The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-01

4 Stir Among tho DrtIgglstA--A Protest
from tho Kannwha VaIley-Thc Drug.
giSt Regulating Act.
Editors lnttlliVunrcE
VIII you be kind enough to publish the
following article from the Kanawha Gazette
OF September q? The writer states the
case very plainly and fairly, and we fully
agree with him TINT 1t Is time tliat this
foolish legislation was ended, and that the
druggists should look to their rights and
privileges NJ business men and citizens.
1.-The following Is the article from the
Kanawha Gazette alluded to in the above
communication .--EDs.]
Editor Gazette:
II Is with regret that call the attention
OF the druggists OF West Virginia to the
fact that another change Is about to be ut
tempted in the laws regulating the practice
Of pharmacy.
Though the druggists Of our State, appa-
rently, belong to the good and law-abldlng
CNsses Of our citizens, yet have they been
the object Of system OF tho most incon.
sistent and and cruel persecution ever In
augnNtcdagainst even tho most incorrigible
OF the lawleSs rcnegades.
In no country Of the civilized world, can
n similar example be brought 10 light No
case Gun be cited that now remains Of rec
ord, In which men conducting Il legitimate
business, have been so frowneda at by the
law, 80 Circumscribed by It's provisions,
that they Gun hardly turn either to the
right or 10 the left but that they are in dan.
ger OF u criminal prosecution. In England
alone, might perhaps be found m analo-
gous case, In the days that that country
persisted IN her strenuous aud aimlGss pros
eCulion OF the Jews; whose only inult CON
sisted In their being worthy citizens, and
whose industry helped 10 I'll the Golfers
with that wealth which was 80 mitch Coyet.
ed. England has learned q suggestive
lesson since that time, and size 10 FIR re.
formed, that the despised jew was elevated
to one Of the highest Places In the gift Of
the crown.
viii eyer such n change come oyer the
policy ofopr own fair Siateq viii tho drug.
gists ever 10 pardoned for carrying on,
what ut least lie considers fair and even
necessary avocatiOn?
Twill rnumerntc and give Compend OF,
some Of tic absurd laws That have been
passed 10 regulate the druggist.
,a SS Sssl ND s5y vBGsr n nf eeE E 9bh iH
year saw 1T to impose a state tax Of $40
for the mere carrying on the business Of
II druggist, without reference 10 the sale
Of lilllOr or anything else. 1tsingled them
out IRON anl9lg all other business men,
and required o. them that they should NOT
only nay this tax but obtain d license; and
one flat was within the power Of the
County paprt to grant or refuse. Think Of
men who arc iollnWing q htlslnrsg That Ii
reSpeCtablej Investing all q their capital liz
their tradei working with the energy OF
years to establish their business; and Just
ns they have effected this, the County
Court for "a reason known best TO itself,
soyS, aye refuse 10 extend your license,
YOU must close up yolt store, we consider
| Il disfaputable and HangGrbus 10 Society
and we will have no more Of IL" What
think YOU Of this stale Of lh;ngJ2 and yet
this llas been done. know Of q totinty
In this State, in which the County Court
refused to give the druggists a license to
curry on their business,
Well, this law iQr while seemed to
satisfy The immaculate laY, makers, but
after awhile, they thought that the drug
gisiS needed slirfihgupagaIn, These spot
less Cheribs, who rpgItd The druggist as the
poisonous etEluvia Of the dtcRs oil society,
determined to again agilate them In such a
manner "a to render them still more harm.
les, E9tbey went to work Upon the legis-
latIre Of itsli ilnPIeslallng .lhis solonic
body with their anti'bacollaIialial wisdom,
and out flew the celebrated druggist
Registering Act, 80 celebrated for ill., power
al converting "alcohol and Intoxicating
! lianoTs' into poison; for which there must
bdPrep@sd d label with skull and cross,
bones. .l.tftI.
The Act Of 1881 permits druggists who
were conducting the business At and prior
10 Ia passage, 10 continue the same, pro
Sided they fepiSlepl themselves within
sixty days after receiving a notice RON the
board 81 registry, and paid the tee Of ~
\ each lof such registry. And those who since