remains arrived in Detroit on February 15, and the funeral took place in the afternoon. The body was accompanied by his physician, James Parke and H. C. Parke, Jr., of San Diego and Chicago respectively, and Manager W. M. Warren, of Parke, Davis & Co. The party was met by H. A. Wetzell, treasurer of the company; J. C. Spratt, manager of the travelers' department; J. H. Smedley, secretary; G. R. Raymond, manager of the Kansas City branch; Philo E. Hall and Arthur McGraw. Rev. William Prall officiated at the funeral, and the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants'

HERVEY C. PARKE,

President of Parke, Davis & Co.

and Manufacturers' Exchange, the heads of departments and employes of the concern were present. D. C. Whitney, Wm. M. Warren, H. A. Wetzell, J. H. Smedley, Philo E. Hall and Arthur McGraw were the active pallbearers. The honorary pallbearers were James N. Wright, James Edgar, W. J. McBride, H. P. Baldwin, Levi T. Griffin, Theo. O. Leonard, F. H. Walker, David Whitney, Theo. D. Whitney and Gen. L. S. Trowbridge. Impressive funeral services were held at San Diego, Cal., and resolutions of sympathy were adopted by St. Paul's Church of that city, which were forwarded to the family.

Hervey Coke Parke was born December 13, 1827, at Bloomfield, Oakland County, Mich. He was of English descent, his father Erza S. Parke moving to New York in 1816. The father was a hard-working county physician and died in 1856. Hervey Parke clerked in several stores in Michigan and spent eleven years as financial manager of the Cleveland Cliffs Co., at Gladstone, Mich. In 1861 he was married to Miss Fannie A. Hunt, opened a hardware store at Portage Lake, but sold out and four years later moved to Detroit. In Detroit Mr. Parke became a partner with S. P. Duf

field in the firm of Duffield, Parke & Co., manufacturing chemists. Two years later, in 1868, the firm became Parke, Davis & Co., including H. C. Parke, George S. Davis, John R. Grout and William H. Stevens. In 1876 it was incorporated, with a capital of $500,000, and a year later the capital was increased to $600,000, and several of the employes were rewarded for long service in the concern. This house is one of the largest of its kind in the world, and its reputation extends to every part of the globe. The methods by which the splendid business of Parke, Davis & Co. was built up were a happy. combination of the highest enterprise and honorable dealing. The label of Parke, Davis & Co. has always been the safe guarantee of the contents of a package in all markets.

It was through his generous charities that Mr. Parke was best known in this community. With all the heavy business burdens that pressed upon him, he was never too busy to listen to a story of distress, and hundreds are the people in Detroit who will feel the loss of his death. He was deeply interested in the religious world, and few are the spiritual enterprises in the vicinity of Detroit, especially in the Episcopal Church, in which he had no material investment. His capacity for details was very great, and this was exhibited in all his benevolences, as well as in his business. His works of charity were entirely without show. His hold upon life with all its cares was strong up to the very moment of his death, and the announcement of the fact came as an absolute surprise to all the community.

The surviving children by his first marriage are James H. Parke and Sarah C. Parke, both living in California, and Mrs. La Vert Clark, of Detroit. Of the second marriage the surviving children are Hervey C. Parke, Jr., and Lyman M. Parke, of New York, and Ira Parke and Marie Louise Parke, living at home.

A peculiarity of Parke, Davis & Co. is the fact that the company's business is done on ethical principles. It never patents any product, and every bottle is labeled with a full list of its contents. This makes the company popular with the medical profession, but causes a big loss of revenue. For example, about fifteen years ago Mr. Davis discovered the now famous cascara extract in California. An old herb doctor had learned the properties of cascara bark from the Indians, and imparted his knowledge to Mr. Davis. If Parke, Davis & Co. had manufactured cascara extract as a patent medicine their profits would have been enormous, but professional ethics forbade keeping the nature of the drug secret, and other manufacturers shared in the benefits of the discovery made by Mr. Davis.

A story was printed in an_afternoon paper to the effect that Mr. Parke and George S. Davis had been at outs for some time, although Davis continued to receive $10,000 a year as consulting manager. The stockholders deny this and say that Parke's finances are in the best of condition. They admit that he was on the paper of Mr. Davis to some extent, but owing to the fact that the business of the company increased enormously during the last three years, doubling the value of the stock, every dollar of this indebtedness was paid off.

It was stated that Mr. Parke at one time owed $1,000,000, but this is denied, the sum being placed at less than $500,

000. To quote the language of the article, "Mr. Parke was pulled down to the verge of ruin," but this is emphatically denied. His estate will be found to be in the best of condition. All rumors about the concern are said to be mere fabrications in the minds of those who know nothing about the firm's inside affairs.

DR. CHAS. A. TUFTS.

Dr. Charles A. Tufts, of Dover, N. H., died at his home on February 12, at the age of 77. He was prominent in business and politics, and well known throughout the state. Dr. Tufts had held office in this city for more than fifty years, having filled nearly every public position. He represented his district in the State Senate in 1861-62, and later was a colonel on the governor's staff. He was also prominent as a member of the school committee and of the common council. He filled creditably the positions of associate justice of the police court for thirty years, and that of moderator of the town and ward committee fifty years. He was a graduate of Dartmouth Medical College and of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He was prominently identified with pharmaceutical matters in the Granite State. He was very much honored and belonged to the Odd Fellows and Masons and was prominent in church circles. Dr. Tufts leaves a widow, a daughter and a son.

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The New York City Health Board as Manufacturing Pharmacists.

The New York City Board of Health has been pursuing the most dilatory tactics in regard to Assemblyman Collier's bill, No. 451, repealing section 1226 of the New York Charter. The effect of this bill is to take away from the Board of Health its power to sell lymph and antitoxins in competition with pharmaceutical houses which manufacture these

goods. It allows the Bacteriological Laboratory to carry on all its work for the cure of diphtheria and the treatment of the indigent sick, it simply puts a check on the inordinate commercialism which has developed under the existing law.

Mr. Collier introduced his bill on January 30, and it was promptly referred to the Assembly Cities Committee. A public hearing was set for February 7, and due notice given. At that hearing the Board of Health was not represented, although the manufacturers from all over the country were present. After their side of the case had been heard the committee made a postponement of a week for the purpose of hearing the Board. February 14 was the date of the next hearing; the friends of the bill were on hand, but the Board of Health was absent; as travel was impeded by the great storm another postponement was taken until February 16. At this postponed date there was a large delegation of the supporters of the bill, representing all the which large laboratories manufacture

lymphs and serums: still the Board of Health was absent, the only manifestation of their interest was a telephone message asking for yet another postponement. In

answer to this request another hearing was set for February 21.

The purpose of the Collier bill is twofold. One aim is to reduce the municipal expenses. The other is to remove from legitimate business in New York City and throughout the country the inequitable competition of the New York Board of Health.

N. A. R. D. NOTES.

The Philadelphia Association of Retail Druggists is making very satisfactory progress in completing its organization. Secretary William A. Rumsey writes, under date of Feb. 7th: "Although a stormy and disagreeable day, our meeting of February 3d was well attended and interesting, a number of topics tending to benent retail druggists having been fully discussed. The following committees were appointed: Finance, Jacob Eppstein, Harry Swain, H. Campbell; Auditing, Abram M. Boring, J. S. Sands, W. H. Poley. Nineteen new members came in since last meeting. A prospectus is now in press and as soon as out, every druggist in Philadelphia will be called upon and induced to become a member of our Association. The next meeting will be held March 3d.

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J. S. Miller, of Cumberland, Md., writing under date of February 6th, says: "The druggists of our town held a very interesting meeting one week ago, and heartily endorsed the action of the national You convention. can look for twelve good strong members from our city. Our President is Thomas W. Shryer, our Secretary G. F. Lippold. Our Association will meet the first Monday in every month. Anything we can do will give each and everyone very great pleasure." Cumberland is the largest city in the State, except Baltimore, and has a popula tion of 13,000.

A correspondent writing from Medford, Mass., says: "I have read in the trade papers of your movement, and if you will send me a statement of just what you propose to do, and what you think ought to be done here, I will see what I can do to arouse an interest in this city. I have always believed that when we could convince the manufacturers and jobbers that the retailers were in earnest, and strong enough so that it was to the manufacturers' interest to heed their wishes, we should get the recognition we asked for, and they would find a way to control the sale of their goods. their goods." This statement presents a very clear understanding of the situation. In their unorganized condition the retail drug trade are entirely helpless and nothing of material benefit will ever come to them until they shall have secured for themselves organization of such a character as to command respect.

In his correspondence with various organizations, the National Secretary finds some very odd conditions existing in various parts of the country. The Erie, Pa., druggists have issued a list (signed by every druggist in the city), of almost a hundred proprietary medicines, the price of which is given at actual cost. This list contains, besides all the most important proprie. taries, Munyon's remedies and the Maltine preparations. The circular concludes with this observation: "These price-lists, referring, to the sweeping reductions we are making and intend to make on patent medicines, will be issued from time to time as occasion may require." Success. ful operation of the plans of the National Association would be a veritable godsend to the druggists of Erie, and there are others.

The following is a sample of some very encouraging letters received at the Secretary's office during the week: "New Castle, Pa., Feb. 6, 1899. Mr. Secretary: We have a Retail Druggists' Association that was organized on May 24th, 1888, and has been in existence ever since. The name of the Association is the New Castle Retail Drug Association; John C. Wallace is President; J. E. Duff, Secretary, and John Haley, Treasurer. Our meetings are held regularly and the Association has been of great service to the trade here. We are ready to co-operate in any way that will be to our mutual advantage. John C. Wallace:"

The officers of many local associations are writing to inquire what is necessary to do to unite their associations with the National body. The Secretary desires the information given out that it is only needful to sign the obligation attached to the application blank, which is as follows: "It is understood by us that in joining the National Association we pledge ourselves to abide by its constitution and by-laws, and to employ our best efforts to build up the organization, and to bring it to the highest attainable state of efficiency." When this has been done, and twenty-five cents has been sent to the National Treasurer for each member, the organiza. tion is considered a member in full standing, possessed of all the rights, privileges and benefits

of membership. It is entitled also to delegate representation in the National convention, one delegate for each one hundred members and one for a fraction thereof. The constitution and by-laws referred to may be found on pages 15, 16, 17 and 19 of the proceedings of the St. Louis convention. Application blanks will be cheerfully furnished by the Secretary.

The following extract from the letter of a prominent Eastern manufacturer is given here because it indicates that the manufacturers are beginning to appreciate that the work of the National organization deserves respect and commendation: "We are really as much interested in organizing the N. A. R. D. as you are; so is every proprietary medicine-maker, if only they can be made to see it. The only way to make them see it is through just the plan you are now working on; but to succeed, you must get thorough control of the retail druggists so that what you say will go. Not only must your Association be so strong that you can successfully make demands of the proprietors, but you must be able to prevent retailers' aid to cutters. As you know, our concern has been striving to keep our goods out of cutting stores; our chief difficulty comes through the willingness of some retailers, who, while maintaining fair prices themselves, will buy for department stores and jobbers who supply cutters. We very much wish that you may get into your Association so large a number of the retail druggists that you will be in control of the situation, and, as said before, we shall be glad to help to the extent of our ability.' It is regrettable the necessity exists for withholding the name of the firm who wrote this letter, but the National organization cannot lay itself open to the charge of boosting the claims of this or any other manufacturer. However, in the interests of justice it must be said, the writer of the above has proven himself to be at all times the consistent friend of the retailer, and his manly course in welcoming and loyally supporting the plans of the National Association are deserving of the highest praise.

In response to a request made some time ago, Mr. A. W. Flexer, of Joliet, Illinois, has sent to the Secretary the following in regard to the success of the Will County Pharmaceutical Association: "In March we celebrate our first anniversary. Looking back upon the year, no member fails to observe the many advantages obtained by himself through the helpful influence of our meetings. Now, we are all friends. A member who comes to our meeting with a wellmatured grievance under his hat, invariably leaves our meeting room in company with the other members with his hat fitting better. We are sociable. We are working, now, for the interests of ourselves in particular and the drug business of our county in general. This year no almanacs or calendars (Hood's included) got into the hands of any Joliet citizen through fault of ours; none were distributed by the druggists of our county. Most of us bought and distributed calendars and almanacs containing our own advertisements; the result is most noticeable. Furthermore, obnoxious advertisers would fail to find a single package of their goods on the shelves of the retail druggists of Joliet. The firm that advertises "for sale in groceries, baretc., ber shops, dry goods stores, drug stores,' need not spend any money on the words "drug stores" in this town. Neither do we allow patent medicine manufacturers to advertise us as their agents. We no longer buy quantities of their nostrums in order to get the advantage (?) of their advertising. The result of all this is, we are constantly increasing the sale of the United States Pharmacal Company's goods and our own. Another result of the Association is, that we get full prices now on all patent medicines, with a few exceptions. Our Association kept the druggists in line when the dry goods stores started their intended boom; we ignored them and kept away from them. As they could not draw our fire their shots went to the winds. The result in is, the public patronizes the drug stores preference to the department stores. We didn't advertise them as they expected; in consequence, every druggist in Joliet is pleased with the result. In conclusion, let all druggists bury their little hatchets, come together like men, stand by the N. A. R. D. and the patent medicine and all the other questions will soon be settled to our satisfaction, and the retail drug business will be solid as a rock.' Considering the prox imity of Joliet to Chicago, this showing is almost phenomenal. This letter is commended to the careful consideration of those who are disposed to doubt the value of organization.

President R. F. Eisenlohr, of the Dallas, Texas, Pharmaceutical Association, says: "I am authorized to state that our local organization is in full accord and sympathy with your work and object in view, to guard the interests of the retail pharmacists, and we desire a more concise expression on your part, as to the manner in which you wish us to express our sympathy in a practical way in order to assist in furthering the objects of the National Association. At an early meeting this information will be placed before our organization."

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Association was held in Chicago on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the present week. All the members were in attendance. Second Vice-President Jones attended each of the meetings; also the conference with the wholesalers, which took place on Tuesday afternoon. The results of this conterence will be published in a short time by the Secretary, Messrs. Faxon of Kansas City, Walbridge, of St. Louis, and Walding, of Toledo, represented the N. W. D. A.

The secretary will shortly issue an official bulletin giving important information in relation to the work of the Executive Committee, the membership of the N. A. R. D., the statistics gathered by the Secretary, the receipts and expenditures of the National Treasurer, and other matters of importance. These bulletins will be furnished free of expense to State and local Associations for distribution.

"Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 1, 1899. Secretary National Association of Retail Druggists, Chicago. Dear Sir: The Salt Lake City Druggists' Association held a special meeting January 19, 1899, at which most of the members were present. The Association decided to support the action taken by the National Association at St. Louis, and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: 'Resolved, That the Salt Lake City Druggists' Association appreciates the effects of the N. A. R. D. at St. Louis on October 17, 1898, and in furtherance of the cause, instructs the Secretary of the Association to send to the Secretary of the N. A. R. D. twenty-five cents for every drug store in the city, as a mem bership fee.' Enclosed, I hand you New York draft for $5.25, being twenty-five cents for each member of our Association. We hope the good work will go on, and we will do all we can to lift the enormous existing burden on the retail druggists of the United States. Respectfully yours, Jas. F. Franken, Secretary Salt Lake City Druggists' Association.'

The National Executive Committee has decided that the second annual meeting of the N. A. R. D. will be held at a date not yet agreed upon, in one of the Middle States, preferably Ohio, decision as to the specific point to be made later. The statement has been frequently made in the pharmaceutical journals entirely without warrant, that the meeting would be held at Old Point Comfort in October. The matter will probably be decided within the next few weeks. It is the desire of the committee that the meeting shall be held in a locality that can be reached equally well from all parts of the United States.

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The Apothecaries' Society of Chicago entertained the Executive Committee of the National Association, the members of the N. W. D. A., with whom conference was held in Chicago, the Chicago jobbers and the Executive Board of the Chicago Retail Druggists' Association on Tuesday evening of last week. Nearly forty druggists, wholesale and retail, sat down to an cellent supper at the Union Hotel on Randolph street, and the occasion was one of unusual After the cigars pleasure to all who took part. had been passed, Mr. William A. Dyche, of the Association, acted as master of ceremonies, and brief speeches were made by a number of gentlemen, representing both the wholesalers and retailers, explaining the plans and purposes of the N. A. R. D., and giving various views of the importance of the work and the probabilities of its success in alleviating the present deplorable conditions that afflict the retail trade. The Chicago jobbers who were present expressed themselves greatly interested in the plans proposed, and have promised to do what they can to make these plans successful.

Treasurer John W. Lowe has received from the Secretary of the Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Association a draft in payment of the assessment of twenty-five cents upon each of the paidup members of the organization. The following information will be of interest: "The number of registered pharmacists in Rhode Island is 240; the number of drug stores 253. The Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Association has 138 members, of which 9 belong to local organizations. There is extensive price-cutting throughout the State."

Inquiries have been made whether the Association would not place an organizer in the field. The Executive Committee has not felt justified in incurring the expense of sending out an organizer, and have depended upon the friends of the N. A. R. D. to do for themselves the work of organizing local associations where none exist, and strengthening the State and local bodies already formed. The committee puts considerable faith in the adage "that which costs nothing is worth nothing," and inclines to the opinion that, in many cases, druggists who do not value organization sufficiently to form themselves into a society for mutual protection and bencfit, would not bestir themselves to perpetu

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an association formed by somebody else.

In order to succeed, the National Association must have the active support of each individual druggist,

Writing under date of February 10th, Mr. H. Boynton, of Biddeford, Me., says the local druggists' association was formed last July and has been a great help to the druggists of their city. Full retail prices are obtained now for nearly all patents. A request has been sent for application blanks in order to unite their association to the National body.

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H. D. Carnell, of Dayton, Ohio, has written a very interesting letter to the secretary in regard to the good work of the local association of his city. The following extract from the letter is given in order to encourage druggists who have not enjoyed the benefits of organization to form associations of their own: "Our organization was formed thirty years or more ago, and has been in existence continuously since. There have been occasional instances of lack of faith by members in each other, but no serious trouble has occurred on account of the absence of this absolutely essential ingredient in the successful organization. A number of years ago a store was purchased by a man of means who shortly advertised a cut of 20 per cent. The same day the Dayton Druggists' Association held a meeting and decided to suspend price agreements, and a number determined to cut everything to actual cost. The public never knew where the trouble started. We kept this for up eight months, and while it was bitter medicine, think proved to all the members the folly of acting except as a unit. We came near having serious trouble with a large dry goods store within the past year. They were selling listerine at seventy-five cents and a few other semi-toilet articles at cut prices. One of our members fell from grace and began selling it for fifty-nine This precipitated trouble, and the dry goods men ordered a line of the leading patents. Two of our members went and talked the matter over with them without attempting to threaten or bulldoze, and pointed out that this movement on their part meant no profit to anybody, as the D. D. A. would protect its members and would arrange that the smaller dealers could sell without direct loss any article at the quantity price. The result of this conference was a telegram countermanding the patent medicine order, and concessions were made allowing both themselves and the D. D. A. to sell the few goods they claimed they were obliged to keep at their old cut-prices. These incidents show that a local association that can maintain as much faith in its members as they would extend to any Tom, Dick or Harry who might come to them with a prevarication about one of its members, can protect each other from 99 per cent of the price-cutting evil, even in cities of considerable size, and greatly lessen the distress, even in the largest ones. We have association prices on some things besides patents, and while there is some difference of opinion about this class of goods being protected, each has yielded his individual opinion to the will of the majority." Nothing need be said in commendation of this letter, and the lessons to be drawn from it are too obvious to need comment. The druggists of Dayton are to be congratulated on their success in maintaining so useful an organization. Those druggists who attended the St. Louis convention will pleasantly remember Dayton's representative, Chairman Burkhardt, of the Committee on Resolutions.

Secretary Frank Fleury, of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association, says that a warrant has been drawn upon the treasurer of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Association in favor of Treasurer Lowe, for $75, making $125 the I. Ph. A. paid on behalf of its membership to the National Association. Mr. Fleury writes that the officers of this association are in hopes the N. A. R. D., through its executive committee, will be able shortly to report some good work on behalf of the retail drug trade. Up to date the I. Ph. A. has contributed more liberally to the National Treasury than any other State organization. It proposes to keep in the lead.

Treasurer Lowe has received from Secretary Heimstreet, of the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association, a draft for $9.50, this amount having been received since the last report from members of his organization for the use of the N. A. R. D. Referring to the county organization plan recently inaugurated by the Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Association, Mr. Heimstreet says that county societies are already springing up, and are giving evidence of vigorous growth.

The Indiana Pharmaceutical Association, which met on the 9th inst. held a very interesting and profitable meeting. The financial condition of the association is better than it has been for a number of years. A fund was raised for the purpose of notifying every druggist in the State to send twenty-five cents to the treasurer of the State organization for the use of the N. A. R. D. Secretary Timberlake says that he has not yet discarded his crutches, but is much better than when in Chicago. There are few

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The Houston, Texas, Pharmaceutical Association has become identified with the N. A. R. D. Dr. J. G. Wilson is president and I. Lewyn, secretary of this organization, which includes every registered pharmacist in Houston, except one. There is some price-cutting in Houston, but the feeling seems to be general among the pharmacists of the city that relief can be obtained by associating themselves with the National organization. The National secretary considers himself in duty bound to prove to these druggists that their confidence is not misplaced.

A movement is on foot to organize the druggists of Norfolk county, Mass., into an organization which shall include the cities of Quincy, Weymouth, Braintree and Melton. An association already exists in Quincy, but it is proposed to take in the other towns of the county and form one compact organization for work in connection with the N. A. R. D.

The spirit of discontent and helplessness engendered by bad business conditions are well illustrated by the following extracts taken from letters the secretary has received from various parts of the country: "Kansas City, Kas., Feb. 6th. The drug business in this city, of 45,000 population, is run on the plan of every fellow for himself and the devil take the hindmost. We have one aggressive cutter here who says he will never join any more associations.' "Stamford, Conn., Feb. 7th. We have no association of retail druggists in our city, never have had, and never expect to have, as we are unable to get one of our competitors to agree to anything.' "Lansing, Mich., Feb. 13. We have no association. This is a cut-rate town and a case of dog eat dog." It is the purpose of the National organization to remedy just such conditions as these, and we believe that, in a few months our friends will find that there is still something to live for, and their hopelessness was unjustifiable. Let every druggist who loves his profession determine that he will do everything that lies in his power to enable the N. A. R. D. to accomplish its mission.

The secretary finds that trade demoralization exists to a greater extent in large cities and points adjacent thereto, than in those cities more remote from great commercial centres. It is somewhat anomalous that druggists of the smaller places find themselves called on to protect their brethren whom they have supposed were more fortunately situated than they, but it is believed that the benign influence of the druggists of the smaller cities will be a necessity before the existing bad conditions can be improved. There is little hope of ultimate success in the plans of the N. A. R. D. without the active assistance of every druggists' organization throughout the length and breadth of the land.

In striking contrast to the hopeless tone of some communications mentioned in another item, are the following: "Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Feb. 6th. I have sent you a copy of our constitution and by-laws. The Mt. Vernon association has worked satisfactorily so far, and with very little friction among its members. There has been little work for the 'detective' to do." Mt. Vernon has a population of 11,000. "Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 15th. I would very much like to see an association of retail druggists formed in our city, and would be very glad to use my efforts in effecting such an organization." "Salem, Ore., Feb. 8th. I heartily approve of the organizing of the retail druggists of the land, and will aid the matter in every particular wherein I can." "Passaic, N. J., Feb. 6th. For my own part I would cheerfully try to get all the druggists to form such a body to work in harmony and enable us to get a living profit out of our business." "Niagara Falls, N. Y., Feb. 8th. We should have an organization of retail druggists here, and I will gladly do anything I can to form an organi zation in connection with the National Association. Have spoken to one of our most prominent druggists and he is willing to work in furtherance of the scheme.' "Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 10. There is no association of retail druggists in this city, but if I can be of any service, do not hesitate to command me. I await your reply."

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At the meeting of the National Executive Committee held last week, the secretary reported the active co-operation of twenty-three State Pharmaceutical Association's and fifty-three local bodies. New applications for membership are coming in every week and the work of organization is progressing in a very satisfactory manner from Maine to Texas and from Florida to Washington.

The plan of organizing the several States into county and district societies, as is now being done in the State of Wisconsin, will be recommended by the Executive Committee to the State organizations composing the National body. The plan is simuar in most respects to that now in use by the lowa Druggists' Association, and was originated by the latter organization.

The Conference Committee representing the National Wholesale Druggists' Association and the National Association of Retail Druggists, convened at the Great Northern Hotel, Tuesday afternoon, February 7th. All the members of the Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D. were present, as were also Vice-President Jones and Secretary Wooten. Messrs. F. A. Faxon, W. J. Walding and C. P. Walbridge of the Proprietary Goods Committee, represented the N. W. D. A. The list of proprietors through whom manufacturers shall distribute their goods was carefully gone over an

The work was greatly simplified on account of the laborious work which the N. W. D. A. committee had bestowed upon the matter, and the work was completed within a few hours. The completed list is believed to be a fair one to all parties concerned, and there are the best of reasons for believing that those on the list can be counted on to support loyally the proposition of the N. A. R. D. It was accepted by the retailers with the understanding that violators of these propositions, when evidence proper was presented, should be promptly stricken off the list. The absence of a committee from the Prorietary Association of America was stated by Chairman Faxon to be due to the fact that it was considered more effective to secure the individual endorsement of the members of the association, than to have the endorsement of a committee, who, on account of the form of organization of the P. A. of A. could not commit its members to an endorsement of the list. Steps will be taken immediately to secure individual endorsement by the members of the Proprietary Association of America of the work done by the other two associations.

A "Dr. Henry Schmeitzer" has been figuring of late in some of the medical journals as an expert chemist, who has analyzed a quantity of packages of so-called phenacetine and found them to be mixtures of acetanilid with flour, starch, sugar, chalk and citric acid. The chemist referred to must be none other than Dr. Hugo Schweitzer, of the Farbenfabriken of Elberfeld Co., and secretary of the local section of the Society of Chemical Industry. The amount of free advertising which Dr. Schweitzer has been able to secure for phenacetine, through the readiness of sensational newspapers like the New York Herald, World and Journal, to jump on the retail druggists, has been truly phenomenal.

Baird's Horehound Cough Drop

Factory Burned.

Louisville, Ky., Feb. 13.-The factory here manufacturing the Old Fashioned Horehound Cough Drops, of which J. B. Baird is sole proprietor, was almost completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night, February 11th. The entire stock of sugar and manufactured goods was ruined by smoke and water. The loss is estimated at $20,000. The kettles and molds were saved, which will be remounted and business resumed at once, so that the, druggists handling this most popular cough drop will experience no inconvenience in being supplied.

The Anchor Safety Stopper. At the meeting of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, held on February 21, the Anchor Safety Stopper was exhibited, its action explained and its merits discussed. The contrivance attracted a great deal of attention and evoked much favorable comment from the practical druggists who participated in the discussion. The character of the stopper is shown in the illustration on page 27 of this issue. The trade will be supplied by Henry Allen, 138 William street, and McKesson & Robbins, 91 Fulton street.

THE PURE FOOD CONGRESS.

SENTIMENT OF THE TRADE.

Mahlon N. Kline, Philadelphia.

In_speaking of the recent meeting of the Pure Food and Drug Congress, held in Washington on January 18 to 21 last, Mr. Kline expressed himself to a representative of the AMERICAN DRUGGIST as follows:

"My opinion is that the programme arranged for this congress was one that was well calculated to disgruntle the people who were invited as delegates from all over the country to attend it. An evident desire to keep a large number of men having important engagements in connection with their own affairs at home, in Washington four days, impressed me as dominating the whole arrangement. That this is due to the Executive Committee I would not for one moment wish to be understood as believing. Unfortunately, many of these arrangements appear to be left to those who have no idea of the value of time, and who are not members of the Executive Committee. While it may be gratifying to hear excellent speeches from excellent men, such as were slated to address this congress, it was evident to a large majority present at the congress that these speeches were utterly unnecessary, that the business of the congress, if it had any, was to promote the speedy passage of the bill now pending in the Senate and the House, the considering and adopting, if it was considered wise, of amendments to this bill, the appointing of some strong committee to represent the various interests in this congress, to urge its speedy passage, to elect new or re-elect old officers, and then be permitted to go home. As it was, no amendments to speak of, with two very unimportant exceptions, were mended, and no business was transacted which, in my opinion, can have much influence upon the future action of the United States Congress. Fortunately, the former Executive Committee, the chairman of which has done such excellent work, was re-appointed.

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"The impression was gathered that there was slight probability of this bill being enacted into a law at the present session of Congress, but a large number of men interested in watching the proceedings and preventing any unwise action, were kept in Washington until Friday evening at least, and I express the hope that should it be necessary to hold another congress, no such wasteful programme will be permitted. The consensus of opinion was certainly in favor of the passage of some safe conservative law, regulating the sale of food and drugs. There is undoubtedly a growing sentiment in favor of such legislation. There is also a strong undercurrent of fear that, however desirable such a law may be, its execution so frequently gets into the hands of designing politicians that legitimate interests in both the food and drug line have much to fear."

E. C. De Witt, Chicago.

E. C. De Witt, a manufacturer of proprietary remedies, Chicago, writes as follows:

"I have read with considerable interest

your report of the Pure Food Congress, which convened at Washington in January; also the editorial comments thereon, and for which I wish to thank you.

"It would seem that if there should be a national pure food and drug bill, that there should also be provided a proper department for carrying the same into effect, and that certainly would not come within the province of the Department of Agriculture.

"Referring especially to proprietary medicines, in which many others besides myself are interested, and in which the retail drug trade is also interested, there seems to be a general desire by many physicians to have the formulas of proprietary medicines published. Not that the same shall afford any special protection to the consumer, but to give out this information, so that this trade may be destroyed, and the capital invested in the same wiped out. There is no reason why the formula of a preparation which is prepared carefully by a reputable firm should be disclosed any more than, for example, the secret process of steel manufacture and its manipulation should be made known. The combination of ingredients, the skillful manipulation and the care of manufacturing tend more greatly to the success of a proprietary medicine, when judiciously placed before the public, than anything else. Physicians are at the back of nearly every effort that is made to disclose the formulas of proprietary medicines, yet when they write a prescription for one of their patients it is written in a dead language, which comparatively few people understand, and then neither the symptoms nor the discase are mentioned in the prescription. They also do not provide that the user of this preparation shall have the formula printed or written in plain English, so that the users may know what they are taking; yet, when it comes to our goods they decide it will be best to have the formulas printed. If the formulas of the proprietary medicines were printed, it is true the physician would thus be able to write more effective prescriptions than he has heretofore been able to do. Many of the vicious bills which are introduced for making known the formulas of preparations do not have a good motive behind them. The maker of the bill simply wishes to interfere, for his own gain, with another's business, and possibly to profit by a certain knowledge that he cannot otherwise obtain, and the writer is pleased to say that few, if any, of the druggists of the United States are engaged in this practice. They and we feel that our interests are almost identical; that the manufacturer of proprietary medicines places on the market and advertises preparations for the druggist to sell, and that the amount of these goods that are sold is not a small part of his transactions. As a rule they afford a good profit, are as valuable an asset as any he carries, and are a class of goods that tend to increase the sale on other articles that he carries, on account of the advertisements directing patronage to his

store.

"It is becoming very much more common for physicians to order medicine in bulk, especially tablets, and not only prescribe, but fill the prescriptions as well. This all has a tendency to destroy the legitimate drug trade, and place it in the hands of physicians, and who usually are not as competent to judge of the

quality and efficiency of drugs as the pharmacist himself.

to see the AMERICAN "I am glad DRUGGIST advocating the cause of the

pharmacist, and at the same time take the position that the proprietary medicine manufacturer and the druggists' interests are not antagonistic in any respect."

Greater New York.

News of the Trade in and About the Five Boroughs-Notes of Personal Interest-Changes and New Stores-Trade Gossip.

Items of Personal Interest.

F. W. Hille, who was the proprietor of the retail drug store at No. 289 Summit avenue, Jersey City Heights, N. J., has sold the same to B. Keidel.

Sven V. Hude, the retail druggist at the corner of Fourth avenue and Forty-sixth street, Brooklyn, has been renovating his store by having the ceilings and the walls frescoed.

Gottlieb Schick, N. Y. C. P. "79," and also a licensed physician, has received the appointment as physician of the Steamer "Southwark,' of the Red Star Line, which sails between Antwerp and New York.

Bernard J. Costello, who was, until lately, in the employ of the Johnson Drug Company, at Maspeth, Long Island, is now working at the drug store of James King, Jr., at No. 587 Grand street, Jersey City, N. J."

E. J. Griffith, proprietor of the retail drug store at No. 2241 Third avenue, corner of One Hundred and Twenty-first street, is mourning the loss of his brother and mother, who died a short time ago, at Oil City, Pa.

The retail drug store of the late M. Saxe, and which is located on Third avenue, corner of Seventy-seventh street, New York city, has just been sold by the estate of M. Saxe. The new proprietors are J. S. Baddour & Co.

Dr. William H. Stemmermann, the owner of one of the best drug stores in Passaic, N. J., is taking a brief respite from business. He sailed for the Bermuda Islands, on February 9, and expects to be gone for a few weeks.

The Alumni Association of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York will hold one of their enjoyable receptions at the college on the Friends of the Alumni are evening of March 15. freely invited to attend and bring their ladies.

Samuel Ackerman, one of the graduates of the last class at the New York College of Pharmacy, has become the proprietor of a retail drug store by purchasing A. Duka's pharmacy, at No. 218 Stanton, corner of Pitt street, New York city.

Herbert W. Conrad, N. Y. C. P. "97," and Isaac S. Gellert, N. Y. C. P. "98," both of whom enlisted in the United States Navy as apothecaries at the breaking out of the Spanish war last spring, have received their honorable discharge.

Paul G. Teufer, N. Y. C. P. "98," for the past two years a clerk at Jenning's pharmacy, Far Rockaway, N. Y., has accepted a position with Roediger Brother's pharmacy, at the corner of Lexington avenue and Seventy-first street, New York city.

Alois Hostomsky, the "Count" of the class of '96. C. P. C. N. Y., has opened a pharmacy at Mr. Hortomsky is a cesky 1355 First avenue. lekarnik and deutsche apotheke, and was for the past year with James A. Hetherington, Vanderbilt avenue.

Charles H. Bjorkwall is now clerking with J. N. Hegeman & Co., at 9 West 59th street. Mr. Bjorkwall severed his connections with the Druggists' Circular to take the agency of a foreign express business, so it was said, but the deal fell through.

James E. Branigan, N. Y. C. P. "82," proprietor of the pharmacy on Amsterdam avenue, corner of Sixty-seventh street, New York city, has been confined to his home for some days, suffering with a sprained ankle, as a result of an accidental fall.

George A. Browne, pharmacist at the corner of Broadway and Palmetto street, Brooklyn, has just beautified his store by placing therein one of the handsomest soda water fountains that has ever been turned out by the firm of John Matthews Company.

The retail drug store that was formerly owned by Erich Fuchs, and more recently by Arthur Baselow, and which was located at the corner of Lexington avenue and Eighty-second street, New York city, has been given up, and the store is now vacant.

Edward McFadden, who resigned the position he held for eight years at Theodore Spaeth's pharmacy at No. 1153 Broadway, Brooklyn, in order to study medicine, has just accepted a position as manager of the drug department with Abraham & Strauss.

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HUNT & GREGORIUS DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP.

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The co-partnership heretofore existing between Hunt & Gregorius, the well known retail druggists of 421 Eighth avenue, and 259 First avenue, this city, has been dissolved by mutual consent and the store on Eighth avenue will be retained by George Gregorius and that on First avenue by Charles E. Hunt. This firm and Mr. is one of the oldest partnership concerns in York. Mr. the city of New been associated together for Gregorius have thirty years, during twenty-five of which they were in partnership. The two stores have an excellent reputation as prescription pharmacies, in a flourishing condition. and the business is The partnership dissolved on February 21.

The first annual ball of the New York College of Pharmacy Cycle Club was danced at Maennerchor Hall, Fifty-sixth street, near Third avFebruary 15. on Wednesday evening, Nearly fifty couples participated and many wellknown members of the C. P. C. N. Y. Alumni Association were in evidence during the evening. The march was led by President F. N. Pond and Miss Coleman. It started at 9 p. m. and the dancing was being carried on with vigor at 3 o'clock next morning, the hour at which our reporter left. Everybody who attended was well pleased and the affair was voted a grand social success. One of the enjoyable features of the evening was a cake-walk led by Fred Borgreeve and Miss Goerdler. The antics of a black cat which got inextricably tangled up with the curtains, near the ceiling, caused a little It was finally dislodged, landing excitement. in the lap of Mrs. Dr. Gies, much to that lady's surprise and horror.

In the absence of Sumner S. Shears, who was down on the programme as floor manager, his duties were shared by Drs. Gies and Bjorkwall. The officers of the Cycle Club, which is a very successful organization, are as follows: Presi dent, Frank N. Pond, '94; 1st Vice-President, Harry B. Ferguson, Ph.D.; 2d Vice-President, Rud Gies, '95; Secretary-Treasurer, Ludwig G. B. Erb, '94; Captain, Nelson S. Kirk, '94; Lieutenant, Chas. H. Bjorkwall, '95; Color-Bearer, Otto Frankfurter, '99.

THE HUDNUT DIFFICULTIES.

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Back of the appointment of receivers for the and alHudnut Pharmacy, of No. 205 Broadway, is a story of differences between partners of conleged bad management of a siderable proportions. Hudnut's Pharmacy was street and originally established by Alexander Hudnut in at Ann the old Herald building, Broadway, in 1870. For twenty years Mr. Hudnut was the sole proprietor, and his drug store became one of the best known in the city. In business 1891 Mr. Hudnut's son Richard was taken into the partnership. Shortly after merged with that of the Hegeman corporation, of which Henry Cutter was the principal owner. Alexander Hudnut then sold his interest in the business to Mr. Cutter and went to Paris to live. His son started in business for himself at No. now conducts one of 925 Broadway, where ne the handsomest drug stores in the city, and which is in no way affected by the financial complications of the downtown house. Richard Hudnut incorporated his business in this State under the name of the R. Hudnut Pharmacy. After Alexander Hudnut went abroad Mr. Cutter sold the business of the original Hudnut pharmacy to Frederick F. Anness and George H. Bancroft. They formed a New Jersey corporation under the name of Hudnut's Pharmacy, and continued in business at the old stand until the building was torn down to make way for the St. Paul Building, when they moved to No. 205 Broadway, which is on the opposite side of the street and a block further south.