Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-15
The Druggists M.onng.


The Druggists nvvdug.
The feature OF the morning session OF
the druggists around which centered the
greatest interest was the selection OF
the time and place for the twenty-fourth
annual session. san Francisco, Chicago,
and st. Louis were the three places nomi-
mated for the meeting, but the commit
tees report naming st. Louis as the
place of meeting. was adopted, and 1t was
agreed to meet there next October
when President Purcell raped the
meeting TO order at 10 o'clock a goody
number Of the associations members were
in their seats, and business was gone into
without delay. Mr.. Davis, as soon as
the usual preliminaries had been con-
cluded, introduced as the representative
of the Michigan state Pharmaceutical AS
ISOLATION Mr.. John j. Saurwine. who read
a circular endorsed by his association
which is designed to stop price-cutting.
MIR. sAURWINE'S PLAN.
Following is the plan offered by Mr..
Saurwine:
The National Wholesale Druggists and
Projectors Association Will establish
Irrational guaranty LABEL of some origi-
nal and distinct design, and have the
same registered in the United states and
Canada Make all legitimate druggists
who desire il members of the Guaranty
Association, who shall have taken the
prescribed oath TO sell goods at estab-
iished prices, in the application for MEM
bership hereinafter named. No person
shall become "a member OF the Guaranty
Association who is not regular legis-
tered pharmacist, except in states which
have no pharmacy laws, In which case all
persons having an established retail drug
trade. at except department stores, must,
besides taking the prescribed oath, have
the endorsement Of one or more whole
sale druggists who are members OF this
association. In cases OF two or more
persons constituting a firm, each indi-
vidual OF said firm must sign application
under oath. and labels Will be issued
under firm name and number. The Ma
tional Association shall issue all MEM
bership certificates and guaranty labels,
and the same shall not be transferable.
Membership certificates shall be made I'm
duplicate. one for the retailer or whole
saler and the other TO be placed on Iile
In the Offices OF the National Association
or IN main Office of the State association
acting under the authority of the Ma
tionaf Association. Each membership
certificate shall be numbered consec1-
lively as the applications are received'
nv The National Association, said GER
tifcate and labels issued thereon, TO be
~ the same number and recorded under
the same firm name and number All
notifications for membership must be
accompanied by money sufficient to cover
expense of printing labels. etc, as herein
after named by the National Association.
The said association shall also establish
q uniform rate for labels, not 20 exceed
Tho actual cost Of printing or engraving
and maintaining officers In charge. No
retail dealer shall be allowed 10 Use
guaranty label until bottle or package is
sold. when each and every bottle or pack
ege sold shall be labelled with the label
Containing the retail dealers name and
number thereon. Wholesale druggists
will be required to become members. first
using same blank and oath as retailers.
and manufacturers will sell to no firm
not a member of this association. Manu-