The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
KICK OF DRUGGISTS
on'Ecf TO MEMBERS OF THE
BOARD OF PHARMACY AS IN
STRUCTORs
IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY
WHERE THEY SAY PUPILS Arm
PREPARED FOR EXAMINATION
AT 500 HEAD.
L. A. HARDING, OF THIS CITY,
And His Northwestern Instituta %
fharmacy Are Called Into cues
ton by the Trade.

The druggists of Minnesota. repre-
| sented in the Minnesota State Phama.
ceutlcal association, are wrought I'M
over what they consider a gross prosti-
tuition of public office for private
| gain.
IL Is nothing less than that l.. A.
! dafdlng, one of the members of the
minnesota State Board Of Pharmacy.
IS charged with using his position as a
member Of that board to induce stu
oents OF pharmdcy to pay him $50 in
order to be coached and prepared for
the state examination, Of which he IS
one of the examining board
| such a condition of affairs is not
permitted in the medical profession.
The law expressly prohibits any per-
son interested in a medical school from
being one of the examiners or a mem
Der OF the board, but this provision
mas been left out of the state phar-
macy law, and one Of the first things
winch will be brought to the attention
OF the legislature is this case, with a
view to having, 1t corrected.
The state pharmacy law was passed
| IN 1850 1t authorizes and directs the
governor to appoint, from a list of
/ n1teen names presented by the State
Pharmaceutical association, five repu-
table and praeticing pharmacists doing
business in the state to act as a state
board of pharmacy. Up to 1895 the pro-
visions of the law were entirely salts
factory But in the spring of that year
l.. A. Harding, who had been appoint
| ed from Fergus Falls, where he was
| conducting drug store, is said to have
ia hYrrf
a "practicing pharmacist doing BUSH
ness in the state" He came to st.
Paul and established, 1t is charged.
what he called a School Of Pharmacy"
| That any man should establish such a.
| school has never occasioned any COM
| plant from the druggists of the state,
| nor from the public
1t is the manner in which this mem
Der OF the state board Of pharmaEy
| connects his official with his private
business that is occasioning comment
] They think it improper when a mem
| Der Of board Of examiners issues q
| circular reading:
| The director of this school is a prac-
teal pharmacist, and In addition to his
practical knowledge has had the ex-
| perience as a MEMBER OF THE MIN
NESOTA STATE BOARD OF PHAR-
MACY. (The capital letters are his.)
He has learned the needs of the can
didates and can offer just such advan-
tages as are necessary to fit the candf-
! date for the examination"
/ In another part of his circular this
1 member. of the state board. Of zphar-
/ macy says: ut is for the purpose OF
| fitting those needy men and women for
the successful passage of the ordeal
OF the examination, that this school is
| established"
One of the severest stricures upon
| the course of this member Of the board
| is that in his circulars he makes the
statement that he is a member of the
state board of pharmacy, and it is
naturally inferred that he is inviting
| students to pay the $50 tuition at this
school in order that they may have at
| least one friend on the board of ex-
1 aminers.
At the meeting Of the Minnesota
| State Pharmaceutical association, last
! June, the methods of Mr.. Harding were
| discussed A resolution was actually
prepared for presentation to the as
| sociation oondemning his methods and
| demanding his retirement from the
| board. Mr.. Harding had the resolution
withheld, it is said, upon the under
standing that he was going to with
| draw from the state board before the
| July, but the resignation was never
! presented to the governor. There has
been considerable talk about asking the
! governor to remove him.
Harding has an advertisement in
| this year as follows:
| L. A. Harding, B. &c., Phi. D.. AnaIyti-
cal Chemist, Director of the North
western Institute of Pharmacy; Mem
| Der of the Minnesota State Board Of
| Pharmacy, Member of the German
Chemical and Apothecaries' Associ-
| atoms; American and Northwestern
| Microscopical Societies, American and
| Minnesota State Pharmaceutical AS
| ISOLATION; Honorary Member of the
| North Dakota Pharmaceutical Associ-
alton.
He resides at 266 North st. Adams
street. His term Of Office expires in
January, 1898.
Mr. Harding could not be found last
night, having moved since the publica-
ton of the directory