New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-05-13

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Belonging to the association costs
money. That sticks in the crops of
a great many. The $500 paid annual
ly for dues, looks like a mountain
when it is being paid, and yet it is
just as necessary as rent or fuel.
These dues could materially be re-
duced if all pharmacists of our state
were members of the association
ssThe printed proceedings alone is
worth many times that sum in intrinsic
value to the druggists, and the $500
paid annually to the American Phar-
maceutical Association does not begin
to pay for the valuable information
contained in the printed proceedings.
''When it comes down to matter
of real value I ask every doubter to
transform himself into an impartial
judge, closet himself and become pass
i've. Then let him weigh in the bal
ance of his unbiased Judgment the
real worth of the association from a
purely monetary standpoint. He will
see the solution just as we see it who
have joined the association.
minnesota passed through a rather
Initiative siege of freak legislative ac-
ton. Some emotional insane bills
were offered to the burdened law-mak-
ers, and ! am pleased to state that
they have gone the way of the ill-con-
ceiyed-theyswere killed prior to their
birth as laws, which has sdone consid-
cradle toward retaining the reputation
of the Minnesota legislative body.
Our legislative committee showed its
worth in dealing with these measures,
and it has reflected great credit on the
state as well as the national body.
''The alcohol bill is still on file; the
others having been, killed in the com
mittee rooms. This bill is likely to be
postponed indefinitely, which means
the same as it's death. However, had
this bill been brought up before the
legislature in serious mood, the presi-
dent of the state association would
have had some things to say that
might have made an impression.
''Here is food for thought for the
doubters: When these bills came into
being, what would the druggists of the
state have done, unorganized? What
did the independent druggists do?
And did they not receive, gratis, our
services?
| The active work against these bills
was due largely to those whose names
have become SO closely linked with
that aggressive, systematic body
known as our Legislative committee, ,
and believe in the adage, Honor to
whom honor is due. That brings Mr..
S. W. Melendy, the chairman of that
| body, and Mr.. G. T. Heller in for a
| goodly share in the distribution of
credit. The defiant druggists those
holding out against the N. A. R. d.,
the state association, as we'll as
against the local body-are working
on wrong lines. They have seized
upon the DR.. Miles contract as a
means of displaying their bad humor.
Such temper is certain to subside and
when these druggists recede from their
false position of injured pride and
unwholesome independence, I believe
we shall number them among us. This
is the rational solution. We are
working for their betterment, not for
their undoing, and the sooner they
come out of their strange dream the
better it will be for them. "
''From the executive end of the state
\ association there ofttimes was the out.
ward appearance of hardness, but
can assure you that there was con
), slant endeavor conducted quietly anG
without ostentation. [ feel that this
work is already bearing fruit.
Summing up, I can say that thu
national and state organizations art
Irapidly nearing that condition of har
mony that means the final and pro
gressive success of the movement
q There can be no success in discord
The old idea of competition has give1
. way to the new idea of cooperation
+ and the drug trade is by no means i'm
mune against the baneful effects 20
antagonism.
i "Methodical purposes, hours .ane
3 price constitute the keynote Of thi!
!, movement. Let the organization pro
gress, but no one should forget tina
4 THERE it is the work of the individual