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Julian M. Park, promoter and president of the J. M. Park Drug Company, Huntington, which recently effected a merger of the Park-Vinson drug interests has resigned as president and manager of the company and disposed of his stock in the concern. The name of the company was changed to the Fountain Drug Company. The Fountain Drug Company will be operated by the following officers: W. M. Prindle, President; Dan. H. Holton, vice-president; Joe L. Wilson, secretary-treasurer; and a new board of directors as follows: W. M. Prindle, Dan Holton, W. S. Vinson, Joe L. Wilson, and S. B. Simms. Charles Rayle will be manager and buyer.

At a Caledonian banquet in London a Scotchman who had settled in the metropolis made a speech in which Scotland and all things Scottish were so fulsomely praised that an Englishman who sat next him said when he had finished: "If Scotland is all that you Scotsmen say it is why don't you stay there instead of coming here?"

"Weel," answered the Scotsman. "Ah'll tell ye hoo it wis wi' me. When Ah wis in business in Fife Ah fand a' the fowk wis just as cliver as mesel' an' Ah cudna gar the two en's meet. Sae Ah cam' awa' Sooth, an' sin' syne, man, Ah've been daein' rale weel."-Exchange.

Board of Pharmacy.

ALFRED WALKER, SECRETARY.

The West Virginia Board of Pharmacy will hold an examination in Morgantown, May 16th and 17th, 1917. Written examination will be held on the first

day, practical work on the second, beginning at 9 o'clock A. M.

Applicants for Registered Pharmacists' Certificates are required to be not under 21 years of age and furnish proof of four years experience in a drug store under the instructions of a registered pharmacist, or in lieu of two years of same, time actually spent in attending a recognized college of pharmacy. Fee for examination is $10.00.

Applicants for Registered Assistants' Certificates are required to be not under 18 years of age and furnish proof of two years experience in pharmacy which may be either in college or under the instructions of a registered pharmacist. Fee for examination $5.00.

Any person failing to make the required grade will be entitled to another examination within one year.

Applications with proof of experience are required to be in the hands of the Secretary one week before the date of the meeting.

For blanks and further information, address Alfred Walker, Secretary, Sutton, W. Va.

Keeping Up With the Style.

"What are you studying now?" asked Mrs. Johnson.

"We have taken up the subject of molecules," answered her son.

"I hope you will be very attentive and practice constantly," said the mother. "I tried to get your father to wear one, but he could not keep it in his eye."

-Catholic Columbian.

A gentleman visiting a jail noticed a colored man of his acquaintance whom he had never known to be guilty of wrong-doing.

"Why, Jim, what are you in here for?" he asked.

"I don't know, suh," replied the Negro.
"Well, what have you been doing?"
"Nothin''t all, suh-nothin' 't all."
"What made 'em put you in here, then?"

"Well, dey sez, boss, I wuz sont up fur fragrancy."-Lippincott's.

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Why?

EDITORIAL.

The action of the legislatures in several states which we have been following closely indicates some weak links in pharmaceutical activities at least when legislation is being staged-and this is on an average of every two years.

State legislation introduced by druggists for the drug trade presumably has the endorsement of the drug association of that state.

The membership body, however, seems to think when it casts the ballot for the officers at the annual meeting that that handful of officers, and the legislative committee which they appoint, is sufficient to educate all the political representatives from all districts in the state. to the needs, aims and conditions of the drug trade.

If this were the case, the heaven of the drug trade would have been reached long ago.

So much has been said on the necessity and value of working on the legislator while he is at home, to prepare him for the more definite presentment of bills by the Committee at the Capitol that it would seem useless to repeat it. Yet year after year, the measures which the association orders the committee to put through, fall flat for lack of the support of the home guards.

More than co-operation between the members of one association is needed, co-operation between the organizations of the various branches of the trade is also necessary.

Two years ago it looked as though co-operation between these branches on legislation was to be carried to a fine point.

Under the auspices of the Section on Education and Legislation of the American Pharmaceutical Association, a draft of model pharmacy laws was sent to all

state boards and state associations and practically all of the measures were approved or modifications suggested so that the final draft would be acceptable in all states, thus making for uniformity.

This year some of these laws were introduced into the state legislatures and no sooner were they read than the Proprietary Association swooped down. and put up a big fight against them.

In some places this interference was bitterly resented by the druggists who felt that they were insulted and flatly told the Proprietary Association to keep hands off or they would get no more business through the retail druggists.

Without considering the merits of the bill, it would seem that if the bill touched the proprietary interests to the extent that they should lobby against it, they should have been consulted when it was drafted.

No one branch of the drug trade, either manufacturer, jobber or retailer, can afford to slight the other and no one should expect to put through a law which would make conditions ideal for himself without considering the other fellow.

This is a weak spot in an otherwise commendable set of laws, and should be adjusted before effort is made to have them enacted.

As it is, perhaps this law will not be passed in any state while with a few concessions by both retailers and proprietors, a good law would have been placed on the books and taken care of the major points the retailers were after. When we co-operate, let's do it thoroughly.

This statement is not to be construed as favoring the proprietor as against the retailer. The principle would apply were it any other branch of the trade. The proprietor is dependent upon the retailer and the retailer gets a good portion of his income from the proprietary products, and this relation should entitle each to the other's consideration in matters of this kind.

REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE

COMMITTEE.

Your chairman reports considerable work done preliminary to the convening of the Legislature in the way of reconnoitering.

It was well understood that the incoming administration would favor certain changes in the existing agricultural law and your Chairman was prepared to see that any change made would eliminate the drug interests so that the power then vested with the Agricultural Board with regard to drugs

could be transferred to the Board of Pharmacy.

Later developments indicated that the Legislature would be well occupied with tax legislation and that but few if any changes would be made in the Agricultural Law and our opportunity

was thus curtailed.

A meeting of the Council of O. S. P. A. authorized your Chairman to follow such lines as would secure the co-operation of administrative officials and get all the favors we could.

This course was followed out, and a bill prepared providing for a drug supervisor who was to be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture on recom mendation of the Board of Pharmacy and who was to act under the direction of the Board of Pharmacy. The drug supervisor also had authority to act under the agricultural law on purity and adulteration; also had the enforcement of the poison laws.

This bill being reported at the January convention was rejected, and your Chairman was directed to draw up the same points in several bills which were introduced by Mr. Helfrich, of Galion, a physician and druggist.

Of the several bills introduced, only one involving a change of power as provided in Sec. 1313, 5707, 5708, 5709, 5710 was passed by the House, receiving 101 votes for, with 2 votes opposed, and the next day the Senate passed the bill with 31 votes for and none opposed. This was known as H. B. 158.

None of the other bills came out of the Public Health Committee by request of your Chairman and Mr. Helfrich, owing to opposition that meant certain defeat.

Naturally with so promising a beginning your Chairman feels very much disappointed, but realizes that owing to rapid changes necessary no time could

be given to properly advertise the measures to the trade and for this reason met with some opposition from many members of the trade. The most serious opposition, however, came from the Proprietary Association, through their attorney, Mr. Thompson and through Mr. Beggs of the Styron-Beggs Company, of Newark, Ohio, who appeared at a public hearing on these bills in the House and caused a lot of talk and opposition.

This hearing was well advertised, yet few druggists were present and we saw

ourselves outnumbered and defeated in a controversy the object of which was an organized effort to deny to druggists the right of policing the drug laws of

Ohio.

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Columbus women interested in the drug business have formed an active organization to "boost" the C. R. D. A. The matter of an appropriate name is under discussion and suggestions are solicited, something short and catchy is desired.

On February 16th a group of twentynine women met at the Elks' Club to organize at which time officers were chosen for the year. Tea was served and the social hour was spent in becoming acquainted.

Mrs. A. W. Kiler was elected president. Mrs. Arthur Block was elected VicePresident and Mrs. R. F. Boyd, SecretaryTreasurer. The preisdent appointed. Mrs. A. M. Cromley, Chairman of Social and Entertainment Committee, and Mrs. Workman Chairman of Finance Committee.

The second meeting was held March 2d, at which Mrs. Kiler presented her resig

nation as President which was accepted with regret. Mrs. Deems was then elected to the presidency. At this meeting the women were the guests of the C. R. D. A. at luncheon at the Athletic Club.

A third meeting was held at the Hall of the Budd Dairy Co. on March 15th, at which a constitution and by-laws as drawn up by Mrs. Kiler were adopted. A Board of Control was also elected composed of Mesdames L. W. Funk, C. H. Young, C. O. Wilson, Miss Lucy M. Harvey and Miss Anna G. Bagley. Mrs. C. A. Dye was elected corresponding secretary.

Refreshments were served and a general social hour followed the business meeting. The object of the organization is to unite more closely the families of the Columbus drug trade and to elevate the business professionally and commercially.

The C. R. D. A. includes in its membership the allied interests, and their wives and daughters are eligible to become members of the women's club and an invitation is sent to all these women to join. The regular meetings will be held on the third Friday of each month and until further notice the meeting place will be Budd's Hall, Fourth Street and Fourth Avenue.

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House and Senate on March 10th passed the Chapman bill (H. B. No. 461), which authorizes the governor to appoint a non-salaried commission of seven members to study state health insurance and report to the legislature in 1919. The bill specifies the duties of the commission in these words:

"It shall be the duty of such commission to make an inquiry into the subject of sickness, and the cause thereof; the loss to individuals and to the public thereby; the adequacy of the present methods of treatment and care of such sickness and of meeting the losses caused by such sickness by existing insurance companies or associations, or otherwise; and the influence of working conditions upon the health of employed persons and methods for the prevention of such sickness.

"It shall also be the duty of such commission to make an inquiry into the

subject of old age in its relation to industry and of the adequacy of existing methods of caring for aged workers."

The bill has been approved by the Ohio Manufacturers Association, the Ohio Federation of Labor, the Ohio State Medical Association, the Ohio Public Health Federation, the Ohio Institute for Public Efficiency, the Ohio Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis and other organizations.

It is a substitute for House Bill No. 151 by Mr. Chapman, which is the "model bill," prepared by the American Association for Labor Legislation, and which provided for a complete system of compulsory state health insurance.

-Legislative Bulletin,

Ohio Pub. Health Federation.

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A movement to eliminate drugs with misleading labels and to oust the drug peddler from Cleveland, has been started by the Department of Health and the city chemist's office. First order against package drugs, because of the alleged misbranded character of the packages, has been sent out to druggists by Commissioner Bishop. The lines affected are varlex, sargol, swamp root and Mrs. Price's canning compound. Action against the peddlers was started after certain capsules had been confiscated. These capsules were said to contain a cure for dyspepsia, but it is said, examination proved them to hold nothing but common table salt. Some of the peddled preparations are not quite so harmless.

Special meeting of the Gleim and Selzer Drug Company has resulted in the following election of officers: Eugene R. Selzer re-elected president; F. William Stockhaus, vice president; J. M. Selzer, treasurer; Raymond McElroy, secretary. Mr. Selzer has purchased the interests of J. C. Gleim, one of the pioneer druggists of Cleveland, who retires from pharmacy to engage in farm-acy.

With a view to obtaining the opinion of the medical division of the State Industrial Commission as to what articles it will be willing to pay druggists for when prescriptions are filled by local pharmacists in accident cases, Carl Winter, publicity director of the Northern Ohio Druggists Association, has made a special trip to Columbus. The division has agreed to modify its recent decision in refusing to pay for certain articles, on the promise from drug

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