Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-09-29
NUMBER II:

his first trial he can weigh and meas
ure the board, and get the run Of the
thing. 50 that second failure will be-
hardly probable, and SO save two years.
time and all the expense Of q school Of
pharmacy.
This feature of the law, once fairly un-
derstood by the people, will In five
years time put the ratties Of death in
the throat Of every school of pharnIa-
cy in the State. And IL that 10 one Of
the objects Of the law. then we can uh-
derstand why parties connected with
any school Of pharmacy are forbidden
q place on the board Of examiners.
But viewing the law from the stand
point Of public safety, Its tendency 10
secure that object 10 not clear. The
enactment Of the law presumed that q
civil inconvenience existed In copnec-
tion with the druggists and pharma-
cists Of the State, and yet the law en-
dorses eat :one fell swoop" the whole
existing state Of affairs by providing
that all druggists and pharmacists,
and all assistants over the age Of eigh-
teen years. can register as druggists,
and pharmacists without examination
within sixty days after notification by
the board, and making no provision
for their examination at any future
time. It Is not 30 easy to sec how pub
lie safety is guaranteed by that provis-
ion, ~ 1t is to see how . large harvest
Of fees would be garnered in the pock-
cts Of the board within sixty days after
entering on Its duties.
The law holds druggists and pharma-
cists responsible. under heavy penal
ty, for the purity Of the ingredients i'm
their own compounds, hut releases
them In cases of patent medicines, and
Of articles sold In the original packsgss
Of the manufacturer. This is just, for
it makes the responsibility Of the aver
erage druggist and pharmacist Of to-
day very small; but Its effect will be to
put him as largely as possible into the
commission business, and 10 put into
the hands Of physicians the compound
ing Of their own prescriptions. In this
particular the law 10 In the interest Of
wholesale houses and physicians, and
makes the average druggist and phar-
macist middleman, and 30 the object
of the wrath Of the Changers.
Under the law, any itinerant vender
of any drug or medicine, or appliance,
pays a tax of one hundred dollars, anu
neither registers nor gives any guaran-
tee Of any article sold. The law evil
IDENTIFY holds all such to be slippery
characters, and gets as much money
out of them as possible, aud leaves the
public TO take care Of himself.
In this respect the law is notably i'm
the interest Of the recognized and resi-
dent dealer; for, IL he does any wrong,
the party agrievej knows where to find
him, and have redress.
Let us hear the conclusion Of the.
whole matter. The law is here; what
shall be done with 1t? To this ques-
ton but one answer can be returned;
and that is, let IL be faithfully obeyed
and carried out by all classes. 1t plac-
es In every community men whom IL
presumes are intelligent and faithful,
and besides lays them unde' heavy
penalties tor unfaithfulness, and puts
the drug and pharmacist business into
their hands.
After all, the great secret Of public
safety is in the intelligence and integ-
rity Of these men. Then Yet the public
stand by these men, patronize them,
aid them in protecting themselves
against ALL interlopers and trespassers,
and In SO doing the public can most Of
foctually promote its own safety and
best interests.
Execute the law as IL now stands;
aud when amendments are demanded, >.
let them be made.