National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-23
the PArsNr-RIaHr DRUooLsr.
An Argument for tire Pharmacy MI.
wAsuIsgroS, H. C., March q, 1878.


WASHINGTON, r. c., March 70, 1873
10 ne Editor OF he National Republican:
Permit me 10 refute some Of the assertions made
BY Druggist In your paper Of today in reference
TO the District pharmacy blu
First, as 70 the College Of Pharmacy your core
spondent Ia misnformed or misrcprcsents well.
known ACTS The college Is not moribund; II Ia
now out Of debt II has standing for rcspeciability
which fear Druggist" will never attain unless
he mends his ways; It's professors do possess prac.
tical knowledge and experience; and none Of them
is a clerk IN the bank although fail To see what
that has to do with the character OF either the
sSesS S or s PhSTmsGy PHI two OF S he pT9es
| mcnt, and believe they do their duty both to the
college and in their Official positions the diplomas
fcsson, but by law and. finally the college is no.
where either directly or indirectly, mentioned In
the bill under consideration, as II should be;
As to the pharmacy bill II Is not perfect, but II Is
good one. IL Is similar to the pharmacy laws ~
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and
many other places where the colleges OF pharmacy,
orRanlled In the same manner as the college in
Warrington, ore recognized by intrustins to them
SELECTION OF THE PHARMACY COMMISSION.
Frs.
Docs "Dr1iggist' know that the trustees Of the
Washington College Of Pharmacy have embraced
Francis y. Gather Joseph W. Marin. T. u. Gilman,
D, p. Clark. Charles stott, W. 3. Thompson, and
other leading representatives Of the professon7
The College OF Pharmacy did frame the phar-
macy bill. and called two mss meetings Of the
druggists in the District to consider 1t. majority
st) do favor the bill although now 50 amended in
| the House Committee on the District Of Columbia
a. to he no longer as acceptable Ms when Presented
Tie bill necessarily prospective neaSure,.h q
even our Druggist would hardly deny that other.
wise II would seriously interfere with personal
| rights and property.
II ,ontemplates preventing Hereafter incompetcn,
persons from engaging in the practice OF pharmacy
| to endanger health and life, and the means by
| a Is "A
adopted In each and every other pharmacy law
passed In any of the States or large cities and there
or space 10 here enumenate II "Dr,iggist" can de.
| wise any better means than adopted In all these
laws he will be the pharmaceutical legislative
| years To carry out the registration Of those IN
business aud examine future applicants for regis.
| unaN oidablc, which the fees paid only once of
50 Gy each person registered and $40 by each per,
son examined will probably be sufficient TO dcfray
Druggist says this proposed tax Is "A pure out
| rage, and the registration a farce"
| THIS SANE OUTRAGE AND FARCE
| have been perpetrated by SO many legislative
| bodies IL the United States by this time and the
| has made aud continues To make, such persistent
aud strpug efforts To have still more enacted. tina
Druggist would Ne sadly in the minority IN hi,
| fight fr-w hat? His attack on the college IND
| those connected with II is not 80 pure. though
snite fnrcical His comment on the latitude IN
| the Phnsc such cNpcn,eS ns the commissioner
/
will serve to illustrate The spirit IN which his TRAD,
| Is written and pquirts no reply. The poison claus,
In the bill hos been inserted 10y the Committee OF
the District % Columbia. Il Il already law IN thi
| District, and has hccn borrowed fur the hill from
| the pharmacy law OF Illinois.
The liquor clause also has been added by th'
| District Committee and Is Hn excellent Gm1nG
| mcnt UuE druggist 10 the contrary nOtwithstand
ing. Many druggists Il mean tEnsc who arc
pharmacists do with ample reason object 10 one al
| The District Committees anne hdmeutS. which ypur
druggist passes over. They lelievc that phys
clans have 10 buslnes oil the board Of pharmacy
commissioners. First, because they are not quail
he'i 20 Judge al tn competency al pharmacists: sec
| Ond, because they Know nothing whatever of th,
| conditions that govern the business uf II phHrmG
| cist and therefore mny, however well inrgniIlr
| seriously aud unfairly interfere with his persona
Interests; third, bcCause they have so far done Gb
SOlutcy nothing to encourage the proper education
of pharmacists In this District which the College
| Pharmacy has done earnestly honestly and disin
| tercstedly Mt considerable cost. to which | Ill
afraid Druggist has contributed nothing
| A PHI ,RMkIIST